wake up show by saul williams

wake up show - saul williams

Listen to Saul Williams talk about the current state of Hip Hop music and culture.

ADF & BALKAN BEAT BOX EN MEXICO, SEGUNDA LLAMADA!

En Agosto del año pasado comentamos acerca de la próxima aparición en México de Asian Dub Foundation, ahora no sólo es ADF sino Balkan Beat Box se une a este festin como parte del Festival de México del Centro Histórico. Aquí las fechas:
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Last year on August we announced the concert of Asian Dub Foundation in Mexico, now is not just them, Balkan Beat Box will be part of this concert as part of Festival de México en el Centro Histórico. Here are the dates:

Asian Dub Foundation
Jueves 26 de Marzo / 20:30 hs. / Teatro Metropolitan
Domingo 29 de Marzo / 18:00 hs. / Zócalo / GRATIS

Balkan Beat Box
Sábado 28 de Marzo / 20:30 hs. / Centro Cultural Estación Indianilla
Domingo 29 de Marzo / 18:00 hs. / Zócalo / GRATIS

SAN SEBASTIAN 152

Bronx River Parkway surge después de un jam session en el Soul Fire Studios en el 2002 que da como resultado la canción "Quines que Resolverlo". Más adelante Pablo Rodríguez de Candela Records y el artista visual Rostarr juntan a la banda con un grupo de salseros legendarios de San Juan, Puerto Rico como Sammy Ayala, miembro original de la banda Cortijo y su Combo.

BRP va para Puerto Rico en el 2005 y ahí transforman una vieja escuela de ballet (que alguna vez fuera de Tego Calderón) en un estudio de donde sale su album "San Sebastian 152", una mezcla de géneros que han influenciado a la banda como el soul y R&B fusionandola con ritmos tradicionales como la bomba, salsa y rumba. Saboreenlo!
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Bronx River Parkway came to live after a jam session at Soul Fire Studios in 2002 and along with them the song "Quines que Resolverlo" appears as a result of this jam session. Then Pablo Rodriguez from Candela Records and visual artist Rostarr unified the band with a group salsa leyends from San Juan, Puerto Rico such as Sammy Ayala, original member from Cortijo y su Combo.

BRP goes to Puerto Rico in 2005 and there they transformed an old ballet school (owned in the past by Tego Calderon) into a studio where they created the album "San Sebastian 152", a mix of rhythms that were an influence for the band like soul and R&B mixing it with traditional rhythms like boma, salsa y rumba. Saboreenlo!

Me Toca - Bronx River Parkway posted by lafamilydub

Novalima @ SOB's, NYC.

FUSCA DESIGN

Nuestro amigo Oscar Nuñez (mejor conocido como ¨Roña¨) y sus socios celebran el primer año de vida de Fusca Design, su estudio de interiorismo y equipamiento ubicado en Cancún. Congratulaciones!
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Our friend Oscar Nuñez aka ¨Roña¨and his partners are celebrating the first year of life of Fusca Design, their interior studio located in Cancun. Congrats!

Fidel Nadal

"International Love" - Fidel Nadal from estudio jalea on Vimeo.

International Love

Mauricio Alejo @ Ramis Barquet, NYC.

The new show of  photographer Mauricio Alejo

The Limits of Fiction

Feb 19 - March 21

Ramis Barquet, 532 W 24th St.

New York, NY 10011

http://www.ramisbarquet.com

Reception: Thursday, February 19th from 6–8 PM

Ramis Barquet is pleased to announce The Limits of Fiction, an interdisciplinary exhibition by artist, Mauricio Alejo.

In his past exhibitions at Ramis Barquet, Alejo examined the vulnerability of his subjects with the certainty that everything in life is hopelessly bound to collapse. Throughout his career, Alejo has attempted to bridge the gap between two different spaces that are also one and the same: the space that he inhabits and the one that inhabits him.

The Limits of Fiction is an exhibition made out of hard, physical facts. Some of them take the form of installations, while others are documented by photographs or videos. The focus of the exhibition is centered on how the installations, photos and videos create very specific experiences of space and an awareness of the immaterial such as air or transpiration.

Within the exhibition, the gallery space not only houses the installations, but rather, it takes part in some of them, such as Tunnel and Breathing. Tunnel is an arrangement of mirrors that allows the viewer to see the sky from the farthest point inside the gallery. Breathing consists of a group of plastic bags connected to clear tubes reaching outside of the gallery that subtly inflate and deflate as air comes in and out of the gallery.

