FLIPSIDE

ESL History
www.eighteenthstreetlounge.com

With a wide ranging soundtrack including Italian Bossa beats, Middle Eastern melodies and Indian rhythms the Eighteenth Street Lounge quickly became a gathering place for musicians and the international crowd that call Washington DC their home. So it’s not surprising that part-owner Eric Hilton and Rob Garza met a the Lounge in 1996. The two formed the duo Thievery Corporation and created the Eighteenth Street Lounge Music label.

Prior to opening the Lounge, Hilton along with fellow deejay, Farid Ali had been producing parties and various music events in Washington DC. In 1995, along with their friend and two-bit hustler, Abdoul Jewayni, they opened the Lounge. Occupying the top three floors of a turn-of-the-century mansion, located just below Dupont Circle, the Lounge is a fantastic space. All three fireplaces are still used in the winter and the deck is in full swing every summer.

While the music label has grown into it’s own building nearby, the Lounge still remains true to its roots as a space owned by the deejays and solely dedicated to the eclectic music that ESL has become known for. Through the years the Lounge has never advertised or even put a sign on its door. Its success is due completely to word-of-mouth. It’s possible to walk in one evening and find Thievery Corporation, Boozoo Bajou, or maybe even Federico Aubele at the decks. No nights are hyped at the Lounge and you never know who you might see.

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(After the lights come up, and people still won’t go home)

Side A – http://www.clubflipside.com/Mixes/DaveRussellClassicMixSeries-November-9-1989-SideA.mp3

Side B – http://www.clubflipside.com/Mixes/DaveRussellClassicMixSeries-November-9-1989-SideB.mp3

Contains music by Jomanda, Monie Love, D-Mob, Peter Black, Lisa Stansfield, Sueno Latino, Doug Lazy, Seduction … and more 

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2008

November 22 @ The Warehouse – Hartford CT

October 24 @ Eighteenth Street Lounge – Washington DC

August 9 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT

August 2 @ Geisha – Washington DC

July 24 @ Glass – New York NY

June 13 @ Lunar Afterhours – Baltimore MD

May 22 @ Science Club – Washington DC

May 17 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT 

April 12 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT 

March 15 @ ShamrockFest ’08 – RFK Stadium, Washington DC

March 8 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT

February 16 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT 

2007

December 15 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT

November 17 @ Braza – Hartford CT

November 10 @ Eleventh – Arlington VA

October 13 @ Braza – Hartford CT

October 6 @ BLOCKtoberfest ’07 – RFK Stadium - Washington DC

September 22 @ Room 960 – Hartford CT

September 8 @ Braza – Hartford CT

August 18 @ Braza – Hartford CT

August 17 @ Good Life – Boston MA

July 27 @ Andalu – Washington DC

July 21 @ Braza – Hartford CT

June 30 @ Braza – Hartford CT

June 16 @ Braza – Hartford CT

May 5 @ Braza – Hartford CT

March 31 @ Braza – Hartford CT

March 20 @ Marlin – Miami Beach FL

March 10 @ ShamrockFest ’07 – RFK Stadium - Washington DC

February 10 @ Braza – Hartford CT

January 6 @ FIVE – Washington DC

2006

December 16 @ Braza – Hartford CT

December 15 @ Good Life – Boston MA

November 25 @ Room960 – Hartford CT

November 11 @ Eleventh Street Lounge – Arlington VA

November 4 @ Braza – Hartford CT

October 27 @ Crush – Hartford CT

October 28 @ Arkadia – New Britain CT

September 30 @ Clarendon Ballroom – Arlington VA

September 16 @ Braza – Hartford CT

September 15 @ Crush – Hartford CT

August 19 @ Pump House – Hartford CT

August 18 @ Good Life – Boston MA

August 6 @ Braza – Hartford CT
August 5 @ Crush – Hartford CT

July 21 @ Room960 – Hartford CT
July 8 @ Braza – Hartford, CT
July 7 @ Crush – Hartford, CT
July 1 @ FIVE – Washington, DC

