The Hi-Desert’s only Mod Soul Funk Party, Desert Soul Club, announces its’ Winter 2016-17 dates with a pre-holiday set this Friday, December 16 at Tonga Hut Palm Springs! 

DJs Lee and Bobby California will be layin’ down four hours of mod soul funk off of 45 RPM from 9PM till 1 AM on Friday, December 16; Saturday, January 14;  and Saturday, February 11 at Tonga Hut Palm Springs located at 254 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262, www.tongahut.com/tonga-hut-palm-springs. Join the Desert Soul Club Facebook Page at this link.

Introducing the Desert Soul Club
a Palm Springs Mod / Soul / Funk dance party!

Saturday, May 28, 2016, 9-1 PM
Tonga Hut Palm Springs
254 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262

The Desert Soul Club is Palm Springs’ monthly mod / soul / funk dance party, bringing the True Sounds of Mod to the low desert. Created by DJ Bobby California and “DJ Lee” Joseph, the heart and soul of the Club is based on irresistible dance grooves from a universe of wonderful hit and unknown records produced during the r&b, beat, mod, Motown, heyday of the early to mid-60s, extending through the funk era of the late 60s and early 70s up to the dawn of disco. Northern soul, freakbeat, boogaloo, afrobeat, and psychedelic soul will all be represented from Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans, Philly and beyond. Bobby and Lee dig deep into their knowledge and cache of globe-spanning tracks, inviting you to stomp, shout and work it on out!

Join the Desert Soul Club Facebook page at this link

Become a charter member of the Desert Soul Club at its first official dance party at Tonga Hut Palm Springs (254 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262) on Saturday, May 28, 2016. The needle drops on the first 45 at 9:00 pm sharp. Admission is free, but be sure to wear your dancing shoes.

The DJs
Bob Deck aka DJ Bobby California grew up on oldies radio, and as a teenager, skateboarded and listened to punk rock to escape from the post-modern nightmare of his Wichita, Kansas. Bob attended Kansas University in Lawrence, where he studied graphic design and was a full-fledged music junkie, sharing his diverse musical discoveries on his “7-inch Show” on college radio station KJHK. Upon graduating, he remained in Lawrence, designing album covers, flyers and posters for many of the bands in the local music scene, and co-published a music fanzine called “micromag.” Eventually, his love of modernism and California sunshine led to a move to the mid-century modern mecca of Palm Springs, California, where he continues as a freelance graphic designer and DJs under the moniker “Bobby California,” named after a song by Curt Boettcher (The Millennium, Sagittarius).

“DJ Lee” Joseph is a lifelong music fan, record collector and pop culture aficionado. As a young child, Lee was obsessed with records and enamored with tiki and Polynesian pop inspired by the sights, and sounds, at Tucson, Arizona’s Kon Tiki restaurant located in the neighborhood where he grew up. He spent the early part of his 20s managing an indie record store in Tucson then moved to Los Angeles to immerse himself in numerous underground pop culture scenes while playing bass in several groups, scouring thrift stores, swap meets and yard sales for vintage clothing, tiki mugs, and old records. His mid-century centric record label Dionysus Records, is now in its third decade. Currently, Lee also runs a small PR company called Reverberations Media whose clientele includes Tiki Oasis, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, and Designer Con. Lee plays bass for Joshua Tree’s Jesika von Rabbit and also has a weekly show on LuxuriaMusic.com called “Over Under Sideways Down” which airs Monday 8-10 PM PST.

Here’s the playlist and podcast link for Over Under Sideways Down – LuxuriaMusic.com, 9/4/14 – this time a non-themed “random stacks” show of 45 RPM records spanning the late ’50s – late ’60s.  Dig in!

song title – artist – label
Set One –  Girls!
1) All Through The Night – The Paris Sisters – Gregmark
2) Our Corner of the Night – Barbara Streisand (her only good record one she has wiped from her history… excellent 60s Girl Group sound with sitar!) – Columbia
3) Where The Roses Are Growing – Cathy Carroll  – Rotate Records
4) Gonna Get That Man – Sanshers – Kweek
5) Aman Rapido – Angelica Maria – Musart Mexico
6) Take It Easy – Manuel und Draffi – Decca Germany
7) Love Love Love – Sunny and Phylis with the Danes – UNI

