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Saturday, 4 February, 2012 – 23:00

YardBIRD-resident DJ Leroy Rey brengt een muzikale ode aan één van de grondleggers van funk en ongetwijfeld één van de meest toonaangevende en invloedrijke muzikanten van de laatste decennia: Godfather of Soul, Mr Dynamite, Soul Brother Number One en zonder meer The Hardest Working Man in Show Business: James Brown. Verwacht dansvloer-classics van de vele artiesten die door hem beïnvloed zijn: o.a. Sly & the Family Stone, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, King Curtis, Edwin Starr, The Temptations, David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards, Michael Jackson, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Fred Wesley, A Tribe Called Quest en natuurlijk de vele classics uit de indrukwekkende discografie van ‘the man himself’.

Op de avond is er ook een James Brown Dance contest (ism HipHopHuis). Wil je ook meedoen? Inschrijven kan op de avond zelf bij de host van de avond, Rajiv.

En als je er toch bent… bekijk dan meteen de indrukwekkende James Brown Record Sleeve Expo die de komende maanden in BIRD hangt.

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Elk jaar gaat eind januari in Rotterdam het gros van de films in première die gedurende de rest van het jaar in Nederland te zien  zullen zijn. Ook zijn er vele korte en lange films uit alle delen van de wereld te zien die buiten het festival niet meer in Nederland vertoond worden. Centraal staan de kleinere, onafhankelijke en artistieke films van vaak weinig bekende regisseurs, alhoewel de ‘betere’ Hollywoodfilm niet geschuwd wordt.

I found it much fun, especially Lefies Soul Connection and Jah6, and not to forget the ‘Dutch Birdy’ Anna Verhoeven with her 13 years of age.

Here some video’s to see and hear what they do:

Lefties Soul Connection – Shake it up, burn it loose       

Anna Verhoeven ‘Dutch Birdy’

Jah6 – De Vlieger

A true musical chameleon, highly appreciated by audiences all over the world, Leroy Rey is one of the most creative & versatile DJ’s you will ever encounter. Known for his deep musical knowledge & mixing skills, as well as energetic delivery, it’s hard to not enjoy a set from this man.

Born in 1974, Leroy was into music early-on and, supported by his family, got surrounded at a very young age with albums by Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Third World, The Beatles, Sergio Mendes and many more, thus laying down the foundation for his versatility.

Starting out as a DJ in 1992, Leroy also was one of the founding members of hiphopband ‘The Proov’ and produced six tracks for their well received debut-album “Traditions” (2000). In support of the album, a full-fledged live band (with Leroy on percussion) was featured on highly regarded festivals such as North Sea Jazz and Lowlands amongst others.

Focusing more on DJ-ing, Leroy quitted ‘The Proov’ at the turn of 2002, in the process creating more time for other opportunities, such as Wicked Jazz Sounds as well as Risk Sound System.

The latter a collective devoted to Real House, which released “The Sound Is Yours” in 2008 which Kerri Chandler-helmed remix took the House Community by storm, resulting in a nr.1 spot on Traxsource, a top 10 hit in Belgium and a USA tour which brought the crew to legendary nights such as Louie Vega’s “Roots” party at Cielo, New York & Marques Wyatt’s “Deep” at Vanguard, L.A.

Wicked Jazz Sounds is a different beast altogether, a jazz-meets-dance platform, powered by DJ’s interacting with live musicians that started out in 2002, with a weekly Sunday night. And never missed one since. Calling Amsterdam-based club “The Sugar Factory” home since 2005, Wicked Jazz Sounds made Leroy one of their prominent residents and grew out to enormous proportions, with performances at again North Sea Jazz & Lowlands, as well as in Germany, Italy & USA.

Aside of all of this, Leroy also keeps residencies for the longest, given the fact he helms the Saturday night in Jimmy Woo (Amsterdam) since 2004 as well as a few others.

And if this isn’t enough, he became a band-member once again, being a DJ/percussion-player as well as producer for the revisited & revitalized version of what was once The Wicked Jazz Sounds Band (which at this time of writing doesn’t have a new name yet).

Never to fit in one bag -and all the better for it-, this certainly one of Leroy’s biggest strengths, so whenever you get a chance to check out a set by this man, don’t hesitate. You won’t regret it!

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