If you love dance music with heavy on music from around the world then you should check out Dub Mission on May 30. Nickodemus will be spinning while Zeb the Spy from Cairo will be performing a live set with his oud and electronics featuring music form his latest album.
Elbo Room – 647 Valencia Street – SF – Club is 21+ – Club info: 415 552 7788
Very limited $8 advance available tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com & www.jambasetickets.com
Check out the video from their last visit to Dub Mission in November 2009:
Wednesday May 12th The People Live presents Wunmi @ the New Parish 579 18th Street, Oakland. Doors open @ 9pm $10 advance.
UPDATE: Wunmi at New Parish was great. She is fun to watch on stage as she is an excellent dancer and has got some attitude. She was very charming and playful with the audience. It was great! She chastised the audience for standing around and not dancing telling the audience something along the lines of ‘they told me this was house party! what are doing just standing there, not dancing?’ Hysterical!
In our defense, some of us were dancing but at some point i had to stop and watch Wunmi sing, dance and do her thing. She has a really great engaging stage presence and personality. She came on stage wearing a silver lame cape type thing and rocking a cool look with her hair braided and shaped to a mohawk look.
Her band provided an awesome sound seamlessly going from afrobeat to house and dub sometimes in the span of one song. She sang a really good cover of the Police’s Message in a Bottle. She shared with the audience that The Police was one of her favorite bands growing up in London. I think one of my favorites that night was “Crossover”. The video is below.
As always with a show in Oakland, there were a lot of artists in the audience. At one point she asked local artist Valentino to join her on stage. While he was up on the stage, she took the opportunity to get down with audience and dance. There was, of course, a professional dancer or two. A circle of dancers formed and each one danced showing off their moves whether they were African dance, house or breaker. It was damn entertaining. In short, it was a dynamic show. The Crossover video below does not do her justice. Her live show is full of energy. If you enjoy this music, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to see her the next time she comes through town which is hopefully soon.
Hey Kids!! Getting to talk about music on The Morning Show was fun.
Here is a listing of club and live music events talked about the Morning Show along with others not mentioned on air.
If you get the chance, listen to the most recent archives of Off the Beaten Path on KPFA. The playlists are below this post. I really dig the song that started off the program on April 26: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60571
May 3: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60762
I am sitting in for Sep June 21, 28 & July 12 & 19. Off the Beaten Path airs every Monday 10pm to Midnight on KPFA 94.1 FM.
LISTINGS
FRI MAY 7 Worldly Cheb i Sabbah, Mighty Dub Killaz, Janaka Selekta, DJ Dragonfly, DJ Amar SupperClub 657 Harrison SF
FRI MAY 7 10pm Braza! at Som., 2925 16th St., SF; (415) 558-8521., $10. Once a month, the Braza! crew will take you on a musical trip around Brazil to explore the rhythms and sounds of Samba, Funk, Batucada, MPB, Broken Beat, and much much more.
FRI MAY 7 8PM Carlos Varela performs Friday at Ramekins Event Center, 450 W. Spain St., Sonoma
FRI MAY 7 8 PM Anna Estada & Almasferas at La Pena in Berkeley (3105 Berkeley) (Brazilian & Latin Jazz)
SAT MAY 8 Gaudi at Hopmonk in Sebastopol
SAT MAY 8 10pm Tromenta Tropical with DJ Orion, Oro 11 & Disco Shawn at the Elbo Room SF
SAT MAY 8 9PM Ritmos Sin Fronteras with Be Brown and Hakobo at SOM SF
SAT & SUN MAY 8 & 9 Carlos Varela at Yoshis Oakland
SUN MAY 9 Gaudi at How Weird, San Francisco
WED MAY 12 Wunmi at the New Parish in Oakland
MAY 13 Gaudi at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz
MAY 13 7PM Meklit Hadero at Bimbos 365 Club
MAY 16 BANG DATA @ UC SANTA CRUZ
THURS MAY 13 9PM Yoruba Dance Sessions with Carlos Mena & DJ Cecil the Bench & Bar on 510 17th Street in Oakland
MAY 21 BANG DATA @ SOUTH 1ST BILLIARDS IN SAN JOSE
MAY 22 BANG DATA WITH MALECO COLLECTIVE & KOOL KYLE @ LA PENA, Berkeley
MAY 28 Fuga at the New Parish in Oakland
KPFA 94.1 FM Off The Beaten Path 10pm- Midnight
Guest Host Victoria Z
The audio archive for this program is available until May 17, 2010.
Artist – Title - CD Title - Label – Time Played
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Snowden’s Jig (Genuine Negro Jig) – Genuine Negro Jig – Nonesuch (10:04)
Janelle Monae – Tightrope f. Big Boi (Radio Edit) – Single (10:07)
Mr. Scruff – Music Takes Me Up f. Alice Russell – Ninja Tuna (10:11)
J*Davey – Fight the Daylight – Boudoir Synema: The Great Mistapes – Interdependent Media (10:16)
PPP – American Pimp – Abundance – Ubiquity Recordings (10:20)
Funky C – Actitud – Joya – Sonic 360 (10:25)
Bomba Estereo – Fuego – Blow Up – Nacional Records (10:29)
Pacha Massive – Two Step – If You Want It – Nacional Records (10:34)
Zizek – Brooklyn Cumbia f. Uproot Andy – ZZK Sound Vol 1 – Nacional Records (10:37)
Lindstrom & Christabelle – Baby Can’t Stop (Aeroplane Vocal Remix) – Single – Smalltown Supersound (10:41)
Nortec Collective presents Clorofila – Llantera – Corridos Urbanos – Nacional (10:48)
Nickodemus – Sun People (Earthrise Soundsystem Remix) – Sun People Remixed – ESL Music (11:02)
Vieux Farka Toure – Wale (Warp Technique Remix) – Other Roads: Fondo Remixed – Six Degrees Records (11:09)
Gotan Project – Desilusion – Tango 3.0 – XL Recordings (11:14)
Ana Tijoux – Crisis de Un MC – 1977 – Nacional Records (11: 18)
Novalima – Ruperta (Zeb Remix) – Coba Coba Remixed – Cumbancha (11:23)
The Spy from Cairo – Ana Arabi f. Ghalia Benali – Secretly Famous – Wonderwheel(11:28)
Groundation – Beating Heart – Here I Am – Young Tree Records (11:39)
Orgone – Time Tonight – 12″ single – Ubiquity Recordings (11:43)
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Dark Days – Based on a True Story – The Drop (11:49)
Gaudi – There’s Enough f. Michael Franti and Hardage – No Prisoners – Six Degrees Records (11:56)
KPFA 94.1 FM Off The Beaten Path 10pm- Midnight
Guest Host Victoria Z
The audio archive is available until May 10, 2010.
