SOUL F SYDNEY BLOCK PARTY:  is ON THIS SUNDAY 26th FEB, RAIN HAIL OR SHINE!

Info VIA Facebook Event –> HERE

DJ’s for Sunday’s WOMEN OF SOUL PICNIC: ERYKAH BADU SPECIAL

Sydney’s own WOMEN OF SOUL, FUNK & DISCO:

• Josie Styles- (www.soundcloud.com/josiestyles)
• Alicia King – (Mix Bosses Radio – www.facebook.com/MixxbossesRadioAustralia & Soul D lite Radio www.facebook.com/SoulDliteRadio)
• Sani DJ – (http://www.facebook.com/Soulqualia)
• Magda -
  
  Along with Resident Block Party Picnic Favourites: 
• Soul of Sydney DJ’s Phil Toke – (http://www.ourhousesydney.com/)
• Micael Zac
• Eadie Ramia – (http://www.michaelzac.podomatic.com/)
• JuzlikeDat – (http://www.juzzlikedat.com/)

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE FUN FROM OUR LAST PARTY !

• Craig Tariq Wilson – (http://soundcloud.com/c_man)

FINALLY the rain has gone for our Block Party PICNIC #6; so pack the eski, picnic blanket and join us to shake  shake those Cabin Fever blues away after being stuck in doors for two weeks we will be throwing down the day time Soul, Funk & Hip Hop vibes from 12pm in a new location in Alexandria.

Venue #1 – Alexandria Parkside Location in Alexandria with BBQ areas (pending weather) we still need some sunshine for the usual park side parties to go down!

STILL OPEN DECKS! Family Friendly, MUSIC HEADS PICNIC!

Parkside Venue Option #1 – Park-side Location in Alexandria with BBQ areas (pending weather) we still need some sunshine for the usual park side parties to go down!

Venue Option #2 – Inner City FUNK LOFT/LOUNGE SPACE:  in the vent of rain we have organised a kid friendly lounge/loft space with a stack of light, massive couches and tables just ready for a Sunday afternoon in-door picnic just in case it does keep raining.

We now officially have a BACK UP VENUE who are happy to host us just in the event this monsoonal rain doesn’t end, so it just means all we have to move the picnic under some covers into an inner city FUNK LOUNGE/LOFT SPACE!

We will be updating everyone via SMS as soon as we know how it looks for Sunday, so look out for updates early Sunday morning by around 10 or 11pm.

We will be in a park-side location around Alexandria from around 12 pm till late or a back up inner city FUNK LOUNGE ROOM in the event of rain!

STILL OPEN DECKS! Family Friendly, MUSIC HEADS PICNIC!

DJ’s playing an eclectic mix of day time SOUL, FUNK , DISCO, HIP HOP & REAL HOUSE GEMS.

Our House Sydney & Soul of Sydney Present:

SOUL OF SYDNEY: Free Block Party Picnic/BBQ #6

SOUL OF SYDNEY BLOCK PARTY PICNIC #6 : WOMEN OF SOUL/ ERYKAH BADU SPECIAL!

Along with the usual FUNK will be paying homage to some of the WOMEN OF SOUL.. including a special tribute to the Queen of Neo Soul ERYKAH BADU!

Expect an afternoon of SOUL, FUNK, & HIP HOP GEMS some of our favourite female artist including the likes of; Erykah Badu, Aretha Franklin, Jill Scott, Etta James, Sade, Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan, Nina Simone, Patti LaBelle‘s, Jocelyn Brown, Stephanie Mills, Alicia Keys, Gwen Mcrae, Lauryn Hill, Bahamadia, Mary J. Blige, Mary Jane Girls.. along with the usual Sunset Soul-Train FUNK throw-down!

