stevie, gil-scott heron & brian jackson, 4hero, radiohead, patrice rushen, roy ayers, phlash & west london massive, sylk130 & philly soul, james brown & j-dilla RIP, 1/2lb'rz, fertile ground, leroy burgess, d'angelo, chaka khan & rufus, marvin gaye, minnie riperton and rotary connection, jazzanova and so many more....
Djing since 1997, Dr.J developed his eclectic musical taste in Vancouver. His weekly night Jazidup was a mainstay for music lovers who seeked an alternative to top40 club music and found a soundsystem fusion of funk, house, jazz, r&b, hip-hop, disco, latin, boogie, techno and afrobeat. He has shared turntables and rocked dancefloors there and abroad with King Britt, Bugz In The Attic, ?uestlove, DJ Heather, Mark Farina, Zero7, Dego from 4Hero. Matthew Herbert, Jazzanova and countless others. In 2002, he helped to create SunTzu Sound - a westcoast collective of four other deejays and musicians, best known for being torchbearers of the rising brokenbeat scene - and shifted focus from his DJ schedule to his studio retreat.
With the aid of some of Vancouver's finest musicians and singers, Dr.J transformed the Jazidup sound into the live 8-piece cosmic soulestra 1LUV and became its music director/producer. In 2006, 1LUV released singles on SuntzuSound, Yoruba and Especial Records. These created quite a stir in the worldwide underground music scene and made the charts of heavyweight DJs Osunlade (Yoruba), Phil Asher (Restless Soul), Benji B (BBC 1xtra), Michael Rutten (Compost) and Karl Injex (Rude Movements). All this buzz culminated in the debut album “Dr.J presents 1LUV 'NEOPHILIA'” released in September 2006 on Columbia Records in Japan and most recently made available in Europe on April 9, 2007 by Berlin based tastemakers Jazzanova on their own record label Sonar Kollektiv.
Newly relocated to Toronto in 2008, his latest studio efforts include a hi-octane funk LP with singer Amalia Townsend under the moniker CUTTY LARK on Do Right! Music plus collaborations with King Britt, Ivana Santilli and SuntzuSound.
Ahhhhh...welcome to the T.O J!!! Hope you're enjoying it so far...yes yes, glad you're feelin the choons...and yes,now that you're here, we must link! Stay connected, Sistah Sachi xx
1LUV - soulful music for soulful people Until we meet again..... Event Info Host: 1LUV Type: Party - Night of Mayhem Network: Global Time and Place Start Time: Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 10:00pm End Time: Friday, September 19, 2008 at 1:00am Location: Ginger 62 Street: Granville Street City/Town: Vancouver, BC
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Amalia Townsend will be back and joining us on stage and I'll be moving to Toronto the very next day. It would be great to see all of you one more time as 1LUV.
We'll be playing 2 sets of soul, funk, r&b and whateva else you wanna call it (hint:good music)...with the Suntzu Sound DJ crew between the breaks and afterwards. We may even take requests. Come down early to avoid the ROADBLOCK!!
SOULJAZZMEETING@MUSIK 360° November 16 / 2007 12pm cet @ RADIO X, Frankfurt - 91.8 FM air, 99.85 cable, http://www.radiox.de
selected and hosted by DJ JAZZMADASS
artist / title / source / label
01. Rob Scott / Fallin´(instrumental) / Hipnologie Recordings 02. Coffee Garner / Kinda Wax / Promo CDR 03. Headnodic / Happy / www.myspace.com/ headnodic 04. B.I.D. / Pucci´s ReRub / The Brooklin EP / Scribble 05. Kutiman / No Reason For You / Kutiman / Melting Pot Music 06. Tuomo / My Thing / My Thing / Jupiter 07. Ohmega Watts / Model Citizen / Watts Happening / Ubiquity 08. Dinner At The Thompson´s / Ladies / Lifetime On Planet Earth / Earth At Work Records 09. Marbert Rocel / tttictictac / Beats Like Birds EP / Compost
11. Philta / Gap Analysis / CDR 12. Opolopo / Unidentified Funky Object / Madness EP / Swedish Brandy 13. J.A.M. feat. The Bronx Horns / Cha Cha Chino / CDR 14. The Black Exotics / Theme Of Blackbyrds / V.A. Carolina Funk / Jazzman
Hi J How's things Just wanted to let you you know The Sunnyboy Trio (live set + dj set) is playing at Rime this monday night (sept 17). There's no cover and cheap drinks, show starts at 9pm. Future Jazz, Electro-Funk, Downtempo, Dub and Soul.
SunTzu Marathon This Weekend. Hope to see you out there!!!
Friday - Seattle Art Museum
Saturday - Safari with SunTzu Sound DJs
Sunday - J-Boogie / Sake-1 / SunTzu Sound
