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Wolf + Lamb: The Marcy Hotel - Brooklyn, NYC

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In early 2005, Brooklyn based DJ team Wolf + Lamb set out to build their own DIY dance venue. The duo stumbled upon an old machine shop in Williamsburg and transformed it into what is now known as the Marcy Hotel — a fictitious hotel and underground club.

Music Comes Home at the Marcy Hotel

There's a steady hum in the air while a faint disco beat emerges from the far end of the loft. The crowd teeming within it is full of lulling conversation regarding "her boring weekend back home in France," or "the steady decline of his relationship ever since he's moved to New York." People are lining up at the makeshift wood-pallet bar to loosen up with not-so-fancy champagne and even less extravagant beer. A few old friends are lounging on 1950s style sofas under the factory windows, which peer into the dimly lit dance floor where Zev and Gadi (a.k.a. Wolf + Lamb) have been playing an after-hours deep house set. For the better part of a decade, this has been one of Brooklyn's best kept secrets for underground dance music: the Marcy Hotel. Disco balls, infinity mirror lightboxes, and salvaged theater chandeliers are all a part of the art and artifice that contribute to the Williamsburg loft turned makeshift dance club, which has held some of the most memorable parties since its inception.

In early 2005, after DJing and hosting dance parties for a couple of years, we set out to build our own venue. We found an old machine shop in a shady part of town and built it into the Marcy Hotel — a fictitious hotel and underground club. It took us and friends over 6 months to build the place using garbage and old things we found lying around. We discovered local crews liked dumping wooden pallets over by the highway across the street from the Marcy — those became the bars and counters.



A friend had purchased a dilapidated movie theater, and we promptly showed up with a truck to loot the place for raw materials.



Old movie scores on player piano paper made warm lighting panels.



Gadi spent four days grinding down layers of paint from the walls to reveal the original luster for the entrance-way.
Deniz Kurtel, friend and artist from our label, strung together old wire nuts and lugs to make industrial growths.

The two giant spools of a film rewinder made for delicate chandeliers in the front reception and the dance room.



The care and love we all put into the place over the years lent itself to the feeling of the Marcy — that you are in someone's living room, with a group of friends you've known for a long time. We bring people together from New York, from Burning Man, from all over the world to experience our music in its original setting. The dance floor turns back into the label's main studio once the people are gone.

We opened in 2005 with sheet rock walls, but when we renovated in 2008, we realized the new dance room's walls needed wood to get that deep and soulful sound. We lined the walls, floor to ceiling, in 80-year-old Catskill pine planks from a handball court the city had torn down. After years of wear and tear, the piano paper settled comfortably as wallpaper in the lounge.





You can't spend a night at The Marcy without some beats.

[cloudset]http://soundcloud.com/r_co/wolf-lamb-wolf-lamb-50th-party-the-marcy-hotel-27-09-2008[/cloudset]

THE MARCY HOTEL
108 Marcy Ave (btwn S 2nd & S 3rd), Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hotel, Nightclub, Music Venue
http://wolflambmusic.com/themarcy/

REBELRAVE #8: Wolf + Lamb

Interview taken at The Marcy Hotel and sneek peek to it's parties, featuring the likes of: Deniz Kurtel, Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, Lee Curtis, Soul Clap, Damian Lazarus, etc



The second part of our USA Special series. We head over to New York into the heart of Brooklyn to find out all about this year's most talked about label "Wolf + Lamb". Renowned for hosting magical parties at their very own Marcy Hotel and for their yearly ventures at Burning Man, these guys have earned respect worldwide and have been awarded "Best Label of the Month" by Resident Advisor with current features in Mixmag in the UK and Debug magazine in Germany.

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14/05/12, 10:12 #1
Swedish House Maffia harus main di sini nih  :P
14/05/12, 13:15 #2
KERENNN.!UNEDRGROUND BANGET tempatnya...super kreatip *bgs* *bgs* *bgs*
14/05/12, 13:58 #3
cita2 gue nih punya ginian di Lampung....club kecil banget amburadul sound sedeng tapi nendang dan kapasitas 50 orang aja. Yang spinnin : Persatuan dj dj ga ngetop dan bawah tanah se Indonesia. TOP DARI HATI mainnya :)

what we want what we believe
14/05/12, 14:04 #4
Quote from: phuture89 on 14/05/12, 13:58
cita2 gue nih punya ginian di Lampung....club kecil banget amburadul sound sedeng tapi nendang dan kapasitas 50 orang aja. Yang spinnin : Persatuan dj dj ga ngetop dan bawah tanah se Indonesia. TOP DARI HATI mainnya :)
mantabbb sob...gw dateng pasti dehhh...gw rencana juga maw seperti itu di bengkulu...maw ngumpulin ide2nya dulu... :D :D :D
14/05/12, 14:10 #5
Quote from: harriz nabeat on 14/05/12, 14:04
Quote from: phuture89 on 14/05/12, 13:58
cita2 gue nih punya ginian di Lampung....club kecil banget amburadul sound sedeng tapi nendang dan kapasitas 50 orang aja. Yang spinnin : Persatuan dj dj ga ngetop dan bawah tanah se Indonesia. TOP DARI HATI mainnya :)
mantabbb sob...gw dateng pasti dehhh...gw rencana juga maw seperti itu di bengkulu...maw ngumpulin ide2nya dulu... :D :D :D

