Event Details
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Start Time: 11:30 PM
Event Type: Dance, DJ Events, Live Performance, Show
Last Updated: June 23, 2012
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Genuine Thursdays with DJ Mz PoppinzThis Thursday, the wind won't be the only thing to blow you away in Chicago.Come see Mz. Poppinz play some of the best and most original House music in all of the land.A little about Genuine Thursdays at Studio Paris:Studio Paris is an indoor/outdoor lounge that doubles as a functioning photo studio by day and nightclub by night. Expect to find the citys best photographers capturing the scene, which will later be prominently displayed throughout the space. The club features an impressive outdoor lounge seating area under a retractable glass roof that opens to the Chicago cityscape. A 25-foot bar, adorned with bottles of French champagne, connects the indoor/outdoor bar area inviting guests to order their favorite cocktail, while comfortable lounge seating and tables fill the expansive room. Reflective of the high energy clubs frequented throughout Europe, guests can expect to hear great music, see impromptu sets from recording artists visiting the Windy City and take in music spun by guest DJs from around the world.DJ Mz PoppinzMelissa Palichat, aka Mz Poppinz, is a Turkish-Ukrainian DJ and violinist native from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied for years under accomplished symphony members and soloists, has won numerous awards and played with symphonies and quartet groups from all around the world. Mz Poppinz attended Carnegie Mellon University majoring in music performance and continued her education in Miami at The New World School of the Arts.Despite her promising classical career, her passion led her elsewhere. As a teenager, I began to hear other sounds and the way the violin could be played. Exploring a love and passion for dance and other forms of popular music, I became fascinated with the art and technical aspects of Dj-ing. I began to merge and improvise on themes, melodies, and styles that took my playing to a completely different level. By learning how to DJ, she was able to incorporate those sounds with her music fusing the classical elements of her training with a modern edge. Its about making the connection bringing the joy I find in the violin to other genres of music. As a DJ, I am able to showcase my music along with other artists from around the world.Not only does she play for talented artists and Grammy award-winning producers, she has found a way to make the violin, her voice within her own music. With a unique fusion of electronic music and original composition, her innovative approach to the violin transcends traditional boundaries and takes one of the worlds most thoroughly explored instruments into unexplored territory. Even though dance and electronic music is the focus of her compositions, she also infuses them with elements of classical, rock, jazz, world, hip hop, and cinematic to create a truly unique form of art and sound.