Room 1616, DJ Falcon

NAME:
DJ Falcon

OCCUPATION:
Music producer, French Touch superhero, surfer, skater, worldwide traveler

PURPOSE OF STAY:
Playing New Year's Eve at Le Bain alongside old friend Busy P before heading off to Holy Ship!

ACCOMMODATIONS:
Deluxe queen with a floor-to-ceiling skyline backdrop, one floor below Le Bain and sixteen floors above the High Line

THE VIBE:
Studious - hard at work on his first proper album (due in 2015) and featuring Falcon's cousin, Alan Braxe

ACTIVITIES:
Producing, shooting the view from the room, walking in Central Park with the Ed Banger boys... and a surprise birthday brunch at The Standard Grill

VISITORS:
Ed Banger's honcho Pedro 'Busy P' and Thibault 'Boston Bun' for a New Year's Eve dinner in-room

BEST QUOTE:
"I don't know whether that does you any good, but there's something out there." (from Contact, the track he co-produced on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories)

DRINK OF CHOICE:
Mezcal with lime

PERSONAL EFFECTS:
M-Audio sequencer, Mac Book Air, Sennheiser headphones, Sigma DP2 digital camera

ESSENTIAL ITEM:
Elmo cupcakes from Chelsea Market

Photos by Neil Aline

The view from 1616 by DJ Falcon

The view from 1616 by DJ Falcon