DJ Stylus – The Vibe Conductor

While I prefer to celebrate Michael Jackson’s birth rather than his death, it would be wrong not to honor him at our party that takes place on the actual anniversary date. So shamon’, y’all…

JAHSONIC and ADRIAN LOVING return, along with DJ STYLUS to fill out the funk.

Thanks to all of you special people who’ve made this party silkier than Billie Dee’s pomp.

Axel F #6: The Illest In Jheri Curl Funk, Champagne Soul & Lazer Boogie 1977-1987
Saturday, June 25
Liv nightclub
2001 11th St NW
Washington, DC
10pm – 3am
Free before Midnight, 5.00 after
Dress to sweat / channel your favourite 70′s-80′s style icons

I’ve returned from Bali (more on that later) and I’m jumping back into things in grand fashion. I hope you all missed me.

FRIDAY

Join me at a tight little spot on H St called Fruit Bat. I’ll be playing anything I feel like and it’s a relaxed, hanging at the crib type vibe… unless y’all feel like partying then we can do that too. Feel free to buy me a drink to toast my return. They’re pretty delicious and you can experiment with making your own.

Fresh squeezed and seasonal juice cocktails with a B.Y.O.C. (Build Your Own Cocktail) approach… Go ahead be creative and the expert staff will hold your hand along the way.

DJ Stylus at Fruit Bat
Friday, April 29
1236 H St NE (between 12th and 13th st NE)
Washington, DC 20002
10:30pm – until
no cover

SATURDAY

Axel F is back for number four and we’re so excited and grateful about how it’s grown. If you don’t know by now, just listen.

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Axel F #4: The Illest In Jheri Curl Funk and Champagne Soul 1977-1987
Saturday, April 30
Liv nightclub
2001 11th St NW
Washington, DC
10pm – 3am
Free before Midnight, 5.00 after
Dress to sweat / channel your favourite 70′s-80′s style icons

SUNDAY

A grand lineup of our creative family take it back outside at the beautiful Yards Park. Family friendly, dog friendly, soul friendly. Enjoy the beautiful weather, music, and arts market with us. We’ll be doing this every month all spring and summer.

Outside – 1st Sundays at Yards Park
May 1, 2011 lineup:

ForQuarters Collective
Sol Power All-Stars
Jahsonic
The Brothers Brau
Tanc
Hootie B.
Deyv
Ascension Performance Troupe

The Yards Park
10 Water St SE Washington, DC – DO NOT USE YOUR GPS or Google Maps! This park is so new it will take you to the wrong place.
(One block south of N and 3rd Streets, SE )
Three blocks from the Navy Yard Metro (New Jersey Ave Exit)

Ever wondered why ’80s parties tend to ignore a whole body of R&B, funk, rap and electro, like those genres didn’t contribute really awesome songs to that era?

Enter Axel F.

’80s and ’90s have been done as well as disco and soul classics. New Jack Swing hasn’t been done PROPERLY (yet). Golden era hip-hop is done a lot. We love all of those and continue to rock them, but there’s a period that hasn’t been examined.

From roughly 1977 – 1987 (folks tend to debate those dates but there are some clear markers) popular black music transitioned between the disco era and hip-hop’s rise to prominence. There were a lot of synthesizers and some androgynous fashion choices, as well as hair disasters. Some call this stuff “boogie”. We file it under the mantle of champagne soul and jheri curl funk, with some new wave thrown in, because we like stuff like Talking Heads and want to play that too.

Per DJ Jahsonic‘s original concept, Eddie Murphy’s turn in Beverly Hills Cop became Axel F’s muse.

Now we’ll be paying homage to a different ’80s movie every month. February is the debut of Black Kevin Bacon.

Join myself, DJ Jahsonic and DJ Adrian Loving for another sweaty, grooving night of synthed out Reagan era dance classics.

Saturday February 26
9pm
LIV Nightclub
2001 11th Street NW
Washington, DC

We’ve already got four mixes up for you to download in preparation. Here’s a glimpse of last month’s fun.

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