Afrolicious in 2010

Afrolicious is gettin' fired up to move forward with an amazing line up of top notch performers. Already this year we have featured a live cumbia band (Very Be Careful) from L.A., DJ, Concerned (formerly NYC, just relocated to SF) Percussionists' Rene Flores and Baba Juru, MC's Iggy Mon, and Krown Prince.

This coming week we are honored to welcome back to the Afrolicious scene J.Boogie and his incredible DJ skills and wonderful vibes. J.Boogie is an accomplished producer, DJ, radio persona, and all around hip cat. His remixes over the last couple years have been insane, working with the likes of Nickodemus, Vieux Farka Toure, Romanowski, DJ Zeph, and Mark Farina ( to name a few) and has collaborated with such artists as Lyrics Born, Zion I, Crown City Rockers, etc. Lookout for a new album sometime in the new year.

Also lookout in the next couple weeks as we are bringing in some deeeeeeeeep talent from the Apple. Thursday February 4th we will be featuring Greg Caz, you may know him from his incredible mixes entitled Brazilian Beats Brooklyn (Mr.Bongo Records) He has been diggin' music and records for a long long while and has a tremendous amount of knowledge and music that he has been offering to the NYC scene and world for years. This is actually his SF debut so help us give him an extra warm welcome to the bay.

The following week we are very pleased to announce Afrolicious party in conjunction with Wax Poetics, and Fania will be hosting the official Bay Area record release party for Joe Cuba’s El Alcalde Del Barrio album coming out on Fania Records. This release is scheduled for February 23, 2010 and commemorates one-year after the passing of this Latin legend. New York’s Chico Mann (Antibalas) will be performing a live set of Joe Cuba’s songs including the international hits “Bang Bang” and “El Pito (I’ll Never Go Back to Georgia),” and many other diverse numbers that spanned Cuba’s illustrious career.

So as you can see, just the next few weeks promise to offer a whole lot to the SF Mission scene provided by the Afrolicious crew!



Respect to you all and catch you on the dance floor

NEW YEARS EVE w/ AFROLICIOUS

Afrolicious presents a New Years Eve throwdown feat.

Residents DJ's Pleasuremaker, Señor Oz, drummers B.Lee and J.Elrod

NONSTOP BHANGRA DJ Jimmy Love

Pleasuremaker Band

Guest MC's and vocalists: Fresh, Iggy Mon and Krown Prince

Beautiful and soulful people, please help us end this amazing year, and crazy decade off right!!!
We are so fired up to be holding it down at our homebase of the Elbo Room for the second year in a row on New Years Eve. Last year was a true throwdown, and this year it looks to just carry that legacy on!! We have an amazing cast of super talented DJ's an musicians bringing their spice to the stew.

**NONSTOP BHANGRA will be on hand with DJ JImmy Love holding things down behind the decks.

**Pleasuremaker band is making an appearance.

**Afrolicious residents Señor Oz and Pleasure, go a little deeper by featuring guest MC's and vocalists who have stepped in throughout the year and will be working with us more in 2010. Fresh, Iggy Mon, and Krown Prince will be on the scene and the mic!!



NEW YEARS EVE: Thursday December 31st @ Elbo Room with Afrolicious, Pleasuremaker Band, Non-Stop Bhangra DJ set Jimmy Love

Rocky Dawuni w/ Pleasuremaker Band this Friday Night!

Tito Rodriguez - El Inolvidable + DJ Beto @ Afrolicious

DJ Beto's Panama DJ Mix

November already, wow 2009 has been a rollercoaster for everyone we know, one thing has been really steady all year, the amazing guests and dancers and vibes at the Afrolicious party have been heavy every week.
This week we have the amazing DJ Beto doing a guest spot. Beto just put together some amazing comps for Soundway records. Dig the Panama mix above and check out all volumes of the amazing Panama Compilations on Soundway.

