Welcome back to the blog. It has been crazy busy and crazy good times lately. So much to recount it's gonna have to be para phrased a bit. In June and July so far we have had such wonderful guests as Dusu Mali Band. DJ Soo, the talented Mariella from New York, also from NY DJ Concerned, the FEX crew from Chciago, and Stronghold Sound feat. Wonatanara Revolution. The next two weeks feature some groove heavy live bands, each bringing their own version of funk and afro-beat. Next week will be The Vibrometers from LA. making their Afrolicious debut. The following week we will have Waswhington D.C.'s Funk Ark who are on ESL Music. In fact August will be an East Coast take over of Afrolicious with Ursula 1000, (NYC, ESL Music) Thursday August 11th and Rex Riddim from Nappy Riddem out of D.C. as well on August 25th. Very excited to have all these great guests.
In July we had an amazing East Coast run. Big shout outs to Ilhan and Pinar at Nublu and all the amazing musicians on board for that gig, Wendell Rand, Billy Magic, Jojo Koa, Andy Averbuch, Duke Mushroom. Much love to our East Coast family, DJ Concerned, Chauncey Yearwood, Andy Barlow for hosting us. Much love to Sound Liberation Front for hosting us at that killer roof top BBQ in Crown Heights Brooklyn, truly an unforgettable party! Love to Bembe and our amazing crew of friends who showed up and got in the mix with us especially Fresh Nunas who dropped a killer set of Afro heaters! Shouts to Dan from Dub Spot, Kiva and Sunru for the studio session. DJ DRM, and Amon, the list could go on and on for quite some time. We also had a blast out at Martha's Vineyard, thanks Diana! And finally we had a killer night in D.C. at the legendary Eighteenth Street Lounge. Thanks to Farid and the ESL family! Also shout to Eric Hilton for the night of drinks and music on our last night out East!
It is also with great joy that we announce ESL SF showcase #2 at Public Works celebrating the release of Turntables on the Hudson vole 8 Refelcting Cielo. Our main man Nickodemus made yet another dope musical compilation and this time we are very honored as he included an Afrolicious track on this one! The event will feature Rob Garza as well as Nickodemus, Afrolicious with live drums, and in the upstairs room we will have Dub Mission meets Surya Dub featuring DJ Sep and Kush Arora. Last time we did this it was such a blast, really looking forward to doing this thing! You can buy advanced tickets here, on the cheap!
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