Upstate Party Squad

Mission Statement

The Upstate Party Squad, like it's sister organizations 8degrees.org and Right Brain Recordings, works on a not-for-profit basis. Upstate Party Squad was founded as a production company in upstate New York during the Summer of 2004. We have expanded our mission past simply producing events and we are now dedicated to cultivating a positive societal identity for purveyors of electronic music and building bridges between the supporters of the electronic music community and the general public.

The philosophical objective is to strengthen a culturally diverse expression of electronic music based on tolerance and cultural harmony. Through free and open communication, we focus on fostering an environment in which artists, supporters and enthusiasts can thrive within a pluralistic society without compromising their essential values and beliefs.

AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH

Participants and members are drawn from two large and diverse groups of individuals:

  1. Artists and their supporters seeking to improve their own understanding of electronic music and to practice their skills in the company of individuals committed to understanding the basic principles of a worldwide electronic music community, free of cultural biases;
  2. Enthusiasts and other members of the community seeking to understand the electronic movement and to overcome negative perceptions of the electronic music scene.

OBJECTIVES

We intend to meet six key objectives over the next five years:

  1. IDENTITY: To forge a positive identity that combines the best aspects of being both an individual and a member of a worldwide community.
  2. EMPOWERMENT OF SUPPORTERS: To empower supporters to become spokespeople for a tolerant and harmonious electronic music community by encouraging them to identify with the essentials of the (human) musical experience that cuts across cultural boundaries.
  3. BUILDING BRIDGES: To aid non-enthusiasts to overcome biases and negative perceptions by dismantling the common stereotypes and myths surrounding electronic music. Conversely, to work toward dismantling myths regarding non-enthusiasts held in parts of the electronic music community.
  4. CULTURAL EXPRESSION: To explore and celebrate the role that various expressions of electronic music have played in contributing to world civilizations and to promote contemporary artists and their inclusion into the artistic fabric of our world.
  5. EVOLUTION: Encouraging musical evolution in electronic and traditional media by engaging with other musical traditions that penetrate beyond different languages, practices and genres to the common substrate of the (human) musical experience.
  6. POLITICS: To amplify arguments demonstrating that the electronic music community supports the principles of human rights, justice, freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.

STRATEGIES

Our mission manifests itself through mentoring, cultural and art programs, coalition building, community dialogue, educational workshops and other special events.
Parties
From time to time, again as the name might suggest, we throw electronic music parties. These parties have become few and far between but rest assured, as soon as we plan the next one it will be posted up on there. Stay tuned and check back often!
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Thanks (Links)

We would like to thank all of our close friends, family and volunteer staff for their continued support.

We would also like to thank:


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