Sound Liberation Festival 2009 Lineup Announced

Jul 23, 2009 News
Posted by Sound Liberation Front

Saturday August 15^th 2009

Littlefield , 622 DeGraw Street, Brooklyn, NY

2pm – 7pm / 7pm – 2am

Sound Liberation Front announces the first annual Sound Liberation Front Festival at Littlefield Performance and Art Space in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood.

An all-day, two-part event, the SLF Festival will feature music and art workshops for kids and their parents in the afternoon and a full-on music and dance party for grown-up kids in the evening. The party will also feature artwork created live during the music performance, projected on the walls, and integrated into the dancefloor space.

Headlining the all-day festival of music and art is Brand Nubian, giants of NYC hip hop’s early-90s Rennaissance and famous for such hits as “Slow Down,” “Wake Up,” and “All For One.” Original members Grand Puba, Lord Jamar, and Sadat X will all be performing together.

Sound Liberation Front Party’s performers will also include:

• Chico Mann, brainchild of Marcos “Marquitos” Garcia, guitarist for Antibalas. Chico Mann will bring their “electro-afrofunk” sound to Littlefield.
• DJ Kenny Parker, producer and DJ for legendary rap group Boogie Down Productions
• Cosmo Baker, renowned DJ and platter-spinner at NYC’s premiere parties Bang! and the Rub
• Ian Friday of NYC’s Tea Party Music and Libation parties
• Sound Liberation Front All-Stars Lil Tiger and Q Mastah
• Artist Shelton Walker projecting her work “Apraxis” onto the performance space’s walls and creating a live artwork on the dancefloor during Brand Nubian’s set

Sound Liberation Front Family Jam will begin at 2pm and will include events tailored to the festival’s younger fans:

• Dance workshop with Afro Mosaic Soul in their signature Mosaic Soul dancing style
• DJ workshop by DubSpot, one of the world’s top DJing and production schools
• Additional art workshops and kids’ activities to be announced

Food and refreshments will be available at the venue and there will also be additional food vendors on site.

Tags: Events, Hip Hop, Sound Liberation Festival