wah kalo bengkulu buat duluan! gue dukung..buat kayak gini riz..unt7ung kecil tapi jalan terus...hati puas..ga perlu modal gede..konsentrasi di sound aja sama alat dj..kecil tapi proper....belum ada nih ginian !!! SURGA kalo ada!
what we want what we believe
14/05/12, 14:20 #6
Quote from: phuture89 on 14/05/12, 14:10
Quote from: harriz nabeat on 14/05/12, 14:04
Quote from: phuture89 on 14/05/12, 13:58
cita2 gue nih punya ginian di Lampung....club kecil banget amburadul sound sedeng tapi nendang dan kapasitas 50 orang aja. Yang spinnin : Persatuan dj dj ga ngetop dan bawah tanah se Indonesia. TOP DARI HATI mainnya :)
mantabbb sob...gw dateng pasti dehhh...gw rencana juga maw seperti itu di bengkulu...maw ngumpulin ide2nya dulu... :D :D :D

wah kalo bengkulu buat duluan! gue dukung..buat kayak gini riz..unt7ung kecil tapi jalan terus...hati puas..ga perlu modal gede..konsentrasi di sound aja sama alat dj..kecil tapi proper....belum ada nih ginian !!! SURGA kalo ada!
bener banget sob...itupun harus kerja keras banget... :D :D
16/05/12, 10:16 #7
dont go any further with the venue ideas bro, make sure the music is real at the first place..

REAL MUSIC, REAL PEOPLE  8)
16/05/12, 10:27 #8
Real small venues mean proper music...pastinya, club kecil underground begini pastinya diikuti dengan musik dari hati :) kalo masih musik nya gitu2 aja...yah mubazir. Tentunya impian kita semua ada club begini juga diikuti musik yang anti mainstream, rumah idealis.

Ya impian gue di sumatera spt itu. Amin
what we want what we believe
16/05/12, 10:43 #9
tergantung dari hati siapa dulu brot...kalau dari hatinya Laidback Luke sih males juga sih  :-\
16/05/12, 11:05 #10 Last Edit: 16/05/12, 11:08 by phuture89
Siapa tau laidback luke kalo disuruh main di club proper begini yg orang2nya juga beda tiba tiba set nya seru dan keren menurut yg idealismenya dan selera musiknya tinggi...siapa tau loh :)

Tak ada yang tahu isi hati manusia "rinto harahap"

Ya, semoga kalau indonesia ada club begini, jadi rumah buat dj yang mau spinnin dgn musik idealis tanpa perbedaan dan memberikan kesempatan setiap dj utk mensyiarkan proper music mrk...ga terkecuali dj2 yg slm ini bbrp orang menganggap musiknya komersil, siapa tahu dia dibalik itu semua dia punya idealisme yg akhirnya bisa dia salurkan club underground dan proper spt ini. Amin.
what we want what we believe
16/05/12, 11:19 #11 Last Edit: 16/05/12, 11:21 by phuture89
Tapi sekali lagi ini soal selera, gue ga pernah bilang musik komersil di edm adl musik sampah. Gue rasa mrk punya nilai jual dan musikalitas tinggi juga. Producenya nya pun ok. Jd gue ga ngebahas soal genre sekali lagi, krn soal selera tentunya beda2, gue menghormati setiap genre. Tp buat gue, soal thread ini:
Kebetulan ini impian gue di lampung atau sumatera kalo ada wah mimpi jd nyata, Rumah buat gue utk spinnin set gue yg mungkin dianggep berat, aneh dan gak pampin atas bawah bagi kebanyakan club di sumatera.

Semoga bisa buat club spt ini, 1 tahun lagi .... Amin. Yang main jerome, carl cox, laurent garnier, the bloody beetroots, sixteen, oxia, gui buratto, style of eye, justin martin, black flag, warpath, mucky pup, suicidal tendencies dan DJ FITRA ACEH.
what we want what we believe
16/05/12, 11:23 #12
iya juga sih..siapa tau guetta mendadak techno dan ada max cooper di playlistnya kalo di venue ginian.. :P
I love all kinds of house, but i love that deep shit, the real shit, makes you bump your head..
16/05/12, 11:41 #13
Nandi : ya bener nandi, loe 100% bener. Di ravelex, dj dan selera musik yang paling cang cing cuma loe soalnya :) ditunggu di lampung musik kerennya dek nandi ya. Kita butuh musik proper bgt .... Amin.
what we want what we believe
16/05/12, 12:06 #14
masi banyak yg laen yg blm kliatan om phuture...hehehehe///coba jalan2 ke daerah, ngicip2 dance schene semarang coba..
16/05/12, 12:17 #15
Quote from: nandi_binus on 16/05/12, 11:23
iya juga sih..siapa tau guetta mendadak techno dan ada max cooper di playlistnya kalo di venue ginian.. :P

^ nandi ini gw perhatiin tendensius melulu ya kalo posting. gue selama di ravelex baru ini ngeliat dj kok bisanya nyela selain posting podcast lo. gw liat dj senior aja yg jd member disini ga gitu-gitu amat. sesama musisi atau dj ga boleh begitu jooo, tunjukkin aja apa hasil lo, yang menilai orang. sejarah underground music:
1. orang dengan passion yang menjalaninya dengan sungguh-sungguh
2. orang dengan maksud gaya-gaya an biar dibilang beda dan keren < yg ini gue rasa lo.

RVLX bukan tempat ribut dan nunjukkin orang lain jelek atau bagus, tapi tunjukkin apa yg lo punya. orang yang menilai. thank you.
16/05/12, 12:34 #16
kembali ke thread guys..mari kita berdoa ada club beginian di Indonesia, di Sumatera juga. yang pasti ownernya harus punya semangat underground tinggi dan resident nya ni. amin.
what we want what we believe
16/05/12, 12:35 #17
Quote from: phuture89 on 16/05/12, 12:34
kembali ke thread guys..mari kita berdoa ada club beginian di Indonesia, di Sumatera juga. yang pasti ownernya harus punya semangat underground tinggi dan resident nya ni. amin.
AMINNNNN....... *bgs* *bgs* *bgs* *bgs*
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