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Joe Cuba
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Wednesday Feb 24, 2010 (10pm)
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Wednesday 02.24.10
The CD Release Party of JOE CUBA
w/ CHICO MANN, The Boogaloo Assasins, DJ Bobbito Garcia, and DJ Turmix
10:00pm doors | 10:30pm show
FREE
Strictly 21+
For guaranteed entry RSVP to rsvpfaniany@waxpoetics.com
CHICO MANN
Chico Mann, a time-travelling multi-instrumentalist-producer who with drum machines, synthesizers, and guitars has singlehandedly filled the 30+ year gap between afrobeat, afrocuban, freestyle and electronic music while throwing a wrench into the cogs of musical history.
Chico Mann grew up in a musical family in New York and New Jersey. His father was the owner of a Latin record label based in Hell's Kitchen in New York City and a young Chico observed the ins & outs of the biz while practicing his guitar and piano. It was then that he began to propagate his deep musical roots with such influences as Afrika Bambaata, Lisa Lisa, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz and Fela Kuti. Ignoring his father's advice to stay out of the business, he found his voice at age 12 and began his journey into sound.
It was in the winter of '04 that Chico began putting together a series of tracks during his offtime from touring with Antibalas. What started as a lo-fi beat making excursion quickly became "Manifest Tone Volume 1", a musical lesson that spoke volumes on the music of New York City, Miami, Cuba, Africa and the previously unknown love affair in sound that 'could have been' had Afrobeat, Electro, and Freestyle cross-pollinated. Hailed as an instant classic, it proved as the first step in a groundbreaking career that is destined to re-write the history books.
Chico Mann has created a musical time machine that simultaneously fuses the sounds of 1970s Afrobeat, 1980s Freestyle and Afro Cuban in a hybrid beast of culture and tone. Its the big 'what if' Freestyle, Afrobeat & Afro Cuban converged and hit the mainstream for an army of Chicos to pick up where Stevie B, TKA, George Lamond, Sa-Fire, Information Society, Noel, and Cult Jam, and Exposé left off. Chico's choruses of multi-layered vocals with funky guitar lines helps to cool off the heat created between the bass and rhythm... creating a unique conversation of color and value that pays homage to the past but raises the bar for the future.
Chico Mann grew up in a musical family in New York and New Jersey. His father was the owner of a Latin record label based in Hell's Kitchen in New York City and a young Chico observed the ins & outs of the biz while practicing his guitar and piano. It was then that he began to propagate his deep musical roots with such influences as Afrika Bambaata, Lisa Lisa, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz and Fela Kuti. Ignoring his father's advice to stay out of the business, he found his voice at age 12 and began his journey into sound.
It was in the winter of '04 that Chico began putting together a series of tracks during his offtime from touring with Antibalas. What started as a lo-fi beat making excursion quickly became "Manifest Tone Volume 1", a musical lesson that spoke volumes on the music of New York City, Miami, Cuba, Africa and the previously unknown love affair in sound that 'could have been' had Afrobeat, Electro, and Freestyle cross-pollinated. Hailed as an instant classic, it proved as the first step in a groundbreaking career that is destined to re-write the history books.
Chico Mann has created a musical time machine that simultaneously fuses the sounds of 1970s Afrobeat, 1980s Freestyle and Afro Cuban in a hybrid beast of culture and tone. Its the big 'what if' Freestyle, Afrobeat & Afro Cuban converged and hit the mainstream for an army of Chicos to pick up where Stevie B, TKA, George Lamond, Sa-Fire, Information Society, Noel, and Cult Jam, and Exposé left off. Chico's choruses of multi-layered vocals with funky guitar lines helps to cool off the heat created between the bass and rhythm... creating a unique conversation of color and value that pays homage to the past but raises the bar for the future.
The Boogaloo Assassins
Formed in Los Angeles from the ashes of the rock-steady machine Ocean 11, latin-funk pioneers Five Degrees of Soul, ska stalwarts See Spot, Chris Murray Combo and even LA's favorite Vallenato Cumbia superstars Very Be Careful, the Boogaloo Assassins are here to get down Spanish-Harlem style. Heavily indebted to the classic sounds of New York's late 60's/early 70's latin music explosion, the Asesinos serve up traditional latin son/son-montuno/guaguanco/cha-cha-cha/latin boogaloo/latin soul, blues and descargas for your feets and ears. We keep it hot & greasy as we can.. vaya!
DJ Bobbito García
Bobbito García, also known as DJ Cucumberslice and formerly known as Bobbito The Barber, Make It Happen, Boogie Bob, Kool Bob Love, Soul Food Bob, and Bag of Tricks, is a Puerto Rican DJ, writer, entrepreneur, streetball player, sneakerfreak, and member of the Rock Steady Crew.
DJ Turmix
The name says it all. Since 1989 (born in Barcelona in 1974), DJ Turmix has been working with and developing original beats unknown to the masses. His ability to change styles without losing continuity is one of the unique characteristics of his sessions, showcasing his great skills on the turntables.
At age 13, he fell into his first club session when a DJ left his booth to flirt with a girl, and thus began his lifelong passion for this work. He began to experiment with the early stages of House music, when the genre was still was not defined as such in Spain, known to fans as the Chicago sound, in 1987.
In the same year, he also entered the world of radio and over the next 12 years, he worked on a local program reviewing the history of music in the twentieth century, from the origins of Jazz to the explosion of electronic music in the 90s. This time period in radio was a big influence on the way in which he developed his own style as a dj, allowing him to work in all kinds of environments and private parties during the 90's, and enabling him to acquire a great experience and develop professionally into the established DJ he is today.
At age 13, he fell into his first club session when a DJ left his booth to flirt with a girl, and thus began his lifelong passion for this work. He began to experiment with the early stages of House music, when the genre was still was not defined as such in Spain, known to fans as the Chicago sound, in 1987.
In the same year, he also entered the world of radio and over the next 12 years, he worked on a local program reviewing the history of music in the twentieth century, from the origins of Jazz to the explosion of electronic music in the 90s. This time period in radio was a big influence on the way in which he developed his own style as a dj, allowing him to work in all kinds of environments and private parties during the 90's, and enabling him to acquire a great experience and develop professionally into the established DJ he is today.