Sunday afternoon; NEO SOUL FUNK DISCO HIP HOP & DAY TIME HOUSE VIBES

SUNDAY Feb 26th – 12pm – 7pm

FREE ENTRY VIA EMAIL, FAMILY FRIENDLY, SUNDAY ARVO PICNIC/BBQ VIBES

New Parkside Location (Email soulofsydney@gmail.com for location info)

DJ’s performing from 12-4 the special Women of Soul, Funk, Disco & Hip Hop:

• - Josie Styles- (www.soundcloud.com/josiestyles
• - Alicia King – (Mix Bosses Radio – www.facebook.com/MixxbossesRadioAustralia & Soul D lite Radio www.facebook.com/SoulDliteRadio)
• Sani DJ – (http://www.facebook.com/Soulqualia)
• Magda -
• -Soul of Sydney DJ’s & Friends – (www.soulofsydney.org/blockparty)
• -Phil Toke – (http://www.ourhousesydney.com/)
• -Micael Zac & Eadie Ramia – (http://www.michaelzac.podomatic.com/)
• -JuzlikeDat – (http://www.juzzlikedat.com/)

Soul of Sydney & Our House Sydney will be hosting another special family friendly Throw-down picnic to celebrate your Sunday FUN Day’s in the right kind of fashion.. with a stack of good mates, outdoors in the sunshine and with DJ’s playing REAL music..

We have a stack of DJ’s on rotation playing a stack of daytime SOUL, FUNK, HIP HOP & HOUSE joints from the likes of James Brown, Jocelyn Brown, Masters At Work, Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Dilla, Larry Levan, Sade, Jill Scott & Frankie Knuckles just to name a few.

Real Music, Real People Enjoying in a Family Friendly outdoor environment.

Open Decks, Open Mic & Open Floor (for all you dancers)

If you are interested in supporting, performing or need to get in contact please shoot us an email on soulofsydney@gmail.com as we will be updating venue information very soon.

NEW PARKSIDE LOCATION IN ALEXANDRIA
(email soulofsydney@gmail.com for venue details)

Soul of Sydney + Our House Sydney & Co.

www.soulofsydney.org/blockparty
www.ourhousesydney.com.au

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/229692317112033/
Facebook Group : http://www.facebook.com/groups/soulofsydney/
WEB: http://www.soulofsydney.org/blockparty

Open Decks, Open Mic & Open Floor (for all you dancers)

If you are interested in supporting, performing or need to get in contact please shoot us an email on soulofsydney@gmail.com as we will be updating venue information very soon.

Peace & Blessings;

Phil & Sam @ Soul of Sydney & Co.

www.soulofsydney.org/blockparty
www.ourhousesydney.com.au

BLOCK PARTY #6 – Facebook Event

BLOCK PARTY Facebook Group

Blockparty Picnic Mixtape #3 by DJ Phil Toke (Our House Sydney/Soul of Sydney)

JAN 2011

Our main man & resident Blockparty DJ Phil Toke put together this dope mixtape jam packed with some of the daytime FUNK, DISCO & REAL HOUSE jams he has been throwing down at the picnics over the last few months. Expect a stack of similar vibes for Australia Day!

Download

Tracklisting

1. Intro Barack Obama
2. Bill Withers- Lovely Day
3. Gwen McCrae- Funky Sensation
4. John Davis Monster Orchestra- Ain’t That Enough For You
5. James Brown- Funky President
6. The Commodores- Brick House
7. Average White Band- Pick Up The Pieces
8. First Choice- Love Thang
9. Angela Winbush- I Love You More
10. Convertion- Lets Do It
11. Komiko- Feel Alright
12. Geraldine Hunt- Cant Fake The Feeling
13. Richard T Bear- Sunshine Hotel
14. Lenny Williams- You Got Me Runnin (Krivit Re edit)
15. The Salsoul Orchestra- You’re Just The Right Size
16. The Salsoul Orchestra- Salsoul Rainbow/Obama Victory Speech
17. Diana Ross- No One Gets The Prize
18. Diana Ross- The Boss
    

    

If you haven’t sent you for mobile number can you please forward to soulofsydney@gmail.com in the event we do have to move the party last minute?

