I Love Vinyl

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let’s be Friends. mondays at tba brooklyn with dj scribe of i love vinyl (and Friends). mood board: native tongues, modern soul, acid jazz, real r&b, neo soul, boom bap, rare groove, feelgood, headnod, sunny sunday morning shower singalong. we are hereby reclaiming the terms fair-weather friend, friend zone and friendly fire. henceforth these will be considered to have a positive connotation. soul II soul, paak, omar, kay, jai, nai, dilla, de la, erykah, lauryn, tribe… these are the people that we call Friends. new york, la, philly, london. international Friends. friends with records. friends with benefits. the benefits of friends with records. a weekly detox musical juice cleanse to start your week. a bubblebathfootrub re-entry from your weekend. that’s what Friends is for. the soft hair of the dog. the cat’s pajamas and its meow. the antidote. take aurally and apply liberally. wash, rinse, repeat. TBA Brooklyn Mondays, beginning July 11 9pm-2am no cover

This Valentine's Day we are teaming up with some of our favorite djs who also happen to be female for another mixed doubles edition of I Love Vinyl.  DJ Reborn (in the pocket),  The Duchess (4 on the floor),  Zephyr Ann (ttl),  Yuki (shakers) &  Stef Nava.  Strictly love songs and slow jams. That includes jaded, heartbreak, and anti-love songs too. Give us your happy couples, your happily single, your broken hearts yearning to slow dance with friends. And let us love you down.

This is our first New Year's Eve party! Yup. Pretty special. It's at our old digs, TBA Brooklyn (395 Wythe Ave. on the corner of South 6th St. in Williamsburg). We're gonna convert TBA back into a real deal nightclub, the way it used to be, with a full-on dancefloor, music as loud as we wanna, and partying 'til the cops come knocking (which they won't, because we've taken care of that too, but it just sounded good). We also decided to buck the trend of overinflated (we might blow up, but we won't go pop...) NYE party prices and make this a nice price for everyone. So it's only $20 to buy tickets in advance, $25 if you prefer to just RSVP , or just $30 at the door. Complimentary midnight champagne toast included. Can't wait to ring it in with you!

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Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Dana Vlcek of KONK , Abstract Truth, and more. Topics discussed include: what a real musical experience is, being a lounge lizard (twice), opening for king crimson, batman, polyrhythms, getting the most bass ever on a record, magical experiences at the loft and the garage, and all the music that was never a record and other metaphysical thoughts. Listen above and follow along below.  You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud .

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest  Carol C of Si*Sé .  Brand new to you, at least.  We recorded this one back in November of 2013, so some of the stuff we are talking about makes no sense.  Cut us a little slack while we catch up to present.  We're sure you'll figure it all out.  In this show, topics discussed include (not surprisingly, perhaps): upcoming events that took place in the past, how ladies are made, Oran "Juice" Jones monologues, the303 at Louie & Chan (which is open, which you should already know if you have been paying attention... see Cousin Cousin post ), Detroit royalty, the Giant Step party in the 90s, playing the spoons, and of course, line dancing to Kraftwerk. Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below.  You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud . Big Daddy Kane, Stop Shammin' (Instrumental) Ofra Haza, Im Nin'Alu (Play...

Our very own OP!, alongside Cosmo Baker, opens for the "Master of Records" himself, Afrika Bambaataa at Le Poisson Rouge this Saturday Jan 4, courtesy of Giant Step . All-vinyl set by OP! Bam recently donated his 40,000+ record collection to the Hip Hop Collection at the Cornell University Library so your guess is as good as ours as to what media he will be playing on. But we can't help hoping he's been making good use of his Cornell library card...

Scribe and Justin Strauss are cousins. Together they are Cousin Cousin (pr. Koo-'zan Koo-'zan). It's french for Cousin Cousin. Oui oui. Cousin Cousin is a brand new party starting this Friday at a brand new venue called the303 at Louie & Chan , in Chinatown. It's exactly the kind of place that we love. Small, dark, great sound system, and great people. Disco, House, and all that good stuff. See you there. You can follow Cousin Cousin on Tumbler , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , Mixcloud , and Soundcloud at lecousincousin. Merci.

