Mansion Miami kicks another DJ off the decks... this time DJ Shadow

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Mansion on DJ Shadow: The Official Statement

"We offer our most sincere apologies to DJ Shadow and his fans for his set being cut short at Mansion this past weekend. This error should not have happened and will not happen again, especially as we pride ourselves on creating an environment that cultivates and respects innovators such as DJ Shadow. We have learned a lot from this error and made changes within our organization to ensure that Mansion's vision, and the vision of our guests, will never be compromised again."

Two words: Electric Pickle.

Bottom line the promoters cater to their crowds depending on the crowd they bring in. They messed up and booked the wrong dude for Friday evening , same way they messed up when they booked Dennis Ferrer on the wrong evening . And guess what next Friday no one will care and the place will still be slam packed to check out Craze. It is what it is.

Bad oversight on the club management, and now will have negative repercussions for everyone in that area, because now the club will only book stereotypical rich kid electro DJs.

I wouldn't be surprised if they announced on Facebook that they're banning Serato or whatever it is that Shadow uses.

On South Beach it's a place tourist will go see a famous DJ, and for locals Mansion has been around for a long time and has survived the opening of other mega clubs (LIV, Amnesia).

^ For sure. About a year ago they remodeled Mansion - new sound gear , new lighting and the entire, what would be a dancefloor, is nothing but tables for bottle service. Most of the main clubs down here - LIV, Bamboo, are that way also. The clubs are set up to attract the bottle service folks. So it's not surprising a promoter would cater to them.

America...

Two words: Electric Pickle.

I fear you may be onto something. I imagine they're relishing all the attention they're getting.

The BEST PR a "credible" club in America could pull off, would be to book a Paulie-D type DJ, and boot him off! Big publicity, instant credibility...

^ For sure. About a year ago they remodeled Mansion - new sound gear , new lighting and the entire, what would be a dancefloor, is nothing but tables for bottle service. Most of the main clubs down here - LIV, Bamboo, are that way also. The clubs are set up to attract the bottle service folks. So it's not surprising a promoter would cater to them.

Tons of people go to Mansion every week. They have a star line up all month long --- to give you an idea this month they have Seth Troxler, Sidney Samson, Arty, Hardwell, Carl Cox and next Friday Craze is the headlining.

On South Beach it's a place tourist will go see a famous DJ, and for locals Mansion has been around for a long time and has survived the opening of other mega clubs (LIV, Amnesia). Bottom line the promoters cater to their crowds depending on the crowd they bring in. They messed up and booked the wrong dude for Friday evening , same way they messed up when they booked Dennis Ferrer on the wrong evening . And guess what next Friday no one will care and the place will still be slam packed to check out Craze. It is what it is.

DJ Shadow really wouldn't have been a cheap booking either. I wonder what the lost money ratio of listening to the bottle service fuckwits vs the money losy when your high profile booking bails and the ongoing impact to the clubs reputation.


Perhaps its a clever marketing scheme aimed at the bottle service crowd saying "come to our club, we'll charge massive prices for your drinks, toss your salad AND you can be instrumental in getting your insipid musical preferences played by the somewhat well known acts we book".