PRE-Registration for the Soulidify 10th Anniversary 2 on 2 anything goes (open style) battle is now closed!

If you would like to register please show up at 5pm to register as the battles will start promptly at 6pm.

Join us at Casa de Cultura for Soulidify’s 10 year anniversary celebration!

2-on-2 Open Style Battle: $400 cash prize.

Casa de Cultura
1901 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA

August 29 at 5:00pm – August 30 at 12:00am

DJs:
…Sivan “Party Rocka Supreme”: Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Latin
CoFlo & Steve Rigmaden: House, Afro, Broken-Beat

Judges:
jZon (FLO-ology)
Free (Soulshifters / Circle of Fire)
Erik Thorough (Soulshifters / Soul Control)

Soulidify was created out of a desire to bridge the gaps between the many styles of dance out there. It stemmed from the inspiration of going to Club Shelter at Hubbert St. in 1997-98. It was amazing how so many styles of dance were getting loose in the same circle with the most amazing energy. It was like a feeding frenzy of dancers feeding off of each other. African dancers, tap, bboys, house, ballet. So many people just plain and simply getting loose. It was a camaraderie that I was not used to in the bay at that time. Souldify was an attempt to try and bring that feeling to the bay….

July 17th

Celebrating Natalie and B’s birthday’s, ATM is hosting another backyard summer slammer. These folks know how to do it up in the summertime!! Come check out the best DJ line up in the bay, catch some rays, grill it up and boogie down.

House DJ Line up: Rahiem Jihad, Geo, J Funk, Frankie Jr., Nesto, Co Flo, DJ Swing, Brian Cabalic, Stephen Rigmaiden, William the Monq

Ol’ Skool Hip Hop /Reggae/ Funk Dj Line up:
Evin Kepic, Dj Mist, Kurious

2pm-late night // BYOB FREE!!
3051 Champion Street, Oakland

Saturday Night at Mezzanine in SF

Delectable beats by Be Brown, Cali and Cecil

Performance by yours truly FLO-Ology & FLOorganics: MIND BODY FLO

Come share the love of music and movement with us….DON’T SLEEP!

STRENGTH IN FLAVOR

BLU-RAY DVD RELEASE PARTY & CELEBRATION

Strength in Flavor is our temple of sweat and sound. We believe in an unending devotion to our art and are poised to devastate the floor before us. While our languages may differ our attitude is the same. We do not seek your approval; we have already earned it. We are the legends, the masters, the next generation.

Strength In Flavor is proud to announce the release of the first ever urban dance competition released on Blu-Ray DVD. We are excited to be able to give our continued support to the dance community by putting 50% of all the profits made by the sale of the DVD into the pockets of the top four crews from the battle held in November 2009. We invite you to come celebrate with us by blessing our cyphers or with your hands raised in the air.

Hosted By:
Naka B-Boy Edition
Flo-Ology
All the Way Live
Funkonometry &
The Renegade Rockers

Talent:
F.A.M.E. (Fresh Analog Music Experience)
Live Performance by Teeko, Max Kane, and Malaguti
Cecil (the People)
Dennis Infante (One Cypher)
B-Boy Wicket
Co FLO (FLO-ology)
DJ Nomadeeq (Flavor Group)

Special Guests:
Machine Gone Funk
Orb and Free
Double Trouble
Soul Shifters X

May 28, 2010
DNA Lounge – 375 11th St, SF CA
9pm-2am
18+

For $5 Reduced Guest List RSVP at: FLAVORGROUP.COM/SIF

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Track listingzz0rs:

Someday – Black Coffee feat Zano
What the Feeling (URH Edit) – Belocca & Soneec feat. Chappell
Norte Route – Balil
Gardens of Eden ft Zonke – Black Coffee
Don’t Change (Soul Science Mix) – Erro
Bossa House – Micro Sonatore Amadeo & Marco feat. Camilo Parra
Waiting (Zepherin Sain Tribe dub) – Farah
African Subway – Culoe De Song
ForcedNature (Randy TOrrance Mix) – Stephen Rigmaiden
Jungles of Afro-Samba – QML
Mwela Mwela (Bugz in the Attic mix) – Jazzanova
Munkaroo – Alice Russell

a deep ass sink hole

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Mix by Co FLO

The selection of the day:

