ADG Keeps bringing the heat this week with the launch of Boogie:electirc and our very own Don_Cerati getting down with the turntables on the Hudson crew. Read away:
Featuring: DJ Azucar and DJ Lo-fi Get ready to boogie. Funky 80’s/latin/underground dance hits and rare mixes. 9PM-2AM @ LIC Bar 45-58 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 718-786-5400
8PM-3AM
54-34 2nd street OR #2 Borden Avenue @ 54th Street in LIC Queens
DJ BETO (Pananma 3), followed by our friend DON CERATI till 11 & an EcleCtiC JOYride of SouNDS with DJ’s Nickodemus & $mall change till 3AM!
ADG’s coming at you fullforce this week with another new monthly, our normal weekly chillouts, new ADG gear and more. Ch-ch-check it out below.
Thursday 7/15
ADG Presents… Open turntables at RSVP Lounge in Astoria, NY, 11103. The First, Orignal and ONLY 100% FREE DJ turntable open mic. Sign up @ http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/. Come join ADG for another great session every Thursday night at RSVP! and finally because you demanded it…Brand new ADG shirts will finally be available for purchase!
2 for 1 drinks all night.
Friday 7/16
ADG Presents: Soul Salvation
Featuring: DJ T-MIC and DJ Rogues Pierre
9PM-2AM
@ LIC Bar
45-58 Vernon Blvd.
Long Island City, NY
718-786-5400
ADG Member Bajaj opens up for Sleepy & Boo from Basic NYC along with partner Prawns. Be ready to get housed! House of all flavors all night.
Free until Midnight, $20 after
Saturday 7/17
Nana
115 5th Avenue
Brookyln, NY
Feat DJ T-Mic and DJ Passive
T-Micn and DJ Passive hit you with house and Drum n Bass.
Sad PS1 ends so early? Well DJ Lo-Fi and Mister Bside bring you an eclectic selection of house, indie, and of course b-sides, to keep everyone grooving into the wee hours. $3 millers all night.
NYC isn’t the only thing on fire these days! ADG will be hitting you in full effect this week as we launch a new line of Monthly parties aimed to keep your body movin and your tempature rising! No matter what your taste ADG’s got you cover all summer long.
Thursday 7/8
ADG Presents… Open turntables at RSVP Lounge in Astoria, NY, 11103. The First, Orignal and ONLY 100% FREE DJ turntable open mic. Sign up @ http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/. Come join ADG for another great session every Thursday night at RSVP!
2 for 1 drinks all night.
Friday 7/9
ADG Presents: New Wave Edition
Featuring: BlaqJeff and CHANGOCHAN
9PM-2AM
@ LIC Bar
45-58 Vernon Blvd.
Long Island City, NY
718-786-5400
BlaqJeff and CHANGOCHAN Kick off a new monthly at LIC Bar! Rember when Neon Green pants were cool? When jellies where the shoes of choice and the 808 was god? Jeff and CHANGO help you with your flashbacks by spinning the best newwave of the era.
ADG Presents Friday’s
@Hachi
631 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY
Take L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan
Free DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
Feat DJ Rogues Pierre and DJ Azucar
Azucar and Rogues Pierre move ya soul with Tribal and latin house all night and of course a few surprises along the way.
Nana
115 5th Avenue
Brookyln, NY
Feat Don Cerati and DJ MUS
Don Cerati and DJ MUS will be bringing you the best world and deep house on the east coast. Don’t forget to catch Don at ADG’s new monthly party DEEP DIVE @LIC bar.
So what’s this chapel business you say? Well our fearless leader Tim got engaged to the lovely Queen Jess this weekend and the champagne was flowing. Oh and Bajaj and his lovely lady eloped last week! So congratulations to both couples!
Now let’s get down to some DJ business shall we? We’ve got this new deck set up going on near the front of RSVP and I’m digging it. It’s amazing how just changing the location of the DJ makes such a huge difference in the vibe of the night. It was kind of like gathering around a campfire and the DJ is the fire. Meditate on that my darlings.
