Agua, ¡¡¡que me quemo!!!

This Friday, a new edition of FUEGO, our semi-regular night at Dahlak Eritrean restaurant!

1771 U St. NW
8pm-2am

Burnin' up

Some of the fallout from last Friday's FUEGO party. Salsa, techno, champeta, Balkan brass, kuduro, moombahton, ragga, highlife, cumbia... and ERASURE! Thanks everyone for your energy! And to DJ Felipillo from Granada!

Globaltropical presents FUEGO

Bringing the heat at our monthly semi-regular! A DJ Mr. Boogaloo birthday special!

Friday December 10, 9pm - 2 am, Dahlak 1771 U St. NW

After the fire...

Este sábado: ¡Fuego en el 23!

Fiestiando

Unas fotos del sábado pasado en el Dahlak...¡Chévere!

We might be doing something like this on a semi-regular basis at Dahlak, so stay tuned!

¡Que viva la fiesta!

Tropical bass bizness with an Afrocolombian slant this Saturday at Dahlak!

¡Bajos tropicales con toques afrocolombianos este sábado en el Dahlak!

Celebrate Haiti! redux

A few more photos of last Thursday's Celebrate Haiti! party courtesy of Eric Hudson.

Celebrate Haiti!

Some pictures from last night's Celebrate Haiti! party at Station 9.

Thanks to Nichole for inviting us to support the effort and (as always) Jorge for hooking us up, thanks James et merci bien Jude for getting us there and back and big up to all the dancers for their positive energy.

Encore une fois pour Haiti

On Thursday May 13th, Station 9 will open it's doors to anyone with a love of music, dancing, and drinking for one of the biggest parties in Washington DC this Spring. FaiBien*, a DC-based non-profit dedicated to the people of Haiti, will throw a fundraiser for over 600 people to help rebuild schools and jump start education in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. With two full floors of live bands, DJs, and great drink specials, this party is one you won't want to miss!

Tickets purchased in advance are $15/$20 at the door (every $1 goes directly to the cause). A silent auction will take place on the upper level.

Music provided by CODR** includes a stellar performance on the main floor by DC Mambo, a 9-piece band from the DR preforming salsa, merengue, and bachata, and Haitian music upstairs followed by DJ RBI (Ill St. Grooves WPFW 89.3FM) on the 1st floor spinning RnB & hip hop and the Globaltropical DJs (www.globaltropical.blogspot.com) on the 2nd floor pumping tropical bass music.

*FaiBien builds schools in Haiti for children who would not otherwise receive education and offers skills and trade training to adults. More info. can be found at www.faibien.org. FaiBien was featured by local News Channel 8: http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0110/698774.html.

**CODR is DC-based non-profit supporting higher education for rural students in the Dominican Republic, showing support for their neighbors on the island of Hispanola!

21 and over w/ID.

Tickets available here.

Please come and show your support for the ongoing relief efforts in Haiti.

30 x 2

Camilo and Jorge's 30 x 2 Party

Global Tropical DJs

Saturday, January 30 at 9:30pm - Sunday, January 31 at 3:00am

DAHLAK, 1771 U St. NW, Washington, DC
(202) 332-2110

L'Union Fait la Force

A few pictures from last Friday. A jam-packed Josephine paying tribute to those who lost their lives and those still suffering from the effects of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Early in the evening, a gentleman from the Haitian embassy in DC spoke a few words about the situation in Haiti, how 92% of government buildings in Port-Au-Prince had been destroyed and the country was in dire need of technical personnel. He urged those willing to help to consider flying down to Haiti on the government's expense to work on the rebuilding of the country. More info on the Greater Washington area Haiti relief efforts is on the GWHRC webpage.

Thanks to Sarah, Emmanuel, and Jad from the World Bank, Jorge from the Interamerican Development Bank, and all those who contributed to getting such a large number of people to show up and show their support.

Choosing the right music to play at fundraising event of this type is a touchy subject, but we decided that it would not be irreverent to play some joyful konpa, rap kreyol and kanaval tunes from Haiti among our usual fare. Some timely tracks we played out included Capleton's "Haitians" [uzershare], Twista's "911 (A Freestyle for Haiti)" [uzershare], and Lil' Flip's "Feel It N Da Air (Tribute to Haiti)" [mediafyre], plus some amazing Kanaval 2010 tunes from T-Micky, Mawon, King Posse, Project Boyz, BC, Vwadezil, Surette, Carimi, Tempo, Ti Kabzy, Krezi, Passion Kompa, etc. that may sadly never be performed they way they were intended...

It goes down tonight

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.