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The Legend of Music Savages
The Legend of Music Savages
It was the early 2000's. Trance and Progressive House DJs were packing out the raves and clubs across Los Angeles. A handful of strangers, with a shared love of a wider variety of electronic music, found each other in the same spots on those LA dance floors - enjoying, critiquing, dancing, partying - but all the while dreaming of something more. They exchanged numbers, after-partied at each others' apartments, and with each new weekend, this handful of strangers became a circle of friends. On a big night, there might be 25 to 50 of them sprinkled around an event. This crew started hosting side rooms and opening sets at all their favorite clubs - Avalon, Vanguard, King King, The Standard, Joseph's... and Music Savages was born.
It was the early 2000's. Trance and Progressive House DJs were packing out the raves and clubs across Los Angeles. A handful of strangers, with a shared love of a wider variety of electronic music, found each other in the same spots on those LA dance floors - enjoying, critiquing, dancing, partying - but all the while dreaming of something more. They exchanged numbers, after-partied at each others' apartments, and with each new weekend, this handful of strangers became a circle of friends. On a big night, there might be 25 to 50 of them sprinkled around an event. This crew started hosting side rooms and opening sets at all their favorite clubs - Avalon, Vanguard, King King, The Standard, Joseph's... and Music Savages was born.
On a typical Music Savages night, you'd likely see three or four of the nine Music Savages DJs behind the decks - sometimes with separate slots, and other times rotating every 2 or 3 songs for the entire night. It was funky, it was dirty, it was dark, it was deep, it was quirky... it was refreshing to have such a variety of styles in such close proximity to the main stage, where all our favorite DJs and Bands were headlining.
On a typical Music Savages night, you'd likely see three or four of the nine Music Savages DJs behind the decks - sometimes with separate slots, and other times rotating every 2 or 3 songs for the entire night. It was funky, it was dirty, it was dark, it was deep, it was quirky... it was refreshing to have such a variety of styles in such close proximity to the main stage, where all our favorite DJs and Bands were headlining.
Music Savages was about the music and the people, but it took a third ingredient to make the perfect meal: the humor. Javier was a fictitious man, who many thought was real, who promoted the parties, and who engaged with party-goers as they were just finding their footing in the digital world (remember Email Chains, Myspace and Blogs???). Javier hosted photo contests, made mustaches on sticks, spray-painted SARS masks - anything to set the mood and ensure the vibe at a Music Savages night was just right.
Music Savages was about the music and the people, but it took a third ingredient to make the perfect meal: the humor. Javier was a fictitious man, who many thought was real, who promoted the parties, and who engaged with party-goers as they were just finding their footing in the digital world (remember Email Chains, Myspace and Blogs???). Javier hosted photo contests, made mustaches on sticks, spray-painted SARS masks - anything to set the mood and ensure the vibe at a Music Savages night was just right.
Over the years, Music Savages evolved into many things: private parties, a Burning Man Camp, tech support, art installations, stage design, LED lighting, French Toast at raves... and it became, and continues to be, a trusted world-wide brand. To this day, the Music Savages founders, Cameron Angeli and Matthew Derham, continue to channel their creativity into new galaxies within the Music Savages Universe.
Over the years, Music Savages evolved into many things: private parties, a Burning Man Camp, tech support, art installations, stage design, LED lighting, French Toast at raves... and it became, and continues to be, a trusted world-wide brand. To this day, the Music Savages founders, Cameron Angeli and Matthew Derham, continue to channel their creativity into new galaxies within the Music Savages Universe.
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