Perhaps lured up from their paninis in The Pub by the thumping dance beats, fans and curious onlookers alike crowded the 2nd floor of Campus Center yesteday for a special performance by DJ TOBACCO, of the band Black Moth Super Rainbow. Lightsticks and spinning-flashing-things abound, the scene was kind of uneblievable. It was like someone had taken a Saturday-night mini rave, and transferred it (minus that one annoying girl who's always on ludes or something) into the maple-leaf carpeted expanse of Emerson Suites. All in all, it was totally awesome.

The night started off with DJ Dieselectro, warming the crowd up into a respectably-buzzing hive. The Glittermonks followed, an Ithaca DJ 4 piece who were definitely one of the highlights of the night. Stringing together everything from Stevie Nicks to Phoenix into a continuous ebb and flow of pounding bass and electronic flourishes, the definitely knew how to work a crowd. The entire audience quickly transitioned from the "pleased wiggle" dance style to the much more delightful "awesome party flail". High point for me had to be the working in of a brand new (6-hour old!) Yeasayer track. Who are these people?

The energy only escalated when TOBACCO took the stage. Playing tracks from his amazing solo debut album F****d Up Friends, TOBACCO's music was reminiscent of a rapid heartbeat amplified a million times, heard through a filter of auditory LSD. The event's freely distributed glowsticks (amazing idea, SAB!) and spastic strobes went perfectly with Tobacco's pounding beat and eerily hilarious video projections. Though he only played for 45 minutes, it was like 45 minutes in the coolest dance club you could ever imagine.