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LOVEBIRDS :: LIVE IN SF

Lovebirds live at DEEP SF (July 20, 2012) by Lotussf on Mixcloud

Friday, July 20th marked the return of the DEEP Innovators Series and the California debut of Lovebirds along with Fred Everything, and Marques Wyatt! What a beautiful crowd and vibe at Mighty! Lovebirds' set was simply amazing and we are so happy to be able to share this with you.

CONFESSIONS OF A DIRTY SKATER :: MIKE GIANT

San Francisco, CA -- FFDG is pleased to present San Francisco based artist Mike Giant in his first solo show with the gallery entitled "Confessions of an Old Dirty Skateboarder" featuring a wide assemblage of recent drawings and also a rare opportunity to view Giant's personal collection of skateboards he illustrated the graphics for, including boards from his early career. There will be an opening reception for the show on Friday, July 20th (7-10pm). The artist will be present. Beer and wine will be available.

San Francisco based Mike Giant has achieved fame as a graffiti artist, illustrator and tattooist. Black ink is Giant's specialty and whether his medium is concrete, paper or skin, his signature style - inspired by Mexican folk art and Japanese illustration - is unmistakable. Mike Giant has worked in media covering, graffiti, design, fine art, photography and tattooing, making him one of the most celebrated and versatile artists of his generation. He has shown in galleries around the world.






mIKE gIANT
"I'm a product of my generation. I grew up through the 80s and was drawn to the punk rock and hip-hop cultures simultaneously", Giant said in a recent interview. "I threw myself in headfirst. A lot of those things were about personal expression, and also an anti-establishment attitude like, "We don't need you, we have our own thing." That's the backbone of who I am to this day".

BAYONICS :: WHEELS KEEP TURNING

Bayonic's exclusive release of "Wheels keep Turning" from their album "Mission Statement". Representing San Francisco's eclectic live music sound rooted in no other place but the mission district.

GOOD BYE LOWER HAIGHTERS

Lower Haters, the shop and gallery which has occupied 597 Haight Street since 2006, will be shuttering next month.


via lower haighters
Co-owner Janice Myint tells Haighteration that the store intends to close when its current lease expires at the end of April.

Myint writes:


“[I]t’s been an amazing 5 years and we want to thank everyone for all their support.. we’re honored to have had the opportunity to meet so many talented and amazing people and the chance to share their works with everyone. It’s been an awesome ride.”

Lower Haters will be having a closing party during the next Lower Haight Art Walk on April 6th. That night will also double as their final art opening, a show of works by artist Ari Berger with performances by Carlos Santana’s trumpeter Bill Ortiz and guests. And in these final weeks, they’re also having a closeout sale — everything at the shop is currently 40% off.

As for the Lower Haters crew, Myint assures us that no matter what the future may hold, their ties to the neighborhood will remain strong.

“We’ll still be around,” she writes. “We’ll always be Lower Haighters.”

BOULVARD NIGHTS :: VR BIRTHDAY EDITION

Woke up this morning to a firme design from Homeboy "The G-Man"! He definitely captured the vibe on this flier.

Also I'll be celebrating my Birthday March 15, at El Amigo. I hope some of you can make it to the event. Free give aways including these limited edition buttons.

LOWER HAIGHT BLOCK PARTY THIS SUNDAY

I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD...

This weekend, Wing Wings and Rooky Ricardo’s are teaming up to bring something new to the neighborhood — a Sunday afternoon block party.

Expect the sidewalks of the 400 block of Haight to be lined with music, food, and art. We hear there may even be some live painting and barbecuing — details are still being worked out.

Plus, part of the festivities will be a neighborhood-wide sidewalk sale, à la the fire fundraiser held in October. Got something you’d like to peddle? Bring it on down. You can sell whatever you want, and keep what you earn. Just email Lisa from Wing Wings if you want to participate — lisa [at] wingwingssf {{dot}} com.

