Christopher Tarantino
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Music, Underground Dance Music/Culture, DJ Profiles, Film, Technology, Music Supervision
Doesn't Cover:
"EDM," Porn
Former Time Out NY Editor | PersonPeople Co-Founder | Music Supervisor | Radio Host | Tall Guy Who Should Really Be Better At Basketball
Articles by Christopher Tarantino
Council Post: Seven Ways To Make Your Work Culture More Resilient
By Christopher Tarantino, the award-winning CEO/founder of Epicenter Innovation & an international speaker on human-centered innovation. In a world where the business landscape is constantly evolving and the challenges we face outside our work are becoming increasingly unpredictable, it has become essential to develop innovative solutions and cultivate a resilient work culture.
Council Post: Five Strategies For Building A More Resilient And Innovative Work Culture
By Christopher Tarantino, the award-winning CEO/founder of Epicenter Innovation and an international speaker on human-centered innovation. “Resilience” and “innovation” are big buzzwords in the zeitgeist right now. But with nearly a decade of experience in the public safety industry, I know that being resilient and innovative can make a huge difference when it comes to community safety and care.
The best New Year’s songs to countdown to 2022
New Year’s Eve is one of the most joyous celebrations of the year, but that comes with a lot of pressure. Somehow, NYE needs to feel more “special” – whatever that means – than other nights, and one of the keys to achieving this is playing the absolute best New Year’s songs, all night long. Just ask Lionel Richie. So, while you’re loading up the confetti crackers and organising your food deliveries, outfit the night’s playlist with these hits.
Q&A: Seth Troxler On Chris Gaines, Being King Of The Sauce And Why Steve Aoki Is The Dean Martin Of Rave
Camilo Fuentealba Tom Hanks once said, in regards to his super nice guy status, “I’m not that nice of a guy; I just have the money to have people around to tell people no for me.” Seth Troxler neither has nor needs such people.
Q&A With St. Lucia: “I Feel Like There Is A Good Pop Revival Happening Now”
These days the term “pop music” conjures up images of country music munchkins and glitter-soaked club avatars with tracks produced by people with names like Neo, Morpheus or Scott Blackula. But just a few years ago the term meant catchy, well written and produced music of just about any genre. But just in time for nice weather, St. Lucia is here to redefine micro-genre tags and rescue “pop” from four-letter-word status among certain people.
Live: Rejoice! Spiritualized Set Terminal 5 On Fire
Mat Pepino Spiritualized w/Nikki Lane Terminal 5 Monday, May 7 Better than: Being in the ICU for six months I would imagine. Bands that have truly seismic musical moments can never maintain that streak for long—not necessarily because their music declines, but because of a fickle and ever-changing public climate.
Q&A with Tim Sweeney
NASA has sent a whole host of things into orbit since their inception: men, dogs mice, monkeys but never a DJ (although apparently Neil Armstrong did have a crazy collection of vintage Northern Soul 45s). Save for those pesky eyeglasses, Tim Sweeney would be a fine choice. He got his unofficial request in years ago when he was just an NYU student with his radio show Beats in Space and the station barely reached all of the dorms.
Mano Le Tough - Flaunt Magazine
Niall Mannion has been rocking the “Mano Le Tough” moniker for just three short, yet highly productive, years (after wisely never considering "Tough as Nialls" as I suggested). In that time, he has brought his self-described "Folkal House" to dancefloors from his original home in the Irish seaside village of Greystones to his adopted one in the decidedly non-seaside Germanic dance village of "Berlin".
Darkside's Dave Harrington live scores The Birds, makes us film music mix
Dave Harrington, of Darkside fame, likes films. And with tonight's performance at Cameo Gallery, he sets out on the near-impossible task of soundtracking one of the greats, live and without a net. Using samplers as well as their instruments, Mr. Harrington and his eponymous group will create a live, improvised score to The Birds—the only film in which Hitchcock did not employ a conventional score—as it screens behind them. Here, he assembles a cinematic mix for us.
