KING BRITT TALKS ABOUT VINYL RECORDS

MIGHTY FIRE :: LOS ANGELES FUNK

Based in Los Angeles, Mighty Fire recorded two albums, in 1981 and 1982 respectively. 'No Time For Masquerading' was released, in 1981, on Elektra Records and featured Mel Bolton and Marilyn McLeod as co-producers. The track 'I Could Write A Love Song', was written for, writer Pam Sawyer's son, Steve Sawyer. The dancers 'Sweet Fire' and 'Love Fantasy' were popular on the U.K. dance floors. The album 'Mighty Fire' followed in 1982 on the Elektra imprint. The band split up after this release.

MIGHTY FIRE - LOVE FANTASY

FESTIVAL '68 :: VINTAGE REGGAE & SKA

Thursday 10/13/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is a very special edition of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska dance!

Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

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very special guest selector all the way from Japan:

TOMMY FAR EAST (FAR EAST RECORDS, ROCK-A-SHACKA/DRUM & BASS, SOLID ROCK)

FACEBOOK - TOMMY ROCK-A-SHAKA

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very special guest selectors up from Los Angeles:

NINA & VIKTOR (ROCKSTEADY LOUNGE L.A)

FACEBOOK - ROCKSTEADY LOUNGE

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Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

NORMAN JAY

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Norman Jay’s Good Times sound system. The above video shows various individuals, including Norman, discussing the history of Good Times and its growth into the cultural institution it is today.

HAIGHT & SOUL :: SWEATER FUNK :: THE SOULEROS :: THE SOUL STRIVERS

Friday MAY 20th, 2011


This weeks Guest:

...Come say "Alrato Vato" to our good friend "Richard Gypsy Fernandez" and celebrate the birth of our favorite Homie - Jose "The Homeboy Mad" .

Sounds will be provided by San Francisco's - Sweater Funk DJ's, and San Jose DJ Crews - The Souleros and The Soul Strivers. Let's send Gypsy off proper with all of his friends and family. Not to Mention Jose Valle, the man who's in charge of the "Souleros Ball"

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Join us at the only bar in the Upper Haight offering up top shelf tunes EVERY Friday! Come catch up with friends for a post work day drink, sit back, relax and unwind in a friendly social setting. Guests DJ's every week from some of our favorite crews in the world! Quality music with loads of soul, always.

~DJs~
*SWEATER FUNK DJ's
*ALLEN THAYER
~THE SOULEROS~
*SOULERA UNICA
*THE SOUL STRIVERS

SPINNING - FUNK / MODERN SOUL / SWEET SOUL / RARE OLDIES


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Milk Bar (SF)
Free
1840 Haight Street
(Directly across from Amoeba Records)
9:30pm- 2pm

Bus Lines - 7, 71, 6, 33, N Judah Train
Free parking on meters after 6pm

GOSTOSA

One of my favorite party's in San Francisco. We're talking deep Brazilian music, not your mom and dads samba, we're talking Funk, Oldies, Sweet Soul in Portuguese. Allen Thayer and Guillermo take you deep in to there crates! Heavy Sounds!

Wednesday, March 9th @ Casanova Lounge

GOSTOSA!
Brazilian music on vinyl.

With fresh visuals from way south of the border.

GOSTOSA!
@ Casanova Lounge
527 Valencia btwn 16th & 17th
Free - 9 til 2

Facebook Event Page.

HAIGHT & SOUL HAPPY HOUR :: FRIDAYS

Bringing Soul Music back to Haight Street!



Join us at the only bar in the Upper Haight offering up top shelf tunes EVERY Friday! Come catch up with friends for a post work day drink, sit back, relax and unwind in a friendly social setting. Guests DJ's every week from some of our favorite crews in the world! Quality music with loads of soul, always.

Residents:

VINYLRICHIE
Hear The Sounds / Sweater Funk Crew

GUILLERMO
Gostosa / Sweater Funk Crew


FUTURE GUEST DJ'S
-May 5 - Jesse Shay (Rythmatik Crew)
-May 13 - DJ Claire (San Diego)
-May 20 - The Souleros
-May 27 - Slopoke Rawdriguez


SPECIAL EVENT:
-June 24th - Joe Bataan, Meet & Greet


always surprise guests!

+ Sweater Funk DJ's:

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drink specials
$4 cocktails $4 draft beers

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Milk Bar (SF)
Free
1840 Haight Street
(Directly across from Amoeba Records)
5:30pm- 10pm

Bus Lines - 7, 71, 6, 33, N Judah Train
Free parking on meters after 6pm

Pick up a pizza at Escape From New York and bring that bad boy in.

www.milksf.com
www.hearthesounds.com

THE PENDELTONS

The latest 7" from "The Pendeltons" aka my Boy E Da Boss & Trailer Limon. Serious Modern Boogie & Soul with limited press! To all my collectors of good music, make sure you cop these. Once there gone, there gone!

Sound Clips soon!

Notice the Sweater Funk "SF Approved" OHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BUDGIE ::

YOU NEVER HEARD GOSPEL LIKE THIS!

My friend Ben aka "Budgie" from across the pond just laced us up with his Outstanding Gospel mix. This really blew mind! Also, this is not your parents Gospel music (unless you have some trained ears in your family). Let the lord in. Hallelujah

GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BUDGIE

	Find out more at SpineTV
Guest Mix - The Gospel According to Budgie Budgie puts together a special mixtape just in time for Christmas. A true testament to the majesty of Gospel music with The Excello Gospel Singers, The Winans and many more!

