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THE SAXOPHONE IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE!!! (ORNITHOLOGY tribe here; anyone interested in Charlie Parker's music?)

2008-11-21T03:36:22Z

I've been moderator of ORNITHOLOGY tribe,(which has about 32 members also) since about 2003 when the previous moderator Justin suddenly turned the tribe over to me due to some issues of his personally.

I'd found tribe.net from doing a web search for "Charlie Parker" which had impressed Justin; who is a musician in the bay area playing guitar in the styles he learned living in France about fifteen years or more ago with the Manouche' Gypsies who are the tribe Django Reinhardt is from.

As moderator of ORNITHOLOGY tribe I've made a few posts; but have deleted them as not too appropriate or interesting. The tribe has grown from seventeen to the current thirty two since I joined, but though an interesting looking group never a lot of interaction. I hadn't checked out what was going on there for some time; when I looked to see most recently that we'd picked up a couple more members. I guess the slow constant growth is a sign people are interested, and the various members do have some times intriguing profiles to look at.

Justin is about the only person at tribe.net I've had much to do with other than the Voice of Roma representative who is one of my three friends too at tribe.net.(I'm involved with Voice of Roma as a volunteer at their annual HERDELJEZI festivals to raise money to help Kosovoan Rromani impacted by the war; which is horrific often <www.voiceofroma.com> )

I once had four tickets to a Yuri Yunakov performance at U. C. Berkeley and had them left for Justin with a friend working in a music store in Berkeley, but they were never used.(I didn't know I couldn't get a refund...opps!) I've been in a master class with Yuri and have heard him play a few times now, who is a very nice man and endures my bad musicianship affably which is a rare and appreciated encouragement.(I think I've had twenty saxophones total; and now have three altos, a Yamaha YAS-23 that is exactly like one Yuri is photographed playing on a CD cover I've seen, a '51 Buescher Aristocrat made the year I was born that has rarely been played, and a '29 Buescher which needs an overhaul badly I got in '97 I'd played until unplayable held together with elastic hair ties, nylon thread and rubber bands, when I'd got the Yamaha in 2003)

By the way, I'm probably the only person who has proven scientifically that the saxophone is the center of the universe. The universe really has no center of course, but in a relative sense were this possible the saxophone would be it.

My contention is that the past five millennia of human social evolution, as macrobiotic theorist Georges Ohsawa points out, has been devoted to technological development at the expense of the advancement of most other facets of the human potential.(Ohsawa says "mastery of fire and salt" or in other words metallurgy and chemistry) He credits the ice ages and the much more difficult to survive in environment of Europe for the phenomena, which also led to the dominance of global society by Europeans and such odious institutions as the African slave trade with the western hemisphere.

The saxophone was invented and developed by Adolph Sax in the nineteenth century, an era in Europe especially when the greatest minds then, of which Sax was surely one, were communicating much more directly with the lay person of society; unlike now and which developed so rapidly during the twentieth century, where specialization is the rule and intelligence is made into an esoteric pursuit almost alien to the masses of humanity.

I've been greatly moved as no doubt many of you have; by the music and musicianship of the late great baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan whose albums from a live Paris concert with Carson Smith, Shadow Wilson and Bob Brookmeyer and one with Thelonious Monk were two I'd been given with several others as a youth by my uncle who'd been a jazz pianist.

From those albums I'd especially liked, particularly the Paris concert and "Bernies Tune" I'd had a love of Mulligan's playing and as a music student I'd followed his career until I'd ended up with an unusual album of his AGE OF STEAM(which should be reissued!) that is mostly an effort of his at composing and arranging for a group of about ten or twelve musicians; and which has a great composition called "Maytag" dedicated to his mother's washing machine and a wonderful sound very much like one of those I remember from my own childhood very vividly; sloshing along merrily always, but which once had so terrified me once when changing cycles my father had picked me up from the floor next to it in our utility room so suddenly he'd thrown his back out and made a painful scream so that when I'd looked up at his face he'd changed momentarily into a werewolf before my eyes just as actor Carl Bentz had on the DONNA REED SHOW on television which evidently made an impression on me then as a small child.

I guess from this great and unusual for him Gerry Mulligan album; I'd thought of how much saxophones look like steam engines...there used to be often in Puget Sound in Washington state Jazz Cruises on Seattle's Virginia V steam boat; and a person could go and look at the big steam engines in the vessel's bowels the crew liked to show off, which were always shiny and polished with much brass, so very saxophone like to look at if you'd been thinking along such lines as was easy if so inclined as several great horn players were always aboard holding forth in the jams just above.

I also have been fooling around making primitive woodwind instruments, and one of which uses a plastic automotive automatic transmission fluid funnel with an alto saxophone mouthpiece which I put tone holes into the funnel so playable like a penny whistle or recorder. The tone holes were placed by tapping with my fingers as if playing, on the plastic of the funnel until I seemed to get a nice resonant sound where I'd then drill a hole and which I'd then expand to try and get an accurate pitch and good sound; but working in the very hard plastic using just old worn round chain saw files I found I didn't get a very good scale or intonation.

As a consequence I'd tried to see if there were anyway I could figure out to mathematically locate the tone holes on another funnel; and somehow by trail and error came up with a formulae which hasn't yet helped me place the tone holes, but where by I'd found that the volume of a sphere the same height as a cylinder is two thirds that of the cylinder. This was a fairly simple thing to figure out or I'd of not been able to and which seems as if feasibly a way to locate the tone holes on a conical bore...there has to be some sort of a formulae Sax used I'd guess?

What was unusual about that though, is that a couple years later watching PBS television I caught a very interesting show about the ancient Greek philosopher/scientist Archemedes who insisted on having the same formulae I discovered(which he'd also invented) inscribed on his tomb.(the show was mostly about a book of his thought lost a thousand years ago rediscovered recently that a Byzantine prayer book had been printed over the original text of; which they'd claimed if not lost for so long would've likely allowed travel to the moon about five hundred years ago!)

One of the theories of mine I've thought of which may or may not be accurate, is that the star and crescent of the Muslim flag represents a celestial body like a comet or asteroid hurling towards a collision with the earth. Since about 800 A. D. the Moslems were very scientifically advanced compared with the rest of the global society perhaps then the idea of the dangers of such a thing happening were on some of the more intelligent thinker's minds of that time and amongst that faith.

To me, and again there was a PBS television special on just such a thing, the ultimate purpose of five thousand years of technological evolution may be just such a venture, to develop the means whereby the earth can be protected from collision with other objects in space. The show on PBS about this says there is a comet which will pass within the orbits of artificial satellites going around the earth in 2012 which then will return in 2032 and depending on the earth's gravitational influence in 2012 this same comet could collide with the earth in 2032 which were that to happen would render evolution back to the level of cock roaches.

I've long now been a student of such human potential interests as yoga and macrobiotics; and thus realize how little society currently devotes to the support of much of the possibility inherent in humanity. And the idea that the technological developments of the past five thousand years have often and sometimes exclusively been driven by war is an obvious truth, which has conditioned our species and the rest of the planet to a belligerent way of being that is wholly inefficient and otherwise unnecessary, but for the development of reasonable alternatives which evidently take a good deal of time to procure and institute.

Given that we as a collective of humans can survive and transcend this current stage of our being; then I think a likely remnant of these thousands of years of technology, culminating in the golden era of the tendency during the nineteenth century, could be Adolph Sax's saxophone. If you are a serious student of the horn and the music playable by this amazing instrument, you can realize the potential of the saxophone is still greatly unexplored and fascinating to speculate about the future of. In society less driven by a combative mentality and diffidence to individual survival and enjoyment; the potential of music and musicianship as a whole would become much more central to our common experience, and greatly expanded in scope and influence socially too.

With I think the saxophone representing a level of technology which best encompasses both primitive and complex idioms with a focus between the two as they say "cosmically" aligned in a phenomenological balance between nature and the specific ergonomic realities of our species. Thus, "the center of the universe." So to speak.

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Interview with Melvin Sparks

2008-04-09T16:56:03Z

Melvin Sparks is the Essential Guitar Player. He’s The Master Of The Groove! The Acid-Jazz Pioneer! The Originator of Soul Jazz, Old School Acid Jazz & Barbecue Funk(FUNKJAZZ)

Over the last thirty years he has played with some of Jazz’s greatest musicians: David "Fathead" Newman, Lou Donaldson, Hank Crawford, Reuben Wilson and John Patton (are amongst the many). During the 1970s, Sparks backed up Lou Donaldson on the Funk-Jazz classics "Everything I Play Is Funky" and "Hot Dog".

Sparks recorded seven albums of his own and played on over 100 other albums. As a session man for Blue Note and Prestige Records, Sparks laid his signature guitar work on many other musician’s albums without ever being in spotlight. It was during this time that Melvin defined the jazz-guitar sound of a generation.

Here is my Interview with Melvin Sparks:

http://www.cincygroove.com/?q=node/226

Scott

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!Sweet Jobim 4 Youth Suicide Prevention!

2008-03-31T10:04:40Z

Calling Instrumental/Jazz Vocalists, Music Makers and Music Lovers! Let's make a change!

http://www.themereproject.org/no2suicide

Raising awareness and funding for youth suicide prevention, The MÈRE Project Charitable Trust is developing “Simply Jobim”, a very original collection of 18 of the most beautiful songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim, the George Gershwin of Brasil. We are inviting Music Makers and Music Lovers from all over the U.S. and it's territories to join us in the production of Simply Jobim by contributing audio or MIDI instrumental tracks to the project, (effectively recorded live), or simply by making a nominal contribution of $5 USD and participating as a Project Member. ~ Come, join us in this creative journey of producing hope and a particular support for the children of America.

"Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But, today well lived makes
every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day."
Sanskrit Proverb

"Vision with action can change the world."
Joel Barker

http://www.themereproject.org/no2suicide
!Uniting Musicians (& Music Lovers) 4 Youth Suicide Prevention!

