Raising the roof

Wicked night! Station 9 is a great venue right on U St. that's definitely seen better days, but the powerful rig and polished wooden floor upstairs made for a great dancing party. Around 11:30 it got so packed they stopped letting people in and consequently there was a line up the stairs from the main room.

Bugalú Juan flew in to the gig straight from el Distrito Federal and was in a fierce mood, so we just played a back to back set of banging reggaetón, pitched up salsa dura, Balkan beats, vallenato, baile funk, dancehall and soca. Couldn't use the turntables as much as I'd have liked to as the floor was just heaving too much, but thankfully it wasn't a big problem.

Bouncers hit the lights at just past 3 AM.

Big up to Jorge G. and the rest of the Young Professionals for Latin America and the Caribbean crew for making it happen, and also Carlos E. and Tadashi for staying up past their curfew and keeping up the drinks supply all night long.