[Dynagroove] wed @ the venue nacional

[Dave Sanford]

If you want to check out Nacionale and feel some lovely latin house vibes,
check this out...


This Wednesday, February 12, 2002
The Transistor Lounge @ Nacional
"where the beats are both chillin' and thrillin'" - LA Weekly

ON THE DECKS THIS WEEK, making his only LA appearance

the master of the Brazillian Beats:

GAV SMITH (Disorient / Mr. Bongo / London / http://mir-media.com)
"Gav's DJ sets have rocked dancelfoors wordwide with a mixed blend of rare
Brazilian, Afro deephouse and jazzy disco grooves..."

TONY WATSON (More Fridays, Mekanic)
http://mekanic.com

& resident DJs:
Matthew Semancik & DJ Santo (SPECTRE Entertainment) spinning
Afro-Latin * Broken Beat * Deep House * Eclectic Breaks * Downtempo

LOCATION: N A C I O N A L [the hottest lounge in Hollywood!]
1645 N. Wilcox (just south of Hollywood Blvd., west side of the street)

Free before 11PM w / RSVP otherwise there will be a $5 cover charge.

Presented by: BPM Culture,Mir-Media & SPECTRE Entertainment Group

Past Guests include: Alex Attias, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Mr. Scruff, Nicola
Conte, Thunderball, Fila Brazilia, The Troublemakers, Ursula 1000, Desmond
Williams, and many more.


http://www.karmaloop.com/
http://transistorlounge.com
http://mekanic.com
http://mir-media.com

For booking info, questions, or to be removed from this list email
djsanto at transistorlounge.com

Upcoming Guests
03.05.03  The Funky Lowlives (advance tickets available soon)
03.12.03  Boozou Bajou (advance tickets available soon)

**********************************


Gav Smith
Disorient / Mr. Bongo

BIOGRAPHY

Gav Smith has been DJing since the early 90s and been involved in the music
business quality control for the last decade. Cutting his DJ teeth with the
warehouse seen of the early 90s wit h a funk, soul, Jazz and house, with
his day job in at Virgin Records A &R he was a source of many grassroots
club music in London, from the Virgin takeover he went on to EMI to carry
the underground torch but found the corporate infrastructure too much and
need to breach out independent, while at the time guesting around London in
seminal clubs like the Milk Bar, Limelight, Gas and The Wag and up and down
the country on various one off's .

During this period he began his fascination with Latin America making
regular trips to buy records and experience the culture and with this
interest in production started making his first trip to the studio. From
this step Gav joined forces with The Mr. Bongo Records shop to start a
label matching his knowledge and expertise along their retail. Together
they launched the Mr. Bongo recorded labels and put on various one off
parties in and around London with a fine funky blend of Latin grooves.
Working with such prestigious legends such as Joyce, Marcus Valle and
veteran percussionist Dom Um Romao and 18 albums behind him as executive
production and compiling the classic compilations Ba-Tu-Ca-Da.  Latin Beats
and 1&2 and Brazilian Beats alongside his own production aliases.

With the Mr. Bongo Records shop opening in Japan it was time to launch a
more contemporary label Disorient caters for the more discerning dance
floor and deep house pallet with over 25 release's under his belt alongside
from compiling the Disco template Spaced Out and Japanese flavored Showa
64.  Showcasing the labels and his productions within his DJ set's Gav with
has rocked dance floors with a mixed blend of rare Brazilian, Afro deep
house and Jazzy Disco grooves with regular visits to Germany, France,
Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Brazil, Canada and
the US alongside the most  respected spinners.



Gav Smith
Disorient / Mr. Bongo

DISCOGRAPHY


Dom Um Romao 'Rhythm Travellor ' LP  'Producer' - label -Mr Bongo
Terry Callier 'Alive LP Producer'  -label - Mr Bongo
Arakatuba - Brazilian Explosion LP' Producer '-label -Mr Bongo
Brazilian Beats 1 LP 'Producer' and Compiler - label -Mr Bongo
Brazilian Beats 2 LP 'Producer' and Compiler - label -Mr Bongo
Showa 64  LP 'Producer' and Compiler -label - Disorient
Spaced Out LP 'Producer' and Compiler - label -Disorient
Miyazawa  ' The Afrosick ep 'Producer '- label - Disorient
Tidal (Gav & Cosmo )  Producer forthcoming label -  Disorient


If you wish to be removed from this list let me know.  Thanks to everyone
who has helped make our recent events so much fun!  Have a good weekend!



Santo



> From: "Jeremy Staples" <jeremy at spunla.com>
> Reply-To: Jeremy at SpunLA.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:37:43 -0800
> To: dynagroove at reelhouse.net, "JB" <truthmechanic at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: [Dynagroove] the venue nacional
> 
> JB,
> 
> I haven't been to Nacional yet but this is what I received from them
> describing
> the club...
> 
> Nacional is the "it" club of the moment, so it can be quite difficult
> to get into, but well worth it. The design is that of pre-Castro Cuba
> (travertine marble, ornamental wrought-iron railings, and Cubist inspired
> 
> furniture). Servers wear outfits that look like a cross between GI Jane
> 
> and Barbarella. The downstairs lounge accommodates 350 people and a dj
> booth, so perfect for dancing and the upstairs, referred to as the smoking
> 
> room (complete with working fireplace, but with no ceiling), has unisex
> 
> bathroom, and of course the ubiquitous DJ.
> 
> ...hope that answers your question.
> -Jeremy
> 
>> -- Original Message --
>> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:07:18 -0800
>> From: JB <truthmechanic at yahoo.com>
>> To: <dynagroove at reelhouse.net>
>> Subject: [Dynagroove] the venue nacional
>> 
>> 
>> is there a dance floor at nacional?
>> 
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