A mix by Angelo…

Title: The Lift

Date: 2012-07-23

saturday july 23

theLIFT – LA

KING BRITT (SATURN NEVER SLEEPS – PHILLY)

NATURAL SELF (TRU THOUGHTS – UK)

co-creators / resident deejays:
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW / AFRO FUNKÉ / MUSAICS – LA)
WISEACRE (LOUIE & CHAN / FOUND LOVE – NYC)

executive producer: JONATHON RUDNICK

visuals by MANNY
TURBOSOUND by VICTOR
mirrorball by TODD
massage by HEAVENLY HANDS
tacos by MARCELA & FAMILIA

undisclosed downtown LA location
**PLEASE RSVP FOR LOCATION BY EMAIL: thelift@musaics.com**

RSVP is not for entry… only for the address of our venue. please feel welcome to bring as many fine folks as you wish. the address and parking details will be sent to you by email friday afternoon july 22nd.

$10 before 11pm | $15 after | 10pm-5am | 21+ w/ ID
ca$h bar / too much fun / too many good folks under a bright shiny mirrorball

about KING BRITT:
King by name, King by nature; King Britt is a truly pioneering musician who is widely recognized a member of the royal elite of the Dance Music world. Based in Philadelphia, King Britt has been breaking the traditional boundaries and forging a unique path as a producer, musician, DJ, label boss and media revolutionary for over 20 years.

Taking influence from a wide spectrum of musical genres, as well a number of seminal producers such as Trevor Horn, Quincy Jones and Arif Marden, King has always found a way to escape the strictures of any single category of music by working across genres such deep house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk and afro-tech. Releasing his first record (E-Culture – ‘Tribal Confusion’) through Strictly Rhythm in 1990, King went onto tour worldwide with Digable Planets – the Grammy award winning hip-hop fusion band – whilst continuing to develop his love of Dance Music culture and laying the foundations for his prodigal solo career.

In 1994, alongside Josh Wink he launched Ovum Recordings and also formed Sylk130 – a collective of Philadelphia’s finest musical talent including Lady Alma, Alison Crockette and Ursula Rucker. He produced Sylk130′s first album (‘When The Funk Hits The Fan’) and licensed it to Sony through his own Ovum label. ‘When The Funk Hits The Fan’ went onto sell over 500,000 copies and essentially provided the blueprint for the Philly Neo-Soul resurgence. King also produced Sylk130 second album (‘Re-Members Only’) – which featured the likes of Alison Moyet (Yazoo), Martin Fry (ABC), Grover Washington Jr., De La Soul and Kathy Sledge – and also the ‘Lets Make A Record’ LP for Sister Gertrude Morgan.

In addition to these achievements, King is one of the world’s most respected remixers. He has added his unique touch to hugely diverse range of artists such from Miles Davis, The O’Jays and Curtis Mayfield through to Macy Gray, Solange, Femi Kuti and Everything But The Girl. King Britt’s remix of ‘Contemplation’ (Josh One) was nominated for the Dancestar Remix Of The Year Award and maintains its killer status upon the most discerning dance floors. King has also scored and underscored music for films, TV series and commercials (Miami Vice, Rolex, Mini, and True Blood) while in 2007 he became the first DJ to be awarded The Pew Fellowship – one of the most prestigious grants for creative arts in U.S. King is also a Creative Cultural Ambassador for his hometown of Philadelphia.

As a DJ, King Britt is hugely versatile – a chameleon behind the decks. Taking inspirations from the likes of David Mancuso, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales and Francois K, King plays right across a broad range of genres, using his experience and creativity to fit the demands of any dance floor. He has toured extensively across throughout Europe, the U.S. and the Far East as well as rocking premier night spots throughout the world.

Most recently King Britt has released the ‘Intricate Beauty’ LP – a solo artist album for Nervous Records – and is also collaborating with Rucyl Mills on the Saturn Never Sleeps project which incorporates, primarily, a unique live show fusing audio and visuals into a thought provoking world of sight and sound, and is also an independent record label. Britt has also recently produced the new Bedouin Soundclash LP, a track for the new King Sunny Ade album and a number of remixes for the likes of Preservation Hall Jazz Ensemble feat. Mos Def, Glitch Mobb, Jay Haze and Dilouya.

about NATURAL SELF:
I’ve been making making music since the year 2000 and been a DJ since a while before that. I listened to Westwood back when he was on Capitol and before he became the very strange man he is today. Although he doesn’t know it, he gave me my education in hip hop. Now when I realised that two of the tracks he used to use to talk over weren’t programmed beats but straight up looped tracks of OLD music….my youthful mind was totally blown. The eyes and ears became wide open and a whole bunch of other stuff came rushing in.

A while later I started off making beats on a computer using samples from wax. By that time I was listening to way more styles of music. Drums and horns was the order of the day. Poly-rhythmic percussion was a big thing and still is. I loved the art of sampling and still do. I also now love the art of writing, playing, recording and more recently, singing.

I have had the good fortune to know and work with various talented people along the way, including Nostalgia 77, Alice Russell, Abdominal, Andreya Triana, DJ Food and Elodie Rama. There will be more collaborations to follow.

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