You know what the cutest thing in the world is? Markus’s Mom coming from Switzerland and joining us watching her boy on the decks. You know what’s also cute? Olivier aka Mak-Len bringing his son ( who just started walking woo-hoo! ) around – already starting his DJ career huh Olivier? Don’t be a stage dad! Anyway, thanks to Victor, William, and Vincent for coming out! Much love to the rest of the crew as well who came to support.
HAPPY HOUR at RSVP Lounge
THE BEST Open Turntable night for DJs featuring the sounds of ADG!
Sign up: http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/calendar/13442708/
@ RSVP Lounge
43-13 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11103
R/V Train to Steinway Street or 46th Street
Free Admission
2 for 1 Well drinks 6pm-12am
2 for 1 Coors Light 6pm-12am
FRIDAY June 25th:
ADG Presents Fridays at Nana
Astoria DJ Group takes over Nana Restaurant & Bar in Park Slope, BK every Friday Night…and this time DJ Azucar & Cristina are on decks this week.
@ Nana
115 5th Avenue
Brookyln, NY http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/calendar/13804003/
Take the B, D, M, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4 or 5 train to Pacific Street or the R, J, M, Z train to Union Street
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
SATURDAY June 26th
ADG Presents Saturdays at Hachi Presenting the sounds of DJ Azucar and Mister Bside.
@Hachi
631 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY
Take L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
Holy cow folks – last night was ridiculous. You know it’s going to be a good night when T-Mic plays an awesome remix of “One Night In Bangkok”. Oh and Lo-Fi, when you dropped that remix that had the horn sample from Goodmen’s “Give It Up” I almost fell off my chair. No doubt, Mak-Len knows how to mix hip-hop and humor, hellllloooo, boy was scratching to the Magnum PI theme – what?!?!?! That’s crazy. And don’t let her sweet innocent face fool you, DJ Meg banged out some of the deepest nastiest house I’ve heard in a long time. Awesome inaugural set my dear – we are so happy to have you. That’s the ADG report!
HAPPY HOUR at RSVP Lounge
THE BEST Open Turntable night for DJs featuring the sounds of ADG!
Sign up: http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/calendar/13442708/
@ RSVP Lounge
43-13 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11103
R/V Train to Steinway Street or 46th Street
Free Admission
2 for 1 Well drinks 6pm-12am
2 for 1 Coors Light 6pm-12am
FRIDAY June 18th:
ADG Presents Hip Hop Fridays Get down with the sounds of Hip Hop, Latin, and Top 40
Featuring ADG Members DJ Tropic, DJ Cobra Don, and DJ Ed Funk
@ RSVP Lounge
43-13 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11103
R/V Train to Steinway Street or 46th Street
Free Admission
$20 Open Bar 8pm-11pm
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12:30am
ADG Presents Fridays at Nana Astoria DJ Group takes over Nana Restaurant & Bar in Park Slope, BK every Friday Night…and this time Deejaysoul & DJ Rogues-Pierrei are on decks to bring you that sweet house and chill grooves in all colors, flavors, and shapes
@ Nana
115 5th Avenue
Brookyln, NY http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/calendar/13804003/
Take the B, D, M, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4 or 5 train to Pacific Street or the R, J, M, Z train to Union Street
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
SATURDAY June 19th
ADG Presents Saturdays at Hachi Presenting the sounds of DJ BlaqJeff and DJ Passive
@Hachi
631 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY
Take L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
This week ADG’s got ya hook up! Come down to RSVP for another great Open Turntable event-even if you don’t want to spin, stop by to meet other members of the group, it’s always a fun time! And if you can’t make it Thursday, be sure not to miss Hip Hop Fridays at RSVP.
ADG is also tearing up the decks at Hachi and Nana ALL WEEKEND LONG. And if you can’t get enough, swing by for some fun in the sun at Water Taxi Beach Sunday.
