Friday 6.27: and the soul sessions fam just keeps rollin…

Thursday 6.26 Afro Funke

*consistently one of the funkiest & best nights we have in LA…get loose with our good friends j.sole & glenn red*

TONIGHT we welcome the amazing 10 piece Ghanaian drum and dance group – Kusun Ensemble as well as host the after party for Ghanaian Afro Roots sensation Rocky Dawuni and Israel Reggae star Mosh Ben Ari’s show at the Wilshire Theatre!!——————:~0~:———————
THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2008
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AFRO FUNKE’
WEEKLY FUNK INVOCATION
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Afrobeat, Brazilian, Dub, Reggae, Cumbia, Samba Disco,
African Salsa, Afro-Latin House, Indian Beats, Makossa,
Balkan, Funk, Blues, Highlife, Broken-Afro-Beat, Salsa,
& Other deep-rooted soul music from around the world
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AFRO FUNKE’ LIVE PRESENTS
live performance by:
KUSUN ENSEMBLE
Kusun Ensemble is an extraordinary ensemble of musicians and dancers based in Ghana, West Africa. Founded by Nii Tettey Tetteh, the group includes past members of The National Ballet and The Pan African Orchestra. Although rooted in traditional music,t he group has developed a new brand of music and dance they have dubbed “Nokoko.” They have created innovative rhythms and dances by fusing bass and lead guitar, electrifying jazz and African rhythms, and traditional Ghanaian instruments. In their quest to develop a new style of Ghanaian music, they have been dazzling audiences in Ghana and around the world.
www. kusunensemble. com
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AFTER PARTY FOR:
ROCKY DAWUNI & MOSH BEN ARI ..
www. rockydawuni. com
@
WILSHIRE THEATRE

 

BUY TICKETS NOW!
Hotline: 310.202.

3100
www. ticketmaster. com

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CHECK OUT:
www. wtbh. org/
www. moshbenari. co. il..

resident deejay:
DJ JEREMY SOLE’S MUSAICS
www. myspace. com/musaics
*hear Sole on KCRW (or kcrw. com) Wednesdays nights 12-3am
www. myspace. com/branchesradio

host:
ROCKY DAWUNI
www. rockydawuni. com
www. myspace. com/rockydawunimusic

afro funke’ photography, booking & production:
CARY SULLIVAN
www. myspace. com/carysullivan
afrofunke@yahoo.com

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AFRO FUNKE’: Thursdays @ Zanzibar
1301 5th St Santa Monica, CA 90401
9pm | 21+ | 310-451-2221 | $10
www. zanzibarlive. com
www. afrofunke. com

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*Exclusive Afro Funke’ T-Shirts @ the club each week..
Plus hand made hats, bags, belts & more provided by
Big Al Hats & www. livity. org

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“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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Malcolm X
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Saturday nite/Sunday morning AFTER HOURS

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The Quality Collective Fam always keeps the vibe real thick…oh and by the way, this joint is really in a body shop…When is the last time you parited in an auto body garage?!?  Holla!

Or just stay at REPLAY

Saturday 6.21 Crown City Rockers + more…

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Check the ill sounds & good vibes from the Crown City Fam…live hip hop does not get much better than this…

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST

 

Replay

 

 

|| CROWN CITY ROCKERS ||
 

 

 

 

 

 What happens when you combine trained musicians from the world-renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston, with an articulate emcee and breathtaking beat-wizard both born and raised in sunny, southern California?

Crown City Rockers, that’s what – a genre-blending hip-hop collective whose music is original, powerful and provocative all in the same breath and follows in the storied footsteps of such pioneers as The Roots, De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest.

With an organic blend of lush, funk-drenched grooves, riveting classic soul samples, sharp live instrumentation and of course old-school inflected rhymes, Crown City Rockers is a welcome breath of fresh air in today’s commercially cluttered hip-hop cosmos.

Comprised of stellar emcee Raashan Ahmad, producer Woodstock, keyboardist Kat Ouano, bassist/producer Headnodic, and drummer Max MacVeety, Crown City Rockers formed in Beantown’s Roxbury section during the late nineties.

The Crown City Rockers’ epic full-length LP, Earthtones  is an astonishing achievement, seamlessly fusing all of the group’s sonic facets together. Indeed, the album overflows with Raashan’s battle raps, poetic musings and emotionally fraught tracks about life and love. The lyrics are, in turn, melded with Kat’s keyboards, Max’s drums and Headnodic and Woodstock’s beats – which run the creative gamut frum funk and soul, to jazz, to straight classic hip-hop.

www.myspace.com/crowncity

Extra! Extra!

Raashan Ahmad’s 1st single off his 1st solo album on iTunes now! Weight/The Push Raashan Ahmad’s full length album “The Push” In Stores NOW!!!

