Music Nerd Club: Screening # 2

May 14, 2013 News Leave a comment
Posted by Sound Liberation Front

We would like to invite you all to the 2nd showing of our music documentary series, the Music Nerd Club (Redux).  Sunday, May 19th at the 17 Frost Theatre space in Williamsburg. We will be showing ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest’, which shows the highs and lows in the career of these Brooklyn hip-hop legends. There will be free pizza (while it lasts) and some drinks for a small donation.

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest:
Filmed by actor turned Director Michael Rapaport, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest is a revealing documentary about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. A hard-core fan himself, Rapaport sets out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the USA, almost ten years after the release of their last album. When mounting tensions erupt backstage, we get a behind-the-scenes look at their journey and contributions as a band and what currently is at stake for these long-time friends and collaborators.

[[ MUSIC NERD CLUB ]]

An Independent Music Documentary Series

Sunday | May 19th, 2013 | 7:30pm to 11pm

@ 17 Frost Theatre

17 Frost Street, Williamsburg

/// The Music Nerd Club is a community of music enthusiasts connecting through music documentary film screenings and informal discussions around the power of music. ///

Screening # 2: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest (97 min)

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$10 donation
Drinks
Free pizza

RSVP at http://soundliberation.org/rsvp/
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/144511425737063/?fref=ts

Transportation:
L Train to either Bedford or Lorimer

map:

http://goo.gl/maps/UzfRH

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RUB-A-GRUB feat. Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Sunday, 05/26 @ Do or Dine Backyard, Bed-Stuy

May 3, 2013 News Leave a comment
Posted by Sound Liberation Front

Do or Dineand Sound Liberation Front are teaming up again for “Rub-A-Grub”, a food and music backyard party featuring Bed-Stuy hip-hop legend Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Amir Abdullah (Kon & Amir) and a special menu by Do or Dine’s chefs.

Building off the sold-out success of last year’s “Rub-A-Grub”, Do or Dine and SLF are excited to be hosting another food-infused party in the restaurant’s renovated backyard. The event will kick-off in the afternoon and feature three rounds of food and drinks, coupled with guest DJs. Round-one will feature appetizers and bottomless bloody mary’s, followed by a second round of appetizers and beer + shot special. Taking us into the early evening will be round three, which will include a featured cocktail and BBQ. After 10pm the party will continue at neighboring watering hole, One Last Shag.

[[ RUB-A-GRUB ]]

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Sunday | May 26th 2012 | 2pm to 10pm
@ Do or Dine Backyard1108 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216‎

Featuring:
+ Ali Shaheed Muhammad
+ Amir Abdullah
+ SLF DJ Crew & Guests

$15 Advance ticket
$25 VIP ticket (includes 2 food items + 2 beers)

Tickets available at: http://rubagrubspring.brownpapertickets.com/
Facebook Event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/118018475066841

Transportation:
G Train to Bedford-Nostrand
A/C to Nostrand

AFTER-PARTY!
One Last Shag
348 Franklin Avenue Brooklyn, NY

Check out the recap video of this past Labor Day Rub-A-Grub feat. Rich Medina
https://vimeo.com/51920425

map:
+ http://goo.gl/maps/vLwmn

Tags: Rub-A-Grub

Music Nerd Club: Screening # 1

Apr 18, 2013 News Leave a comment
Posted by Sound Liberation Front

We would like to invite you all to the relaunch of our music documentary series, the Music Nerd Club. The first MNC series back in 2008 brought together a community of music enthusiansts through regular documentary film screenings and informal discussions around the power of music. Some of the original participants have been asking us to revive the series for some time so we’re proud to present the first Music Nerd Club (Redux) Sunday, April 28th at the 17 Forst Theatre space in Williamsburg. We will show two documentaries, Fela: Music is the Weapon and Slingshot Hip Hop, both of which showcase the role of music in grassroots social struggle. There will be free pizza (while it lasts) and some drinks for a small donation.