More pictures from our weekend at Oberlin. Here you can catch a glimpse of The Twilite Tone and Ge-ology's Music Production Workshop, OP!'s Vinyl DJ Workshop, and our radio show at WOBC. These were taken by our own Jon Oliver.

We had an amazing time at Oberlin College in Ohio, where we delivered a series of workshops and guest lectures over the course of a weekend, culminating in a signature all-vinyl dance party featuring special guest DJ Spinna. The talented photographer and videographer Nabil Rahman came along for the ride to document the adventure. A video is forthcoming. In between shooting our every move, he managed to snap these beauties (the pictures, of course!).

Grown & Sexy likkle video flyer from the I Love Vinyl Amsterdam boys. Smooth ass r&b mthfkrs that they are...

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Natasha Diggs of Mobile Mondays . The 45 Queen came through with heat, of course. Topics discussed include sexy vocals, (secret) magic triangles, the best song ever, long distance dedications, and a Breaking Bad code red spoiler alert (!!!). Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud . SA-RA Creative Partners, SA-RA Space Theme Don Blackman, Heart's Desire Jermaine Jackson, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (I Love You) The Very Best, Warm Heart Of Africa The Coconuts, Maladie D'Amour Stray, Never Free (instrumental) Anthony Watson, I Can't Stop This Feeling Al Hirt, Harlem Hendoo Bea Benjamin With Dollar Brand, Music Lonnie Liston Smith, Speak About It Fatback, Chillin' Out Kenix, There's Never Been (No One Like You) Pt. 1 Wildcookie, Serious Drug Theo Parrish, Chemistry DJ Spoko...

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guests Shred One and Andrew Brearley aka Meaty Ogre of Cherries Records . They are not only djs and record label owners, they are longtime record collectors and dealers, and they came through with some shit you aren't likely to hear anywhere else. Topics discussed include rarified funk, moving, Pee-wee Herman, loner boogie, Molly Ringwald, and parenthood. Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud . Records Played: Roger Parrish - (You Know) Who Loves You The Most Kool And The Gang - North, East, South, West Billy Snow - Get Away  Thundercat - Oh Shiet It's X  Zalmac - What's In It For Me East Liberty Quarters - Holiday Motion Lab - Anywhere Tony Ozier - Back To The Mitten Morris Lewis - The Enchzatress Bobby Demo - More Ounce (Rap) Nicolay - I Can't Wait Damon Bell - Heru...

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Steve "Steinski" Stein . It was an honor and a lot of fun. Some really incredible tunes got played (many of which had Arabic names in their titles, coincidentally) and we touched on such equally poignant topics as the Mummers, George Clinton dis records, meeting Afrika Bambaataa, Flying Saucer records, collecting phonebooks, lending records to Cut Chemist, uncredited Sun Ra appearances, and the birth of sample clearance. Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our Radio page, or on Mixcloud . Records Played: Alice Coltrane, Ptah The El Daoud Alice Coltrane, Turiya & Ramakrishna Wild Tchoupitoulas, Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Blue Rhythm Combo, B.R.C.'s Groove Doug Carn, Power and Glory Francis Lai, Number One... Inez Brooks, Chillin' Out (Instrumental) The Billy Cobham - George Duke Band, Almustafa The Beloved Jur...

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Duane Harriot ( WMFU / Bim Marx ). The music and the conversation were far reaching, to say the least. Topics discussed include family car trips, al goldstein and public access, the reggae breakdown, eastern spirituality, george michael plagiarism, explosions at the end of songs, inflatable babies, and cleaning toilets as a career move. We had a ball. Hope you do too... Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our Radio page, or on Mixcloud . Records Played: JMB, Jamal Beats #60 JMB, Jamal Beats #119 Junior, The Snake The Floaters, Levitation Jon Lucien, Creole Lady Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio, Otherworldly DJ Rels, Song For My Lady Gateway, Can't Accept The Fact David Byrne, Gypsy Woman (Live) GE-OLOGY Featuring Mos Def, Superstar Blu & Exile, A Man The Yancey Boys, The Throwaway Heatwave, Mind What You Find Fatbac...