Mastermix Sessions, Freestylemusic.com, Destune records,Sister8025 records
and JONPITOpresentThe 7th Annual TAI SHAN BALL FREESTYLE and Dance Industry Artist Showcase and press party.
TSB 7 2008.NO COVER! NO COVER! NO COVER!Ocean Drive
Thursday, March 27 and Friday, March 28
South Beach Miami
Winter Music Conference week 2008Running as the Tai Shan Ball for 7 years and various names for over 5 years prior, The TSB has run for over 12 years as the CROWN JEWEL event showcasing the CURRENT and CUTTING edge Freestyle/Electrodance recording community of artist and labels.It has served as an outlet and sanctuary event for a community long overlooked and has served as a voice for an international vibrant industry and market.Named TAI SHAN BALL, after the sacred Chinese Mountain of Tai Shan, the event itself has reflected a place of refuge, discovery and enlightenment to the true and higher meaning of self enlightenment, philosophy, music and art. For Freestyle dance music purist it is seen as the "BUJON CUBE" and continued legacy of the evolution of the LatinHiphop dance music sound and industry. For other artist of different genres, it has become a refuge for the predominant VOCAL DANCE ARTIST; as Tai Shan Ball opens its arms to all in the name of FREE FORM DANCE MUSIC. DANCE MUSIC AND ARTISTRY WITH THE FREEDOM OF MUTATION, ELEVATION AND EVOLUTION IN ALL ASPECTS AND SENSES TO FURTHER THE CULTURE OF OUR REALMS AND COMMUNITIES.Stay Tuned to www.freestylemusic.com for more info TBA.
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[email protected]History: Established in 1986, DESTUNE Records is one of Miami's youngest independent labels to flourish out of the Miami Electro, Freestyle Dance and Bass music scenes. Founded by one of the youngest on air radio DJs at that time, (15 year old) DJ/Producer Jorge Ojeda of Spanish Dance station SUPER Q and RHYTHM 98 FM; better known as The Sound Of Destiny DJs. DESTUNE quickly rose to fame for its sound and position as a remix and production house. With its own recording studio and vinyl record distribution, through out the years the label would help establish many careers and have many names walk through its doors over the past two decades. Including production, remixes, collaborations and alliances with names such as DJ/producers as Giuseppe D (now a A&R at Robbins Entertainment, Hothead), Eddie Mix (Power 96),Frank Lords (Secret Society band also known for the hit Darkbeat with MURK), Los Sucios, Freestyle vocalist Frankie Boy (now known as Frankie J), Teaz II Pleaz, Ten Lion Records, Detour Records, and many others.
In 1995 DESTUNE established www.freestylemusic.com, the first and largest Freestyle-Dance music community website and on-line radio station, which helped establish and influence other websites and helped many labels and artist launch into cyberspace. At the same time Destune acquired the talents of artist manager, promoter and song writer JONPITO, and established itself as a force serving as the key stone of the Miami underground Freestyle scene for over a decade. In the process having an influence in other labels, promoters, clubs and radio to take and focus on a Freestyle direction at the same time opening doors for participants in the current and future scene of Freestyle and Dance music.
DESTUNE would also serve as the backing label for the annual TAI SHAN BALL Freestyle and Dance industry showcase party during winter music conference/ m3 summit period, and making front page during the 2004 conference season. It continues to be the longest running yearly "Crown Jewel Freestyle Industry Showcase", serving as a reflection to the past and a look into the future. DESTUNE also backed up the now established "Freestyle Appreciation Month", which started in Miami, Florida and takes place in the month of October and overlaps with "Hispanic Heritage Month". Currently the label is set to launch a string of releases that span from Neo-Freestyle/Electro Dance/Formula, Tech/Electro House, Tribal, R&B,Folk,Pop,Rock and Reggaeton; as it has already started its launch through digital download ports as JudgeJules.net, Godskitchenmusic.com, I-tunes.com, Beatport.com, audiojelly.com, Star bucks, Verizon-VCast Music, T-Mobile and many other download stores. DESTUNE plans to have future releases and productions for upcoming international Freestyle and Dance artist as George Alvarado (The Professor), Dluna the China Dolls,RAY GUELL, SANDEE (Formerly of EXPOSE), VANESSA CONDE, RUDY STOCKHAUSEN,SUPREMEJA, ARNAU, CAT COMPLEX, Jessica Lopez (formerly of AMARETO) and many others.
