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We’ll be playing music from Richard Rodgers to W We’ll be playing music from Richard Rodgers to Weldon Irvine, the Ramones to A Tribe Called Quest and whole lot more music with connections to Queens! Funky, farm, family-friendly, fun!
Thanks to all for contributing to such a great eve Thanks to all for contributing to such a great event on Wednesday. Hope to see, play and dance with you all again soon!
Save the date! Everybody LES happening @dromnyc Au Save the date! Everybody LES happening @dromnyc August 30th at 7pm. A live communal music experience – celebrating Lower East Side traditions of group improvisation – featuring members of Groove Collective, Los Cumpleaños, The Hieroglyphics, Subterra Soundsystem, and The New JBs, with special guests, local heroes, and live music experiments. FOR MORE EVENT INFO go to https://momentnyc.org/news/ SEE YOU THERE! Note: Attendees can be added to the $5 guest list with email signup and RSVP to info@momentnyc.org. This is an all-ages event. @dromnyc @groovecollectiveofficial @subterra_sound @subterrasound_ @drumpriest16 @jayrodriguezsierra @peter.apfelbaum @ericlanes #nyc #momentnyc #music #lowereastside #lowereastsidenyc #dromnyc #improvisedmusic #newyork #newyorkcity #livemusic #musichistory #nightlife #nycnightlife #freejazz #spiritualjazz #conductedimprovisation #creativemusic #openmic #jamsession #musiccommunity #manhattan #musicmuseum #eastvillage #eastvillage
Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums is a new monthly event Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums is a new monthly event celebrating Afro-descendent music & tradition in a setting that is organically connected to West African culture. Each month features a different living folkloric tradition - from Rumba to Bomba, Palo to Vodoun - all expressions of Afro-descendent music/culture. Celebrate and share in traditional drumming, DJs, live music, visuals, food/drinks and a traditional West-African marketplace.  Headline Artist: Bodoma Garifuna @bodomagarifuna & his Cultural Group The inspiring story of the Garifuna people traces back to a shipwreck of enslaved people off the coast of St. Vincent in the 1600s.  Creating, transmitting, and preserving their own language, music & culture, the Garifuna have grown to a population of over 500,000 across Central America, Canada & the U.S. Come experience the amazing music & dance of the Garifuna people performed by Bodoma and his wonderful group, have some Caribbean food, and try some Drums of Passion Punch! Date: Saturday June 24th  Time: 9pm-12am Music Cover: $12 in advance/$15 at door  More info and ticket link QR code in image 3 Location: Golden Palace Hall 123-08 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY 11418 MTA Subway - J/Z 121st Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) stops directly in front of venue. Organized & Supported by by:  Otura Rigbe Temple, Music Works NYC, MoMent NYC ##culture #tradition #africanculture #garifunaculture #garifuna #orisha #houseofdrums #africandrums #africanculture #africa #NYCmusic #nycevents #drumming #momentnyc
Thank you Henry Street Settlement, BGR and all the Thank you Henry Street Settlement, BGR and all the councilors, staff and schools for welcoming the MOMENT NYC music program and allowing us the opportunity to serve the children of our community!
Right now THIS Wednesday, May 31: Join MWA in figh Right now THIS Wednesday, May 31: Join MWA in fighting for Fair Pay at SXSW Penske Media HQ, 475 5th Ave (at 41st St, across from the main branch of the public library) in Manhattan, 12pm-1pm SXSW artist pay is an absurdly low $250 per band, and hasn’t increased in over ten years. SXSW can afford Fair Pay: SXSW draws over 30,000 music attendees paying up to $1395 dollars for a badge, and $149 for a wristband, generating $164.8 million in 2022. Artists’ application fees alone generated $275,000 in 2022— over $200,000 more than  SXSW paid out to artists! Penske Media (SXSW's primary owners) also own Rolling Stone, Billboard, Variety, Artforum, Women’s Wear Daily, and a slew of other publications. The billionaire Penske family are noted donors to far-right politicians and causes.  RSVP: HERE. (And plse forward to your lists!) We’ll be jamming in the street, so bring your instrument! MWA (musicworkersalliance.org) is proud to be co-sponsoring this action with UMAW (Union of Musicians and Allied Workers), DSA, and others.
