Friday, August 27, 2010
TOMORROW in NYC: I Love Vinyl Party with Amir, Ge-Ology and more!
Scribe, Wax Poetics, Raw Fusion, Halcyon, Great Weekend and Fusicology proudly present
the almighty
I Love Vinyl
...Saturday Aug 28, 2010
doors 10pm
21+
$5 b4 midnight*
$10 after
*FREE b4 11pm w/ RSVP at http://ilovevinyl.org/
The Gallery Bar @
(le) Poisson Rouge
featuring the world's famous supreme dream team:
-amir
-ge-ology
-the twilite tone
-scribe
-op!
-jon oliver
Click HERE for more details.
Labels: Ge-Ology, Jon Oliver, Kon and Amir, OP, Parties and Events
Friday, June 18, 2010
Compilation: Kon And Amir's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Samples of All Time
Essential for you New Jacks!
01. Impeach the President
02. Synthetic Substitution
03. It's a New Day
04. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (remix)
05. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
06. Midnight Theme
07. Funky President
08. Cardova
09. Soul Power '74
10. Chocolate Buttermilk
11. Misdemeanor
12. Funky Worm
13. The Mexican
14. Uphill Peace Of Mind
15. Let The Music Take Your Mind
16. The Message
17. Bumpin Bus Stop
18. Honkey Tonk
19. Walk On By
20. Pass the Peas
21. Look Ka Py Py
22. Mind Power
23. Space Funk
24. Haboglabotribin'
25. Who's Gonna Take The Weight
26. Mystic Brew
27. Up Above The Rock
28. Inside My Love
29. Misfortune's Wealth
30. Today
31. We Gettin' Down
32. 90% Of Me Is You
33. Red Clay
34. Fourty days
35. Smilin' Billy Suite Part II
36. I Got Some Part 1
37. Baby Don't Cry
38. Jagger The Dagger
39. Outside Love
40. The Edge
41. Humpty Dumpty
42. Solstice
43. The Divine Image
44. Love And Happiness
45. Both Ends Against The Middle
46. Rain, Rain, Go Away
47. The Grunt (single version)
48. Mixed Up Cup
49. A Day In The Life
50. Holy Thursday
Download Kon And Amir's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Samples of All Time: Part One | Part Two [megaupload links]
[spotted the T.R.O.Y. blog via Complex]
Labels: Beatmaking, Crate Diggin', Kon and Amir, mixtapes, Old School Hip Hop
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Kon & Amir present Off Track Vol. III: Brooklyn - Rare Ghetto Disco, Funk & African Boogie
More great music from BBE:
"Off Track III finds the New York/Boston-based pair shining light on another diverse array of underexposed vinyl. The eclectic African disco and soul cuts Amir highlights on his disc are Americanized by style but inherently authentic in feel, demonstrating the very best of the region’s dance music from the period following Fela Kuti’s mid-70s creative peak. Some standouts: Tee Mac’s 1980’s insistently catchy ‘Living Everyday’; Effi Duke’s percussive masterpiece ‘The Time Is Come’; and Christy Essien’s glorious ‘You Can’t Change A Man’, which features famed bandleader Geraldo Pino’s Show Train outfit. Also in the mix are a couple of cuts from unsung Nigerian star Dizzy K. Falola aimed at sophisticated dancefloors.
Kon’s disc opens with an extended edit of Donny McCullough’s ‘From The Heart’ from a pricey 1981 album. Rudolph Baker’s little known album track ‘Getting Next To You’ is a floor-filling anthem in the waiting. Edge of Daybreak were a prison band whose punchy title track from their rare Eyes Of Love album provides a solid argument for subsidizing more music programs behind bars. ‘Tin Top’ is another cut with a Kon edit, but Kenny Mann & Liquid Pleasure are the antithesis of mysterious indy-label group, the veterans performing to this day and maintaining a comprehensive website loaded with videos and resumes."
Check out a few streaming audio tracks from Off-Track III here:
Rudolph Baker - Getting Next To You:
Christy Essien - You Can’t Change A Man:
Tee Mac feat. Majorie Barnes - Living Everyday:
Click to hear more snippets HERE.
Labels: Afrobeat/World Music, House/Disco Music, Kon and Amir, Rare Groove/Soul Music
Friday, March 26, 2010
TOMORROW in Miami: Raw Fusion vs. I Love Vinyl at WMC
Click for a full-size version of the poster
"This year the Raw Fusion crew is teaming up with the much hyped I Love Vinyl party from NYC on a night where you'll be able to get down to the most diverse sounds of soul ever. Of all the memorable sweaty Raw Fusion parties we've had at WMC we think this year's will be the most exciting session yet!
