Metropol

09/05/2026

🟩🟩🟩 Memories of Ray Charles, Sara McLaughlin, Bruce Hornsby, Vanessa Carlton, and Ben Folds on grand pianos on Metropol's stage at different occasions. I always loved lighting up those shiney strings in grand pianos. Fond memories of incredible talent that I felt I was not the right person to be the one on lights because I was so green at the time learning and didn't know the songs or even have a set list to follow along with some sort of idea where we were going. But my passion for lighting and live music really pulled me through for creativity at times.
Three rules I learned to live by in those days are still relevant today.
1. Less is More
2. Timing is everything.
3. Darkness is an effect.

Have A Safe Labor Day weekend, everyone!
You are welcome to dance.

09/04/2026

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Dmitry Brill and Towa Tei (Deee-Lite) + a friend DJ + Genesis P-Orridge [1992]

09/04/2026

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PROPERTY OF METROPOL
DJ BOOTH - RUBBER STAMP
FROM THE ARCHIVES.

09/04/2026

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Gloria taught generations of women that our voices mattered — that equality wasn’t something we should have to ask permission for.

I was 15 when I first saw her talking about women’s rights, and it stayed with me. I remember listening to her and feeling like someone was finally saying out loud what so many of us felt but didn’t yet have the words for. She helped me understand that being a woman could mean standing up, speaking out, and bringing other women with you. Gloria didn’t just change the conversation; she changed what so many of us believed was possible. I’ll always be grateful for her courage, her friendship, and the road she helped make for all of us.

Gloria never stopped showing up. For women, for equality, for people whose voices weren’t being heard. She was fierce, funny, generous, and always moving us forward.

I’m going to miss her. I’m so grateful I got to know her, and so grateful for everything she gave all of us.

Thank you Gloria ❤️

08/30/2026

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The History of Deee-Lite
Towa ultimately did not join the group on their world tours, for which they had assembled a nine-piece band, as he had desired to start working on the second Deee-Lite album (Infinity Within) from the comfort of his own home, where his records and samples were kept.

As expressed to MTV News: "...a reason I left Deee-Lite was that I hated the touring and playing the same songs over and over again every night," Towa said.

"I'm not that type of person. I don't like being in front of the people." After extensively touring, Kier and Dmitry were not given funding for Infinity Within, as originally promised by their Warner contract.

Upon the release of the album, Kier and Dmitry wondered if Deee-Lite's overall sound was "losing touch" with the dancefloor crowds, and thus they began creating the dancefloor album Dewdrops in the Garden (1994).

At the time, creative differences were intensifying with Towa and Kier and Dmitry.

To be continued...