DARK PARTY is the electronic dance project of Tacoma raised, Brooklyn-based producer ELIOT LIPP and Chicago-based producer LEO 123. Each with their own respective critically hailed releases, they make and DJ electronic music influenced by House, Disco, and 80's Hip-Hop rooted in New York and Chicago, the cities where they currently reside.

Having originally met at The San Francisco Art Institute several years ago, the DARK PARTY project actually didn’t come together until 2005 - formed as an outlet to pay tribute to the duo's  favorite classic productions, while forging their own path towards the perfect modern beat.

Together they create upbeat, electro-funk masterpieces - a bit more suited for the dance floor than their own respective solo ventures. Their sound could sometimes be compared to modern acts like Metro Area/Morgan Geist, Daft Punk, Dam-Funk, Jimmy Edgar, while giving nods to classic dance beats from the 80’s & 90’s.

Over the last couple years, Dark Party have toured the country, sharing the stage with acts like Gaslamp Killer, Skream, Prefuse 73, Mike Slott, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar & many others. Their previous releases have been limited to remix work for the likes Daedelus, HEALTH, STS9 and Jogger as well as releasing an exclusive song on the hugely popular Ghostly Swim compilation (a Ghostly Recs & Adult Swim collab).

This summer brings the highly anticipated release of Dark Party's original material. Starting off with a pair of single releases from their upcoming fall full length "Light Years" on Old Tacoma Records. The first Single "Patrol Patrol / Status" featuring remixes from Ghostly International's Mux Mool and Michna will be out before the end of June. The second single "Flats / Feets" featuring remixes by John Roberts (Dial) and Mexico City's Duopandamix (Static Discos) will follow later in the summer. All this leading to the release of  their debut album "Light Years" in early September. Years in the making but worth the wait this is the music everyone's been waiting for.

"With its big Jam & Lewis–inspired drums and bigger filter-house riffage, the title cut from Dark Patrol’s debut EP could have been the feel-good hit of the summer. Of course, it won’t be, because Dark Party—the teaming of head-nod-rhythm specialists Eliot Lipp and Leo 123—isn’t content to keep its electrofunk so simple, with cuts, scratches, and a general inclination for glitchiness increasing the weird factor considerably. The track is totally fabulous, though, as is the hot remix from Mux Mool, which revs up the beats to spazzy drum ’n’ bass territory and drapes chopped vocal samples from Dusty Springfield’s magnificent “That’s the Kind of Love I’ve Got for You” on top. B-side number “Status” melds more full-on diva belting to beat-box rhythms, with the accompanying Michna version crawling along to a beautiful and deep dubstep rhythm." Time Out New York

“A new collaboration from Eliot Lipp and Leo 123, Dark Party's "Status" is an electro-funk dream—a DJ could place it next to Newcleus or Dam-Funk effortlessly, its lush synth pads and sample-based hook bringing memories of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo to mind." - XLR8R

“Anything with Eliot Lipp's name on it seems likely to bubble over with Moogs and disco-pulsing sheen — and that's not a bad thing. Leo123 and Lipp wear the Dark Party moniker like a slick silvery space suit, moon-raking over Daedelus's earthy, Latin based percussion throwdown with chopped vocals and alien, purring analogues. Lengthy, too; it's less of a dark party and more like a dark electrofunk odyssey.” - Miami New Times

"Unlike the sleek, chrome-plated sheen of Lipp's usual style of electronica, Dark Party offers a doper, more bumpin' ride; with Lipp laying down the bleeps and textures as Leo punches out labyrinths of twisting rhythms that owe more than a little to the pop-locking 808 beats of oldskool hip-hop and electro-funk pioneers like Mantronix and Newcleus." Gapers Block