Sat. May 10, 2008

J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science & DJ Hakobo
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 9:30 PM
Ages: 21+

Sunset promotions presents an evening with Om Records recording artist J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science

Artists: J-Boogie\'s Dubtronic Science
Guests: DJ Hakobo
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Sat. May 10, 2008

Tipper plays Freqo de Mayo
Doors: 10:00 PM | Show: 10:00 PM
Ages: 21+

NOT SOLD OUT - TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AT 10PM

WHAT: Freqo de Mayo
WHEN: Saturday, May 10, 2007, 10pm doors
WHERE: Temple | 540 Howard St, San Francisco CA | 415.626.7001
WHO: Tipper (tippermusic.com), The Phat Conductor (AKA Ill Gates-Toronto), Sabo (Sol Selectas –NYC), MoPo (Myspace/motionpotion), AnTenNae (Antennae.net), Mozaic (Raindance), Ground Control (LA), Absurge, Big Dolla, Dylan Cahill, Mycho Cocoa, Tim Dietz, Victor Vega.
VIDEO: Temple VJs LIVE PAINTING: Fringe Arts Collective: Nicole Andris, Trav Koller
FIRE PERFORMANCE: Krissi, Noelski and Aileen
GENERAL INFO: www.sunsetpromotions.net
TICKETS: $15 advance available at www.sunsettickets.com or 415-256-8499
RSVPs, GIVEAWAYS & PRIZES: www.going.com/freqo08
PRESS INFO: Kelly Edwards | press@sunsetpromotions.net | 415-424-0307

DETAILS: Sunset Promotions and the Fringe, the team that has brought you such epic parties as “Freaksgiving” and the “Icebreakers Ball” team up again for their third annual twisted take on the annual Mexican holiday . It’s “FREQO DE MAYO 2008”at its new location, Temple Nightclub with an all-star cast of future world breaks, Latin, house, electro and mashups that includes tech-hop legend Tipper. NYC world-breakbeat pioneer Sabo (Sol Selectas-Turntables on the Hudson) will update the Latin sound while Toronto’s Phat Conductor and LA’s Ground Control provide a treatise on breakbeat. Midtempo acid crunk will throb its way in through Antennae and Mozaic. And for the first time ever, the entire Fringe DJ posse will appear under one roof, including electro kidz Absurge and Victor Vega, eclectic beatslingers Mycho Cocoa, Dylan “BLVD” Cahill and funk-mash-breaks killers Tim Dietz, Big Dolla, and MoPo.

A description of Tipper? What's the point? He never says a word anyway. Nobody knows anything about him, apart from his music. So how do we find out about this nearly translucent geezer from England? Go see him at a show and he'll be standing on stage looking half-bored, not moving nearly fast enough to be scratching like that, while he blows the speaker cones to pieces and leaves everyone in the crowd standing around with their jaws dropped. Try to catch up with him after his set and he's already gone back to the hotel for sleepy time. Hype and fluff about who he is and where he's been and what he's all about doesn't do justice to his compositions or the impact they make on those who hear it. So, we'll probably never know anything about him, apart from his music, and if you listen closely enough over time he hopes you'll understand everything he is trying to say.

The Phat Conductor is one of Canada's leading underground exports, holding it down since 1995 with gigs as far as Switzerland, the U.K, Burning Man, NY and the legendary Shambhala Music Festival in the rainforests on British Columbia. His diverse style covers all genres from Electro House, Techno, breakbeat, Hip-Hop, Dancehall, DnB & IDM/Glitch. No matter what the venue, The Phat Conductor can suit his style to the crowd and keep your dancefloor rocking. Throw loads of original tunes and the fact that he works with live video into the mix and you have a sure fire crowd pleaser.

Sabo production in the last four years has gained international recognition and brought him to DJ in countries like Brazil, Spain, Dominican Republic, Austria, Mexico, and Kosovo, as well as various cities in the US. He has six EP releases on his own label Sol*Selectas, two 12" releases on Wonderwheel Recordings, and a full length album on the way in '08 for Irma Records in Italy, with production partner Zeb. From Brazilian to Afrobeat, Disco to Reggae, Hip Hop to Dub, Miami Bass to House, Latin to Techno, Sabo is known to be locked into each style as if it were the only thing he's been spinning for the past 10 years, and he flows seamlessly from one genre to the next. He's been a special guest at Turntables on the Hudson parties for the last 5 years, is an instructor at the Scratch DJ Academy, and was nominated to URB magazine's Annual 'Next 100' in 2006.