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Interview with Nick McKay from Souse

2008-03-09T20:09:05Z

below is my interview with Nick McKay from Cincinnati jazz/fusion band Souse:

http://www.cincygroove.com/?q=node/156

Scott

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Traveler's Jazz Groove

2008-02-18T01:07:18Z

The new installment of Six Degrees' weekly internet radio broadcast is now up on i-Tunes' Radio Section (Under the Eclectic or Electronica headings) or at

http://www.live365.com/sixdegrees

On this week's edition of Six Degrees Traveler, we focus on music that has been touched by the sounds of jazz. Trailblazers like Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Joe Zawinul, Pharoah Sanders and Arthur Blythe rub shoulders with electronic innovators like DJ Food, Moodyman, St. Germain, Blockhead and others.

Check out the full playlist at

http://sixdegreesrecords.com/radio/playlist.php?week=02_13_08

Don't forget to explore our music only channel which streams the entire Six Degrees Records catalog at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees3

Our last four Traveler programs are always archived and available for listening at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees2

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online video

2007-09-30T08:15:28Z

here's a great one i was turned onto from another board: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3542010549376728605&hl=en
horace silver featuring several names you should recognize--bill cobham, bennie maupin, john williams (bass.)

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internet radio?

2007-09-26T04:23:03Z

know any good ones? i've listened to groove salad, bombastic radio, green something....nothing sounded very jazzy.

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Mission Players - CD Release Party June 22nd @ 12 Galaxies!

2007-06-13T23:12:30Z

Falcor & Friends present: Mission Players "Get Back Soul" CD Release Party!

Mission Players, return to SF's Mission district to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated CD release "Get Back Soul." The band is just back from their Colorado tour and is super tight with some fresh and funky grooves. This is sure to be an amazing evening and will keep the housing dancing and grooving. Some special friends will be on hand to help us celebrate. So, come on out for what is sure to be the funkiest party in town.

Mission Players "Get Back Soul" CD Release Party!
Friday, June 22nd - 10PM
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA
Advance Tickets: http://www.12galaxies.com

http://www.missionplayers.com

http://www.myspace.com/missionplayers

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What's everyone listening to?

2007-05-02T20:57:02Z

I've never posted before, so I don't know if this is reasonable, but i've been geeking out to these two albums and had to share with someone:

1. Christian McBride - Live at Tonic ; Yeah, they're jazz guys, and play a lot of different things, but there's some major funky stuff going on here.

2. King Curtis - Live at the Fillmore West ; Bernard Purdie on drums, great googily moogily, 'nuff said.

Anyone else have some good records spinning right now?

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greyboy allstars

2007-04-23T03:34:11Z

would these guys be considered acid jazz ??

http://stash.nugs.net/gba/030829_mp3.asp?artist=55&show=288&cmd=shows

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Last Minute Gig (Los Angeles)

2006-11-29T22:59:30Z

Hey all,

I got offerred a last minute gig Tonight @ Air Conditioned Lounge in Santa Monica (2819 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90405 310.829.3700) I should be starting around 9 pm and I'd really dig it if you could come by! It's free, so bring as many
people as you like (I get a bar percentage, so think about your alky buddies...)

Since this is a lounge and not a club, I will be sporting more of the "Velvet" side of my sound, not the "Rough & Ready" dancefloor assault (i.e., no "Doom's Night" but possibly some Bugz In The Attic.)

See you tonight!

-T

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New on the street

2006-10-13T02:49:24Z

Hello all. Just throwing myself open to the crowd. Got some beats to contribute.

"Criket Poetics" is a fine blend of hard-edged breaks and California grooves.

"The Life & Times of Alice and Chester" is more of a trip in a bottle with some nice grooves and sailing vocals.

Plus a number of other mixes. Hope ya enjoy.

www.waxdj.com/djs/92

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TAX POLLUTION!!! New MASHUPS for TAX DAY!!!

2006-04-18T06:54:19Z

TAX POLLUTION!!! New MASHUPS for TAX DAY!!!

Here's some new music MASHUPS sure to motivate you to turn in those taxes by midnight...

click on this link...
"http://www12.asphost4free.com/erecords/music.html "

Enjoy!

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Introducing myself

2006-04-04T09:03:42Z

Hi everybody:

This message is just to introduce myself to you all. First of all, im mexican, so please excuse my mistakes in both grammar and structure. Basically im here for the advise of Nathan. I was looking for some information about good bands and he told me about this tribe. Specificaly, i like a lot acid jazz combined with funky rithms. I ve had some problems finding good bands on this. I hope some of you could help me to know some realy new material. Im sure that theres some awsome music hiding somewhere and waiting to be heard. Particularly, my traditional music preferences are among 60s and 70s rock, a little bit of jazz, latin rithms, and tango. If somebody likes this genres, im totally available to exchange music and information.

see ya later,
Ernesto

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Nu-jive this Saturday night in Santa Cruz!

2006-03-08T05:00:10Z

Greetings All,

Well we finally got another spot to present something different from the current nightlife scene here in provincial little Santa Cruz. I am hoping you all can make it out to support this beautiful new space, have a dance, and share some drinks with friends. Feel free to check out my sites to see the flyer I made, or add me as a friend from the myspace link given. So here goes the official invite....

Aaron Cohick (aka Dj ABC) and the scunderground presents:

"Nu-jive" at the Cardiff Lounge, 529 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, Cali.

Second Saturdays of every month starting this Saturday night, March 11th, 2006.

Continuing on second Saturdays: April 8th, May 13th, June 10th, ect.

Dj ABC (scunderground) and guests will spin a frenzy of freakified funk on the floor. So get ready for Broken-beats, bossa breaks, soulful/funked up housin', and eclectic afro-electronica.

Free to all those 21+ who have soul.

http://www.myspace.com/dj_abc
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCunderground/

Peace, Aaron Cohick

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take me to the mardi gras...

2006-02-27T10:20:58Z

on that fabulous night (feb 28 this year) i'll be here:
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/35709970#editorialreview

this place allows (and encourages) dancing!
expect some n'awlins funk (for the occassion) and the usual soulful dance music.
examples: http://waxdj.com/t-bird

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pick 3

2006-02-17T05:51:12Z

ok give me titles 3 of your favorite acid jazz cds..... I need some new muzak

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"Jazzanovic" sounds tonight in Santa Cruz!

2006-02-12T01:22:16Z

Dj ABC (scunderground) will take you on a soulful,
jazzadelic, broken-beat, house excursion tonight at the new
Cardiff Lounge at 529 Seabright in Santa Cruz, CA.

9pm until last call.

Come by and scope this gorgeous new space out, have a
drink or two, and get ready for the FULL MOON PARTY TONIGHT!

Peace, Aaron

p.s. Also please check my new page out if you do the myspace thingy...

www.myspace.com/dj_abc

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2006-02-10T05:34:51Z

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Transmission Jazz with Colin Stetson THIS Saturday 2/4/06

2006-02-02T09:24:28Z

TRANSMISSION is the avant groove jazz band fronted by sax player Colin Stetson. Colin has performed on the David Letterman show, and he and bassist Eric Perney have appeared on numerous CDs including the Tom Waits CDs "Alice" and "Blood Money".

Colin now lives in New York, so this is one of those rare semi-annual shows for the Transmission Trio. This will be their only Eastbay show this trip.

Transmission Trio and Transmission Quintet (adding guitarist Roger Riedlbauer and trumpeter Ara Anderson) will perform on this show. You've GOT to catch these guys if you want to hear some of the best jazz performers anywhere. Seriously.

Opening for Transmission is/are the BOXCAR SAINTS, a bluesy band fronted by Dave Hudson (recently profiled in a cover story in the SF Weekly) singing about hard life experiences in the Midwest. (And you think you've had it rough...)

Quotes about Transmission:

"...Theirs is a swaggering, unruly gait; a mini-Mingus band, blues and roots and lord knows what else." -- BBC

"...Transmission blows audiences away with high energy music that nearly defies description."-- The Current

"Transmission Trio's avant-garde fusion of improvisational or "free" jazz, hip hop and rock reeks of uber-cool, smoke-filled lounges where well-cocktailed cats and kittens talk art, existentialism and other such heavy things." --SF Examiner

SHOW DETAILS:

Transmission Trio & Quintet
Boxcar Saints
Saturday, February 4, 2006
THE STORK CLUB
2330 Telegraph Avenue, near West Grand
Oakland
9:00pm door, $7 cover

INFO:
Stork Club (510) 444-6174
Stork Club: http://www.storkcluboakland.com
Transmission: http://www.transmissiontrio.com
Boxcar Saints: http://www.boxcarsaints.com
David Kaye: http://www.davidkaye.us

NEXT SHOW: Friday March 10 with puppets and all sorts of goodies. More later.

--david kaye

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"Tila Tila" with new artists this Saturday.

2006-01-27T02:07:50Z

Triptych Bistro Presents......

"TilaTila" on Saturday nights!
(That's Swahili for well mixed...)

The scunderground collective is manifesting a more
eclectic mix to the bay area cultural scene. This
will include dj'ing with an emphasis on challenging
the genre specific, the latest in visual art, and
amazing, progressive food.

It's all going down every Saturday night at a fairly
new bistro in the city of SF called "Triptych". You
can check out this beautiful indoor/outdoor space at
their website here:

www.triptychsf.com/

So we have myself, Dj ABC on the dub plates, spinning
the vinyl in the styles of soul, funk, downtempo,
instrumental hip-hop, dub, broken-beat, acid-jazz,
afro beat, deep house, ambient, and a few other
experimental surprises. Always featuring unique tracks only
to be heard at Triptych.

And in the kitchen we have another scunderground
member, Chef Craig Howell, spinning an eclectic mix of
California cuisine, Mediterranean, French, and other
spontaneousness on the heated plates. If you've never
tasted his mix before, and you love progressive
cooking, he will blow you away. The folks who have
made it up to SF so far were well rewarded by a
quality of culinary skills you will be hard pressed to find
in the bay area.

And finally, spinning the images on the walls we
have two brand new artists....