Be Good to Me (Soulshifter throw down mix) – Co FLO
Serve It Up (Starship remix) – Capitol A
Give a Little Love – Mustang
Efe Na Efe (White days Reprise) – Fela Kuti
Inner City Blues (4 Hero Vip remix) – Allen Hoist
Celebration (Vick Laveders VLE Chicago Fusion mix) – Vick Lavender
ForcedNature (Folarin Tallman Mix) – Stephen Rigmaiden
Magic (Ezel Mix) – Jon Arnold & Jeremy Ellis feat Paul Randolph
Tiden Flyver (Cecil’s Rubdown) – Boom Clap Bachelors
Fortunate (Tee’s Freeze Mix) – Shawnee Taylor
intheCity (San Francisco Mix) – Co FLO

IT’S CO FLO’s BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

COME OUT AND DANCE

As always thePeople hold it DOWN! – come out and celebrate my birthday as we dance the night away. It’s a guarenteed good time you best believe it! Hope to see you in the cypher…I want a good b-day battle damnit!

This Saturday:  YOU ARE THE ART!  thePeople (that means you too), are teaming up with the Yerba Buena Cener for the Arts to bring together a boat load of incredible djs, amazing sound, a huge dancefloor, sonic bliss in the music school room, world class live painting and video, an interactive portrait project from one of the Bay’s own super-talents, gourmet street food, artisan vendors, mind-blowing dance artists… Saturday April 3rd thePeople and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts present A YBCA Big Idea Night:   Under the Influence   (the influence of the underground)   hosted by heyLove* and Ms. Nabong featuring YOU as the embodiment of the thriving underground arts community move yourself to the sounds of special musical guest Daz-I-kue along side thePeople resident djs Cecil, Cali, and Be Brown in the Forum educate yourself and your dancing feet  in the Music School with legendary djs Dedan, Aybee, Wazir, and Rob Rhythm add yourself  to the HearthePeople portrait project lead by Bryon Malik of S|I|P Creative, longtime collaborator of thePeople* see yourself  in the live painting of the legendary Mear One lose yourself in the live dance videography of Yak Films open yourself with the sounds of live drums by Taji Malik find yourself in the beauty of the Bizarre featuring artisans Ital Pinay, MeeshMeesh Designs, African Removed Art, and Blank Tea, plus live painting by Ashley Arnold treat yourself to the tasty goodness of Caribbean inspired tacos, burritos and sandwiches by Get Jerked and the heavenly sweetness of Reuschelle’s Cheesecake by Victor Harris Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission Street | San Francisco | map FREE with RSVP:  http://ybcafree.org/2010form/20100401_bigidea.php 9pm – 2am 18+

House Dance Workshop

Saturday March 27th
3:30 – 5PM (this will take over the normal Mind Body Flo workshop time slot)
Price: $20 for drop-ins
Location: “ODC” 351 Shotwell, San Francisco

House (an oldie but a goodie “not a battle”, Brian has the dreads) :

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Mix by Co FLO

Le Tracks:

The Much (Much Main Mix) – Raffa & Toro
Afro Godz (Romains Drum Workout Vox Mix) – The Trak Godz ft. Sheyi
Cowbell
Dama s Salon (Main Mix) – DJ Gregory & Sidney Samson feat. Damas
Play The Game – Alton Miller
Celebration (Vick Lavender VLE Chicago Fusion Mix)
Ken Goes Brazil Part 2 (Bibi Expensive Dub) – Claude Monnet pres. Monica Noguiera
Still Waiting – Markus Enochson
Same Thing (Atjazz Remix) – Osunlade feat. Maiya James
Our Time (Atjazz Remix) – King Britt Presents Scuba Feat Lizz Fields
Quintero’s Jam (Inst Mix with Horns) – Louie Vega pres. Luisito Quintero

This is sure fire deep house music heat! Gotta check it out – here is a little more info / promo drop for ya!

The dawn of the first Soso Deep release is soon upon us “Phonograph’d Pheelings”, Randy and I and the rest of the crew @ Soso Deep hope for a nice and smooth transition into the world of independent music making. This Ep consist of 3 songs or should i say 3 heaters… we hope you will enjoy, here’s the rundown….

- “hypnotic”

is a song that will hypnotize you to the fullest extent. With a very deep and afro minimal vibe, the synths meld with tribal percussion as the pulsating bass line compliments the bulgarian vocals all together in a beautifully composed track sure to set the dance floor afire…..

- “Roads Traveled (isolatoraffairmix)”

is a song that needs no introduction as a masssive synth solo takes you on a journey thru percussion rhythms and a tribal drum groove, reminiscent of a time wen improvisation was the standard. a sure fire song you can Twist those eq knobs too… (isolators watch out)…

and finally

- “My Soul Will”

Boast mad deep vibrations. This song will be the missing link for the three, the completion of the tri-force. Vocals from head honcho of Soso Deep Stephen Rigmaiden complete this tracks as the baritone pitch of chants stating”my soul will move you” add the perfect amount of mystery and groove. With a crescendo of synths, perc fills, and strings we reach the climax….. “ahhhhhhh” was that deep enough for you ?

