Carl Cox mixes up storm in NYC

Carl Cox and Misstress Barbara made headline news in New York’s Village Voice newspaper this week while Carl rocked Centro-Fly

De La Guarda’s DJ Connection series, a combination of sky-high trapeze artistes and quality house, took place at the Daryl Roth Theatre last Thursday (July 3) and was packed out with families and children, college students and clubbers all mingling around together. A kind of Cirque du Soleil meets Tribal Gathering if you like.

De La Guarda is a spectacular form of theatre that literally falls from the sky with unusual and highly theatrical aspects to the show. The entire audience stands and moves throughout the show. Organisers advise the audience to leave you’re their Prada suits and dresses at home as the show uses water, mist, fog and smoke.

DJ Connection is an extended version of De La Guarda, featuring live performances by some of the world’s best DJs including Satoshi Tomiie and Josh Wink.

Midway through the show rain descends (remember this is indoors) and cast members swoop into the audience, picking up unsuspecting punters along the way and fly them around. Bizarrely enough, people actually volunteer for this. Cue TTDJs Carl Cox and Misstress Barbara, who were in the house while Carl was on his recent trip to New York to play Centro-Fly as part of his US tour.

1,800 packed themselves in to New York’s Centro-Fly a couple of weeks back to hear the maestro mix up another type of storm. Although, by the end of the night the sweaty punters might as well have been drenched in a De La Guarda rainstorm.

Carl unleashed a sonic assault to the expectant crowd. Tracks such as Thomas Krome and Jasper Dahlback’s ‘Murder Was the Bass’ and Bryan Zentz’s monster-monster ‘D-Clash’ were segued with Underworld’s ‘Two Months Off’ drilling home why Carl is still one of the biggest DJs in the world.

The atmosphere was amazing as sweaty smiley people directed every ounce of energy to the dancefloor, with New York’s techno elite celebrating a celestial experience.

Following the party we’ve been inundated with emails saying things like “that was the best gig of the year” and claiming, “that was the ultimate techno experience”. Praise indeed.