OE = OM plans a big farewell
The series says goodbye to King King, its longtime home in Hollywood.
If you’ve already recovered from this year’s gamut of unusually good New Year’s Eve club nights and boutique festivals, you’re made of stronger stuff than most. But for the hardiest of dance music fans who didn’t leave their dignity on a beach in Tulum, Mexico, last week, there are options to get your 2016 off to a good start.
On Friday, the OE = OM series says goodbye to its longtime home at King King in Hollywood, withalast- call send- off that’s sure to wring out a few salty techno tears. Fine Time heads to a TBD downtown locale to bring back Galcher Lustwerk, the white- hot producer mixing house- music jitters and cloudy syn th pads with nihilistic mumbles about the perils and joy soft he late-night life.
Onthe same night across downtown ( location also TBD), Freak Control ushers in the beloved Cybotron and Model 500 techno pioneer Juan Atkins, alongside the imposing outfit L. A. Drones. For a more on- thegird start to the year, the Brighton- based Maxxi Soundsystem’s scuffed up but melancholy tracks cap off Outspoken’ s night at Hollywood’ s Couture, with locals Corey Size more and Body Party and S. F .’ sA. Lisbon a.
Saturday finds the Sacred Grounds team bringing ’ 90s veterans Markie and Doc Martin back to a scene ( and soon- to- come venue) that’s never been more open to their outsider funk and psychedelic experiments. Motez, Christian Martin and Cassi an bring their dirtied-up house sounds to Exchange L. A ., while Italy’ s Gai Barone comes to Belasco Theater downtown to revive trance ( like all things ’ 90s these days, it’s coming back). A new year begins, and an old one resurfaces.