Join DJ Prestige on Wednesday, March 9th at The Leadbelly in the Lower East Side of NYC for a night of funk, soul, jazz, and reggae 45s. From Chicago to Jamaica and stops in between, we will be spinning the raw and gritty 7″s you may or may not have heard of. One thing is certain, it’s gonna be fu-kay! Free
The Leadbelly
14B Orchard Street
New York City
21+ | FREE
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Fridays in March, DJ Prestige takes up a monthly residency at the Ace Hotel lobby in NYC. Here’s what the Ace had to say about him:
“DJ Prestige runs FleaMarketFunk.com, where he rescues forgotten funk, soul, jazz, reggae & hip hop records while promoting the sounds of independent artists making the same type of music today. His eclectic sets in the Lobby will take you back, back into time and into the future. On his Friday night live mix tape, expect lots of original samples, soundtrack cuts, hard hitting drum breaks, and other funky classics. Bring an open mind.”
Check out more info on the night here.
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To coincide with our new funk and soul party Hot Pants Road here in Jersey City on February 6th at The Citizen, we have put together an all live, 45 RPM mix of music you’ll hear if you come to the party. It’s a hearty mix of raw funk and soul, northern, some modern tracks, and assorted funky nuggets for your listening pleasure. I’ll be joined this time by Pat James Longo, aka Primitive Sound System who will be laying down a heavy set of tunes from his endless crates. We will be writing up a full report on the party in the weeks to come. However, if you’d like to get your groove on early, practice some dance steps, and get on your own dance floor early, The Real Thing will help you. This mix was recorded live in all one take using all 45 RPM records. Please enjoy it in all of its pop and click, and even a skip glory. You don’t have a second chance to do it live, so deal with it. Stay tuned for more info about the party. Tri-State area, mark your calendars for February 6th, it’s gonna be a funky good time.
The Real Thing Track List
Intro: The New Seekers – The Real Thing
Little Carl Carlton – Competition Ain’t Nothin’
The Fabulous Emotions – Funky Chicken
J.J. Barnes – Chains of Love
The Soulmates – People We Gotta Do Better
Ike Turner & The Rhythm Kings – Funky Mule
The Gene Dudley Group – Inspector Norse
Mako & Mr. Bristow – King Soul
Lee Willaims & The Cymbals – Shing A Ling USA
Wee Willie West – Funku Funky Hot Pants
Lynn Varnado – Wash and Wear Love
Noel Gourdin – Patience
Syl Johnson – Get Ready
Honey and the Bees – Music
Notations – Superpeople
Outro: The New Seekers – The Real Thing
Listen to the mix below:
Hot Pants Road: A Dance Party
Hot Pants Road
The Citizen
332 2nd Street
Jersey City, NJ
DJ Prestige (FleaMarketFunk/ Greenville Soul Club)
Pat James Longo (Primitive Sound System)
21+ w/ ID | FREE
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Friday nights just got a little greasier and funkier in the LES/ Chinatown border of Manhattan. On Fridays until March, DJ Prestige will be spinning all 45s exclusively at The Leadbelly. Rare Groove, Funk, Soul, Latin, Garage, Jazz organ, and other funky nuggets hit the turntables from 11pm until 3am every Friday night. Who knows? There might be some guest selectors popping in from time to time to lay out some heat to dance to. One of the best kept secrets around, The Leadbelly does not disappoint. Check out the details below:
The Breakdown with DJ Prestige
Every Friday night from 11pm-3am
The Leadbelly
14B Orchard St. NYC
21+ | With I.D.
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When we are not spinning funky stuff, we listen to jazz records. All kinds of jazz records. For a long time though, we’ve been really into deeper jazz cuts. A mix between spiritual jazz, free jazz, and stuff that we would like to classify as “out there”. There is something special about the music, the players, the back story of each artist and the songs they play. It’s been a while since we did a straight up jazz mix, so we combined mostly early 70’s experimental stuff with one cut from a guy who embodies the same mind state as these cats in the present day. To us, there is nothing better than a song that takes you off to another place, another time, or another astral plane. it removes you from your present state and allows you to listen. Here are a dozen deep jazz cuts for your listening pleasure. Sometimes funky, sometimes free, these tunes were meant to be listened to and heard. So if you can hear what we’re saying, let us know. The mix is 100% vinyl and done all live and in one take. Please enjoy and pass to a friend if you dig what you hear.
Where Does The Sun Go At Night?: Vinyl Explorations In Jazz Track List
Bobby Hutcherson – Ummmh
Leon Thomas – The Creator Has A Master Plan
Roswell Rudd – Maiden Voyage
Dave Pike – Big Schlepp
Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions
African Roots of Jazz – The Healer/ Don’t Break
John Patton – Captain Nasty
Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett – Grow Your Own
Yesterday’s New Quintet – Rugged Tranquility
Herbie Hancock – Sansho Shima
Pharoah Sanders – Astral Traveling
The Last Poets – In Time And Space
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Photos by Thomas Draudt
For those of you that couldn’t make it to Boston this past weekend, the crew from Soulelujah have uploaded DJ Prestige’s all 45 set of soul, funk, latin, and other assorted goodness from his appearance at the Boston area’s number one dance party. We had a great time and are looking forward to getting up to do this party again!
If you dig the set, please pass on to a friend!
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