They’re hoping to make the block party an every-second-Sunday-of-the-month thing. So come on down, check it out, and let them know if you have any ideas for the future.

That’s this Sunday, from 12pm to 4pm, on the 400 block of Haight. See you there?

SWEATER FUNK :: ELBO ROOM :: SATURDAY NIGHT :: MARCH 31ST

Sweater Funk is throwing a Saturday night dance party at THE ELBO ROOM!

We'll be bringin' dance-floor rocking boogie all night long just like we do every Sunday at LiPo Lounge. This is one for the folks who can never make it out on Sunday nights because of work Monday morning. We know you're out there and we're bringing the party to you!

Sweater Funk Boogie, Steppers and Modern Soul all on original vinyl, including the tracks that you won't hear anywhere else....McIver, Karl Frierson, Nightwind, Dogg Master, Quietfire & Cool Million.

Hosted by KPOO's K-MAXX, who's test press of the boogie jam "Super Drunk" has been getting heavy play in the basement.

Visuals by Freddy Anzures, our crispy clean designer with a video mix of past Sweater Funk gigs and the artists we've worked with....B.Bravo, Daz-I-Kue, Dam-Funk, Onra, Opolopo & Amalia, Myron & E., Spinna...to name a few.

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Sweater Funk
Saturday March 31st, 2012
@ The Elbo Room
647 Valencia @ Sycamore
21+

$5 presale/$8 at the door

Buy tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/227601

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Get 'em early, we anticipate a capacity crowd and stay tuned, we got a few more surprises to come!

BOULEVARD NIGHTS :: THIS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16TH 2012

Every3rd Thursday Vinylrichie & The Ambassador will take you back, sharing our love and record collections dedicated to this movement.

Boulevard Nights - "The Soundtrack Of The Streets"

Lets take a trip back in time and space to California in the late seventies . . . When cruising hit an all time high with Mexican American youths they would customize, chrome out Low-riders and cruise through the main drag in cities like San Jose - Story & King to Whittier Blvd in Los Angeles. This was a time when Pride meant something! When ironing your outfit was as important as your car and music collection. This was the time when the Boulevard was the place to be every Saturday and Sunday night. A time when the pay phone on the Boulevard was your social network! When word of mouth was your invitation to the dance at the local hall. Your local DJ played the finest in soul music. He'd take your requests and dedications, songs with messages in their titles or their lyrics. You might here some smooth soul like The Chi-Lites, the Whisperes, Main Ingredient or The Stairsteps or latin jazz by Gato Barbieri or Cal Tjader or the diverse sounds from the Chicano scene like The Midniters, Santana, Tierra, Malo or El Chicano. The gates were wide open when cruising in your ride. The music was the soundtrack to your days . . . and nights.

To be clear, we love "oldies", but this night is dedicated to wider definition of "Low-rider Oldies". We would like to show you some of the diverse sounds that might have been overlooked. This night is dedicated to LPs and 45s all on original wax. Please come and share your memories of the Boulevard with like-minded people who enjoy and love this scene.

All Car Clubs and Cruisers welcome.


THIS MONTH GUEST:

The return of
THE COOKIE CREW..
(These little Jalapenos' drop heat)

Sounds Provided by:

Vinyrichie (hear the sounds / sweater funk)
The Ambassador (gostosa / wax poetics)


Music: Latin Jazz, Chicano Funk, Boulevard Classics, Oldies, Mellow Funk
Vinly LPs & 45s

9pm till late

FREE

El Amigo Bar
3355 Mission st
San Francisco Ca


This event is also inspired by the film.

Muni: 14 & 49 bus lines stop right across the street. 24 bus line stops on 30th and Mission, approximately 1 block south.

THANK YOU OPOLOPO & AMALIA

Thank you so much to everyone who came out and celebrated New Years Eve with "The Sweater Funk" Family.





