Denizens of Charlotte’s nightlife, it’s time to get excited: The funky, “intercontinental love fest” known as Sol-Fusion is coming to the Queen City on Saturday, June 27 at Kiss Ultra Lounge.
What exactly is Sol-Fusion? Well, the easy answer to that question is it’s a club/DJ/dance event that was birthed in Atlanta and has been THE party to attend there for years. But, for all the other details about the shindig, let’s hear what the guys behind Sol-Fusion Charlotte (which will feature sounds by DJ Kemit and DJ D.R.) — Atlanta-based promoter J. Carter and Charlotte-based promoter Mike Kitchen — have to say:
Creative Loafing: First thing I wanna know is, for people who have never been to Sol-Fusion, how would you describe it?
J. Carter: Hmmm … the best way to describe it is, if they remember that feeling when they were like in 11th and 12th grade in their friend’s parents’ basement and they would just let go and party like it was nobody’s business — I would explain it much, much like that. But I would also kind of describe it as more so a party for someone who would have anything from rock, classic-hip hop, reggae, funk, disco, [or] house, in their iPod … You know, so it’s a party for a more trained-ear individual. (more…)