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Check out some of the SOUL TRAIN FUN from our last few parties

A  Few points that might help you organise you day better;

• It is a FAMILY FRIENDLY PICNIC first and foremost so might be a good idea really to pack for a Sunday Picnic in the park (eski/ picnic basket, fruit, drinks and something to sit on etc.)
• We have a spot with a stack of grass around with plenty of room for kids, it is 5 mins from city around Alexandria, there is shade but best people bring some hats etc.
• We will have a Sound System with selectors playing an eclectic mix of real music including everything from Sade to James Brown to De La Soul, Erykah Badu & Masters At Work, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles.
• It is open decks with rotating DJ’s (but best people get in touch via soulofsydney@gmail.com if keen to play to confirm time slots)
• We usually aim to get everything starting at about 12pm with ending time around depending on vibe.
• We will be waiting for the weather forecast before we make the call as it is outdoors, if it does look like it’s going to rain then we will simply move till next sunny Sunday. (We will be in touch a few days out for the event via email & on the day via SMS in case we have to move the party, so we will need your Mobile details too so we can get location details quicker)
• ARTIST CALL OUT: If you are a local Musician, MC, Singer, Percussionist or DJ then we are very keen to hear from you if you would like to play, especially if you down to play percussion along the Djs in an open jam vibe for Sunday. (we are hoping to get thing going as a regular Sunday afternoon local soul funk and hip hop open jam session so if your keen to be part of it let us know)
• For local Soul music fan then we simply wants you there enjoying the music, so get a group of friends together, spread the word and come down for a day out it the park to some real music.

Thanks again for getting behind the idea kids.. Sydney definitely needs more people like YOU!

Pray for good weather & hope to see you all at the next one.

Peace,

Soul of Sydney and Co.

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About the Block-Party Picnic Movement

In the name of spreading REAL MUSIC! SOUL OF SYDNEY, OUR HOUSE SYDNEY &  TONE have teamed up to put forward a small number of hush-hush out door POP UP street & park-side throw-downs during summer.

The idea is a series of free Pop-UP Sunday afternoon family friendly Picnic’s in various outdoor locations around this beautiful city, featuring rotating sets from local DJ’s & Artists still flying the flag for quality music in Sydney.

If you like the idea of hearing everything from James Brown, Jocelyn Brown, Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Dilla & Masters At Work & Frankie Knuckles in an outdoor location where you can have a Sunday Picnic in the sunshine, then join us as we celebrate the gift of great music, in a relaxed environment with friends and al-fresco on picnic blankets!

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THE BLOCK-PARTY MIXTAPS:

#1- SOUL OF SYDNEY TRIBUTE TO OBAMA

Mixed by: Phil Toke & Soul Of Sydney, of Sydney Australia

Running Time: 74 minutes

DOWNLOAD:

at Sound Cloud or Here

Track List

1. The Love Unlimited Orchestra – Midnight Groove,<Soul Of Sydney Edit>
2. Fatback Band – Mister Bass Man
3. The Head Hunters- God Made Me Funky
4. The Honey Drippers- Impeach The President
5. The O’Jays- Give The People What They Want
6. James Brown- The Boss
7. Bill Withers- Lovely Day
8. Herb Alpert – RiseYObama EDIT>
9. James Brown – Funky President
10. Maceo & The Macks – Soul Power ’74
11. Donald Byrd- Change- Makes You Want To Hustle
12. Curtis Mayfield- Right on For The Darkness
13. Stevie Wonder- Black Man
14. The Blackbyrds- Rock City Park
15. Odyssey- Going Back To My Roots
16. John McLaughlin- Planetary Citizen
17. Issac Hays- Theme From S.H.A.F.Tt black President.
18. The Beginning of The End- Funky Nassau (Part 1)
19. George Clinton – One Nation Under A Groove
20. Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
21. Lonnie Liston Smith- Expansions
22. George Benson- You Can Do It < Phil Toke & Soul of Sydney ‘I Have A DREAM EDIT’
23. Roy Ayers- Evolution

#2- Blockparty Picnic Mixtape 2 by DJ Phil Toke (Our House Sydney)

Dec 2011

Our main man & resident Blockparty DJ Phil Toke put together this dope mixtape jam packed with some of the daytime FUNK, DISCO & REAL HOUSE jams he has been throwing down at the picnics over the last few months.

