About me:
Free your funk started to promote concerts and parties in 2002 in Paris.
6 years later, we may have organized around 200-300 gigs, run a venue for 2 years and received plenty of artists we like.
Some great – erratical – horrible- amazing one-shot concerts & parties …
God Bless Stones Throw : 10th year anniversary (Madlib&Peanut Butter Wolf & J Rocc&Percee P+ guest Daedelus), BBE Party, Free your funk 5 years (A-trak, dj Mehdi, Uffie, Feadz, Kavinski, Pierre Wax), Glamour 1 year@ Ritz hotel and swimming pool, Prince Paul@New Morning, Dj Mehdi Lucky Boy Release Party (feat. Chromeo), Birdy Nam Nam first live in Paris, “le Bal des Ninjas” (Mr. Scruff & dj Food), Marcos Valle concert, around 20 Block Parties with some of the best hip hop djs on earth including ?uestlove (twice), dj Spinna (twice), Red Alert, Lord Finesse, De la Soul, Evil Dee, Marley Marl, dj Shortkut, or … Biz Markie, Waxgroove parties since 2003 in collaboration with Erik Rug, Transformer with Goldrush @ Rex Club, …
Two years in 2006 and 2007 trying to turn the most untrendy Paris venue called Bus Palladium into a more decent spot producing concerts and parties with too many artists to include all of them but let’s give some well-known names we like :
Metro Area, Kon & Amir, Pedro Winter, Jazz Liberatorz, Large Professor, Dimitri from Paris, Al Kent, Midnight Juggernauts, Mr. Flash, The Unabombers, Cosmo Vitelli, Theo Parrish, I Cube, Danton Eeprom, Oxia, Le Tigre, Kev Brown, Riton, Cyril K, Joakim, Gilb’R, Phil Asher, Feadz, dj Pfel, Prins Thomas, Hush Puppies; Gilles Peterson, Ben Westbeech; Spankrock, dj Mehdi, Spinna, ?uestlove, El-P, D-styles, Crazy B, Dee Nasty, J Live, House Shoes, David Walters, Moonshine sessions, dj Premier, Jazzy Jeff, Pase Rock, dj Kentaro, Trojan sound system, Nicole Willis, Jackson and his Computer Band, “Warp attack” parties, T Rauschmere, Tony Allen, Radioclit, Waajeed, Outlines, Numark, Pilooski, Pierre Wax, Guido, Romain BNO, Sonic Boom, dj Sandrinho, Oxmo Puccino, Kasey, Clark, Siskid, Shape of Broad Minds, Steve Bug, Kid Sister, Zip, The Freaks, Katapult…
But everything started at Favela Chic in 2002, which remains our favourite (Brazilian) bar-restaurant-swinging (?) venue in Paris. And here is a last list of artists we had received from 2002 to 2005 at Favela Chic, Rex Club, Nouveau Casino, Globo, Boule Noire, Marroquinerie, …
Aldo (A1), Alex from Tokyo, Bertrand Burgalat, Birdy nam nam (live), Château Flight, Chris the French kiss plays hip hop, Cocosuma, Dave Haslam (La Hacienda), Dimitri from Paris, Dj Damage, Dj Deep, Dj Food, Dj Mehdi, Dj Pone, Dj Zebra, Djulz plays electrofunk, Dynamax, Erik Rug, Gilb'R, Grandwizzard Theodore, Greg Wilson, Gringo da Parada, Guido, James Hillard, Joakim, Julien Jabre, Justice, Kool Herc, Kurtis Blow, La Caution (live), Laroye, Loik Dury, Manu le Malin plays rock steady, Matt'Samo, Mike Ladd (live), Mr. Scruff, Next Evidence, Nick V, Nicolas Saada, Olivier Portal, Pal Joey, Pedro Winter plays Kraftwerk at work, Peter Kruder, Pierre Wax, Q Tape, Rob Swift (X-Ecutionners), Romain BNO, Roussia, Showgirls, Simian Mobile Disco, Solo & Uncle O, Soulist, Steinski, Tchiky al dente & mc Papo, Tekel, Tim Paris, Triptik + DJ Pone (live), Troublemakers, Vicariouss Bliss, Cassius
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