By Amy Linden – The Village Voice
What is it about hip-hop that, inevitably, almost any conversation revolves around dates—around how far back in the day you can claim to go? Is there a culture as proudly obsessed with its past that still publicly and adamantly refuses to get caught up in a pissing match about nostalgia? Even though those pissing matches are inevitable? [Read More]
Play It Loud!
Brooklyn’s Disco Bash!
Join us in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for another edition of our tribute to all things Disco, Boogie, 12″ vinyl, Extended Version, Downtown, Uptown, underground and New York!
With Your Gracious Hosts and Resident DJs –
Son of Sound (Speak / Tirk)
Doug Gomez (Drrtyhaze / Tirk / Redux)
Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area)
FREE with RSVP to info@playitloudnyc.com
$5 Cover without
For sites and sounds of prior Play It Loud! parties visit
http://www.playitloudnyc.com
Photo by Joe’s NYC
Recent News
From CD to MP3: The Degradation of Music Curating – Mog
Hot on Heels of Google, Facebook to Take First Step Into Music – NY Times
Vince Aletti’s Disco Diaries – The Village Voice
Don’t Let The Banks Collapse, Skaters Say – DownTown Express
Upcoming Radio Shows
Monday: Funky Slice @ 8PM
Tuesday: Zakka Show @ 5PM
Wednesday: A1 Afterhours @ 9PM
Thursday: Bless Up @ 6PM
Thursday: Mo Music Mo Life @ 8PM
Friday: Halcyon Presents Nu Pschidt @ 7PM
New in the Radio Archive
Halcyon 10.16.09: Shadi Megallaa (Kalimari Igloo/Tic Tac Toe–Abu Dhabi)
Halcyon 10.09.09: Lady DJ Ajdaa
Zakka 10.27.09: Bun (Voice of Voice)
FunkySlice 10.26.09: Takaya Nagase
MoMusicMoLife 10.22.09: Yaz Higashiya
A-1 AfterHours 10.21.09: Makkotron (Hiyoko Records[Tokyo])
Zakka 10.20.09: Ali Coleman (Voice of Voice)
Mixed By Shadi Megallaa (Kalimari / Igloo /Tic Tac Toe – Abu Dhabi)
01.Canson – Unknown (unreleased)
02.Smirk – Therapist
03.Soulclap – unknown (Miguel Colmenares rmx)
04.Franco Cinelli – Sense
05.Azuni – Nightshifter
06.Brett Johnson – Temptation Shek
07.BLM & Pawas – Down Down
08.Lief – Designed with that in mind
09.Crane AK – Polsterplanet
10.Peace Division – Gotta Have You (Rozzo Remix)
Mixed by: Lady DJ Ajdaa
01.Martin Eyerer & Benno Blome – Hayat (Benno & Ruggiero Rmx) – Sender
02.2000 & One – Heritage Rmxs pt. 2 – Planet Gong
03.Mr. De – Full Circle – Electrofunk
04.Jagged – Langenthal – Quintessentials
05.CV313 – Sailing Stars – Echospace
06.KettenKarussell – I Believe You & Me Make Love Forever – Geigling
07.Ark – Caliente – Perlon
08.Wighnomy Bros. – Bodyrock – Freude Am Tanzen
09.Robag Wruhme Als Themroc – Dash Shopper – Freude Am Tanzen
10.The Royal We – Party Guilt – Crosstown Rebels
MONDAY NIGHT VINYL CLUB #13:
New release listening party for: Brilliant Colors and Pants Yell! Featuring special guest DJ’s: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart!
Monday Night Vinyl Club , New York City’s finest “you bring, you spin it” collaborative DJ party, is very pleased to announce its next trip into the cipher will be in the company of the great Slumberland Records (one of our favorite record labels, and yours too!).
Aside from the usual MNVC mash-up of sight and sound and inspired audience participation, this special edition will celebrate the arrival of two debut SLR LP’s!!:
— Brilliant Colors (out 11/3)
— Pants Yell! (out 11/10)
Come hear those records and more, spin with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and maybe even win some sweet prizes:
— Slumberland vinyl, buttons, posters
— Tickets to the 11/14 SLR 20th anniversary show at The Bell House!!
