Filed under: Events | Tags: bambu, blu, brwn bflo, exile, hip hop in the park, j-boogie, people's park, the uptown, uc berkeley students for hip hop
BAY AREA!!!! Bambu and I will be in town for the 13th Annual HIP HOP IN THE PARK and BRWN BFLO’S RECORD RELEASE PARTY, two events that you don’t wanna miss.
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Filed under: Music | Tags: beatsauce, dubtronic science, gina rene, j-boogie, mark farina, mushroom jazz, om, soulstice, wind
What happened to Soulstice?!
Back in 2000, when I first touched down in the Bay, I remember discovering Mark Farina, Mushroom Jazz, and Om Records (yes, late pass please). One of the first cds I bought to explore that sound was a compilation from Om called Om Lounge 5. While alot of the tracks were too spacey and electronic for my tastes, this one has stuck with me until now:
DOWNLOAD: Soulstice – “Wind” (J-Boogie Remix)
From the b-side of the Lovely 12″ (Om, 2000)
What makes this song classic for me is half Gina Rene’s beautiful vocals, and half J-Boogie’s remix magic. Those scratch phrases are so necessary.
J-Boogie is the Bay Area’s modern renaissance man. If he’s not traveling around the world djing solo, he’s helming Dubtronic Science, his project that incorporates musicians and vocalists into a live band /DJ fusion set. OR maybe he’s hosting Beatsauce Radio, one of Frisco’s longest running Hip Hop shows, which recently moved bases from KUSF to brooklynradio.net. OR maybe he’s remixing Sun-Ra or Goapele. OR maybe he’s just being one of the coolest, easy going personalities in the scene, which, in this industry of egos, is hard to find.
DJ Phatrick 