MoPo (Motionpotion) is one of the country’s foremost purveyors of reinvented roots music, from nufunk to rocktronica to tech hop, MoPo takes the stuff you know and supercharges it. AnTenNae (Get Freaky) is an underground hero for his embrace of new styles including his own signature “acid crunk” style. Mozaic (Raindance) has long been known as a premier purveyor of cutting edge eclectic electronica. Ground Control has quietly pushed himself to the forefront of LA’s underground breakbeat scene.Victor Vega and Absurge are the Fringe crew’s resident electro and minimal experts, Big Dolla and Tim Dietz hold down the funk, breaks and mashups, while Mycho Cocoa and Dylan Cahill (drummer for local power trio BLVD) simply can’t be categorized. The Fringe is a collective of nearly 100 people dedicated to pushing evolutionary music on an unsuspecting public. For three years straight, the Fringe has hosted marathon soundsessions at the Burning Man Festival and has hosted numerous parties in the Bay Area to support their artistic habits. Fringe painters perform at most events and have shown off their work at various local art shows.

Artists: Tipper, Phat Conductor, Sabo (Sol Selectas) AnTenNae
Guests: ground Control, Mozaic, Motion Potion, Victor Vega, Big Dolla, Tim Dietz, Mycho Cocoa, Absurge and Dylan Mack
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Mon. May 12, 2008

Chico Mann @ Mojito
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 9:30 PM
Ages: 21+

Turntable Lab
“…This is the future of music, in case you didn’t know. [Chico Mann] has come from the future to show you how the past should have sounded. This time-traveling mastermind is basically the Jersey City Cuban James Brown of the Casio. You heard it here first…Welcome to the future past. Recommended.”

Dusty Groove America
“…a set of spare, gritty grooves that are all plenty darn funky -- and served up with a few global traces too!...a mean, lean quality that has the full force of Afrika 70 stripped down for the streets of New York! The tunes are simple, but quite compelling…”

Earplug
“…Marcos Marquitos Garcia, Antibalas’ guitar player, has created a pretty damn good [band] with his Chico Mann project. Recorded with live instruments and ’70s-era synthesizers, the end result is unabashedly retro…Garcia, like Antibalas, has a knack for bringing together disparate elements in a way that sounds natural. In this case, it’s a very fine vintage indeed.”

Stranger Magazine (Nick Radford)
“…It sounds as if it were recorded over 30 years ago but was way ahead of its time. Every track is a potential dancefloor bomb - hot foot, get up, get into it and get involved... get a copy.”

Loose-record.com (Maggie McQuade)
“…I even found myself so overcome by the funk that I was forced to shake my head back and forth in an effort to pantomime the sentiment, too dirty, too sexy! Listening to Chico Mann makes me feel like throwing understated bedroom eyes at sexy strangers, smoking cuban cigars, and wearing leisure suits.”

Artists: Chico Mann
Guests: DJs Oz and Pleasuremaker

Tue. May 13, 2008

Chico Mann (2nd Night)
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 9:30 PM
Ages: 21+

Turntable Lab
“…This is the future of music, in case you didn’t know. [Chico Mann] has come from the future to show you how the past should have sounded. This time-traveling mastermind is basically the Jersey City Cuban James Brown of the Casio. You heard it here first…Welcome to the future past. Recommended.”

Dusty Groove America
“…a set of spare, gritty grooves that are all plenty darn funky -- and served up with a few global traces too!...a mean, lean quality that has the full force of Afrika 70 stripped down for the streets of New York! The tunes are simple, but quite compelling…”

Earplug
“…Marcos Marquitos Garcia, Antibalas’ guitar player, has created a pretty damn good [band] with his Chico Mann project. Recorded with live instruments and ’70s-era synthesizers, the end result is unabashedly retro…Garcia, like Antibalas, has a knack for bringing together disparate elements in a way that sounds natural. In this case, it’s a very fine vintage indeed.”

Stranger Magazine (Nick Radford)
“…It sounds as if it were recorded over 30 years ago but was way ahead of its time. Every track is a potential dancefloor bomb - hot foot, get up, get into it and get involved... get a copy.”

Loose-record.com (Maggie McQuade)
“…I even found myself so overcome by the funk that I was forced to shake my head back and forth in an effort to pantomime the sentiment, too dirty, too sexy! Listening to Chico Mann makes me feel like throwing understated bedroom eyes at sexy strangers, smoking cuban cigars, and wearing leisure suits.”

