Groove Garden's 9-Year Anniversary!

Saturday, March 7th: THE GROOVE GARDEN'S 9-YEAR ANNIVERSARY GATHERING!
BREAKS-HOUESE-WORLD GROOVE-DUB-DOWNTEMPO-CHILLOUT-DRUM n BASS

2398 Sir Francis Drake
Fairfax, CA 94930
Doors: 8pm / $15.00

CELEBRATING THE CELEBRATIONS!
FEATURING:
J.Boogies Dubtronic Science
DJ Dragonfly
Janaka Selekta
Outlaw Dervish
Tutti Pazzi
Vir McCoy

Massage by Al & co, Organics treats and teas, Tarot &
Apparel by Dreamtime Clothing: Primal earthtone fashion magik & visionary tapestries

LINE UP:

DANCE SANCTUARY:
J.Boogies Dubtronic Science:
The Groove Garden is incredibly pleased to bring to you the first ever Marin appearance of J.Boogies Dubtronic Science!

San Francisco resident and world-renowned DJ/producer J-Boogie challenges the boundaries of the music world across genres, styles, languages and borders throughout his 15-year career. As a truly unique artist, he speaks to his listeners through a diverse musical language created by integrating various techniques and musical genres including dub, soul, hip-hop, reggae, funk, Latin, afro-beat, bhangra, dancehall, disco, electro and house. Constantly revolutionizing the game, creating new sounds, and always keeping fans on their feet, J-boogie has and continues to lift music to its full potential through his distinct approach and one of a kind style.

Tonight his DJ set is hybridized with the "Dubtronic Science" outfit, an amazing and masterful mix up of culture, soul, rhythm and beats featuring a horn section, Latin percussionists and MC's!!

DJ Dragonfly:
Anticipate a great whacking of funk-snaggled grooves, and look-what-the-cat-dragged-in, pawn-shopped dirty beats smacked up with a juicy burst of global expressionism that'll be certain to send you vertically, horizontally and every angle between as limbs take over your GPS and you become lost in a forest of dancefloor madness. Whew!

Tutti Pazzi:
Opening the evening - A generous smile arcs its way through their set and at its corners are a hoist of expansive, funky grooves besmirched with a deliciously accurate assumption about your booty and their basslines. Your derriere returns the smile, albeit vertically, yet definitely from side to side, and up 'n down, repeatedly!

CHILLSPACE LINE UP

Janaka Selekta:
Renowned for his blistering global groove DJ sets and an ability to work a mixing board like a hyped up spice merchant doing speed accounting on an abacus...faders flying, knobs spinning... Tonight though, he deeply enriches the chillspace with the gracious, expansive, deep 'n dubby side of his sets as he exhales chilled out grooves from his masterful debut release "Pushing Air". 10 years in the making! Low slung basslines meet drizzlings of tabla, the acapella and tenor of Jamaican voicings and expansiveness of sitars....be amongst the first to hear!

Outlaw Dervish
Superlatively chilled tonations of digeridoo, percussion, keyboards and vocals loosely weave their way around conscious lyricism on laid back rubbery grooves of loungey funk and spaciously chilled downtempo vibes.

Vir McCoy
Hamsa Lila's string-slingin' whiz kid joins us for a brief cameo to offer Marin a well-earned roast with his Youtube hit "Man From Marin" Now sing along children.

Groove Garden Feb 7th

....the Bay Area's unparalleled social artifact!

December 30th - The Pre New years Blacklight & White Ball!

Dec 20th: Big Chill Solstice Gathering!

On the 1st Winter Weekend of 2008
Saturday, December. 20th
Groove Garden Presents:
The Big Chill - A Solstice Gathering
2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax
www.thegroovegarden.com
Doors 8pm/$15.00
Movement, muse, massage & mouthfuls

11:30 - Waterjuice (Psychill & Dub)
10:30 - Jef Stott (Live Oud/Laptop/DJ set)
8:00 & closing - DJ Dragonfly (A Drizzle of Downtempo)
9:30 - Urban Nature (Live Globalizms & Loops)

Dear Grooooooovin' Friends:

On the shortest day and longest night of the year, at the mid point of light and dark, while we teeter towards Hope, please join us for a very, very special event we have created for you when the Groove Garden celebrates its inimitable Chillspace vibe by gently pouring that room's contents into the dance sanctuary where we'll gather for an energetic and visual hybrid of groove and chill.