JENNALEX, aka Jennifer Alexander, is an artist living
and working in San Francisco. Originally from the
sandhills of North Carolina, she spent her childhood
wandering through pine forests along the Cape Fear
River, staring at the sun out of the window of her
classroom, and watching the grass grow threw cracks in
the pavement. These early influences still persist in
her work to this day as evidenced in her fascination
with nature, the human impact on it, and the way light
works with different elements. She continued her
education at the North Carolina School of the Arts,
where she focused her attention on Scene Design for
Theatre, and continued to develop an interest in
written and spoken words. After she received her BFA,
she packed all her belongings in a covered wagon
(actually a white pickup truck with a camper shell)
and headed west to California, where she continued
honing her craft through years of figure drawing and
various digital explorations, until she became
fascinated with plastic and began combining epoxy
resin castings with light. Her passion for poetry,
nature, philosophy and music are main influences in
her work. Recently, she developed a strong interest in
drawing portraits. Focusing her eye on humanity and
drawing out the deeper subconscious levels of her
subjects are what drive her in this process. Her muse
has led her to explore many different mediums, from
ink, watercolor, and pastels, to video, mobiles,
converted chainsaws, and epoxy resin. www.jennalex.com

and Randy Clark,

"I began shooting photos as a boy in the 1960s. In
1966 my father (an excellent photographer, himself)
gave me a 35mm single-lens reflex camera, and I have
used that medium ever since, with the addition of a
digital camera in 2002.

In high school, I studied composition, print-making,
and photo essays with Tim Wilbers, who now teaches
photography and animation at the University of Dayton,
Ohio. That is the extent of my formal training so far,
though I've learned much from other photographers—both
their pictures and their writings.

People, objects, scenery: any of these can excite me
by their variety, by the mystery of this world, and by
the things that light can do. I will be exhibiting 18
prints of my photos this month of December"
www.randyclarkphoto.com

So there you have it. If you like to eat amazing food,
while listening to smooth eclectic beats, and viewing
the interesting visual interpretations of our
beautiful planet, this is the night for you!

Here are the venue details:

When?

Saturday nights.
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Music will be from about 7 pm until 11 pm.
(mention scunderground between 6pm and 8pm and receive
a 10% discount off your bill.)

Contact Info for Triptych
Restaurant: 415.703.0557

Address
1155 Folsom St (between 7th and 8th)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Hope to see you out there, Peace, Aaron (aka Dj ABC)

groups.yahoo.com/group/SCunderground/

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have you heard anything like this??

2006-01-12T00:34:46Z

I heard once, this awesome song that was a blend of like electro techno (think like underworld's jumbo or REZ-kinda) and badass steel guitar blues (like old school honky tonk john lee hooker). any of you heard anything like this (wasen't able to call the station at thei time)??? any suggestions on something like this at all? please please help me figure this out need that crack music again.
-go team

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European Invasion!

2005-12-11T02:17:27Z

the bird returns to europe...

REYES EVE!!
01/05/2006 11:59 PM - Bongo Lounge @ La Paloma
Carrer Del Tigre 27, Barcelona, 08001,ES

Bongo Lounge @ La Paloma is simply THE Thursday night event in Barcelona. With a capacity of 2-3000 people in a classic dancehall it is the place to enjoy the best resident and International djs. Some past guests @ Bongo Lounge have been Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) and Dimitri From Paris--you're only dealing with the best on this night. Professor Angel Dust and DeLippo rock the crowds every week and are proud to welcome back Los Angeles' own T-Bird on no less than Reyes Eve! Expect to hear the Afro-Latin Freestyle of the resident djs augmented by the soulful stylings of guest T-Bird.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

hit me up if you want to be on my guestlist...

more gigs to be added as confirmed...

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Thursday: Pacific Standard Time

2005-11-09T19:25:43Z

Event: Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Levende Lounge, SF

DJs: Sake 1, Daz-I-Kue
Music: soul, jazz, broken beat, house, electro
Cover: $5

Daz-I-Kue touches down from the UK with crates that are over 20 years deep as well as production and engineering credits spanning the breadth of cutting-edge dancefloor soul music. Originating in London's sound system scene in the 1980s, Daz's style flows not from one genre of soulful music, but all of them. A founding member of the hugely influential Bugz in the Attic sound system, Daz-I-Kue will be droppin funk bombs this week at Pacific Standard Time.

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"Tilatila", "Tilatila", "Tilatila"!

2005-11-04T02:32:39Z

"Tilatila", "Tilatila", "Tilatila"!
Greetings All,

Since we have officially become a weekly event we
decided that it would be appropriate to give our
Saturday nights offering an original name.

So here it is:

Triptych Bistro Presents......

"TilaTila" on Saturday nights!
(That's Swahili for well mixed...)

The scunderground collective is manifesting a more
eclectic mix to the bay area cultural scene. This
will include dj'ing with an emphasis on challenging
the genre specific, the latest in visual art, and
amazing, progressive food.

It's all going down every Saturday night at a fairly
new bistro in the city of SF called "Triptych". You
can check out this beautiful indoor/outdoor space at
their website here:

www.triptychsf.com/

So we have myself, Dj ABC on the dub plates, spinning
the vinyl in the styles of soul, funk, downtempo,
instrumental hip-hop, dub, broken-beat, acid-jazz,
afro beat, deep house, ambient, and a few other
experimental surprises. Always featuring artists only
to be heard at Triptych.

And in the kitchen we have another scunderground
member, Chef Craig Howell, spinning an eclectic mix of
California cuisine, Mediterranean, French, and other
spontaneousness on the heated plates. If you've never
tasted his mix before, and you love progressive
cooking, he will blow you away. The folks who have
made it up to SF so far were well rewarded by a
quality of culinary skills you will not find in Santa
Cruz.

And finally now spinning the images on the walls we
have a brand new artist. Blake Tucker is a primarily
landscape photographer who creates unique,
hand-crafted original artwork from his own digitally
manipulated photography. They are presented on canvas
like traditional paintings and will delight your
visual senses. Works range from 8" x 10" to large 44"
by 60". Check out his website at www.blaketucker.com.

So there you have it. If you like to eat amazing food,
while listening to smooth eclectic beats, and viewing
the interesting visual interpretations of our
beautiful planet, this is the night for you!

Here are the venue details:

When?

Dinner Time
Saturday
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Music will be from about 7 pm until 11 pm.
(mention scunderground between 6pm and 8pm and receive
a 10% discount off your bill.)

Contact Info for Triptych
Restaurant: 415.703.0557

Address
1155 Folsom St (between 7th and 8th)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Hope to see you out there, Peace, Aaron (aka Dj ABC)

p.s. If you happen to be in SF tonight, (Thursday),
you can join Triptych for the official Blake Tucker
opening party. Also come see us before checking out
John Arnold at the Social Club, not to be missed!

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Here is the Jeremy Ellis / John Arnold tour dates:

2005-10-25T01:47:49Z

Here is the Jeremy Ellis / John Arnold tour dates:

100% Freestyle Tour

Oct. 22nd - Cleveland, OH - Touch
Nov. 2nd - Los Angeles, CA - Temple Bar
Nov. 3rd - San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Brewing
Nov. 5th - San Francisco, CA - Social Club (fresco-style.com)
Nov. 11th - Chicago, IL

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MISSION PLAYERS - Halloween Bash This Thursday @ Boom Boom Room

2005-10-24T17:23:57Z

MISSION PLAYERS
2nd Annual "Get Your Freak On" Halloween Bash
Thursday, October 27th - 9:30pm
BOOM BOOM ROOM
1601 Fillmore @ Geary
SF, CA

Mission Players celebrate Halloween with their 2nd Annual "Get Your Freak On" Halloween Bash at the Boom Boom Room. Come start the Halloween weekend off right with an evening of funky dance grooves... prizes will be given so come dressed in your favorite funky costumes... very special guests to be announced. We'll be partying all night!

http://www.missionplayers.com

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"Something Else" for dinner this Saturday night?

2005-10-21T07:26:23Z

Greetings All,

Well summer is finally over and the craziness that ensued has settled a bit. So now the scunderground collective finally has some time to once again attempt to bring a more eclectic mix to the bay area dj music scene. But this time we are also going to bring other elements in the mix, that being interesting visual art, and amazing, progressive food.

It's all going down this Saturday night at a fairly new venue in the city of SF called "Triptych". You can check out this beautiful space at their website here:

www.triptychsf.com/

So we have myself, Dj ABC on the dub plates, spinning the licorice pizza in the styles of soul, funk, downtempo, instrumental hip-hop, dub, broken-beat, acid-jazz, afro beat, deep sexy house, micro house, and a few other surprises.

And in the kitchen we have another scunderground member, Chef Craig Howell, spinning an eclectic mix of California cuisine, Mediterranean, French, and other spontaneousness on the heated plates. If you've never tasted his mix before, and you love progressive cooking, he wil blow you away. All the food is hand picked by him and fresh as the sea breeze on a warm spring day. ;)

And finally spinning the images on the walls we have artist David W. Dieter.

David W. Dieter's paintings and drawings are inspired
by dance and music. He is influenced by the human form
in classical and contemporary dance and its
relationship to its environment. He draws inspiration
from local and international dancers in their natural
and unnatural settings. David's art is mixed media
utilizing acrylics, pastels and collage in his
painting and drawings while exploring form, movement,
emotion and the relationship of dancers to each other
and their settings. He combines traditional dance with
new forms creating a hybrid style.

So there you have it, if you like to eat good food, while listening to smooth eclectic beats, while viewing the interesting visual interpretations of this movement this is the night for you!

Here are the venue details:

When?

Dinner Time
Saturday
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Music will be from about 7:30 till 11 pm.

Contact Info for Triptych
Restaurant: 415.703.0557

Address
1155 Folsom St (between 7th and 8th)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Hope to see you out there, Peace, Aaron (aka Dj ABC)

p.s. Sorry it's not in Santa Cruz for all you scunderground locals, but I currently have no options for an event of this type. But if you make the drive and come say hi, I will see if Craig can do something special for you. ;) Right Craig? hehe....

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John Arnold & Jeremy Ellis on tour.

2005-10-21T01:32:39Z

11/5 - SAN FRANCISCO

John Arnold & Jeremy Ellis
Live 100% Freestyle!
@ The Social Club
1751 Fulton St.
doors : 9pm w/ Fresco-Style & Culprits Crew
$10 www.fresco-style.com

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"Something Else" for dinner before Gilles Peterson?

2005-10-14T17:37:28Z

Greetings Again,

Gilles Peterson from the BBC is in SF this Saturday
night. He is performing with some great live acts, and
a amazing local dj support from the crew at Massive
Selector. But rather than repeat all the bio's just go
to their main site to check it all out:

http://www.massiveselector.com

If you like your broken-hop beats on the jazz tip,
DON'T MISS THIS SHOW. I talked to one of the promoters
yesterday and they are saying that tickets are moving
like crazy, so it may sell out...