Tracklisting

1.The Last Minister – Tribute to the JB family
2.Lyn Collins – Think (Jski edit)
3.Kool & The Gang – Love and Understanding
4.War – Galaxy
5.Jimmy Castor – E man boogie
6.Jesse G – thats hot
7.Change – A lover’s holiday
8.Nijel – Dance so fine (instrum)
9.Brothers Johnson – Stomp
10.Superbreak disco edits – Body Bait
11.Society – Can U rock?
12.Phase II – Reachin
13.Terrence Parker – Love’s Got me high
14.Teddy Pendergrass – Only you
15.Sylvester – Over & over

After a successful first bash with the weather gods smiling on us back
in November, Never Mind The Balearics! returns for another all-day
session, Saturday Feb 18th at the same exclusive harbour venue!

For this one we’ll be taking it to a new level of disco deviance in the
sunshine… The water will be a lot warmer, so we want to see
*everyone* in the pool this time around!

Taking you through the day will be your trusty NMTB residents Will
Price, Pete Dot and InnerWestSoul… But to add even more magic to the mayhem, we are proud to have on board two amazing guest DJs: Dicky Trisco, head honcho of the mighty Disco Deviance label out of the UK, plus man of the moment, master of the soulful boogie sound, Mr. Pollo Erotico himself – Rocco Raimundo!

There’ll be more details and some exclusive music downloads from our special guest selectors, but needless to say both will be following the NMTB formula of playing everything soulful and sun-drenched with more than a few balearic surprises in the mix. Once again we’ll be turning up the BPMs as the sun sets and that magical twilight falls across the water…

Tickets are $70, and we also have a limited amount of $60 presales available – but judging by the general interest and sellout nature of the last event, these won’t be around for long!

So don’t delay, grab a ticket today from

http://www.nevermindthebalearics.com/

PArty Rockers JUzzLIKEDAt & CMaN team up with Special Guest El Chino (Trevor Parkee) of DEPARTURE LOUNGE RADIO for a GOOd GooD Music Special this,

Friday Feb 10th from 7pm!

Will be a good one! Free Entry, Happy hours 5-7pm!

DEPARTURE LOUNGE RADIO WITH  EL CHINO & JUZZLIKEDAT

Departure Lounge.. Flight 402..Elchinos..Friends As DJs series starts up again with.. DJ Samir aka JUZZLIKEDAT..lots of Soul, Jazz, funk, Hip Hop and also mixing in African, Brazilian, electrojazz and any type of Black music..Strckly Old School Selection from the Captain also..Tune in to hear what musical flght path we both will take ..Saturday,4th February..3 to 5pm..2SER.107.3

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D’angelo ~ Live at Le Zénith, Paris 29.01.12

If by some miracle this D tour happens to make it to Australia, there are a few surprises in the show I don’t wanna spoil – but if you’re hungry enough (or you’ve already devoured the footage on YouTube), I’ve written about them at the end of this review.

First off: D is looking and sounding great. He ain’t the young, cut-from-marble sex god of the Voodoo tour anymore – and thank Christ (and I don’t just mean considering what he’s clawed his way back from to be here now). After reading for years about D’s crippling anxiety beneath the pressure of maintaining that image in those days, the vibe of this show seemed so much more relaxed. D himself was all boyish enthusiasm, and clearly as thrilled to be there as we were.

‘Playa Playa’ kicked off the show with Pink Floyd-style mystery: atmospheric light show, D nowhere to be seen onstage, and a band that sounded almost pre-recorded (strange tinny vocal sounds, drummer Chris Dave triggering samples). It worried me a little: was this gonna be a Soulquarians tribute show? Were we just being messed with?

