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The Soul Club, Manchester Fri 21st August @ Mint Lounge

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Host: The Collective (J.D.C.) Type: Party - Night of Mayhem Start Time: Friday, 21 August 2009 at 22:00 End Time: Saturday, 22 August 2009 at 03:00 Location: Mint Lounge Street: Oldham street Town/City: Manchester, United Kingdom www.thesoulclub.co.uk Friday 21st August – DJ’s Hewan Clarke and Doctor.D (Reno, the Gallery, the Soul Club) Forget the school holidays have a night out dancing to the very best Modern Soul, Classics, Rare Grooves and the lastest new tunes. Djs Hewan Clarke & Doctor.D host a mid summers club night at The Mint Lounge Manchester. Making a return visit after succesfully hosting the second room at the "Funky Days" promotion. DJs Ian 'starchild' Hylton, Jules and the Leeds crew play their special blend of Jazz Funk classics and Boogie tunes. make sure you get there early the last one sold out. Entry is just £5 all night. Keep an eye out for the special promo CDs given away on the night.

Joe Bataan - New York Latin Soul Legend - Live @ The Wardrobe Leeds 13th June 09

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****************************************************************************************************************************************** New York's latin soul legend hits Leeds in June! Joe Bataan live at the Wardrobe! Red Bull Music Academy, Karen P's Brod Casting and DJ Lubi Present JOE BATAAN - NYC latin soul legend! with James Pants (Stones Throw Records) backed by Grupo X (the UK's no.1 latin jazz band) plus DJ Irfan Hussain (Rainy City) Saturday 13th June @ The Wardrobe, St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH 10pm-2.30am - £10 advance...... Press Release Red Bull Music Academy is bringing a true legend of latin soul and disco to Leeds for an exclusive Northern date on an even more exclusive UK tour (London and Birmingham being the only other dates). Joe Bataan has a career spanning 45 years which took him from the means streets of Harlem in the 1960s singing boogaloo and latin soul for Fania Records, to international superstardom in the mid-1970s with recordings f...

Soul Club, Mint Lounge, Manchester, Bank Holiday Sunday April 12th

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Bank Holiday Sunday April 12th 10-3am , Mint Lounge, Oldham Street, Manchester Welcome to the Soul Club! Our next night will be a celebration of our city's funkier times with three DJs who were the backbone of the Manchester's club scene during the 80s and 90s. Expect modern soul along with vintage soul classics including tunes from the famous Reno club, Gallery, Legends, Playpen & Rafters Main Room: Colin Curtis famous for his jazz funk excursions and innovative club nights at Berlin, Raffters & Legends. Hewan Clarke who was the first Resident Dj at the world famous Hacienda club and whose jazz selection in clubs like Berlin have ensured his republication as our most adventurous Dj. Doctor.D started his Djing career at Manchester's Longest running Black Music night Club The Reno. His marathon Dj sets lasted up to 6 hours every night. Back Room: Representing The other side of The Pennines are Djs Ian 'Starchild' Hylton & Jules playing heavy dance floor ...

Omar @ Leeds Carnival 2008!

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more NSJ '08, dap dappin'

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North Sea Jazz festival 2008

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Some nice birds....

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Hypnotic

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sunday walking...

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Random photos.....

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Simple, support artists

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THREADS!!! karmaloop....

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Mark de Clive-Lowe releases

*MARK de CLIVE-LOWE - JOURNEY 2 THE LIGHT LP (Freedom School LP/CD) MdCL's cosmic jazz-meets-breaks and beats album featuring Bembe Segue, Jason Yarde, Sammy Figueroa (Miles Davis/Stevie Wonder), Richard Spaven and Joni Love. Out Nov 3 Japan only 2LP and CD... Listen to 'Peace Be Central' at www.myspace.com/markdeclivelowe *FREESOUL SESSIONS vol.1 (Antipodean CD) 11 tracks of 100% improvised music from Freesoul Sessions live shows at London's Jazz Cafe and Notting Hill Arts Club, featuring MdCL with Vanessa Freeman, Bembe Segue, Jason Yarde, Kaidi Tatham, Richard Spaven and more. Available on pre-release at Jazz Cafe Nov 3 show... http://www.myspace.com/freesoulsessions THE POLITIK (Bembe Segue + MdCL) (Antipodean/Milan/Village Again) LP/CD) Bembe + MdCL's collab project is out now worldwide on CD, 2LP, 12" and digital. With feature guests including Bahamadia, Waajeed, Blu and more. Watch out for The Politik Live kicking off in Japan mid November and elsewhere ...
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Larry Harlow & Latin Legends of Fania featuring Adalberto Santiago, Yomo Toro & Nicky Marrero + special guest DJ Gilles Peterson (Radio 1 "Worldwide") Roundhouse | part of London Jazz Festival Saturday November 17 Doors 7.30pm Roundhouse Chalk Farm Road, part of London Jazz Festival, NW1 8EH Tel: 0870 389 1846 for tickets or Roundhouse In 1971, New York exploded to sound of salsa, the new urban latin dance music with Cuban roots, Puerto Rican soul and a touch of Big Apple funk! Fania Records was at the heart of this revolution and documented the soundtrack to Latin New York in more than 1500 albums between 1964 and 1989. Fania became to salsa what Motown had been to soul, the hub of the creative talents from a close-knit scene which reached out and was there for a whole generation of music lovers worldwide. Tonight one of that scene's great innovators, pianist/bandleader Larry Harlow, has put together a team of galacticos to revisit planet salsa from the time whe...

