If you can make it, don't miss it. I'll have some pictures and a review of the show later tonight!
Roy Ayers, Tony Allen & J.Rocc
Together @ The Crash Mansion Tonight
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
The Latest In Amoeba Hollywood Changes...And A Tita Lima DJ Set
Tuesday night found some of us working after hours at Amoeba Hollywood for our latest change. I'm going to go through these changes quickly, so pay attention!
Most music DVD's (Rock, Hip-Hop, Soul, Reggae, Country, Oldies & World) are now located where the posters and books used to be, behind the information desk. Jazz, Pop Vocal, Classical & Opera DVD’s remain in their sections.
Posters have moved where the World Music DVD's were once located
(along the stairs)
AND
to Aisle 7, which once housed Experimental music.
Experimental Music and 78's have moved into our Jazz Room.
Books and Magazines are now located behind the Country Music.
All cassettes are now located against the west side wall.
The move allows the DVD movie section to expand. Blu-Ray Movies are now along the west wall which once housed the Black and Latino Cinema. There is an expanded clearance movie section and all other movie genres have expanded as well.
Downstairs, the Goth, Black Metal, Reggae and Electronica have a little more room the breathe. Whew!
Downstairs, the Goth, Black Metal, Reggae and Electronica have a little more room the breathe. Whew!
Confused? I don't blame you. I'm a little myself.
This is the best solution I could think of:
You’ll just have to come in and check it out yourself. What better time than Friday, March 28th at 7 p.m., just in time to check out Tita Lima’s DJ set. Tita released an Amoeba Hollywood favorite, entitled 11:11, back in 2006. She comes from Brazilian Rock royalty (she is the daughter of Os Mutantes' bass player) and has performed with such prestigious Brazilian artists such as Bocato, João Donato, Luz de Caroline, Núcleo and Dori Caymmi.
My suggestion? Listen to Tita spin her favorites and check out the many changes we have made in our store for yourself.
Personally, I like it. The changes make sense for all us non-collector types.
Politik Kills
Make Your Own Damn Remix For A Change
Ever thought after listening to one of those remix CD by one of your favorite artists, "Damn, I could have done a better remix than that!" Well, here is your chance.
Manu Chao has a new website, www.PolitiKills.com. On it, you can preview his new remix EP, Politik Kills and watch the new video. According to a press release by Nacional Records, the site will also include include "commentary from social leaders, writers, artists and more; all in the name of reflecting on the misuse and abuse of power plaguing the world."
Besides the commentaries, there is a link that allows you to download the parts of the song Politik Kills and create your own remix. Then once you are finished with it, you can upload it back on the site for everyone to hear. Hear your remix along the ones created for the E.P. by such artists as Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dennis Bovell and The Nortec Collective. Even the ol' vampire himself, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell has a remix as well.
I love this idea and I hope other artists in the future will let people download wave files from their recording sessions so that we can all have a chance to remix our favorite artists. So far, most of remixes I've heard are of the Reggae variety. I think I'll go a whole other route with mine. How about Freestyle Manu Chao???
Manu Chao has a new website, www.PolitiKills.com. On it, you can preview his new remix EP, Politik Kills and watch the new video. According to a press release by Nacional Records, the site will also include include "commentary from social leaders, writers, artists and more; all in the name of reflecting on the misuse and abuse of power plaguing the world."
Besides the commentaries, there is a link that allows you to download the parts of the song Politik Kills and create your own remix. Then once you are finished with it, you can upload it back on the site for everyone to hear. Hear your remix along the ones created for the E.P. by such artists as Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dennis Bovell and The Nortec Collective. Even the ol' vampire himself, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell has a remix as well.
I love this idea and I hope other artists in the future will let people download wave files from their recording sessions so that we can all have a chance to remix our favorite artists. So far, most of remixes I've heard are of the Reggae variety. I think I'll go a whole other route with mine. How about Freestyle Manu Chao???
Why You Should Shop In The World Music Vinyl Section #4
The Salsa Arms Race Continues!
I got some great Salsa records the other day. Nothing amazingly rare but L.P.'s one should have if you are going to compete in the Salsa arms race. I have to say I'm proud of my little collection. However, when I saw the cover of the new Jesus Pagan CD, I nearly flipped. Now that's a collection! I don't know if that's his personal collection, but from the sound of his first album, he must of dug through plenty of crates. Jesus Pagan's first release, Salsa De La Mata - From The Roots, is out now and is red hot!
One day ... I keep telling myself. One day.
Here are some of my finds:
Dimension Latina-Salsa Brava
(with Oscar D'Leon on vocals)
Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound-Pa'Fuera
Art Don't Sleep & Fania Records Present:
Fania Live 3 Record Release Party @ The Crash Mansion 3/22/08
Art Don’t Sleep has been putting together some incredible shows over the last four years. Tonight was no exception. The show was a record release for San Francisco DJ Sake 1, who is part of the Fania Live CD series released by the newly reformed Fania Records. Los Angeles was blessed to hear a set from Sake 1, whose Fania Live release is the best of the series so far. Master percussionist Francisco Aguabella, now 83 years old and still going strong, followed Sake 1's set. Aguabella's first set of Latin Jazz and Salsa kicked into high gear when Chuchito Valdez, piano virtuoso and son of the infamous Chucho Valdez joined in on the keyboards. His thunderous keyboard playing shook the audience out of their seats and on to the dance floor. After Aguabella's first set, the infamous Bobbito from New York went on the ones and two and rocked a great DJ set full of Fania classics and remixes by the likes of The Candela All Stars and others. I know Bobbito is a great Hip-Hop and Soul DJ so I was anxious to hear what he could do with Latin music. He did not disappoint.
The dance floor was full of all types, from the Salsaheads who look like they are in competition with each other to the Fania geeks like myself that have no Salsa dance skills whatsoever. I was better off snapping photos and having drinks. Salsa is tricky. Take a person who looks great dancing to Hip-Hop and R&B and put them on a Salsa dance floor. Most of the time they look like they have to go to the bathroom.
I left the show before Aguabella's second set. I wish I could have stayed longer but that’s the pitfalls of working Sunday morning. I’m sure as I write this the show is still going strong.
The dance floor was full of all types, from the Salsaheads who look like they are in competition with each other to the Fania geeks like myself that have no Salsa dance skills whatsoever. I was better off snapping photos and having drinks. Salsa is tricky. Take a person who looks great dancing to Hip-Hop and R&B and put them on a Salsa dance floor. Most of the time they look like they have to go to the bathroom.
I left the show before Aguabella's second set. I wish I could have stayed longer but that’s the pitfalls of working Sunday morning. I’m sure as I write this the show is still going strong.