Afro Funke Thursdays in Santa Monica

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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August 19, 2010

guest deejay:
DANNY MASSURE
Danny Massure has gained a strong international following over the past 10 years through a string of solid original releases on multiple labels including his own imprints Spring Strut and Ticklejunk. His fresh sound features all original compositions favoring talented studio musicians instead of played out samples. His podcast/radio show has gained thousands of subscribing followers and is syndicated on FM and internet radio, blogs and websites in over 15 countries around the globe. Danny has been busy remixing the top funk, midtempo breaks and downtempo producers over the past 5 years. His remixes have been featured on various compilations, mixes and radio stations and received positivecritical acclaim from the industry's top tastemakers.
www.myspace.com/dannymassure

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listening party 9-10pm w/ giveaways:
"NEXT STOP...SOWETO" VOLUMES 1-3
Strut conclude their essential three-part excursion into the archives of South African music with the third and final volume of the ‘Next Stop… Soweto’ series.

Volume 3 is a long overdue retrospective of the rich jazz scene happening in South Africa from the early ‘60s tomid-‘80s. While many major artists lived in exile abroad and furthered their careers globally, many of South Africa’sfinest jazz players remained, performing under the strict auspices of the Separate Amenities Act.

Jazz has a deep heritage in South Africa, dating from the early 20th Century. The country’s jazz scene flourishedduring the ‘50s, despite the increasing restrictions of apartheid, with musicians like the Jazz Epistles andChris McGregor influenced by Charlie Parker & Duke Ellington before adding local marabi and kwela to their be bop. During the ‘60s, the Sharpville Massacre, radio restrictions and police clampdowns made the life of a black musicianoften untenable. Major names like Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba left to live abroad.

Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3 is the story of the music that survived in South Africa during this mid-‘60s to mid-‘80s era.The album features many of the recognised South African jazz greats like saxophonist Dudu Pukwana and drummerEarly Mabuza, the potent soul jazz grooves of The Heshoo Beshoo Group and The Drive and some of the many artists creating unique fusions like Philip Tabane’s Malombo mixing African drums and hand percussion with guitar, vocal and flute. This is important music, a defiant statement in the face of unimaginable cultural repression.
The album features an unreleased track, Dollar Brand’s ‘Next Stop Soweto’ from the archives of the SouthAfrican Broadcasting Corporation. As with previous volumes, the package features rare photos from the ‘60s and‘70s with sleeve notes by South Africa’s finest author on music and culture, Gwen Ansell. The compilers of theseries are Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding.
www.strut-records.com

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
*NEW album "Hymns for the Rebel Soul" on ITunes!
www.rockydawuni.com
www.rockpaperscissors.biz/go/rocky
www.giantstep.net/releases/2551
www.facebook.com/rockydawuni

afro funke' booking, photography & production:
CARY SULLIVAN
afrofunke@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/carysullivan
www.facebook.com/afrofunke
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Afro Funke' Thursdays
Zanzibar
1301 5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.2221 / 21+ (EVERYONE must have ID)
9pm - 2am / $7 before 10:30pm - $10 after
www.zanzibarlive.com
www.myspace.com/afrofunke
www.afrofunke.com
*AFRO FUNKE' is now on Twitter! Please follow us!!
www.twitter.com/afrofunke
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UPCOMING:
August 26, 2010 A
FRO FUNKE' SOUND SYSTEM
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afro hula dance performance:
NOHEA SOUL
www.myspace.com/noheasoul
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after party for SM Pier Show:
LED ZEPAGAIN
www.zepagain.com
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For additional Afro Funke' information please contact:
afrofunke@yahoo.com