On a similar musical note we served up some serious
jazzadelic inspired food, art, and beats at Tryptich
last Saturday. It went smooothly enough that the owner
wants to make it a regular happening!

Thanks to my sister Michelle, Darrell, and Stephon for
supporting with some friendly faces.

So we're back serving "Something Else" for dinner this
Saturday night at a colorful new venue in the city of
SF called "Triptych". It was also recently voted as
having the best "disco bathroom" in the city, so you
don't want to miss that. ;)

You can check out this beautiful indoor/outdoor space
at their website here:

www.triptychsf.com/

It's only a short distance to Gille's party, and a
great way to relax and have some groovy grub before
you go, go, go.

We have myself again, Dj ABC on the dub plates,
spinning the vinyls in the styles of soul, funk,
downtempo, instrumental hip-hop, dub, broken-beat,
acid-jazz, afro beat, deep sexy house, ambience, and a
few other surprises.

And in the kitchen we have another scunderground
member, Chef Craig Howell, spinning an eclectic mix of
California cuisine, Mediterranean, French, and other
spontaneousness on the heated plates. If you've never
tasted his mix before, and you love progressive
cooking, he wil blow you away. All the food is hand
picked by him and fresh as the sea breeze on a warm
spring day. ;) Also the wine and import beer list is
not to be missed!

And finally spinning the images on the walls we have
artist David W. Dieter.

David W. Dieter's paintings and drawings are inspired
by dance and music. He is influenced by the human form
in classical and contemporary dance and its
relationship to its environment. He draws inspiration
from local and international dancers in their natural
and unnatural settings. David's art is mixed media
utilizing acrylics, pastels and collage in his
painting and drawings while exploring form, movement,
emotion and the relationship of dancers to each other
and their settings. He combines traditional dance with
new forms creating a hybrid style. He's already sold
seven pieces at Tryptich since opening his show!

So there you have it, if you like to eat quality food,
listen to smooth eclectic beats, while viewing the
interesting visual interpretations of this movement,
this is a great warm up spot for you. Then it's off to
see Gilles and crew do their thing at the Mezzanine!

Here are the Tryptich bistro details:

When?

Dinner Time
10/15/05 Saturday
Serving food 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Music will be served about 7:30pm - 11pm.

Contact and reservation info for Triptych
bistro: 415.703.0557

If you make a reservation at Tryptich today for
Saturday night just email me with the details and I
may have a line on some half price tickets to see
Gilles. But this is a very limited time offer, they
are going fast. Also early bird special is 10% off any
dinner bill before 9pm if you mention the
scunderground. ;)

Address
1155 Folsom St (between 7th and 8th)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Hope to see you all here of there,

Peace, Aaron (aka Dj ABC)

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GILLES PETERSON BBC SESSIONS LIVE! WITH DWELE + THE REBIRTH AT MEZZANINE SF

2005-10-04T02:22:05Z

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

fresco, Massive Selector, and theCulprits are proud to bring you a not-to-be-missed event to kick-off the Fall season in the beautiful Bay Area.

The man, the myth, the legend, Gilles Peterson comes to San Francisco to broadcast GILLES PETERSON BBC SESSIONS LIVE! at the Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street, San Francisco) on Saturday, October 15, 2005. Live performances from r&b/soul artist DWELE (Virgin Records) and LA's ultra-sexy band THE REBIRTH (Kashmere Sound). Not to mention a rare DJ set by Gilles Peterson himself. Don't miss an unforgettable evening showcasing the future of soul music today.

saturday, october 15

fresco, massive selector, and theculprits are proud to present

GILLES PETERSON: THE BBC SESSIONS LIVE!

@ the mezzanine, 444 jessie street in san francisco

starring

GILLES PETERSON (Talkin' Loud, BBC Radio, Worldwide)

DWELE (Virgin Records)

THE REBIRTH (Kajmere Sound)

along with local heroes

Hakobo (fresco)

Kento (fresco)

Proof (Massive Selector)

Tokyo Component (theCulprits)

Eug (Public Release, theCulprits)

Limited pre-sale on sale at:

www.massiveselector.com

More info at:

http://www.mezzaninesf.com/

check out Gilles Peterson BBC Show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/peterson/index.shtml

ABOUT GILLES PETERSON

The word “DJ” takes on ever broader meaning. At its root, it still boils down to a disk jockey who spins vinyl for a living. But under the DJ rubric are radio DJs, club DJs who beat-match tracks, as well as “turntablists” who scratch. Many DJs are also creators who DJ to supplement their livelihoods and get their tracks out to audiences, while others take on roles as tastemakers, influencing the public through compilations and record labels.

English DJ Gilles Peterson is perhaps the ultimate _expression of the latter style of DJ. From his early days as a club and pirate radio DJ through his more recent incarnations as label boss and BBC radio host, Peterson has shaped tastes through an untiring crusade to spread the side of the dance music spectrum occupied by jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, Latin and house music.

"One of the most important tastemakers in music this decade" according to MIXMAG

"The man, the myth, the legend ... the incredible selections of arguably one of the most influential DJs of our time." - Miles Ahead

for more check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/peterson/

ABOUT DWELE

Neo-soul singer/songwriter/producer Dwele grew up on Detroit's west side, listening to soul music from Motown visionaries Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye as well as jazz on the radio. Born Andwele Gardner, he began writing songs at the age of ten, after his father was murdered outside his home, and attended Cody High in Detroit. Dwele spent a year studying music at Wayne State but then opted for an informal education, making music at his home while living in Dearborn and working for AAA. His demo tape, 1998's The Rize, made waves around the Motor City, and he spent time collaborating with Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village and Philadelphia rapper Bahamadia. Signed to Virgin on the strength of his songwriting and performance skills, Dwele released Subject in mid-2003 and cemented his appeal with European audiences (he was a favorite on Gilles Peterson's influential Radio 1 program) with a tour that summer. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

for more peep www.dwele.net

ABOUT THE REBIRTH

"...a storm of jazzy live action out of LA....solid R&B tinged tracks that remind us of the good old days of The Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai's first albums and the original Giant Step parties...lots of thick, layered vocals mixed with inner city heat."

- URB Magazine

Los Angeles-based septet, The Rebirth, offers its long anticipated release, This Journey In, to fans on Kajmere Sound/KSD Music in spring 2005. In this compelling new 11-track album recorded in the band’s hometown, The Rebirth matches its musical vitality with a gift for lucid poetry and songwriting, creating a rich sound built on an organic blend of new and traditional soul, hip-hop, jazz, and funk. These elements make the group’s music both highly progressive and a throwback to the classic soul bands: Earth, Wind & Fire, Ramp, Pleasure, Rotary Connection, Side Effect and Roy Ayers.

visit http://therebirthlive.com/

We are proud to have these incredible artists all on one stage for one night. don't miss an unforgettable evening of great live music in san francisco... this one's gonna be really special. Hope see you all there!

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PINK, theCulprits are throwing their CD compilation release party!

2005-09-27T19:45:55Z

PINK, theCulprits are throwing their CD compilation release party!

>> On Friday September 30th, in combination with the
>> newly renovated and expanded PINK,
>> theCulprits are throwing their CD compilation
>> release party! this?promo CD is a special
>> thank you for all your continued support. it
>> features tracks that?have been on heavy rotation
>> with us,
>> and tracks from artists /dj's that we've booked for
>> our monthly?nights at PINK. make sure
>> to come through early for your free CD.... strictly
>> limited and one?time only!
>>
>>
>> theCulprits?compilation release party!
>> free CD with entry, while available.
>> get there early!
>>
>>
>> Dj's/ theCulprits:
>> TokyoComponent (Codec)
>> Eug (Public Release)
>> Hakobo (Fresco)
>>
>>
>> Friday, September 30th
>> 9pm-4am. $10
>> PINK. 2925 16th St.
>> theCulprits are every 4th Friday
>> hiphop/ house/ broken/ latin/ soul
>>
>>
>> www.publicrelease.net/
>> www.fresco-style.com/

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D'Angelo Critically Injured in SUV Crash

2005-09-27T14:43:37Z

Mon Sep 26,11:21 AM ET

R&B crooner D'Angelo, who won over America with his '90s soul ballads only to fade after bouts with the law and drugs, was critically injured in a car wreck outside his hometown of Richmond.

D'Angelo, 31, born Michael Eugene Archer, was in a 2003 Hummer sport utility vehicle on Sept. 19 when it crossed the roadway and struck a fence, ejecting the singer, State Police Sgt. Kevin Barrick said Monday. Archer wasn't wearing a seat restraint, Barrick said.

Barrick said Archer was initially listed in critical condition, but that no further information is available.

Officials at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, where the Grammy-winning artist was flown after the wreck, said the family had asked that his condition not be released.

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ap/20050926/112775886000.html

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Soul/Funk club returns to Oakland, this Thursday!

2005-09-24T03:04:52Z

Hip City Soul Returns to Oakland @ Eli's Mile High
Club.

Hip City Soul is back again
Thursday AUGUST 25, 9:00-?
Dj's Alec Palao, "Shanti" Sean Sullivan,and Dr.Scott.
Great dance floor, full bar, outside patio.
and best of all it's FREE, FREE, FREE
Come out and dance to your favorite soul tunes.

Hip City Soul
Thursday August 25, 9:00
Eli's Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther king Jr.
Oakland, CA
www.Oaklandmilehigh.com

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Bay Area Mod/'60s/Soul/Psyche Happenings this Weekend!

2005-09-21T04:54:00Z

* T H U R S D A Y!!! *
Hip City Soul returns this Thursday to Eli's Mile High
Club every other Thursday with rotating djs Dr. Scott,
Shante Sullivan, Alec Palao, plus other different soul
djs showing what they got! Come out and help make
Oakland even funkier than before.

The next dates to mark down on the calendar: Sept.
22nd (this week!), Oct. 6th & 20th, Nov. 3rd & 17th.

Eli's Mile High
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (around the corner
from Macarthur BART)
Oakandmilehigh.com
And it's FREEEEEEEE!!!
* F R I D A Y!!! *

* ITS THE RETURN OF: NICE HAPPY HOUR @ THE CASANOVA! *
w/ DJs
Major Sean (Diabolik, Cotton Candy)
Birgitt (Journey To Time Time) London, UK
Bobby (Journey To Time) London, UK

Start your weekend off right by swinging by The
Casanova after work!

