WMC 2008 photos

So I just got back from Miami and the Winter Music Conference a few days ago. I have a mountain of work but the trip was a success! I connected with a lot of old friends, business associates, and partied my ass off!!! Here are just a few of the hundreds of photos my friends and I took. More to come over the next few days and weeks will my brain restarts.

Danity Kane review

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Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One

If you haven't bought your copy yet check out my take on the new Erykah Badu album.



Artist: Erykah Badu
Title: New Amerykah Part One
Genre: Soul/Hip-Hop/Electronica
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Patrick Fillion presents Zahn

I am a huge fan of the erotic comics of Patrick Fillion. His newest series is calleed Zahn and it looks like a gay Conan or something. Here are some cool illustrations from the first issue.



Patrick Fillion's website

Nu-Soul Presents Fusion: A NextAid Benefit April 12

Nu-Soul Magazine and NextAid are joining forces to bring you FUSION on Saturday April 12 at Skinny's Lounge in North Hollywood. This will be a landmark night of future soul and hip-hop featuring LIVE performances from acclaimed Om Records artists Samantha James & Black Spade. All proceeds will go to NextAid to support their mission in assisting children orphaned by AIDS in Africa!

Performances by Om Records newest stars:

SAMANTHA JAMES LIVE


Songwriter/performer Samantha James has spent the past three years honing her estimable skills as a modern-day singer/songwriter within the dance/electronic/soul genre. Her sultry style, vocal cadences, and international rhythms are largely influenced by such artists as Sade, Basia, Amel Larrieux, Bebel Gilberto and Morcheeba.

On her debut album ‘Rise’ for San Francisco based indie label Om Records, Samantha teamed up with producer and co-writer Sebastian Arocha Morton-AKA ROCAsound (Sting, Vikter Duplaix, Fischerspooner, Fila Brazilia and Rick James for the classic finale’ of the hit film Little Miss Sunshine.)

www.myspace.com/sammyjmusic

Read the Samatha James Interview at Nu-Soul

BLACK SPADE


Black Spade’s music is a melting pot of sounds hailing from St. Louis by way of New York, Detroit, LA, and everywhere that hip-hop has carved a distinctive and influential sound for itself. Writing and producing all his music along with MC’ng, Spade’s one man team approach is full of burbling synths, and off-kilter drums while his voice slides smoothly over choruses coated in multi-tracked vocals and skipping roughshod drums.

Spade’s cadence flutters up and down like Pharoahe Monch, but stays introspective like Common. Before you know it, he’ll switch to singing and suddenly his songs become less like hip hop experimentation and more like fully fleshed sketches. At his core, Black Spade is a producer who makes music because he loves to. His sounds are grounded in the past while still sounding futuristic, and most importantly come from the heart.

www.myspace.com/blackspade

Read the Black Spade Interview at Nu-Soul

DJs for the night:

Glenn Red
www.myspace.com/glenn_red

Jayvon
www.myspace.com/jayvon

Destroyer
www.myspace.com/djdestroyer

About NEXTAID

NextAid is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization committed to developing and implementing innovative sustainable solutions to the challenges facing African children. NextAid's mission is to promote community-driven environmentally, economically and socially empowering responses to the AIDS orphan pandemic. NextAid collaborates with individuals, businesses and nonprofits to produce culturally rich awareness-raising projects and music events involving technology, the arts, public education, and volunteer opportunities. From mega-events like the Miami Music Conference and WIRED Magazine’s “NextFest” in Los Angeles to small club and music-related activities, NextAid channels the positive energy on the dance floor across the globe to Africa, thus providing opportunities for concerned individuals to make a tangible difference in the lives of African children in need.

www.nextaid.org

About Nu-Soul Magazine

Launched in October 2006, Nu-Soul bridges the gap between the world of R&B/soul and the underground vibes of electronica, the common factor being a grounding in funk, soul and urban lifestyle. This is a place where the sounds of neo-soul, drum and bass, deep house and breakbeat are a part of the same family. Through fascinating articles, engaging interviews, and the latest reviews, Nu-Soul hopes to open minds to the incredible array of soul influenced music available today.

www.nu-soulmag.com

FUSION: A NextAid Benefit
Saturday April 12, 2008
@ Skinny's Lounge
4923 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
9pm-2am
21+
$15 minimum donation
All Proceeds will be donated to NextAid

Nu-Soul presents Strictly Social w/ Mike the Poet & Taniq march 26

Soul Union and Nu-Soul Magazine present another evening of Eclectic Soul Fusion!

STRICTLY SOCIAL
Wednesday March 26, 2008

Featuring performances from

Mike The Poet
www.myspace.com/mikethepoet

Taniq
www.myspace.com/taniq

and Guest DJ Seven57
www.myspace.com/emayday

Show begins at 10:30

Join us for a special pre-show listening session of Lina's new album "Morning Star" available on Moodstar Recordings with plenty of giveaways!
www.myspace.com/linamusic

The night will also feature the fresh artwork of Ritzy Periwinkle!
ritzyperiwinkle.com

FREE with RSVP to info@nu-soulmag.com
$5 without

@ Skinny's
4923 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
www.skinnyslounge.com
www.myspace.com/lastrictlysocial
www.nu-soulmag.com

DJ Craze - Fabriclive review

Craze brings his undeniable touch to the Fabriclive mix series with Fabriclive.38.

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Stephen Chow article

Check out this article I wrote on the director of Kung Fu Hustle, Stephen Chow. He has a new kid's movie out called CJ7.

