Dial, Laid and Smallville stroke their Ego
- PublishedTue, Jan 5, 2010, 16:40
- WordsResident Advisor
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- DJs from all three labels will play the Hamburg club later this month.
- On January 23rd, three of Germany’s most celebrated house labels—Dial, Laid and Smallville—will join forces at Ego, a new-ish club in St. Pauli. With Lawrence, Carsten Jost, Dionne and Julius Steinhoff manning the decks, the party will feature Hamburg-based artists exclusively. The music is sure to be deep and lush throughout the night, as each imprint is known for a blue-note house aesthetic. Smallville dominated 2009 with STL's "Silent State" and And Suddenly It's Morning, the melancholic but mighty long-playing compilation. Laid made a big splash in its debut year with John Roberts' "Blame," and Dial was one of the previous decade's most successful underground house labels, with releases by artists like Efdemin, Lawrence and Pantha du Prince. In terms of music as well as management, the three imprints are inextricably linked: Lawrence co-runs both Dial (with Carsten Jost) and Smallville (with Julius Steinhoff) and Laid is Dial’s all-vinyl subsidiary. Formerly known as Kukuun, Ego has become a favorite haunt for Hamburg-based house jocks, especially from Smallville and Diynamic, the later of whom run the club. With its intimate dance floor and simple but effective light display, Ego perfectly suits the sultry sounds this party has to offer.