Night Fever! VOL VI Latin Freestyle Halloween Edition w/ Chico Mann (NYC/Wax Poetics Records) & Peligrosa (ATX)

StrangeTribe Productions & Soul of the Boot Entertainment present 

NIGHT FEVER! Vol VI: Latin Freestyle Halloween Edition & Analog Drift Release Party!

Live Set by:

Chico Mann (NYC/Wax Poetics Records) www.chicomann.com

The sounds of Africa have taken multi-instrumentalist Chico Mann—aka Marcos García—all over the world.  So it’s fitting that after spending years learning to speak Afrobeat, albeit with a Cuban accent, Chico Mann has employed several dialects to make a larger musical statement, creating a hybrid of Afro-Cuban rhythms, Afrobeat and classic freestyle that has emerged to be one of the new, vibrant musical styles of today. Born in New York City to Cuban parents—his mother a pianist and disc jockey, his father a record label head and producer of merengue records—a young Chico started early, diving headlong into the spheres of guitar, piano, and break dancing; the works of Willie Colón, Fela Kuti, Lisa Lisa, and Afrika Bambaataa led the way. His father told him to steer clear of the business, but did he really have a choice?

Fast forward to the early 2000s. When he wasn’t burning up stages worldwide with the mighty Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Chico was home cooking up a more personal sound, featuring himself on all the instruments (guitar, bass, keyboards, programming) and vocals (in Spanish!). A debut album Manifest Tone, Vol. 1 emerged in 2007 and now 2010, he is ready to drop another groundbreaking statement - Analog Drift, his first for Wax Poetics Records.  Here Chico Mann introduces the rhythms of Afrobeat to the music of Cuba, the Latin freestyle flavors of 1980s New York and Miami, and the synth-heavy electro beats of dance floors across the globe.

Free Chico Download via XLR8R:

http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2010/09/ya-yo-s

Pre-Order the Record:

http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984  

DJ sets by:

Peligrosa (ATX) www.peligrosablog.com

Orion, Manolo Black, Pagame, Dj Dus, Hobo D and Sonora comprise what is Austin’s premiere Latin dance party, Peligrosa. An evening of sultry unpressured dancing, unglamorous drinking and that ever so dangerously fierce young woman, whose methodologically carnivorous mannerisms beckon the Latin flavor. For more than a year strong Peligrosa has spread the message of Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton, Boogaloo and a lot more to an unsuspecting Austin market.

VJ Silencio (ATX) Special Video Mash-Up Set!

coolhands (Friends of Sound/ATX)

Record Fair by Friends of Sound Records, Live Art by b.e. STRANGE & Visuals by VJ Silencio

@ The Scoot Inn 1308 E. 4th St @ Navasota Austin, TX, 78702

21+ 9PM-2AM

$10.00 PRESALE :: $15.00 at door

Drink specials, Best costume PINATA giveaway, & other antics TBA soon!

Sponsored by: Wax Poetics Magazine, Frank151, Yelp, Fusicology, Friends of Sound Records, downSTAIRS Apparel and Austin Vida.