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Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums: A Celebration of Afro Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums: A Celebration of Afro-Descendant Music & Culture DJs & Live Music: Jazz, Bata, Rumba, Palo, Bomba + Visuals/Art, Food & Bar. By Òtúrá Rigbè Temple, Music Works, Moment NYC Saturday, May 13 · 7pm - midnight Golden Palace 123-08 Jamaica Avenue Queens, NY 11418 DJs Nina Creese & DrumPriest JAZZ BATA ANTHONY CARRILLO Visuals by BigShortsFilms/Iris Goodwin *Minors must be accompanied by an adult guardian. *Hot food & bar cash only Blurring the lines between culture, tradition & performance, Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums is a place to become immersed in Afro-descendent culture live in NYC. Featuring world-class artists from the African music Diaspora, a Yoruba market, Ancestor & Ifa shrines, art+visuals, plus DJs + food/bar. The Òtúrá Rigbè Temple in Queens becomes a traditional village bringing together traditionalists and lovers of music & culture from across the vast NYC community and Afro-descendent culture - from West-African/Yoruba Ifa, to Ghana/Akan, Brazilian Candomble, Palo Congo, Division 21, Haitian Vodoun, Garifuna, Santeria, Trinidadian Sango, Rastafarian - all these expressions of African culture are ALIVE and vibrant in NYC. However, these different communities and their incredible musical traditions have been somewhat isolated. Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums celebrates these traditions in a setting organically connected to traditional (Isese) culture. Ticket link in bio
A short excerpt from the Giant Step Retrospective A short excerpt from the Giant Step Retrospective panel on how connecting with culture was different in the 90s
Such beautiful energy last Sunday at the Giant Ste Such beautiful energy last Sunday at the Giant Step Retrospective. @iamindigoprodigy @malikwork @jayrodriguezsierra @drumpriest16 @djsmashofficial @ninacreese @milesisaac @giantstep thanks to all who came through and helped make it an extra special night! More clips to come @leegodard @powermalu @davidreporting @space_tak @alice_a2studio @marsmademartin @ospanoff @andyfaranda
Come experience a slice of 1990s NYC nightlife. Come experience a slice of 1990s NYC nightlife. This event will feature photographs taken by Alice Arnold during the early years of Giant Step; a DJ set by DJ Smash + guests; and a panel discussion with Paper Magazine founder, David Hershkovits, Giant Step co-founder and CEO, Maurice Bernstein, Head of Production at Kenzo Digital, Erica Lee Alice Arnold is a documentary media maker and educator who creates, edits, designs and photographs projects that explore the urban environment and visual culture — from street art to advertising and from sidewalks to electric signs. Her films are in the collections of university libraries throughout the United States and have screened at MoMA and other festivals. She is a NYFA Photography Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow in film and an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York. She recently published "Goldie Timeless" (Cafe Royal Books), a small photo book about a drum‘n'bass event in 1995. 6:00pm Doors 6:30pm Panel Discussion Discussing '90s NYC Giant Step parties in the context of NYC nightlife history. David Hershkovits (founder of Paper Magazine), facilitates a discussion with Maurice Bernstein (Giant Step co-founder and CEO), Erica Lee (former Director of Events at Giant Step), and DJ Smash (original Giant Step DJ) 8pm Live exhibit  Photos by Alice Arnold, Giant Step archival audio mixes, and context 8:30-11:00 After-Party  DJ set by DJ Smash w/live guest performers #nyclubhistory #giantstep #momentnyc #nyc1990s #clubhistoryseries #djsmash #nychistory #dancemusic #nightclubbing #nycnightlife #sobs #groovecollective #photography #giantstep #liveartnycy #nycartists #makeartnyc #nycartevents #papermag
Come join a conversation with Paper, Magazine foun Come join a conversation with Paper, Magazine founder, David Hershkovits; Giant Step co-founder and CEO, Maurice Bernstein; Kenzo Digital Immersive,Head of production, Erica Lee; and DJ SMASH on the early 90s giant step community and its place in New York City nightlife history. There will also be an exhibit of photos by Alice Arnold with archival recordings and an after party with DJ Smash and guests. Minors permitted with chaperone Ticket link in bio #nyclubhistory #giantstep #momentnyc #nyc1990s #clubhistoryseries #djsmash #nychistory #dancemusic #nightclubbing #nycnightlife #sobs #groovecollective #photography #giantstep #liveartnycy #nycartists #makeartnyc #nycartevents #papermag
