The lounge above the Meatpacking District's outpost of the Standard has two great electronic-music producers in its DJ booth on this night of nights. Matthew Dear, the man otherwise known as Audion (not to mention False and Jabberjaw), is one of the major talents of the electronic-music realm; the Kompakt label's Aksel Schaufler produces atmospheric music under the Superpitcher moniker. Bonus: The view is amazing.
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