DENNIS FERRER MEMORIAL DAY BASH @ THE FUNK BOX
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By Shamika “Pinkie” Sanders
It was open season Sunday nite as Objektivity’s own Dennis Ferrer took over the Funk Box at famed New York hot spot, The Sullivan Room. DJs such as Mr.V, Kervyn Mark, and Tommy Bones came to see Denis do his thing on the 1 & 2’s.
As I entered the club, it was already packed like a can of sardines. Jovonn was already finishing his set, which was why I was a little disappointed that I hadn’t arrived earlier.
Dennis took over the set in full form and had the crowd in frenzy with his rendition of remixed classics and, of course, the popular track that ever hit the clubs to date, ‘Hey Hey’. By the time Dennis was done, the place was hotter than Africa, in Summer.
Of course, the Funk Box maestro, himself, Tony Touch came on the set and ripped it up the remainder of the night, giving the dancers some more musical treats. I was soaked with so much sweat from dancing, I needed to wring my shirt out by the time the nite was through.
This was one of them rare opportunities. Shame on it all if you missed out, but no worries. Here are his tour dates for the rest of the year:
June 2010
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 – Extrema Outdoor Norway at Kalvøya / Norway
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 – Dirty Dutch vs The World at Almere Beach / Other Regions, Netherlands
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 – Objektivity at Krush Club / Belgium
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 – Defected In The House – Dennis Ferrer at Pacha / Ibiza, Spain
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 – Hey Hey! Dennis Ferrer and Jojo Flores at Century Room / Toronto, Canada
July 2010
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 – Tomorrowland 2010 – Sunday at De Schorre / Belgium
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 – Tomorrowland 2010 – Saturday at De Schorre / Belgium
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 – Extrema Outdoor 2010 15th Anniversary – Re:create The Age Of Re:invention at Aquabest / Eindhoven, Netherlands
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 – Objektivity at Ministry Of Sound / London, United Kingdom
August 2010
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 – Defected In The House – Dennis Ferrer at Pacha / Ibiza, Spain
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 – Southport Weekender presents Suncebeat Festival at The Garden Petrcane / Croatia
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 – Kehakuma at Space / Ibiza, Spain
Big shout out to the Funk Box sweethearts: Tony Toca, Soni, Melissa, Father Chris, Voodoo Ray, Lamar, Khahim, Melanie, Citizen Chris and Conrad for making Sunday nite possible. I had a blast. Special thanks to Marco Escobar & Supa Kool Rick for the pics.
And a very special shout out the incomparable Dennis Ferrer for making my night!