B2B
Three party starters, one city: Ren G, Avalon Lurks & Quinn Blake keep LA moving all night long.
Words by SAHIR AHMED
Photos by RICHIE TALBOY
Fashion by ANNIE LAVIE
To some, Los Angeles begins and ends with wellness hikes and $19 smoothies. But the real ones know that the city’s true metabolism kicks in after dark. Restaurants become dance floors. Convertibles double as subwoofers. Bathroom stalls turn into confessionals. Every remix is a sermon, every afterparty a séance. But who are the girls keeping the city up till sunrise?
Ren G
Long Island’s strip malls taught Ren G to dream big. And Brooklyn taught her how to go out and get it. She first cemented her legend as half of Club Eat, an electroclash two-piece notorious for affairs where scenesters, hot girls, and emo kids collided.
“LA is chaotic… beautiful… mysterious.” — Ren G
Now Ren G’s bringing her flashy sound, and style, to the strange dreamscape of the West Coast. B.P.M. locked in, headphones on, she hits play and answers the city’s age-old question: What’s a girl supposed to do out here?
Avalon Lurks
Avalon Lurks gets ready to play a set with a Camel Turkish Royal tucked politely between her lips. She powders her face, digs in her bag for her U.S.B. and tangled headphones, and checks in with her ancestors. She describes her music as a “postmodern soundclash,” whatever she wants it to be.
“LA is where the darkness is just as bright as the sunshine.” — Avalon Lurks
Santa Ana-born and raised inside Chicano counterculture, Avalon is LA through and through, so much so that the ocean-obsessed Aquarius named her debut E.P. Permanent Californian.
Quinn Blake
Quinn Blake was made for this life. Raised in Long Beach, she was dragged by her parents to every live show under the sun, from Hall & Oates to Silversun Pickups to Daft Punk. By her teens, she was neck-deep in the city’s E.D.M. scene. It wasn’t long before she started making mixes of her own. Her sets are unpredictable, playful, and sexy, designed to keep the room moving and wanting more.
“LA is too much and not enough at the same time, the best and worst place.” — Quinn Blake
Now Quinn’s plotting her own party series in LA, For Lease, but if you ask her for the hot spot, she’ll shrug. The venue doesn’t matter: “It’s all about the energy.”