Kat’s debut album, Natural Phenomenons is now available for physical purchase and download!!!
click here | iTunes | Rhapsody | eMusic | Last.fm

Check out Headnodic’s newest Project
“The Mighty Underdogs”
w/Gift of Gab and Lateef the Truthspeaker!
The Prelude EP available now!
Go to www.giftstribution.com to order

|| DJ AL JACKSON ||

 

This son of a jazz musician is dedicated to bridge the gap between hip hop and jazz. His musical influences range from Allen Jackson(dad) and John Coltrane to Pete Rock. Al’s DJ career was launched in 1989 fueled by his passion for collecting records and the desire to start an underground dance club. Simply stated, he began deejaying because he got tired of waiting in long lines and spending lots of money for clubs that were not worth the price of admission. In the year 2000, he was nominated for a LA Weekly Music Award as the “Best Selector DJ” and he was nominated for a NAACP Theater award in the “Best Musical Score”category for the play “2G’S.” He won the 2002 NAACP Theater Award for “Best Musical Score” in the play “Weights.” Currently, he has his own music production company called “Sincerebeats.” Through his company Sincerebeats, Al has released 2 DJ-mix CDs entitled L’automne and 2nd Quarter with more releases to follow.
www.myspace.com/djaljackson

 
|| MR CHOC ||

Choc, originally from Bakersfield, worked for a radio station there from 1993 to ‘95 and had a mix show called the Saturday Night Café with DJ C-Minus. Together they were known as “The Ruffnex.” They brought their own flava to Power 106 and took over the overnight show eventually finding their own places within the station.
He became a part of the Beat Junkies in ‘96. Choc says, “…ever since then, it’s been important to take my skill to the next level, cause everybody in the Beat Junkies had won awards, including two world titles from the ITF (International Turntable Federation). That forced me to step up and take it to a level that hasn’t been seen yet”. And Mr. Choc’s style is unique. It’s a style that he didn’t bite from anyone. Without a doubt, he is one of the top 4 radio mixers in the game.
Choc would eventually like to get into programming Power 106 and put our more mix tapes. Recently signed to Rawkus Records, Choc is getting ready to put out an album, “Sound Bombing Three”. Choc will continue to his journey into manipulating music on the turntables as long as he is still having fun. He’s already passed along his mixing to the next generation. “Even though I’ve tried to talk him out of it, my 10 year old son is mixing now.

|| SLOEPOKE ||

 

There are three things you need to know about DJ Sloe Poke: 1. He doesn’t mess around with any of the artsy stuff. 2. You won’t hear him tactlessly scratching and 3. He goes to a club to rock it.
What makes Sloe Poke one of L.A. ’s best DJ’s is that he can spin several styles of music with ease. Sloe Poke attributes his skills to the years of spinning for people with diverse tastes, ages and cultures. Most DJ’s can spin two or three different genres of music but get lost when it comes to Latin music. This is where Sloe Poke excels. He’s the kind of DJ that can entice the older generation to go out on the dance floor and put a younger crowd to shame. He can mix a Salsa classic like Joe Arroyo’s “Rebelion” with Celso Pina’s Sonidero hit, “Cumbia Sobre El Rio,” then follow those songs with Thalia’s poppy, “Piel Morena” and Frankie Cutlass’ club fave, “ Puerto Rico,” making it all flow together somehow.

 

www.myspace.com/djsloepoke

 

 

More Friday….6.20 Pause w/House Shoes & Rhettmatic

Friday 6.20.2008 vol. 4 issue 71

PAUSE

The DETROIT & LOS ANGELES 

post Celtic Beat Down Edition!

Pause in the upstairs VIP lounge, grab some cool drinks at the bar,

or Pause in the Love Seat area by the Dj Booth

or Hang in the Hookah Lounge in the back Patio

or just cut some rugs on the dance floor as we streamline:

Afro-Shockers, Latin Boogaloo, Brazilian, Hip-Hop, Rock Steady,

Nu-jazz, Soulful House, new wave and the unexpected.

This week: 

SINCE BOTH CITIES LOST TO THE BOSTON CELTICS 

WE FIGURED WE’D GET BACK AT EM MUSIC WISE 

(CAUSE DETROIT & LA DEFINITELY GOT THEM ON THAT ISH!)

“THE PAUSE POST BOSTON BEAT DOWN”

(wear your detroit pistons and lakers gear)

from the World Famous Beat Junkies

DJ RHETTMATIC

http://www.myspace.com/rhettmatic 

http://www.beatjunkies.com 

& All the Way From Detroit

Dj HOUSE SHOES (HUMBLE ARROGANCE | DETROIT)

http://www.myspace.com/djhouseshoes 

WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

J-LOGIC aka J-WONDER

(SOUNDLESSONS | BANG BOTS | 

SUNDAY SCHOOL | DUBLAB | PAUSE)

HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JLOGICMUSIC

HTTP://WWW.SOUNDLESSONS.COM

+ Special guests always stopping by!

9 pm- ? am | 21+ | 3705 Sunset blvd.