The aimless, childlike, physics experiments played out both in the gallery and in the photographs and videos, happen within the thin boundary where metaphor and literality overlap. The title given to each of these experiments could be interpreted as either a revelation or a tautology. In the end, these pieces work individually and collectively because they reside in a place where reality only makes sense in relation to fiction, and fiction only works because it has the consistency of reality.

Mauricio Alejo was born in Mexico City in 1969. He lives and works in New York City. Since 1990, Alejo’s work has been exhibited internationally. In 2000., he received the Fulbright García Robles scholarship to attend New York University. Most recently, he has participated in group exhibitions in Germany and Singapore. Space That Is Time shown at Galeria OMR in Mexico City in 2007 was his most recent solo exhibition.

For more information or images contact Amanda Alvarez at amanda@ramisbarquet.com.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10-6 PM.

Tráfico de aeropuerto / Airport Traffic

Sólo un pequeño ejercicio que hice en el tráfico de Viaducto regresando del aeropuerto de la Ciudad de México... hasta da tiempo de hacer una serie de fotos mientras uno va en el tráfico!!

Just a little excercise that I did while stocked in traffic coming from Mexico City Airport. It gives you time even to make a photo series.

Shabba Ranks @ Cafe Iguana, Miami.

Acamonchi

VIMBY - Acamonchi

Vanessa Torres

Great skateboarding video!!! Vanessa is one of the top skateboarding women in the world. In 2003, Torres became the first female skateboarder to win a gold medal at the X Games. She won the street course at the first X Games to feature female skateboarding competitions.

"CUMBION MATEOS", THE NEW TRACK FROM LFD & DJ MAYA AND UPCOMING PARTY!!!

Check out the new track from La Family Dub & DJ Maya: "Cumbión Mateos¨. The track appears in the latest CD compilation of Jack Daniel's Studio Nº 7. 

Free download.

Cumbion Mateos  by  lafamilydub

UPCOMING PARTY!!! BE THERE!!!

STUDIO Nº 7 presents

ELASTIC BOND
LA FAMILY DUB (MIA & NYC crews) + DJ MAYA
plus surprise guest bands and DJs

in an exclusive LIVE performance celebrating Valentine's Day!!

NO COVER and drink specials all night long for couples, singles... and all others...

21+ only

Limited capacity. RSVP studio7@shockoff.com 

"WARCHILD" IN MIAMI

Emmanuel Jal was a child soldier in Sudan, he was taken from his family home in 1987 and after five years he was rescued by a Emma McCune, a British aid worker. Jal became a hip-hop artist and now he's telling his stories through his music. Emmanuel Jal will be performing the tunes from his latest album "Warchild" on Monday, February 9 at 7 p.m. in the Frost School of Music's Gusman Concert Hall. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and the performance is free of charge.
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Emmanuel Jal fue un en chaval que era soldado en Sudan, quien fue robado a su familia en 1987 para ser llevado a la guerra. Después de cinco años fue rescatado por Emma McCune, una trabajadora social Inglesa. Jal se convirtió en un artista de hip-hop y esta contando sus historias a través de su música. Emmanuel Jal estará presentando su nuevo material del album "Warchild" en Miami el Lunes 9 de Febrero a las 7pm en el Frost School of Music's Gusman Concert Hall. Puertas abren a las 6:45pm y es completamente gratis.

Lala.com, Artist, Rameses and Ranchera Hip Hop

I have been listening to music on the new interactive/networking music site, www.lala.com. You can buy music starting at 10 cents a song. While on lala, I checked out the compilation by "Wu-Tang Latino" I am not sure if this will be re-released however, I did hear a rumor that a new genre, or maybe more appropriately said, a spin off of reggaeton, would be "Ranchera Hip Hop" For a little taste check out the song "No Me llames" by Rameses.

BAILE FRIK

Hace unos días Rafa Caivano miembro del duo de electrónica-tropical Argentino llamado Frikstailers nos contacto para platicarnos sobre el lanzamiento de su primer vinil titulado Baile Frik. Al mismo tiempo Frikstailers junto con otros amigos comenzaron con un sello discográfico en Escocia llamado Revolt Into Style, el cual busca promover música de calidad de distintos géneros y estilos de la escena electronica Argentina y Europea. Frikstailers nos envió una de las rolas de este nuevo EP para que lo bajen y le den una escuhada. Hagan click aqui para bajar "Baile Frik".
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Some days ago Rafa Caivano member of the Argentinian electronica-tropical duet called Frikstailers, contact LFD to let us know about their fisrt vinyl called Baile Frik. At the same time Frikstailers and some friends launched a record label in Scotland named Revolt Into Style, looking to promote music with quality of different genres and styles. Frikstailers sent us one song from this new EP so you can download and listen to the track. Click here to download "Baile Frik".