A new year cometh, and that brings us to another Newcores! For last year's message, I looked ahead to a time of a great uncertainty, and said defiantly, no, we are not going to let life get us down, we are going to continue to be as defiantly ourselves as we can be. In fact, we were going to do so even bigger, better, and louder than ever before. And in the face of endless bullshit and challeneges, of a general malaise that has infected society, of things seeming more pointless and hopeless than ever before, have we successed?
We have.
This has been the year that has turned Impact! from just another rave crew™ into something truly special in the underground. We've really turned from a collective of dreamers doing our best to make it up as we went along, to a powerhouse that has the capacity to truly change the scene and build an instituion that pushes the envelope in terms of what is possible in the underground. To begin with the obvious, we threw our first (and maybe north america's first) underground hard dance festival in the form of First Impact! which nearly fell apart several times in the course of it's production, but ended up all coming together at the last minute to be something truly unique, beautiful, and life changing for all those involved. We've expanded outside of purely music/club ventures, with the launch of Furswap providing a space for the other kinds of artists in our scene to A Great Party becoming the return of a regular weekly community event that Midweek Magic was before. We've brought in more international artists effectively kickstarting our plans for global domination bringing a sound and cultural reach to Seattle that has been sorely lacking. And all of that has only been possible because of the incredible team we've built. Before this year, Impact! was mostly a solo project, with others chipping in where they could, but the main weight resting on my shoulders. That weight wore me down and nearly crushed me at times, but with the help of Amber, Lamb, Sylvie, Lia, Mia, Momo, Lily, and Raya, stepping up to the plate, and our veteran members Alice, Sparx, Iz, and Zak doing more than ever before, we've really gotten our operations together in a way we never have before. Truly, there is nothing else like this, and I'm so excited to show y'all what is to come going forward now that we've built this org into what it is.
Now, that's enough of me rambling about us. Y'all are here to rave! And we have a stacked one for y'all at Seattle Harbor! A two stage event at Seattle Harbor, with a fancy ballroom(!) upstairs, nightclub downstairs, and amazing lakeside views all around we'll be raving in style this NYE. 800 of your closest friends will join you, and our faves new and old for this rager. And this isn't even all that's gonna be there. Stay tuned... But who's gonna be joining us this time, you ask? Well...
BALLROOM STAGE
FLAPJACK
JEDWILL
SIXWING
GRAZ
CHOMPER
BASSPET
CLUB STAGE
TECHNOPAGAN
XXHARDBIT3S
SOLANUM B2B KALEIDOSCOPE
JUNO THE BELOVED
HAZELZEN B2B FLINTLOCK3R
My personal dedications to our artists, and more information about what we have in store for y'all, will all come soon. But, for now, I sign y'all off the same way as I always do. Can't wait to see y'all on the floor <3
-Ev
Executive Director of Impact!
Flyer by Goo
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