MSO (Melbourne Shuffle Oldskool): April 2008

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Singapore Shuffle Meet-Ups

Great to see Shuffle Meet Ups happening in Singapore. If you'd like to let others know about your next meet up, you are welcome to post details on the Singapore section of the MSO Forum.

For other cities and regions, you can also post your details. If your region isn't listed, you are welcome to start a new thread.

MSO FORUM Meet Ups http://mso1.cultureforum.net/country-region-c10/

Here's some recent Singapore Shuffle Meet Ups.

Singapore Shuffle Meet Up on 30th March 2008 AnaraxAngel

Singapore Shuffle Meet Up on 30th March 2008 AnaraxAngel This a recent Shuffle meet up in Singapore at Dhoby Ghaut on 30th March 2008... 4 crews turned up HSA Sembawang (Hardstyle Authority) HSA Tampines (Hardstyle Agents) HR(S) (Hardstyle Republic Singapore) SDF (Shuffle Dance Freedom) 1stly , i lkie to apologize to viewers coz i'm not gd in editing videos...this is my 1st edited vid...do enjoy Shuffling is about expressing the movements and friendship MSO: No appology needed AnaraxAngel great job

Meet up @ vivo city 31st march PART ONE

Meet up @ vivo city 31st march PART TWO

Shuffle Meet Up March 02 2008 SDF

Monday, April 28, 2008

FIRST DANISH SHUFFLE MEETUP

On March 29, 2008 our friends from www.hardstylersunited.dk in Denmark, had their first Shuffle meet-up. Congratulations from MSO guys, looking mighty fine. We're looking forward to lots more from you !

March 29, 2008
We gathered at hand full of danish ravers and made a meetup =)

www.hardstylersunited.dk

There is a typo in the songlist and Subscibe pic..

Full Tracklist:
Dj Mystery- Type face
The beholder- Bit crusher
Abject- Like a fireball
Lady Dana- Hardstyle god
Dj Zany- House Muzik
Scope Dj- Lockdown
Calabria (jumpstyle remix)
Scooter - I'm Raving

1st SHUFFLE MEETUP IN HOUSTON Texas (USA)

Great to see our American Shuffle friends with their first Shuffle meet up in Houston Texas. Fantastic guys, congratulations from MSO. We're looking forward to lots more from you !

First melbourne shuffle meetup in houston usa!!!tnx for coming roywhat,keith,amanda,bazzle and all the others.
http://ushufflerzalliance.makeforum.org/

song list:
1.Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance (Crookers Remix)

2.D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Ride With Uz(1)

3.Deepack vs. Showtek - Rockin' Steady (Decibel Outdoor 2005 - Hardstyle Mixed By DJ Zany)

4.dj valentino - suck my dick

5.Dj Virus Meets Dj Neo - Raise The Bass

6.Showtek - Shout out (Donkey rollers rmx)

7.Walt - Let The Music Play (Original Mix)

8.Bass Agents - Black Winter

9.Blutonium Boy - Dark Angel (Blutonium Boy Vs DJ Neo Mix)(1)

10.Da TeddyBearZ - Knuffelbeer (hardstyle)

11.DJ Bizerk - Blast That Shit (Mother Fucker Hardstyle Mix) {Only At EuroAdrenaline.com}

12.DJ Coone - Words From The Gang (D-Block & S-te-Fan Remix)(1)

13.SMF - Hahahaha

First official Shuffle Meet Up in Germany

On 15.03.2008 in Germany / Frankfurt, a bunch of Shufflers had their first official meetup. Very well done guys, great to see. Congratulations from MSO on your first meet up. We're looking forward to seeing lots more.

MSO FORUM: Meet Ups

Want to let other shufflers know about your next meet up? You are welcome to post the details on the MSO Forum Meet Up section

http://mso1.cultureforum.net/meet-ups-f16/

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dancing in the streets (Malaysia)

Article about Shuffling in Malaysia by The Star

Dancing in the streets Wednesday April 23, 2008

By IAN YEE

Join the party: The crowd, a mix of shufflers and rockers, in the Bukit Bintang area in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

BY ABOUT 5pm every Saturday, the open space outside Maybank at the Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Sultan Ismail intersection in Kuala Lumpur becomes the venue for a huge outdoor party. Teenagers just turn up from everywhere, with music blaring from portable speakers hooked up to their MP3 players and cellphones.

