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Party at the jammie til lights the night fade:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
The Rub
DJ Ayres, DJ Eleven & DJ Velcro
Door by Rahnon
The Bell House
149 7th Street near 2nd Avenue
Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
10 PM – 4 AM
$10 before midnight / $15 after

All photos by Kenny Rodriguez. See the whole set on The Rub Facebook.

Also be sure to check out Time Out New York’s photos from the party here.

Art by Josh Ruck

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Hot and fresh out the kitchen, it’s The Rub Remixed!

The Rub’s first EP of original music was released in June, and the duo (DJ Eleven and DJ Ayres) enlisted a handful of their favorite producers to remix the four songs.  Inspired by the legendary Brooklyn party, The Rub Remixed is extremely eclectic, from boom bap hip-hop to rave anthems to chill out vibes.

Marco Polo brings a 90s rap aesthetic to “Feel You,” enlisting Lil Fame from M.O.P. to add some Brooklyn grime to complement Misun’s smoky singing.  German dancehall dons So Shifty lift the Natalie Storm feature “Dutty Gyal” to high energy carnival Soca levels, while XXXChange (T&A) keeps the electro feel of the original track but raves it out.  Oakland’s Trackademicks (Fools Gold) smooths things out with his “Black & White” remix, delivering notes of  80s R&B and Bay slaps.  Michna’s (Ghostly International) “At Night” remix is deep and lo-fi, like Afrika Bambaata scoring a Michael Mann film.

Go to The Rub website to download the original The Rub EP for free along with The Rub’s brand new mix for The Fader, and don’t miss their monthly bash at The Bell House, where they are celebrating their 11 year anniversary this summer.

Small Talk w/ Jubilee and Levins by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud

On Small Talk #13, DJ Ayres talks with Levins and Jubilee about writing a cookbook, hush puppies, Ratchet Mom, the station wallaby, DJ Screw, Wavy Davy B and the Trill Dad movement. Follow Jubilee at @jubileedj and Levins at @levdawg

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Songs Played:
Migos – Hannah Montana
Drake & Sampha – The Motion
DJ Drama feat. Young Jeezy, Juicy J & Yo Gotti – 4 What
Sean Paul feat. Juicy J & 2 Chainz – Entertainment

Here’s a podcast which is both a mix and an interview with some jerk.

Download the episode directly here or subscribe to the Playground Podcast through iTunes

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This is re-up of a Michael Jackson mix from 2008, a year before his death. Back then I wrote:

“I was bitten by the nostalgia bug a few weeks ago listening to an old Jackson 5 record and got kind of carried away, so I did a mix of Michael Jackson joints for Rub Radio. I started in 1970 with the Jackson 5 and went all the way up through 2001, not always mixing because I wanted to go in chronological order. I skipped over some of the more obvious songs (ABC, I Want You Back, Billie Jean, PYT) – if anybody is dying to hear those, please come see me DJ in real life. I hope this mix brings up as many happy memories and good feelings for you when you listen to it as it did for me making it.”

Download the mix here:

http://www.divshare.com/download/24249953-7a3

Stream here:

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“This is The Rub’s first ever release of original music, with vocals from Natalie Storm, Misun, Tatiana Owens and Bigg Base. It’s super varied, from 70 BPM deep 808 vibes all the way up to 130 BPM dancehall / bass music, some soul and some rap and some pop. Kind of like a Rub party! The EP is exclusively on iTunes this week, then it will be in full release Wednesday June 19th, both for free on The Rub website and for sale on all digital outlets.

With their self-titled EP, The Rub, the duo behind the monthly party that the Village Voice deemed NYC’s best, release four new songs that, in the spirit of the party, bring the heat across genre. Although their It’s the Motherfuckin’ Remix mixtape series received praise in outlets like Spin, Pitchfork, and MTV, The Rub EP is the group’s first release of original music.

Where opener “Feel You” places D.C. singer Misun over an electronic soul track worthy of Portishead, “Dutty Gal” (featuring Natalie Storm) increases the BPMs and lowers the bass, delivering a peak hour electro-dancehall rattler in the vein of DJ Zinc and Major Lazer. “Black & White,” meanwhile, is a radio-ready NYC rap track with hard verses from Bronx newcomer Bigg Base and a big hook from Tatiana Owens, and instrumental closer “At Night” offers uneasy late night ambience with deep bass and rolling 808s that recall the work of producers like SBTRKT and Ryan Hemsworth.

In the coming weeks expect a Fader mix, a remix EP (mid July), and more sweaty nights at The Rub, where DJs Ayres and Eleven will keep you dancing early into the morning (every last Saturday at the Bell House).”

Read the interview here: http://www.thefader.com/2013/06/18/fader-mix-the-rub/#ixzz2WaANjLhs 

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