We have Africology’s own Dj Sirak on the deck spinning the best in Soukous, Afrobeat, Ethio-Soul, Samba, and more.

Along with South Africa’s own Dj Edy Ed in the building spinning Kwaito (South African House), Bongo Flava, Reggae and Hip-Hop..

We also have Dj Moma spinning funk, soul, hip hop house and a choice of contemporary “bangers”

This event is brought to you buy Africology /211 Collective/ Rebel Soul Records and World Swirl.

We have Africology’s own Dj Sirak on the deck spinning the best in Soukous, Afrobeat, Ethio-Soul, Samba, and more..

We also have South Africa’s own Dj Edy Ed in the building spinning Kwaito (South African House), Bongo Flava, Reggae and Hip-Hop..

CHECK OUT PICTURES FROM LAST MONTH’S AFRIQUE SESSIONS

Collette Blanchard Gallery at NADA Miami Booth 603
Featuring artist Derrick Adams
December 3 – 6, 2009

NADA Opening Day Performance
Thursday December 3rd 3:00 PM
Derrick Adams
‘Introduction to Bizarro Wiz’
Le Jardin Theater, Deauville Beach Resort

Collette Blanchard Gallery is pleased to announce their participation in the 2009 NADA Art Fair featuring artist Derrick Adams. Mr. Adams will also present a performance piece at the Le Jardin Theater at the Deauville Beach Resort. The performance, like the works in Adams’ booth, is inspired by the fantastical, seriocomic, and mystical “Land of Oz” as depicted in 1978′s “The Wiz”. The performance will include a short video, produced in collaboration with artist Ramon Silva, which portrays the artist in the role of the terrorizing and omniscient Wiz. The second part of the work will be a live performance of lights, sound, and movement with performers reinterpreting the “Emerald City” dance from “The Wiz” in a black, gray and white color scheme.

For his presentation at the Collette Blanchard Gallery booth there wlill be new paintings on paper and two performances. Sitting in a cubicle-like structure filled with The Wiz’s mementos and enclosed by a curtain, the Wiz will read passages from literature, engage in fragmented/one-sided dialogue, and play a sound-board of spellbinding sounds. Through his performances, Adams will portray the powerful, yet sad, role of the oracle that is The Wiz; a character who is omniscient and prophetic but whose wisdom oftentimes is not heeded, heard, or understood.

Bizarro Wiz
Concept: Derrick Adams
Video Production: Ramon Silva
Art Direction: Derrick Adams + Ramon Silva
Soundtrack: Ramon Silva

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Summer4-Pack: 4 GA tickets for $134

Advance: $ 38.50
Day of Show: $ 45.00
VIP: $ 65.00

ALL AGES

Three floors of music Reggae, Afrobeat, Hiphop, drummin and live performances, food and More. Dont be left on the dock!

Opening Ceremony on pier with

Siren – protectors of the rainforest’s west African dance troupe

DJ Line up

1st Floor:
DJ Gringo (Stateside Revolution)

2nd Floor:
DJ Soul Selector
DJ Victorious
DJ Sirak (Africology)
DJ Lion King

Live performances
Meta from Meta and the Cornerstones
Sheba
Sharice
Tayazawan aka Zion

Sun Deck:
Drum Circle

Closing Ceremony on Pier with

Siren – protectors of the rainforest’s west African dance troupe

Video From Last Year

Special After Party with Unity Reggae Sound@

Diety 368 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY

When:

Sunday, August 16, 2009

7:00PM – 12 midnite

Boat Departs 7:30 Sharp!

Where:

The Paddlewheel Queen

East 23rd Street off the FDR Drive!

Manhattan, NY

Admission:

$40 in Advance $50 at the gate

All Tickets Purchased online will be held at the gate.

Please bring paypal receipt and ID as proof of purchase.

Info:
Bintou 347-249-6594
blackstarline@consciousnyc.com

SPONSORED BY:

MPHO is a British talent like no other. A genre-defying singer, songwriter and producer, she has enormous global crossover pop potential. Already a name to drop amongst people in the know, MPHO is set to be one of the most exciting names of 2009.