Special thank you to our guest's Amalia & Opolopo who came all the way from Sweden to play our event. The duo rocked Som. Bar with their live Funk PA, hopefully returning to the states in the near future.





I must say, all you Funkster came out in full force as we celebrated the "New Year" like one big happy family. The douche bags and amateurs stayed away from this House Party as we went till 3am.





Pictures include, K.P.O.O interview, B.Bravo/ Teeko, Amalia & Opolopo photo shoot, Sweater Funk Sunday and of course New Years Eve night.


Click HERE to preview the Photo Album





I had a blast hanging out with duo, showing them San Francisco's finest. Amalia & Peter are some of the nicest people I've met this year. Very humble and full of positive energy. I can already tell you that we'll be long time friends.

NEW OPOLOPO & AMALIA TRACK :: SWEATER FUNK PROPS

The crew is very fortunate to have friends who make custom songs for our events. Opolopo and Amalia created this FUNKY tune to give you a taste of what's to come.


OPOLOPO & AMALIA - Sweater Funk 2012 NYE Jam (Free Download) by opolopo MUTANTS OUT NOW!





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Saturday December 31, 2011

NEW YEARS EVE WITH SWEATER FUNK

& LIVE performance from
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OPOLOPO & AMALIA [Sweden]
keys. vocoder. efx. apc. vox.

@ SOM
2925 16th St.
www.som-bar.com

$20 Presale / $30 Door
9 PM til 3 AM
21+

Buy tickets here! http://opoloponye.eventbrite.com/

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Sweater Funk is incredibly honored to host one of our favorite artists representing some of the the best sounds of boogie and modern funk, OPOLOPO & AMALIA. This duo has been supplying heavy duty dancefloor filling modern funk to the underground dance community for a few years now. Sweater Funk has been rocking and supporting them at all of our events, to the point that almost all of our fans know the words to Opolopo's KILLER remix of Karl Frierson's "Tall Green Grass". We're excited to share them with the San Francisco funk scene at what will be their stateside debut this New Years Eve with the Sweater Funk crew at Som Bar!

OPOLOPO & AMALIA were put here to unite continents and connect the musical dots! Welcome to their universe where synthesizers and vocoders coexist with a voice that transcends time. Their music lifts you up on to a futurist realm where interplanetary FUNK & BOOGIE collide!

OPOLOPO is Yoruban for "plenty", a word that best exemplifies the diversity of this production wizard’s musical voyage! Whether it's funk, soul, disco, broken beat, or jazz, his compositions and productions are always uncompromising! Starting out with overdubbing on cassette decks with a Casio VL Tone toy keyboard in his early teens, to constructing soundscapes on synths, beat boxes and computers, OPOLOPO is one of Scandinavia’s most extraordinary producers. His dedication and commitment to music is ridiculous!!! Everyday, on the hour, you will find him tweaking a nob, laying down a bass line, EQing a snare, or simply studying more nerdy production techniques. Born in Zirc, Hungary he spent the early part of his creative development touring with a keyboardist father and obsessing over fusion and electronic records. Artists like Herbie Hancock, Roger Troutman, Chuckii Booker, Earth Wind & Fire, Quincy Jones, Isao Tomita, and Kraftwerk helped feed his ingenuity.

Equipped with keyboards, vocoder, and modern technology OPOLOPO tours as a 1 man band/dj, and with primary collaborator AMALIA. Amalia has a massive appetite for all things that make people dance and fly! Her versatile voice varying from a lamb to a lion ignited her spark for music as she sang up against windows, in garbage cans, down stair wells, and on the loo! Bouncing with it, playing with the reverberation in a room, AMALIA began creating her own melodies and interpretive dance moves as a child. Her source of inspiration being strong "Women of Soul"and a multitude of books filled with activism and art! Many moons and bands later, her deep desire to explore the planet forced her to move to Europe. Her musical connection with OPOLOPO was far too great to be ignored. The pair had been doing the internet shuffle for 2 years and developing a devoted underground following with their collaborations. Leaving Vancouver equipped with a mic, a Canadian Juno nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist, and a Best Electronic Artist Award for her involvement in nujazz band Sekoya, she was soon touring Tokyo, Berlin, London, Warsaw and formulating with other music visionaries Atjazz, Domu, AD Bourke, Son Of Kick, Grems, Probe Dms, Altered Natives, & Afronaut of Bugz in the Attic.