THURSDAY June 10th:
HAPPY HOUR at RSVP Lounge
THE BEST Open Turntable night for DJs featuring the sounds of ADG!
Sign up: http://www.meetup.com/Astoria-DJ-Meetup-Group/calendar/12738176/
@ RSVP Lounge
43-13 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11103
R/V Train to Steinway Street or 46th Street
Free Admission
2 for 1 Well drinks 6pm-12am
2 for 1 Coors Light 6pm-12am
FRIDAY June 11th:
ADG Presents Hip Hop Fridays Get down with the sounds of Hip Hop, Latin, and Top 40
Featuring ADG Members DJ Mak-Len, DJ Rogues-Pierre, and DJ ExtraSpecial
@ RSVP Lounge
43-13 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11103
R/V Train to Steinway Street or 46th Street
Free Admission
$20 Open Bar 8pm-11pm
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12:30am
ADG Presents Fridays at Nana Presenting the sounds of Don_Cerati and BlaqJeff
@ Nana
115 5th Avenue
Brookyln, NY http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=128539507164949
Take the B, D, M, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4 or 5 train to Pacific Street or the R, J, M, Z train to Union Street
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
ADG Presents Fridays at Hachi Presenting the sounds of DJ T MIC and DJ Mus
@Hachi
631 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY
Take L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
SATURDAY June 12th
ADG Presents Saturdays at Hachi Presenting the sounds of DJ T MIC and DJ Mus
@Hachi
631 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY
Take L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
ADG Presents Saturdays at Nana Presenting the sounds of BlaqJeff and DJ Rogues-Pierre
@ Nana
115 5th Avenue
Brookyln, NY http://www.nana-parkslope.com/
Take the B, D, M, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4 or 5 train to Pacific Street or the R, J, M, Z train to Union Street
Free Admission
$4 Beers/$6 Mixed Well Drinks
DJs spinning from 8:00pm-12am
Figment (Governors Island)
Saturday, June 12, 11:30am-2pm (opening set by Deejaysoul of ADG)
*FIGMENT NYC 2010*
Description:
FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one weekend each summer, it transforms Governors Island into a large-scale collaborative artwork… and then it’s gone.
Start Time: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 9:00am
End Time: Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 5:00pm
Location: www.figmentproject.org
Governors Island
City/Town:
New York, NY
Friday 10am – 4pm
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 6pm
Directions and more event info online at http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010/
I think the first time I saw Sabo spin was at Bembe last Summer. All I remember is that it was fun, the place was packed, and everybody was dancing and drinking. As the new upcoming DJ that I was at the moment trying to learn from every DJ I saw, it was magic.
Over a year had passed and I still enjoy the man doing his thing cus he really knows how to command a crowd and he can play anything like it’s the only thing he plays. Not to mention, he’s a cool dude!
A few weeks ago I asked Sabo to sit down for an interview since he just released the new EP from his Sol*Selectas label and I wanted to chat with him about it and some other stuff… Don_Cerati
Don_Cerati – How did Sabo got into the DJ world?
Sabo – I started going to raves back in the early 90’s. Before I went to school in Boston, I was in a boarding school. But the real shit started when I did an exchange program in Spain when I was 15. And you can go to clubs and drink and smoke and everything. So I was going to clubs and that was the 1st time I heard techno in a club and I was like “this shit’s sick”. When I came back, I was in boarding school in NJ and I would take the bus to meet with NYU friends to spend the weekends and go to places like NASA and the early rave parties in NY back in 93 or 92. And then I was like “I wanna be a DJ” So that’s how it started.
DC – So you started with that sound?
Sabo – Yeah, like, techno, breaks, acid…I mean, but I always like hip-hop before that so it kind of all mixed together, you know.
DC – Do you remember your first gig?
Sabo – The first official gig I had was an after party in Boston. After some big rave they had a big empty warehouse and I played before Dale Charles, who was like a big influence for me at the time.
