MIKEQ @ House Of Trax

Now THAT'S a vibe! The house lights had gone up but the crowd kept dancing to MikeQ's set at House Of Trax, easily one of the best club nights in London right now:

CVNT TRAXXX @ House Of Trax, XOYO, July 11th 2014

Some nice footage of voguers Benjamin Milan and David Magnifique plus friends, during my set at House Of Trax at XOYO. I love the way this looks against the strobe, though I had to keep my finger on the button to keep it on constantly, while djing and filming at the same time!

Tracks: "Walk 4 Me" Tronco Traxxx / "Vouge Remix" MikeQ & Madonna

CVNT TRAXXX @ House Of Trax, XOYO, July 11th

w00p! Looking forward to this, always great playing with the HOT fam!!

Charted by HOUSE OF TRAX

Woop! Made it into the HOSUE OF TRAX BAllroom Top Ten for Don't Watch That .TV (<- link)

HOUSE OF TRAX VOGUE & BALLROOM TOP TEN

MikeQ ft Teresa – Make U Gag
Junior Vasquez – If Madonna Calls [ tribal break mix ]
Vjuan Allure – Kid Conga
Vjuan Allure – The Urge
Kingdom – Stalker Ha
Beek – Super Sonic
CVNT TRAXXX – Cum 4 Me
Rushmore – Couture
First Choice – Love Thang
Rageuos Projecting ft Kevin Aviance – Cunty

'The Untold History of UK Vogue' for FACT Mag part two

Et voila, part two of this epic piece, this time covering my own involvement in the scene, Tranarchy's Vogue Brawl, House Of Trax, Ldn voguer David Magnifique and the daddies of them all House Of Suarez and Darren Pritchard. Read it all here. 

 Judges at Vogue Brawl 2012: Pride Is Burning

As we saw in part one, voguing in the UK comes from a different tradition to that in the States, and even mainland Europe. 

Not based so much on the streets or in the clubs, voguing came to prominence here in the early 90s through professional dance troupes and art and fashion shows. Yet, as with America, the natural home for voguing in this country is still the house ball, where all elements and categories get to work the runway and compete for legendary status. And, although we may be some way behind our European counterparts when it comes to regular balls, the UK is not completely devoid of house balls – though as usual with this scene, you have to look a bit further afield to find the real action.

The UK’s North West is the centre of the current UK vogue renaissance, with annual balls in Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow. Time for some disclosure: as The Niallist, I’m a founder member of the Manchester-based queer collective Tranarchy, and since January 2011 we have held an annual ball called Vogue Brawl. In my time, I’ve also helped organise and host the Fierce Ruling Divas Ball in Glasgow, and I’ve DJed at Liverpool’s House Of Suarez Ball under my vogue production alias CVNT TR4XXX. I’m heavily involved in this scene, and right now it’s focussed in spots that are well respected for their dance music cultures and histories, but that don’t necessarily get a huge amount of time in the media spotlight.

We’ve already encountered a young Darren Suarez in part one of this article, voguing as a teenager in the clubs, after hours parties and cemeteries of late 80s and early 90s Liverpool. Flash forward 20 years, and Darren is a professional dance teacher with an idea for throwing a ‘House Of Suarez Ball’. The first of these balls was thrown in 2010, and since then the House Of Suarez Ball has grown to become the UK’s biggest annual vogue function.

NC: How would you describe the HOS ball to someone who has never been?

Darren Suarez: “If you’ve never been to one of our balls, I can guarantee that you will be overwhelmed with colour, dance, energy and fierceness. At least one of the five categories will inspire people. The categories at our ball are Fantasy, which gives creatives in costume and fabric the chance to create big costumes and installations in the theme of the ball, to live out their fantasy, in a way. There is Solo, which is inspired by a solo performer’s confidence to vogue, or perform solo any of the other styles that might fall under that umbrella, such as waacking, hands, femme, new way, old way, etc.

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL! 

House Of Trax ft VJUAN ALLURE & CVNT TR4XXX video

I never knew this existed til now! A short, official video of me and Vjuan playing House Of Trax, Birthdays in Dalston, and some of the awesome dancers, including David Magnifique:


House Of Trax #19 VJUAN ALLURE & CVNT TRAXXX from House Of Trax on Vimeo.

HOUSE OF TRAX w/ Vjuan Allure, CVNT, Fools & Rushmore & DANCERS!

WOW! House Of Trax was off the hook! Big up to all the dancers who made it down, especially the voguers! I don't think there's many nights in the big smoke where people like this come and turn it out to such quality tunes:

ALLURE x RUSH x CVNT Mixxx

In the run up to my London debut, Rushmore of House Of Trax has put together a wee mix featuring only tracks by me, himself and Vjuan Allure. What hallowed company!

CVNT London debut at HOUSE OF TRAX

And AGAIN with the Vjuan Allure - so psyched for this!