One Year of the AK47 Label
Танцпол · 07.05.2002
By Storm
On May 8, the Barmaley club hosted a massive Drum&Bass party celebrating the birthday of the ak47-promotions crew — a promo group known to every junglist — which turned one year old. Over that year they treated us more than once to superb d&b parties, many of which brought in DJs from abroad. This time was no exception: ak47 gave a gift to everyone who came to congratulate them and brought J Majik to Moscow, a name known to every drum'n'bass lover in the world. And a whole lot of people came to congratulate the birthday boys, among them guests from Piter and even Kharkov. The dancefloor was packed — as always at ak47 parties — to 200%. Besides J Majik, the capital's best d'n'b DJs played for the crowd, including another man of the hour — DJ Neuvaque, who, by the way, recently became a father, for which we congratulate him wholeheartedly. On top of the killer line-up, the party ran through the night rather than just the evening, as had been the practice before.
The climax of the celebration came when J Majik dropped onto the turntables the record of his hit "Hatiras - Spaced Invader - J Majik rmx", which blows up every d'n'b floor in the world. While the track was still building up, Groove "asked everyone present to crouch down", which they did with bewildered looks on their faces. According to Groove's plan, the moment the tune hit its wildest drop, everyone was supposed to jump up and start raving hard — and with enviable synchronicity, that's exactly what everyone did -). Dan chanted ragga into the mic (I kept waiting for him to spit DaSook), someone was constantly jumping on stage in a burst of joy, the crowd on the floor felt like one single whole, a huge charge of positive energy, a great, tight-knit and friendly atmosphere.
In short, to borrow the words of the well-known Mikhail Sergeyevich: "I came out of there fertilized", and I think many will agree with me: the party was the most awesome one imaginable.
All that's left is to feel sorry for those who didn't come. Although, basically, it's their own fault -)