Afro Funke Thursdays at Zanzibar

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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June 4, 2009

guest deejay:
OHMEGA WATTS
With a humble B-Boy swagger and original hip hop values Ohmega Watts' first release on Ubiquity was a soulful and DJ friendly solo 12” featuring his group Lightheaded and Quannum Recording Artists The Lifesavas. “A Request” was an up tempo J5 party-style hip-hop banger with beats to rock dance floorsfrom coast to coast. While “Illuminate” provided a smoother buttery sound, and “Wind It Up” an instrumentalmid-tempo flava…

Most of the music on this 12” came together in a live, random, spur of the moment session.“A Request” turned heads worldwide including internationally respected DJs like Mr. Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Greyboy, and the Los Angeles-based Heavyweight Record Pool. Earning comparisons to Digital Undergroundand Pete Rock it also scored Ohmega Watts an album deal with Ubiquity.

MC and producer Milton Campbell aka Ohmega Watts recently came correct with organic and energetichip hop, funk and soul on his debut album “The Find”. His sound is original, from the heart, straight nochaser music. The Find refers to both musical and personal inspiration and track themes span from crate diggin’dreams and musical reminiscing, social commentary and spiritually charged story telling. Inspired as much byhip hop legends like Eric B & Rakim and Premier as contemporary electronic producers like RJD2 and The Herbaliser, and old school experimentalists like Shuggie Otis The Find pushes current industry-standard boundaries.

“Sick of the monotony, we got the remedy” he declares in “Long Ago.” Most of the music is played live and re-sampled by Watts and a cast of supporting musicians - there are no loops or played-out samples and within tunes he often switches beats up moving from one musical vibe into another.
www.ohmegawatts.com
www.ubiquityrecords.com

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9-10pm listening party & giveaways:
ZAP MAM
A "ReCreation"
We live in challenging times. Economic, social and political forces in every part of our interconnected globeare triggering an unprecedented transformation in the way we govern, the way we do business, the way we interactand the way we live. For many of us, the challenges can be overwhelming. That’s when it’s time to look at ourselves, our relationships and the world as a whole from a new perspective.

Zap Mama has a plan. This multicultural musical entity led by Afropean vocalist and songwriter Marie Daulneis sending everyone on vacation, and the first and only item on the itinerary is ReCreation (HUCD 3159), theirnew album set for worldwide release on May 26, 2009, on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group.

In addition to a rhythm section rooted in a rich Brazilian vibe, ReCreation also boasts a guest list of high-profilevocalists including Bilal, G. Love, actor Vincent Cassel (La Haine, Ocean’s Twelve) and several others. The albumoffers everything the title suggests – a time to make a break, to renew, and to play.

“That moment when you arerelaxing and enjoying yourself,” says Daulne, “is the perfect moment to create a new person within yourself – to heal yourself and let go of all the negative aspects of your life. In those times when you relax, you recreate yourself.”

And in so doing, she says, we strengthen those longstanding relationships that are at the foundation of who we are. ReCreation is, among other things, Daulne’s reaffirmation of the important ties that bind us all – parent and child, lover and friend, artist and audience, singer and song, human and universe. Although constantly evolving, these are the dynamics that connect us to our loved ones, our communities and to the world.
www.zapmama.com
www.headsup.com
www.giantstep.net

resident deejay:
JEREMY SOLE
www.kcrw.com/jeremysole
www.myspace.com/musaics
www.twitter.com/jeremysole
www.blip.fm/jeremysole

resident deejay:
GLENN RED
www.myspace.com/glenn_red

hosted by:
ROCKY DAWUNI
www.myspace.com/rockydawunimusic
www.rockydawuni.com

afro funke' booking, photography & production:
CARY SULLIVAN
afrofunke@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/carysullivan
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Afro Funke' Thursdays
Zanzibar
1301 5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.2221 / 21+ / 9pm - 2am
$7 before 11pm / $10 after
www.zanzibarlive.com
www.myspace.com/afrofunke
www.afrofunke.com

*AFRO FUNKE' is now on Twitter! Please join us!!
www.twitter.com/afrofunke
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UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS!!

June 6, 2009
Afro Funke' @ the Fowler Museum!!
On the evening of June 6 we'll be transporting Afro Funkéto the Fowler Museum with dancing to grooves by KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole in their beautiful courtyard, an African drum and dance performance by Balandugu Kan in the galleries, and a semi-acoustic set by Rocky Dawuni.
7 to 9pm /FREE / no reservations required / cash bar
www.fowler.ucla.edu
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June 11, 2009
AFRO FUNKE' 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!
featuring very special guests:
Kon & Amir
"Music is the Message”
DJ Tour sponsored by 101 Apparel and Wax Poetics Magazine
DJ Day
Jeremy Ellis LIVE
Balandugu Kan LIVE!
resident deejays:
DJ Jeremy Sole
DJ Glenn Red
hosted by Rocky Dawuni
photography / booking by Cary Sullivan
visuals by Puzzle Piece*
KOGI Korean BBQ Truck will be parked outside from 11pm to 2am!
&MORE!
Presale tickets $10
$15 @ Door
sponsored by:
www.101apparel.com
www.vitacoco.com
www.printgreen.com
www.waxpoetics.com
www.fusicology.com
www.universal-rhythm.com
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For additional Afro Funke' information please contact:
afrofunke@yahoo.com