ALMA DOCE :: BRAZILIAN SWEET SOUL MIX

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Where do you find the time Allen?! The expected father, 9-5 hustler, commuter and after school DJ on week nights has put together an amazing, hand picked compilation/mix of Brazilian Sweet Soul music.

Recently, The Love of Sweet Soul Music brought us to San Jose where we met some amazing people and they shared there amazing record collection with us. Big up the San Jose Familia Tommy Siquiero, Arlene Soulera, Margarita Galvan, Moe Arroyo, Jose Valle for re inspiring us.

I think the trip to San Jose influenced Allen to put this rare compilation together. Already the AMBASSADOR of Brazilian music on both coasts, Alma Doce takes the Low-Rider approach where lyrics still matter. At a recent listening session Allen reassured me that all these songs are about Love, Heart Break, Staying together etc. Although the language is Portuguese you can feel the Love, Soul and pain in each hand picked Record. What a great mix.

THANKS ALLEN

On a side note Allen and I working on project that is sure to blow your minds. Details soon.

OTIS LEAVILL COVERED BY MAYOR HAWTHORNE

A beautiful track by Otis Leavill covered by Mayor Hawyhorne. The new track produced by Nottz is on Fire!!!

Apparently, Hawthorne met producer Nottz at a Dilla Tribute event and the two kept in touch with the hopes to create some music together. "I Need You" is the first end result of their collaboration. And it's filled with dusty drums and shivering strings that boast similar chord progressions to the Leavill original. As such, Hawthorne decided to just go with it.

Although I'm not a huge fan of hawthorne (its his voice) this one stood out! Nice work on the collab. Pick up the 12"


Mayer Hawthorne - I Need You by stonesthrow



THIS IS THE SHIT RIGHT HERE = THE ORIGINAL

GOSTOSA - THIS THURSDAY (SF)

Brazil is the only other country, along with the USA, to consume more of their own domestic music than foreign imports and you're still trying to figure out how to do the Lambada? Guillermo and The Ambassador go muito fundo with their selections of the sexiest, sweatiest, funkiest and psychiest Brasilian music, all on wax, every month at Casanova in the Mission SF. Dope visuals from way south of the border served up at no additional charge.

GOSTOSA = “Hot” or if you want a more prosaic answer, read this.

For each monthly party, we're gonna feature a different Artista Brasileira (Brazilian artist of the musical variety) on our flier, eventually culminating in a calendar. It'll be way classier and collectible than a Snap-On Tools cheesecake/soft-porn affair - we're talking only the best of the best from classic Brazilian album covers, back covers, wherever we can find images that cry out "Gostosa".

For our first month, we have the lovely and criminally underrated Astrud Gilberto. She may have started her career on a fluke: she just happened to be in the recording studio with her then-husband Joao Gilberto during the recording of the classic Getz/Gilberto album and at Creed Taylor's suggesting she sang the English version of "The Girl from Ipanema" lyrics because Joao refused, but she has proven herself to be a classy interpreter of Brazilian and American/Anglo pop songs as well. Her first solo album is a real treat with both Jobim and Donato providing arrangements and she was also responsible for being the first to release many classic Brazilian songs in the US.


GUILLERMO AND THE AMBASSADOR = GOSTOSA MIX

SUPPORT - NEW MYRON AND E - ITS A SHAME

JUST GOT THE WORD FROM E-MAN.... MERRY XMAS, SUPPORT AND PURCHASE AT YOUR LOCAL SHOP. NOW OFF TO MEET THE MAN FOR LUNCH... PEEZY

ElectroBassFantastic

Last night I was digging through my hard drives and I found some demo mixes from 2005 and 2006. One in particular was intended to be a promo for some clubs in Denver. For whatever reason the mix was never finalized. Figured I better share them before I forget again or the drive craps out. Unfortunately there is no track list but most of the songs are bootleg and white label vinyl. In other words you are going to have a very hard time finding them. In fact I doubt I could even find them and they are in my studio. Yes I said vinyl as in black devilish seductive disks with music on them. The fidelity of the mix was surprisingly impressive. Even when recorded to digital the tracks sound exceptionally analog. FYI this mix is what I like to call actual electro not electro house. This is by no means untsa untsa. Not that there is anything wrong with untsa untsa but I do grow weary 21 year old Ableton DJ kids claiming that they spin electro when its nothing more then house music. This is why when I'm describing electro to people I call it electro electro. Then they are like ahhhhh electro electro. Same thing works with techno. Q: Is this techno music? A: Well yes but its not techno techno.


ElectroBassFantastic

JUST BLAZE ON PEOPLE "HATING" ON SERATO

I'M FEELING WHAT JUST BLAZE HAS TO SAY ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY. SHOUTS TO ALL THE FOLKS PLAYING GOOD MUSIC IN ANY FORMAT - BE IT VINYL, ORIGINAL PRESSING, CD-R, MP3, 8-TRACK, CASSETTE OR WHATEVER. FEEL FREE TO LEAVE YOUR OPINION IN THE COMMENTS.

LIFE CHANGING DJ ACCESSORY?

"The Audio Technica AT-618 is a rare accessory for DJ's that demand top quality sound and performance from their records. This hefty unit sits atop the record on the turntable spindle and applies 600grams of weight, holding the record firmly in place while stabilizing the record and improving overall sound quality. This is especially useful when playing in loud clubs where bass vibrations may be an issue or when recording your vinyl into your computer (for a cleaner recording)"-taken from turntablelab