Artists: Chico Mann
Guests: DJs Oz and Pleasuremaker
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Fri. May 16, 2008

Fort Knox 5 vs Thunderball at Funkonnection
Doors: 10:00 PM | Show: 10:00 PM
Ages: 21+

It's another EPIC Funkonnection in May with a 4-turntable beatdown featuring:

FORT KNOX 5 vs THUNDERBALL
and the SF debuts of the most explosive and talked-about DJs in Canada
MAT THE ALIEN vs VINYL RITCHIE (aka Wicked Lester)

WATCH MATT ON YOUTUBE - HOLY COW!!!


FunKonnection 4-Turntable Showdown!
Fort Knox 5 vs Thunderball and Mat the Alien vs Vinyl Ritchie (Wicked Lester)
Nufunk monthly features SF residents Motion Potion, Malarkey and Tal M Klein

DETAILS: The Funk is coming back and Uncle Jam wants YOU! In April, Funkonnection celebrates the release of “Plastic Starfish” a full-length CD by resident Tal M Klein. Joining the fun will be Aussie funk/breaks hero Nick Thayer, San Francisco legend Romanowski and South City records remixer Chris Nicholson. Resident DJ Motion Potion and Romanowski will celebrate James brown’s impending birthday with a complete room full o’ JB including James Brown, the JB’s, Maceo, Fred, Bootsy, and all the hip hop and remixes you can handle.

Fort Knox Five and Thunderball have been churning out newschool funk with an oldschool sound for years now. With some of the most coveted limited-release breaks records on the planet emerging from their Washington DC-based Fort Knox Recordings label, FK5 has emerged as a leader in the struggle to make dance music relevant to folks who like the live sound. Thunderball releases his solo records on ESL but is also a member of Fort Knox 5, and for Funkonnection, both John Horvath of Fort Knox and Steve Raskin of Thunderball will face off in a 4-turntable battle to determine who is truly the king of DC.

Mat the Alien and Vinyl Ritchie (AKA Wicked Lester) have long been known as Canada’s hottest DJ/producers. Heroes above the border, they have long held court at the Shambhala Festival and dozens of clubs across the great white north. Turntablists of the highest caliber, they are known as some of the finest 45-slingers on planet earth, a habit that has made its way around the world via insane Youtube clips… (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LheOTKv4ZY). The two will make their San Francisco debuts in grand fashion with a 4-turntable beatdown that is bound to overshadow even the night’s headliners.

Artists: FORT KNOX 5 vs Guests: Motion Potion, Malarkey, Tal M Klein
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Mon. May 19, 2008

Mike Clark, Donald Harrison & Ron Belcher
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 9:30 PM
Ages: 21+

Mike Clark, Donald Harrison and Ron Belcher play two nights at Mojito
The Headhunters legendary drummer is joined by the New Orleans sax hero and Bay Area bass superstar
WHO: Mike Clark, Donald Harrison & Ron Belcher
WHEN: Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and 20, 2008 | Doors at 5pm, Show at 10pm
WHERE: MOJITO | 1337 Grant Ave @ Valejo, North Beach, San Francisco | 415.398.1120
GENERAL INFO: www.sunsetpromotions.net, http://mightybreaks.com
TICKETS: VERY LIMITED $15 adv.at www.sunsettickets.com.

DETAILS: Sunset Promotions presents 2 big nights with three heroes of Jazz. MIKE CLARK gained worldwide recognition as one of America’s foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock’s group in the early 1970’s. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock’s Thrust album, which garnered him an international cult following. Mike has performed with jazz greats such as Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Woody Shaw, Larry Coryell, Jack Wilkins, Wallace Roney, Geri Allen, Billy Childs, James Genus, Bob Hurst, Chris Potter, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Dave Liebman, Nat Adderly, Oscar Brown Jr., Bill Doggett, Mose Allison, Maxine Brown, Gil Evans and his orchestra, and did a stint with Brand X, the acclaimed British fusion band, founded by Phil Collins. He has performed throughout the world at all the major jazz venues and festivals.

Called “the most sampled drummer in hip hop” Mike’s beats have been used on tracks by musicians as diverse as NWA, Grandmaster Flash, Britney Spears, Prince and many others.

