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Tango Melo

Date: Sept 25－6 pm

Venue: Melo Lounge

Price: 200 yuan

Melo Lounge is one of Beijing's premier venues for celebrity events, with its stylish architecture, elegant interiors, and sumptuous decor. A delight to the eyes but also a delight to the ears as we share the authentic sound of our Tango music. And that's not all! For a limited time, we are proud to have our very own 'Tango Poet', Abdiel LeRoy, giving introductory lessons free to guests. Abdiel trained in Tango with renowned teachers in New York, Buenos Aires, and London. He has also taught in New York and performed with one of its major orchestras. Meanwhile, he is an internationally acclaimed poet in the English language, published in the US, and broadcast on the BBC. Beijing Ballroom has been a favorite Ballroom dance venue for expats and local Beijingers since 2006; it has drawn dance lovers from all over the world who come to Beijing, either to work or just to visit. At Beijing Ballroom, our goal is to foster a supportive and inclusive culture with our shared love of dance, encouraging us all to flourish in life as well as in dance.

Contact: 010-5643-6798

Housing the Loop featuring DJ T.

Date: Sept 26－10 pm

Venue: The Bar at Migas

Price: 70 yuan

Housing the Bar meets Eddie Lv's The Loop to bring a truly legendary DJ and producer－DJ T. From booty-bouncing deep house to forward disco grooves to straight up Jacking tracks, expect sounds that rattle your soul and lift you up off one of Beijing's best dance floors. Thomas Koch aka DJ T. has been a vital part of electronic music and club culture for over 20 years. Uniquely accomplished in both influence and scope, he has excelled in every one of his incarnations: DJ, label owner, producer, club operator, publisher and journalist. As disco reached its shimmering apex in the late 1970s, young Dusseldorf-born Thomas relocated to Frankfurt with his family. His parents plied him with vinyl compilations, and as a nine-year-old he succumbed to disco's seductive charms, beginning a lifelong commitment to crate digging and vinyl collection. Thomas' budding obsession moved through disco and hi-nrg, to the burgeoning sounds of early American rap & hip hop music, and finally to electro-funk, the beloved genre that has left an indelible imprint on all of DJ T.'s own productions. It was love at first listen, and driven by the sounds of seminal protagonists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, Newcleus and Mantronix, Thomas took up breakdancing, compelled to move by the genre's urgent funk and infectious beats. In 1989, T. founded the influential German-language magazine Groove. T.'s intention, in his own words, was to "create a magazine that would meet my own needs." T. also contributed to anthologies on club music, such as Localiser 1.0 and Techno.