Dry your eyes and throw on your glad rags, as the final Hot Boy Dancing Spot at Dalston Superstore is upon us! We had a chat to DJ and one of half the HBDS team, Jonjo Jury, about memories, music and moving forward…
Jonjo, for those foolish enough to have missed it, tell us about Hot Boy Dancing Spot…
I started out DJing at straight indie clubs and noticed there was space for lads to go to hear quality tunes and pull. The name had to do what it said on the tin, I think we succeeded!
You’ve been around for quite a while, four years at Dalston Superstore and before that?
It’s coming up to five years at Dalston Superstore, but we did opening parties for East Bloc & Vogue Fabrics in Dalston, plus a few warehouse HBDS parties. Our first was in a tiny bar called the Moustache Bar about seven years ago.
Tell us about your launch night…
The launch we did at Dalston Superstore was incredible, hot and very dusty as the bar wasn’t fully ready, so we did it as an ‘under construction’ party – complete with hard hats!
What can we expect from Hot Boy Dancing Spot: Closing?
I can imagine a few tears at the end coming from me & Jason (Hello Mozart, co-promoter), but hopefully a proper good knees-up. We have the amazing Rory Phillips joining us in the laser basement with the beautiful Discosmack lads are holding the fort in the bar and they always get the crowd going.
Favourite memories from your time running HBDS?
God, there are so many. We hosted a couple of parties for the artist Elmgreen & Dragset, one in a massive gallery done out as a club for the night, the other on a disused airport runway in Venice. It was incredible. Also, just being able to book DJs that we loved to come join us at Dalston Superstore and the crowd loving it has been such a pleasure for these past years.
What’s next for you guys?
Jason Hello Mozart has been busy directing his first film, due out later this year and I’ve got my second track coming out on a label called Discotexas in the next few months. I’m also resident at Sink The Pink’s new Saturday night called Savage, in a wicked 80’s strip club. Loads of fun. Plus, I’m going on the road to a few festivals over summer.
Hot Boy Dancing Spot: Closing is at Dalston Superstore (117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB) on Saturday 4th April, 10pm – 4am. £5 entry.