With the release of AMALIA's highly anticipated debut album, "Art Slave" entirely produced by OPOLOPO and his very own "Voltage Controlled Feelings" out this year on Tokyo Dawn Records, 2011 has only strengthened OPOLOPO & AMALIA's cosmic union!

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San Francisco's Sweater Funk DJ crew have been the city's most dedicated purveyors of the funky subgenre known as BOOGIE for over 3 years. Their vision to bring boogie, strictly on vinyl originals, to the masses has earned them a diehard following who pack the basement of China Town's Li Po Lounge every Sunday. They've won SF Weekly's Best new club 2009, hosted Djs such as Dam-Funk, Steve Arrington (Slave), Daz-I-Kue, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kon & Amir, Onra, Monk One, Cool Chris, E Da Boss, Mayer Hawthorne, and have become a sister club to Dam-Funk's own Funkmosphere night in Los Angeles.

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OPOLOPO's *VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FEELINGS*
http://www.tokyodawn.net/opolopo-voltage_controlled_feelings/

AMALIA DEBUT LP *ART SLAVE*
http://www.tokyodawn.net/amalia-art_slave/

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"Opolopo and Amalia together is like FIRE!!!!! I have to wear my oven mits to play their tunes!" - Daz-I-Kue

"Somewhere between Dam-Funk, Tangerine Dream and french monster Jean Michel Jarre. A killer in its genre!" - DJ Lefto

"One word---DAMN!" - King Britt

"Always challenging, constantly surprising and definitely one of the leaders of the euro new school. louder!!! “ - Mark de Clive-Lowe

“First Lady Of Modern Funk. Badass!” - Kristi Lomax (KPFK LA)

"Every time I hear music from Opolopo, my spirit lifts a little more. Technically and musically gifted, his risk taking grows with his confidence on every release. An undoubtedly necessary warrior in the new underground resistance to the norm." - Domu

DJ SPINNA LIVE SET :: PICTURES :: SWEATER FUNK SUNDAYS

We are very luck and honored that DJ Spinna took time out of his busy schedule to play our Funky party on Sunday, Sweater Funk!

It was a special treat to hear Spinna throw down the Funk music we all love. Below is a link to his Mix, recorded live. Did I mention this was a strictly 45 set

More PICTURES..






DJ SPINNA (Live at SWEATER FUNK 12/12/11) by SWEATER FUNK

DICK OF ROOKY RICARDO'S RECORD SHOP

via: The Bold Italic

It was 1987 and my mom was throwing an oldies-themed party for him. I was 12, and because I’d developed a sense of which of my parents’ 300 or so records were good, I was tasked with being the DJ. I selected mainly 45s emboldened with the words “Motown,” “Volt,” or “King,” and my mom’s or aunt’s name scrawled in perfect teenage script along the sleeve. A few of my parents’ friends brought their old 45s to the party and added them to the mix. By the end of the night, records by The Shangri-Las, Booker T. and The MG’s, Ike and Tina, The Drifters, Marvin Gaye, and Tammi Terrell were all left behind. They remain a coveted part of my stash to this day.

When I moved to San Francisco in 1998, I lived near the Lower Haight. Following one hungover breakfast at Kate’s Kitchen, I found myself at the door of Rooky Ricardo's record shop. Bleary-eyed, I took stock of my surroundings: vintage posters, brightly colored candy dishes filled with bubble gum, and a speaker nailed to a shelf above the front door. The speaker pumped the sound of some forgotten female voices out onto the sidewalk. The beat, bass line, and passionate soulful singing infected me once again.



