A few years ago we randomly met a fellow named Jules who was into our Pleasure & Pressure Vol.1 release. He shared some music from his new band Clubfeet and mentioned they had just signed a deal with Plant Music. Since then we have stayed in touch and they have released two awesome singles. White Girl Lust even did a remix of the amazing “Count Your Lovers” that never came out.
Yesterday I got the word from Plant head honcho, Stretch Armstrong, that Clubfeet’s Gold on Gold LP was finally dropping on July 27th and they were offering up 5 songs for free. I highly recommend going to the link and checking out these free tracks, as it is definitely Solid Bump approved.
Good friend of Solid Bump and New York, Free Magic, just released a crushing disco mix for Voules Random. His mixes are always clean and funk driven, and this one will keep you moving all through the summer. Check it out and be sure to listen close for the upcoming remix by Bit Funk, of Ghost’s of Venice’s track ‘Her’.
Last Friday Hacksaw Ent. joined up with Solid Bump Records to present Carte Blanche (i.e. Mehdi & Riton). The show was top notch and featured an opening set from Shane King (half of Hacksaw’s team) followed by Eric from White Girl Lust. His set wrapped up with a short performance by SBR’s resident Diva – Alona who was accompanied by the Counter Culture Collective dancers for a full blown Burlesque style show.
We have full video we will be posting soon, but for now, read the interview from SF weekly to get a bit of the inside scoop about the full collaboration.
I’ll spare you the intro. We all know why this is up here today. This time last year SBR was just as shocked and dumb founded as the rest of the world. You didn’t have to have been a music aficionado or even just a passive listener to have been touched by the brilliance of this man.
I feel like every website in the universe will have a whole retrospect, reactions from friends, reactions from people that don’t know anything more about him than me, and people who wanna act like they knew him personally. But none of that matters at all. The bottom line is that you didn’t need to “know” him… it was something that special.
I know I am not alone with this one experience I am about to recount – I heard from a lot of people they had the same thing happen to them. One of the most memorable experiences of my life was spending that late afternoon after he died looking out my front bay window at the passing traffic. I live right off Haight St. on a bustling commuter path for pedestrians, bikers, and cars. Soon after the news broke, every few seconds a car would drive by blasting a MJ tune. People on bikes, people walking, people on stoops – they would start singing along. People were waving at each other giving whoops of appreciation. It’s pretty rare you see people acknowledge each other at all on that street. This day it was the norm.
I’ll just share one video and one edit in commemoration. The below video Clayton from WGL sent me a few minutes after the news broke and I watch it monthly ever since. The edit comes courtesy of Think 2wice Records artist Potions. We have been playing it regularly for the last year.
Carte Blanche (a.k.a Mehdi & Riton) have set off the start to their North American tour and reports are flooding in that their 4 turntable, 1 Pioneer CDJ, 1 TR-909 sets are MURDERING dancefloors. Thus we could not be more hyped for the SF show July 2nd at Mezzanine.
Shane King and White Girl Lust got together and compiled a 22 minute mix featuring selected tunes from all the artist involved – just to get you a taste of what to expect. We also included the debut of the full vocal version of White Girl Lust’s remix of Ghost’s of Venice “Her” featuring Alona. She will be joining White Girl Lust that night at the end of his DJ set to debut some more forth coming tracks. Expect some extra surprises in tow for that performance.
Last week, Sneak’s Scion A/V Mix caught the ears at SBR HQ. It was stellar and just went to show that good music is back in the limelight. Around the same time we got a comment on the Roy Davis Haight Street mix we posted earlier this year from the man who procured the recording – Owen. He did a number of underground events and would often record the live sets. We are thankful he did. Many of them are archived on a site called EZE Skankin which literally serves as a time capsule for an amazing time in house music.
Yesterday, a bud of Solid Bump, Moonchild a.k.a. the down under thunder, dropped his great new jam, ‘Girl’. He never let’s us down with his mixes and he definitely impressed with this track. Keep your eye out for everything with his name on it.
Two friends of SBR sent through stellar mixes last week, the first comes from former SFC super DJ Vin Sol. The second from our pal in Dallas DJ Sober alongside A1. Both are super funk rides while being totally different styles. The Dallas boys are repping well with a couple SBR tunes from Meroz and Laberge. Both make for perfect post-holiday listening at work.
Alas, god answered Solid Bump’s prayers and delivered someone to help out with the proceedings. David Adusei is a UNC student with what must be great tastes in music. Look for work by David at all your fave SBR social networking sites. Seriously, check the organization skills at our Sound Cloud! When asked to describe himself David says
“I am a Canadian born Vocal major with a relentless love of Stevie Wonder…”