They would slowly find members of their crew, and start to chat and catch up. But many of them have a different purpose for meeting up.

Showing support: These kids are wearing shirts bearing the logos of their shuffle group.

Hidden identities: This group of shufflers came ready with their masks last Saturday, which are worn during dance-offs with shufflers from other groups.

Johnson Lau, 18, has been taking the train there every Saturday from his home in Sentul. Five months ago, he discovered something there that has become a passion – shuffle dancing.

Shuffling is now more than just a hip dance move. It’s a movement. Almost every state in Malaysia now has a shuffling community, and the shufflers are hardcore. They participate in huge events and competitions, and some of them are sponsored by big brands like Hotlink and DiGi.

They take their moves seriously, working hard to elevate it to more than just a dance. It is now a legit street culture with a massive following among teenagers.

At Jalan Bukit Bintang, around five to 10 shuffle groups come each week to create their own dance floor by gathering together in a small circle. Cheering and jeering each other, they take turns showing off dance moves to music from their little portable speakers.

“I think it’s fun,” Johnson said about their weekly gatherings. “I love to shuffle because it helps me to relax, and every time I dance it seems like I have an escape from all my troubles.”....

see the rest of the article Dancing in the streets By IAN YEE

- Good one Ian :) MSO

FORUM: For discussion about this article on the forum see...

http://mso1.cultureforum.net/malaysia-f26/shuffling-battles-fight-in-malaysia-t51.htm

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Teletubbies Melbourne Shuffle

Spotted this vid on the Hardstylers.dk forum in Denmark :)

Teletubbies Melbourne Shuffle

Also found a nice oldskool hardcore/hakken vid of Thunderdome 1996. Interesting forum guys *2thumbs-up*

Direct link to Hardstylers.dk http://forum.hardstylers.dk/viewtopic.php?t=184&start=90

Thunderdome 96 oldschool hakken (hardcore)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Melbourne Shuffle LT - New Lithuania Melbourne Shuffle forum

Great to see our shuffle friends in Lithuania getting a forum online in local language.

I'm not too sure what they're saying, but it looks like they're giving the Global Shuffle *thumbs up* :) http://forumas.byethost13.com/forumas/viewtopic.php?t=122

Great to hear, we're looking forward to seeing some Global Shuffle vids from Lithuania.

Forum: Melbourne Shuffle LT http://www.melbshuffle.co.nr/

http://forumas.byethost13.com/forumas/index.php

View Larger Map

> MSO is (slowly) adding all Shufflers countries/cities to the MSO Googlemap. So your town will be there soon I promise :)

There's over 3500 cities/towns of shufflers who visit MSO, so it'll take a little while ;)

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Shuffle in the Movies. Tribezone in - Sayang You Can Dance

With the rate the Shuffle is growing, it was only a matter of time before a movie producer recognised it would be great for a feature film to have the Melbourne Shuffle in it.

Malaysian director Bjarne Wong has done just that and enlisted Tribezone to do the deed !!

The movie is called Sayang You Can Dance and is due in the cinema's November 2008. By the look of it, it's a 'dance movie' with lots of eye candy, a love story, some jealousy, and of course, lots of great dancing :) Not to mention the big dance number at the end, where our hero's overcome all odds and pull off that killer move. And from Broadway to Bollywood, these are things dance lovers expect and demand in a dance movie.

Just seeing the Sayang You Can Dance poster art tells me all this :) except what Sayang means? - I trust some of our Malaysian friends will give us an approx English translation ;)

And I'm pretty sure Alicia and others from the Tribezone crew could be persuaded to er...give us some more goss about the movie if we ask them nicely :))) on the new

Tribezone MSO Team Forum link...

http://mso1.cultureforum.net/teams-crews-f10/tribezone-t19.htm

So very well done Alica and Tribezone Congratulations!! Apart from landing the part, you go down in Shuffle history as the worlds first Shufflers in a feature film !!!

... and just a note to director Bjarne Wong, the movie will sell heaps better if you have LOTS of shuffling ;)

Find out more on Alicia's blog...

http://aliciaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/there-are-only-2-reasons-why-you-should.html

Sneak production clip featuring Tribezone doing some jump in Sayang You Can Dance.

