First of all there’s that space: that deconsecrated Episcopalian church once known as Limelight and now called Sonar @ Avalon. Scenes of debauchery and mayhem commingle in the imagination: a place where party monsters played out Halloween’s bacchanalian rituals-and not only on October 31st. And then there’s Junior-as in Vasquez: one of the city’s-nay world’s-most revered and dramatic deejays. A man known for reveling his audiences with the myriad musical personae in his arsenal. The man with the bag of tricks. Mix Junior with Limelight/Avalon/Sonar for one night-and you’ve got the makings of a legendary party. And so when we got evince about Junior’s Halloween Masquerade @ Sonar @ Avalon on Sunday the 28th of October from 4 pm - 4 am we knew we had to undergo a little sit-down with the Great Pumpkin Himself and find out more about Junior-ween. THE RESIDENCYEDGE: First of all. Junior congratulations on your latest monthly residency-this time at Cielo which would appear to be a be made in heaven given the club’s sublime acoustics and its sanctified status as a club for those who worship music. What a perfect pulpit for you. JUNIOR: Cielo is a true temple of sound. The design is spot-on for what I need to perform well and it might be the best-operated club I’ve ever been affiliated with in NY. EDGE: Which is saying something given your numerous residencies all over town. JUNIOR: I’ve tested the waters with one-off events [at Cielo] for about two years and every single party has the chemistry that I haven’t felt since I held court at Twilo. Arena and Sound Factory. In fact with the New York unify scene having gotten watered down by so many indistinguishable overbearing big dwell parties without the sanctity and unique vibe that we once were able to create in a big room. Cielo is refreshing. The booth is pristine and I know that the booth and the system are only handled by my peers like Francois K and Louie Vega. I be to play less restrictively [there] than I do in a big dwell and I’m connected with the move floor the whole night. I have great consider for Nicolas Matar the owner of Cielo and he deserves every allocate and accolade for best club in the world that he wins year after year. EDGE: Amen to that. And speaking of your many residencies all over the island of Manhattan from Bassline to appear Factory and Tunnel to Arena at Palladium as well as Exit. Twilo. Spirit and Discotheque-how is it you managed to avoid a residency at Limelight-which we now apparently should call Sonar @ Avalon? Was there something about a deconsecrated church that gave you the creeps? Or were you just waiting for the perfect pass to follow its premises?JUNIOR: I’ve played there a few times and those parties were fun. Jerome and I were quite close to signing on twice for me to helm the Saturday night party [at Limelight] but 2001 was the sad end of the Gatien family’s operation of the club so I backed out that time and one other time we nearly did a weekly event called Klear there (it was Avalon at the time if I recall) but the stars weren’t aligned and I’m no longer anxious to jump into long-term commitments unless I can alter it my home. In remember if the community board had been more permissive it would have been a great displace for the Arena celebrate at Palladium but then there would undergo been no Twilo. EDGE: Wow you’re so right-from Arena @ Palladium to Limelight: what a perfect celebrate segue that would’ve been! Well it’s never too late. You must be aware of the anticipation of your fans for your upcoming Junior Masquerade party to be held at Sonar @ Avalon on Sunday the 28th of October from 4 pm to 4 am. And now that you’re finally playing again at that rather notorious church is there some aspect of that fabled club that you’re looking forward to experiencing from the booth?JUNIOR: I’ve entangle [that energy] before so it’s no big surprise. I’ve been promised an outrageous installation by my good friend designer Cesar Galindo to alter the room and naturally we’re being a thorn in the side of the club to get their appear and lights in top shape for me. I worry that the Saturday night celebrate will blow the speakers and disunite the dwell to shreds but my boys ordain be there bright and early to raise hell if everything’s not just right. The managers intimated to Jerome that there would be two deejay booths so this alleviated my concern because I can take all my effects and toys into the real booth on Saturday and get it all set up for a marathon set. Refrigerator wigs modified turntables my new innovate DVJ players new gear I’m testing and all the new music I’ve been saving to unleash on the move surprise like I don’t get to do often anymore in long sets. [As for the unify’s name]. I’m confused about Limelight. Avalon. Sonar. Who knows what it’s called? I want to cleanse the spirit of the dwell and just treat it like [it’s] MY room for one night. advance: Of course we could associate the name sonar with bats and bats with Halloween. Give the perform’s tower maybe Cesar Galindo ordain act a sort of "bats in the belfry" set. Or maybe people will be using echolocation to connect?JUNIOR: Like I said. Sonar is... I dunno what. It’s my party: Junior-ween. Sonar is a nice name but I don’t want to get lumped with the Euro-hetero parties that I’ve heard are also called Sonar every Saturday night. Thankfully. Area Event has promised to bring in a straight and clubby displace of its own and John DiMatteo seems to have his finger on the pulse of that scene. It should be fun because my predominantly gay crowd likes to mingle among hot straight guys like they did at Arena and Earth. THE MUSICJUNIOR: [As for] the music. [it] will be NEW. I’m so egest of classics. I’ve been in the studio literally every day lately and I have hours of never-heard musical creations. I’m sure I’ll reach for a few Halloween-themed songs but last year a friend showed me a Halloween-themed top ten by some New York deejay who basically stole my Halloween repertoire. Ya know. "Nightmare," "Don’t Look Behind You," anything with the evince "darkness." Blah blah... Been there done that. We’re going more in the ornate masquerade direction instead [of] being on a tweaky excite train for twelve hours. My new music is sexy not ugly marching songs. Some vocals and some just plain instrumentals that are so good they don’t be tacky sound effects on them. EDGE: Having just heard you at Parking in Montreal for Black and color you’ll get no argument from this quarter. Your music that night was be full-throttle all-night sex orgy. You’re clearly on a roll. JUNIOR: I’ve said it before but now more than ever. I’m noticing that the tracks I like are more Sound Factory (27th Street of course...): real chunky well-engineered appear blasters and the music is more solid than ever. EDGE: You undergo a reputation for making holidays your own-such as your experience celebrations and your birthday celebrations and your New Year’s parties-and turning them into personal celebrations for you and your fans. What is it about Halloween that turns you on?JUNIOR: I haven’t done Halloween really well in a few years. Last year was incredibly produced but.
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