Los
Angeles, CA - UniversalGroove and Rick Rodriguez
Productions continue their success as one of the foremost
nightclub producer/promoter teams with the premiere of their
newest club, Up which opens at the Factory in
West Hollywood on Friday, January 17th at 2:30am
(Saturday morning). The new after-hours club will feature the
legendary Mike “Hitman” Wilson who is scheduled to fly
in each week from Chicago to grace the decks. Wilson, an
important figure in the history of dance music is one of
todays most sought after remixers by Dance, Hip-Hop and Pop
artists. The Factory is located at 652 N. La Peer Drive (1
block W. of Robertson, just N. of Melrose) in the heart of
West Hollywood. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 presale on
their web site at
www.upafterhours.com. Ages 21+ are welcome
and each week Up will go from 2:30am until 8:00am Saturday
mornings. For info please call 323-634-4700
Located at
the multi-million dollar Factory Nightclub, Up has a capacity
of over 1000 people, making it the largest weekly after-hours
club on the West Coast. Music will be provided by 7 DJs in 2
rooms, featuring Chicago’s legendary DJ Mike “Hitman” Wilson,
who’s most well-known for his remix work of Inner City’s “Good
Life” dating all the way back to the mid-1980’s. Other
featured talent for the event is DJ Sol, resident at
club Giant, and DJ Coolwhip, resident at Ritual, Lush,
SugarBeats and more. Rotating resident DJs each week include
DJ Bread, Agelus, Kenji, Scissorhand
and Michael Carrera.
UniversalGroove has put on events in Los Angeles dating back
to 1994 at venues such as Hollywood Athletic Club, Firehouse,
Luna Park, Gem, 8531, and many more. They expanded in 1998 by
adding events in Milwaukee, WI, and in 2000 adding San
Francisco with events at venues such as Sno Drift, and the
Blind Tiger.
Rick
Rodriguez Productions began in the early 1990’s under the
guidance of Chicago’s legendary house music promoter Tony
Bitoy at two of Chicago’s most famous venues, the China Club
and the Riviera. In the mid 1990’s the company expanded and
opened two of it’s own venues in the Midwest, in order to
bring Chicago house music to areas outside of the metro area.
Mike
“Hitman” Wilson is an absolute legend in the DJ community.
He’s been playing and producing records for over twenty
years. When the top acts in dance, hip hop and pop want
nothing to get in their way of reaching #1, they call the
Hitman. Mike “Hitman” Wilson has earned the respect of
millions as a #1 Billboard-charting producer, engineer, and
remixer for artists like Ludacris, Destiny’s Child, Teddy
Riley, Mariah Carey, Prince, Michael Jackson, New Order and
others.
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For more
information or to set up interviews with
Mike “Hitman” Wilson or
the promoters
Michael Boldin,
from UniversalGroove, or
Rick Rodriguez please contact Lynn Hasty at
Green Galactic at 323-466-5141 or email at
lynn@greengalactic.com.
Also, please visit
www.upafterhours.com.
