CONTEXT

The posts before this one are me showing off what I do musically, setting a context for what’s coming up.

The next post is detailed introduction to the world of Ballroom/voguing I wrote for the website BoingBoing.net. I’d like to thank Rob and Xeni for the encouragement with this article! Writing and researching it has been the inspiration for starting this blog, getting these voices and personalities out there for people to read about and watch/listen.

There’s a lot more of this coming up, including full interviews with people featured in the Boing Boing piece, with people I interviewed but that there simply wasn’t enough room to feature, and with artists/dancers/musicians/djs/etc who are connected this world and that I want to help get out there.

I will also be linking to video clips, pictures and audio tracks that I like and generally fit the “vogue”, “gay”, or “house” themes. I will be cross posting articles on these themes I have written for other websites/publications, and as I write full time for the blog DangerousMinds.net, expect some cross posts by myself and other writers from there.

The Niallist aka Niall

PS there will be swearing.

CVNT TR4XXX 13 Min Mix for #FEELINGS

Photo by Lee Baxter. 

This CVNT TR4XXX mix of "cunty" tracks was made for Austin, Texas label #FEELINGS, and used in the Boing Boing piece to give examples of the Ballroom/vogue house style:

TONY PLAYBOI - Cunt Workout
B AMES - Like Really Cunt
MIKE Q - NuCunt
BEEK - YaCUNTcuntCUNT
RAGEOUS PROJECTING KEVIN AVIANCE - The Feeling
SIIR EDDIE - Cunt Cunt 2
NICKI MINAJ v B AMES - Rah Rah Ha
DIVOLI S'VERE - CuntX3Kunt
TRONCO TRAXX - C.U.N.T. (She's Cunt She's Pussy)
CUNT TRAXXX - CVNTcvntCVNTcvntCVNTcvntCVNT

CVNT TR4XXX mix for Long Clothing

A CVNT vogue-haus mix from January 2013 for the London label Long Clothing, download available from the website.

 

CULTURED BEING - That is Cunt! (Intro) 

THE NIALLIST - Work It (Ynfynyt Scroll Remix) 

MISSY ELLIOT- Work It (R4 Remix) 

KENDRIC LAMAR - Swimming Pools (DJ Assault Drank Remix) 

BRANDY - Put It Down (DJ Assault Remix) 

B. AMES - Like Really Cunt (Beek Jersey Club Remix) 

VJUAN ALLURE - Werq This Krash

PARRIS MITCHELL ft REGGIE HALL - All Night Long (Bok Bok Endurance Dub) 

RUSHMORE - Low Slung 

THE REEF - Skunk 

CUNT TRAXXX - Everybody (Meet the Simpsons) 

RDX - Jump (Byrell The Great Vogue Mix) 

RIHANNA - Money On My Mind (Ynfynyt Scroll Bootleg) 

THE NIALLIST - Work It (Cunt Traxxx Remix) 

BICEP - Mixxmaster 88

STEREOGAMOUS & SHAUN J WRIGHT - Face Love Anew Dub

JUNIOR VASQUEZ - If Madonna Calls (Get 'Em Remix) 

HOUSE OF WALLENBERG ft JWL B - Be My Lover (Cunt Traxxx Remix) 

FAST EDDIE - Most Wanted

CULTURED BEING - Outro

CVNT TR4XXX “Basic Bitches" [JAVIER NINJA battles DARREN SUAREZ, Manchester Feb 2013]

In February of this year I was asked to dj at the House Of Contact event at the Contact Theatre here in Manchester (above), where JAVIER NINJA vogued off against Liverpool's DARREN SUAREZ. 

I just have to say… JAVIER FUCKING NINJA - yes that Javier Ninja, child of Icon Willi Ninja, battling to one of my own tracks.

He was not there in person, he was beamed in via live link-up to face off against House of Suarez’ Darren Suarez for five minutes, and I got to choose the tracks they worked to. We rehearsed earlier in the day and I got to play a bunch of different stuff for Darren and Javier, but “Basic Bitches" easily got the best reaction. Javier, who is a modern vogue legend and whose hands performance at the Latex Ball in 2006 I watch almost religiously, actually said “I am gagging for this track".

Once again, in quotation marks this time: 

"I am GAGGING for this track" JAVIER NINJA (legendary House Of Ninja, NYC)

Javier Ninja was gagging for my track.

I could’ve shat.

 I almost did later, when my Mac froze just as the curtain was about to go up. Maybe the Legends were smiling on us then, as after one reboot it was smooth sailing for the whole evening. I make music for dancers, specifically voguers. Looking at Javier move his body to music has been incredibly inspirational to me,. so to have him compliment my music, both verbally AND physically, has been an absolute honour.



"Basic Bitches" is available on the “DEATH DROPS" EP. 

CVNT TR4XXX "Death Drops" EP

And this is the second CVNT release, available to buy on Juno:

CVNT TR4XXX "Serve"

From the Vogue Brawl EP, video of pics from Vogue Brawl 2011 and Vogue Brawl 2012:

CVNT TR4XXX "Vogue Brawl" EP

This here is my very first release as CVNT TR4XXX, and it's free:
In case you were wondering, the EP is named after our annual Manchester ball:

WELCOME TO CVNTY

 

Image by Teen Gangz

My name is Niall, aka The Niallist. I am a dj, music producer and writer.

VOGUING is my obsession, and this blog will be dedicated to it.

There will be a lot of exclusive interviews, links to pieces I have written on voguing for other websites, music that I love, my own music production, and videos/pics that turn me on.

We are going to WORK.