Mr. Oizo at Avalon Hollywood 10/16

In a world where DJing has become more common through electronic advances, it takes talent and creativity to stand out.

Mr. Oizo's "Lambs Anger" displays a variety of songs both fast and slow. A play on words of Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's "It Takes Two" turns into a vulgar sex account. There is no doubt that this man loves to mix his French influence with fast-paced sweat dripping beats.

Mr. White performed the opening set at Avalon mixing chart toppers such as Kid Cudi's "Day N' Nite" into bass pumping house tracks which began to get the crowd's heart pulsing.

The dancefloor was full when Oizo took the stage somewhere around 12:30 a.m. This man played hours of fast paced tracks never leaving the audience a chance to breath. The tone was almost similar to a rave. Continous fast paced bass kept hitting the speakers, but the beaded bracelets and ridiculous outfits were absent (thank god). Unfortunately, I did not stay until 3 a.m. to see Oizo's whole set, but when I emerged on Vine Street sweaty and exhausted my ears were still ringing.

Overall I enjoyed this show and it panned out to be what I had expected: a night of sweaty kids jumping to one long electronic song. It definitely wasn't one of the best but it was fun and worth the $10. My only advice to Oizo for his next U.S. show; cut some of the repetitive, flashy tracks and add more vocals. If he slowed down his set just a tad the audience would have had a chance to appreciate the artistic approach to DJing.

Here's a clip of Mr. Oizo's set at Avalon 10/16:


 

Mr. Oizo in Hollywood

Mr. Oizo, the genius DJ and producer on Ed Banger Records, will perform a DJ set at Control on Oct. 16 at the Avalon in Hollywood.



For more info check out Control's website. The Avalon is located at 1735 Vine St. Hollywood.

Posted by Lucas Vocos

The Twelves are coming, The Twelves are coming.

The Twelves is a DJ duo from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira formed the group in 2006 and named it after a strange coincidence - they share the same birthday, the 12th of July, 1980.

The Twelves' style is a funky take on house and dance music. Where I see most DJs are relying on huge kick drum sounds and a heavy bass line ala Crookers, The Twelves brings a funky, disco influence to its music. It's just smooth. You can't help but dance and feel the grooves with this stuff.

Another amazing thing about The Twelves is its live improvisation. It's more than two turntables and a laptop. They group incorporates live keyboards and drum machines, and mashing up and remixing on the fly. Every night The Twelves play is a different take on these songs.

I feel like it's going back to the House music of old, similar to Daft Punk and songs by Alan Braxe. Lately, house music has been coming heavier and heavier, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some of my favorite groups are The Bloody Beetroots and Boys Noize which have their fair share of pounding beats and heavy basslines. Something about the smooth, funky feel of a disco-house song just gets to me though.

Here is a video of "When You Talk" by The Twelves.

The Twelves are playing Control club at the Avalon in Hollywood Friday night. Don't miss this, you won't be disappointed.

The Avalon is at 1735 Vine St., Los Angeles.