Put on those boogie shoes
DJ Lord Byron invites you to ‘Do the Hustle’ at his ‘Disco vs. Retro’ party RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com Once a month Byron Laszlo takes his dancing audience on a journey back in time.
He’s been doing it for almost 20 years now, but it’s a journey that, he said, never gets old. As DJ Lord Byron and the founder of the Panoptikon Party, he takes the dancefloor back to its heyday. “I describe it as the best of ’70s disco and ’80s retro with some ’80s underground sounds,” Laszlo said this week by phone.
He’s talking about his longtime party “Disco vs. Retro,” which goes down this weekend. Boogie shoes, leg warmers and acid washed jeans are all welcome at this underground club event — a label Laszlo digs. “I do love that,” he said. “There is something unique and special, and it feels like a true underground experience in Dallas,” he said — even down to its longtime Pearl and Elm streets location in a building that doesn’t even have a name.
So how does a party night with throwback music that has been going on for almost two decades stay fresh? Byron and Karelin “That’s a good question,” Laszlo agreed. “I think it has evolved and because of Panoptikon, which a lot of younger people have found.