Set Two – Japan and Instrumentals
1) song title unknown (it’s in Japanese I can’t read it) Yozo Kayama- Toshiba Records
2) Koi No GT – artist name unknown (it’s in Japanese I can’t read it) – Crown Records
3) Latinia – The Sentinals – Sundazed (reissue of Westco 7″)
4) Buzzzzz – Jimmy Gordon – Challange
5) Fuzzy and Wild – The Ventures – Dolton
6) One Color Blues – Jerry Cole and the Spacemen – Capitol
7) Mowhak Airlines Commercial – custom pressed 45

Set Three – The Exotic Jungle – and Hawaii
1) Arabia – The Delcos – Showcase
2) Jungle Safari – The Knockabouts – Cosmic
3) Blue Congo – Ray Johnson – RCA
4) Safari – Ward Darby – Dot
5) Jungle Fever – Dick Dale – Deltone
6) Mumbo Jumbo – Ken Kennedy – Kanda
7) Mambo Jambo – The Surfers – Orbit
8)Hawaiian Rock –  Tommy Sands – Capitol

Set Four – Garage etc…
1) I Can Hear The Grass Grow – The Blues Magoos – Mercury
2) Everything – The Quiet Jungle – Yorksville
3) Nothin’ – The Ugly Ducklings – Yorksville
4) It’s My Pride – The Guess Who – King
5) She Done Moved – The Spats – ABC
6) Double Yellow Line –  The Music Machine  – Original Sound
7) Try to Understand – The Seeds – GNP
8) La Cubera – Sama y los Manchos – Del Ray
9) Sookie Sookie – Steppenwolf – Dunhill (mono 45 version)

Set Five – Funk ‘n’ Soul
1) Purple Haze – Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Cream
2) Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire – The Pack – Capitol
3) Ain’t That Bad – Pancho Villa and The Bandits – Symbal Records
4) Getting the Corners – The TSU Tornadoes – Atlantic
5) Lookin’ for my Pig – Joe Tex – Parrot
6) Gimme Some Pt 1 – General Crook – Down to Earth Records
7) Keep On Keeping On – Nolan Porter – Lizard

Fin – Floor Fillers
1) Sweetness – Boneshaker – London
2) I’m Alive – Don Fardon – Youngblood

3/13: Tune in to LuxuriaMusic between 3-5 PM Pacific an afternoon of soul and funk on Over Under Sideways Down. I’ll be playing a full two hours of aoul and funk 45s, as well as a wonderful live studio recording of T-Model Ford. Join me in the chatroom! If you miss the show you’ll find the podcast on the LuxuriaMusic site right after. Happy Daylight Savings Time – Cheers from your pal Lee!

World renowned internet radio music purveyor, LuxuriaMusic.com announces its 2013 Listener Sponsorship Drive from Monday, February 18th through Sunday March 3rd.

Once a year, LuxuriaMusic gives listeners an opportunity to keep its programming alive by sponsoring items in the live studio, buying swag, and just plain supporting everything they love about Lux!

The LuxuriaMusic 2013 Listener Sponsorship Drive kicks off Monday, February 18th with famed reissue producer, sonic archaeologist, and Monkees biographer Andrew Sandoval on his program, Come To the Sunshine. The drive runs for two weeks, with the final night celebration coming to a close Sunday, March 3rd on Strike’s Kitsch Niche at 10 pm. DJs will offer gifts, prizes, special guests, and two special drawings for Internet radios to entice listener sponsors to support their programs.

As a bonus, LuxuriaMusic is creating an exclusive content page only available to Listener Sponsors. Hear a special sneak peek program the day before the end of the drive on Saturday, March 2nd from 6 to 9 pm, PST.

It’s the 2013 LuxuriaMusic Listener Sponsorship Drive! A great way to show the world what you love about Lux!

EVFA & ARTDONTSLEEP PRESENT: “HOMAGE”

Performance by ROY AYERS (Full Band) featuring PETE ROCK. Opening Performance by THUNDERCAT (Full Band) and DJ J.ROCC.

