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Safer At Night Launch Party

Where: Verboten Other details: On Saturday, new NYC record label Safer At Night launched with a party at the new Williamsburg club Verboten featuring their whole roster of artists. The label, started by Trouble & Bass founder Luca Venezia, aka Curses, DKDS, and Total Fitness, threw massive parties during Miami Music Week before finally launching at their home base of New York. The crowd was excited to hear from Curses, Cranks, special guests Kim Ann Foxman and Walker & Royce, as well as NYC resident DJs Total Fitness (DJ Lawrence Lee), Abu Ashley (DJ Cougarskin), and DKDS. The producers all took turns spinning and previewing their upcoming releases early into Sunday morning, excited to kick off their monthly residency at Verboten. [Total Fitness via @guestofaguest] The label has hit something palpable in the current state of the youthful nightlife culture, the sounds of New York, and the steady progression of electronic music. We took a moment to chat with Venezia about this exciting creative outlet and the what's next for the label: You already have the label Trouble & Bass, how did Safer At Night come to be? Luca Venezia: It was time to bring a new, inspiring squad into the world. All of us were friends, and we all love the same music, but we never thought 'why don't we all team up and do this together?'. We all supported one and other individually, but we didn't realize why don't we support one another together, and do this as a squad, and do this as something we can all be inspired by as a group. Output opened last year, now we have Verboten, and Space is in the works. What do you think about this burgeoning Williamsburg electronic scene? LV: I love it because I lived in Berlin in 2004, and this reminds me of the energy and excitement I saw in Berlin. All these new clubs opening, it's driving traffic towards good underground music again. [Luca Venezia via @graceicon] Deep house and other electronic genres are really starting to develop and get exposure. Do you think it can gain momentum with crowds? LV: I think what's happening is that people want a bit of soul and a bit of rhythm back in their music, and it's not about moshing or being aggressive. It's more about the love, and really getting lost in the moment of the entire night; coming at the start and staying until the finish. And I think house and techno right now are really having a comeback, because dubstep and trap, it's just so aggressive, and this is a lot more soulful. Where do you see Safer At Night a year from now? LV: Safer At Night Villa in Ibiza. [Cranks, DKDS, Abu Ashley] [Curses, Total Fitness, DKDS] [Photo via @djlawrencelee]