Darrin Ebron, the owner of GoodLife Group, held a lavish Halloween party at the world famous Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills CA. VIP guests in attendance had the option of partying in The Groove Room where Ebron controlled the vibes, or in The Trap Room where guests had the option of getting a bit more turnt!

Name dropping all the celebrities that showed up and showed out would take all day, so enjoy the pictures below. Courtesy of VVK Photos & Jarrod

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For some artists, and perhaps even for Thomas, that is a gross insult. Our current musical climate is all about personality. For the recent Beyonce album, for example, which is currently drenched in hype, its hard to imagine a second life for the songs. Songs that are driven by personality tend to quickly lose their vitality; you won’t see such songs endlessly covered on Youtube. They tend to flicker away along with the personalities that drive them. Songs in which personality is suppressed have a different life trajectory.

V1bes is a collection of such songs. These tracks don’t attach themselves to you; the hooks don’t sink into you; these songs have a life of their own. They’ll wave at you and they’ll even cross the street and strike up a conversation if you invite them over, but they just don’t need you. This doesn’t mean that they’re purely ambient, made to be ignored. They just offer a different listening experience, one that is clearly more about the music and the feelings, the vibes that the music generates, than the person who made it. That’s not a paradigm for all music – some music needs personality (like rap, of course) – but for Thomas it works. Mission accomplished. Listen below.

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