Must buy!

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Luv'n'Haight off shoot from Ubiquity records release this GEMM!!! go find in your local record store or if you have to down load it..... RAMP - The Old One, Two (Luv N'Haight 12'') 'We've got two previously unreleased tracks by legendary 1970s soul act RAMP! Both produced by vibes-master Roy Ayers post-release of their 1977 classic Come Into Knowledge album. These are not new recordings, these are vintage RAMP, previously unheard but rescued recently from a demo the band recorded on cassette. Newly mastered, eq'd and now ready to rumble on loud n'proud 12" vinyl.' (taken from www.ubiquityrecords.com - check link below) Luv n Haight

North Sea Jazz festival 2007

Just a quick one - will try to add a couple of pics in a bit - but again quality stuff. Maceo Parker and Martha High - legends and funked the whole of the Nile stage out - especially the powerful voice of Martha. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - brass meets Hip Hop - live , heavy go search them out! Hypnotic Brass Myspace Hypnotic Brass Blog 'War' Hypnotic Brass Video Friday: Terence Blanchard performing The Movie Music of Spike Lee with Metropole Orchestra Conducted by Vince Mendoza featuring Jamie Cullum, Bilal and Patti Austin was the opening of Friday and set the tone for the rest of the weekend. For me one of the highlights was Bilal droppping a spoken word peiece from Spike's Mo' Better Blues. Next The Roots with a once in lifetime performance - normally you see them in the UK doing an album gig - this was the full works plus covers of all time classics (with tuba belting out on stage) and finally rocking out with Led Zep., wow. AL Green - what a smile, what a catalogue ...

more trainers catching my eye - shit i've got no money....boo

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timber's coming down.... plaid + Nike ...bloody lovely ... i's sell me lumber for a pair of these

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This Sunday - Leeds! 29th July

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Festival + Jam during day: with DJ Lubi http://www.rumbacaracas.co.uk/home.html Then: FRESH JIVE BRINGS THE 1980’s BRONX TO LEEDS The Octagon (Worldwide Breakdance Competition) (Winners flown out to Switzerland for grand final - October 6th ) Stand Up Dance Contest – Body Poppers Welcome 7pm prompt Direct from The Bronx Alien Ness (Zulu Kings) - NYC Donald D (Rhyme Syndicate) - NYC + Breakin Bread Session with Rob Life and Ill Boogs (single launch)www.breakinbread.org + Bboy 10 Tonn, DJ T-Breaks , Ictus(2nd to none) n DJ Prolific @ The Elbow Room, Leeds, 7pm til late late late Fresh Jive pays tribute to the Bronx this month, with an event featuring world-class breakdancing and some of hip-hop's most respected artists. The event begins with legendary Bronx Breakdancer, 'Alien Ness', and Rap-veteran Donald D answering questions on Hip-Hop's origins and it's much overlooked message of positivity. Highly limited spaces are available for this unique and humbling insight...

Green Man Festival!

Amongst the artists so far confirmed are: Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Joanna Newsom, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Bill Callahan, Vashti Bunyan, Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, Dead Meadow, Gruff Rhys, Vetiver, The Earlies, Richmond Fontaine, John Renbourn, Six Organs of Admittance, Alasdair Roberts, James Yorkston, The Broken Family Band, Findlay Brown, Euros Childs, Tunng, Lisa Knapp, Men-An-Tol, Alela Diane, Monkey Swallows The Universe, The Yellow Moon Band, Gareth Pearson, John Power with loads more to be added. http://www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk/ Went to this last year and loved it....hopefully go again!