Causecast

“Funk Aid for Africa” Listening Party @ AFRO FUNKE’
9:00-10:00
+ Listen Recovery Crew Invades Afro Funke’
+ Resident Djs Jeremy Sole and Glenn Red
+ Hosted by Rocky Dawuni
+ Produced by Cary Sullivan

21+ (EVERYONE must have ID)
Cover: $7 before 11pm – $10 after

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Funk Aid for Africa
dubSpot, New York City’s one-of-a-kind electronic music production and DJ training institute, has undertaken their first nationwide philanthropic project with a series of charitable mix CDs. Funk Aid for Africa, an inspired collage of Funk, Soul and Latin tunes, is the first in this series. The goal for this compilation is to raise awareness and funds for NextAid’s projects in Africa that benefit children affected by AIDS.
Purchase CD at http://www.funkaid.com

“All proceeds from this album are going to charitable organizations NextAid and South Africa’s Youth with a Vision, which is reason enough to drop some do-re-mi on the release, perhaps. Then again, the music contained therein should be plenty. Compiled by DJ OBaH, the mix is a stone-cold funkfest, taking in Latin and African rhythms, soulful house, disco and dub, all mixed in a creatively nonlinear fashion. (In other words, the tempo jumps around a lot.) Highlights—of which there are many—include the slow-burning “Together” from J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science and OBaH’s own pumped-up remix of the Pimps of Joytime’s ‘San Francisco Bound.’’’—Bruce Tantum from TimeOut New York

Gunnar Hissam of Om Records says that “Funk Aid for Africa is everything a good mix CD should be, funky, uplifting and for the children. Props go out to all the musicians for donating the amazing music and for Dubspot and NextAid for making it all happen.”