Best Friends | Et Musique Pour Tous

Space Yacht is a consistently positive space that finds a colorful group of Angelenos going hard every Tuesday night for a revolving door of rising and established creatives alike. Resident ringleader LondonBridge is not only one of the brains behind Space Yacht, but also a producer that thrives on absurdly groovy house tunes with a playful edge. Case and point: his brand new Best Friends EP. The title track is an ode to best friends in the club for keeping each other company (physically, and when the drugs hit, mentally), and much like the Pez on the artwork, it’s a sugary-sweet approach that’s just plain fun.

Its follow-up, “Can You Feel It”, is a rallying cry for “big booty bitches in the place right now” that’s likely going to incite waves of ass shaking in Sound and clubs beyond. Standing in the outside patio as a haze of smoke and loud conversation washes over, while the dance-floor swells with hypnotized dancing, bodies moving solo and with one another while “Can You Feel It” pumps through the speakers…I can see it all now. In fact, I’ll probably see it next Tuesday! Here’s to LB for knowing how to work crowds with not only killer lineups, but killer music!

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Best Friends – Just Goodbye

The week that just passed has been surreal to say the least. I know that the readers of EMPT are the type that appreciate a reality check every once in a while, and let me just say, nature has served as that reality check. How many times in your life have you found yourself standing at the top of a mountain that overlooks an entire population of people in a land that is totally foreign to you? Those moments are what keep me sane by threatening to push me over the edge. Sometimes you just need the physical existence of something that is much larger than you, much greater than you in the world, to set every perspective back into place. It’s hard to get that feeling from the top of a boasting rooftop in New York City, that overlooks thousands of other building rooftops that look very much the same.

I find this song to be truly appropriate for the mood I’ve been in, because it’s so present. Detached from my computer and the internet world, I’ve made a very bold effort to remain in this present day, here in California. It’s hard, what with everyone around me discussing the future all the time. I’ve found that removing myself from my city, from my element, and entering another element with no direction in mind, helps force me follow the path that each day creates on its own.

This track feels like a summer backyard party. It’s beautiful and specific to a very sentimental feeling. Although the subject matter of the song is curt and bittersweet, the happy, beachy vibe of the beat coats it beautifully.

Here’s to today! Joie de vivre!

Best Friends – Just Goodbye