Get "Loaded" with five Primal Scream video clips before Thursday's show
By Christopher Tarantino Posted: Tuesday May 19 2015, 3:11 PM Primal Scream plays Warsaw in Greenpoint on Thursday in support of its 10th album—and first since 2008—the career-spanning More Light. The band kicked off a rare U.S. tour two weeks ago at Austin Psych Fest (or whatever they're calling it now), and their captivating and unpredictable live show is a psychedelic wonder to behold. Here is a catch-up on the band in five video clips. 1.
Say Nice Things About Detroit: Eight Takeaways from Movement 2015
For the past 15 years over 400,000 burgeoning Jewish adults age 18 to 26 have received a ten-day “heritage trip” to the motherland of Israel to discover its culture, find new meaning in their faith and establish a connection with history—and thanks to the lovely folks at Taglit-Birthright, it’s all free.
Disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder is back with a new album and an old mustache
His name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everbody calls him Giorgio—or so begins Daft Punk’s spoken-word tribute track to the man, “Giorgio By Moroder,” from the duo’s Grammy-winning 2013 album, Random Access Memories. Moroder originally started as a pop singer—a 1969 performance on French TV of his first hit “Looky Looky” must be seen to be believed, sartorially speaking. He soon turned to producing, and pioneered new uses of the synthesizer, giving the nascent disco genre a nut-to-bolts facelift.
Best Summer Parties NYC has Including Rooftop Bashes
One of the best things to do in summer is attend all the killer summer parties NYC offers. There are a ton of warm-weather bashes during which you can guzzle frozen cocktails and shake your rump until the break of dawn (or, at least, until last call). From world-class DJs playing at rooftop bars and clubs, to a prohibition-era jazz soiree as well as some incredible summer concerts in NYC’s lush parks, there’s truly something for every party goer.
DJ Harvey talks crystal skulls and why he's the Forrest Gump of disco
Wildest Dreams. Locussolus. Ersatz. Tonka Sound System. Map of Africa. Black Cock. You can call Harvey Bassett many things, just don't call him lazy. He’s been a postpunk drummer, a balearic dance producer, a disco re-editor, the frontman for his own satanic-folk band and, most predominantly, a disc jockey. One of the last DJs to work with the Paradise Garage’s Larry Levan, Harvey’s genre-free all-night sets are the stuff of legend, almost as much as the man himself is.
Watch the best music videos of 2017
Let's face it—there wasn't another Lemonade this year (refer to our list of the best music videos of 2016). But despite there being no long-form epics of quite the same scale, artists like Grimes and Kendrick Lamar (the latter of whom owns the top spot on our best albums of 2017) showed us how to pack similar levels of visual maximalism into regular-length formats.
Spoon’s Britt Daniel gives us a ringside seat to his band’s two-decade rise
If you’re old enough to recall the classic video game Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! or young enough to know what an NES emulator is, picture Britt Daniel as the game’s improbable hero Little Mac: a scrappy little small-town fighter underestimated from the start who, against great odds, plods on, fight after fight, setback after setback, to finally take the title.
The 20 best DJ mixes of 2016
We asked three music and nightlife editors, each with varying musical tastes, to tackle our list of the best DJ mixes of 2016. What results is a collection which includes plenty of dance music fit for the best clubs in NYC, as well as a couple podcasts that fall neither strictly under house music nor techno songs. From Detroit electro veteran DJ Stingray to young Bristol-based DJ, producer and label boss Batu, here are our favorite DJ mixes of the year.RECOMMENDED: See the best of 2016
How to spend Summer Fridays now that there’s only four left
Ahh, don't you just love Summer Fridays? (If you have them, of course). We can't believe summer in NYC is almost over (although we sure won't miss this HEAT DOME vs. AIRMASS madness).
Where to watch the Opening Ceremony in NYC tonight
The water may be filled with sludge that athletes don't want to get into their mouths and the opening ceremony may cost 10% of London's previous show-stopping extravaganza, but no mater, tonight is the start of the 2016 XXXI Olympic Games in Rio which will air on NBC at 7:30pm (on a one-hour tape delay) from the Maracanã Stadium.
Check out this drone footage of the World’s Fair Observation Tower
Once home to the "Tent of Tomorrow" and the futuristic grounds of the 1964 World's Fair, the remains of the site in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park sit disused 50 years later. But thanks to Harkin Aerial, you can now get a bird's eye view of the twin observation towers.