June 11 @ Room960 – Hartford, CT
June 3 @ Braza – Hartford, CT

May 20 @ Gemini Jam IV – Washington, DC

April 29 @ Braza – Hartford, CT
April 15 @ La Primavera, la Sangre Altera – Washington, DC
April 8 @ Braza – Hartford, CT
April 7 @ Crush – Hartford, CT

March 18 @ Dragonfly – Washington, DC
March 11 @ FIVE – Washington, DC
March 4 @  Braza – Hartford, CT
March 3 @ Crush – Hartford, CT

February 4 @  Braza – Hartford, CT
February 3 @ Crush – Hartford, CT

January 7 @ Ultimate Loft Party II – Hartford, CT

2005

December 25 @ Ultimate Loft Party – Hartford, CT
December 23 @ Crush – Hartford, CT

November 26 @ Braza – Hartford, CT
November 25 @ Crush – Hartford, CT
November 18 @ Mantis – Washington, DC
November 5 @ Braza – Hartford, CT

October 29 @ Arkadia – Hartford, CT
October 28 @ Crush – Hartford, CT
October 14 @ The Derby – Los Angeles, CA
October 1 @ Room 960 – Hartford, CT

September 17 @ EuroDance 2005 – Hartford, CT
September 10 @ Braza – Hartford, CT
September 9 @ Sully’s – Hartford, CT

August 6 @ Braza – Hartford, CT
August 5 @ Sully’s – Hartford, CT

July 30 @ Mantis – Washington, DC
July 24 @ Cafe Bahiya – Stamford, CT
July 23 @ Pavilion – Old Lyme, CT
July 16 @ Braza – Hartford, CT

June 30 @ Tini Martini – Chicago, IL
June 25 @ Pavilion – Old Lyme, CT
June 11 @ FIVE – Washington, DC

May 14 @ Wood-n-Tap – Hartford, CT

April 29 @ 9 – Durham, NC
April 23 @ Ginger Cove / Ginger Reef – Washington, DC
April 9 @ Wood-n-Tap – Hartford, CT
April 8 @ Barcelona – Hartford, CT

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Dave Russell

Paul Oakenfold

Russell Crowe, Great Big Sea & Carbon Leaf

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Hartford: Rising to the occasion - 52 places to go in 2006

Special to The Herald Press

by Christine Paluf

April 16, 2006

“House Calls”

by Steve and Edie

February 9, 2006

Most of our friends (and, for that matter, the rest of the country) were still at home nursing hangovers from last weeks State of the Union address and its accompanying drinking game, so Edie and her beau, Mr. X, decided to check out DJ Dave Russell’s Flipside at Braza on Saturday night. Flipside is a house music party — think electronic disco with great vocalization and a thumping bass undercurrent – that’s been around Hartford for the past few years.

Russell, a Hartford native who now resides in Arlington, Virginia, has spun around the country from Mantis in D.C. to the Derby in Los Angeles. He started Flipside in late 2001 at Scarlett O’Hara’s, a now defunct bar on Pratt Street. After moving around a bit to Spris, the Wood-n-Tap, and Sully’s (in fairer weather), Russell seems to have found a home at Braza and returns to the bar monthly to keep the party going.

We had noticed Flipside postings … and were glad that we finally had the chance to check the night out. And the low $5 cover charge compared to other nightclubs made it seem almost too good to be true.

Braza had a good crowd of devotees of Russell’s traditional, pure house sounds as well as area club fanatics who left the dance floor intermittently to trade mobile updates on crowd sizes and energy levels with friends texting in from NV, the new club downtown, and Room 960. We didn’t see anyone taking any bait to leave and, in fact, most of the people that we met had seen Russell spin the night before at Crush.

People did not stop dancing all night, and we got all hot and bothered just watching them from the bar area while ordering rounds of robustly crafted cocktails. It was a true Benetton crowd — very diverse in age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation — and most had made an effort to get dolled up for the night out, wearing flash outfits chosen to make an impression on the dance floor. We especially liked a Harvard Sucks T-shirt paired with tight-fitting black pants sported by a Yale alum.

Braza gleamed under dimmed lighting, and had cleared tables to create a sizeable dance floor. The lights actually flickered at one point which made us worry that last call had arrived earlier than expected, but the staff was just adjusting the levels to get the mood right.

