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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Thursday July 14, 2011


AFRO FUNKE' LIVE PEREENTS


SABA SABA
(live hip hop from Uganda!)
Saba Saba, Ugandan hip hop/Lugaflow artist & cultural activist, has been performing since 1994. Performing as
Krazy Native he was a founding member of the Bataka Squad, a Ugandan hip hop group that originated the use of the
Luganda language in hip hop music (Lugaflow). Saba Saba established himself as a solo artist with 2005 release of
Tujja-Babya, a song on his album by the same name. Tujja-babya, meaning to breakthrough in Luganda, earned him a
nomination for best hip hop artist and song in the 2006 Pearl of Africa Music Awards. His music addresses daily struggles
and triumphs of African life, while honoring his African culture through the use of his native language and musical
references to traditional music and drumming. He co-founded the Ugandan Hip Hop Foundation and since 2003 has
organized a yearly hip hop summit in Kampala Uganda.

He has been a guest artist and speaker at numerous events in Africa and the United States representing Uganda
through his music and lectures on African culture and music. Highlights include his 2005 participation as a representative
of Uganda at the UN’s first African Global Hip Hop Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, his 2007 performance
alongside Michael Franti and a crowd of 70,000 at the Power to the Peaceful festival in San Francisco and most recently
in March 2008 he performed and served as a panelist for Harvard University’s Conference “African Youth Development
through Art and Technology – The Role of African Hip Hop.”

His current music projects include a solo album titled “Cup of Coffee” and a collaboration with the internationally
recognized artist DJ Spooky.
www.sabasabamusic.com/
www.myspace.com/krazynative

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listening party 9-10pm with giveaways:
IDAN K "Cosmic Love Foundation"
(Israel)
Multi-instrumentalist, percussionist and borderline mentally ill, Idan K has been standing at the forefront
of the Israeli music scene for almost two decades, collaborating with top talents both locally and
internationally, as well as leading his own ensemble of fearless percussion warriors.

In a musical landscape bursting with low-grade substitutes, 'Idan K and The Movement Of Rhythm'
shines brighter then ever.

In an industry flooded with clichés, trying to pinhole Idan's music by describing it with words too often
used, like 'groove', 'melting pot', 'afro', 'funk', 'dub', or 'dance', will not only do it an injustice and
undermine its urgent creative value - it might also deprive many new ears deserving of new titillation.
These ears will recognize unique, and groundbreaking sounds when they hear them.

So here you have it. Over 5 years in the making, this album is the healthy child of colliding continents, a
musical extravaganza recorded with 32 master musicians that came to be 'The Movement Of Rhythm'.
The result is an intelligent, complex and energetic peace of music tweaked to perfection. This is the rare
type of music that expands and enriches, and even sometimes redefines, the genres and styles it relies
upon as launch pad. Guaranteed to blow minds and nourish ears of the initiated as well as those who
are just looking to shake their butts.
www.myspace.com/idank
www.giantstep.net/index.php/2011/06/idan-k


resident deejay:
JEREMY SOLE
(KCRW)
www.kcrw.com/jeremysole
www.facebook.com/jeremysolefamily
www.twitter.com/jeremysole
www.soundcloud.com/jeremysole


resident deejay:
GLENN RED
(Afro Funke' / Eclectica)
www.glennred.com


hosted by:
ROCKY DAWUNI
*Current album "Hymns for the Rebel Soul" on ITunes!
www.rockydawuni.com
www.rockpaperscissors.biz/go/rocky
www.facebook.com/rockydawuni


afro funke' booking, photography & production:
CARY SULLIVAN
www.myspace.com/carysullivan
www.facebook.com/afrofunke


++Plus special surprise guests each week!

++Plus drink specials every Thursday!

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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 /$10
(NO CREDIT CARDS FOR COVER !!
Please bring cash or there is ATM in building)

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:

July 21, 2011


guest deejay:
LADY SHA
www.djladysha.com/

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listening party 9-10pm with giveaways:
SEUN KUTI
"FROM AFRICA WITH FURY: RISE"
www.knittingfactoryrecords.com
www.giantstep.net