And the best Brooklyn neighborhood to live in is….
Sure, Williamsburg may be the hood that gets all the attention lately, but North Brooklynites may be surprised to know that, according to Niche's recent "Best Places to Live" poll, it's not considered the best place to live within Brooklyn. DUMBO is. Believe it or not, Williamsburg didn't rank in the BK top 10 and didn't even crack the top 125 of neighborhoods citywide. Damn.
Check out this cocktails and coloring rooftop party
Since August 2 is National Coloring Book Day and everyday is a cocktail day in this country, why not celebrate both together for Cocktails and Coloring at Sky Terrace in Hudson? Starting at 3pm, their rooftop "creative happy hour" will reward you with an adult coloring book and colored pencils if you order a Rainbow Sour. What's a Rainbow Sour you ask? Great question.
Here's how you can still get Radiohead tickets at MSG tonight
Complaining about Ticketmaster fees and "convenience" charges is so 2015. These days, it's a privilege to even get to pay those fees. When Radiohead tour tickets went on-sale in March, they were all scooped up by brute force ticket bots in approximately 5 seconds. Even Thom Yorke was pissed.
The real songs of summer
New York summers: They're not here until they're totally here. And, ladies and gentlemen, they are now officially here. But with summer, also come summer songs. So if you're tired of whatever's being flogged over and over on the radio—or your local radio station's Spotify channel—check out these five under-the-radar gems.
Check out these new renderings of the new market coming to Ft Greene
If you gotta have luxury condos in your hood, at least they can come with a massive market and food hall for everyone in the area, no? Leasing began today on the Ashland for "luxury" units in their 570-foot-tall tower in Fort Greene ranging from $7,500 for a three-bedroom apartment all the way down to the bargain basement price of $2600 for a studio.
This interactive map shows the location of every Pokémon gym in NYC
Don't like your current landlord? Well, Renthop is a very handy internet website for adults looking to find a new place to live. Don't like your current girlfriend/boyfriend? Well, Pokémon Go is a very addictive smartphone app for man-children looking to find a new passive way to let them know it's over. Don't like your current friends?
Jon Stewart reunites with Stephen Colbert to cover RNC
Praise Jesus! Finally, some good news! Former co-workers, old pals and occasional faux-rivals Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are getting the band back together for one night only! Nearly a year after Stewart abandoned us all in our deepest time of need (i.e. an election year) and signed off for the last time on The Daily Show, he returns to late night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday evening to help kick off their live two-week national convention coverage.
David Bowie's massive art collection comes to NY
The art of The Man Who Sold the World's is up for sale. In addition to being a painter himself and playing painter/mentor Andy Warhol in the film Basquiat, David Bowie was himself an avid art collector. "The only thing I buy obsessively and addictively is art," he once told the BBC.
See drone footage of a "lost" NYC island you can't visit
Finally, someone has found a worthwhile peacetime use for drones by flying one over a NYC island you didn't even know existed. In fact, there's dozens of them, each more secret than the next. Located in the East River, somewhere between the Bronx and Rikers Island, lie a pair of tiny land masses known as Brother Islands. There's North Brother Island, and its slightly slightly more "red-state" neighbor below, South Brother, both of which are now wholly uninhabitable to humans.
Pókemon Go bar crawls are coming to North Brooklyn in 3-2-1...
Hello dear trend-spotters! You have clicked on this post for one of three reasons: A.) It's title filled you with utter glee and you just requested off work (pre-30 year olds/post-40 year olds) B.) You are completely confused by it's language and meaning, yet still oddly curious about it's content (pre-10 year olds/post 60-year olds) C.) You accidentally clicked it while searching for details on Javier Muñoz, Lin-Manuel Miranda's terrific Hamilton replacement, in which case, allow us to...
