Gamall Awad (gamall@giantstp.com)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:05:03 -0400
Greetings
If you're living in the wonderful land of Guiliani
then get yer nightlife while you can !
tommorow night
> Thursday 15th July
Giant Step is pleased to bring
Washington DC's smartly dressed DJ duo phenomena
> Thievery Corporation
as part of K7's DJ Kicks tour, these native trip-hoppers
will be bringing their special brand of dancefloor sweetness
mixing everthing from Bossa Nova to Trip-Hop and Lounge @
> S.O.B's, 204 Varick Street @ Houston -
via subway take the 1 or 9 to Houston street
the show is very close to being sold out
so immediately check for tickets at Ticketmaster, Other Music, Mondo
Kims, Etherea, or Dance tracks
unless you were the lucky winners of our contest
via our tasty groovesite at
>> www.giantstp.com
keep trying there's loads more freebies to be had !
If you don't fancy waking up to a Friday morning at work
with a hangover or blisters on your feet from too much dancing
then ya might feel like getting your groove on this
> Saturday JULY 17
when Giant Step and silverTab ® 's stomping MILES A HEAD series continues
with
> MUSHROOM JAZZ 2
top top DJs rocking it proper Saturday night style
From San Francisco via Chicago
in his first New York appearance for two years
house, trip-hop, groove DJ
> M A R K F A R I N A
with NYC's best kept Hip-Hop secret
> D J S P I N N A
the UK can't get enough of this man at the moment
over there he's being compared to Pete Rock and DJ Premier
and we can't blame them - his tunes are bad -
we recomend you check his three new albums
Heavy Beats Vol 1 on Rawkus
The Beyond Real Experience on Beyond Real
and Polyrhythmatics on Wreck
Spinna is also one of the most open-minded DJs in Hip-Hop
so expect plenty or soul, funk, drum n bass, trip-hop, house
basically these two DJs are going to play whatever they want
as long as it rocks the dancefloor
+ an extra treat on the downstairs system
Chez Music's "la soiree super cool" with
NYC Frenchman around town
Neil Aline (chez/BPM), Holmar Filipsson (N'Ice), Aldo (A1)
plus some other surprisingly good special guest DJ's.
> @ BOWERY BALLROOM, 6 Delancey Street, New York
the doors open at 10 pm until 4 am
plenty of time to get ya groove on
> Tickets are $15 in advance - $20 night of
available via Mercury Lounge Box Office -212)260.4700
Ticketweb - 212)269.4849 and www.ticketweb.com and selected Manhattan
Record
shops
Congratulations to the ticket winners from the web contest !
Okay so that's this week -
so what else is comin up ?
AUGUST:
Giant Step's starting a new series of nights that will
showcase the best of Latin, Brasilian and Afro-Cuban music Past, Present
and Future
If you dig Latin Jazz, Mambo, Rumba, Batucada, Bossa Nova or new skool
cats like
Jazzanova, Rainer Truby, Thievery Corporation
this'll get to ya
the series kicks off
with a night sponsored by DOCKERS ® Khakis
> THURSDAY AUGUST 12th 1999
> @ S.O.B's, 204 Varick St @ Houston
with
> CUBOP NIGHT # 1 - MAMBO MADNESS
a collaboration with San Francisco finest Latin Jazz label CuBop
featuring live sets from two of New Yorks best live Latin Jazz acts
> PUCHO AND THE LATIN SOUL BROTHERS
and
> PAPO VAZQUEZ' PIRATES AND TROUBADOURS
they will be followed
by a
> DJ and Jam session
with Giant Step DJ Gamall who'll be playing Latin related cuts
from Carl Craig, Restless Soul, Azymuth, Jazzanova as well as his own
forthcoming 12" collaboration
with Jonah Sharp from Spacetime Continuum under the project name CAPRIES
- set for release early September as part of the New Latinaires 12" series
Get set for some solid dancefloor action
both of the live acts have new albums out now on CuBop check the
groovsite - www.giantstp.com soon for audio clips from those albums and
to win tickets
to the show
tickets are $12 and available via Ticketmaster
and select New York record shops
OK home stretch -
September is a biggie
we'll give ya the full run down next week
first up another Giant Step and silverTab® Miles A Head show
An Evening with UK psychedelica heroes
> THE BETA BAND
return after their sold out Bowery Ballroom show to
> Irving Plaza
> Thursday September 9th
tickets on sale soon
then we've got 4 events during CMJ
including another monster all star line-up for the opening night
all minutes away from being confirmed
then
>Monday Sept 27th and Tuesday Sept 28th
were pleased to announce the long awaited return of
UK Jazz Funk masters
> INCOGNITO
hot on the heels of their new release
> @ Irving Plaza
tickets on sale soon
on into OCTOBER
OK I know its hard to start thinking that far ahead but we know about it
so we gotta tell ya
>Thursday OCT 14th
Giant Step & silverTab ® MILES A HEAD present
Luaka Bop recording artists
>ZAP MAMA
(with a brand new album including a wicked collaboration with THE ROOTS)
+ special guests
> @ Irving Plaza
tickets on sale soon
now onto Guiliani
well sadly we didn't actually catch him with his hands in crack or
someone's crack
but we know someone out there has
a'ight
peace respect and all that good stuff to all y'all for the immense
support !
take one Giant Step forward
before New York club life dies for good
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