Yes, its true, the next DC Record Fair will take place on Sunday, February 14 from 12-6PM at the Black Cat 1811 14th Street NW. Over 30 vendors from all over the East Coast. Dollar bin miracles to super rares! Only $2.
Food and drink.
Special DJ’s including Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation), Kid Congo Powers (Cramps, Bad Seeds, Gun Club) and Bluebrain. Main Stage!

Som Records is teaming up with The Vinyl District blogspot, DC Soul Recordings and Comet Ping Pong to host a record fair on Sunday, October 4, from 10AM-4PM.
Comet is at 5037 Connecticut Ave NW. Admission is $2.
We’ll have record dealers from New York, Richmond, North Carolina and points in between as well as some local vendors.
We’ll have DJ’s and refreshments too.

DJ’s confirmed so far include Geologist from Animal Collective and Rick Taylor from “We Fought the Big One.”

Facebook invite

Dj Naraku started things off:

Johnny Jenkins - I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Amish - Sad Girl
Universal Jones - Good Love Man
Bloodstone - Bo Diddley
The Aquarians - The Aquarians
Gary McFarland - Trying To Find A Way (Aries)
The Sunshine Company - Four In The Mourning
Jefferson Airplane - Bringing Me Down
Brain Auger & The Trinity - I Want To Take You Higher

Dj Provoke was next:

Quicksilver Messenger Service- i found love
Archie Whitewater- home again
Mashmakhan- happy you should be
Shankar Family & Friends- dispute & violence
Ananda Shankar- light my fire
Jorge Ben- barbarella

then Dj Neville Chamberlain:

The Feelies - She Said, She Said
Patsy Gallant - Psychedelic Party
Bill Comeau - Prelude
Bonniwell Music Machine - The Trap
Mob - Picture and Thought
The Flame - Get Your Mind Made Up
The Yankee Dollar - Follow Your Dream’s Way
Mandingo - Fever Pitch
Small Faces - Rene
Mad Dog - Detroit Rambler
Los Beats - Piensa Positivo
Los Barbaros - No Quiero Amarte

next up was Dj Geologist with a heavy Turkish set:

Amanaz- Sunday morning
Spiritual Singers- come and save us
Ofege- it’s not easy
Erkin Koray- cenalim
Baris Manco- anadold
Hardal- nasil? ne zaman?
Morgen- of dreams
Weeds- underground railroad

after that things got spacey but Dj Naraku remembered some of his tunes:

2nd set:
Priscilla - Good Morning Freedom
Blue Mountain Eagle - Love is Here
The Hook - Homes

3rd Set:
Los Mirlos - Lamento En La Selva
Ana Y Jaime - A Desalambrar

Last:
The Seeds - Can’t Seem To Make You Mind

and Dj Geologist recalled one more:

Gong- fohat digs holes in space

thats it thanks to all the groovy cats that came out.

Next month’s FUZZ on Wednesday-August 5th we have another great guest Dj Kid Congo Powers (from the Cramps, Gun Club & Bad Seeds)!

DJ Neville C will be playing a fundraising party for Batala, DC’s own all women percussion band, on June 27 at the Josephine Butler Park Center
2437 15th St NW
Washington DC 20009
TICKETS: $15 in advance
Purchase at www.batalawashington.com
DON”T MISS THIS ONE!

That’s right Som Records’ own DJ Neville C. will be opening for Bio Ritmo at the Rock and Roll Hotel this Friday (5/22) starting at 9:30PM.

Bio Ritmo latest album “Bionico” ranks top-ten iTunes Tropical Latino for 2008!

“Bionico is one the years best Latin releases!”
(San Francisco Bay Guardian)

5 1/2 Stars! (LatinMusic.About.com)
“A much-needed breath of fresh air… Innovation and high-energy raw, joyous sound”

Editor’s Pick, Very Highly Recommended
“Songs that never get stale, reminding me of the risk taking that Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow, Willie Colon, Angel Canales, Fruko, and Cortijo used to
take way back in the bad old 70s.” (Descarga.com)

Recently featured on:

Vibrations Magazine - Latin Music Compilation 2 (Harmoni Mundi, June 2009)
DJ Lubi presents Salsa Dura (Freestyle Records, 2009)
Salsa Editors Choice Vol.1 (Latinmusik.ch, 2009)
Rough Guide to Salsa Dura (Word Music Network, 2007)
Siempre Salsa! The Best of Independent Salsa (Latin Beat Magazine, 2006)