Also tonight the good people at Fania Records have put out a compilation of Tito Rodriguez music (most originally on the Tico label). We have lots of Fania cds, t-shirts and bags for early arrivals tonight.
Dig the Latin Music U.S.A documentary on PBS if you havn't seen it yet, a lot of omissions, but amazing footage from lots of greats.




DJ Beto

Pleasuremaker Band - Live in Sebastopol tonight + Free MP3 !

Pleasuremaker Band = "Break it on Down + WWCF" Live @ Mojito 9/05/09 by afrolicious

Enjoy this live cut from last month at Mojito. Tonight Pleasuremaker Band is in the North Bay at Hopmonk. Bless!

Afrolicious with special guests + Free MP3s from DJ Collage

FREE DOWNLOAD - DJ COLLAGE - 'MR. CHATMAN'


FREE DOWNLOAD - DJ COLLAGE - 'BOMBAY'



Thursday Nov 12th =
Afrolicious w/ guests Robert Luis, Lanu, DJ Collage, Tomas Palermo and Señor Oz
Thursday Nov 12th (Sebastopol) = Pleasuremaker Band

Afrolicious is honored to have guest djs Robert Luis (Tru-Thoughts, UK) + Tomas Palermo (Volatage Music, SF) and guest mc DJ Collage. Resident selector Señor Oz will be holding it down with guest percussionists for the night while Joey, B Lee and Elrod perform out of town with Pleasuremaker Band.
Trust us you don't want to miss the opportunity to hear these legends of underground soulful dance music.

Rob Luis (A&R and co-owner) has been a DJ since way back in the day. Since the creation of the label Rob has been 'The DJ' to represent Tru Thoughts, as his eclectic set includes TT gems as well as Dub, Reggae, Hip-hop, World, Funk, Jazz and Soul. He has shared the stage with Quantic, Bonobo, Mr. Scruff, and Nostalgia 77 to name a few. Rob also has a weekly radio show, UNFOLD



Lanu aka Lance Ferguson of The Bamboos favours Broken Beat, Hip-hop, Soul, House, Jazz and Latin rhythms as a DJ - and also incorporates the raw deep Funk sound that he produces for The Bamboos and Kylie Auldist. Has toured all across Europe and Australia, working with Mark de Clive-Lowe, Alice Russell and of course many TT artists. He recently did a nice Soul mix that was featured on Waxpoetics.com.

http://waxpoetics.com/SweetSoulMix.mp3



Tomas Palermo is a renaissance man of dj culture, holding it down as co-label head of Voltage Music, producing under the Double ID moniker, dj'ng on the regular and on KUSF's Friday Night Sessions, mad writer who was the editor at XLr8R for a long time, and all around great scholar and dj and positive social force!

DJ Collage
Since early 2002, the raggamuffin voice of Mr. Chatman (aka DJ Collage) has been a rising sound within the global music community worldwide. His vocal performances have been featured on top releases by artists such as: Meat Beat Manifesto, Dehli2Dublin, Ghislain Poirier, Machinedrum, Filastine, & several others. And as a live performer, he has performed alongside many top names in the reggae world such as: Yellowman, Collie Buddz, Sly & Robbie, Mad Professor and many more. With his recording collaborations and performances, he has been able to bridge the sounds of reggae dancehall to various forms of music such as Dubstep, Electronica, Hip-Hop & Bhangra. Mr Chatman can also be found found performing at sessions such as San Francisco’s monthly events-Non Stop Bhangra, Dub Mission and his Seattle based Monday night reggae party-Jam Jam.

Pleasuremaker Band - Don't Watch Them Die - Live at The Independent

Yes Yes Ya'll. It's been a crazy fall and the apex might have been Halloween weekend, as seen in the above video there was some intergalactic Star Wars style goin on that night!
Pleasuremaker Band will be up in Sebastapol this Thursday Night for the legendary Juke Joint Party at Hopmonk Tavern with DJ Malarkey. Holler North Bay!