Saturday, April 10, 2010

Afternoon Dance Break - In The Dark We Live


A "friend" once told me about his experience in the pre-dawn hours at the old Sound Factory on West 27th Street (above).  He had taken a little Ecstasy (he was young and a bit reckless at the time) and DJ Junior Vasquez put on In The Dark We Live.  This "friend" can still remember, in vivid detail, the bells of this song ringing in perfect timing with the mind-blowing light show.  And as the record chanted "I can see the light", he remembers the artificial sunrise/dawn they created inside the club.  It still sends chills down my "friend's" spine.  At least that's what he told me ...