Memory Lame: A Proper Light Night Afterparty

An after-hours celebration of Liverpool’s cultural offering, we can’t think of a better way to round off Light Night than with a carefully curated afterparty…

It’s another big night in the cultural calendar this evening with venues and galleries opening their doors after-hours for Light Night 2013. But this being a Friday an’ all, all of that art is only part of the equation.

Join us at Static Gallery for the Light Night Afterparty to end all afterparties! A co-production of The Double Negative and experimental music-inspired agency Deep Hedonia, we’ve programmed an evening of DJs, film (amid an installation) and karaoke. Yes, karaoke, but with a twist.

“Dizzying and brilliantly misleading glitched-up party hits”

Up in the bar, Deep Hedonia pays tribute to the art of karaoke and individual song perception with interactive installation Ken Lee’s Karaoke (check THIS out). A selection of karaoke ‘classics’ will be reinterpreted through wordplay and poor Youtube transcriptions to provide alternate lyrics for Light Night’s late crowd to party and sing along to. Alongside the dizzying and brilliantly misleading glitched-up party hits, we have a special selection of DJs to keep the party atmosphere going…

We’re proud to present Julian Shepherd, a serial groove nerd likely to play anything and everything across the spectrum, from unreleased bits “from some friends of mine” to throwback 80′s funk, experimental abstract things, acid, Balearic and Lady Blacktronica; emerging artist AKASA, exploring “a range analogue production techniques to create infectious electronic”; GT, AKA many things, including Golden Vampire #13, will be playing a selection of italo, space disco and hi-NRG electronic disco classics, while producer Tomasu – he’s so hot right now – will be bringing a selection of deep house, trance and electronica tracks. And of course, a whole selection of trance, dance, RnB, trap, house and grime from Deep Hedonia DJs.

Down in the gallery space, Laura and Mike TDN showcase some of their favourite – occasionally innovative – party-inspired short films, music videos and documentaries, featuring local filmmakers, home video footage, abstract artists and pop-culture ephemera from all quarters. This will all be amid an installation piece, which we’ll keep tight-lipped about for now. Don’t wanna spoil anything. All we’re prepared to say is: CAR ON THE DANCE FLOOR (it’s got its own hash-tag and everything).

Expect familiar – as well as some not so familiar examples – from the likes of Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, the Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth, alongside under-the-radar offerings from Alan Williams, Max Hattler and Mikey Please. It all makes for a party-orientated pop-culture mash-up the likes of which have rarely been seen.

All that before we even mention the full bar. See you there?

Memory Lame: A Proper Light Night Afterparty 8pm ’til late @ Static Gallery

Posted on 17/05/2013 by thedoublenegative