In the summer of 2006 DESTUNE brought back the weekly THROB Freestyle weekly in Kendall/Miami and backed up the Sunday weekly FREEKSTYLE at the Laundry Bar with DJ Jorge Ojeda, DJ Wreck, Chillsky and DJ Le Spam in South Beach; as well as a string of parties and events that lead to the 2008 7th Annual Tai Shan Ball at the legendary multi-million dollar Bodeguita Del Medio in Miami and the new "GOLDEN FLOWER" party at VOODOO LOUNGE in conjunction with Sister8025 records. CURRENT releases for DESTUNE include artist ARNAU- Give Me Your Love (Destune/Barcelona) and "ERES TU", SUPREMEJA Feat. CEEKAY- Never Come To Fall (DESTUNE/GERMANY), CAT COMPLEX - Electro Boys (DESTUNE/SPAIN), RAY GUELL "IN YOUR EYES", Hilda Mariee (Teaz II Pleaz) "Why Did You Have To Lie", Rosie "Forever Loving You" and upcoming summer 2008 releases by Rudy Stockhausen, SANDEE,Jessica Lopez (Amoretto) Lydia "Lee Love" Gonzales, Vanessa Conde "Falling Into Love" and many more; with a string of projects,remixes and plans for future albums. This will mark Miami's own DESTUNE RECORDS with a 20 year span releasing Freestyle, Dance and Urban Electro records and mark it as Miami's only surviving and longest running FREESTYLE - DANCE MUSIC production company and label.
FREESTYLE FACTS: Originated in both New York and Miami during the early to late 80s, Freestyle dance music was the evolution out of the Electrohiphop scene of the early 80s and served as a voice and movement for young English speaking Latin Youths in the major US Cities, bringing an identity to the electro dance underground. It was the rebirth of American Dance music after the Disco sucks movement and claimed back Dance music for the U.S.A after a European new wave stronghold. Starting off as the evolution and mutation of American Electrofunk, records would span from those layered over basic dance beats ("washing machine" beats) or straight up electrohiphop beats, but be driven by bouncing baselines, melodies, vocal edits, harmonies, crashes, chord changes and Afro-Latin percussion and Caribbean influences (salsa,soca,calypso,etc).BPM's ranging from the predominant street level 122bpm to even the more energetic dance floor oriented 133 pbm (depending on the region).
The earliest records would predominantly feature male and female African American vocalist stemming from disco and influencing R&B. Most containing records inflicting strong emotion and powerful vocal work. Unfortunately many have been overlooked and still not given their credit. Although the first Freestyle records can be traced to the hands of names as Arthur Baker, John Robbie, Jellybean Benitez, Chris Barbossa and Miami's Lewis Martinee, many producers and artist as well as their records flourished out of other scenes as synthpop, new wave and R&B. In the process bringing in influences and threads of creativity to a scene that would be named for its free form of creativity and improvisation in its production, its dancing to its entire structure. FREESTYLE would get its name from Miami producer Pretty Tony Butler, whose 1983 group of the same name, Freestyle Express =Freestyle= Freestyle Evolution, also reflected the structure and formula of the scene. The term "freestyle" popularized in the late 80's as an easier way to "market" and give a name to a scene and sound that from its birth was always hard to define. This move would also include its previous names: Dance or Latin HipHop Dance. Although dominated by Black and Latino urban cultures, it found a way of rising out of Latin, Black and Gay dance floors and served as a wagon for other genres (Hi-NRG, Italo imports and early house and HipHop) and got dance music back on the mainstream radio during the mid to late 80s; breaking down barriers between many musical markets while creating opportunities for youth in the record, radio, television and club industries.
Although the mainstream concentrates on the freestyle of the late 80's and early 90's, Freestyle's blood lines span way before and way after. Covering two decades and a half. From a basic early 80's "Remember What You Like" by Jenny Burton and "99.5" by Carol Lyne Towns to a 90's "Let the rhythm set you free" by Nadine Renee, "Craving Your Love" by Fiori/Samantha and "Passion" by K5. From a 2005 "Its time" by Ferry Corsten and "Hold Me Touch Me" by W.I.T. to a 2008 Armand Van Helden's "I Want your Soul" and "All Night" Feat. Laroca.In addition a string of talented new generation of FREESTYLE/Electrodance artist such as Miles Petty, ELISSA,Jessica Marie, Christina Marie, Jennifer Glass,Mari P and many others. One can also include all the Electrofunk/Freestyle material flooding out of the Hiphop/R&B scene. Due to the Neo-freestyle presence in the underground club scene of present Breaks, Trance and Tribal House, classic 80s Freestyle and Hi nrg influences are found in current music and fashion at an international pop level again. In 2008 House music continues to soak up electro funk and Freestyle influences, at times without even knowing it. Others across the world now have a trend of buying classic Miami or New York Freestyle records and sampling or even reproducing them and releasing them as new innovations in the world of current underground dance music. This bringing attention to both the classic scene and the new generation of artist holding a new sound called Neo-freestyle/electro dance/Formula. A combination of current Urban electro, previous Electroclash, electro breaks and classic hi energy Latin freestyle foundations.
