BLKMARKET MEMBERSHIP 1/28. An underground party surfaces... underground...

BLKMARKET MEMBERSHIP presents LUNA CITY EXPRESS
Thursday, January 28 11:00PM 21+
$10 with RSVP to LEADER@BLKMARKETMEMBERSHIP.COM

BLKMARKET MEMBERSHIP, the party architects known for setting fire to numerous "secret locations," are breaking tradition and revealing Santos Party House as their target this Thursday night. Sound like resident DJ's Taimur+Fahad have something major up their sleeve. Marco Resmann, of the Berlin dubtronica tycoons LUNA CITY EXPRESS, will be in the house celebrating the launch of their new album Hello From Planet Earth, already hailed by critics as "a more impressive sound than ever - reflecting both their respect and passion for house music." Expect the deepest of house, mind-expanding techno, and dark electro madness. We're pumped to be collaborating with one of the most important forces in underground dance as they orchestrate this milestone.

Luna City Express‘ epic debut at Santo’s Party House via Blkmarket Membership is more than just a good reason to leave the house, it is the cultural underpinnings of a legendary meeting between underground and above ground avenues of expression. Marco Resmann was well on his way to cult stardom as Phage when he met Norman Weber and the world was offered Luna City Express. A collective concoction of downbeat, trip hop, and deep house proclivities, the duo understands how to be both timeless and innovative, classic and contemporary. As in all artistic endeavors, the whole is greater than its parts and Luna City Express just might lead you to a dance floor that tugs at your heart.

Along for the ride are the Blkmarket Membership residents, Taimur+Fahad. They boys have had a massive year, bringing in the best of the best to play their ever growing party. Their mission from the get go has been, 'to bring in talent that inspires us as DJ's.' That simple policy has guided them and it's no wonder why their party is amongst the best in the U.S at the moment. They have had the opportunity to be heard and have earned the respect of many who regard them as some of New York City's finest DJ's in the techno scene. They will be opening up for Luna City Express on this evening.

Nader Sadek's B'doun O'mr/Ageless tomorrow with members of Morbid Angel, Cryptopsy and Behold... The Arctopus

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On November 21, 2009 at 9pm, Santos Party House will proudly present, “B'doun O'mr (Ageless)” the new performance work by Nader Sadek.

In “Ageless,” a hyperbolic amalgamation of long-haired death metal musicians and a fully-veiled Middle Eastern woman is created when near mythical characters of an “extreme” nature merge. Ostensibly dark and menacing, these figures will be blended into one image. The hair covering the faces of each character functions as a replacement for the veil/mask. In the middle of an installation of conceptually-loaded objects, the five characters will perform a sonic composition. These elements create an atmosphere of hostility, reflecting and rejecting the supposed political dichotomy of East versus West. Objects found in the earlier stages of the artist’s series are thus transformed: The mashrabeya (ornate wooden lattice) that was employed to delineate private and public space in a previous performance held at the SculptureCenter is now deconstructed and returned to its basic natural shape—a glossy black tree trunk.

Given the imagined ideology of these combined cultures—now manifested in an independent figure—the goal of this creation is to bring these worlds back to Nature, to a fundamentally primitive existence, which is admittedly unachievable. The art objects used in the performance will stand free of apparent meaning, in a gesture that seeks to suspend the purported need for clearly defining this new environment and challenges art world conventions. With ambiguity defining much of the performance and an inherent tension surfacing as a spatial push and pull between the unrestrained subject (the artist and band members) and the spectator (the viewer), notions of objectification and turmoil will lead to ultimate transcendence.

Born in Cairo, Nader Sadek is an emerging conceptual artist based in New York. His installations and performances aim to blur configurations of private and public, while exorcising the holy and profane and evoking ritualistic restraint and impulsive aggression. He has exhibited in the US and abroad and has toured with some of the most influential death metal musicians in the world, having contributed original installations and costumes to Mayhem and Sunn O))). His previous works have been reviewed by the Village Voice, The Guardian, The Herald Tribune and the New Yorker.

The musicians that will accompany Sadek in his performance will include Steve Tucker, formerly of Morbid Angel, Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy and Mike Lerner of Behold...the Arctopus. For more information visit http://www.santospartyhouse.com and http://www.nadersadek.com