The Casanova
527 Valencia Street
San Francisco
5:30 - 9PM

* S A T U R D A Y *
San Francisco's swinging 60s Happening, UFO West is
back!

!!!SPECIAL GUEST BAND TO BE ANNOUNCED!!!

~PLUS!~

Dr. Scott (Hip City Soul, Diabolik)
Jason 'Two G's' Ringgold (New Untouchables)
Jodie Artichoke (Diabolik, Pussy Plays)

~ PLUS! ~

Special guest DJs:
Birgitt & Bobby! (Journey To Time, London)

Spinning thee best in 60s psych, soul, garage, etc!

The Werepad
2430 3rd Street
Between 20th & 22nd Streets
In beautiful San Francisco
Saturday, September 24th
10pm - ???
$7

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For The Love of Breaks!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-09-20T17:20:58Z

his is the place to be in between love parade and mighty, bomb as breaks all night long!!!!!!!!!!

Brought to you by Evil Breaks, Subscience, StrategiK, Funky Cactus, SFBreaks.org, the Space Cowboys, and everyone with the Bayarea Breaks Brigade, this breakbeat underground massive IS where you want to be.

For the Love of Breaks
A Love Parade After-Party
September 24th, 2005
Underground sf location
9pm-6am
info line: 415.267.1800

The main room with sound provided by the thumpin Addictech soundsystem:

Future Funk Squad (Universal/Default/en:vision) - UK
vs.
High Eight (TCR/Re:connect) - UK

Myagi (Finger lickin'/West/Pure Phunk/Splank) Toronto, Canada
vs.
Greg J (Funky Cactus/Lotek/Kidbippy.com)

Carbon Community (Sober Music/Bless Records) Dallas, TX

J-Break (Afterdark/Painted Puppy) FL

Samira (Sister SF/Seismic)
vs.
Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks/SFBreaks.org/AaronJae.com/Ill Behavior)

Ripple (Subscience)
vs.
Hypnotech (Addictech)

Jay Vigor (Strategik/London Breakz)

Bertzerker (Bayarea Breaks Brigade)

The upstairs area:

Odeed vs. Wish (Moonshine/W.E.) SoCal
Drag'nfly (Love Tribe/djDragnfly.com) Sacramento
A:dubl (Breakthru)
Murphstar (Seismic)
Bam vs. Marc(o) (Evil Breaks/Invibe)
M.O.D. (Evil Breaks)
Influence vs. Jason Who (Phunky People Project/StrategiK)
Erik Hz (Bayarea Breaks Brigade)

The Outside (but still inside area....you'll see):

THE UNIMOG

with all of the nasty little Space Cowboys we could find.

The Geometrist
Brad Robinson
Smoove
Mancub
8ball
Kapt'n Kirk
rrrus
Joy
Nicola

Need I say more?

$10 presales available now @ www.Groovetickets.com

Skills DJ Workshop
2566A Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
PH: 510.704.9876

Reverb Records
1816 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415.221.4142

$15 presales available @ the float the day of Love Parade
$20 @ the door if you're too lazy to pick them up before hand

more info:
415.267.1800
SFBreaks.org

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ESPECIAL - BLUE NOTE LISTENING SESSION

2005-09-14T02:00:46Z

wednesday, september 14
proof & jayvi bring you
ESPECIAL - BLUE NOTE LISTENING SESSION
@ the social club, 1751 fulton st & masonic, sf
NO COVER + FREE CDS FROM BLUE NOTE!

proof and jayvi bring you a new wednesday night jump-off dedicated to soulful music from all corners of the universe... come out and groove, or just chill to the sounds of deep house, soul, latin, nujazz and future classics...

This week we've got a special BLUE NOTE LISTENING SESSION for 3 new compilations that drop this week (see below). We'll also have FREE CD'S from blue note all night, so don't sleep! From Japan by way of San Francisco, we've got Tokyo Component (the Culprits, Kodo) bringing you a special nu-jazz broken beat set to get your happy feet movin.

RESIDENT SOUL PROVIDERS
proof (massive selector)
jayvi velasco (remedy, meow entertainment)

WEDNESDAY
9/14 TOKYO COMPONENT (the culprits, kodo)
*BLUE NOTE LISTENING SESSION + FREE CD'S*

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GIVE BACK AT RESCUE WITH OSUNLADE TONITE AT SOCIAL CLUB

2005-09-08T23:57:16Z

GIVE BACK AT RESCUE WITH OSUNLADE TONITE AT SOCIAL CLUB
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:01:01 -0700

Last Minutes Update!!!

new orleans, LA - the birthplace of jazz music - is in peril. more than 1,000,000 are displaced due to the destruction caused by hurricane katrina. thousands are stuck within the city without food, clothing, or shelter. We invite you to make a difference & party with a purpose...

*TONIGHT* thursday, sept 8
RESCUE - HURRICANE KATRINA BENEFIT
starring OSUNLADE (yoruba records)
@ the social club, 1751 fulton st & masonic, san francisco
$5-10 sliding scale donation towards hurricane relief

OSUNLADE swings thru town for a very special evening of deep soul, house, and reggae music on thursday, september 8 at the brand new social club. come join us for a special event as we continue our effort to GIVE BACK to the thousands of people in serious need of help thru music. after some research, we have chosen America's Second Harvest America's Second Harvest - the nation's food bank network - to donate our funds. 100% of your gift will go directly to support the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

starring
OSUNLADE (yoruba records)

and local selectors
yoshito
ross hogg

afrobeat :: house :: dancehall::broken-beat

Please come out and support, if not for us, then for those in need. Giving back thru music.

Bio:

Respected and emulated New York-based producer, DJ, and label chief Osunlade grew up in a musical environment; as a youngster, he took piano lessons and sang in his church's choir. At the age of 17, he joined the cast of the popular children's show Sesame Street as a presenter. He later produced music for the program. During the late ‘80s, he started working as a producer and session hand; since starting out, he has leant his talents to records by Musiq, Patti LaBelle, Najee, India Arie and Eric Benet. In 1999, Osunlade established the Yoruba label and began releasing deep house productions of his own while cultivating new artists. For his first album, 2001's Paradigm, the producer hooked up with the U.K.'s Soul Jazz label, which released the excellent LP and increased his profile significantly as a result. Easily one of the most gifted producers of soul/funk-influenced deep house, Osunlade – an ordained priest in the African religion of Ifa – graces everything he touches with spiritual, uplifting vibes. Offering, a mix album released by R2, came out in 2002.

This is the first new release by Great Britain's Soul Jazz label — widely known for its dynamite reissues of everything from killer Nuyorican soul to New Orleans funk to funky and militant jazz — in years. This debut album by a New York-based house artist comes as a surprise. But it's a welcome one. Osunlade drenches his house in Brazilian, funk, and Latin colors, blending it all into a thoroughly modern dancefloor music that is as compelling to the ears as it is motivating to the booty. The singles from the set include "Blackman," a poetic move toward jazzy house with sampled chords from Bobby Konders' "The Poem." It's a late-night groove, laid-back but insistent, with a rap about Osunlade's upbringing and his spiritual beliefs. It's a kind of housed-out manifesto of positive Afrocentrism. Also notable is the traditional Brazilian tune "Oxissi de Focha Branca," with its drum chants and a call and response rhythm that retains its field recording primitivism long after the house beats kick in. The set closes with "The Deep," a driving house rhythm set against a rolling, one-note bassline interspersed with a two-chord, three-sequence vamp kissed by a harmonica sample in the groove. The harmonica is the lead "melodic" instrument (it's a Charlie Musselwhite sample), though it's just riffing in the cut and carrying the track through its intervals. This is an auspicious debut by a young cat who has brought something new and very different to the world from the house scene in New York.

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KODO

2005-09-02T22:30:57Z

KODO

LOCATION/TIME
WISH
415-278-9474 1539 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Sun 09/04/05 (8PM-2AM)
Sun 09/11/05 (8PM-2AM)
Sun 09/18/05 (8PM-2AM)
Sun 09/25/05 (8PM-2AM)
Sun 10/02/05 (8PM-2AM)

Free: Yes
Age: 21+
DESCRIPTION

A FREE weekly party - every Sunday night @ Wish.
Featuring an eclectic mix of downtempo/ funk/ soul/ broken beat/ and deep house grooves.

Resident DJ's:
Hideo Kobayashi (ING)
Still Rob G (Totally Ridiculous)
Tokyo Component (the Culprits)

Local/International guest DJ's weekly.

Past guests include: Asad Risvi (UK), Paul Soul (UK), Said, Hesohi, Tonk (Japan), Dirty Bird Crew, Proof.

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ilikeitlikethat

2005-09-02T22:29:43Z

ilikeitlikethat

Thursdays @ DUPLEX
{rare groove to broken beat** **funky latin & afro heat}

with
DJ RUEBEN & TRAVIS +rotating residentes

8/25 TOM THUMP & RASCUE
9/01 ROMANOWSKI (future primitive)
9/08 ANDREW JERVIS (ubiquity)
9/15 TOMAS (voltage music / xlr8r)

DUPLEX 1525 Mission @ 11th in SOMA
$5 10pm-2am

www.duplexsf.com
ilikeitlikethatsf.com/

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Quantic plays LA and SF!

2005-09-02T20:12:55Z

Friday, September 2
Quantic [DJ Set]
(Tru Thoughts / Ubiquity)
+ Proof (Massive Selector), Kento (Fresno), Tokyo Component (The Culprits) and Yoshito (Fresco)
@ The Social Club
1751 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA
$5 Before 11pm, $10 after (21+)

Saturday, September 3
Quantic [DJ Set]
(Tru Thoughts / Ubiquity)
+ Medusa, Connie Price & The Keystones, Jeremy Sole
@ The Roxy Theatre
9009 W. Sunset Blvd
W. Hollywood, CA
$10 (All Ages, Photo ID Required for Entry)
http://www.theroxyonsunset.com/

"A dance-floor-filling salute to the tough-bumpin' sound of the Meters and James Brown's JBs, where go-to vocalist Alice Russell serves as Holland's Vicki Anderson in stylishly soulful fashion."
NOW MAGAZINE (FIVE STAR REVIEW)

"Nearly perfect"
XLR8R

"Furthering the cause and pushing the funk to new heights"
BPM

“Where the true madness is going down.... you’d best advised not to miss out”
DJ MAGAZINE

Pushin On is the second album from Quantic’s live band Quantic Soul Orchestra and the first to be domestically released on Ubiquity. It follows hot on the heels of the widely acclaimed Quantic album Mishaps Happening.

