Club Nights We Love :: Brownswood Sessions @ Nublu

Live performances by GAEA & Erik Rico + the legendary DJ Smash Hosted by Moni, Giant Step, Jose James & Brownswood Recordings

It is with great pleasure that I welcome some lovely friends to this month’s Brownswood Sessions. If you haven’t had a chance to come out, this is a great month to do so because this line-up will probably not happen again. I’ve written a quick review of each act so you have a better idea of what to expect, but be prepared for a full night of new live music and unreleased gems. DON’T SLEEP!

TK Wonder and Duke Bojadziev of GAEA just arrived from a whirlwind European tour of summer festivals and concerts to join us at this month’s Brownswood Sessions. Collectively, they performed to more than 20,000 people alongside acts like Prodigy, Seun Kuti, Señor Coconut, Gang of Four and Antipop of Telepop Musik. You can take a video tour on their myspace myspace.com/gaeasound. Their new album is about to drop in the fall, so come check them out before they blow up!

Erik Rico blurs the lines between modern soul, jazz and broken beat with poignant lyrics to take you on a seamless musical ride. During the last decade, Erik made the transition from Sony multi-album solo artist to independent creative powerhouse producing and co-writing for acts like Tupac Shakur, Jurassic 5, IG Culture and Mystic. Erik is in town from Cali promoting his new EP “A Higher Frequency” which you can listen to here www.lifenotesmusic.com. He’ll be joined on stage by Don Cuco on percussion and will be doing a full set.

It is great delight that we welcome old friend and musical legend, DJ Smash to the Brownswood Sessions. His productions have ridden the late 80s soulful dance train making stops in early house and acid jazz through remixes for artists like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Roy Ayers & Guru’s Jazzmatazz. If that weren’t enough, he also co-founded Eightball Records and New Breed Records. He’s been lacing the west coast for a few years and we’re quite lucky to have him join us this month.

- by Moni Pineda

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