This Saturday, January 15th at Sullivan Room is a night dedicated to techno music. While we were originally hosting the UK’s newest rising techno hero and 8 Sided Dice label head Alan Fitzpatrick, he’s unable to be joining us for the night due to complications with his Visa. But the party still goes on, and we’ve got a more than able replacement as Brooklyn’s own Gennaro Le Fosse will be stepping in to take over from Alan. It’ll be a night of full-on, no-nonsense underground music with a full NYC lineup of DJs complementing Gennaro at Sully, with Basic NYC’s Sleepy & Boo dropping a techno set of their own, while Simon Heyliger and Chris Cornacchia get the party started.

Alan Fitzpatrick made this statement regarding the Sullivan Room party, and his other North American dates. “It is with deep regret that I have been forced to cancel my forthcoming North American tour. Unfortunately, unexpected visa issues have meant that I will not be able to make the trip. I was really looking forward to coming to play at Basic and to meeting everyone who has said they were planning to come and see me play. I’m looking forward to arranging a new date as soon as possible.”

Techno music is truly an international language,, and one with many regional dialects. When telling the techno story, New York’s own contributions to the genre cannot be ignored, and right at the center of the city’s beating techno pulse is the borough of Brooklyn. Without a doubt, Gennaro Le Fosse is one of the biggest contributors to the sound, style and attitude of Brooklyn techno.  He was a co-founder of the Program 2 duo in the early 90’s (alongside Victor Calderone), a group that released an album on Sire Records. He has worked with fellow New Yorkers Abe Duque and Joey Beltram, and he started his own techno-minded imprint (Convolute). With a busy touring schedule, and releases on many of the underground’s finest labels (including 8 Sided Dice), he has become a worldwide ambassador for techno music, New York-style.

While we are working on rescheduling Alan Fitzpatrick, we’re excited to be hosting Gennaro for this night. This will be his second appearance at Sullivan Room for Basic NYC, and his first as a headliner. Getting the party started will be Chris Cornacchia and Simon Heyliger, both regular fixtures on the local scene.

Basic NYC Presents Gennaro Le Fosse – Sat. January 15th, 2011
Sullivan Room – 218 Sullivan St. Btwn Bleecker & West 3rd Streets

For guestlist and table reservations –  email rsvp@basicnyc.com
Presale tickets at http://www.wantickets.com/basicnyc