Artist – Title - CD Title - Label – Time Played
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Hit ‘Em Up Style – Genuine Negro Jig – Nonesuch (10:01)
Chico Mann – Estan Llamando – Turntables on the Hudson: 10 Year Anniversary – Wonderwheel (10:00)
Interview with Chico Mann
Chico Mann – Ya Yo Se – Analog Drift – Furious Panther (10:19)
Chico Mann – Once in a Lifetime – Analog Drift – Furious Panther (10:24)
Tosca – Elektra Bregenz – No Hassle – K7 (10:28)
Nortec Collective presents Clorofila – Nicole Ya No Baila Aqui – Nacional Records(10:33)
Mulatu Astatke – Yekermo Sew (Te’ Amir Remix) Timeless – ? (10:37)
Gotan Project – Mil Millones – Tango 3.0 – XL Recordings (10:45)
The Black Seeds – Come to Me – Solid Ground – Easy Star (10:54)
Tommy T – Eden f. Gigi – The Prester John Sessions – Easy Star (11:02)
Zeb – Felakesh - Turntables on the Hudson: 10 Year Anniversary – Wonderwheel(11:08)
Bonobo – Eyesdown (Warrior One Remix) – Eyesdown f. Andreya Triana – Ninja Tune (11:13)
Gaudi – No More Blood – No Prisoners – Six Degrees (11:18)
Massive Attack – Babel – Heligoland – Virgin Records (10:24)
Balkan Beat Box – Look Them Act – Blue Eyed Black Boy – Nat Geo (11:29)
The Spy from Cairo – Ana Arabi f. Ghalia Benali – Secretly Famous – Wonderwheel (11:33)
Lal Meri – Take Me As I Am – Lal Meri – Six Degrees Records (11:38)
Guru – Young Ladies f. Patra – Jazzmatazz Vol. II – Chrysalis / EMI (11:47)
Janelle Monae – Cold War – Single (11:51)
The Spy from Cairo – Nayphony – Secretly Famous – Wonderwheel(11:54)
KPFA 94.1 FM Off The Beaten Path 10pm- Midnight
Guest Host Victoria Z
Artist – Title - CD Title - Label – Year – Time Played
DJ Spooky – Measure by Measure f. 41 – Thirsty Ear - 2009 (10:03)
The Spy from Cairo – Indian Dope f. Ghalia Benali – Secretly Famous – Wonderwheel - 2010 (10:06)
Talvin Singh – Jaan – Anokha Soundz of the Asian Underground – Fontana Island – 1997 (10:13)
State of Bengal – Chitagong Chill – Anokha Soundz of the Asian Underground – Fontana Island – 1997 (10:20)
(10:28)
The Spy from Cairo – Oud Funk – Secretly Famous – Wonderwheel - 2010 (10:32)
Gotan Project – El Capitalismo Foraneo (Antipop Consortium – Kushite Remix) – Inspiracion – Espiracion Remix – XL Recordings – 2004 (10:38)
Ana Tijoux – Sube f. Invincible – 1977 – Nacional Records – 2010 (10:42)
Lal Meri – Bad Things (Carmen Rizzo Remix) – Bad Things Remixes – Six Degrees Records – 2009 (10:45)
Little Dragon – Forever – Little Dragon – Indie Europe / Zoom – 2007 (10:48)
Mr. Scruff – Nice Up the Function woth Roots Manuva – Ninja Tuna – Ninja Tune – 2009 (10:55)
Latin Bitman – Emigrante – Colour – Nacional Records – 2009 (10:59)
Groundation – Here I Am – Here I Am – Young Tree Records – 2009 (11:05)
Tommy T - The Response f. Gigi - The Prester John Sessions – Easy Star – 2009 (11:14)
Santero – Agua del Mar Olokun (Remix) – Hijo de Obatala – City Hall Records – 2009(11:19)
La Troba Funk – Cumbia Infierno (Toti & Andy Loop Fat Beat Remix) – Turntables on the Hudson: 10 Year Anniversary – Wonderwheel – 2009 (11:24)
Chocquibtown – De Donde Vengo Yo – Oro – Nacional – 2010 (11:28)
Chico Mann – Harmonia – Analog Drift – Furious Panther – 2009 (11:33)
Bang Data – El Pacino – Maldito Carnaval – Rockolito – 2009 (11:38)
Massive Attack – Girl I Love You – Heligoland – Virgin Records – 2010 (11:43)
Tapatam (Dub Gabriel Remix) – Laya Release – N/A (11:48)
Santigold – Creator – Santogold – Downtown – 2008 – (11:53)
Tommy T – Oromo Dub (Cushitic Dub) – The Prester John Sessions – Easy Star – 2009 (11:55)
