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Finally the god of soul returns to the best city in the country… and rocks on brunswick street fitzroy

AMP FIDDLER (USA) + MAYER HAWTHORNE (USA) + QUANTIC (DJ set / UK)

Sat 9 Jan

Amp

Niche Productions is proud to announce this massive triple bill of the hottest funk and soul acts around today. Amp Fiddler returns with his full band and is one of the hottest soul acts on the scene today, having played with everyone from Prince and George Clinton to Primal Scream and underground Detroit producer Moodyman. Mayer Hawthorne – a new comer on the scene has one of the freshest retro soul sounds around today. Having recently released his debut album ‘A Strange Arrangement’, Mayer Hawthorne has already captured the attention of the likes of Mark Ronson and Gilles Peterson with his timeless sound. Hawthorne brings with him his full live band for his debut tour of Australia. Quantic – a name synonymous with Funk and Soul around the world, returns to cap off the line-up and treat audiences to a DJ set.

Biography

Joseph “Amp” Fiddler is a musician who has an extensive list of credits that extends across a couple decades. Fiddler, who produces and sings in addition to doing the bulk of his duties on keyboards, organs, and pianos, has played on records by Prince, the Brand New Heavies, Ramsey Lewis, George Clinton, the P-Funk All Stars, the Dramatics, Primal Scream, Was (Not Was), and Too Short. With significant help from bass-playing brother Thomas “Bubz” Fiddler (another member of the extended P-Funk family), Amp released With Respect on Elektra in 1990 as Mr. Fiddler. Although the record didn’t fare well commercially, it was a solid update of ’70s funk with modern production sensibilities. In 2002, Amp issued a 12″ called Basementality on the Genuine label. Featuring a remix from close associate Kenny Dixon, Jr. (aka Moodymann), the record was an even split between modern soul and funky club music with Fiddler’s talents boldly displayed. The Love and War single came out the following year, and the full-length Waltz of a Ghetto Fly saw release in January 2004. Another solo album, Afro Strut, was released in the U.K. in 2006; Play It Again Sam licensed it for U.S. release a year later. Two years later, Fiddler and Sly & Robbie kicked off the Strut label’s collaboration-oriented Inspiration Information series.

Roots manuva in Melbourne JAN 7 — witness….

JKBD007 :: Jimi Polar & Phil Smart | ‘FROSTBITE’ (A:: Original mix B:: JP Switch Remix)
Just when you thought winter was over, Jim and Phil take off the gloves and head out into the chilly night for a evening of serious clubbing. The original mix follows the sonic flavour that we’ve been pushing with the last few releases, percussive, dubbed out trickery that sticks to the groove and leaves the cheese in the fridge…

A :: ORIGINAL MIX :: Solid, Dubby and  consistent, great for long opener sets when you’re ready to pick things up and get serious.
B :: JIMI POLAR SWITCH MIX :: Jimi takes the same percussive elements and adds some very fat 303 action to the low end, the result is at least another 20kgs of aceeed funk to deal out.

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Coming soon we’ve got some seriously serious tech house business from Jimi Polar and DeepChild and to top it off here at Junkbeats HQ we are very excited to announce new comers to the Junkbeats crew the Disco Knights from Brisbane with Melbourne expat DeeDee from the Smash-Bang hall taking on remix duties, stay tuned..

Erotic by Nature explores power, control & consent in a safe environment.
It also recognises sexuality, exhibitionism & public nudity as ‘normal’.
This collection has been 3 years in the making on the north coast of NSW, Australia.

Erotic by Nature is dedicated to those who made it possible.

This is a self published book.
Design Copyright 2009 Darren McCoy
Text Copyright 2009 Darren McCoy
Pictures Copyright 2009 Darren McCoy
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Design, Layout and Photography Darren McCoy
Photoshop tweaking Jason Hampton Taylor
Printed by CreateSpace, a DBA of On-Demand Publishing LLC, part of the Amazon group of companies.

hey cats… Emily O’Halloran – Music CD in New York

Sidewalk is on 6th an Ave B – New York Music – hope to see you all at the shows….

my debut album, “Morphine and Cupcakes” will be available for the good price of $10 and i also have a few copies of my first collection of poetry, titled, “Waking to Morning” which you can buy for $6…. help a kid get back to Los Angeles!

ok come and clap and bring your tambourine and sing along… love music in New York City

*** Saturday 20th June 11pm – Sidewalk Cafe on 6th and Ave B

playing with Gordon Hartin (pedal steel) and Mark Howard is flying in from Montreal to mix the show.. bless him!

we are gonna be filming the show so if this is the only one you can make it to please do..

*** Sunday 21st June 4.30pm – The Living Room on Ludlow

Honky Tonk session with a bunch of cool musos….

******Sunday 28th – Pianos (upstairs lounge) on Ludlow

love to see you at the shows if your in New York City  .. if your not tell everyone you know… and check out myspace for more details and shows

silver groves and phillip martin

pixel pusher productions

www.phsard.com

byronbay

Mike Callander, a long-time favourite DJ of Melbourne clubbing institutions such as Honkytonks, Sunny and Poison Apple, and Phoebe Faulkner, an emerging sound artist currently causing a stir on the live sound-art circuit, are together, simply, “Mike and Phoebe”. Through a shared studio space in a sweaty loft in West Melbourne, each of these unique artists has been over-exposed to the sounds and styles of the other, while at the same time battling for silence and seclusion amidst the busy street outside and the band next door. Their individual experimentations were often undertaken simultaneously in a system that became as much a sound-clash as it was a sonic tapestry, woven together by two separate sets of speakers cranked to full volume, while neighbours beat drums on one side and battered emotions on the other – Confusing? And somehow compelling.

The result is a concept track that is much more about love than it is about loudness. But the message is clear. Our love is stronger now that we’ve shaken it.

A cool vibration is played in the erotic electric world a techno beat sort of download and Elvis Presley song sample vocal licks..