MOMENT NYC invites you to a retrospective on the g MOMENT NYC invites you to a retrospective on the groundbreaking underground Giant Step party of the 1990s. This roving downtown party attracted generations of artists, jazzers, MCs, dancers, celebrities, and fashionistas – an eclectic mix of all kinds and personalities, creatively intermingling. Unique and of its time but also part of a long continuing tradition of underground music and dance club culture in NYC nightlife. This was the club where artists like Jamiroquai, Massive Attack, Gilles Peterson, Guru’s Jazzamatazz, Daft Punk and Digable Planets first performed. It was also a jumping off point for local artists like Groove Collective, Dana Bryant and Repercussions. Giant Step inspired other like minded parties from Los Angeles to Toronto and beyond. The event will feature the photography of Alice Arnold with archival audio; a panel discussion w/ Maurice Bernstein, Erica Lee, DJ Smash, and David Hershkovits; and after-party DJ set by DJ Smash w/ guest performers. Ticket link in bio #nyclubhistory #giantstep #momentnyc #nyc1990s #clubhistoryseries #djsmash #nychistory #dancemusic #nightclubbing #nycnightlife #sobs #groovecollective #photography #giantstep #liveartnycy #nycartists #makeartnyc #nycartevents #papermag
MOMENT NYC: GIANT STEP – RETROSPECTIVE 1990-1995 MOMENT NYC: GIANT STEP – RETROSPECTIVE 1990-1995 A convergent moment in downtown New York City club history Tickets at SOBs.com MOMENT NYC invites you to a retrospective on the groundbreaking underground Giant Step party of the 1990s. This roving downtown party attracted generations of artists, jazzers, MCs, dancers, celebrities, and fashionistas – an eclectic mix of all kinds and personalities, creatively intermingling. Unique and of its time but also part of a long continuing tradition of underground music and dance club culture in NYC nightlife. This was the club where artists like Jamiroquai, Massive Attack, Gilles Peterson, Guru's Jazzamatazz, Daft Punk and Digable Planets first performed. It was also a jumping off point for local artists like Groove Collective, Dana Bryant and Repercussions. Giant Step inspired other like minded parties from Los Angeles to Toronto and beyond. The event will feature the photography of Alice Arnold with archival audio; a panel discussion w/ Maurice Bernstein, Erica Lee, DJ Smash, and David Hershkovits; and after-party DJ set by DJ Smash w/ guest performers. 6:30pm Discussing '90s NYC Giant Step parties in the context of NYC nightlife history David Hershkovits (founder of Paper Magazine), facilitates a discussion with Maurice Bernstein (Giant Step co-founder and CEO), Erica Lee (former Giant Step Event Coordinator, and DJ Smash (original Giant Step DJ) 8pm Live exhibit of photos by Alice Arnold, Giant Step archival audio mixes, and context 8:30-11:00 After-Party DJ set by DJ Smash w/live guest musicians #nyclubhistory #giantstep #momentnyc #nyc1990s #clubhistoryseries #djsmash #nychistory #dancemusic #nightclubbing #nycnightlife #sobs #groovecollective #photography #giantstep #liveartnycytj #nycartists #makeartnyc #nycartevents
Another hot moment in the history of musical excha Another hot moment in the history of musical exchanges between the UK and NYC captured in these great photos by Alice Arnold @alice_a2studio @caferoyalbooks @mrgoldie #CaféRoyalBooks #documentaryphotography #socialdocumentary #britishculture #photobookjousting #archive #culturalhistory #socialhistory #socialchange #community #drumandbass #goldie #metalheadz #bjork #marcballroom #nycmusic #junglenewyork #musicculture #junglemusic #konkretejungle #drumandbassmovement #alicearnold @alice_a2studio @liquidskynyc @jungleskyrecords @liquidskyd_sign djseen @theburnerbros @momentnyc @vonbarnnyc @mezcalamaras @drinkmisguided
Music history, reception & drum workshop at La Sal Music history, reception & drum workshop at La Sala De Pepe & Loisaida Center this Thursday, Oct 20th
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