peace.
as may comes to a close, we just want to take this time mid-way thru the year to say THANKS. no, we really mean it... THANK YOU for helping keep this west coast renaissance alive and bubblin... san francisco is on the rise, and you're apart of it every time you support creative, positive, uplifting, ground breaking, mind blowing, good music events... this is our culture and we control it... don't let anyone take that away from you. peace to all the DJs, artists, promoters, designers, event staff, bartenders, venues, who help keep the nightlife, the right life... let's keep it movin' yall...
*JUNE PREVIEW* on saturday, june 14, 2008, massive selector is proud to present a brand new bag to kick off summer in the city... "DOIN JAMES" a James Brown Jam! featuring for the first time ever on the west coast, all the way from sweden to the bay, stockholm's finest music makers... FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE (G.A.M.M.), MAD MATS (RAW FUSION), and PURE P (UP HYGH, YES!). Never heard of Raw Fusion or G.A.M.M.? Bet you have... DJ's and tastemakers from around the world have been rockin' their prized re-edits and remixes in the clubs for years... Peep our
PLAYLIST on imeem of choice cuts, re-edits, and remixes from Stockholm's elite beatmakers...
BUY YOUR LIMITED $10 EARLY BIRD PRESALE TICKETS NOW AT GOING.COM/DOINJAMES AND DON'T GET CAUGHT SLEEPIN' ON THIS EXCLUSIVELY FONKY EVENT. ~ marky //
massiveselector.com*JUNE HEAT*
on saturday, june 14, 2008, massive selector is proud to present a brand new funky event to kick off summer in the city...
"DOIN JAMES" a James Brown Jam featuring for the first time ever on the west coast, all the way from sweden to the bay, stockholm's finest music makers...
FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE (G.A.M.M.), MAD MATS (RAW FUSION), and PURE P (UP HYGH, YES!). they'll be in san francisco to celebrate their latest release
"DOIN JAMES" a James Brown tribute compilation of remixes and re-edits by SIMBAD, DAZ-I-KUE, SPIRITUAL SOUTH, RED ASTAIRE and more! we'll dedicate the night to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, rockin' classic cuts, remixes, re-edits, and b-sides from the greatest entertainer all night, so JB fans rejoice... san francisco's finest,
J-BOOGIE (om records), PROOF (massive selector) and DJ CHICKEN SKRATCH will also be in the place, so let's make it FONKY!
*THIS WILL BE A SOLD-OUT EVENT* CAPACITY IS LIMITED AT OUR INTIMATE VENUE AND DOORS WILL CLOSE ONCE THE VENUE IS FULL. BUY YOUR LIMITED PRE-SALE TICKETS NOW AND DON'T GET CAUGHT SLEEPIN' ON THIS EXCLUSIVELY FONKY EVENT.saturday, june 14
massive selector presents
DOIN' JAMES
a james brown jam
featuring
RAW FUSION & G.A.M.M. (stockholm, sweden)first ever west coast appearance!
@ holy grail, sf
featuring stokholm's finest
MAD MATS (raw fusion)
FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE (g.a.m.m.)
PURE P (up hygh, yes!)
along with sf heavyweights
J-BOOGIE (om records)
PROOF (massive selector)
DJ CHICKEN SKRATCHknow the ledge...
ABOUT MAD MATS (raw fusion)
With over 50 records released, Raw Fusion Recordings founder and CEO, "Mad" Mats Karlsson continues to rule the Swedish underground club music scene. Artists such as Freddie Cruger aka Red Astaire (SWE) Spiritual South (UK), Simbad (UK/FR), Future Beat Investigators (FI) and Povo (DK), keep granting the label life as Raw Fusion releases some of the greatest tunes to come out the studios of these artists.
The brainchild of Raw Fusion, Mad Mats, started his path into the future by the way of DJ'ing after leaving his successful days of break dancing behind (Swedish champ 1985!). Over years Mats became one of the most well known DJ's to come out of Sweden, touring the world with his diverse musical selection. After many years of continuously discovering new sounds and connecting with fresh inspirations, Raw Fusion was born as the start of a new era.
The Raw Fusion trademark started out as a monthly club night founded by Mats in boogie down Stockholm back in 1996. The premier night was an instant hit and the Raw Fusion Club still to this day attracts a large dedicated audience and has reached cult status within the Stockholm club scene. Since 2002 the musical vision of Mats has grown into a prosperous recording label, dedicated to spreading the future of black dance music across the globe. And in 2003 Mad Mats created a sub label to Raw Fusion Recordings. It was called Jugglin' Records (named after the Ragga Twins underground hit tune with the same name!) and was intended to have a much more urban sound than the mother label had had so far. After only 10 releases, the label was taken out of commission and was rejoined with Raw Fusion Recordings, which now is limitless to genre and musical styles.