Hosted by DJ Doppler (Brett, The Mugs) and DJ Okay (Naomi, Snoozer Loser).
We’re back at The Bell House for another go round of Sunday Best. This time our special guest is John Daly, an Irishman who’s making music unlike anyone else on the Emerald Isle–super deep, super spacey house that’ll be perfect for this autumn afternoon.
RSVP to rsvp@sundaybestnyc.com
Friday, 12/18
the return of…LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS!!! with MICHAEL LEONHART & THE AVRAMINA 7
Fri. 12/18
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS
MICHAEL LEONHART & THE AVRAMINA 7
DJ AKA LEPSE and DJ WAFFLE ROCK
18+ w/ ID
admission: $15
door time: 8PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW
Monday, 12/7
Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat/ Under The Rasta Influence / Karma / DJ Ari Why
Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat Under The Rasta Influence Karma DJ Ari Why
18+ w/ ID
admission: $10 advance / $15 day of show
door time: 8pm doors / 830 show
Mixed by Bun
01. Dub Police – Chocolate Orange
02. Detroit Grand Pubahs – Skydive From Venus
03. Toby Tobias – Dave’s Sex Bits
04. Beat Pharmacy – Drifter
05. Code 718 – Equinox (Henrik Schwars Remix)
06. Omar S – Blown Valvetrane
07. Two Almadillos – Nostalgia
08. Dennis Ferrer – Son Of Raw
09. Holy Ghost! – Hold On
10. Unknown – “Live” Goes On
11. Sebastien San – Rising Sun (C2 Edit)
12. Somi – African Lady
13. DJ Duke – Tribal Journey
14. Rick Wade – Angry Pimp
15. Brooklyn Friends – Philadelphia
16. C2C4 – Specimen 4
REDA BRIKI Annaba, DiSORIENT (NYC)
THE BASS DiSORIENT (NYC)
PETER MUNCH Bagpak (Denmark + NYC)
ULRICH HAGEN doojee (Belgium + NYC)
FRIAR TUCK DiSORIENT (NYC)
SERA SOLSTICE LIVE Performance choreographer/instructor/artist/shaman/warrior
LIVE Visuals by NASHA MASHA
Dr Motte – LOVEPARADE, Praxxiz
Berlin (Germany)
Alex Bau CLR, Sino, Credo
Munich (Germany)
HOLMAR FILIPSSON
(NANG, Moodmusic,Thugfucker (Iceland + NYC)
REDA BRIKI Annaba, DiSORIENT (NYC)
THE BASS DiSORIENT (NYC)
PETER MUNCH Bagpak (Denmark + NYC)
ULRICH HAGEN doojee (Belgium + NYC)
FRIAR TUCK DiSORIENT (NYC)
SERA SOLSTICE LIVE Performance choreographer/instructor/artist/shaman/warrior
LIVE Visuals by NASHA MASHA
Zombies, Fairies, Devils and Ghouls,
Come out for Mischief – and bring you Fools!
The scene is set, it’s Hallows Eve,
A night of music you won’t believe!
Have some fun, don’t Fear the Reaper
Dressed up at the door? its 5 bucks cheaper!
Limited $10/15 presale tickets (click on the link below or goto doojee.com)
Door tickets: $20 in halloween costume, $25 without. Ages: 21+
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?122664
Dr Motte (Berlin / Germany)
Creator of the world’s largest party, the LOVEPARADE
Dr. Motte is the creator of Love Parade, a very popular rave based event in Berlin, Germany every summer, supporting love for everyone and everything expressed by this dance culture.
He’s a guru in the techno world.
