Ticket Giveaway! French Express Tour @ U Street Music Hall (DC)

The French Express US Tour is making a stop in DC tomorrow, and to say we are excited is a gross understatement. Back when this was announced in the fall, I just about lost my marbles because having one of the four is in my mind awesome, but all four of them?!? Shut the freaking front door. I apologize in advance if any of you are within a ten foot radius of me tomorrow evening.

If you're not familiar with the record label, we've featured them on the blog here before, and at the end of the summer, I emphatically shoved Moon Boots' remix of "Headphones" in your faces.

We've got a pair of tickets to giveaway thanks to our kind friends at U Street Music Hall. 

Read on to get the scoop and preview some tracks that we're excited to -hopefully- hear tomorrow:

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Flight Facilities Artist Spotlight and Ticket Giveaway

We have been looking forward to this Saturday night for quite some time.  Why you ask? Oh, you didn't ask?  Well I'm going to tell you anyway.  Our favorite DJ duo from down under will be playing our favorite place for dance parties in DC.  That's right, Flight Facilities will be hitting the decks at U-Street Music Hall this Saturday, October 20th.  To say that we are excited would be quite an understatement.  This show will be their third stop on their fourteen show "Frequently Flying" tour.  We will be giving away a pair of tickets to this sure to be EPIC dance party to one lucky reader.  Details on how to enter are at the bottom of this post.

Flight Facilities is made up of Australian DJ/Producers Hugo Gruzman and Jimmy Lyell.  The name (and logo) came from an old Australian airline that Hugo's grandfather started. FF burst onto the scene in 2010 with their debut single "Crave You" featuring Giselle.  While this track helped the duo gain exposure and airtime, it wasn't until the release of their second single "Foreign Languages" featuring Jess, in 2011, that they really solidified themselves as producers.  This past May they released another single, titled "With You" featuring Grovesnor. Also, Flight Facilities recently announced they will be releasing another single, "Clair De Lune" featuring Christine Hoberg on October 30.  In addition to these original tracks, they have done remixes for the likes of Cut Copy, Bag Raiders, Holy Ghost, Sneaky Soundsystem, The C90's and others.

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Misun - "Met You" (Ft Sammy Bananas) PREMIER! & (Another) Ticket Giveaway!

(Nacey, Misun, William DeVon)

This past July, Washington DC was introduced to the three piece multi faceted band known as Misun. The band includes singer/songwriter Misun Wojcik, DPC's own William DeVon (guitar), and D.C. hero Nacey (producer/keys). Their EP “The Sea” was released July 17, 2012 on T&A Records and was quickly featured on a number of blogs including leaks from RCRDLBL and The Fader. The EP is a refreshing summer breeze of synth/"aqua" wave goodness. Misun's vocals carry a timeless sultry and soulful energy that blend blissfully to the bands arrangements. Not long after the EP, they released “The Sea Remixes” featuring a slew of remixes touching a wide range EDM genres:

Check em':


A personal favorite (with self-admitted bias), comes from William DeVon. His interpretation of "Coffee" is a synth fueled mood setter. I'm calling it now, "Coffee" will be this band's staple.

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Ticket Giveaway - DPC Presents: Edit Murphy

A little less than a year ago, Edit Murphy, was on our radar after hearing his track, "Mercy," on The C90s mixtape. Aside from having one of the best monikers for a DJ in the dance party world, Edit Murphy has a way of sampling RnB in a way that heats up dance floors to get people moving with his deep, soulful grooves.

The Motown Edits Vol. I by Edit Murphy

It's no coincidence that a year after his first release, Edit Murphy is embarking on his "Brooklyn Nights" tour, starting in Miami and ending in San Francisco as his second EP, "Brooklyn Nights," off Smoke N' Mirrors hits the shelves on September 25. We were thrilled when we heard the news, and even more thrilled when we learned we would share the bill with the DJ/Producer himself in Baltimore, MD at the swanky night club, E-Villa (insert girly "OMG" scream here). 