The musical roots of Raw Fusion Recordings rest on a steady foundation based on black music of the underground club scene. Genres like soulful house, cutting edge hip-hop, electronic funk, raw street-soul, dance floor jazz, rough latin and deep Detroit techno boogie are represented. Since day one the catalogue has consisted of various artists who all represent a raw, innovative, urban, street feel, which signifies the music that we love, live and breathe.
"In everything we do, quality and musical integrity have since day one been our main goal. We're a music company, not a corporation!" - more about
MAD MATS & RAW FUSION at
rawfusionrec.com and
myspace.com/rawfusionjugglin
ABOUT FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE (g.a.m.m.)
Aspects of old-school hip hop, b-boy grooves, dirty funk, reggae, electro-soul, Latin and disco. Already a firm favourite with the likes of Jazzy Jeff, Norman Jay, Bobbito, Gilles Peterson and Erykah Badu, Freddie Cruger has been bangin’ out platters of black gold from his Stockholm studios since the early 90s.
Freddie first encountered hip hop in the 80’s when his brother was collecting vinal hip hop and his worked in an import record shop in Stockholm. This lead him to buy loads of records and in turn his decks, drum machine and then a few years later a sampler.
Forever switching between his Freddie Cruger and Red Astaire alter egos, a barrage of top quality 12s have made both names a permanent fixture in DJ boxes across the globe.
In 2003 Red Astaire’s ‘Follow Me’ single on the GAMM imprint achieved widespread notoriety. A hook-laden, crowd-pleasing mash-up built around the a-cappella of a well-known soul tune, it went down a treat with DJs, tastemakers and partygoers the world over. - more about
FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE at
myspace.com/redastairekeep it locked on
massiveselector.com for more details!
Event Detailssaturday, june 14
9pm - 2am
21+
cover: $15
limited presales:
going.com/doinjamesLocationHOLY GRAIL
1233 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 928-1233
MusicPeep our
RAW FUSION x G.A.M.M. SAMPLER on imeem of choice cuts, re-edits, and remixes from Stockholm's elite beatmakers...
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*MS PICKS*
saturday, june 7
om:soul & refresco present
HAPPY FEET@ mighty, sf
One of our favorite DJs & Producers SOLE CHANNEL's ALIX ALVAREZ is gonnabless us w/his mix of Soulful/Afro-deep/Garage/Boogie/Jazzy flavas. He's been making waves remixing everyone from Jill Scott, Miguel Migs, Roy Ayers, Alicia Keys while producing his own classics like "Move", "You Don't Want This"! reFRESCO are the peeps who brought you Wonder-Full, Dwele, Gilles Peterson, DJ Spinna, 4 Hero, Rich Medina, Jazzanova, Bugz In the Attic, Platinum Pied Pipers, Masters At Work, the Rebirth, DJ Mitsu, Soul Slam, Bobbito, AME, Dixon, Cut Chemist, Simbad, so you know we ain't fucking around!
featuring DJs
BOBBITO
aka Kool Bob Love
&
RICH MEDINAalong with
DJ Sake One
HakoboEvent Detailssaturday, june 7
21+
10pm - afterhours
cover: $15 B4 11, $20 After
EXTREMELY LIMITED $10 Presales on sale Wednesday 5/14
http://www.going.com/happyfeet LocationMIGHTY
119 utah st
san francisco
Musichouse, funk, soul, afro beat, latin
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*JULY PREVIEW*saturday, july 5th
mvp entertainment & mighty present
FOR THE LOVE OF HOUSE@ mighty, sf
main room// deep, tribal, soulful, garage house
MR. V (soul channel, undefeated nyc)
JON CUTLER (distant music, undefeated nyc)along with
MICHAEL TELLO
NIKOLA BAYTALAom soul lounge// loft classics, disco, funk & soul
RASCUE
STILL ROB G
TOKYO COMPONENT
PROOFLocation
MIGHTY119 utah st
san francisco
Hours
10pm - 4am
Cover
$15 presale, $20 door
Music
deep, tribal, soulful, garage house, loft classics, disco, funk & soul
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FUTURE EVENTSsat jun 7 HAPPY FEET feat RICH MEDINA & BOBBITO @ mighty, sf
sat june 14 RAW FUSION / GAMM TOUR @ holy grail, sf
fri july 4 FUTURECLASSIC @ poleng lounge, sf
sat july 5 MR. V, JON CUTLER @ mighty, sf
early aug SOUL SLAM: PRINCE VS. MJ feat DJ SPINNA @ mezzanine, sf
keep your ears to the street and your head to the sky... peace from the massive selector crew
massiveselector.com
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