DONALD HARRISON is “one of the most important musicians of the new millennium”- CBS Sunday Morning. The 47-year-old saxophonist is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of these times, yet he remains inextricably tied to his New Orleans roots. In the classic jazz genre, he is the originator of the Nouveau Swing style which merges acoustic swing with modern R&B, second-line, hip-hop, (New Orleans African American roots culture), and reggae rhythms.. His influence on the hip hop as an early mentor of The Notorius BIG was documented on VH-1. He is also a master singer/dancer in traditional New Orleans culture; the Big Chief the Congo Nation, even designing and making his own Mardi Gras costumes which are considered works of art. The son of late great Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. began working with Roy Haynes at age 19 and Jack McDuff at age 20. He joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at age 21. A few years later, he co-led a band with Terence Blanchard that had an enormous impact on the development of the "neo-conservative" movement. After that group split in 1989, Harrison became a prodigious leader releasing a number of well-received records. He also worked throughout the 90's with a wide variety of world-class talents. Such notables include Lena Horne, Spike Lee, Latin jazz giant Eddie Palmieri, and the smash hip–hop groups, Jazzmatazz, The Notorius BIG, and Digable Planets. All of this diverse experience fuels Harrison's dynamic sound.

Bassist RON BELCHER travels the world from France to Japan and throughout the United States bringing his rhythmically buoyant, emotionally uplifting style to the stage for a wide diversity of jazz artists.Performing or recording with such international stars as Branford Marsalis, Regina Carter, Rodney Franklin, John Handy, and Pete Escovedo, as well as a literal “who’s who” of the San Francisco jazz scene, Ron has garnered a reputation as one of northern California’s first-call jazz bassists.

Artists: Ron Belcher on bass. Mike Clark Drums Donald Harrison sax plus special guests

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Tue. May 20, 2008

Mike Clark, Donald Harrison, Ron Belcher (2nd Night)
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 9:30 PM
Ages: 21+

Sunset promotions presents two big nights with heroes of funk and acid jazz. Headhunters drummer Mike Clark and New Orleans sax superstar Donald Harrison parachute into Mojito for two intimate exclusive performances on Monday May 19 and Tuesday, May 20.

Artists: Ron Belcher on bass. Mike Clark Drums Donald Harrison sax plus special guests

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Fri. Jun 13, 2008

Rebirth Brass Band
Doors: 8:00 PM | Show: 9:00 PM
Ages: 21+

Sunset Promotions presents the first of two huge nights with New Orleans ultimate party band - Rebirth Brass Band

Artists: Rebirth Brass Band

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Sat. Jun 14, 2008

Rebirth Brass Band
Doors: 8:00 PM | Show: 9:30 PM
Ages: 21+

Sunset presents night two with New Orleans ultimate party band Rebirth Brass Band

Artists: Rebirth Brass Band

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Mon. Jun 30, 2008

Alice Russell
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 10:00 PM
Ages: 21+

Alice Russel is considered on of the finest multi-genre singers in the United Kingdom. Her combination of thematic breadth, songwriting skill, vocal range, and unadulterated soulful power has drawn comparisons to soul divas like Lyn Collins, Joss Stone, and Etta James. As a songwriter and singer she has provided highlights to the music of Quantic, TM Juke, Bah Samba, The Bamboos, Susumu Yokota, Kushti, Unforscene, and Quantic Soul Orchestra, and her ability to make the hair stand up your neck with her emotive voice has to be seen live to be believed. Her debut solo album Under The Munka Moon, collecting some of her finest moments to date, was released in 2004 on Tru Thoughts. As Q-Magazine said “Were Alice Russell American she’d be hanging out with Jill Scott, Angie Stone and Alicia Keys right now.”

Artists: Alice Russell

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Tue. Jul 01, 2008

Alice Russell (2nd Night)
Doors: 5:00 PM | Show: 10:00 PM
Ages: 21+

Alice Russel is considered on of the finest multi-genre singers in the United Kingdom. Her combination of thematic breadth, songwriting skill, vocal range, and unadulterated soulful power has drawn comparisons to soul divas like Lyn Collins, Joss Stone, and Etta James. As a songwriter and singer she has provided highlights to the music of Quantic, TM Juke, Bah Samba, The Bamboos, Susumu Yokota, Kushti, Unforscene, and Quantic Soul Orchestra, and her ability to make the hair stand up your neck with her emotive voice has to be seen live to be believed. Her debut solo album Under The Munka Moon, collecting some of her finest moments to date, was released in 2004 on Tru Thoughts. As Q-Magazine said “Were Alice Russell American she’d be hanging out with Jill Scott, Angie Stone and Alicia Keys right now.”

Artists: Alice Russell

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Wed. Jul 23, 2008

NORTH BEACH JAZZ FEST
Doors: 8:30 PM | Show: 8:30 PM
Ages: all ages

The North Beach Jazz Fest returns for a 14th Glorious Year

Artists: Artists TBA - Sign up on the sunset list for updates!

http://www.nbjazzfest.com