DC – You mention Dale Charles as an influence in your career, what other people influenced you into becoming what you are now?
Sabo – Strictly from a DJ stand-point I would say Frank Ryde, Dante, Louie Vega, Mix Master Mike, Spun, Osunlade, Mark Farina, Turntables on the Hudson, and recently Culoe de Song, Martinez Brothers, Karizma, and Boddhi Satva
DC – How did you start spinning world music?
Sabo – You know, I kind of always liked it. I always like the more percussive stuff. Then I dated a girl from Ecuador and I remember she turned me on to a Miami bass remix of El Africano called Miami El Negro and then I started really searching for that sound of latin mixed with freestyle and breaks.
DC – How did you start with Turntables on the Hudson, how did that came about?
Sabo – When I moved here in 1999 I didn’t really know anybody, any DJs. I mean, I knew, but not enough to play out. To make long story short, the guy that was selling weed to my roommate at the time was a friend of Nickodemus and told me about the parties. At the time I was making mix tapes and the guy was like “dude, that shit’s sick you should come to the parties” So I went to the party and it was off the hook, this was at an ice hockey ring. This was also at the beginning by like the second summer.
The thing is that I was buying records every week, even though I wasn’t playing out, and I would go to the parties and those guys were playing the same stuff I was buying. So I was “man, I got to meet these people”
Eventually I made a raga-dub mix tape, Dub Aglio e Olio, with Drum & Base and some other shitand I gave it to Nickodemus. Then I kept going to the parties every week so eventually Nicko asked me if I wanted to open for them one night and said “hell yeah”. That night he let me play a little longer.
For a while I was an opening DJ, for a long time. Or I would play on the side, not on the main floor.
DC – In those days how did you open without trying to overpower the main DJs?
Sabo – I would play really slow. Downtempo, Trip-Hop, you know, and then build it up. You don’t wanna come out bad, you gotta set the mood. I would always bring a pack of bangers in case they offer me to get on.
DC – So what about the beginnings of Sol* Selectas?
Sabo – That was like 2004-2005. I just started Djing a lot more and since everyone was producing and I had these ideas in my head, I wanted to make my own remixes. So that’s how it started, I just wanted to make a few remixes. But at the beginning I didn’t know how to produce. I started with Reason and I couldn’t figure it out so I ask Zeb if he could give me lessons. Jump/NYC (Wonderwheel), and then the next record I put out was Sol*Selectas EP #1. And it just went from there..
DC – How did you come up with the idea for the EP #9?
Sabo – Number 9 was actually made two summers ago. I don’t know if you have the #6 I did with Uriel from Mexico. He lived here a couple of summers ago. So we used to hang out a lot and we produced a lot of shit. We did the whole #6 and we did those songs [from #9] as well. I always wanted to do a tech house track and then I had that gospel sample.
DC – tell me about the latest Sol*Selectas EP
Sabo – Number 10. Well, I wanted to do more Disco Balearic stuff and I had those tracks
working on for a while. So when my friend Eduardo [Castillo] send me that Radiohead Remix I told him I wanted to put that out and that i had the prefect project cus I had 3 more song in that tempo. The record is sold out already. I’m gonna re-press it because from the distributor is sold out.
So from now is just digital. Too expensive and it can take a whole year to get the money. I already have EP #11 ready to go. It’s gonna be Joyce [Muniz] cus she made a couple of Cumbia House tracks that are sick.
DC – What’s your take on how technology (DJ softwares) has affected (for good or bad) the DJ game?
Sabo – You could write a book on this but basically it’s another tool for playing the music, and even though some programs now even mix for you, it still will never automate good taste nor one’s ability to read a crowd, so in the end, even if another DJ has every song you have, they will not play them the same way, or at the same moment, and I hope that is what sets apart good DJ from bad ones…
DC - Right now what are your top 3 places to gig in NYC?
Sabo – Produce tracks and keep them coming out as often as possible. Make mixes and give them away for free. Play the music you love or you will burn out fast as a request DJ.