Director Bjarne Wong has a horror/splatter movie in the cinema's at the moment The Possessed starring the delicious Amber Chia.

We can see how the Shuffle was the next obvious step in his movie career ;)

Trailer for the movie "The Possessed", directed by Bjarne Wong, starring Amber Chia and Harisu

ABOUT: The origins, history, culture of the underground dance style called the Melbourne Shuffle, commonly called 'shuffling'.

> The Shuffle mission : To really give a damn (Scooter. J'adore hardcore)

> This is a Melbourne Australia based blog by Melbourne born and based artist Garry Shepherd

> The Melbourne Shuffle was created in the underground arts community of Melbourne (Australia) in the early 1990's.

> The Melbourne Shuffle has 3 main genre's: Party, Rock and Goth. Each genre has it's own distinctive moves, fashion, art and lifestyles.

> There are no fixed steps in shuffling. It is largely a free form dance tradition. Each shuffler has a set of moves they shuffle around to suit their mood and setting.

> Shuffling skill is judged on the choice, sequence and presentation of the moves. Individual shufflers are encouraged to create their own moves to mix in with established moves.

> Shuffling can be done anywhere at anytime, alone or with others. Original oldskool shufflers broadcast their moves on underground TV in the 1990's. Today, Youtube is the favored medium.

> The Melbourne Shuffle has it's own unique dance pants called, PHATS.

In the time of the ancients, the Melbourne Shuffle was originally called STOMPING

Locals pronounce Melbourne - Mel-BeN

ERA's
Oldskool: 1990-96.
Commercial: 1997-2003
Global: 2006-today

DANCE CONCEPT
The Melbourne Shuffle is a dance concept. It uses all sorts of moves like building blocks, and you shuffle these moves around to suit your mood. The basic moves are easy to learn, but will take years of regular practice to reach pro level.

SHUFFLE MOVES
Stomps, turns, spins, shuffles, back steps, hand moves, lifts, jumps, hops, arm moves, elbow moves, hi-kicks, lo-kicks, glides, running man, kick behind, ...and always adding ;)

SHUFFLE GENRE'S
Oldskool, Hardstyle, Rock, Competition, Freestyle, Group Formation

SHUFFLE TERMS
Style: A collection of shuffle moves.
Sequence: A fixed order of shuffle moves.
Routine: A choreographed combination of shuffle moves.
Meet-Up: A casual gathering of Shufflers usually free in a public place, mall, carpark etc, to meet other shufflers and Shuffle.

Shuffle Vid: A youtube video of someone shuffling.

Shuffle Comp: A shuffle competition for individuals and crews.

Shuffle Crew: A group of friends who are interested in Shuffling.

Shuffle Team: A shuffle crew who perform or compete in Shuffle competitions.

Pro: An experienced and talented Shuffler.

> SHUFFLE CULTURE
Shuffle is 'All about the DANCE'. It's a dance culture, the Shufflers are the focal point. Where as RAVE culture is 'All about the music' it's a DJ culture, where the DJ's are the focal point.

> SHUFFLE RULES
The Shuffle saying 'There are no rules' came from the reality nobody in the oldskool would bother obeying them ;) But here's some general principles we're happy with.

> The Shuffle is based on freedom and mutual respect. Violence, hate, aggression, racism and sexism are not tolerated. The real world has plenty of that, and Shufflers are not interested in them.

> There is no restriction to creative freedom in shuffling. You can Shuffle to Express and Impress.

> The Shuffle can be danced solo or in a group. Both male and female can Shuffle.

> Group Shuffling can be unstructured like at a meet-up or structured in a Crew.

> The Shuffle can be spontaneous freeform or a choreographed style.

> You can Shuffle for fun, fitness, art or comps, or all the above. There are no restrictions.

> There is no limit to where you can Shuffle. In the street, carpark, mall, dance party, at home, outdoors in a forest, a city, a suburb, where ever you want to.

> Individual Shufflers are encouraged to add moves to the artform. Saying the Melbourne Shuffle is just one set of steps, is like saying spinning on your head is the only dance move in hip-hop.

> And who decides which new moves are part of the Melbourne Shuffle? Anybody! It's an inclusive artform. The Shufflers make it what it is.