fugari djs every sunday at nublu

as of june 12th, fugari djs renochild, fidel bistro, ron d core, and the girl wonder will be on the turntables every sunday at nublu -- i.e., they're the people who throw the late nite parties with me

renochild plays broken beats and hacienda classics -- not dissensus stuff per se -- but really excellent broken beat -- very mushroom orientated -- all kinds of noises and polyrhythms in the music -- groovy basslines -- there's an outside chance that he'll convert me to this music, i.e., his take on the music* -- he's best heard at parties or places like nublu where he has a dancing crowd to work with

fidel bistro and ron d core play a mixture of stuff -- all of it "house" broadly defined -- everything from disco and reggae up through neo-post-punk and, for lack of a better term, broken beats

the girl wonder plays rare grooves

and the live act on sundays will be this act known as the "real live show" -- i believe it's some kind of live hip hop band or something (haven't seen them perform yet) -- and the mc is malik from london

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i'm not a big fan of minimal techno . . . . however, if you're into that kind of thing (or even if you're not), then you should check out dj hard edge at nublu this coming sunday, june 5th -- his tracks are loads better than anything else i've heard in this genre -- plus he's like 50 years old or so, wears sun glasses, stoops awkwardly over the turntables, and doesn't bother mixing, all of which i think virtues in this particular context -- i.e., he's the kind of dj you check out b/c he's clearly got his own private muse when it comes to selecting records -- i.e., very distinctive minimal techno sound -- i.e., it's strictly about his ear for the genre -- and it's his last show before he goes on tour with the brazilian girls -- and yes, the rhythm section of the brazilian girls performs live

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and then every tuesday at nublu the best band in nyc performs = KUDU

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nublu is located at 62 Avenue C b/w 4th and 5th streets -- look for the blue light

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*i'm agnostic and relatively ignorant when it comes to current music -- grime vs ragga vs uk garage vs dubstep vs broken beat vs nyc neo-post-punk -- i like all of it in this or that measure, but am not really down with any of it -- i remain fully enamored w/ 89/92 sounds (junglistic hardcore and balearic) and my only real ambition in life is to acquire large quantities of such music and then -- very improbably, fantastically -- launch the american equivalent of the northern soul scene, i.e., a late nite scene based on sounds imported from another country's past ----- i.e., i say this only half in jest

also -- on the connection b/w the northern soul scene and the uk rave scene -- based upon what others have told me, seems to me that this is a much neglected chapter in the story of the origins of rave -- i.e., the first real dj culture was northern soul, and it had its center in manchester, with all nite parties, fanatical crowds, expert djs, etc -- and surely the late 80s madchester rave scene was rooted in this practice, conversant in this language, dependent upon this infrastructure

no -- the craziest sound he ever did was junglistic stuff in early 90s -- nothing so "white" and avant as gabba or speedcore -- he's a haitian immigrant and comes at things from a dual carribean/nyc dance culture angle -- he's got a very open ear but is not modernist

stelfox said:

all very much covered in brewster and broughton's last night a dj saved my life.

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i should probably read the book -- you're not the first to recommend it to me

but they actually do make an argument connecting the madchester scene back to northern soul?

stelfox said:

it's also by no means the first real dj culture.

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don't leave me hanging . . . . what are you proposing as an earlier dj culture?

or perhaps it was contemporaneous w/ development of gay disco culture in new york?

and then i suppose kingston -- where there was also a big scene for djs playing motown and other soul music

all circa 1970???

again, i'm defining such culture as:

(1) djs w/ specialist knowledge of the music, i.e., the vinyl-hunting disease

(2) fanatical supporters of the music w/o specialist knowledge but who attend most of the events

(3) all-nite dance parties

(4) drugs

(5) specialist shops and related cottage industries

(and i get the sense that all of this was more developed in manchester than other places -- especially in terms of specialist djs and fanatical supporters)

Dubquixote said:

I love Nublu.

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i think it's hit or miss -- but it's certainly on more often than most other places

give credit to the ownership and staff

plus the very sound move of letting the same band play the same night every week -- i.e., rather than treat musicians as this week's passing fancy, you bring them into the family

and of course the space is perfect

Dubquixote said:

Will try to make it out for this.

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i don't know where you stand musically -- i had impression (or assumed) you were heavy into grime and dubstep

however, judging from remarks you've made on other issues, i think you might like the total orientation

and barring disaster, they should be there the whole summer -- again, they begin not this sunday, but next sunday (and we'll have a party the night before)

3underscore said:

my Dad was a long-time Twisted Wheel member

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my friend renochild -- mentioned above -- comes from the family that ran this northern soul club called the reno in manchester

which explains his dj name and my second-hand bias for all things mancunian

i'm going to start a separate thread on the northern soul/madchester connection, as i came across an interesting article on the internet yesterday

dominic said:

and the live act on sundays will be this act known as the "real live show" -- i believe it's some kind of live hip hop band or something (haven't seen them perform yet) -- and the mc is malik from london

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saw real live show for the first time tonight -- very heavy, will likely take me all summer to process them -- let's just say for now that they're not your typical live hip hop band -- the roots they sure is not

tipsy/freaky background singer named lisa e

and an ultra freaky girl dancer who could not have been more than 4'10 tall

the two rappers were dressed in white sweats -- strong black men -- who could go from pain to anger to rage to freaky to celebrating getting high to simply playing the crowd

the tracks were long, each going through several phases -- sprawling -- very acid-orientated, heavy heavy music

the band features a girl on drums, two guys playing computerized keyboards, horns from time to time, a flutist on one song

i usually like short, tight songs -- but this band does 10-minute journeys

in any case, if you want to *know* then you need to check real live show out

so now nublu has two essential nights -- sundays and tuesdays

btw i'll have a little piece on the nublu festival in this week's ny press -- i'll link it on wednesday

dominic said:

and the mc is malik from london

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CORRECTION -- both mc's are from queens -- or to be precise jamaica, queens -- i've no idea how i got it in my head that malik was from london

adruu said:

i definitely want to hear them, so get some audio for us when you can

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so far as i know, real live show don't have a website -- and therefore no sound clips

and i think they've got their own label, i.e., not on nublu label

but i'll make inquiries

again, heavy music that is not easy to process

and plus there's the problem of trying to decipher what they're rapping about -- i.e., identifying lyrics is not my strong suit

adruu said:

and post up that article link too

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well, the article and interview i envisioned ended up being more in the order of a blurb

here it is

of course the beauty of blogging is that you don't actually need an editor to endorse your writing or opinions

the only person whose opinion matters is your own

(having readers -- and making enough entries on your blog to deserve a readership -- is a different issue)

so here's what i said and did on my blog