Catharsis NYC Blog

We’re excited to present an amazing piece produced by our friend Chris Bagnall of Rockbox Films, featuring the one and only Ken Swift.

BEAT BREAKERS from Christopher Bagnall on Vimeo.

Visit the Beat Breakers site.

Our first Cooldown turned out to be a nice little shindig, despite being the hottest day of the summer and a late night flash storm. We had crazy visuals by the Forward Motion Theater crew and their VJs, set to dubbed out beats by Deepfield, Kimskii, Jools Palmer, and Dhundee. The post-Ps-1 crowd and party heads grubbed down to BBQ and chugged cheap beers.

We’ll be doing these every two weeks for the rest of the summer, with a rotating DJ lineup and special live performances. The next Cooldown is Saturday Aug 7th.

recap vid shot by the VJs:

EYEWASH – COOL DOWN July 24th from stephen dirkes on Vimeo.

Well, sort of our backyard… We’ve got a big private parking lot at our office in Long Island City with a loading dock that serves as an awesome stage for performers and DJs. Plus there’s an indoor theater in the back of the lot called The Secret Theatre. We’re just a few blocks away from PS-1 MOMA, where the Warmup series of outdoor concerts is in full swing.

Come on through! It’s gonna be a nice (and cheap) night to chill, grab some BBQ, bug out to some trippy visuals by world class VJs and shake your booty to the killer bass sounds of our favorite DJ, Dhundee, who’s gonna rock a dubsteppy set.

THE COOLDOWN
@ The Secret Theatre
4402 23rd St (bt 44th Rd & 44th Ave)
Long Island City, Queens

8 PM – 1 AM
21+ w/ID
$5 at door
BBQ

Music by:
Dhundee (Sugarcuts inc / GYDO) – Dubstep, House
Kimskii (Please & Thank You!, Sexytime Explosion) – Reggae, Dub, House
DeepField (Sexytime Explosion, 2Tuff) – Dubstep
Jools Palmer (Unisexi) – House, Electronica

Visuals by:
Eyewash
Motomichi
VJ Pixalot
Blind
Wetcircuit

Presented by:
Forward Motion Theater
The Secret Theatre
Catharsis
SugarCuts Music
Airtight Concepts

Check out some shots from the official jumpoff party for R-16. Photos by Mason Rose. The tournament finals begin on July 3rd.

Here’s a clip of the freestyle MC performances from the party, hosted by Dumbfoundead:

R-16 Warmup-extra footage (Event) from FIGHTINGHAPPY on Vimeo.