 Music Is the Weapon may be short, but it’s essential viewing for Fela fans. Filmed in 1982, the 53-minute documentary captures the late Nigerian musician/activist at his peak. (There are slight differences between the English and French versions, so it’s best to watch both.) For the uninitiated, it’s hard to explain–in mere words–how one man could so successfully mate the sexuality of James Brown with the righteous politics of Bob Marley and sinuous sounds of Miles Davis. Fela drew as much inspiration for his “Afro-beat” from Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X as funk, reggae, and jazz. Music Is the Weapon features interviews with Fela and a few of his many wives, along with performances of “ITT,” “Army Arrangement,” and other anthems. A controversial figure throughout his life, Fela is described as both “superstar” and “man of the people.” This short, but potent document ably explores that dichotomy. –Kathleen C. Fennessy

 Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

[[ MUSIC NERD CLUB ]]

An Independent Music Documentary Series

Sunday | April 28th, 2013 | 7pm to 11pm

@ 17 Frost Theatre

17 Frost Street, Williamsburg

/// The Music Nerd Club is a community of music enthusiasts connecting through music documentary film screenings and informal discussions around the power of music. ///

Screening # 1: Music is the Weapon

Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon
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Slingshot Hip Hop
Presented by World Up Executive Director Ebenezor Bond

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$10 donation
Drinks
Free pizza

RSVP at http://soundliberation.org/rsvp/
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/147384702110182/

Transportation:
L Train to either Bedford or Lorimer

map:

http://goo.gl/maps/UzfRH

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Red Hook Criterium Official After Party @ Kidd Studios // Sat 3.30.13

Mar 14, 2013 News Leave a comment
Posted by Sound Liberation Front

We are excited to announce SLF is producing the Official After Party for the Red Hook Criterium, an amazing fixed-gear bike race in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 30th. We have been admirers of this event for years. The Red Hook Criterium is an unsanctioned race series consisting of world-class road racers, track specialists, bike messengers, and urban athletes competing over multiple laps around a short, technical circuit. Red Hook’s dramatic skyline provides an amazing atmosphere for this nighttime race and make it one of the best events in NYC each year. The After Party will feature our friends DJ Scribe from I Love Vinyl, DJ Trainwreck and DJ Fake Money performing on our notorious ‘Tower of Sound’. Also, our friends down the block at One Last Shag will be running the bars so you can rest assured the drinks will be dope. Come celebrate with us and the Red Hook community at this one of a kind event.

RED HOOK CRITERIUM AFTER PARTY
Saturday | March 30th 2013

Featuring:
+DJ SCRIBE (I LOVE VINYL)
+DJ TRAINWRECK
+DJ FAKE MONEY
and the SLF ‘Tower of Sound’

Kidd Studios, 133 Imlay Street, Red Hook Brooklyn 11231
(directly across from the race)

$10 Entry // Cash Only

RED HOOK CRITERIUM
www.redhookcrit.com
www.facebook.com/redhookcriterium
www.twitter.com/redhookcrit

RHC on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/redhookcrit/videos

Map:
+ Google http://goo.gl/maps/OfpSt

Dub-Stuy Presents: ECHO CHAMBER: PART I

Feb 20, 2013 News Leave a comment
Posted by Sound Liberation Front

Building off the buzz from their October 2012 launch party, our sister company Dub-Stuy Records has recently announced Echo Chamber: Part I, the first of a series of parties to promote progressive bass music and sound system culture in North America.

Tour De Force (aka TDF Sound System), will be manning our custom, 12,000 watt “Tower of Sound” sound system with veteran deejay, Ranking Joe. In anticipation of his forthcoming album, ‘Raggabass Resistance’, San Francisco-based Dub Gabriel (Destroy All Concepts) will be joining in alongside Ticklah (Easy Star) and True Nature (Reconstrvct).

Featuring:
+ Tour De Force featuring Ranking Joe (Dub-Stuy)
+ Dub Gabriel (Destroy All Concepts)
+ Ticklah (Easy Star)
+ True Nature (Reconstrvct)

$15 advance / $18 door
info and tickets: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/229205-dub-stuy-echo-chamber-part-1-brooklyn/

Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/486973218033214/