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Tuesdays at the GoodLife with residents DJ
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| Feb 7 Ekip Ritual - Initially conceived in São Paulo, Brazil in the fall of 2010, Ekip Ritual merges sound system culture, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and pop music sensibilities into an animated blend of electronic music perhaps best tagged as global bass. The duo's resident vocalist, Marietta Vital, aka Massarock, is a veteran of the Brazilian reggae and alternative music scenes, having worked with the likes of DJ Magrão, Eder "O" Rocha, Brother Culture, and Adrian Sherwood. Ekip's production duties lie in the hands of emerging American electronic musician and percussionist Kiddid, a requisite "nordestino" who cut his teeth playing percussion for various ensembles throughout the northeastern US and Canada. At once propulsive, catchy, and eccentric, Ekip Ritual playfully balance childlike wit with a digital grit frequently found occupying the contemporary sonic landscape. |
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Feb 28 Teleseen (NYC) - Based in Brooklyn, but nomadic in geographies real and imagined, Teleseen is the primary alias of producer and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Cyr. Since releasing his debut album WAR to critical acclaim in 2007 Teleseen has fast become one of the leading producers on the vangaurd of combining dub and reggae with experimental electronic music, without falling into the narrow genre ghettos defined by dubstep or so called "dub techno". Pitchfork has called him "an electronic MC Escher" and the Wire called WAR "A Zen slap to the back of the head". Cyr has played and djed all over Europe, the Americas and Africa and hosts a thrice monthly radio on New York's |
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March 6 Old Money (NYC) |
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