Corazón featuring DJ SABO (Sol*Selectas / Moombahton Massive) at Floripa | 22nd June
Corazón returns fresh and dressed to impress with a very special guest! Residents Nik Weston and Rob Coley present their monthly block-party of Brazilian beats, Latin jazz, Afrobeat and other tropical disco treats with a true musical pioneer, the legend that is DJ Sabo flying in from LA for the only UK stop on his European tour.
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DJ SABO (SOL*SELECTAS, MOOMBAHTON MASSIVE)
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Mention the name Sabo to anyone familiar with the tropical end of EDM and the response will be unanimous: deep, unquestioning respect, tinged with a healthy measure of awe. For the past 15 years, the globetrotting DJ and producer, now based in Los Angeles after moving from his native New York, has set the benchmark for his peers, thanks to his unmistakable signature style: Funky music to make you feel good, as he describes it – an irresistible, resonant, Balearic fusion that draws upon house, tropical bass, Latin, Brazilian, afrobeat, disco, reggae, cumbia, dub, Miami bass, hip hop, funk and soul. In a glow sticks era when the word uplifting has lost much of its meaning, Sabo’s productions, many released via his own Sol*Selectas label, are every bit uplifting as they are finely crafted and timeless. Its led him to performing alongside the likes of Sting, Erykah Badu, Chromeo, Brazilian Girls, and Aloe Blacc, while publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, Mixmag and The Fader, through to tastemaker sites like XLR8R, Generation Bass and Highsnobiety have all queued up to acknowledge his talents.
It has also led him to become a pivotal part of the fast-growing moombahton scene, with the sounds creator, Dave Nada, openly crediting Sabo’s experiments with traditional Latin cumbia and modern beats for Bersa Discos as a key influence on his Dutch house-reggaeton derived sound. Not only was he a major factor in its inception, Sabo remains one of the biggest influences on its ascent. He’s responsible behind many of the genres key tracks, he’s a driving force behind the already legendary Moombahton Massive parties at Washington DCs U Street Music Hall and LAs Vibrate monthly, and as the compiler of the seminal Moombahton Massive EPs, has set the tone for a legion of producers.
Sabo’s achievements don’t even stop there: in 2006 he was named in URBs Next 100, while he has since become a staple on the New York gallery circuit, performing at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the Natural History Museum. High-profile clients such as Puma, Gucci, The Huffington Post and Bloomingdales have also sought Sabo’s brand of high-end beats, while influential record labels such as Diplos Mad Decent and MAN Recordings out of Berlin have commissioned him to remix their artists. He’s also had great success as a recording artist for a number of other respected labels, including his own, Sol*Selectas, Nickodemus Wonderwheel Recordings, nu-cumbia label Bersa Discos and on Irma Records with partner Zeb. In that time hes remixed and collaborated with such artists as Dennis Ferrer, Gregor Salto, Nadastrom, Amadou & Miriam, Balkan Beat Box and Nickodemus.
As a DJ his career has included residencies at Turntables on the Hudson, Cielo, Submercer, and Bembe, a two-year stint hosting a monthly Global Beats radio show on New Yorks 91.5 FM, and a long-term spell managing NYCs legendary record store, Turntable Lab. Add all this up and you begin to see why Sabo is held in awe by everyone who’s heard him in action.
http://www.solselectas.com
http://www.facebook.com/sabofanpage
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THE CORAZON RESIDENTS
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NIK WESTON (Mukatsuku Records):
Since starting his first club night back in 1995, Nik Weston has held numerous residencies across London town and has played in over 30 countries around the world. He now be found running the Mukatsuku Records imprint and often produces afro disco related edits as GUYNAMUKAT. Over the last 12 years he has put out over 60 vinyl releases on Japanese, UK and European labels often with Latin, Brazilian and African influences.
ROB COLEY (Soul-Identity Music):
DJ and promoter Rob Coley has been collecting records and DJing for over 15 years and since a move brought him to the capital in September 2001, he hasnt looked back, promoting a number of events under the Soul-Identity Music banner in London Town. Robs passion for music spans hip-hop, soul, underground house, jazz and Afro Latin rhythms.
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ENTRY: Free before 9pm. £5 between 9 and 10. £10 after
Floripa
91-93 Great Eastern St
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