Here is some early Feedback———————————————

Another Stephen Rigmaiden banger, play it loud! - Carlos Mena (Ocha/Yoruba)

“Mean and Moody! lovin it” – Ezel (Yoruba/Ocha)

i like this EP very much! The heads and hardcore dancers will be all over this one! Hypnotic is the one that rounds this out nicely. WIll be supporting 4 sho – Master Kev (MKTL/Underground Collective)

Phonograph’d Pheelings is Soso appealing! Soso Deep gives bright life to 3 very deep tacks. My personal favorite is Hypnotic – a hard polyrhythmic beat iced over with a soft and meditative like vox. The combination of the two gives me lots to play with in the dance cypher. - Co FLO (FLO-ology / Soulshifters/ HDI Finalist 2009)

Stephen Rigmaiden is one of the producers to look out for in 2010 this ep will be graced by myself and im sure many others the Deepnes at its purist. – Halo (City Deep Music)

diggin the vibes..very much has the south african vibe but of course your own sound as well..lovely soul! – Osunlade (Yoruba Records)

Your Feedback and comments are much appreciated and needed.

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peace and blessings to all…..

Stephen Rigmaiden of Soso Deep

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This weeks mix is a short and sweet. Been diggin through alot of Broken Beat/Nu Jazz – here is a bit of both. Lots of music being added to my collection and alot of great music still to sift through in the coming week. I’ll make sure to share the gems that I find with you folks as soon as I can.

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The goodies:

Shine – Jazztronik
Endless Flight – Kyoto Jazz Massive
Serve It Up (Starship remix) – Capitol A
Simmer Down (Broken vox Mix) – Everyday People
Zeep Dreams (Afronaught Remix) – Zeep
Give a little love – Mustang
Just a Lil Lovin – Outlines
Aphrodite – Louie Vega & The EOL Band

Tsunami will be showing techniques and types of turns that can be utilized in any style of dance: floor spins, across the room & in place. Great for working on centering your core, balance, spotting and just good ol’ drilling!

Date: Tuesday, Feb. 2nd
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Price: $8 for drop ins

Location: East Bay Arts High School- Dance Studio
20450 Royal Ave
Hayward, CA 94541
www.eastbayarts.com

Contact An Ta with any questions: 510.828.1491/ SuperAnTa@gmail.com

You will have to excuse us for some of the sound quality – there may have been some issues as the equipment at release was acting up all night. Again sorry if there are any audio wacknessesssesss..

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No track listing because this was recorded at the club – if you are interested in a track drop me an email and I’ll let cha know – Co.FLO@MindBodyFLO.com

Taking San Francisco Nightlife to a WHOLE new level. Come experience the Bay Areas best DJ’s bringing you the hottest PARTY BANGERZ! 2 rooms to “Release” your soul at the beautiful Icon Lounge. Drink Specials all night LONG!

Creative Grounds Drink Specials:
$5 Cosmos
$5 Kamikaze’s

FREE Before 11pm/$10 After 11pm
or $5 Guestlist | Email: freya@allthewaylive.tv

Where:
Icon Ultra Lounge
1192 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA

When:
Jan 15th, 2010

Time:
10pm-2am

What:
Front Room
-DJ Kool Raul
Hip Hop | Party Bangers | Mashups | Bougie

Back Room : Deep and Soulful House
-Co-FLO
-DJ Stephen Rigmaiden

DRESS CODE
NO: Baggy Clothes | Baseball Caps | White Tees
OK: Jeans | Clean Sneaks

351 Shotwell Street (16th street Bart Station)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel (415) 863-6606  Fax (415) 863-9833

ABOUT BRIAN

Brian Green a.k.a. “Footwork,” choreographer, teacher, and dancer, began dancing at 8 years old. He studied Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Modern, and African for five years from Phil Black, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and Joefrreys Ballet.

Brian in his career has choreographed or danced with artists like Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefanie, Fergie, MYA, Foxy Brown, Missy Eliott, Salt-N-Pepa, Busta Rhymes, Barbara Tucker, EVE, Kraze, MAW (Masters at Work), and many more. In the last 10 years, his teaching has focused on the history of dances in the Funk, Hip-hop, and House culture, which he has spread through the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa. In these countries he has been a judge for countless dance contests, promoting the true art, culture, and essence of these dances!

