Learn more about The Golden Pony, Fort Knox Five ft. Qdup, Dirty Looks, and Juan Zapata before their show on Sunday at U Street Music Hall. RSVP on Facebook and purchase tickets.
The Golden Pony broke onto the scene in mid 2013 with a string of bootleg remixes of old and new artists. They have since gathered over 10,000,000 plays across Soundcloud and Youtube, had three #1 hits on Hype Machine, and have garnered hundreds of positive reviews in the blogosphere. 2014 saw the duo gain critical acclaim for beginning a series of remixes of vintage pop-tracks called “Golden Classics”. With high energy DJ sets that often feature Live vocals and saxophone, The Golden Pony stands apart as a true musicians who take there productions and getting wild equally seriously.
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The Fort Knox Five is a leading force in the international funk and breaks scene. Having released an arsenal of floor rocking singles and remixes, the FORT KNOX FIVE has the midas touch for producing heavy hitting records. Sid Barcelona, Jon Horvath, Rob Myers and Steve Raskin are the masterminds behind the FORT KNOX FIVE. They established Fort Knox Recordings in 2003 to release party-rocking music that crosses tempos and defies genres. Their world renowned ‘Fort Knox Sound’ has overtaken dance-floors with its distinct interweaving of live instrumentation with funky electronic breakbeats.
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Dirty Looks is NYC-based DJ Jeffrey “Rizzy” Scott.
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Based out of the District of Corruption (Washington DC), Juan And Hugo are Team Zapata. Purveyors of house music since the late 90’s. They began crate digging and collecting records to Dj at house parties which led to playing at clubs up and down the east coast and other parts oft he world. Eventually from djing they evolved to producing original tracks and remixing for other artists.(juan zapata embed link)
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