FEB 28th MIXMASTER MIKE (of The Beastie Boys), GRAND WIZZARD THEODORE AT PHOENIX

[Jay Funk Dawg]

 

Destiny Events, NuFunk Concerts, Activate, Makeit Funkyparty, and TorontoBreaks present:

 

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THE MASTERS SERIES

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Featuring:

 

MIX MASTER MIKE 

* The 4th Member of the Beastie Boys

Mix Master Mike | The Serial Wax Killer

http://www.facebook.com/mixmastermikeofficial

 

and

 

GRAND WIZARD THEODORE

* The Inventor of the Scratch

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-...15123015169693

 

with

 

KC ROBERTS & THE LIVE REVOLUTION

9 Piece Live Funk Band

KC ROBERTS & THE LIVE REVOLUTION | PURVEYORS OF FONQUE

http://www.facebook.com/kcrobertsandtheliverevolution

 

and opening the night:

 

SPLATTERMONKEY

http://www.facebook.com/djsplattermonkey

 

 

VENUE: THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE

410 Sherbourne St, Toronto, Ontario

 

ADVANCE TICKETS: $20 and Up, More at the Door (If Available)

Tickets Available Online: www.wantickets.com

 

This is a 19+ Event, ID Required

Doors Open at 10:00PM

 

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MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING LINEUP:

 

MIX MASTER MIKE 

The Beginning: Named as one of the greatest DJs of all time by USA Today, Mix Master Mike got his initial itch for vinyl while growing up in San Francisco listening to his uncle's extensive record collection. Years later, the moment that had the most impact on him was catching Grandmixer DST on stage with Herbie Hancock.

 

With his new found love for hip-hop and his foray into the art of scratching, Mike got involved in the mobile DJ business. Entering Dj competitions, rocking house parties, weddings and all those other "cutting the chops" type of gigs for experience and exposure.

 

It was at one of those parties that he met Richard Quitevis, better known as Q-Bert. Q-Bert wasn't a DJ at the time, but was so impressed with Mike’s scratching technique that it had the same effect on him as watching Grandmixer DST had for Mike. The following day, Richard went over to Mike's to watch him practice and it was there that the two quickly became friends.

 

In 1992, Mike was the first West Coast DJ to become World Champion by winning the New Music Seminar DJ Battle for World Supremacy in New York City. That same year, Mike, DJ Apollo and Q-Bert, known as the first ever scratch band, won the DMC World title.

 

 

GRAND WIZARD THEODORE

One of early hip-hop's most skilled DJs, Grand Wizard Theodore is universally acknowledged as the inventor of the scratch. Grandmaster Flash pioneered many early turntable techniques, including "cutting" records (manually cueing up duplicate copies of the same record in order to play the same passage, cutting back and forth between them), but it was the young Theodore who built on Flash's work by taking the scratching sound made when the records were cued, and adding a rhythm that made the turntable into a percussion instrument the DJ could "play." Theodore is also credited with pioneering the needle drop, a technique where, instead of cueing up the record silently, the DJ simply drops the needle onto the exact start of the passage to be played.

 

 

KC ROBERTS & THE LIVE REVOLUTION

After their set at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival in 2012, Artistic Director Josh Grossman called KCLR “scary good…a blast to hear and just as fun to watch.” In September 2013, NOW Magazine listed KCLR as one of Toronto’s 10 Local Buzz Bands Set to Break Big. And on October 15th, 2013 KCLR will release their fourth record, one that lives up to the buzz generated by their live performances.

 

 

SPLATTERMONKEY

Splattermonkey, the funky vinyl junky, is a vintage music master! He started spinning records in 2003 and has been rapidly making his way through the ranks as one of the funkiest D.J.‘s in Toronto. Known for his expansive knowledge of classic 50's and 60's music, this man never stops digging for vinyl all over Southern Ontario and America’s Midwest and is the mastermind behind Toronto's only all vinyl vintage R&B party, Shindig! He scratches and mixes 7 " 45 rpm records together from all eras of Rock n' Roll, Jazz, Funk, Soul, and Rhythm & Blues is guaranteed to move your butt and Grandma's too!

[Jay Funk Dawg]

any Beastie Boys or Turntablism fans?