New BLOW UP SF video from the 5 Year Anniversary Party, Summer Concert Series #2, by Mar Bar (nyc). so amazing! check it out!
xo
Jeffrey Paradise
4 Year Party Video
3 Year Party Video
2 Year Party Video
There’s no video from the 1st Year party (sadly)… the videos demonstrate we all go very very large for BLOW UP anniversaries! I’m personally so fucking exxxcited about this year!!! 5 Years of new music, new friends, new experiences, and all kinds of trouble we’ve gotten into together!!!
So, please, don’t come out unless you are ready to join the party with us and go BIG BIG BIG!!! no holding back!!! let’s show DJ Skeet Skeet how we like to party!
+ there will be some mad famous photographers and videographers on hand to capture all the magic and we’ll all get to show our friends in other citys how much we rule and they suck [hehe]
- in all seriousness, I’m so excited and feel so lucky to have been a part of something so fun for such a long time, I have hardly done anything for 5 years… wtf, so the fact that Blow Up has been in the club for 5 year (not to mention all the undergrounds before it officially launched).
LET’S FUCKING PARTY TOGETHER!!!
xox
Jeffrey
This is exactly what we’ve been needing to kick off this Summer off right: a dj set by Wallpaper’s frontman, Ricky Reed! Straight out of North Oakland California, he’s doing it real big, with funky beats and synthed out vocals that no one can resist getting down to. Their sound is likened to the musical stylings of Hey Champ!, Chromeo, and even hints of Justice, but don’t let that fool you. Wallpaper’s sounds are fresher than produce. With hits like “T-REX” and “I Got Soul, I’m So Wasted”, I’m sure we’ll be hearing many, many great things from them this Summer and beyond!
Wallpaper has been pushing out beats since 2005, when existentialist, Eric Frederic, was only utilizing the band as a way to satarize mainstream pop and consumer culture, but luckily for us, he ended up embracing the project and now has 3 Eps, remixes for Passion Pit and Das Racist, a full length album Doodoo Face and some epic live performances under his belt, Wallpaper’s really starting to make a name for itself.
Some of their diverse influences include: Afrobeat, P-Funk, and the panoply of Bay Area rap. These influences become most noticeable in the heavy bass breakdowns of “Celebrity”, and in the minimalist pop of “Fine GF.” and are always featured in his DJ sets.
Wallpaper’s musical styling leaves much up to perception of the listener (dancer). It’s really up to you to decide what to make of it, but with their high voltage guitar rifts, blissed out melodic auto-tuned vocals, and heavy booty shakin’ basslines it’s safe to say we’ll all be dancing and singing the night away.
Speaking for myself, I’m absolutely sold on Wallpaper, and can’t wait to see what this electro-funk master has in store for us behind the turntables. Needless to say, I am so, so excited for the long awaited revival of Blow Up! With all the beautiful faces and fresh beats, this Summer is gonna kick so much ass! Let’s Dance!
Yay Yay,
Dylan