Before you the evening magically unravels with a continual melodic expression, mystic rhythms and an uninsistent bubbling of verve. Your body listens for all-expansive grooves as dancers respond to the muse with the embodiment of that feeling experienced on moving sidewalks: Your movements are effortless as your surroundings are seemingly suspended in a slow motion cinematic experience. Around you hushed conversations mingle with the scent of spicy chai and massage therapists lend expertise to the world-worn. Whether you are here to move or not, you will be steeped in a seductive hum of creativity and like a good cup of tea you will be consumed slowly and deliciously.

Your Line UP - Your MUsic:

Waterjuice (Psychill & Dub)
The S.F. based duo and electronica producers make a rare Marin appearance as they activate the dancefloor with their signature live psydub set, inspiring dancers with new, deep rubbery grooves, sending a pulsing antifreeze of percolating basslines coursing through creative juices to feet, hands, heads and hips everywhere.

Jef Stott (Live Oud/Laptop/DJ set)
Aromatic melodies of the Middle East meet dubtronic dreamscapes as an emotive mood of live Oud and programming becomes the travel guide of the imagination. A magic carpet awaits your departure, your soul is the captain...

DJ Dragonfly (A Drizzle of Downtempo)
Dipping into the downtempo denominator of all genres and ladling out deep helpings of sound and spirit, epic lifts are suspended over epic plunges of hypnotic sway as a sparkle of elements are exhaled by speaker cabinets to the inhale of dancefloor dervishes.

Urban Nature (Live Globalizms & Loops)
Following up on their epic performance in the Groove Garden's Dec. 6th chillspace, the masters of the muse return, this time with special guest Yakouba on Kora (West African harp), Ramesh Kannan on Tablas and Percussion and Todd Boston on Bass, Flutes, Guitar & Percussion, plus samples and loops. Incredibly journey-istic and deeply moving, visually captivating with a soaring grace!

Massage and organics onsite.

Dec 6th Groove Garden!

A DREAMTIME DECEMBER.....
Saturday December 6th
2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax
Doors 8pm/$15.00
www.thegroovegarden.com
advance tix:
www.paypal.com
gatheringforgood@gmail.com


December has always been our favorite time for events and this year will be no exception!!!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH:
The Groove Garden puts the big emphasis on the chillspace as Urban Nature shantifies the vibe with an incredible all night excursion of live guitar, vocals, cello, tablas, bass, loops and special guests for an epic journey. In flight services performed by our sweet massage crew, with chai and treats for your tummy and tongue.

On the dancefloor Dragonfly and Tutti Pazzi head up the groove with a sway of melody, wash of bass, grip of rhythm and chunks of beats. The entire night becomes a gigantic diphthong of muse as we slide in and out, across and above all tempos, genres, ideas and expressions. One thing is certain: Whether in a state of suspended freefall or locked in the groove like a cog in the music, we'll keep you stuck to the dancefloor all night long!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20TH:
This month we throw in the mix a special Winter Solstice celebration. Save the date and we will send out the final details next week!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 - THE EVE OF NYE:
The EIGTH ANNUAL Eve of NYE Blacklight & White Ball!
Suzanne Sterling, white wiccan, kirtan powerhouse and gentle soul joins us for the midnight spiral dance, snugged in between two DJ Dragonfly sets of ecstatic euphoria! Last year was off the hook, devine, funky, sublime...come dressed in your pearliest whites as we flood the space with an ultraviolet wash of hues of blues and purples!


See yaz on the dancefloor!

dRAGONFLy

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THE BAY AREA PREMIER of 1 GIANT LEAP PART 2: "WHAT ABOUT ME"

NOV 15-16
DJ DRAGONFLY & GROOVE GARDEN PRESENT :::: THE BAY AREA PREMIER of 1 GIANT LEAP PART 2: "WHAT ABOUT ME"
2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, FAIRFAX 94930
www.thegroovegarden.com

ADVANCE TICKETS:www.brownpapertickets.com/event/48053
Three showings. lotsa options:
1) Saturday November 15th@ 6:30pm = $15.00 film only
2) Saturday November 15th @ 9:00pm = $20.00 film + dance
3) Sat. Night dance only $15.00 (starts @ 10:30pm)
AND:
4) Sunday November 16th 8:30pm = $15.00

NOT RELEASED till 2009 - please join us for a very special community preview!

