TwiloMiami

Larry Tee Lashes Twilo's Return

New York's biggest superclub of the 90s Twilo announced this week that
they're to open their brand new Miami venue on Saturday July 22, almost
7 years after being shut down under Major Giuliani's infamous
anti-nightlife campaign.

The new venue is kicking off with a weekly gay event The Construction
Party then launching a straight Friday night party in September though
failed to impress New York scenester and Twilo veteran Larry Tee.

"Twilo in Miami might be a bit uninspiring for a New Yorker, there is
already a glut of mega-clubs in Miami and they are owned by one
conglomerate corporation," said Larry.

"The New York Twilo's main significance was that it ushered in the era
of progressive house DJs like Sasha and Digweed. Trancey house doesn't
inspire me much but it will probably appeal to many tourists heading to
Miami, the Ibiza of the USA," he told Skrufff.

The electroclash founder has quietly become New York's biggest DJ in
recent years, currently spinning to over 3,000 clubbers at three
different weekly residencies in Manhattan (Happy Valley, Distortion Disko and
BANK at Element Saturdays) and ironically DJed at Twilo when it first
took over from Sound Factory in the mid 90s.

"I started their Friday party that helped launch the Sasha/ Digweed
phenomena in the States, but in my opinion, the Twilo era was a dull era
of New York when club creatures and dance music became generic," Larry
continued.

"It was that awkward period where house lost its flavour, trance
filtered in and there wasn't the electro-discko-punk vibe to bring in new
excitement. Twilo seemed like an over-priced bottled water with a nice
label: a designer club for the soon-to-be bottle service culture."

During Twilo's New York run Larry lived directly above the club though
hung out elsewhere on Michael Alig's notorious Club Kid scene and
remained singularly unimpressed with the club compared to New York's other
iconic nightclubs from an earlier era.

"It really isn't fair to compare the nightclubs of the 80s to Twilo,
Danceteria, Palladium and Area, which were all so rich with vibrant
energy and talent that came from rock bands, disco, performance art and new
wave, whereas Twilo ushered in the era of DJs as gods," he said.

"But most of the Twilo DJs played one sound all night long whereas the
80s/early 90s DJs played the best of everything. I think the arrival of
ecstasy in the early 90s created an environment perfect for the
longwinded mega-mixes of Twilo," he added.

https://www.TwiloMiami.com (The Construction Party launches on Saturday
July 22, admission is $20 with valet parking for $10.

this is a good one. thanks for info. i won't go there. ever. :)

this club is on the same block as Space, we're expecting several other new clubs to pop up downtown, with all the new construction (residential and commercial) going on there the downtown area will become an entertainment district, new performing arts center and a couple new super clubs in the future, nice post gwende, you guys will see more and more going on in this area for WMC 2007

yeah, right across from ultra spot 2 years in a row - construction