Pharmacy Industry and WAD party

Last night I was lucky enough to immerse myself on the front-line of the French electro scene. From this scene we have seen the development of a sub-culture which has been responsible for just about taking over the world over the last year or so.

I experienced this at the Pharmacy Industry and WAD magazine party at Paris Paris nightclub in Paris. Pharmacy Industry is a very cool casual street wear label that has gained a mass amount of respect over the last year, particularly within europe. WAD magazine is a very respected french urban fashion and culture magazine of which have an amazing website. For these two companies to put together a party in the surrounds of Paris Paris,  a basement nightclub with the capacity of about 150, incredible neon lighting on the walls and a windmill of coloured lights on the 10 foot low roof, a night to remember was on the cards.

I was unaware as to whom would be deejaying throughout the evening. However, on entering the party I suspected someone big was a possibility. After sitting down on a plush leather couch and downing a few drinks and checking out the array of phenomenal style floating around the room, I noticed that we were amongst some amazingly cool French kids. I chatted to a local student who studies philosophy, she pointed out a 17 year old friend of hers who had just signed with Ed Banger records. In the midst of this conversation, the deejay changed, and a heavy, dirty, slow electro sound started pumping out with a large portion of the party moving to the dancefloor. As I got my first glimpse of who was deejaying, I turned to my friend and said "holy shit! It's Busy P, Thats f**kin awesome!!". Busy P (aka. Pedro Winters) is the doyen of electro music. He is the manager and brain trust behind the brands that are Daft Punk and Ed Banger records. The set this man produced was second to none, thrashing out dirty head banging electro sounds, mixing it in with tracks like Video Killed the Radio Star and Thriller. The crowd was like putty in this mans hands and the mixer was like an extension of this guys body with the level of control he was exercising. In the midst of this awesome set, in this amazing setting, i stood back to soak it in for a second and said to my friend "I don't think there would be a cooler party going on in the world right now at this moment". Enough about the party, this blog is about people. 

As the set finished I made my way to the bathroom. Standing there relieving myself, reflecting on what an amazing night it had been, I looked to my right and relieving himself next to me was no-one else other than Busy P. In the shock that I found myself urinating next to one of the most respected people in music I said "you know the last time i saw you it was with 20,000 other people at Parklife in Perth". More than to happy to chat, he said something along the lines of how cool that tour was. I gave him my opinion on what an amazing live show Daft Punk had, we did our flies up and he said "What about Justice?" and without giving me any time to respond he said "Yeah I prefer Daft Punk also, Justice are just 2 gay guys, you know Justice are gay" and then he proceeded to punch a guy in the side in a friendly manner. Only then I realised that waiting for the urinal behind me was Gaspard Auge, one half of the team that makes up Justice.

Respect is something that doesn't come by easily, and in the case of the entertainment industry, fame will often come right along with it. Therefore when you do have a positive and humorous interaction with someone with the fame and respect that Busy P has, it certainly leaves a good feeling inside.