Alex Bau (Munich / Germany
There are not many DJ`s of this type. DJ`s who believed in Techno from the first minute, DJ`s who experienced Techno from the very beginning, DJ`s who made techno their own thing. DJ`s who found their own style, even more, who developped it over the years, Dj`s who`s name is the expression for a specific sound. Alex Bau is one ofthem. But at the same time, there are some slight differences with this guy. Why focussing on just one style of music? Why only minimal sounds? Why only Techno? Why? If you can have both…
Zero 7 @ Terminal5(610 W. 56th St., New York, NY, 10019)
Nov / 27/ 8:00pm
Mixed by Takaya Nagase
01.S.Gouyette – Asteroids and Star Dust
02.T.Solomon – Can I Do It
03.Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield – People Hold On
04.Glen Underground – Storm Raiders(Tribute to Larry Heard)
05Romanthony – The Wanderer (CD Remix #9)
06.Bing Ji Ling – Home
07.Sunny Ade – Ja Fun Mi (Instrumental)
08.Lawrence – Place To Be
09.Crazy P – Stop Space Return (Roberto Rodriguez Dub Mix)
10.Cheek – Venus(Sunshine People)(Pepe Bradock Remix)
On Thursday October 29th, join us for the ghoulishly special Halloween edition of ampd! in the haunted dungeon at Stay!!
We’re going to be raising the dead two days prior to All Hallow’s Eve with super creepy decor and ghastly international talent. Costumes are highly encouraged!
First on the line-up we have Supernatural artists Kabuto & Koji. K&K have been on a worldly tear lately, having recently burst on Cocoon records and having just opened up for DEPECHE MODE. Those of you who caught their last NYC performance got to hear what these guys are all about, and if you didn’t, you definitely want to check them out this time.
We also have the honor of hosting Bill Patrick, who just destroyed Love for BLK|Market. This will be Billy’s last set before he morphs into a bat and flies back to Transylvania. So come bid him farewell and perhaps sacrifice some of your fresh blood to provide him with some much needed energy for his upcoming trip. He will be performing a peak time set… it’s bound to be evil!
along with ampd! resident DJs.. Leks the Imposter and DJ MSG
Hosted by Elisa
Produced by PJay, the NYEX crew & ampd!
By Julie Shapiro – Downtown Express
The Brooklyn Banks is a place with no rules except gravity.
The legendary skateboard spot in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge feels like a world unto itself. The graffiti-scrawled brick slopes on the Manhattan side are dotted with broken glass and blowing garbage. Teenagers bound over obstacles, flying through the air after their board, twisting at impossible angles. It all seems very far from the rule of the city.
That’s about to change, as the city plans to close down the skate park as soon as December to use the space for construction staging. The Banks may not reopen until 2014, when the Brooklyn Bridge rehabilitation project is scheduled to finish. Until then, New York will be without one of the world’s top skating spots, and skateboarders will have to find a new place to go. [Read More]
Mixed by Yaz Higashiya @ SoleFood NYC
01. Ronny Jordan – Keep Your Heads Up
02. Mondo Grosso – Closer (The Roots Remix)
03. DJ Beat – Miss Risin’ Sun ft. Bootie Brown of Pharcyde
04. Jupiter Project ft. Cocoa – Yasashiku Utatte (Killin Me Softly)
05. SkyScraper – Hi Noon Dub (Pt. 2)
06. Brown Bag AllStars – Can’t Walk Away
07. Common – Retrospect For Life
08. DJ Krush – Candle Chant [A Tribute] ft. Boss The MC
09. Four Tet – Glue Of The World
10. Gorillaz – Tomorrow Comes Today
11. The Fugees – Fu-Gee-La
12. DJ Seen – Shin
13. DJ Krush – Day’s End
14. DJ Makino – Beat05
Michael Rogers will be playing a mix of house techno and acid as well as his own productions. Drink specials will be available. More info on Michael: http://onthequiet.net/
By Andy Beta –The Village Voice