Love for the music, dancing, and fellow individuals seemed to be in the air — although, unfortunately, so was an onslaught of rain, and a few couples had their amorous parking lot rendezvous diverted into the bar area and random doorways. We were a bit disappointed that we couldn’t take in the view of Farmington Avenue from Braza’s expansive patio, but the love connections themselves provided enough of a sweetly entertaining backdrop.

Churrascaria Braza is located at 488 Farmington Ave., Hartford, (860) 882-1839. Upcoming Flipside events are posted at www.clubflipside.com

The Nightly Grind

Hartford Advocate

by Dan Barry

September 16, 2004

Cranking up the tempo with Newandyke, playing through the middle-aged favorites with Yellow 9, and diverse deep house with DJ Dave Russell

Later in the night, I caught a set by DJ Dave Russell at the Arch Street Tavern.   Self-described as “deep, vocal, soulful house,” Russell periodically hits the Hartford club scene, and drew a good crowd despite the construction on Adriaen’s Landing. His selections balanced a driving beat with cheerful, organic instrumentation. Russell shied away from candy-coated dance anthems, digging his claws into underground material just enough to keep things spicy. And speaking of material, there was lots of it. Russell cut quickly from song to song rather than let any track play for an extended time. The formula worked: it allowed him to work in remixes of popular songs, dark, ravey passages, and recognizable favorites all in equal measure.

Russell’s set was almost diverse to a fault. He covered all his bases so well that he backed himself into a stylistic corner, and couldn’t really take any risks of the sort that would make a crowd go hands-in-the-air wild. He traded the ability to surprise for the ability to please. Then again, surprise isn’t really the point of house music; perhaps that kind of excitement is better left to more hyper stuff like drum ‘n’ bass. People left the tavern at 2 a.m. with grins, and that’s enough to convince me Russell’s doing something right.

Hartford Advocate

by India Blue (R.I.P.)

November 8, 2001

Last Friday it was old school reunion time at Scarlett O’Hara’s. DJ Dave Russell and Marvin Harris put together a house dance party “Flipside.” The only snafu was not having a defined dance floor. There will be another one Nov. 23 and if a dance floor gets worked out, it should be fab. The nostalgia of deep, classic and vocal house was sweet and any die-hard house dancer needs to be there.

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FLIPSIDE @ Room 960 – Hartford CT – December 15, 2007

FLIPSIDE @ Braza finale – Hartford CT – November 17, 2007

FLIPSIDE @ Eleventh – Arlington VA – November 10, 2007

BLOCKtoberfest @ RFK Stadium – Washington DC – October 6, 2007

FLIPSIDE @ Braza – Hartford CT – July 21, 2007

FLIPSIDE @ Braza – Hartford CT – June 16, 2007

FLIPSIDE @ Braza – Hartford CT – March 31, 2007

Winter Music Conference (WMC) – Miami Beach FL – March 20, 2007

Bobby & Steve’s “Soul on the Beach”

ShamrockFest @ RFK Stadium, Washington DC – March 10, 2007

www.clubflipside.com/Videos/ShamrockFestPart1.wmv – General Event footage

Dave Russell Pt. I

Dave Russell Pt. II

DJ AM

FLIPSIDE @ Braza in Hartford CT – September 16, 2006

www.clubflipside.com/Videos/Sept162006Part1.wmv
www.clubflipside.com/Videos/Sept162006Part2.wmv

DJ Dave Russell – FLIPSIDE @ 9 – Durham, North Carolina

 

DJ Dave Russell – FLIPSIDE Spring 2004 Hartford Connecticut

DJ Dave Russell w/ Guest DJ Oji – FLIPSIDE Hartford – April 10, 2004

http://www.clubflipside.com/Videos/FLIPSIDEHartfordApril102004.wmv
 

DJ Dave Russell – FLIPSIDE 2 Year Anniversary Party – 2003

 

DJ Dave Russell – FLIPSIDE Fall 2002 Hartford Connecticut

DJ Dave Russell @ Duke University – 1999

 

DJ Dave Russell @ Duke University – 1999 – Part II

Afterparty in the Ryder Truck – 1999