An evening full of music featuring music legends, upcoming artists and DJs from some of New York’s hottest parties. This is going to be a memorable evening… Join the Sound Liberation movement!
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Easy Star Records
Ticklah aka Victor Axelrod is a world-class dub producer, dj and pianist whose musical family tree includes Antibalas, The Dap Kings, and The Easy Star All-Stars. Having produced Dub Side of the Moon, Ticklah has made a name for himself as a meticulous producer with an ear for authenticity.
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7pm
Courtyard
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Music Nerd Club
The Music Nerd All-Stars is a duo born out of the synergy between Lil Tiger, a carribean-born, Texas-raised DJ, and French-Vietnamese DJ Q-Mastah. Combining their diverse background and passion for music, they are building a reputation for throwing parties and events that put music and good vibes at the forefront.
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8pm
Performance Area
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Electro Afro-Funk
Kindred Spirit Records
Chico Mann is the multi-faceted side project of Marcos Garcia, guitar player from Antibalas. Casio keyboards, turntables spinning afrobeat breaks, latin percussion and vocals combine to make up Chico Mann’s dance floor pulsating presentation. What had started as Marcos Garcia’s personal Casio Afrobeat experiment has blossomed into a genre-defying, life-affirming, sweaty, politicized dance party that is evolving at an exponential rate.
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9pm
Performance Area
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Boogie Down Productions
DJ Kenny Parker-is a dj producer who’s been working with Boogie Down Productions & KRS-ONE for 18 years. He’s been deejaying in clubs all over the U.S., Europe & Asia for 15 years, produced numerous recording artist & singers, and produced television commercials for Nike.
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10pm
Performance Area
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Classic Hip Hop
Featuring Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar
Originally made up of Grand Puba, Sadat X, Lord Jamar, and DJ Alamo, Brand Nubian followed in the footsteps of early De La Soul, with funky beats, upbeat grooves, and rhymes of positivity. On their classic debut album All For One, their easy flow and laid-back rhythms served as the platform for the declaration of their Islamic faith and the teachings of The 5% Nation.
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10:30pm
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The Rub
DJ Cosmo Baker of the legendary international dance party “The Rub” has a reputation for making dance parties explode. Raised in Philly, but now a Brooklyn legend, Cosmo has hit the decks all over North America and Europe.
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12am
Performance Area
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Libation/Tea Party Music
Armed with a passion for the arts, Ian Friday is on a creative mission. This New Yorker has been seen on stage and film and has performed throughout NYC as a poet. In 1994 he founded a nonprofit arts organization called the Tea Party which provided a platform for upcoming and established artists such as Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Saundra St. Victor, Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Saul Williams, Antibalas and the Last Poets. Ian is the resident dj at the legendary bi-weekly throwdown Libation at Sullivan Room, a party that contends for the most consistently lively in the city.
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1am
Performance Area
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