CONTENTS


Slip ‘n’ Slide! SNOWBOMBING


The Return of


Carnival Chaos! AT SIRENA


Junior Vasquez Sound Factory legend talks voguing, Madonna and his European tour


Fashion 55DSL


Daneeka & DAMAGE


Abstraxion DJ Q PODCAST


ACROSS Paris, London and New York, the sound of ballroom is again infi ltrating every area of dance music, from Vaggio’s ‘Don’t You Want Some More’ on Ovum to Boddika and Joy Orbison’s recent Swamp 81 smash ‘Swims’.


Point Blank TECH TIPS


And Finally MEEPING MUPPET


A new Soul Jazz compilation and book ‘Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92’ lifts the lid on this underground scene, revealing how it gave the world voguing and the legendary houses of ballroom’s golden era, shaping the history of house music in the process. At the centre of this was was Junior


Vasquez, the resident DJ who would spin weekly ten hour sets at the Sound Factory, New York. An honorary member of the House of Xtravaganza for whom he produced the anthem ‘X’, tracks such as ‘Dub Break’ in his Ellis D guise welcomed voguing to the dancefl oor every Saturday night, while bitch tracks like ‘If Madonna Calls’, a diss at the pop star Junior introduced to voguing, and ‘Get Your Hands Off of my Man’ became worldwide hits.


We spoke to Junior about this explosive and colourful chapter in dance music history.


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