Edit Murphy - Brooklyn Nights [Preview] by Smoke N´Mirrors

We'd love to see you at E-Villa this Friday, September 21. Music starts at 9pm, and Mr. Bonkerz, DJ Remote CTRL and William DeVon are warming up the decks and Edit Murphy goes on at 11:30pm for two hours of non-stop dance parties. If you're sitting there wondering what exactly the evening may have in store for you, please give his latest mix for Musicis4Lovers a listen. It's full of deep, sexy vibes with tracks from Nicholas, Urulu, Bicep & Odyssey.

Lovecast Episode 009 - Edit Murphy [Musicis4Lovers.com] by Musicis4Lovers

So, what does that mean for our DC/MD/VA amigos? Well, it obviously means that we're no longer friends if we don't see you there...but it also means we are giving away a pair of tickets because we know everyone likes free crap love you.

Two ways to enter via our Facebook page (so make sure you've liked us!)

• Share >>> the post pinned to the page OR 
  
• Retweet >>> the tweet referencing the ticket giveaway 

We can't thank E-Villa enough for making this happen and we hope to see you in Baltimore this Friday!

Don't be left out off the dancefloor,

DPC 

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Ticket Giveaway! Sneaky Sound System with DJ Remote Ctrl @ U Street Music Hall

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Alright, the DPC Crew is teaming up with our homies over at Blisspop to give 2 lucky dance partiers a pair of tickets to: Blisspop Presents...Sneaky Sound System with support from DJ Remote Ctrl (DPC). It's going down this Saturday, September 1.

What do you have to do? Easy:

Sign a blood contract pledging your undying allegiance to us... 

Or if you're not into the whole sacrilegious ceremonial thing:

First: Make sure you've "Liked" us on the Facebook and/or "Followed" us on the good'ol Twitter. Easy enough.

Second (and this is the important bit): Head over to our Facebook, and "Share" the post pinned to the page OR "Retweet" the tweet referencing the ticket giveaway.

Boom.

2 Winners will be chosen at random and will have their names (+1) added to the guest list on the night of the show.



Winner or not, come say what's to the DPC and Blisspop crews. High fives, whiskeys, and dance parties will be had.

And if we don't see you there, look for us at this week's recommended events.

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THE FIX

Here's an exclusive promo for Blisspop by DJ Remote Ctrl to get you warmed up (in more way that one) for the Saturday night dance party.

NSFW - April MIx

A lot of our readers have expressed to us that the music we share gets them through and provides the soundtrack to their work day. Coincidentally, that’s how this whole thing got started for us at DPC. It was an email chain between friends who shared music during the workday while they eagerly awaited the next dance party Somehow, through some whiskey-graced inspiration, it became a blog. The purpose of which being to spread and induce dance parties; whether you’re at home dancing in the mirror, out living it up with your crew, and most importantly, in your cubicle.

Well, what am I waiting for? Nothing really; just need to do a little more“chronicling” before making you want to dance. Go ahead and hit play if you want, just promise you’ll keep reading...I’m feeling wordy today.

Deal?

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Artist Spotlight/Ticket Giveaway: Tiger & Woods

Good morning DPC readers!  I'm excited to announce another DPC Ticket Giveaway!  This time we will be giving away a pair of tickets for 4/20-Blisspop: TIGER & WOODS (Live), Tim Sweeney, Beautiful Swimmers at U Street Music Hall.  We've been looking forward to this show for quite some time and it promises to be an unforgettable night in the District.  Details for entering the contest are at the end of the post.

Tiger & Woods are "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." They say that their names are Larry Tiger and David Woods; they must be fans of golf and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."  T&W first emerged onto the scene in 2009 with two vinyl EP's, Hole in One and Caddy Shag, released unofficially on the Editainment Record Label.


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Aeroplane Ticket Giveaway!

It's been brought to our attention that Aeroplane is coming to U Street Music Hall on Saturday, February 18th. First of all, shut the freaking front door.

This is a huge deal for us because it means we don't have to be hungover at work on a weekday and can enjoy our hangovers (aka: personal hell) from the comfort of our own beds/couches/friend's living room floor/bathroom on Sunday morning. #winning

In order to celerage accordingly, and because we. freaking. love. you. AND U Street Music Hall - we are giving away two pairs of tickets to the Aeroplane, Cassian, and DJ Provoke show on Saturday, February 18th.