Thursday November 17th, 2011, 8 PM to 2 AM
Exchange Los Angeles
618 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90032
http://homage.eventbrite.com

“Homage” is a music series that pays respect to the musical giants that have forever altered the way we listen, sample and love music. We pay our esteem to Roy Ayers for his amazing impact and contribution to hip-hop, R&B and neo-soul. One of the most heavily sampled artists, Roy has  We pay homage to Roy Ayers in pairing him with the legendary Pete Rock, performing live with Ayers and his band. J.Rocc is the house DJ and Thundercat, and band, will open the night with a set. Spinning records in the lounge is Anthony Valadez, Clifton Weaver, Destroyer, Lee Joseph and Marlon Fuentes with KCRW’s Garth Trinidad hosting the festivities.

This event is being held at the historic “Exchange Los Angeles” 618 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90032. Tickets priced as follows: Early Bird Specials $20, Presale $25 and General Admission $30. Admittance is 21 and over. To purchase tickets, visit: www.homage.eventbrite.com

Roy Ayers was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a musical family. At the age of five, Lionel Hampton gave him his first pair of mallets, which led to the vibraphone being his trademark sound for decades. The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as “South Central” but then known as “South Park” was the epicenter of the Southern California Black Music Scene. Ayers is responsible for the highly regarded soundtrack to Jack Hill’s 1973 Blaxploitation film, Coffy, starring the illustrious Pam Grier. In 1977, Ayers produced an album by the group RAMP, Come Into Knowledge, commonly and mistakenly thought to stand for “Roy Ayers Music Project.”  That Fall, he released the soulful and funky hit “Running Away.” In 1980, Ayers released “Music Of Many Colors” with the Nigerian Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti. Roy made a huge impact in the world of Hip-Hop and RnB. Artists have sampled and covered him, ranging from Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Mos-Def, Digable Planets, DJ Shadow, Nas, Madlib, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Common, The Pharcyde, Pete Rock, Jill Scott and many more.

Soul Brother No. 1., also known as, Pete Rock, rose to prominence in the early 1990’s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. After the duo separated ways, Rock continued with a solo career garnering worldwide respect. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Gang Starr, Nas and Notorious B.I.G., Talib Kweli and the late J Dilla, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip-hop music (also known as jazz rap). He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier and RZA as one of the strongholds of 1990’s East Coast hip-hop production.

Stephen Bruner is Thundercat, the dominant bassist rising within the ranks of R&B, rock, hip-hop, jazz, electronic and beyond. The mystique behind the man named for his favorite cartoon seemingly hides an introspective, ambitious, and fearless young artist whose solo debut album is finally emerging in front of the vast catalog of experience he has amassed in collaboration with the likes of Erykah Badu, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Shafiq Husayn, Suicidal Tendencies, Stanley Clarke, and Flying Lotus, his closest partner and head of the Brainfeeder movement. Stephen is joined by a serious cast of jazz cats!

One of the original turntablists, J.Rocc founded the Beat Junkies in 1992 with Melo-D and Rhettmatic, but has done just as much on his own as in a group setting. He began DJing in the mid-’80s with a California group named PSK. Soon after forming, the Beat Junkies became a seminal force in the rise of instrumental hip-hop, including core member Babu plus future stars Shortkut and D-Styles. In addition to numerous mixtapes and his own production for Stones Throw releases, J. Rocc has been the DJ for Madlib’s live shows since the early 2000’s, was the 3rd member of Jaylib (Madlib & J Dilla) during the group’s live events, and collaborated with Madlib on Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to J Dilla.

ArtDontSleep is a Los Angeles-based production company founded by Andrew Lojero. For the last 7 years, ArtDontSleep has promoted and produced some of Los Angeles’ most memorable events. Over the years, ArtDontSleep has brought the community a variety of special events. Andrew Lojero also runs Creative for Plug Research Records rooted in Los Angeles, CA. From the Walt Disney Concert Hall to UCLA’s JazzReggae Festival to afterhours in downtown loft buildings, ArtDontSleep shares the torch of great music and extra-ordinary happenings.

Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA) and its managing director Edgar Varela has long been associated with the conceptualizing, programming and execution of cultural events. Driven by art and music, EVFA discerningly curates art and music festivals, concerts, art exhibitions and sponsor-driven specialty events that are relevant and provide economic development for blighted areas and the enrichment of culturally vibrant areas. Edgar Varela also operates two project spaces and produces over myriad events a year, with an education in Business & Marketing and an events-production background, he has earned a reputation in the Los Angeles cultural events world.