"Putting something back" is Will Holland’s reason for starting The Quantic Soul Orchestra. After releasing electronic/studio-based albums as Quantic he wanted to work on a strictly live project, to “put the funk back in it”, and to pay homage to a genre that continues to heavily influence his releases. QSO is his chance to record and produce an album with creative and like minded musicians. The Orchestra make killer funk with enough bottom-end to burn any dance floor, and the album features several tracks with the super powerful vocals of Alice Russell. In the USA Quantic’s Mishaps Happening album ended up in many “Best of” lists for 2004, tracks were featured on CSI Miami, the Pepsi iTunes ad campaign (during Super Bowl), and was given thumbs up by everyone from Vibe to XLR8R. QSO have played The Big Chill, Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, and many other festivals in Europe - Quantic Soul Orchestra recently performed in Toronto at Harbourfront's Beats, Breaks and Culture Festival.

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PINK RE-OPENS with a "Fresco" Broken-Beat night. S.F.

2005-08-26T16:22:49Z

PINK RE-OPENS with a "Fresco" Broken-Beat night.

****************************************************************************
> Friday August 26th †
> "the Culprits Compiled"†
> CD Release Party †
> + PINK Expanded Opening Night
> Music presented by your favorite residents: †
> Hakobo (fresco)
> Eug (Public Release)
> Tokyo Component (KODO)
> + Special Guest
> YOSHITO (fresco)
> Strictly Limited x400 copies
> Free with entry!!! †
> 9PM-4AM
> @PINK
> 2923 16th Street, sf

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boot up...tune in...chill out

2005-08-18T03:27:55Z

Experience the grooves at...
www.overxposure.fm
Peace,
K

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san jose jazz-fest...

2005-08-05T10:11:29Z

if you're in the area, you should really go--it looks DOPE!
check out the "jazz beyond" lineup: http://www.sanjosejazz.org/schedule.html#

fri: jason moran & the bandwagon and kosmic renaissance (featuring triber sameer gupta on tabla/drums) stand out.

sat: the bad plus (i'm not crazy about their album, but it's FREE) and MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE in his only u.s. performance w/band (he's been dj'ing everywhere else--can you tell i like him?)

the openers on both days also look good, but i think they're local folks...

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Jamiroquai - Dynamite

2005-07-27T20:06:36Z

new albums rules. Sounds a lot like his older stuff.

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Hot Acid Jazz band...

2005-07-27T07:35:13Z

Check out this new Acid Jazz/Trip Hop group - Salva Me'

www.salvame.net

www.myspace.com/salvame

Thx !

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Wanted music for downtown LA venue

2005-07-13T02:29:03Z

I'm thinking of starting a downtempo, deep funky soul/jazz/acid jazz/dub night at our place; Little Pedro's Blue Bongo downtown LA...monday nights.
Just a thought so far, but looking for some folks that spin that...

Mark Bava
email bava@bluebongocafe.com
PS LSDJ? when we gonna get you down here?

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jamiroquai: new release info

2005-06-13T03:49:06Z

here's some news on a new album from Jamiroquai...

Welcome along to what promises to be a really exciting year for all Jamiroquai fans out there.

In the Jamiroquai camp we're all getting ready for the release of the bands' sixth album. The album is almost complete and the final touches are being put to the last few tracks.

Jay and Sony are currently deciding upon what the first single will be, and
there are currently a couple of great tracks being considered. Once a decision has been made the promo video will be shot and additional single tracks/remixes decided. Although no dates have been set, current plans indicate that the album is due to hit the streets sometime late Spring with the single shortly beforehand.

We're still in the planning stage of a world tour that will hopefully begin in the Summer. We're also hoping to play at some Summer festivals as well but
nothing has been confirmed yet. Stay tuned.

The band are currently rehearsing some of the new tracks in preparation for the upcoming tour and things are starting to get really exciting.

Regular visitors to the J.Talk message board will probably be aware that we are in the process of revising the site for the new single and album so prepare to see some new designs, a new forum and lots of exclusive news from the band coming to you real soon.

Thanks for reading and expect more updates from Jamiroquai over the coming weeks and months.

Jamiroquai
www.jamiroquai.com

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J-BOOGIE's DUBTRONIC SCIENCE live!

2005-05-27T05:48:53Z

This is the scunderground city pick of the week:

SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2005

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DUB MISSION celebrates Memorial Day Weekend with
J-BOOGIE's DUBTRONIC SCIENCE live! (Om Records)
featuring TONY MOSES (kpoo, kpfa) on vocals
CHARLES COOPER (Greens Crew) on saxaphone
ROBIN SUKHADIA (Project Ahimsa) on tablas and
GABBY LA LA (Dakah, Weapons Of Choice) on sitar
plus DJ SEP
Elbo Room - 647 Valencia @17th - 415 552 7788 - 21+
9 pm to 2 am - $8 - adv tix @ JAMBASE

J-BOOGIE is a San Francisco multi-genre DJ/producer
who blends a mix of dub, hip-hop, soul, funk, latin,
jazz, afro, bossa, house, electro and broken beats. He
has been on the air at KUSF for over 10 years,
producing Beatsauce on 90.3fm. Dubtronic Science is
his next step in production and live music. J-BOOGIE's
DUBTRONIC SCIENCE blends an organic fusion of
musicians and the dj, mixing turntable beats with live
percussion, sitar, flute, sax, vocals, and other live
elements in a constantly evolving improvisation. The
sounds of Dubtronic Science have been featured at The
Fillmore, The Justice League, DNA Lounge, Elbo Room,
111 Minna, Mezzanine, Boulder Theatre, The Crystal
Ballroom, Hollywood Athletic Club, Root Down, Amoeba
Records, and Fais Do Do in Los Angeles. They have also
toured with OM performing live in Denver, Portland,
Seatlle, San Diego, Santa Fe, Austin, and New York.
J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science full-length album is
available on OM Records and features Goapele, Gina
Rene, Omega, People Under The Stairs, and more. You
can also hear music featured on Ubiquity Recordings,
Future Primitive Sounds, BSI Records, plus remixes of
Mark Farina, Soulstice, and Romanowski.

Originally a native of Portland, OR, Justin Boland
(aka J-Boogie) relocated to San Francisco, CA, and
founded the Dubtronic Science collective. Originally
the name of his radio show, the concept expanded into
the clubs. Dubtronic combines the soul of world music,
hip-hop, broken beat, and deep house in a live
improvisational setting. Their debut release was
issued by OM Records in 2003.

A rich blend of hip-hop, broken beat, dub, and deep
house infects this debut release from J Boogie and his
Dubtronic Science collective. As can be immediately
discerned from the package itself, Dubtronic's whole
aesthetic focuses on a warmth otherwise missing from
the majority of downtempo records. Similar in
diversity to Recloose, the collective gets it right
from start to finish. An impressive debut from these
West Coast staples and a sure sign of promising things
in the future.

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Hip Hop Jazz, Psychedelic Jazz, & One Man Band in SF 3/25

2005-03-23T01:11:14Z

This Friday, March 25, 2005
David Kaye presents another musical extravaganza.

> Ricky Lee Robinson
Rick is a one man band, performing exciting and torturous renditions of 70s radio tunes, in person, with guitar and any other instrument he can hit, finger, or carry.

> Aaron Novik's Kipple
Kipple is a kind of trans-psychedelic jazz band where the music is arranged on the spot so no two shows are alike. Usually the players just have scores but don't know when or how they're going to play them. But it all works out.

> The Shotgun Wedding Quintet
Shotgun you've got to see to believe. Imagine a DJ scratcher, a rapper who also plays violin, the lead guitar player who also does trombone. Imagine the keyboard player tripling up on sax and flute. It's hip-hop and it's jazz all at once.

> Ricky Lee Robinson opening

It'll be a knock-down drag-out show this Friday night. Doors at 9, drinks at 9:05. Show soon thereafter.

Odeon Bar
3223 Mission Street at Valencia
2 blocks south of Cesar Chavez
San Francisco

http://www.davidkaye.us
http://www.odeonbar.com

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karldenson.com, awesome jazz/funk

2005-03-22T17:11:16Z

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe is touring now. Check it out especially if you like to get down. Every song will make you move.

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join my new music forum!

2005-01-03T14:51:51Z

http://www.1-2-free-forums.com/mf/index.php?mforum=thetarnish

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Jazz-funk in San Francisco

2004-12-20T16:29:45Z

Check out the event listings for some great soul-jazz sounds in San Francisco this week. Fans of the James Taylor Quartet, MMW, and classic Blue Note organ combos should be sure to check us out as we all share some of the same influences.

Merry Christmas,

Nick Rossi Rossi
www.nickrossiset.com

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Introducing "Lazy"...

2004-12-15T23:26:24Z

Hi everyone, I just wanted to post our new band's (LAZY) website for your consideration. We also play under the names Oversoul 7 and Chemical Straitjacket... (different projects) Our first band was called Supreme Beings of Leisure.
The new website is at: http://www.lazylazylazy.com
and I can be reached at : erecords@hotmail.com
Respect,
Rick Torres

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James Taylor Quartet...

2004-12-02T02:59:55Z

Man On The Moon...

was this ever released as a 12" or just from an album?

and does anyone have a copy i could get a hold of?

being lazy, so no i haven't searched the internet.

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New CD by Incognito

2004-11-30T10:36:03Z

Has anyone heard the new CD by Incognito: "Adventures in Black Sunshine" ?

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Crazy new organ trio from LA....

