Whatever it takes…
Sorry for the serious delays in new content, and new mp3s. packing, rental vans, car repairs, Uffie, its all a bit much. More regular posts to come once we get settled in up north. Until then, here’s a short story from our rockstar friend who got into the Kompakt release party last week in Cologne. Enjoy…
Sooooo the kompakt pary—it was looking so bleak Ellsworth. Ten PM the night of the party and there were no tickets anywhere!! Turns out they’ve been sold out for months! I went to two locations where they had been sold and the ppl there were like.. ‘you dont have a chance!’
You can imagine how upset I was.. I came all the way to Cologne for this party.. I haven’t heard electro since like before I left NYC and basically I could think of nothing worse than missing this party that I was so hyped to attend. I wouldn’t take no for an answer. I made my sister sling down a few gins and tonics (we bought gin at duty fre with the only usable source of money we have to our name (my sister’s emergency american express card thats STRICLY for emergencies- I’m sorry but this is one!) and fed her some asprin, the girl was suffering from fever and a bad cold and left hell bent to find the venue prepared to beg, sell myself or my sister, or just cry and throw a huge temper tantrum. We arrive and theres ppl swarming all around. All these lines with signs in german that i cant understand. I meet some DJ from berlin whose friend promised him a ticket into the party but ditched him, leaving him outside to translate for stupid american chicks who can’t read german, namely- me. So we chatted about berlin and nyc, super cute, super german, super exciting conversation. He urged me to try my luck at the press line. I went for it.
I strutted up and um kinda told a bad lie.. i was desperate but i neeeded to! I told them i was from SONICA (pronounced Sonique-A- complete fabrication) Records out of New York and they started searching frantically for my name. My heart was beating soooo fast, I neeeeeeeeded to get in, all I could see was lights and flyers and blond hair and names like Fritz and Heinrich. I wanted to steal a name from the list. but instead I was like, um Sarah Freilich was supposed to have called on my behalf…. ha! This was a proven technique developed our friend Mr Andre K., and it fucking worked. Nessa and I were stamped signed sealed and delivered into Kompakt madness, free of charge!!!!!!!
The party was amazing, no actually, the venue and the setup were amazing, the music was incredible and gave me everything I needed. I saw The Modernist in this small room and Mattias Aguayo and The Roccness. Upstairs were all these small rooms with different labels and companies in them, spinning, chilling, drinking. Each room was designed to reflect their brand and music, it was sooooo coool!!! I heard some great turnes, got some vodka, chatted… everone was soo chill and friendly, you gotta come to this next time!!! I was thiking about you the whole time, being like, ‘this is Ellsworth’s heaven, he could die here and be coronated by angels and be some electro god in paradise for the rest of time.’ It was seriously that good of a party, I’m soooo happy i got in. Now what do you think for tonight: Wighnomy bros, Areal w/ Ada OR Alex Under OR Mattias Tanzmann Musicmaker party…