(cross street: Griffith Park Blvd.) Los Angeles, CA 90026

323.663.8268 Get a map 

(to book vip room for special events & bdays)

Valet Parking Available! (ONLY $5)

Friday 6.20 Champion Sound Tour @ Firecracker

After Grand Performances, take a hop skip and a jump up to Chinatown for:

Firecracker Friday:

SHORTKUT SAKE ONE FRAN BOOGIE

Friday 6.20 Grand Performances

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Nothing says summer like being outdoors on a beautiful LA evening with wine and lounging to some good music..Sound good?  So get your tail downtown Friday evening for the Grand Performances Summer Series! You can totally bring your own food and alcohol….Best of all, it’s FREE!!! Aw, yeah!  

FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH

 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

 

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 June 20 2008, 8:00 PM

The youngest son of Nigerian world music icon Fela Kuti makes his Los Angeles debut. Since his father’s death when he was 15, lead vocalist/saxophonist Seun Kuti has led the legendary Egypt 80, the band his father had forged into one of Africa’s most exciting ensembles. Seun continues to propel the sounds and rhythms of Afrobeat – a pungent blend of funk and jazz with a Nigerian sensibility, reminiscent of James Brown but grittier – with socially conscious lyrics. Egypt 80 is as explosive as it was under Fela, combining horns, keyboards, percussion, guitars and vocals in a an overpowering blend that is always insistent.

Grand Performances (GP) is Southern California’s largest presenter of free performing arts programs and a landmark nonprofit arts institution established with a primary focus on bringing together the diverse peoples of Los Angeles, in unique settings, for concerts celebrating the cultural contributions of our community’s peoples.

Grand Performances summer series takes place on two stages at California Plaza the Watercourt stage and the Marina Pavilion.

This unique outdoor venue is the only one of its kind in Southern California. First-time evening attendees are often mesmerized by this extraordinary location – cradled between two high-rise towers, with water features (including the Watercourt) and the night time sky as a beautiful, natural canopy.

 

 

 

Wed 6.18.08 – Pushin’ On

If you’re looking for a little hump day get down, here’s your best bet…

California Soul 2008 Friday 6.13.08

For those who complain about there never really being anything to do worthwhile in LA or everything is so ‘hollywood’ or we’re not like NYC or Chicago or you keep hearing the same commercial crap everywhere and can never find good music or whenever you’re out the crowds are lame, the people are rude & unfriendly, if you don’t come out to the 2008 edition of California Soul there’s really no hope for you…

This is EASILY one of the best events we have all year. 

Summertime in LA doesn’t get much better than this…

 

CALIFORNIASOUL 2008

DON’T MISS THE PARTY OF THE YEAR!

THIS IS AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR GET-DOWN, WITH AN ELABORATE OUTDOOR STAGE AND DANCEFLOOR, ALONG WITH MIND-BLOWING VISUAL GARDEN BY MCSTUDIOART.LA & MICHAEL ALLEN!
3 Area
Indoor/Outdoor Fenced Event

Peep the lineup…

Red Astaire
(Sweden/Gamm/Raw Fusion/Ubiquity/Tru Thoughts)

Mad Mats
(Sweden/Gamm/Raw Fusion)

Pure P
(Sweden/Gamm/Raw Fusion)

DJ Numark
(Jurassic 5/Blendcrafters/Interscope/Upabove)

Live Performance by

J*Davey
(Warner Bros)

Dam Funk
(Stones Throw/Funkmosphere)

Slang
(Live Funk Improvisation)

 
Peep Last Year’s California Soul featuring QUANTIC…

Inka One & Paul Dateh
(Turntablism & Hip Hop Violin)

Guests DJ’s Concise & Ben Diggin

Resident Soundsystem
Plann.b | the reMITCH | B-Nasty
Ninja Simone | Baby Bubba

Live Art by 16 Artists including:

Kofie/Draftsmen
Codak
Eyeone
Thomas Han
Stuter
Adam & Midzt
Alfie Numeric
Spectr
+ more!

17 Vendors including:

Miss Wax

Super+Fucker

Imix Bookstore

Frolab

Las Miradas Del Tiempo

De La Luna Designs

+ More!

Giveaways & Free Raffle!

**Just Added!!**

*Giveaways*
Hats & Other goods by
Goorin

…

Food Vendors:

Hip Hop Chocolates

Hey Cupcake! Bakery

Kotosh Sushi

Cook E Monsta Cookies
Tamales
Hot Dogs

…

$2 HEINEKEN & $2 VODKA CRANBERRY TIL 11PM!!

MIND BLOWIN’ VISUALS BY MCSTUDIOART.LA & MICHAEL ALLEN!

21 +
$15 Cover ALL NIGHT
9pm – 2am

GRAND STAR 943 N. Broadway, LA 90012

Early Arrival Suggested! Capacity Expected!
Street & Lot Parking

**Don’t forget to bring your CASH MONEY for the vendors & food!!**

This is THE event of the Summer…Don’t Miss Out!

**Guestlist for Talent & Staff Only**
No Birthday specials for this event
Guestlist closes at 12am sharp

Soul Sessions Uniting the Elements…
Music | Art | Fashion

For detailed info go to the Calendar section
www.soulsessionslive.com

Promotions by
www.universal-rhythm.com

Visuals & Lighting by
www.mcstudioart.la
www.myspace.com/soulsessions
www.soulsessionslive.com

 

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