Over the past 25 years, Dick Vivian, owner of Rooky Ricardo's, has become San Francisco’s ’60s soul medicine man. I love walking into his shop with a song in my head, telling Dick the title, and watching him do his best to lead me to another tune he’d think I’d like. He’s yet to steer me wrong. Visit Rooky Ricardo's on any given afternoon and you can expect to find a smattering of local soul DJs, collectors, and casual shoppers among the hundred thousand or so little 45 rpm records, LPs, and Atomic Age doodads. The thing that sets this slice of record-geek heaven apart is that it isn’t just a place for record hoarders, it’s a place for music lovers of all kinds.

Dick has customers who come all the way from England looking for rare 45 singles, people who can't believe that he doesn’t keep a secret stash behind the counter. In fact, he’s heard people ask about his “hidden” vinyl so many times that he actually keeps a box of “special records” aside just for those collector nerds who need to feel the exclusivity of an ultimate rarity.



But I think the real treasure lies in something seemingly banal: an old plywood dime store display he’s filled with 60 or so homemade CDs. It’s there in plain view, right in the center of the shop. For the past six years, Dick has been pouring hours of hard work into creating a selection of what he thinks are the best overlooked girl group, pop, and soul singles, and painstakingly bundling them into sets of CDs. Dick, who was once a local television dance star, tells me he started making these mixes in an attempt to preserve a sound that was very alive when it first popped out. “I’m an old guy now and I can’t dance as long as I used to,” he says, “but some of these songs still get me. They still make me feel alive."

Last summer, some pals and I hosted a soul dance party at the Verdi Club. We had a dress code, a big dance floor, and an 11-piece band, complete with a horn section and shoo-wop girls. One of the singers, my friend Heidi Alexander from the band The Sandwitches, picked an exciting and somewhat obscure set of girl group numbers for the night. Most of the tunes came straight from Dick’s mixes.



This December we decided to throw a “Winter Formal” and needed a DJ. I asked Dick, who doesn’t really DJ anymore, but he took one look at the band’s set list and said he’d do it. Not only that, but Dick is also trying to get his dance partner from his television days to come down and show us how to move to the music the right way. When he tells me, “Nobody can Mash Potato like I can,” I believe him.

Dick told me that all he really cares to do with his shop and his mixes is pass on his knowledge and passion for the music. I feel proud to have our city’s soul shaman behind the turntables at my oldies party. I think it’s safe to say that the partygoers can leave their old 45s at home.

SWEATER FUNK FAMILY PRESENTS :: NEW YEARS EVE :: OPOLOPO & AMALIA

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Saturday December 31, 2011

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A NEW YEARS EVE GET DOWN!
...
A live performance & the U.S. debut of

OPOLOPO & AMALIA [Sweden]
keys. vocoder. efx. apc. vox.

Hosted by Sweater Funk DJs

@ SOM
2925 16th St.
www.som-bar.com

$20 Presale / $30 Door
9 PM til 3 AM
21+

Buy tickets here! http://opoloponye.eventbrite.com/

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"FUNK BOMB! Too sexy! All the sweat, dirt and sexiness real funk deserves to have." - Motherfunk Berlin FM

"Somewhere between Dam-Funk, Tangerine Dream and french monster Jean Michel Jarre. A killer in its genre!" - DJ Lefto

"DOPE astro boogie superfly tron shit!!!" - Kidkanevil

"AMALIA channels a young Chaka roller skating with Opolopo on Saturn's rings." - Exchange Bureau Detroit

"Dope! Respect!" - Onra


We are incredibly honored to host one of our favorite artists representing some of the the best sounds of Boogie & Modern Funk... OPOLOPO & AMALIA. Based outta Sweden, this duo will be making their stateside debut this New Years Eve with the SWEATER FUNK crew...

