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Groove Garden's 9-Year Anniversary!

djdragonfly — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:44:55 GMT

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

djdragonfly — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:39:49 GMT

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

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

djdragonfly — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:14:28 GMT

Dec 20th: Big Chill Solstice Gathering!

djdragonfly — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:43:00 GMT

On the 1st Winter Weekend of 2008 Saturday, December. 20th Groove Garden Presents: The Big Chill - A Solstice Gathering 2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax http://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!

djdragonfly — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:58:39 GMT

A DREAMTIME DECEMBER..... Saturday December 6th 2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax Doors 8pm/$15.00 http://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 (*´`*´¯`·.¸¸o*o¸¸.·´¯`*´`*)

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

djdragonfly — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:03:21 GMT

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 !

djdragonfly — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:45:00 GMT

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 (*´`*´¯`·.¸¸o*o¸¸.·´¯`*´`*) 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!

djdragonfly — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:13:52 GMT

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)

djdragonfly — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:34:55 GMT

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.......

djdragonfly — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:58:08 GMT

THE GROOVE GARDEN http://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 .

April 5th Groove Garden - Trans~Global Fusionism!

djdragonfly — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:06:40 GMT

The Groove Garden 2398 Sir Francis Drake Fairfax Doors 8pm/$15.00 www.thegroovegarden.com DJ Dragonfly – global groove Yossi Fine - Ex-Centric Sound System Castle 9 - opening dub set Tutti Pazzi – global downtempo Yo - Just back from producing the week-long Miambient @ the Miami Winter Music Conference (www.miambient.com), and have headed home with an arsenal of new tunes and sneak previews from some of the best producers of organic-stylee global groove. So while you might not know what's new and what's not, what you will know on Sunday afternoon is that your post recovery bliss is the amalgamation of surrendering to a persuasion of percussive percolations, a swirl of supersonic suggestions and the embodiment of beats-as-beliefs. With that, we invite you to join us THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 5th to freak and funk, catch and release, tunnel and soar through an evening of uplifting and celebratory dancefloor freedom! DANCE SANCTUARY LINE UP: DJ Dragonfly - 9pm-on ~ all night set: Plenty of exciting new tracks from friends at Six Degrees Records and OM Records set the tone for a night of dancefloor tectonics as breaks, house, dub, downtempo, drum N bass are are swept into channels of molten bass-boiling global groove, eradicating entire villages of negativity, fear and doubt as we shapeshift the dancfloor into the highest mountain, whence (or "from whence", depending on your persuasion) we sing your name! Castle 9 - 8-9pm Opening set Rare and sweet eclectic global and dubby grooves are the welcoming warm up treats to get you off your feet, outta your head and into your body! CHILLSPACE LINE-UP: Yossi Fine! From Israel via Brooklyn, here's an incredible musician and founder of world groove pioneering Ex-Centric Sound System, also with more credits to his name than the film Ben Hur had extras! Yossi Fine can roll off collaborations with the likes of David Bowie, Eryka Badhu, Lou Reed, Naughty By Nature and Me’shel ndegeocello. He's been featured on over 100 albums, and tonight he rolls out head-nodding, deep dubby loops basslining the chillspace as the cosmic translator at the portal of groove. See ya on the other side...... and check this clip in the meantime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zEk6a9IMWQ Tutti Pazzi: Softly sifting the you through the membrane where your working week meets the weekend, Groove Garden Rezzies Sophia and Kat open the chillspace with chilled out eclectic global downtempo and spacious world rhythms. Massage maestro Al Chan is on hand to make your tired and tensioned body renewed and restored, Genvieve stirs up treats for the tounge with a palette of organics delights.

This Friday Feb 15th and Saturday Feb 16th: Prosper and Julia Butterfly Hill Birthday bash...

djdragonfly — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:34:06 GMT

Groove Garden Jan 5th, 2008

djdragonfly — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:03:47 GMT

The Groove Garden: Saturday, Jan 5th 2008! Saturday, Jan 5th 2008! The Groove Garden: 2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax Doors 8pm/$12.00 DJ Dragonfly DJ Bob Duskis DJ Sophia vs Katiana We are very pleased to announce the FIRST groove of 2008, with very special guest DJ, founder of Six Degrees Records and purveyor of some of the best world music on the planet, Bob Duskis! He'll be giving away free CDs, too. fist come, first served! DJ Dragonfly, your wingman on the decks...throws down the funk and funks up the floor! Openeing set with Sophia & Katiana

In the Zeitgeist that frames our era, our ethos is the “NOW” of change and revolution, and for us, it begins on the dancefloor…

djdragonfly — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:44:37 GMT

The Blacklight & White Ball: Come dressed to glow - in ALL white! Sunday, Dec 30th 2007 The Groove Garden 2398 Sir Francis Drake Fairfax, 94930 http://www.thegroovegarden.com doors 8pm/$15.00 ($14.00 via paypal) DANCE SANCTUARY - The Global edge of grooves with: Dragonfly Sophia Katiana Suzanne Sterling – spiral dance CHILLSPACE: Jeff Stott and Outersect: Live electronica dubby chillout via Arabica massage by Al and Satya, Organics by Géneviève Groove Garden Missive Volume 12 - The Posturing of the Hyperbolic: WITH A RUBRIC HUZZZAH! WE PRESENT THE FINAL GROOVE GARDEN DANCE ANNOUNCE FOR 2007 AND ARE PLEASED TO STATE: On Sunday, December 30th – The Eve of New Year’s Eve - The Groove Garden becomes the re-entry point for all those grooveless individuals that the club scene left as disincarnates. Souls will no longer wander the empty, meaningless nights of nullibiety but descend upon us like angels at the crossing. The Groove Garden becomes a place where an ecstatic threshold of light and sound galvanizes people into the world of the subconscious, tapping into the realm of Possibility and the unforeseen expression of the self . Beneath the subconscious (and feet) a substratum of bassbins give loft to a thousand dance moves and the terrain becomes wildly unfamiliar. Individuals become lost in the retribalization of their spirit where everything is sacred, and nothing is forbidden (well, dance moves anyway). With that, dear reader and recipient of this email, consider yourself supremely invited to peak your freak and join us for an evening of sublime escape into whackingly good melodies, super vibey people and whumpin’ sound on a big ‘ol wooden dance floor. It’s a place where you can check out and chill out to live musicianship, give in to the temptations of a massage, dance your taste buds with the virtues of Géneviève’s victuals and meet lotsa good people from near and afar! AND DON'T FORGET: WEAR ALL WHITE as we flood the floor with a deep hazy swirl of incandescent purples and blues, where dancers glow in an electric arc of vibrating white! In the Zeitgeist that frames our era, our ethos is the “NOW” of change and revolution, and for us, it begins on the dancefloor…