On my way to interview former Village Voice art director (and current New Yorkerphotography critic) Vince Aletti, I happen to pass a poster proclaiming, “Disco Is Back! Now playing at Bloomingdale’s.” This is strangely appropriate, as I’m meeting Aletti for lunch to discuss the publication of his first book, The Disco Files 1973-78: New York’s Underground Week by Week, which, as its title attests, collects five years’ worth of articles he wrote about the burgeoning disco scene as it happened. [Read More]
Mixed by Makkotron (Weekend Records[Brooklyn]Hiyoko Records[Tokyo])
01.Mandolay – Roller Shake
02.Oxygen – Party Lets Party Part1
03.Jerry Carr – This Must Be Heaven
04.Level 42 – World Machine
05.Redhead Kingpin And The F.B.I – Kilomanjaro Style
06.Lucky Thompson – Tea Time
07.Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours
08.Beat Demons – Mr. Feelgood
09.Blue Mitchell – The Message
10.Charles Earland – Charles III
By Brad Stone – NY Times
Several reports Wednesday indicate that Google is set to roll-out a music service at an event at the iconic Capitol Records building in Hollywood next Wednesday. The service, we’ve confirmed from three people briefed on the details, will offer searchers a better way to find and sample music on Google – much in the same way people can get detailed financial information about a company from Google Finance. [Read More]
By Omar Kholeif – MOG
In 1999, on the eve of PopMatters’ inception, I was an angst-ridden teenager, who had a tendency for ditching classes only to sit in the toilet reading back issues of Rolling Stone. By the end of the decade, my love for grunge music had sent me searching through expanses that spanned Punk & New Wave to classic rock, gospel, and soul. [Read More]
Mixed by Ali Coleman (Voice of Voice)
01.Chinese Instrument Track
02.Luv City – Dream Come True
03.Martin Solveig & Strephy Haik
04.Luv City – Dance
05.Ta Reine Tamie lewis – Je Ne Veux Plus Etre
06.Dennis Ferrer – Church Lady
07.Fumibella(S.O.W) – Take A Chance
08.Unknown
09.Life is Special (Acapella)
10.Dennis Ferrer – Transitions
Photo by Shoji Shohei
Recent News
MIRF For Marc Jacobs (Graffiti Window Display) – Freshness Magazine
Still Hoping to Sell Music by the Month – NY Times
Upcoming Radio Shows
Monday: Funky Slice @ 8PM
Tuesday: Zakka Show @ 5PM
Wednesday: A1 Afterhours @ 9PM
Thursday: Mo Music Mo Life@8PM
Thursday: Bless Up @ 6PM
Friday: Halcyon Presents Nu Pschidt @ 7PM
New in the Radio Archive
Halcyon 10.02.09: Gesine Pertenbreiter
Funky Slice 10.12.09: Sean Brennan (Downtown)
Mo Music Mo Life 10.08.09: Yaz Higasiya
Zakka 10.13.09: Eugene Tambourine
A-1 AfterHours 10.14.09: Scian Smooth
Mo Music Mo Life 10.15.09: Yaz Higasiya
Zakka 10.06.09: DJ Monchan
Mixed by DJ Monchan
01.Toure Kunda – Amadou Tilo
02.Lamont Dozier – Going Back To My Roots (African Drum Outro)
03.Haki R Madhubuti – Rise Vision Comin’
04.Ursula Rucker – Release
05.Deetron – Papas A La Huancaina
06.Futuristica Music – Find A Way
07.Tony Lionni – Aurara
08.Aura – Song For Sophie
09.Maxwell – If I
10.TJ Kong – The Pearl
Mixed by Yaz Higashiya @ SoleFood NYC
01. John Robinson – There She Goes
02. Ohmega Watts – Your Love
03. Tribe Called Quest – Like It Like That (DJ Hasebe Remix)
04. Da Bush Babees – The Love Song ft. Mos Def
05. Jungle Brothers – Sexy Baby
06. Zeebra & Kenbo – Parteechecka
07. Jurassic 5 – Great Expectation
08. J-Live – The Upgrade
09. Jay Dee – Rico Suave Bossa Nova
10. Ego-Wrappin’ – Ashinaga No Salvador
Mixed by Scian Smooth
01.Brief Encounter – Human
02.F.C.C – Baby I Want You
03.The Memphis Horns – Keep On Smilin’
04.Greg Perry – Come On Down (Get Your Head Out Of The Clouds)
05.George Benson – My Woman’s Good To Me
06.The Intruder – Favorite Candidate
07.Kenya Collins & Mac Simmons – Looking For The Same Thing
08.The Emotions – Shouting Out Love
09.Rhetta Hughes – You’re Doing With Her When It Should Be Me
10.Jimmy Mack – Love Junkie
By Brad Stone – NY Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The idea of selling monthly subscriptions to a vast catalog of online music has met with only limited success. That isn’t stopping a new batch of entrepreneurs from trying to make it work.