Featuring: ECKHART TOLLE, NOAM CHOMSKY, CARLOS SANTANA, TIM ROBBINS, BAABA MAAL, KRISHNA DASS, GABRIELLE ROTH, MICHAEL STIPE,ALANIS MORISSETTE, MAXI JAZZ, SUSAN SARANDON, LILA DOWNS, BILLY CONNOLLY, DANIEL LANOIS, STEWART COPELAND, BHAGAVAN DAS, TOM ROBBINS, KD LANG, DEEPAK CHOPRA, ZAP MAMA, NEALE DONALD WALSH, MICHAEL FRANTI, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, FRANK SKINNER, SPEECH, BOB GELDOF, RAM DASS, WILL YOUNG, DJ SWAMP, OUMOU SANGARE, YUNGCHEN LHAMO, STEPHEN FRY, EDDI READER...AND MANY MORE. (2nd showing Sat night concludes with a dance event.)


So: I have to say the musical journey What About Me offers viewers is extraordinary and it alone is worth making the effort to see the film. Even if you missed the first film, this follow up to the double Emmy-nominated 1 Giant Leap (2002) is even more remarkable for its music, production, subject matter and indie spirit in the vein of "spiritual cinema"

The production value is fantastic while each and every track both visually and audibly merges the creative infusions and talents of the known (e.g. Zap Mama, Lila Downs, Santana, Baba Maal, KD Lang, Stewart Copeland, Speech, Daniel Lanois, Krishna Das, etc..) with talents of an equally amazing collection of culturally disparate, unknown musicians including the Bibyak Pygmies and others from India, Native America, China, Brazil and global Hip Hop culture. The camera swings with the music and intertwines with the philosophies of the film's Intellectual stars to form a dialogue that speaks to the human condition in its media-bombarded zeitgeist.

Eckhart Tolle, Noam Chomsky, Ram Dass are some of the many of today's nu-edge thinkers behind the delivery of the film's memorable aphorisms and philisophical musings, all of which retain immediate and poignant relevance because they use today’s cultural vocabulary to provide a steadfast insight in to our quest for a better understanding of the human psyche.

After the second showing on saturday we will conclude the event with a dance!!

Hope you can make it out this weekend - please join us!

Post Playa, Balkan smackdown this Saturday !

GROOVE GARDEN PRESENTS YET ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL NIGHT of original GLOBAL GROOVE:


DUNKLEBUNT - From Vienna: Original Dancehall, Gypsy, Ragtime, Klezmer meets Breaks, House, Funk & Nu-groove swing!

DJ DRAGONFLY - Transglobal Levitational Tear-ups!


Wooohoooo, twoooo in a row here people:

If ya missed Gaudi two weeks ago here is your make up exam: And its this Saturday, September 6th.

The Groove Garden is super pleased to present the FIRST ever appearance of one of Europes most original selectas: Dunklebunt!

Hailing from the cultural crossroads of Vienna, Saturday's dancefloor sees Dunklebunt as your sonic tourist guide, waltzing you down a most resplendent trail of original dance tracks that weave melodically shifting undertones into funky overtones, whacked with rhythm and dipped in Dancehall, riffed with Ragtime and bursting with Balkanizms! Ya'll AIN"T nevah heard anything like this set is gonna sit!

And of course the usuals such as massage, organics and chillin all await you, too!

See yaz on the dancefloor!

dRAGONFLy

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The Groove Garden: Its a place perched on wilds of the West Coast where the feral elements of untamed dancers gather at the unravel, reweaving the fabric of society's fears into a flag of freakdom where free expression equates to a liberated dancefloor of unfettered moves! All this, of course, translates to an amazingly good time on the dancefloor which is accomplished in the spirit of positive vibration, community connectivity and devotion to unleashing your physio-emotive self (...in other words: you get down HARD)!

Groove Garden x 2 in August!

YOWZA:

July is giving way to a very big August, and foremost amongst the many great nights ahead is Friday, August 15th!