OPOLOPO & AMALIA were put here to unite continents and connect the musical dots! Welcome to their universe where synthesizers and vocoders coexist with a voice that transcends time. Their music lifts you up on to a futurist realm where interplanetary FUNK & BOOGIE collide!

Starting out with overdubbing on cassette decks with a Casio VL Tone toy keyboard in his early teens, to constructing soundscapes on synths, beat boxes and computers, Peter Major aka OPOLOPO is one of Scandinavia’s most extraordinary producers. A necessary warrior in the underground resistance to the norm.

Equipped with keyboards, vocoder, and modern technology OPOLOPO plays from London to Tokyo, as a one man band and with primary collaborator AMALIA.

"The First Lady of Modern Funk!" has a massive appetite for all tings that make people dance and fly! Her spark for muze began as she sang up against windows, in garbage cans, down stair wells, and on the loo! Bouncing with it, playing with the reverberation in a room, AMALIA began creating her own melodies and interpretive dance moves as a child. Her source of inspiration being her father's extensive soul record collection and a multitude of books filled with activism and art! She eagerly asked her family if she could enroll into writing and music classes, only to find her explosive energy could not be schooled at a "conventional" school.

Many moons and bands later, her deep desire to explore the planet forced her to move to Europe. Her musical connection with OPOLOPO was far too great to be ignored...

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San Francisco's Sweater Funk DJ crew have been the city's most dedicated purveyors of the funky subgenre known as BOOGIE for over 3 years. Their vision to bring boogie, strictly on vinyl originals, to the masses has earned them a diehard following who pack the basement of China Town's Li Po Lounge every Sunday. They've won SF Weekly's Best new club 2009, hosted Djs such as Dam-Funk, Steve Arrington (Slave), Daz-I-Kue, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kon & Amir, Onra, Monk One, Cool Chris, E Da Boss, Mayer Hawthorne, and have become a sister club to Dam-Funk's own Funkmosphere night in Los Angeles.

MUNI :: CRAZIES :: SAN FRANCISCO

Captured footage of some crazy He/She strutting down the Muni walk way last Sunday night on my way home from Sweater Funk. OMG!!!!

SEAN BOOGIE LIVE SET AT GROW UP

Mr. Sean Boogie was kind enough to provide a tracklist for this mix:

1. Reanna Coleman - You're In My Pocket
2. Nat Bush - Taste Of Love
3. Total Contrast - Be With You Tonight
4. James Otis White - Baby Come on
5. Sam Harris - Are You Gonna Stand There
6. Visions of Tomorrow - Galaxy
7. Sho Nuff - Don't Use Me Up
8. Dohnnie - Dancin' Is Your Love
9. Children - Feel Good
10. Mifflin Ensemble - The M. E. Experience
11. The Younger Half - Party House
12. Maurice McGee - Do I Do
13. Bohannon - Wake Up
14. Tim Mabin - Jimmy Jam
15. Hot and Sassy - Lets Funk It Up
16. Boeing - Dance On The Beat
17. McCrarys - Love On a Summer Night
18. Network - Pump It Up
19. Alfreda James and Billy Ray - Back To Love
20. Curtis Hairston - I Want You All Tonight
21. The Horn Section - Crazy Bout Your Love
22. Ocie III - What's My Return On Love
23. Wynd Chymes - Baby You're The One

Sean Boogie Live @ Grow Up 9/6/11 by growup

KEEP YOUR HOOD PASS INTACT!

Words from Jon Blunk, leader of SweaterFunk:

Dâm Funk is our leader. these are not empty words. Damon brought us all together and permanently changed our lives for the better through his positivity. Thank you Sean Sullivan for putting together a perfect night. thanks to Mr. Luke Holdon and his lovely wife Gail for burning up the dancefloor while we played the incredible Nightwind track. thanks to Ben Johnson for somehow instinctively playing our sound. we are not an anything goes 80's dance party, we only play special sounds and we will continue every sunday

MIKE GIANT

Giant One from Sean Desmond on Vimeo.

