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Gary loves to take nothing and out of nothing create something!.............................................................................................................So Good is our lastest release featuring the Legendary Richard "Groove" Holmes, Sonjia Rose on vocals and Gary Davis.................................................................................................................
Straight outta Camden, NJ it’s Chocolate Star. Starting in 1980 Chocolate Star served as the outlet for the music of Gary Davis. Gary started Chocolate Star with his long time Camden compatriot Dennis "DJ" Jones after a few years spent under the wing of Peter Brown at P&P Records. But Gary’s storied involvement in music goes back further than that, having studied composition and arrangement with the late jazz great Manny Albam. Gary’s musical education actually started earlier than that as one of the people he learned the most from was his Uncle, famed jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes. When you combined the funk Mr. Davis inherited from "Groove", with the street-sense of Peter Brown with the skillful composition and arrangements learned from Manny Albam, you’ve got Chocolate Star. Playing with a band composed of (very talented) people from his Camden neighborhood Davis released cut after cut of solid funk filled dance music. They’re all compiled here, from the Joe Sample inspired "Gee Dee", to one of first commercial releases to lay the beat down with a drum machine in "The Pop". Of course prominently featured is the legendary mover "Gotta Get Your Love". "Chocolate Star The Very Best of Gary Davis" has been assembled with Mr. Davis and whenever possible using Gary’s original masters. These cuts bridge the disco era, into Hop Hop and the earliest forms of House. Talented, versatile, and still able to get you out of your chair and shaking your behind... this is Chocolate Star. This is the very best of Gary Davis.
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Movies by Gary Davis
JADE AND THE WHITE TIGER, SWEET & INNOCENT,
THE SPANISH INN,
A SINNER'S PRAYER,
ZEN
COUNT OSAKA
HE IS A SPY,
SHE IS A SPY,
TERRORISM IS THE SKY,
SHE IS A SPY-THE SEQUEL,
SHE AIN'T NO SPY,
A BULLET FOR BUCK,
DUKE McCOY,
THE NUBIAN VAMPIRE, and
WE'RE ALL THAT.
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"CHOCOLATE STAR" The very Best of Gary Davis is now available at Traffic Entertainment out of Boston/Quincy, Ma
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Kenny Dope is working on another re-mix of some of my P&P tunes...
Stone Throw is working on a few surpriese as well!
James Paints has The Professor coming back doing vocals
Traffic is doing a Miami Bass 12"..................................................................................................................
Eccentric producer Gary Davis' Chocolate Star Records would later issue bass records out of West Palm Beach but, in its early-'80s New Jersey days, the label was primarily an outlet for Davis' own P&P Records-style funkiness. A re-lick of "Gotta Get Your Love," which Davis originally wrote and produced for Clyde Alexander and Sanction, is among several songs derived from Davis' days with Peter Brown, but it's the Funkadelic-style freakout "The Professor's Here" and Chocolate Star cohort Dennis "DJ" Jones' early LinnDrum hip-hop jam "The Pop" that are the true gems of this archaeological dig.
Reviewed by Jesse Serwer • January 1 2007
Who I'd like to meet: Gary would like to meet Sonny Chiba for my next Asian Martial Arts Movie. He would also love to work with some of the new Hip Hop Artist and Jazz Legends...
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Hello Gary Thank you for being a positive force in this world. Music is one of the few things left that still has the power to bring people from different cultures together in harmony. Always feel free to contact me.
Tickets for the Chicago "FESTIVAL OF FIENDS" is now on sale. With the purchase of a weekend pass you will get. Access to the show and all events. One randomnly inserted autograph card, one autographed 8x10, a free dvd(see site for sample titles, and finally the April 2009 issue of Autograph Magazine featuring the Forrest (Famous Monsters Of Filmland) Ackerman collection. While supplies last.The Festival Of Fiends weekend pass also gets you entrence to the PRICK OR TREAT TATTOO FESTIVAL being held in the same hotel For more info head over to http://ultimatehorrorcon.com/
Nearly there and tickets are moving pretty fast. A few left in Rounder, Resident and Ape in Brighton and Phonica in London. and online here www.etickets.to/buy/?e=2308
Minons! We're about to release our biggest film yet, CockHammer, on July 17th! Fangoria GoreZone has the EXCLUSIVE new trailer! Check it out but be warned, it's decidedly NSFW:
Catch up on all the StrangeVille insanity with this Sweet deal! All 4 Feature Films from the Hack Movies catalog for just 25 bucks! Act now so you're not left in the dark when CockHammer ejaculates all over your big ugly face piece!