Her debut single on Parlophone/Wall of Sound, ‘Box N Locks’ is produced by acclaimed maestro, Switch. The track samples the legendary guitar hook from the Martha and the Muffins new wave hit, ‘Echo Beach’.

MPHO was born in apartheid South Africa and raised in a racially mixed family of musicians and political activists in Brixton. Her life story is as colourful as her music, but the overriding theme of both has been MPHO’s determination to find her own space, to define herself on her own terms.

So right from the release of her first single she’s wasting no time in blowing apart some of the stereotypes she’s found most restrictive. On ‘Box N Locks’ MPHO kicks against the boxes people put her in, and the locks they tried to use to keep the lid on her talent.

FREE MP3 MIX CLICK HERE
www.mphosounds.com/
www.myspace.com/mphosounds

Born in September 1986, Stella Mwangi aka STL realized her potential in music at the age of Six. Her interest in music resulted from racial discrimination she was subjected to following her family’s move from Kenya to Norway in 1991.

Since Stella was 11 years she has activ on the Norwegian hip hop scene.

In 1998, she worked with an African Youth group known as “The Rise” where they produced and released an album called “Maroon”.

She then started curtain rising for various hip hop artists such as Common and Talib Kweli followed by Angelique Kidjo, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and Flo-Rida to name few.

In 2005 Stella Mwangi and The R.I.S.E got the opportunity to perform for the one and only, Nelson Mandela while he was in Norway for an AIDS eradication campaign.

Her Break into the African Hip Hop scene came in 2005 when she worked with a Senegalese Hip Hop group called Wagable in their Debut album, Senegal, produced by www.big-city.no
She featured in two of their hit songs ‘Babylon’ and ‘Do it’ which topped the charts in Senegal and Gambia for several weeks. The album scooped the Best album of the year in Senegal for 2005.

In 2006 Stella won the Kisima Awards for the most promising artist of the year.

Stella’s single ‘Take it back’ was a major hit in Africa and in Scandinavia.
It was #1 on the east African charts in 2008, followed by her second single ‘The Dreamer’ from her debut album ‘Living For Music’ which was released October 20th 2008 in Scandinavia and Africa.

Stella released her third single ‘She got it/Kool girls’ spring 2009 from her debut album. The song has been # 1 on the east African charts and still is one of the most played songs on MTV Base and Channel O which broadcasts across the whole Africa.

Since her debut album release, Stella Mwangi has been touring in Scandinavia, USA and Africa.

Her songs, “Crazy”, “Feeling Love” and “Swing”, which she wrote with The DNC was picked by the Position Music and Choice Tracks (based in L.A) as a soundtrack for the films Save the last dance, American pie, Redline and the series; CSI (New York) , Las Vegas, Ghost whisperer, Scrubs, American Top Model and Army Wives to name few.

Stella Mwangi is currently working on her second album.

Here is her video “The Dreamer” from last year.

FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

She Got It – Stella Mwangi aka STL

YouTube – Meta and the Cornerstones- Loneliest People

” Its sound is unraveling as a synergy between what we’ve both been doing musically in our solo careers: Soul, Hip-Hop, Electronica, etc. Recording has been sporadic so far. We plan on finishing the many pieces we’ve laid down and present an EP later this year.”

After packing the national stadium for performances in their home country of Sierra Leone and contributing music to the Academy Award–nominated film Blood Diamond, African superstars Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are poised to conquer the global airwaves with their international debut album (due out in fall 2009) and their unique sound, which blends the swagger and funk of hip-hop, the passion and energy of dancehall, and the socially conscious vibe of reggae. The group has generated so much buzz in the hip-hop world that major stars including ?uestlove and Black Thought of the Roots, Talib Kweli, K’Naan, Res, and El-P have contributed their vocal and/or production talents to the upcoming release, helmed by the production team Fyre Department (whose credits include 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, GZA, Talib Kweli, Justin Timberlake). With this great collection of creatives, Bajah’s own star is rising as the Sean Paul of West Africa with the social conscience of Bob Marley and Fela Kuti.

