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Derby Pin-Up: Garbolicious

Jueves 26 de Mayo de 2011 03:06 Vasco A. Carinhas

BeeHive Entertainment brought together the ultimate theme party as a way to raise funds for the sweetest bad girls in Derbydom, the Bloody Barracudas. The Vatican became a relative speak-easy for Pin-Up: Derby Edition last Friday, April 29^th.

Hosted by the wheeled uprising Boricua team in a pin-up get-up, the event welcomed a diverse crowd ranging from all-out costumed attendants to the night’s line-up followers. A veritable showcase of strongly established acts and up-and-comer talents from a sundry exposition of the indie scenes of the Island took a main role around the evening.

The dance floor, with the Bloody Barracudas’ pin-up photographs distributed around the walls, hosted a throbbing mass of dancers who made way for the occasional Derby girl rolling by. Mistaa served as musical master of ceremonies carrying out the transitional ambience between acts, through which a delightful irony was ever present in the choice and combinations of [trans]generational singles.

BellaRoja became the first act to set a suave mood for the evening. The folkish accords of the alternative trío provided a palatable appetizer full of soulful insights made lyrics on a swimmingly velvety cadence of their musical approach.

RAY became the surprising element of the evening. Their emphasis on an electro evisceration of the rock elements marked the building pressure of the night’s showcase. RAY provided a melodic quality to their severe musical method, a sensorial juxtaposition that kept the audience enthralled throughout their show.

La Santa Ska brought a reggae roots conflagration to their fluent ska intonation, which made the silky music purveyed from the stage a direct order for feet to dance. In a chemistry spurting development, the band had a female singer join in one of their singles; which took their presentation to a tribal audacity.

One of the highlights of the evening was the awaited presentation by the trajectorial punk band Diente Perro. In a highly charged offering, the band drove the audience to a frenzy that incited severe headbangings and sporadic mosh pits. A highly aggressive fixation flowed from the iconic innocence inherent in their punk run down.

The evening closed, in a pseudo Canaanite wedding innuendo, with the best act for last. Although Lady Liquid couldn’t make it due to serious health issues, the electronic fans weren’t forgotten. Moshrum was in the house.

The highly respected DJ, known as one of the main names in Puerto Rican dubstep, brought the house down with infectious beats that took command of the flailing limbs amongst the crowd. Liquid dancers took control of the floor, while the electro-prophet closed the Requiem mass of a long and fulfilling evening from his centered pulpit.

Exclusive photography by:

Vasco A. Carinhas

Special Thanks to:

Melissa Martínez, Foxy Roxy, BeeHive Entertainment, Bloody Barracudas