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THE ROOT DOWN EVERY THURSDAY
Party People! Thanks for coming out last week and kickin it with us and the Rootdown Soundsystem. This week we've got from the world famous Beat Junkies - DJ Rhettmatic! Time for a little change...
Throughout this summer we will be implementing our own 'gas-tax' relief dubbing it 'The Big Pay Back'. This will be a series of opportunities for you to come out to enjoy The Root Down experience in many different ways without it hurting the pocketbook too much.
Way #1 , which begins this week, is we are giving away a complementary admission for those of you who rsvp to our myspace.com/rootdownclub page and send us a message with your full name by 3pm on Thursday. Guest list will close by 11:30pm. Its a good opportunity to check out Giant Panda if you haven't witnessed.
Way #2 , if you decide to use the valet, which is $7 and beyond our pricing control, then present your ticket stub at the door and we will give you $3 back. $4 to quickly park and party sure beats the drive around.
Way #3 , we will be printing a series of 'Pay Back' cards that will give you discounts and free admission for future events. We encourage you to turn some new folks on to The Root Down by using these cards. Help us and we'll help you. Just hit up Arturo at the door.
Way #4 , if you want to book a birthday party or just want to bring a bus load of friends then we can work with you by providing group discounts and reserved seating to ensure your experience is second to none. Just reach out through our myspace or email at
[email protected] for inquiries.
So on behalf of Miles, Loslito, Sloe Poke, Ervin, Expo, Jedi, Arturo Boss Bean, Tina Momina, Vinnie Boom, Mahasa, Chuck Chilla and Dusk Uno One in spirit, we want to thank all of you for the support you have shown us over the years and hopefully this provides a little relief to get you off your couch and get you back to the good times with our community and friends.
DJ Rhettmatic A major force behind the creation of Southern California's first turntable band, the Beat Junkies, is a multi-faceted musician known to the world as DJ Rhettmatic. His artistic contributions to the music industry have placed him, along with his fellow members of the Beat Junkie crew, at the top of the DJ universe. Possessing unstoppable visions of excelling in this art form, Rhettmatic unites music enthusiasts around the world by sharing his unparalleled skills and talent. His personal discography of musical achievements presents a host of successful accomplishments, and by applying his creativity and dedication, his record of ingenious masterworks will continue to grow.Hey party people! The latest SESSION of the Rootdown Sound radio show on scion.com/channel8 is up and running. The 3 hour show runs continuously for a month til another gets put on. This month DJ Music Man Miles welcomes DJ Sloe Poke to the Rootdown Sound Show as a resident for his first set. Again we are blessed to have a DJ DUSK (RIP) mix featured, taken from a past live Rootdown event.
David Axelrod
DAVID AXELROD - composer,lyricist,arranger/producer - was born into the 1936, multiculture of the growing black crenshaw district of L.A. & naturally absorbed & reflected it in his musical vision that would follow.As a teenager he spent time in the hot bed of L.A.'s legendary Central Avenue jazz/r&b scene.The inspiration of musicians around him led him to study music composition & by end of the cool jazz 50's he would produce his first record for saxophonist, Harold Land.By 63' he was producing successful jazz/r&b records for Capitol,such as Lou Rawls & Cannonball Adderly for whom he won a Grammy for his production.He was at the heart of the 60's music industry where jazz,rock,pop,classical,folk & soon psychedelia would begin to fuse into each other.His arrangement for The Electric Prunes showed his unique vision of this new musical hybrid & he continued on this path for his own records.68's "Song of innocence" & the second chapter "songs of experience", which were based on mystic poet, William Blake's work, displayed this well.Cut Chemist sampled "Song of innocence" for J5's "day at the races" & Dj Shadow sampled "Human abstract" on "Midnight in a perfect world" from "experience".Dr.Dre sampled "The edge" by David Mccallum for his "Next episode".The list of axelrod sampled productions is long & partly due to there being many sample-friendly open breakdowns.He also often used the heavy back beat of the drums on most of these & other productions provided by New Orleans bred drum master Earl Palmer.Following the 90's hip-hop rediscovery, he would see the release of unreleased tracks from that late 60's era & In 06' he conducted a performance of his compositions at the Royal albert hall in London.It's now available on dvd.He lives in L.A. to this day.Respect to the Axe!
THE ROOTDOWN SOUNDSYSTEM
MUSIC MAN MILES . SLOE POKE . LOSLITO . EXPO . ERVIN . DJ JEDI