Upstairs Rich Medina, Rainer Trüby, Simbad, Eddy Ramich and Raw Fusion's very own Mad Mats will treat you to everything from deep'n'techy house, sweet'n'soulful r&b, dark dubstep/UK funky, gritty hip-hop, funk 45s, disco edits, skankin' reggae and soulful house/broken jams. Downstairs it's all about keeping it real deal, for the real deal feel, with Ge-Ology, Kon & Amir, Scribe, OP! and Jon Oliver spinning 100% vinyl jams (no laptops allowed, ed note: er what?? Who's covering those extra freight charges??) all night long. If we know theses guys, you'll be served both big classics and those obscure headspinners.
Whatever tickles your musical spine...right down to the soles of your feet...we got it!"
"This year the Raw Fusion crew is teaming up with the much hyped I Love Vinyl party from NYC on a night where you'll be able to get down to the most diverse sounds of soul ever. Of all the memorable sweaty Raw Fusion parties we've had at WMC we think this year's will be the most exciting session yet!
Upstairs Rich Medina, Rainer Trüby, Simbad, Eddy Ramich and Raw Fusion's very own Mad Mats will treat you to everything from deep'n'techy house, sweet'n'soulful r&b, dark dubstep/UK funky, gritty hip-hop, funk 45s, disco edits, skankin' reggae and soulful house/broken jams. Downstairs it's all about keeping it real deal, for the real deal feel, with Ge-Ology, Kon & Amir, Scribe, OP! and Jon Oliver spinning 100% vinyl jams (no laptops allowed, ed note: er what?? Who's covering those extra freight charges??) all night long. If we know theses guys, you'll be served both big classics and those obscure headspinners.
Whatever tickles your musical spine...right down to the soles of your feet...we got it!"
Raw Fusion vs I Love Vinyl
Sat 27th of March, 10PM-5AM @ Jazid
1342 Washington Ave (between 13th & 14th Street
Free Red Stripe Light before 11PM
$5 before midnight, $15 after
WMC is the Winter Music Conference for those who don't know. Its kind of like the electronic/club music version of SXSW.
Labels: Ge-Ology, Jon Oliver, Kon and Amir, OP, Rich Medina
Thursday, September 10, 2009
TONIGHT: A Benefit for KON at Santos Party House, NYC
After last night's presidential address, I HAD to post this:
Featured DJ's include Spinna, Rick Medina, Kon's partner, Amir, Cosmo Baker, DJ Scratch and Eli Escobar.
Here's a message from DJ Cosmo Baker about this benefit:
"Our good friend Kon (from Kon & Amir) has been sick and in the hospital for the past several weeks. Kon is an amazing guy with an incredible connection to music, being a world renowned crate digger as well as one of the best DJs in the country. But as you could probably guess, most DJs are independent contractors who do not have access to affordable health insurance. If you're lucky, you end up paying an arm and a leg for proper coverage, but for the most part you just don't have it. I learned the hard way 10 years ago when I was in a car accident and had to spend several months in the hospital. I didn't have coverage at the time, and my bills were several hundred thousands dollars. I was out of work, could not spin for a long time, so I had no benefits or coverage to take care of me. Thankfully through my dear friends and the community of Philadelphia, a benefit was thrown that raised enough money for me to get back on my feet. Hopefully we can do the same for our friend Kon here..."
The US needs healthcare reform NOW!!!
Online:
PNHP - Physicians for a National Health Program is a non-profit research and education organization of 17,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.
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Featured DJ's include Spinna, Rick Medina, Kon's partner, Amir, Cosmo Baker, DJ Scratch and Eli Escobar.
Here's a message from DJ Cosmo Baker about this benefit:
"Our good friend Kon (from Kon & Amir) has been sick and in the hospital for the past several weeks. Kon is an amazing guy with an incredible connection to music, being a world renowned crate digger as well as one of the best DJs in the country. But as you could probably guess, most DJs are independent contractors who do not have access to affordable health insurance. If you're lucky, you end up paying an arm and a leg for proper coverage, but for the most part you just don't have it. I learned the hard way 10 years ago when I was in a car accident and had to spend several months in the hospital. I didn't have coverage at the time, and my bills were several hundred thousands dollars. I was out of work, could not spin for a long time, so I had no benefits or coverage to take care of me. Thankfully through my dear friends and the community of Philadelphia, a benefit was thrown that raised enough money for me to get back on my feet. Hopefully we can do the same for our friend Kon here..."
The US needs healthcare reform NOW!!!
Online:
PNHP - Physicians for a National Health Program is a non-profit research and education organization of 17,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.
Labels: charity, Healthcare, Kon and Amir