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Strictly Social February photos

On February 27 Nu-Soul Magazine presented another edition of Strictly Social. We are consistently bringing a new vibe to the Los Angeles scene with eclectic performances.

See the photos here

HEAVy Interview

So who exactly is HEAVy? On their debut album JazzMoney$$, out on BBE, the duo take uptempo soul and feed it a bag of magic mushrooms, spinning it on its head, switching up the tempo and ramping up the intensity.

Read the interview by Norman Mayers

Creative Criss Cross Launch Party _ March 23

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Event Details

Om Miami - March 27

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Om Records by far had the best party at the conference last year. It's all about this amazing venue. If you are in Miami, don't miss this!!!!

Reid Speed Interview

Reid Speed isn’t new to the dance world. Beginning her career as a clerk at New York’s legendary Breakbeat Science, Reid emerged in the early 2000s as one of the few female faces in the drum & bass scene, becoming an instant underground hero with her girly looks and New York attitude. She has released a few major mix CDs, appeared in Triple Five Soul ads, DJed for Jamie Kennedy’s show, and received ink in major publications like Urb. But with the changing music scene, Reid did the unthinkable. She moved from New York to Los Angeles and started making a name for herself as a breakbeat DJ. The change has worked and Reid continues to be one of the most booked female DJs in the US, switching styles from breaks to DnB, depending on the occasion. But it’s her commitment to the scene and culture that has truly kept her relevant in these fickle times. A down-to-earth personality and unquestionable skills and charisma on the decks are just icing on the cake.

Read the interview at Urban Breakbeat

The Rhythm Section - March 15

Join us for the next movement of.....



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flyer courtesy of PUSHvisual

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The Rhythm Section

3|15|08

Eclectic Selection for all....WYLIN!

Featuring Detroit's Hip Hop Ambassador to the World,

Special Guest DJ:



House Shoes

(c) Photo courtesy of soulsol
(Humble Arrogance)
www.myspace.com/djhouseshoes

Detroit's HipHop ambassador to the world....
Relocated to Los Angeles....
Ran Detroit's Hip Hop scene for over a decade.
Released the highly sought after JayDeeUnreleased in 1997...
Released PhatKat's Dedication to the Suckers 12" in 1999...
The House Shoes Collection Vol.1 : I Got Next followed in 2004...
and Loungin' Vol. 1 : Live at the Buddha Lounge in 2005...
Professor of all things Detroit.
Loved by many, Hated by few(cocksuckers)...
Make sure to peep the podcast at www.shoeshouse.podomatic.com

Resident Selectors:

Concise

(c) Photo courtesy of *idea
(Beathackerz Kollectiv | Excursions Show | Vibes & Stuff)
www.myspace.com/djconcise

DJ Concise, a member of the Los Angeles's very own Beathackerz Kollective, has been djing in and around venues from Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, and even overseas for 8 years. He is also part of an underground internet radio show called Excursions (www.twelvez.com) in which himself DJ Analog & DJ One Man Jazz broadcast live every Saturday from 11am-3pm to reach out open minded music to open minded people. A show blended with beautiful and melodic sounds, his love for music comes first and his aim is to please the soul through the medium of eclectic sounds. Playing everything from hip hop, soul, funk, latin, bossanova, brazillian, reggae, downtempo, trip hop, broken beat, disco, soulful house, cuban, afro-beat and jazz, the records are endless groove schemes that will take you on a worldwide trip of infinite soundscapes.

BZ

(c) Photo courtesy of Kris Perry Photography
(Satori | Brand1 Jazz | Vibes & Stuff)
www.myspace.com/bernardh

BZ, networker extraordinaire, promoter par excellence, DJ? Absolutely….yes, the man that you see at all the spots, that everyone seems to know, has swiftly perfected his signature groovy mélange of beats that is guaranteed to set the mood and get your head noddin. As a long time lover of music, he began splicing cassette tapes & wreckin the folks turntables as a youngster. It was his first exposure to Hip Hop however that changed his life….though it was nothing he had ever heard before, something about it made him feel completely at home. Since then, he has searched and researched everything Hip Hop, fully immersing himself into all the aspects that makes Hip Hop unique. This passion led him to try his hand in all the elements and thus it's natural that he's smoothly segued into expressing his passion for music via the turntable. Also moved by the music in the form of dance, its inspired BZ to expand beyond hip hop and dig into the dance driven sounds of funk, nujazz and future soul. Nevertheless, when you hear his sets, there's always an underlying thread of Hip Hop that connects it all. With a goal of continually exposing good music to the public, BZ has found balance between dropping new and refreshing beats while still while building on classic sounds. It's his desire that his sets continually spark the urge in people to keep searching for new and fresh sounds because even if the sounds are new to your ears, the music can still strike a familiar chord in you…as if you already know it….just like his like his first reaction to hip hop.

e3rd

www.eastthird.com

734 E 3rd St.
just east of Alameda
Los Angeles, CA 90013
21+
$5 Before 11

9:30pm-2am


rsvp discounted entry, email
notsosilentpartners@gmail.com

Food served until 1am!
valet & plenty of street parking

capacity expected :: early arrival suggested

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This is what you missed last month!!!

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RSVP for Strictly Social w/ Jesse Saunders & Rozzi Daime - Wednesday Feb 27

RSVP to info@nu-soulmag.com for free entry b4 10:30pm. One of LA's hottest night for eclectic soul!