A-Track and DJ Mehdi come back to town to crush Studio B. Local heads Nick Catchdubs and Fixed NYC support.
When: Sat., March 14, 10:00PM
Where: Studio B, 259 Banker St., Greenpoint (MAP)
Cost: $12 advance, $15 at door
Ages: 19+
2-for-1 well drinks 10 to midnight. Hosted by the man with the lens, Nicky Digital.
Trouble & Basser’s AC Slater and Jack Beats move the crowd this month around. Featuring Institubes Terror Club.
When: Fri., March 13 (Friday the 13th!), 10:00PM
Where: Studio B, 259 Banker St., Greenpoint (MAP)
Cost: $7 advance, $12 at the door.
Ages: 19+
Free Red Stripe between 10 and 11. Sponsored by Mishka Clothing and XLR8R Magazine.
Badawi, featuring Juakali and Meat Beat Manifesto.
When: April 26
Where: Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St, Meat Packing District (MAP)
Raz Mesinai, otherwise known as Badawi, is a dude who travels through many worlds. He produces dubstep, but also writes scores for films and has his compostions played by Kronos Quartet in Carnegie Hall. He lives in New York, but also Jerusalem. So it’s no surprise that his music is as well traveled as he is.
We’ll take it back to ’02 for this joint. It’s name, “The Scorpion and the Serpent,” is a perfect description for the mood and setting. Badawi delivers an extensive melody with a Middle Eastern string over a driving, popping rhythm. The cut itself could be pegged to a number of genres, but why bother. It comes from the album Soldier of Midian, which is reportedly comprised of samples of his own live instrumentation.
Badawi, “The Scorpion and the Serpent”
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Catch him at the Highline Ballroom in April. See the calendar for more details.
Unit One usually throws a weekly joint in the East Village called Broken Teeth. But they’re moving over to the West Village for this special event tonight, courtesy of our friends at Le Royale. What’s oh-so-special? The relaunch of their Web site. And So.Me. of Ed Banger Records, of course. Alex English (GBH/Girls & Boys), rekLes (Girls & Boys) and Pharaoh (Broken Teeth) hold down the ones-and-twos. Photos by Nicky Digital (What, you were expecting Ricky Powell?)
When: Sun., March 15, 10:00PM
Where: Le Royale, 21 7th Avenue South, West Village (MAP)
Cost:Free with RSVP
For your viewing pleasure, Teeth points to this video:
[See the Broken Teeth archives.]
When: Every Wed. at 10PM
Where: 87 Ludlow St. @ Delancy, Lower East Side (MAP)
Cost: FREE
To get a feel for these dudes, check this mix (tracklist below) or peep their blog.
[See the Broken Teeth archives.]
PHARAOH – The Old The New & The Bangin’ Mix Tracklist:
1-Dj Rod Lee – My Crew, My Dogs
2-The Count & Sinden feat. Rye Rye – Hardcore Girls
3-Modeselektor – Black Block
4-Todosantos – Robot Rozz
5-Bird Peterson – Twerk (Cousin Cole remix)
6-Surkin – White Knight Two
7-Awesome 3 – Don’t Go
8-Estelle – American Boy feat. Kanye West (Nadastrom Remix)
9-Boys Noize – Lava Lava (Feadz Aval Aval Remix)
10- A Girl & A gun – Whomp That Sucka (A1 Bassline Remix)
11-Mask – badman forward badman pull up
12-Dub Melitia – Perivian
13-Kid Cudi – Day N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)
14-Todosantos – El Tiburón
15- REM – Nightswimming (Kissy Sell Out Bmore Re-Edit)
16-JC (20) feat. Fake Rapper – Belly (Wideboys Mixes)
17-El Guincho – Antillas (Todosantos Sambombin Tukky Remix)
18-Buraka Som Sistema feat. MIA and Dj Znobia – Sound of Kuduro
19-Tricky – Council Estate (South Rakkas Crew remix)
20-Passions – Emergency
21-Kym Myles – Time After Time (Warp Addicts Mix)
22-Diplo & Buraka Som Sistema – Inna De Ghetto (Remix)
23-Wideboys ft Shaznay Lewis – Daddy O
24-Ninjasonik – Internet Bitch (Pharaoh 4×4 On The Floor Remix)
When: Sat., March 7
Where: Mehanata, 113 Ludlow St., Lower East Side (MAP)
Cost: FREE
Check Uproot’s Guacharaca Migration mix for a taste of the flavor. (Tracklist below)
1. Guacharaca Migration Intro
2. Crime Mob – Knuck if you Buck (Uproot Andy Remix)
3. Alborosie – Kingston Town (Uproot Andy Remix)
4. Rupee – Mas Hysteria
5. Petrona Martinez – La Vida Vale La Pena (Uproot Andy Remix)
6. Noite e Dia Ft. Puto Prata vs Quantic – Mana Dança Só (Uproot Andy Remix)
7. DJ Q & MC Bonez – Get Mad
8. Forty Thieves Orkestar – Belboeli (Uproot Andy Remix)
9. 77 Klash Ft. Johnny Osbourne – Mad Again
10. Smal – Chega De Roubo
11. Ricky Blaze – Cut Dem Off Remix ft. Tony Matterhorn & Elephant Man
12. Tes La Rok – Lickshot
13. Sunship Ft. Warrior Queen – Quits (Sinden Remix)
14. Gaiteros de San Jacinto – La Camisola (Uproot Andy Remix)
15. Wes Fif – Haterz Everywhere (Nappy vs Skream Thugstep mix)
16. Omega – Tu No Ta Pa Mi
17. Grupo Naidy – El Botellón (Uproot Andy Remix)
18. Mr. Catra & Beto da Caixa – Aba Roedor
19. Chino – How Dem No Want No Gyal
20. Tego Calderon – Trangalanga
21. Mr. Vegas – Raging Bull
22. Jahdan Blakkamoore – Go Round Payola
23. Prince Nico Mbarga – Aki Special (Uproot Andy Remix)
A Central Asian cover of the Mission Impossible theme using traditional instruments and traditional forms of singing. What more can we say? Well, it’s surprisingly good, for one thing. You can cop the whole album of Western pop song covers for free at Last.fm (all except for the Mettalica cover, what with Metallica being Metallica and all…) Outs to Sound Roots for catching this.
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“Maadai-Kara” (Mission Impossible Theme) —
covered by Bugotak.
The Derty Derty Boombox
Electro bangers, bmore, bass, “dubstepping jungle boogies,” baile funk, dancehall, samba, dirty house, and more.
Live performances by 77 Klash, Splurt, and Dry Eye. Late night deejay set by $mall¢hange. Live MPC and baile funk set by DJ Comrade. Deejay sets by Archie Krunker vs. 2Melo (eNoize), DJ Gravy and Micro Don (Rice and Peas), Chaach (Xao Productions), Super Vixen (Vigarista Collective), and Jaahred & Ty (Deluxe Sound)
When: Fri., March 6th, 10AM to 6AM
Where: Jungle Space, 286 Meserole St., Bushwick (MAP)
Cost: $10 with RSVP, Free beer between 10PM-12AM
Ages: 18+
Also, there’s gwan a be a fIre show, live painting, hookas, drums, and… smoothies (anyhting else?)
Presented by eNoize, G-Train Entertainment, Xao Productions and Deluxe Sound.
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