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DJ
EXPO showed
up last Thursday and brought the HEAT!
much love to HUNDREDS of you who donated to NextAid
for
World AIDS Orphans Day,
AFRO FUNKE' matched
your donations
and together we made a large contribution toward the
construction of NextAid's orphanage
in South Africa!
This coming Thursday is the one we have been planning for
months; live Afrobeat-Cuban-Electro featuring
members of ANTIBALAS, THE DAP KINGS
and AMY WINEHOUSE,
plus two legendary NYC deejays!
Pre-Sale tickets HIGHLY
recommended, and come early for this one...

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Afro Funké
WEEKLY FUNK INVOCATION
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Afrobeat, Brazilian, Dub,
Reggae, Cumbia,
Samba Disco, Batucada, Afro-Latin House,
Indian Beats, Makossa & other deep-rooted
Funk music from around the world
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resident
deejay:
JEREMY SOLE'S MUSAICS
www.myspace.com/musaics
* hear J.Sole on 89.9 KCRW (or kcrw.com) Wednesdays 12-3am
www.myspace.com/branchesradio
hosted by:
ROCKY DAWUNI
www.rockydawuni.com
www.myspace.com/rockydawunimusic
AQUARIAN Digital Music
afro funke' photography, booking & production:
CARY
SULLIVAN
www.myspace.com/carysullivan
*Plus
Special Guest Deejays & Players of Instruments Each Week!!*
Afro Funke' Thursdays
Zanzibar
1301
5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.2221 / 21+ / $10
**PRESALE TICKETS AT:
http://templetickets.musictoday.com/TempleBar/calendar.aspx
www.zanzibarlive.com
www.myspace.com/afrofunke
www.rockydawuni.com/afrofunke.html
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THIS
WEEK!
MAY
8
AFRO FUNKE' LIVE PRESENTS
CHICO MANN
Chico
Mann is a project born out of the heart and mind of Marcos Garcia.
The music exists and thrives in a world where Jersey City is a short
train ride away from Havana and where Casios and vintage drum machines
collide with Afro-Cuban coros, freestyle keyboards, and Afrobeat
sensibilities.
With
the goal of assembling a solid crew to help him bring the Chico
Mann sound to life, Garcia turned to two of his earliest supporters.
Victor Axelrod was the first on board and promptly traded in his
usual organ, piano, and clavinet for an old Casio and a Roland Juno.
Axelrod is a well respected musician whose credits run as deep as
the music scenes that he has been instrumental in nurturing throughout
the last decade. He is better known as Ticklah, a reggae producer
and remixer who has three full-length albums out and co-produced
Dub Side of the Moon on Easy Star records. He is also the keyboardist
for Antibalas, one of the original members of Sharon Jones' backing
group The Dap-Kings, and one of Mark Ronson's go to session musicians
which has recently had him playing on tracks with Amy Winehouse,
Lilly Allen, Mary J. Blige, Nas, and Jay-Z among others.
Next
up was David Azzoni aka Telekinetic Kat aka Catman from Brooklyn
based online DJ shop Turntablelab.com. To
round out the live ensemble, New York legend Vinia Mojica came aboard
as a perfect fit and added the final voice to Garcia's rich harmonies.
Although Mojica is most known for her prolific and distinct contributions
to "golden era" hip hop classics from A Tribe Caled Quest,
De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Mos Def and Talib Kweli, she is also
known within New York to always be at the forefront of what's happening
creatively in music.
Now
with the crew complete, what had started as Marcos Garcia's personal
Casio Afrobeat experiment has blossomed into a genre-defying, life-affirming,
sweaty, politicized dance party that is evolving at an exponential
rate. If you haven't experienced Chico Mann yet,
you
will soon.
www.myspace.com/chicomann
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DJ SABO
DJ SABO is one of the most versatile
DJ's out there. From Hip Hop to Reggae, Miami Bass to House, Sabo
is known to be locked into each style as if it were the only thing
he's been spinning for the past 10 years. He's been a special guest
at Turntables on the Hudson parties alongside percussionist Nappy
G for the past 5 years, dj's in Spain and Europe on the regular,
works at Turntable Lab store, and has residencies at Sushi Samba
and Bembe in NYC. He Dj'ed the infamous PS-1 Warmup Party in 2003
and was just nominated to URB magazine's 2006 Annual 'Next 100'.
He's opened up for the bands Yerba Buena,Brazilian Girls, Antibalas,
and Si*Se, and has remixed tracks for Nickodemus, Kokolo Afrobeat
Orhcestra, and Balkan Beatbox. His recent production work with Zeb
is out now on WonderWheel Recordings, as well his own solo work
on his bootleg label Sol*Selectas.
www.myspace.com/djsabo
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DJ OBAH
DJ OBaH turned a family legacy
into a profession, becoming a rising industry music producer and
highly sought after NYC DJ. OBaH stands for OldskoolBeatsAndHarmonies
for a very good reason... the son of veteran NYC DJ/Record Dealer,
Baba Chico, DJ OBaH had the world's best funk, jazz & soul records
at his fingertips. Armed with his father's epic record collection,
OBaH quickly made his mark on the NYC club scene, becoming the resident
DJ at several nightclubs in his native Brooklyn. Quickly gaining
respect and a solid fan base, his first big break came courtesy
of world-renowned producer Rich Medina, who invited OBaH to spin
at his weekly party at APT in the meatpacking district of NYC. Since
then, OBaH has spun in well over 50 venues in NYC and Europe and
has DJ'd private parties for Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Donna Karan
and many other A-list celebrities. His talents have also been commissioned
by such companies as Louis Vuitton, Vogue magazine, DKNY Jeans,
Yahoo, Getty Images. Live performances by hip hop legends Krs-one,
Brand Nubian and an impressive list of international bands and DJ’s.
DJ OBaH continues to spin in NYC and produce artist remixes as well
as original compositions for television and film. He can also be
heard on the Giant Step jukebox radio, as host of his own show,
Recycled Funk. He is also employed as a DJ instuctor at Dubspot,
a dj/production school based in NYC.
www.myspace.com/djobah
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UPCOMING:
May 15
DJ INKA ONE
www.myspace.com/inka_one
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Ghana's Award Winning Hip Life Star
KWAW KESE
live
www.ghanabase.com/kwawkese/
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For
more information please contact:
Cary Sullivan
afrofunke@yahoo.com
Please
join the AFRO FUNKE' Email
List!!
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**Check out the exclusive Afro
Funke’ T-Shirts
@ the club every week. Plus hand made hats, jewelry, CDs & more
provided by
Big Al Hats, Sahara Specialty Merchadise**
www.bigalhats.com
www.saharaspecialtymerchandise.com
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with a little help from our
friends:
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"Only
those who truly love and who are truly strong can sustain their
lives as a dream. You dwell in your own enchantment. Life throws
stones at you, but your love and your dream change those stones
into the flowers of discovery. Even if you lose, or are defeated
by things, your triumph will always be exemplary. And if no one
knows it, then there are places that do. People like you enrich
the dreams of the worlds, and it is dreams that create history.
People like you are unknowing transformers of things, protected
by your own fairy-tale, by love.”
BEN OKRI
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