2004-11-19T07:53:11Z

Hey everyone. I'm a big fan of Medeski,Martin, and Wood, but I came across a brand new organ trio out of LA called "Big Organ Trio". They only have bootlegs out and are working on a debut release, but I saw them out here at a live show and they were really nasty live!! I was so impressed I decided to post this message. They have a temporary website I got ahold of:
http://homepage.mac.com/bernman/bigorgantrio
Can't remeber the organists name yet, (something like Mike Mann) but he get's some sounds out of that thing I've never quite heard before. Even crazier tones than Emerson, Lake, and Palmer at times, but they threw down. And somehow they added a new take on organ bands, completely different from MMW, Jimmy Smith (the real fatha of acid jazz), or even the new Benevento/Russo duo. Good stuuf! Check out the link for mp3 bootlegs if interested.

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Jazz Funk Brass Folk Odeon Bar SF -- TONIGHT!

2004-11-05T08:09:37Z

The Odeon's away, but the PseudOdeon lives on with two great performances tonight (Friday11/5):

BOOSTAMONTE, the funk brass/jazz band.

ARABESQUE BURLESQUE -- if you missed them on Halloween, here's your chance to see them NOW!

JAM stuff. The musicians from both bands will jam together at some point and create who knows what -- it might be jazz, it might be folk, it might be TV theme songs, whatever.

Look for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 saxes, 1 upright bass, 1 drum kit, 1 accordion, 1 fiddle, 1 musical saw, assorted other instruments including an old school phonograph.

the music will be so inspiring you'll want to go out and buy your own saw, or trumpet or whatever.

Odeon Bar
3223 Mission at Valencia, 2 blocks south of Cesar Chavez
San Francisco
Friday 11/5
9:30pm to get a good seat
$7 door (at other places it would be $12)

Since this is a David Kaye-produced show, you know it will be musically exciting. No filler, only quality bands.

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Karl Denson.com

2004-10-21T00:00:45Z

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe is great jazz/funk. Great for gettin' down to. Check out the website for dates near you! Great for bringing a date to, especially, if you both like to dance. The band is awesome and really cool people.

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Acid Jazz / Jazz Funk music or clubs in L.A / Valley

2004-10-20T23:51:35Z

Does ANYONE know of a club that plays Acid Jazz and/or Jazz Funk in the L.A/Valley area?

I can't find anything - I'm cold turkey!

Help me out,

Thanks,
T

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5 Tranmission Shows

2004-10-20T23:22:19Z

The band that put urban groove jazz on the map, Transmission, has 5 shows coming up:

October 24th, 2004 (Sunday)
Transmission Trio plus members of Transmission Quintet
Amnesia Lounge, 853 Valencia Street, near 20th Street, San Francisco, (415) 970-8336
Doors: 9:30pm $6 cover
with The Box Car Saints

October 27th, 2004 (Wednesday)
Transmission Trio and Transmission Quintet
Madrone Lounge, Divisadero Avenue and Fell Street, San Francisco
Doors: 9:30pm $7 cover
Special live recording night for future album!

October 29th, 2004 (Friday)
Transmission Trio
Hotel Utah, 400 4th Street at Bryant, San Francisco, (415) 546-6300
with Boostamonte funk brass band
Special live recording night for future album!

November 3rd, 2004 (Wednesday)
Transmission Trio
Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street at Mission, San Francisco
opening for Boxcar Saints

November 6th, 2004 (Saturday)
Transmission Trio
Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave at MLK, Berkeley
with Gojogo, a violin, acoustic bass and Indian percussion ensemble
Special live recording night for future album!

All the info: http://www.transmissiontrio.com

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5 Tranmission Shows

2004-10-20T23:22:08Z

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brand new heavies

2004-09-14T02:52:23Z

here's some news regarding the latest brand new heavies album...

from JAZZFM(UK) News:

The Brand New Heavies have returned with a tasty new album and a new vocalist. 'allabouthefunk' is their first studio record in seven years and enlists the vocal and writing talents of Nicole Russo. The album is released in October, the new single - Boogie - is on 102.2 JAZZFM.

jazz fm 1o2.2 uk: http://www.jazzfm.com

word.

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- acid jazz - 'A Typical...' by Los Amigos Invisibles

2004-08-21T00:50:11Z

'A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band' by 'Los Amigos Invisibles'
Those who have it or heard it well please comment.

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ABBA...

2004-08-03T16:00:13Z

Okay, okay, okay, I know you're saying, "WTF does ABBA have to do with jazz?" Well, nothing really, but there is a Swedish 'bone player named Nils Landgren and his band Funk Unit has a new CD called 'Funky ABBA.' I'm telling you right the fuck now, that CD is slammin'. Imagine ABBA songs all funked up. The track "Money, Money, Money" is awesome! Hell, I don't even like ABBA... Go to Itunes and listen for yourself though.

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are you listening?

2004-08-03T06:23:23Z

to my show? it's on 7-10 (10 mins from now)
www.streetsradio.com

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the first "scratchable" dvd/video turntable

2004-07-20T00:56:17Z

has anyone seen or tried out the pioneer dvj-x1? Just kind of curious about it. sounds pretty interesting.

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jazzanova dj set in sf

2004-07-03T00:29:27Z

(forgive the x posting if you're on the broken beat tribe)

say what you will about jazzanova's more commercial turn a few years ago but i hear the next album will satisfy. anybody in the bay want to join me thursday, the 24th at minna to catch the dj set?

http://www.blasthaus.com/

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Not sure how to reply to individuals post...

2004-07-01T21:33:00Z

but speaking of the Jazzanova dj, I saw it in San Diego a couple of years ago, obviously a lot has changed since then, but it was just okay to me. I'm a huge Jazzanova fan, it's just that I'm more partial to live sets. Speaking of Jazzanova, Clara Hill who is featured on the 'In Between' joint has a cd out called 'Restless Times' and their are some choice cuts on it. Might be worth picking up. Lastly, if any of you are not hip to 4Hero, you should peep them out as well.

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dalminjo: jazz/house fusion

2004-07-01T01:48:50Z

i heard this great new cd @ my neighborhood barnes and nobles. great deep house and downtempo grooves. and he's been shown made love from all the right people. i included some links for you to take a listen.

anyone else ever heard of this cat? he's supabaad. enjoy!

artist: dalminjo
title: fjord fusioneer

This Nord cool neo-jazzer rounds up his cutting edge remixing buddies and serves up a cool jazz/house fusion. Solid set.

A DELICIOUS BLEND OF SMOOTH HOUSE AND DOWNTEMPO! Don’tlet the cool, icy cover fool you. You may not have heard of Dalminjo before but his delicious melodies, warm musical feeling, jazz influences from the 60’s and 70’s, Brazilian beats and fresh House grooves will have you thinking that he can’t be from ice-locked
Norway!

Originally recording as ORG Lounge (with an artist album and several compilation appearances on Water Music Records), Dalminjo has been putting his Deep House stamp on three critically acclaimed 12" releases in Europe for the past two years with support from such heavyweight DJs as Gilles Peterston, Jazzanova, LTJ Bukem, Bruno (Café del Mar), Mr. Scruff, King Britt and Rainer Trüby to name but a few. Now with his full-length creating a buzz in Japan and Europe,
we bring you the domestic release plus two bonus remixes exclusive to the US and never available on CD before.

http://www.kriztal.com

barnes & noble
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=pi62GWEjnY&ean=610205302528

amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001XXBAW/qid%3D1088644371/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-6158099-9298540

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acid-jazz classics??

2004-06-30T17:11:23Z

since answering the question "what is acid-jazz" almost always starts w/a really long "ummm..." why don't you give a list long or short of classics that help define the genre for you??

i'll go first:

jamiroquai "emergency on planet earth" (lp)
omar (anything, but particularly stuff on talkin' loud or kongo)
"rebirth of cool" series
"totally wired" series
"fat jazzy grooves" series
miles davis "doo bop" (lp)
herbie hancock "call it 95"
young disciples "road to freedom" (lp)
guru "jazzmatazz vol.1" (lp)
solsonics "jazz in the present tense" (lp)

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Online vinyl retailers for Acid Jazz

2004-06-30T13:33:15Z

What are some good online retailers in the states to buy Acid Jazz/Downtempo vinyl? Especially where I can listen to audio clips and definitely in the US only. I'm looking for stuff along the lines of Thievery Corp, Tosca, Fila Brazillia, etc. Thanks!

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downtempo nuskool favorites

2004-06-29T22:45:00Z

It seems like we're talking about a lot of different subgenres of music here, so I'd like to create a new topic that will hopefully home in on whatever it is I mean by the above.

For people in the SF Bay area, perhaps we could organize a sort of listening party (or some other way of sharing music without running afoul of the law, <cough cough>) if there is interest.

Examples I like:

Zero7: Simple Things
Marc Moulin: Top Secret
De-Phazz: Detunized Gravity, Death by Chocolate
Hotel Costes #'s 2, 3, 4, 5
Mushroom Jazz #'s 1 and 4 (though I prefer #1 in a mix with other CDs; the beat gets a little too monotonous for me at some points when I listen to it straight through)
Llorca: Newcomer
Lemon Jelly: ky

Examples I don't like:

Nuspirit Helsinki
Jazzanova
Mushroom Jazz #'s 2 and 3
De-Phazz: Godsdog (though it has some good tracks)
Lemon Jelly: Lost Horizons

(most of these are OK but not worth my listening time)

Some things that probably aren't Acid Jazz but sort of fall in the same cognitive category for me that I like a lot:

Rinocerose: Installation Sonore
Fourtet: Dialogue, Pause
State of Bengal: Visual Audio
Loop Guru: Duniya
Plaid: Double Figure, Rest Proof Clockwork
A Grape Dope: Missing Dragons
RjD2: Dead Ringer
St Germaine: Tourist

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stream recomendations

2004-06-28T23:45:05Z

Anybody have any favorite live-streaming Acid Jazz sites that they would suggest? Nothing offa shoutcast. Koz is not acid jazz.

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jill scott's new release

2004-06-28T09:18:06Z

i just received an copy of the new jill scott single 'golden' on vinyl. jill's upcoming album 'beautifully human: words and sounds vol. 2' is scheduled to be released august 31st 'o4. i saw jill scott live. she is a rare talent. i can't wait for the new album and to see her again on tour.

peace.

futuresoul

from the jill scott website:

Fans have been waiting for it. The music industry has been anticipating it. And now three times Grammy nominated vocal sensation Jill Scott is about to deliver yet another collection of luminous and poignant songs as her new CD, Beautifully Human, Words And Sounds Vol. 2, is unveiled August 31 on Hidden Beach Recordings.

