3/22 [SAT] Nouveau Riche presents BLAQSTARR (Mad Decent, Baltimore) @ Rock&Roll Hotel

[Gavin Holland]

Saturday, March 22nd at the Rock & Roll Hotel
NOUVEAU RICHE (http://www.nouveaurichedc.com) presents Baltimore hero...

BLAQSTARR (http://www.myspace.com/blaqstarrmusic)
Mad Decent (http://www.maddecent.com) / Baltimore

We're taking over the entire Rock & Roll Hotel for the night. Blaqstarr did production for M.I.A.'s latest album "Kala" as well as the Rye Rye hit "Shake It To The Ground" and D.O.G.'s Baltimore anthem "Ryda Girl". Can you say "legendary"?

http://www.nouveaurichedc.com/images/nr-blaqstarr-big.jpg (http://www.nouveaurichedc.com)

on the mainstage//
BLAQSTARR (http://www.myspace.com/blaqstarrmusic) (Mad Decent, Baltimore)
NOUVEAU RICHE DJs (http://www.myspace.com/dcnr) (Gavin Holland / SteveLove / Nacey, DC)

upstairs//
MATT NORDSTROM (http://www.myspace.com/mattnordstrom) (Sleaze, DC)
ED DUDES (http://www.myspace.com/eddudes) (This Ain't No Disco, DC)
EMILY RABBIT (http://www.myspace.com/emily_mcrabbit) (Baltimore Bass Connection / RabbitFoot, Baltimore)

VIDEOS:
M.I.A. & Blaqstarr working on "What I Got" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S69_Nsndf40)
DJ Blaqstarr & Rye Rye - "Shake It To The Ground" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAigWTZioI)

Doors: 9pm. $10. YES!

[Gavin Holland]

$1 PBR 9PM - MIDNIGHT! AYYYYyyyyyy.

[CausedConfusion]

thats gonna be hot!

[Demetrios]

So much going on this weekend. If I wasn't playing Sonar I would probably come to this.

[spiggums]

definitely looking forward to this one...

[CausedConfusion]

So much going on this weekend. If I wasn't playing Sonar I would probably come to this.

If he wasn't playing sonar i would catch a ride with him

[Gavin Holland]

Nice writeup in the Washington Post Nightlife Agenda (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031802994.html).


If you spend any time in the clubs up in Charm City -- heck, if you spend any time in Shoe City stores in Bodymore -- you might be familiar with the work of Blaqstarr. The 22-year-old DJ is one of the most exciting talents in the world of Baltimore Club music, that so-repetitive-it's-catchy genre that relies on a relentless thump of bass and instantly recognizable samples. Baltimore Club is just starting to move beyond the city limits, thanks to DJs like Diplo and our own Tittsworth, but Blaqstarr has a pretty bright future in front of him. Signed to Diplo's Mad Decent record label, he found himself producing a track on M.I.A.'s award-winning "Kala" and remixing the single "Paper Planes." Check out Blaqstarr's bangin' beats tonight at the Rock and Roll Hotel, where he's a guest of the Nouveau Riche DJs on the main level. Meanwhile, guest DJs Matt Nordstrom, Ed Dudes and Emily Rabbit take over the upstairs. Admission is $10.

[mrn]

so gassed for this. anyone here catch blaq when he opened for M.I.A. at 930? shit was so baller. throw your guns up...

[Gavin Holland]

i missed that show. that's why i had to put this one on.

[spiggums]

heh... I like that mentality... "fuck... missed that show... guess I'm just gonna have to bring him back myself"

[Gavin Holland]

mad decent blog mention...

http://maddecent.com/blog/2008/03/20/blaqstarr-in-dc-this-saturday/

[ransom]

So much going on this weekend. If I wasn't playing Sonar I would probably come to this.

If I wasn't playing Shorty's this night, I'd be out to this too :(

[mrn]

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[Gavin Holland]

that video just got me way hyped for tomorrow...

interview and some of the blaqstarr radio hits for download...

http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/downloads/mo-blaqstarr-less-problems/

[swerve311]

1 DOLLAR PBR'S ARE SWEET!

any other drink specials??

[spiggums]

I dun know about drink specials... but I hear there's gonna be a special on tunes tonight...

as in they're gonna be fucking awesome from start to finish... look forward to seeing everyone there

[Gavin Holland]

usually we warm things up with disco, 80s synth-funk, hip-hop, etc until 11pm, but tonight... straight bangers all night. the PBR will do the warming up for us.

[swerve311]

I'll be there

[James_Nasty]

ima be there