From England by way of Italy The Groove Garden presents Gaudi, renowned Six Degrees Records recording artist, producer, sonic wizard and musician.

His appearance at Groove Garden represents his first ever first ever arrival to the West Coast where he'll alchemize live Indo-Arab dub & deep global, tribal breaks into an epic journey during his three hour set!

With a biography that's over two decades long and a dedication to music that's even longer Gaudi constantly reappears from sonic hallowed hollows like some kind of pearl diver, surfacing with new gems that radiate in the setting of the dancefloor. In its most recent instance he buyoed to masterfully remix Pakistan's legendary Qawwali singer Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan tp produce one of Six degrees finest releases "Dub Qawwali"

Actually the album was not so much a remix but a collaboration using material direct from the original multitrack studio! There, he masterfully integrates the rhythmic sensibility of reggae with Qawwali, and floats the whole album on the bass ethos of dub.

So, if you have not heard of Gaudi simply trust us on this one check his video clip for a taste of whats to come as he rocks festivals round the globe!

For a listen, check him on:
Six Degrees Records
www.beatport.com
www.Itunes.com

Groove Garden - May 31st (instead of June)

Hey all...

Come join us for another night of flyin' fat grooves thei s SDAT MAY 31st!!! - and note: We are NOT doing a GROOVE GARDEN in June.

Where casbahs twist.......

THE GROOVE GARDEN
www.thegroovegarden.com

2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax
Doors 8:30
admission at the door: $15.00
all ages

DJ Dragonfly

LIVE:
JEF STOTT celebrates his new album release SARACEN
with special guests:
Persian Vocalist Hooman Fazly
Percussionist DrumSpyder

Chillspace:
Makuru feat.
Geofferey Gordon
Manose
Anastasi Mavrides
Peter Warren
Marty Fowler
Vlad

Greetings to Those Who Groove!

This Saturday night The Groove Garden presents a truly globetrotting experience on both the dancefloor and in the chillspace!

In addition to all the Dragonfly-mixed 3rd-World (metaphorically, not categorically) scrunchy, funky roast of rippin' riddims, techy chompers, housey bumpers and dubby wonders - we have a super-special live set by DJ/Musician/Producer Jef Stott premiering his newly released tracks from "Saracen" (Six Degrees Records).

Now, to sidestep any queries regarding nepotistic journalism we will attempt to separate ourselves from the fact that Mr. Stott is a good friend of the Groove Garden, as is Six Degrees Records, and that this release is one of their finest albums: Deeply captivating, melodically mysterious and movement inspiring.

Saracen's (Saracen refers to the nomads of Syrian and Arabian deserts during the time of the Roman Empire) compositions are like freed doves: Beautiful in flight, symbolic of our yearnings, hopes and wonderment. In this instance imagine the doves are set to flight against a backdrop of twisted, crumbling casbahs and jasmine scented souks where live oud, crackling percussion and mystic vocals are tempered by deft rhythmic programming. Saracen's deep basslines bluster, grip, toss and turn with the tempos. They register as upsurges as garrulous as camels or as gentle as swells of the Arabian Sea. And on the album, Vocalists MC RAI, Reda Darwish, and Hooman Fazly meet listeners at the intersection of an exotic array of melodic and expressive instrumentation, the likes of which are an arsenal to the vocabulary of any Scrabble enthusiast: Riq, Saz, Santur, Oud, Dumbek...

Saracen live (or on the album) is not a dance experience, or a listening experience, its journey beyond your own horizon of flight.

Now...elsewhere:

Out the door, down the hallway of our own bazaar of beats is the chillspace:
Here we have Makuru, where an epic 3-hour set is the expression will be the expression of some of the Bay Area's finest musicians. Featured this evening, we have a musical depository of some wonderful kind of nu-world trade route that sees Bansuri flute, Didgeridoo, Tablas, Electronic drums, Bass, Guitar and Vocals blend in deep, meditative ragas, swirly Asian ambience and African funky groove. Renowned percussionist Geoffrey Gordon and Nepali flute player Manose step in as special guests, joining Anastasi on guitar, Marty Fowler on bass, Jackie Castro on vocals and Peter Warren on drums!

Chill, chai and massage and treats…all on hand, all night, to serve up your needs .