The latest and perhaps most surprising entrants to the field are the European entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. In 2001, they created and financed Kazaa, one of the original peer-to-peer file-sharing services that hurt the music industry. The two have created and financed a secretive start-up called Rdio, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. [Read More]
Mixed by Eugene Tambourine
01.Loose Ends – Choose Me (Dub)
02.King Sunny Ade – Ire
03.Dorothy – Reflections
04.Dreamhouse – I Can Feel It (Fun Mix)
05.Will Downing – In My Dreams (Rapid Eye Mix)
06.Black Ginger – My Track Is Free
07.Jovonn – Be Free (Instrumental)
08.Donna Summer – Dinner With Gershwin (12″ Mix)
09.Stardust – Love Will Find A Way
10.Brothers & Systems – Dub Mania & Philth (Version 2)
Mixed by Yaz Higashiya @ SoleFood NYC
01. Amanda Diva – Heart Strings
02. Bssa Nostra – The Message From A Soul Sister
03. Elo Da Corrente – Sementes De Luz
04. Madlib – Montara
05. Crown City Rockers – Something pt. 3
06. Long Beach Dub Allstars – Sunny Hours (Reprise)
07. Common – Funky For You
08. RJD2 – Clean Living
09. Soulstance – Zeith
10. Lyrics Born – I Changed My Mind (Stereo MC’s Rattlesake mix)
Mixed by Sean Bee (Downtown)
01.Lindstorm – Disturbing The Perfect Symmetry
02.DJ Kaos – Love The Nite Away (Tiedyemix)
03.Risco Connection – Park Version
04.Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle – When The Rain Falls
05.Scotty Coats & Wes The Mes – Double Fisted
06.Jakob Korn – Lubiche
07.Jazztronic – Real Clothes (Unreleased Instrumental Mix)
08.Prozac
09.Escort – Starlight (Darshan Jesrani Parks Dept Dub)
10.Ghost Town – Contact
Mixed by Gesine Pertenbreiter:
The Freedom Party
w/ DJ Cosi, DJ Herbert Holler, DJ Marc Smooth
11pm doors & show
Ladies: Free till midnight, $10 after
Fellas: $10 till midnight, $15 after
Strictly 21+
This is a General Admission, Standing event.
The Freedom Party NYC, NYC’s #1 Dance Party Every Friday 6 Years and Counting!!! Featuring Resident DJs every week – DJ Cosi, DJ Herbert Holler, DJ Marc Smooth.
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Doors open: 7:00pm EST
Show starts: 8:00pm EST
Hammerstein Ballroom
311 W. 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
Walk past Marc Jacobs‘ flagship in SoHo or his numerous specialty stores along Bleecker Street and you would think someone has a grudge against the influential fashion designer. On each of the storefront window is a mysterious tag in drippy paint. Of course the tagging is all intentional as it marks an upcoming collaboration project between Marc Jacobs and graffiti crew 1134NYC members MINT&SERF (aka MIRF). More detailed information to come soon… [Read More]
Photo by Jarvis Jun Earnshaw
Recent News
Public Enemy Asks Fans to Fund Next Record – Vibe Magazine
Mr. Magic, Disc Jockey for Early Hip-Hop, Dies at 53 – NY Times
Upcoming Radio Shows
Monday: Funky Slice @ 8PM
Tuesday: Zakka Show @ 5PM
Wednesday: A1 Afterhours @ 9PM
Thursday: Mo Music Mo Life@8PM
Thursday: Bless Up @ 6PM
Friday: Halcyon Presents Nu Pschidt @ 7PM
New in the Radio Archive
Zakka 10.06.09: Mr.Deba (Lex Records)
Funky Slice 10.05.09: Earl Broclo Esq
Mo Music Mo Life 10.01.09: Yaz Higasiya
A-1 AfterHours 09.30.09: Mike