Gary ... :o) Been a minute, but wanted to come thru and show some love.... Keep doing ya thang... and don't let ANY body EVER tell you,"You Can't!" The mind is incredible. If you believe, you CAN achieve. DON'T give up on your destiny, it NEVER gives up on you.
THE DIARY Volume 1.5 (20 Years of the Remix) now available for free download at WWW.MUSICOFSUBSTANCE.COM!
“This CD just shows how much Chris Read knows about historic Hip Hop production techniques - Its just a shame he wasn't creating this stuff during the eras he's covering as we would probably rate the man as being up there with Paul C, Pete Rock, Premier and all! - I can't think of another Hip Hop CD I've played so much in years” (ANDY SMITH - PORTISHEAD)
"Chris continues the rap anthology concept of his super-dope 'The Diary' megamix in the shape of a remix project, re-lacing acapellas from 89-2009 with historically accurate beats. 'The Diary 1.5' serves as a great platform for Chris to showcase his ample beat-making skills whilst referencing those who've inspired him." (DJ WOODY - FORMER WORLD ITF CHAMPION)
“Wicked! The perfect companion to The Diary Mixtape. Shows an impressive knowledge of sounds from all eras.” (MR THING - FORMER WORLD DMC CHAMPION)
"Crazy! This is Rap History in the making. Chris proves his production skills on this one to the fullest. A wonderful and refreshing journey through all eras of hip hop. Double thumbs up!" (MARC HYPE - FORMER ITF CHAMPION)
Gary to me you are a man of all seasons, no matter the project you are involved in..Excited to see what you have on the table coming up..Wishing you Nothing but the Very Best, as you so well Deserve It...for we both know your uncle would be very proud of You, and all your adventures into the arts, as the apple doesnt fall very far from the tree my friend.
You by far are one of the Best, and most innovative artists ive known in a long time.
Thx for the add Gary, dope! Please come check the EPK video on our page...Ninjutsu music for the mind from Paris! And if you like our world there s a free limited Biozone sampler to download (click on the yellow ninja)! Respect .. Metal ninja E.P.K. envoyé par enozoib..
FR. 10.04.09 Zoosound Hip Hop Stage@ Distillery Leipzig
Jetzt Tickets für nur 10,- unter Distillery -Unitedbreakz reservieren. ..
DJ BABU (Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, Los Angeles)
SKOR.72 (Team Champion Sound, Erfurt) DJ ROCKING B AKA KING BENSON (Stars For Soul, Karamel) MACEO (Skater Palace, Münster)
Start: 22:30 | Reservierung/VVK 10,-€ | AK: 12,-€
Wer ist der weltbeste Hip Hop DJ? Diese Frage ist gar nicht so abwegig, wenn man an sich vor Augen hält, wie viele gute und auch schlechte Acts sich derzeit versuchen, die Krone auf den Kopf zu setzen. Einer der heißesten Kandidaten für den Titel ist allerdings definitiv der Kalifonier DJ Babu.
DJ BabuWarum er das ist, lässt sich schnell mit ein paar harten Fakten erklären: Er gewann 1997 erstmals in der Geschichte des Turntablism zugleich drei Titel in drei Kategorien des ITF DJ Battles. Er wurde ITF Beatjuggling World Champion, ITF Scratching World Champion und mit seiner Crew, den Beat Junkies, ITF Team World Champion. Dazu kommen fulminante Liveshows als DJ der Dialated Peoples oder mit DJ Rakaa zusammen als Expansion Team Soundsystem. Aber auch in den Clubs, auf Festivals und in den Konzertsälen der Welt, von Tokio bis Madrid ist er der Goldjunge, wenn es heißt "Hey DJ, play me some Hip Hop!" und genau das ist sein Markenzeichen und macht nicht zuletzt seinen Erfolg der letzten Jahrzehnte aus. Wenn das mal kein würdiger Gast zum Osterfest ist...
Unterstüzt wird Babu heute Abend von DJ Maceo und Rocking B, getreu dem Motto "Mehr als 100 Prozent Real Hip Hop!" werden es die drei heute richtig mit Euch krachen lassen.
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