JUNE 12 / 9:00PM
21+ / ONLY $5!!

Nectar & Suntzu Sound Present:

King Britt

• Suntzu Sound

KING BRITT

In an art form and a business where all of the above seem impossible, there are few aesthetes who attain the unattainable without a whit of attitude. King Britt is one. This Philadelphia born and raised DJ has been an international funk brother, a majordomo of moody hip hop, and a preeminent purveyor of delicate danceable soul with a jazzy touch, since the 1980s. The 80s?! H-h-h-ang on. You mean the time of "Thriller" and Depeche Mode, the new wave soul of ABC, the synth-funk of Yaz, the wine bar jazz of Grover Washington Jr., and Philllayyy rap acts like Schooly and Steady and Jazzy and Fresh Prince!? Yes, the 80s, when life and music and clubbing and dressing up and romance and sex was cool, cheesy fun. This is the 80s King Britt's Sylk 130 celebrates on their soulsonicly forceful second CD, Re-Members Only, their first album for San Francisco's Six Degrees Records. You can trust your 80s digi-funk to the hands and mind of King Britt. Britt's been through the music-making-mill, starting in 1988 when he was hanging out at clubs like Black Banana; the after-hour spot where he made his acquaintance with DJ extraordinaire Josh Wink. Together with Wink and apart, Britt has made a name for himself with remixes and production credits for Tori Amos, Donna Lewis, Keoki, Jazzanova, G-Love & Special Sauce, United Future Organization and Gilles Peterson. Individually they made solo sensations like Wink's Higher State Of Consciousness and Britt's DJ gig with Digable Planets. They recorded classics like metallic "Strong Song" (on Vinyl Solution UK as Just King & Wink) and the sanctified "Tribal Confession" (for Strictly Rhythm under the moniker E-Culture).

LINKS

• King Britt on MySpace
• Suntzu Sound online

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