This alluring wordsmith has again created songs that are nurtured in the heart and sung with love. In fact, the first single, “Golden,” talks about freedom and empowering oneself to live to the fullest, to treat the gift of life as if it “is” golden. Jill will soon shoot the music video for “Golden” in the coming weeks. For Beautifully Human, Jill collaborated with some of her original production team who helped craft Who Is Jill Scott?Words and Sounds Vol. 1--James Poyser, Andre Harris and Vidal Davis and Ivan Barias and Carvin Haggins (“Mama’s Boys”). Scott also sought a fresh approach by going into the studio with new up and coming producers such as Ant Bell, P-nut, and Pete Kuzma, and someone she has long wanted to collaborate with, Raphael Saadiq.

peep jill scott: http://www.jillscott.com/

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Incognito CD's

2004-06-25T18:13:55Z

Yes Steph, I have almost every CD of theirs, save for the best of CD which I didn't feel was necessary to buy. I have some pics with all of them that I will post sometime in the future. Yeah, you've probably missed a few gems of theirs. The last CD 'Who Needs love' was absoltuley the shit. If you don't have the last three release, you should get them. Also, check Bluey's side project "Innershade.' That's some good stuff as well.

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Adventures in Black Sunshine

2004-06-25T14:09:43Z

Incognito's latest effort is coming out in July. From the snippets available on the site, it sound amazing. But why am I not surprised, they always put out quality music. Every single f''ing time. Check out the site http://incognito.org.uk. If you all like good grooves, awesome horns arrangements, lush vocals then this group is it.

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Nova Frontiera

2004-06-25T12:39:00Z

Anyone hip to this group. Actually, I think it's one cat, with a slew of guest. Nevertheless, the cd is off the hook.

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Broken Beat

2004-06-12T11:07:52Z

A friend of mine claims Broken Beat evolved from Trip Hop but I'd argue its lineage is more Acid Jazz. Anybody want to stage a debate?
My set always includes Bossa, future soul and broken beat and childe, it always sounds smooth!

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Best Compilation

2004-05-13T00:33:52Z

What would you consider the best acid jazz compliation...???

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Bebel Gilberto's New Album

2004-05-10T04:27:08Z

Bebel Gilberto's New Album on Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees

Scheduled for release on June 8, the latest from Bebel is already causing quite a stir! Gilberto reveals herself as an artist with a sound and voice all her own. A truly international affair, Bebel Gilberto was recorded in New York, London, (with an entire string section!) Salvador (Bahia) and Rio de Janeiro.

Collaborators include: producer Marius de Vries (Madonna, Björk, Annie Lennox); songwriters Carlinhos Brown, Daniel Jobim and Pedro Baby; and Japanese guitarist Masaharu Shimizu.

www.sixdegreesrecords.com

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Vikter Duplaix: Conga Room, Los Angeles

2004-05-07T14:12:15Z

Vikter Duplaix with his live band Critical Point
at Conga Room, Los Angeles
Wednesday, May 19

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bossa nova anyone?

2004-04-17T15:22:34Z

I've been having fun mixing bossa nova into my daytime and early evening chill sets recently. Some particular favorites include Nicola Conte, and Soulstance. I also like in mix in Ian Pooley, who does some wonderful Brazilian stuff as well.

[My chill sets also contain generous doses of acid jazz, trip-hop, and ambient dub.]

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NEW GREYBOY RELEASE

2004-04-09T04:55:40Z

NEW GREYBOY 'SOUL MOSAIC' CD/DLP

Clearly our most anticipated record release of the year, Ubiquity proudly presents Greyboy’s first album in three years. Entitled "Soul Mosaic,” this brand-new full-length was recorded 10 years after the release of "Freestylin'," the ground-breaking first Greyboy full-length album for Ubiquity (which to date has sold over 100,000 copies and is the cornerstone of our label).

The tracks crafted into a fourth Greyboy album include groundbreaking territory for the Southern California based producer/DJ. For the first time he has recorded full vocal songs adding a new soulful dimension to his music. The trademark laid-back West Coast Greyboy beats remain central to "Soul Mosaic" but are now enhanced by collaborations that took place over the past two years.

Vocalists like Bay Area underground favorite Bart Davenport formerly of The Kinetics and now a solo artist on Paris Caramel records sings on the two sold-out singles "To Know You is To love You" and "Genevieve", cover versions of a Stevie Wonder tune (originally recorded by Syreeta) and Cymande respectively. "Genevieve" was nominated as one of the songs of the year by Radio 1's Worldwide host Gilles Peterson. East Coast based Sharon Jones has made a storming come back with Daptone Records over recent years and also appears on two tracks. San Francisco up n'comer Bing Ji Ling adds a lil' Shuggie Otis folksy soul and guitar while MCs like Mainflo (TVT), and musicians and turntablists like D-Styles and Ricci Rucker (Sound In Color) maintain the hip hop pressure. Rounding out the mosaic are co- producers like the UK-based Quantic and West Coaster Mike Andrews, who recently had a hand in the Christmas #1 spot on the UK charts with a version of Tears For Fears "Mad World" from the Donnie Darko soundtrack.

"I couldn't have done this when I recorded Freestlyin', working with artists from all around the world is one of the beauties of modern technology," says Greyboy.

Working up the rough drafts for "Soul Mosaic" Greyboy recorded parts, solos, and lyrics with guests returning to the lab in his Long Beach home to deconstruct and sift through all the elements. And just like the aesthetic of Killingsworth, the well-known Case Study House architect who built the house which Greyboy is restoring, less is definitely more. In fact the process of restoring the home is not unlike his approach to making music. His mid-century modern building has been altered, remodeled and added onto over the years, Greyboy is currently putting it back the way it was supposed to be.

"I constantly found myself stripping back the amount of musical layers recorded in session and even the tools I use to make the music,” explains Greyboy. "I am a collector of sounds and objects, but I really only like a few things that are very good not a bunch of stuff that's just OK - it's definitely about quality, not about quantity..." he adds.

Greyboy warns people ahead of time that he will be radically changing tracks after studio sessions are over. However, his time with guest artists very much shapes a tracks final outcome. The cover versions on this album were ideas he became really enthusiastic about because of who he was working with and the mood they arrived at during studio sessions.

A decade ago "Freestylin'" became a surprise underground hit, it was a building block of the early acid jazz movement and still holds cult status today. Since then Greyboy has released the equally jazz-based instrumental "Land of the Lost" and the soundtrack and hip hop inspired "Mastered The Art," which featured musicians and MCs in a prelude to the "Soul Mosaic" album.
Greyboy has recorded with AG (Showbizz and AG), and the Greyboy Allstars (whom he helped put together and produce). His music has been featured in movies like Get Shorty, Celtic Pride, The Kelly Slater Surf Pro video game, Budweiser commercials, and he was handpicked to provide a mix CD for DC shoes in 2003.

Over the years Greyboy has DJ'd in Japan, Europe, and across the USA. His largest DJ gig was to 5000 people in the countryside outside of Rome, but throughout the summer of 2003 he played to over 20, 000 people a night on tour with Ben Harper and Jack Johnson. His DJ philosophies have never changed, he practices to stay technically on top of his game but never practices a set for a specific night preferring to put together tunes and based on the vibe at each gig.

Included on the CD version of the album are remixes by Paul Nice (Biz Markie) and Quantic, previously only available on limited edition vinyl. Watch for Greyboy DJ dates in USA, Europe and Japan Spring 2004.

* Included on the CD version of the album are remixes by Paul Nice (Biz Markie) and Quantic, previously only available on limited edition 12" vinyl.

UPCOMING GREYBOY TOUR DATES

GREYBOY:

4.17 New York City @ Knitting Factory w/Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock)
4.21 Los Angeles @ Transistor Lounge @ Nacional
4.25-28 + 5/1 New Orleans Jazzfest @ Mama Rosas
5.22 Los Angeles @ The Echo
5.29 Orange County @ Abstract Workshop @ Detroit Bar

GREYBOY ALLSTARS:

4/18: Copper Mountain, CO Sunsation 2004 Price: FREE!
5/1: New Orleans, LA Saenger Theatre
5/14: San Diego, CA 4th & B
5/21: Chicago, IL House of Blues
5/22: Chicago, IL House of Blues

read more about greyboy @ www.ubiquityrecords.com

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give me opinions!

2004-04-06T21:16:38Z

check this out, let me know what you think.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/googleplex

thanks!
scott

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New cuts breaking through the white noise!

2004-03-12T18:22:08Z

Hey all, Ive been a big appreciator of Acid Jazz for quite a while now. It seems like its and underserved market to me, but that hasnt stopped me from producing new cuts blending some of the concepts i hold dear. check out this song.
http://soundreal.info/music/mp3/waterfront.m3u
go to soundreal.net for more info..
currently looking for collaborators on this project.

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Anybody heard of Shpongle?

2004-03-12T06:14:32Z

http://www.goasounds.com

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ACID JAZZ IN L.A.

2004-03-02T05:26:15Z

anyone in l.a.? i've got an acid jazz band called SOULFLOWER, (sade-esque) you all need to check it.

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greyboy 'freestylin'

2004-02-29T20:09:53Z

can't for get my brotha' dj greyboy from your classic acid jazz list. there was a time in my life when i listened to his suff daily. especially 'freestylin' he was true to form on that one. land of the lost had its moments. and also greayboy allstars. thats how i became hip to robert walters (keys) and karl denson (sax) saw robert walters live at temple bar in santa monica. great boogaloo that lasted until early morning

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Incognito 'Who Needs Love'

2004-02-28T07:26:57Z

Just wondering if anyone is down with Incognito's latest album Who Needs Love? Great blend of funk, jazz, soul and dance grooves. Liked it so much I purchased it on vinyl. Reminds me of some of the acid jazz I started listening to over 12 years ago.

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Induldge in an Earful of this!!!

2004-02-23T23:01:22Z

We want and need your comments on what you think of this music.

http://www.electrosonicsmusic.com/downloads.shtml

This is just the tip of the iceburg of what we do and are about.

Thanks for taking a moment to check it all out!!!!

-ES

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McCoy Tyner at Yoshi's

2004-01-25T18:55:18Z

Anybody hitting McCoy Tyner's run at Yoshi's next month?? I'd love a companion!

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