This Saturday, one of New York City’s most talked-about party brands will make its first foray into the West Coast as the Cityfox Experience descends upon Los Angeles with Dixon, Adriatique, Bedouin, Droog and Atish mobbing an undisclosed location on the outskirts of downtown.
The Los Angeles warehouse party scene has been struggling since a police crackdown last year, and Cityfox’s sterling reputation for classy bookings, impressive production, and attention to detail have been met with a welcomed sense of anticipation.
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“Parties like this are a rare breed,” says fast-rising deep house DJ Atish. “The extremely high quality production, including stage design, lighting, and hi-fi sound pulls from what one might expect from a mega multi-day festival, but exists only as a single club night experience.”
The Cityfox vibe is borne from a heavy dose of burner weirdness, channeled through a storied history in European nightclubs, dosed with festival-worthy production, and set amidst the hedonistic intrigue of warehouse parties.
“A lot of thought and work into every last detail,” says Cityfox founder Billy Bildstein. “Even though our events are ‘warehouse parties,’ for one night, they bring the comfort and details what you might expect from a fixed venue. We build something new almost every event. I don’t know any other outfit that is doing something like this in US, or even the world.”
Zurich-based outfit Projektil designs and then flies in to create the visual, environmental elements of Cityfox parties. This past Summer, Cityfox’s season-long pop-up, Brooklyn Mirage, is considered to be an indicator of the crew’s current aesthetic direction. The video above, showcasing their aesthetic, was just released.
A key theme underlying the Cityfox ethos is inclusion and a deep understanding for the role of community. “The New York scene is pretty incredible, it’s so huge and diverse,” says booker and promoter Gunita Nagpaul. “A big part of our success was that we worked with a lot of the event producers and promoters who had paved the way. And that continues to this day. Dance music is about community, and at times there is drama or politics, but the success of any one series is going to lead to more success for everyone, as it only helps build the scene.”
Fittingly, a number of SoCal operations––Culprit, Rolling Tuff, Desert Hearts, Lovelife, Subtract, Dialogue––have been brought in on Saturday’s bacchanal. “We always need to have at least a headliner or two to cross enough people’s radar,” explains Cityfoxer Simar Singh. “But when we feature several more artists, we want to platform those artists who we think will shine, are deserving of the platform, but might not otherwise play such a large stage and to such a large captive audience. To see that unfold is really fun and rewarding, some of our favorite moments.”
Perhaps Swiss duo Adriatique, who have been part of the Cityfox family since their beginnings in Zurich, explain the mystique best: “It’s not just a certain vibe. It also feels like our little own world, built for just a day or night.”
Last-round tickets are a pricey affair, but still available.
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