Organized By Genia Zilberstein
1829 NE Alberta St,Portland (45.558929, -122.646202)
At Sacred Circle Dance, we pride ourselves on having one of the largest - and most welcoming - weekly ecstatic dance events in the country. We spend countless hours, days, and years looking for new music to fold into our dance journeys. Electro Swing is one of the coolest contraptions to appear in the world of dance music in the last few years - the swinging sounds of the 1920's and 30's, updated with the modern bass machinery of Dubstep, Hip Hop, and Glitch. We play as much of it as we can find whenever we can. Our special guest this year is, like, a guru of this stuff. DJ ELIAZAR Listen: http://soundcloud.com/eliazar DJ Eliazar is the founder of the Speakeasy Electro Swing nights in Montreal, which have now spread all over the world with Speakeasy nights happening in NYC, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Austin, Houston, Mexico City, Oklahoma City, Oslo, Barcelona, and Leeds. These nights have been at the forefront of the Electro Swing and Electro Blues sound in North America and beyond. From residencies all over the globe - Tocca a Te (Osaka), Ultra (Hiroshima), Heaven (Christchurch, NZ), Crush/Holocene/Aalto/Nightlight/Goodfoot (Portland, OR), Rialto (Long Beach, CA), Divan Orange/Sala Rossa/Blizzarts (Montreal QC), and gigs in places as diverse as Tokyo, Chang Mai, Punta Cana, Turks and Cacaos, Chicago, Vancouver, Minneapolis, LA, Victoria, Seattle, Bristol, Berlin, Montreal, etc, the sound has spread far and wide. Always striving for his own style and groove, you can expect to hear a totally eclectic array of tunes in each mix, from Electro Swing, Electro Blues, Gospel, Dub, World Beats, Ghetto Funk, Balkan, Bass, Middle Eastern, Brazilian, Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Electronica, Downtempo, Indie, Punk, etc. The ethno-groove-mesh is always changing form, shape, and aural colour as each new style of music is discovered, dug, and new influences and tunes are found. Always interested in what the world has to offer, Eliazar is up to dance all night, and cause you to do the same. Tickets $15 presale (http://scd11.bpt.me), $20 at the door This is an all-ages, no-alcohol event. Please: no street shoes on the dance floor, no fragrances.