Eco-architecture firm invents livable "Cricket Shelter Farm," confirms worst nightmares
So, you survived Y2K without building a bunker and assume you're in the clear now. Think again. Brooklyn Navy Yard's new "Cricket Shelter Farm" from architectural design firm Terreform Open Network Ecology (ONE) is the newest in livable, self-sustaining, free-range, above-ground survival spaces. In a space that's probably bigger as a lot of local apartments, the farm enables you to live there with thousands of cricket roommates who will also serve as your high-protein meals.
NY's first astroturf park opens in...the Garment District?
Desperate to escape the concrete jungles of the city and return to nature but lack the time/financial means/patience to do actually do so? Well, then the Garment District Alliance has got your back (sort of) by installing a two-block stretch of fake grass between 39th and 40th Streets to "humanize" the pedestrian plaza. It's got things like lemonade, an "art exhibit" and...well, the grass, which we already mentioned.
Watch a live recreation of the deadly Hamilton and Burr duel this Sunday
Here's your chance to see Hamilton on stage for free! (Just not exactly the way you might be hoping.) Whoever would have thought so many dead white dudes would be so popular 200 years after they walked this earth? Certainly not them, that's for sure.
Manhattanhenge is coming (again)!! Grab your cameras you guys!
It's hard not to agree with almost anything that comes out of Neil deGrasse Tyson's mouth, especially since he always sounds so...intelligencical and elocutionistic or whatever. I mean, how many other astrophysicists that aren't Stephen Hawking can you name?? Even Hawking never had Key & Peele parody him—and honestly, they should probably keep it that way.
Buzzing New York City parties you need to check out now
Sharing a name with a ’90s neo-noir lesbian film by the Wachowski sisters, the seven-month-old Bound is a dance party filled to the brim with leather-clad doms and subs, BDSM lovers and general fetishists of all stripes.
Best Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival DJ and live sets this year
Brimming with cutting-edge producers and DJs, the two-day (three, if you count after-parties), multivenue Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF, to those in the know) is definitely one of the best things to do in New York this fall. The fest descends on some of the best clubs in NYC, so have a look below, grab your tickets, and get ready for a weekend of top-notch dance music.
Coachella organizers look to Queens' former World's Fair site for new fest
Always want to make the trip out to Coachella but just can't get it together? Want to see your favorite bands but can't afford flight, lodging and "party supplies?" Jealous of the palm trees and 100+ degree temps with zero humidity?? Well, you're in luck (at least on the first two things) because AEG Live is plotting a "Coachella East" of sorts in NYC, possibly as soon as this summer.
Best acts at CMJ Music Marathon 2015 in New York City
October is the best time of year for fans of new bands, newer industry friends, free booze and very little sleep. That’s right, it’s the CMJ Music Marathon, taking over live-music venues throughout the city and including more bands than you can shake a (selfie) stick at. It’s a long list of artists to get through, so we’ve taken some of the guesswork out of it by choosing our 20 acts not to miss. Check the full lineup here and see if you agree with us.
The Jesus and Mary Chain singer Jim Reid talks Psychocandy
1985: Wham! and Whitney Houston topped the U.S. charts, and an orgy of charitable pop stars united for “We Are the World.” Meanwhile, in London, brothers Jim and William Reid were on a planet of their own: The Reids had the bright idea to combine the nihilistic noise of the Velvet Underground with the poppiness of ’50s girl groups, producing their own unique brand of feedback-drenched U.K. psychobilly.
Ex-Dope Jams duo Slow to Speak on mother nature, love and LIFE itself
In early 2013, after seven years in business, insanely-knowledgable-yet-insanely-crusty record-store proprietors Paul Nickerson and Francis Englehardt shuttered their beloved Brooklyn shop Dope Jams after being priced out by a threefold rent hike. The outspoken duo left town amid cheers and jeers, taking their epic instore LIFE parties with them and leaving a big, black, waxy hole much larger than 12 inches in the city’s music scene.
Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT's 'This is NOT The Massage Place' Mix
Andrew VanWyngarden is a music (and light show) enthusiast, occasional DJ and frequent Belt Parkway traveler, entering his tenth year in New York and 14th year making music as MGMT with bandmate ex–New Yorker Ben Goldwasser. He drives a Buick Century Wagon. “This mix is a Polar Bear dip, a one-take, no-cue, in-and-out, midwinter pass through New York's extremities.
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