Up All Night: Euphoria Revisited

Comments (0) By Lina Lecaro Wednesday, Jun 18 2008

The term underground is pretty subjective these days, but suffice to say, with summer here, the proliferation of downtown dance happenings in nontraditional settings is at an all-time high. Here, a couple of techno-ish groove gatherings sure to be worth the shady surroundings. Anne Lee’s Blow Up LA is always a buoyant bash, attracting LA’s Day-Glo-dressed dance denizens with the amusements they’ve come to expect (themed dress-up nights, Shadowscene photo booth, etc.) and a consistently raging roster of spin-whizzes. This month the list includes disco wiggy wonders Royal Rumble (love their Kid Sister remix), plus Lazrtag, Flufftronix, Eli Smith, Keith Wilson (Moscow) and Nite Cells. The sleepless-in-the-city crowd will want to head to The Station, an after-hours affair headlined by NYC drug kid fave DJ Keoki, along with Morningstar (The Abbey/Area), Barbeau (Miss Kitty’s), Siesta Soul (Frequency), DJ Spinher (Element) and more. This one will recall the euphoric rave days of yore, especially when the sun comes up — it goes till 5 a.m. Both parties, Sat., June 21. See www.myspace.com/blowupla for location and info. The Station is at 239 E. Fifth St., dwntwn. Info: (213) 440-9288.