So much more than just another hip-hop outfit, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew have been likened to another band renowned internationally for speaking out against political and social injustices: U2. In Sierra Leone, now emerging from the throes of a brutal 10-year civil war, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are hailed as “the voice of the voiceless,” speaking truths on behalf of those people who have no political power, spreading messages of peace and reconciliation, outing corrupt politicians, and inspiring the disenfranchised youth to pursue their dreams. “We always speak about real stuff, like the suffering, what is going on,” says the group’s frontman, Bajah. “So most of the youth, the fans, are going crazy over it, because they think it’s the reality—that’s how it is. So they show mad love at times.”

Love is another theme of their music, and the joy and love their legions of fans have shown them comes through in their energetic, powerful live performances. The Crew—which consists of Bajah, A-Klazz, and Dovy Dovy in the U.S. and the Jungle Leaders (Funky Fred, Dell, and Sly) back in Sierra Leone—started writing, recording, and performing together in 2000, and quickly rose to the heights of fame in their home country, where everyone from young schoolchildren to village elders have come out to support Dry Eye’s music and message—often going to extremes to show these national heroes love and respect. “When we have a show in the national stadium, you see these guys making a long line, taking off their T-shirts and putting them on the floor so we can walk on it as a mat to go on the stage,” says A-Klazz. “Yeah. Red carpet,” Bajah adds with amazement. “A lot of love, man. For real.”

In Sierra Leone, the term dry eye is an expression of boldness. “The kids that always try to ask questions and want to know things are the dry eye. If you always coming up to talk to the elder people, trying to ask them certain questions, they say, ‘Oh, you, you’re dry eye,’ like, ‘You’re bold. You’re too bold!’” Bajah explains. “But we just use dry eye because we decide to talk about the bad things going on. Cause the leaders, we take them as our fathers—but we still gonna say some things, the reality. We just gonna stand, no matter what. No more tears in the eye. We’re just gonna stay dry eye and say something. You understand? That’s strong.

”We talk about different things,” Bajah continues. “We talk about love. We talk about life, social problems. Music is about life.” And now, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are sharing their unique perspective on life and spreading their message of hope, love, and inspiration across the globe through their vibrant, infectious music and their electrifying live shows. And the world is listening…

Ramon’s work captures the essence of young chic urban lifestyle. Within this essence lies the life and breath of the greatest city in the world. It circulates and embeds itself in every inhabitant and willing participant. A place of great extremities where the masses maneuver through bitter cold winters, yet still eyes firmly planted on spring and summer. A world where vast amounts of money is spent on clothing, dining as well as our entertainment. A place mesmerized by the exuberance of nightlife and the sensation that is evoked from such forays into the night. We find ourselves constantly chasing that magical sensation felt just a week before only to stumble out of bed with vague memories and brief enchanting encounters. We abandon all sane thoughts and throw caution to the wind. This is the entry point into my work which has inevitably become not only site specific to New York but also very specific to the views and life of a single male living in the city that never sleeps.

Blitz the Ambassador

STEREOTYPE

(Drops Aug 4th!!!)

Tha Heights wore the Liberation Lab T-shirts when they performed @ for the season finale of the TV show “Ay Que Funny”

check their music out: http://www.thaheights.com/site/enter.htm

Check out their work on www.fraskrew.com

Stay Tuned Till Next Year!!

Elliott Wilson (rapradar.com) and Jonathan Mannion run into each other at Jonathans photo exhibit at Milk Studios. Elliott discusses Eminem, jay-z photos with Mr.Mannion.

Posted by Nahright.com much respect.

For those of you who don’t know who Jonathan Mannion, in 1996 Mannion was commissioned, in his first major record company contract, to take photos of Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z for the Reasonable Doubt album. Mannion has gone on from that to photograph thirteen years of hip hop performers: Aaliyah, Eminem, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Lil’ Wayne, etc.

Hip-hop journalist, Elliot “YN” Wilson literally created “the book” on how to document hip-hop culture. Wilson has done it all, from books (Ego Trip’s Big Book of Racism and Book of Rap Lists) to TV shows (Ego Trip’s ‘The (White) Rapper Show and ‘Miss Rap Supreme’) to heading up XXL, hip-hop’s undisputed bible.

Big ups to Jonathan Mannion x Elliott “YN” Wilson x GakCity x LiberationLab x Nahright.