He is the 2001 ACA (American Choreographers Awards) recipient for Best Hip-Hop Choreography in a Music Video for his choreography in the video called, “FREE” by the artist called, MYA! He has created a new company, WORLD SOUL ( www.23prime.com/worldsoul), which has focused on showing audiences the passion, history, and various techniques that are in various dance styles. He has also created a dance edutaining event that has been sweeping NY and spreading around the world called the House Dance Conference ( www.myspace.com/housedanceconferen… & www.housedanceconference.com)! He is also one of the Foundation Team Members and Faculty of Red Bull’s educational yearly event called RED BULL BEATRIDERS ( www.redbullbeatriders.com)

Check out this clip from House Dance Conference SF, 2009 (Brian Footwork Green, Shan S., Patrick Wilson)

As a disclaimer I did not grow up in the early 90’s house scene, this music has been shared with me over the years educating me on classic 90’s house cuts. I have a moderate collection of 90’s house music, these tracks in the mix and more mixes to come will feature songs from 1990-2000. Some songs are remixes and not the original.

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Wave your hands in the air, like you just don’t care – here are your tracks:

The Place Where you Belong (Rox Groove Mix) – Shai
Bangin’ – Kenlou
Rescue Me – Sunkids, Chance
Thrill Me – Simply Red
Show me Love – Robin S
Nights Over Egypt – Incognito
Everybody Be Somebody – Yavahn Ruffneck
Beautiful People – Barbara Tucker
Bonita Applebum (Sir Piers and Si Ashton’s Curious House Mix – A Tribe Called Quest
Finally (choice Mix) – Cece Peniston
Carry On – Martha Wash
Burning – ??? (i forgot)
It’s Alright, I feel it! – Nuyorican Soul

RitualGP.com – Interview with Brooklyn Terry

Hello, and welcome to the Houston House Dance Scene. Would you be so kind as to please introduce yourself to our readers with a brief bio?
Whats up folks I’m Brooklyn Terry From the crew known as Elite Force. I have been dancing for as long as I can remember and I am not a house dancer I am a dancer.

Ritual Music was under the impression that you are currently residing in Japan. For the record, could you please set this story straight for our readers?
Yes I live in Tokyo, Japan and have been here for the past 3.5 years.

Being an old school member yourself, would you mind telling us a little bit about the history of the legendary ‘Elite Force’ crew and its members?
Mmm well I don’t really consider myself old school, but E.F. is the crew known for putting hip hop dance on the map. Stretch is the founder and the crew started on the set of Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” video set. Stretch, Link, and Loose Joint are the original members. They had been friends and danced together long b4 that video but the name Elite started on the set of that set.

Who or what would you say was your main inspiration and influence in regards to your house dancing?
The music plain and simple.

There is more! You’ll have to go to RitualGP.com to read the full article

Rockin’ the House Party

90’s costume party and music

Celebrating Gaby’s birthday!

Dec. 10th Thursday

FREE PARTY!

Thats right kiddies! Its time to bring the 90’s back (like they ever left, ohhhh yaaa!) Lets celebrate Gaby’s “Aqua” birthday with some fresh jams and dope style! 90’s baby all night long at Club Bijou in Hayward. Its free all night long lets go!

Rockin’ the House Party in honor of Gaby “Aqua”’s brirthday!!

Dec. 10th 9pm-2am
Cover: FREE
+21
1036 B StreetHayward, CA
Dress Code: Flyest early 90’s gear

90’s Hip Hop, House and R&B brought to you by DJ’s:
Chris Serano (Trusoul)
Sivan “Partyrockasupreme” (Trusoul)
CoFLO (FLO-ology, Soulshifters)

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Ok, ok, ok – for the music – we are back at it again!!!! Here is another mix for you my good friends, thank you all for the positive feedback on FLO radio. Nothing but good vibes from everyone listening. Peace!

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Here is the beautiful music:

Fortunate (Tee’s Freeze Mix) – Shawnee Taylor
Please You – Atjazz
Trust the Drum – Marlon D
Angry Instruments – Frana
Get Ready (Halo Dub Vocal Mix) – DJ Le Roi ft Chappell
After Party for Two (Abicah Souls Master Vox – Vick Lavender feat. Carla Prather & R.J Green
Sunday Showers (Casamena Basement Mix) – Kentphonik feat. Mimi
Do for Love (Bopstar’s Broken Beat Re-touch) – Vick Lavender feat. R.J. Green
Uthando (DJ Rork Rework) – Kentphonik Feat. Mimi
Love & Happiness (Michel Cleis Florero Remix) – River Ocean feat. India