On Friday, April 5th, Spring was in the air and warmer weather was on its way to Philadelphia. Perhaps the Summer-like temperatures caught a ride from the West Coast with L.A. based duo gLAdiator who was headlining the most recent addition of Actual Records’ “Twurkaholics” party at Soundgarden Hall.
Along with gLAdiator, another Trap Music duo, Loudpvck also rounded out the out-of-town performers for the evening.
The night kicked off as all Twurkaholics parties do, with a heavy dose of local DJs doing their thing. One thing that was different on this night was the low turnout early in the evening. However, as the night progressed the venue filled up to the capacity that we are used to seeing from these parties.
As always, there was the usual bells and whistles including confetti blasts, amazing lights, dancers, and costumed characters.
While the crowd size wasn’t huge for the first four acts of the night, Oddzilla, Schmohawk, Ditchdigger, and Ethan Dubb, all four rocked out some sweet tunes and with the added room on the dance floor, people were getting down.
By the time LoveCityDJs took over shortly after 11pm, there was definitely an increase in the Twurkaholics population and LCDs skills showed everyone why he is a staple at these events.
After a quick mic rocking by MC Buddy Leezle, it was time for Loudpvck to pick it up. That’s exactly what they did for the next hour. At several points they were joined behind the decks by gLAdiator who officially took over around 1am.
The next 90 minutes were a blur of of trap and bass tunes with gLAdiator getting down on stage almost as hard as those in the crowd.
When the party ended around 230am, there was a small exclusive 100 person after party held for those 21+ by Actual Records in Fishtown.
**Update for our Soundgarden Hall fans: Starting on Friday, April 12th, all shows at SGH will be strictly 18+ (photo ID required)**
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[Photo credit: D. Jacob Miller Photography]
You can view an expanded photo gallery of Twerkaholics and the after-party below (click thumbnails to enlarge):
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