The Village Voice has a nice profile of one of my favorite DJs who now lives in my hometown. Nicholas Matar is a New York native who was a resident at the super-club Pacha on Ibiza for over 6 years, the only non-Spaniard to do so.
"Nightclubs historically have been owned and operated by people that are in it for the wrong reasons. They're in it because they're seeking notoriety. They're trying to buy in to a lifestyle that they weren't a part of."
"People in this country talk about Studio 54 being a legendary club, but Pacha opened in 1967, and it's still open today. As far as I'm concerned, it's the most legendary nightclub that's ever existed. I was fortunate in the early '90s, in the heyday of the club, to have worked as a resident DJ there for almost a decade, and I also got involved as a consultant at that time for them. It was like the Harvard Business School of nightclubs. That big club New York City underground experience died for me when the old Sound Factory closed."
Cozy Club: Meet Cielo's Nicolas Matar, the non-club owner club owner [villagevoice.com]
Discogs.com is down right now (has been for a few days; I hear the site owner's on vacation?) so I'll point folks to Amazon, where you can find Matar's mix CDs, including the new 2CD set "Cielo Club 9" which is awesome!
Amazon.com: Music Search Results: Matar, Nicolas [no affiliate]
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we can download Nicolas Matar WMC 2005 MIX at Cielo site ;-)
we can download Nicolas Matar WMC 2004 MIX at Cielo site ;-)
Gen, I was a "muso" in the old sense of the word--buying NME and Melody Maker religously every Friday and scouring the second-hand record shops of Dublin after school every other day for rare, coveted albums, locking myself in my room and blasting the Clash to counteract exam stress, being a regular feature at up and coming band nights in the clubs and all the rest--but I never made the transition to dance, so I feel I'm being left behind. As someone who obviously has made the transition, I have a question for you. If I was to buy say five great dance albums (genre doesn't matter), what should they be? Theoretically, I'm all for being into dance, but I can't seem to do so. You sound like someone who could help.