Great Club Music From 2011

Clockwise: Yovanni, Kris Searle, Cazwell, and Simulover.

When you hit the clubs in 2011, it would be surprising to NOT hear some if not all of the acts pictures above. Especially if you are hitting a LGBT club! They put out some fantastic music, an not just this year.

At the beginning of the year, Cuban-born Yovanni released his single Hello. The song, with the strong elements of Dance and Rock, showed the countless influences of the boy who grew up in Miami. After studying music, he ventured out to make his own statement. This he did. Bold, futuristic, and spicy hot are just a few of the ways you could describe the video. Watch Hello.



You can purchase Hello on iTunes and Amazon.

Earlier this year, a new release came out by Simulover. It is a duo made up of SIRPAUL and Alex Lauterstein, two talented men working in New York City. I am a huge fan of SIRPAUL's work, and had seen him live where he was assisted by the strikingly handsome DJ, Alex. So I was excited to hear the music they made together, and once it hit the internet, I was not disappointed at all. The Simulover album was great stuff, a combination of dance, electronica and industrial music that showed no limits. Check out their first video for the song Tourniquet.



You can purchase the Simulover album on iTunes and Amazon.

For the fifth consecutive year, Kris Searle has won the prestigious 21st annual Los Angeles Music Award for Best Dance Electronica Artist of the year. The British-born Kris splits his time between his home in the UK and his new adopted home in Los Angeles. Searle recently released Falling For Your Light, a great Electronic Pop song.



You can purchase Falling For Your Light on iTunes and Amazon.

It is sometimes tough to write about someone like Cazwell, who has been making great music for several years, and who is just so damned fun to watch and listen to. He recruited a bunch of hot dancers and they made some videos for songs like Ice Cream Truck and Get My Money Back off the 2010 release, Watch My Mouth. Whether it is more fun to watch the video, dance to the song, or just listen to his music on the iPod, you can decide. Cause I just can't, I love to do it all.



You can purchase Watch My Mouth on iTunes and Amazon.

Friday Night with Cazwell

It is about damn time I brought the party that is Cazwell to Friday night. His music is stamped with humor, bravura, and a whole lot of innuendo, making his a perfect fit for Hip-Hop. Base in New York City, the Massachusetts-born Cazwell started out in 2006 with a scandal, when his video with Amanda LePore was banned from LOGO. He didn't let that slow him down, and, in fact, it only made his star burn brighter. His work with LePore was at time scandalous, and always exciting. More recently, his 2100 video for Ice Cream Truck became a sensation, and it is easy to see why it had over a million views in the first week.



The 2007 video for Watch My Mouth is another one to watch. The description on YouTube includes "The video features Amanda Lepore, Rainblo, Lady Fag, Raquel Reed, A Joshua and a bunch of hot boys." Enuf said, right?



His latest video, 2011's Get My Money Back, marked the return of the Ice Cream Truck Dancers, a welcome sight, to be sure. The video features some great dancing, as well as those great monkey costumes.



The 2008 video for I Seen Beyoncé featuring Jonny Makeup went viral, and it is easy to understand why. The humor, charm, and outlandishness of the video is just priceless. "She was what? Oh."



But the video that kinda started it all was the 2006 video for All Over Your Face featuring Amanda LePore. It was banned from LOGO for being too racy, too sexual, and when I watch it, I would say it was just not the right kinda sexual for MTV. Give it a watch, and tell me what you think.



For more about Cazwell, check out his excellent website here. You can find all these songs on a compilation collection, Watch My Mouth, on Amazon.com here. Well, all but Ice Cream Truck, which you can download here.