Then the lights came up as D took the stage, wielding a guitar, and jammed with the band on a new Black Merda!-sounding joint (sorry folks, didn’t catch the title – it’s surely on YouTube already). D’s guitar rig was then whisked away by his ballboy-speedy stage crew, leaving D free to strut a little – but not too much – like the days of old.

The band’s restraint was a refresher course in how to groove without resorting to “showboating”, as Questo once put it. ‘Devil’s Pie’ crescendoed into ‘Fire’; ‘Chicken Grease’ began whisper quiet and ended up with D howling, but never needing to “heavy-up” that already incredible groove. Each song grew from quietly confident groove to super-heavy jam, and varied so much dynamically without ever degenerating into nu-metal to build “intensity” (thank gawd).

This band ain’t the Soulquarians, nor are they trying to be. But the first real display of his new band’s power was with ‘The Root’: they somehow maintained the dark, introverted mood of the song while delivering it as a party jam. Chris Dave was by now well beyond triggering anything, instead mind-bendingly delivering delayed drum sounds completely live.

New track ‘Charade’ is straight-up early Prince, and ‘Sugardaddy’ got a bit o’ that New Jack Swing some of us been missing a while. But the most interesting and subversive moment of the night was another new track, ‘I’ve Been Watchin’ U’. On the surface, it’s a dark Al Green booty song, with a solicitous D alternatively cooing and guitar-shredding. But by the time the refrain “from your lips to your hips” is imprinted on your brain, it begins sounding less like D is talking about an object of his desire, and more about himself as the object (the line echoes the camera’s gaze in the ‘Untitled’ video that made and ultimately overwhelmed him). Females in the audience are still screaming at D’s “Hey baby” even as the lyrics now reveal the song’s protagonist to be not a soliticous lover but an obsessive stalker – and, aptly enough, the track leads directly into D’s original murder ballad, ‘Shit Damn Motherfucker’, this time reimagined as an epic slow waltz.

The instrumental “interlude” was the part of the show where Questlove’s absence was felt the most. Musically impressive but conceptually half-baked, the band played through a series of jams that referenced D’s influences and the tradition of Black Music he’s all about continuing – from the full band riffing on Hendrix’s ‘Rainy Day, Dream Away’, down to drummer Chris Dave and original Voodoo bassist Pino Palladino’s massive-sounding interpretation of Fela Kuti’s ‘Zombie’. But where the original Questlove-directed Voodoo live show a decade earlier had been a master class of that tradition, infused from beginning to end with references to James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Fela and so many others, here instead these moments were just threads that were never tied together, so that the final effect was little more than “Here are some cats playing while D takes a break”.

Ok: The Surprises.

D’s solo voice-and-keys medley could have been the whole show. ‘Jonz…’, ‘Spanish Joint’, ‘Cruisin”, ‘Higher’, an almost-prophetic-in-hindsight ‘One Mo’ Gin’, and the biggest response of the night, ‘Untitled’, all sounded as full and groovy as the rest of the band show. D’angelo is an accomplished keyboardist with so much feel, and he’s a charming and compelling enough performer to hold you right there for as long as he wants.

For the encore, D returns with an acoustic guitar and leads the band through David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, from beginning to end: surprisingly (and thankfully), there’s no soul-funk “twist”, no deviation from the original; just a rendition by a fan (that boyish enthusiasm once again).

The nearly-two-hour show could only have ended one way: ‘Brown Sugar’ reworked via Morris Day & The Time and James Brown’s ‘The Payback’ – so much fun. What a way to top off a great night and a welcome return.

Sydney soul musician Ray Mann, now based in Berlin, returns to Australia this month for The Ray Mann Three ‘Sketches So Far’ Tour. The new EP, Sketches vol. 1, is out now on iTunes. Details at ray-mann.com