There are a few ways you can win tickets:

• Like U Street Music Hall on Facebook. If you already like them, share their page with your friends.
• Share the Facebook event page on your profile, telling people the forecast for Saturday night. (You don't have to say this, but this is my prediction: Awesome with a chance of dance parties and whiskey.)
  
• Like The Dance Party Chronicles on Facebook. If you already like us, share our page with your friends.
  
• Follow us on Twitter, and then tweet, "@dpchronicles is hosting a giveaway to the Aeroplane, Cassian and DJ Provoke show @uhalldc"

(Explaining this makes me sleep better at night, so bear with me as I insult your intelligence.)

Please leave a separate comment below (on this blog post) for each thing you do. So... for example: if you tweet to your friends and like us on Facebook, you'll comment twice, resulting in two entries. Do all four; leave four comments. Ya dig?

And there you have it. 4 Different ways to get separate entries for the tickets. That saves you some $$ that will be spent buying drinks at the bar. (BTW, you can buy me a Bear Fight with that money, too. Or Tyler. But not Rashad because apparently he wants no part in it.)

We'll be announcing the winner next Thursday, February 16th at 12:00pm, so be sure to check back to see if you won!

And as always, a big thank you to U Street Music Hall for their generosity and putting up with all of our antics. We came for the music on St. Patrick's day in 2010, but stayed for the good times and memories : )

Winner Winner!

This is the part where we tell you who gets free tickets to the show. We know that this was focused towards DPC readers in DC, but hopefully we'll be able to host more fun contests to show our readers how much we love you and/or want to bribe you.

Congratulations, andy g. "i was a fan, i am a friend, i love to dance. send me!!!" for winning two tickets to the show this Saturday, November 5th at U Street Music Hall. Please email us at dpchronicles@gmail.com so we can put your name on the guest list.

For everyone else who entered, thank you! We hope you still go to the show; it should be a great one! And don't be afraid to come say "hi"; someone came up to me at The Magician on Wednesday night and said he read le blog, but then ran away before I could corral him for an obligatory beer shoved in his face. This is probably a good thing for me and my wallet. Let's just say someone is giving up hard liquor until further notice. #stupidshitido

It's also Morgan Geist's birthday, and I heard there's gonna be cake there. If that doesn't entice you - I don't know what will. More cake for me I guess.

Metro Area Ticket Giveaway!

**This give away has closed**

We are happy to announce our first (and hopefully not last) giveaway at The Dance Party Chronicles!

As you may have already figured out, we are roughly based out of Washington, DC (I say roughly cause 2/3 of DPC live in Northern VA) and are at U Street Music Hall quite a bit. We hold FDP Cards (Frequent Dance Party Cards, duh) and it was love at first dance since we first attended U Hall's opening show in March 2010 where Aeroplane threw down a crazy St. Patrick's DDP for everyone.

Although we are not affiliated with U Hall, we do want to share the love with all of our reader's who live in the area, want to check out the venue, or want a reason to head to this weekend's show featuring Solomon Sanchez and Brooklyn native's Metro Area (Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani) this Saturday, November 5th.

There are many ways to be entered into this giveaway that includes admission for you and a guest, you just need to do ONE of the following:

• Click "attend" on the event on Facebook.
• "Like" U Street Music Hall on Facebook.
• "Like" The Dance Party Chronicles on Facebook.

After you have done one of the above mentioned, comment below and you'll be entered to win tickets to the show! We will announce the winner on Friday, November 4th at 4:00 PM.

We would like to thank U Hall for donating the tickets to DPC and hope you guys will enter!

This will save you $20, people! Think of all the things you could do with an extra $20 in your pocket that night:

• Buy Becca a Jager Bomb
• Buy Becca (okay, fine.. anyone from DPC) a whiskey shot
  
• Buy Becca some cookies at the 7-11 next door
• Buy Morgan Geist (1/2 of Metro Area) a shot for his birthday
• Use the $20 to get a cab home... don't try and walk home (That's happened before. It's a long walk. Trust me.)
  
• Buy yourself 4 Natty Boh's
  
• Save that $20 and be responsible (haha, that's funny - who are we kidding?)
• Put that money towards more dance parties in the future!

So what are you waiting for? How about you win yourself some tickets? Happy commenting!