A BITTERSWEET HARMONY :: WAX POETICS ISSUE 49

Sunday November 20, 2011

SPILL THE WINE hosts San Jo's SOULERO DJs!

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With DJs

ALLEN THAYER (WAX POETICS)

MARGARITA (SOULEROS)

MOSES (SOULEROS)

GUILLERMO (Sweater Funk)

VINYLRICHIE (Sweater Funk)

Plus more Soulero crew rollin' through with some SERIOUSLY DEEP Chicano Soul!

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Issue 49 - The Latin Issue - features a lengthy article written by DJ and music journalist Allen Thayer about the origins, traditions and continued importance of Lowrider Oldies within the Chicano community. Come on down and pick up steeply discounted ($5) copies of the magazine, listen to some seriously rare and firme oldies and most importantly have a good time. All Car Clubs welcome.

FREE!
Casanova Lounge
527 Valencia Street
btwn 16th & 17th
4 PM til 9 PM
21+

NO BAD ATTITUDES, NO SET TRIPPEN,

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SWEATER FUNK WITH DAM FUNK & MASTER BLAZTER

Saturday, November 5 2011

The SF Funk Festival Presents...


... Dam Funk & Master Blazter

Matthew David

Devon Who

The Sweater Funk Crew DJs in the upstairs mezzanine and between bands

@ Mezzanine
444 Jessie (btwn 5th and 6th, behind the Old Mint)

9 PM Doors
$20 Presales: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/64075?utm_source=fb1&utm_medium=amp

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DAM FUNK + MASTER BLAZTER
Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dãm-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dãm (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance rooted in the early-'80s styles known as Boogie, Modern Soul and Electro-Funk.

Master Blazter demonstrates how the LA modern funk and boogie scene is starting to bubble and boil over. Three musicians with their own distinctive styles have come together to form Master Blazter. Each individual is an integral part of the whole - each necessary to keep funk music alive and drive it to unforeseen heights. Computer Jay develops hard hitting tracks built upon moog, rhodes and personally tweaked electro systems. J1 provides the backbone of rhythm on drums, while equally being comfortable producing quality funk laced beats. D-F adds his signature vocals and provides layers of deep grooves with his own keyboards and keytar.

MATTHEWDAVID
A willowy figure with wide smiles, his gentle presence and generous talents made him a welcome addition to internationally applauded LA creative circles: dublab, Poo-Bah, Low End Theory and Brainfeeder. Constant collaboration with these collectives helped inspire Matthewdavid to a build a platform of his own. His Leaving Records label has an ear to the next and an eye on the original. Through all these outlets Matthewdavid is dedicated to sharing elevated sounds and visions.

Matthewdavid's live performances are akin to watching a sorcerer conjure spirits from the deep. He pulls tones like artifacts from an astral trail that ebbs and flows with fresh discoveries. Along the way Matthewdavid collects exotic sound figures: spiraling amethyst cones and wild flowering buds. He treats each found sound like a bright fiber to be weaved into new waveforms. Outmind pulsates with this sense of constant discovery. It is a mosaic sparkling with mystic, radiant matter.

DEVONWHO
L.A based via Portland producer Devonwho drops some spacey electronic funk vibe of West Coast producers like Dam Funk. He has been making some noise in the West Coast’s thriving beat scene. His set at Portland's Do-Over was said to be "a producer's delight!"

SWEATER FUNK CREW
San Francisco's Sweater Funk crew have been repping boogie, modern soul, and steppers for 3+ years in a tiny basement in China Town. Having hosted and played with heavy international DJs/musicians such as Kon & Amir, Daz I Kue, Onra, Mayer Hawthorne, Dam Funk and Steve Arrington, the crew has been known to rock a party and leave a trail of happy sweaty dancers in their wake.