Where?
Rock and Roll Hotel
1353 H Street NE
Washington DC

**between 13th and 14th streets NORTHEAST. Union Station is the closest Metro and about 15 blocks from the venue.

with
Played Tomorrow
dub, funk
http://www.myspace.com/playedtomorrow

DJ Neville C is opening for Antibalas at the Black Cat in DC this Wednesday (5/6).
Neville is on from 8:00PM-9:30PM with Antibalas tearing it up after. Neville’s gonna bring out the deep funk from Brazil, Latin America and of course Africa.
Mainstage. Cover is $15. 1811 14th St. NW WDC 20009

http://www.somrecordsdc.com/
http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html
http://www.antibalas.com/

Please join Civilian Art Projects for its first annual “Spring Fling at Local 16!!”

This is a one night FUN raiser to benefit our new Production Fund dedicated to funding, producing and promoting creative projects in and outside of DC…the things that don’t make money and aren’t for sale. They take a little money to do and we’re asking you to be a part of the action at $10 a pop. A great cause and a super fun night!! We need you there!!

**** JUST ANNOUNCED ****

We have awesome raffle gifts and sweet gift certificates and art for a mini-silent auction! Gift Certificates from Bucks Fishing & Camping (dinner for two), Comet Ping Pong (dinner for six!), a $100 dinner certificate for Local 16, a subscription to National Geographic Magazine, and two tickets for ANY - even a sold out show - at the 9:30 Club, as well as art work by Siobhan Hanna will be auctioned off and taken home that night! Bidding starts low - we want this to be affordable and fun!! And free raffle items from Civilian’s Shop and Nat Geo!!*************

On the agenda for the eve:

Music stylings by DJ’s:

Kalani (Punani Soundsystem)

KC (Fatback)

Neville C. (Neal Becton)

Nitekrawler (Kevin Coombe)

Secret Chimp (Dori Hadar)

Damu the Fudgemunk

Projected visuals by artists Robin Bell, Kate MacDonnell, Luke Wyatt - four screens of visual stimulation!

$10 Bucks gets you delicious hors d’ouevres and happy hour drinks all night.

Thursday April 2, 6:30-11PM
Local 16 - Top floor & Roof deck
1602 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Delicious Food Served, Drink Specials and artist made raffle items!

Brought to you by Civilian Art Projects, Lunchbox Theory Productions, Local 16, and 1000FLOWERZ

If you’d like to give more or know more about the Fund, please email jayme@civilianartprojects.com.

Thanks!!!! See you on April 2nd.

xo, everyone from Civilian

They’re back!!! Rattan DJ (Bio Ritmo) and DJ Neville C (Som Records) combine vinyl forces to bring you the DEEPEST Latin sounds between New York and Miami. Salsa, cumbia, merengue, cha-cha-cha, rhumba y mas!
Tuesday, April 7 at Cafe Saint-Ex.
1847 14th Street NW.
10PM

Gratis!

Here’s the press release (couldn’t have said it better ourselves!) -

Comet Ping Pong and Gypsy Eyes Presents
Garotas Suecas ­ from Sao Paulo Brazil
DJ Neville Chamberlain’s Brazilian Rhythms Party
Sat. March 28 - Doors 10pm
Comet Ping Pong
5037 Connecticut Ave. NW
FREE! FREE!! FREE!!!

What can I say? Last time Garotas Suecas came through Comet they whipped the
crowd into a frenzy. I can only imagine how much better it will be now that
we actually have a real soundsystem in the club! I imagine you recall they
are from Brazil, Sao Paulo, to be exact. I imagine you also recall the DJ
Neville Chamberlain has the best Brazilian Party in town and, while he is
not from Brazil, he has been there, and we are once again honored to have
him play for us. It will be hot, it will be sweaty, people will be dancing.

Oh yeah, it is free, seeing how AIG executives have taken all our money, we
figure we can drown our sorrows with joyous music!

A video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bm2m4JsfS0

From Brazilian TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaiZn8k4L0&feature=related

DJ Neville Chamberlain’s Brazilian Rhythms party(Spring edition) goes off this Thursday at Cafe Saint-Ex.
Come in from the cold (still, WTF?), have a (discounted) caipirinha, watch some Brazilian videos and shake your booty to the hottest samba, batucada, baile funk, tropicalia, bossa and forro this side of Salvador.
If you’re not sure how to samba just watch the regulars and jump in when it/you feel(s) right.
The madness begins at 9:30PM and goes til dawn (well,til 2AM).
Sponsored by Som Records (doh!) and Peroni Beer.