In Bass We Trust: SOUP @ Cielo, NYC 9/6/13

We’ve been following the folks over at SOUP (Support Our Underground Properly) for a while now. It’s hard not to notice SOUP if you go out in NYC many times. They’ve been at it since the mid 90’s. The parties are the manifestation of DJ Chris Love’s love of house. He recently teamed promotionaly with DJ AB Logic (walla ‘DJ duo Love & Logic’) and it seems nearly every week they can be found throwing another gargantuan, often underground and always housey, dance music event. This past summer they’ve earned a recurring residency at Sullivan Room, hosted exclusive parties in the top night clubs of Manhattan brandishing big name DJ’s as well as a great many top local and regional DJ’s. They were found rocking dives practically under the Brooklyn Bridge for 12+ hours. They were spotted casting off on packed yacht parties in the Hudson before docking to all night after after-parties. Basically, SOUP has been at it for a long long long time and are essential mainstays in NYC. In an inbox flooded with event invites daily from around the globe, few promoters invites are even glanced at these days; we not only glance at, but we usually even read the ones they send. Recent SOUP DJ’s include Derrick Carter, Doc Martin, Todd Terry, Frankie Bones, Joeski, Francois K, Derrick May, DJ Pierre, Frankie Knuckles, Mr. V, Christian Martin…..yeah that kind of party, so go find it.

On a perfect late-summer Friday in September, we headed off to Cielo for SOUP’s latest blowout. ‘House Spinners’, with DJ Mus and Blaq Jeff (Astoria DJ Group legend and recent alumnus from “In Bass We Trust Miami Beach WMC 2013”) opened the night and had huge fan turnout and support for the amazing opening set he laid down. If only all DJ’s knew how to open a party like that. The entire cast of ADG DJ’s and friends were out to support the House Spinners and the building was packed and grooving hard by the time they left the decks.

‘The Wig’ came on next and played a long proper set of house music, while he danced and drummed live with l.e.d. tipped drum sticks. Local saxophonist Leah Gough-Cooper stepped up and laid down a surprise performance during ‘Mark Knight’s Man with a Red Face’. Chris Patrick laid some beats and finally ‘Love & Logic’ graced the stage to finish off the sweaty and packed crowd until next time.

SOUP:

www.facebook.com/groups/soupnyc/

Love & Logic:
www.facebook.com/ab.logic

Chris Patrick:
www.facebook.com/chrispatrickdj

The Wig:

www.facebook.com/rich.chwastiak

House Spinners / Blaq Jeff / DJ Mus:
www.facebook.com/BlaqJeff
www.facebook.com/DeejayMus
www.facebook.com/house.spinners

Here’s a few of the tracks that night:

House Spinners:

Coyu – Paseando Por Lima

Maintain – Fabio Giannelli

The WIG: