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Jef Stott Taiwan Asian Tour 08

Jef Stott
Taiwan Tour 08
Six Degrees recording artist Jef Stott is on tour in Taiwan in August.
World remix, global beats and breaks, tribal bellydance with live oud and percussion.


July, 31 2008 at Sababa’s Jef Stott short acoustic promo show w/ Bellydancers
Not Available , Taipei,
Cost : free
free acoustic show @ Sababa’s w/ presale tix for coming shows
Six Degrees artist ’Jef Stott’ is heading out to Taiwan to lead a slamming series of back-to-back nights of Global Grooves and Tribal Bellydancing

August, 1 2008 at 89 K [w/ Jef Stott}
21 Da Guan Rd., Taichung,

August, 2 2008 at The Vibe Early Evening Show presale tix @ Sababa’s
Jin Shan S. Rd Sec 1 155 B1, TAIPEI,

August, 3 2008 at Underworld
Shi Da Road, Taipei,

a nice interview in the Bay Guardian

Hiya
there is a really nicely written interview about my work in the Bay Guardian from last week.
you can check it out here, if you are interested.

www.sfbg.com/blogs/music...stott_g.html

thanks
see you
jef

Oud session tonight @ Soja Open House in Oakland

I will be doing an oud and DJ session at the Soja Martial Arts Open House tonight

Cost: FREE!

* Traditional Martial Arts Demos every hour
* Brief seminars for beginners, try some easy exercises that make up parts of our workouts
* Music/Beats by Jef Stott - dancing!
* Professional Holistic Body Workers discuss and demo their services - free massages!
* Gong Fu Cha Tea Tasting by Brad
* Bring a friend and drop by after work this coming Friday.


2406 Webster, Oakland
between 24th & 25th Streets,
1 block off Broadway, 1 block north of the YMCA

Grand Opening Special: Come for two weeks free of charge through the month of January.

Soja Martial Arts is a clean, well-lighted studio for your psycho-dynamic fitness training. Co-ordinate your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies with traditional martial arts workouts.

Soja offers you a monthly membership fitness club format with drop-in flexibility 6 days a week, mornings/lunchtimes/evenings.

Soja Workout format:
• Fun, friendly, casual atmosphere; gorgeous workout studio space
• Non-competitive adult training approach, take it at your own speed, check your ego at the door
• No traditional uniforms. Our workout attire is a school t-shirt, and shorts or sweatpants.
• No belts, these are workouts, so you can attend any of the trainings.
• No titles. Our instructors are referred to by their first name.
• Instructors directly trained and certified by world famous martial arts teachers.
• Instructors are educated, working professionals who help you achieve your goals of total health and self defense
• Inspiring music accompanies many of the workouts
• For people of all fitness levels

Workouts are based on these traditions:
• White Crane Silat Kung Fu (Indonesian)
• Wing Tsun (Chinese)
• Systema (Russian)
• Muai Thai kick boxing (Thai)
• Escrima (Filipino)
• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu submission wrestling
• Qigong & Tai Chi
• Hatha Yoga

Thank you for passing this along to your email network!



www.sojamartialarts.com 510.832.7652

Maker Fair this weekend!

Hello everyone
as some of you know I have been morphing into a total dorky nerd lately and loving it! I am in Grad School now studying Multi-Media and am really getting into physical computing stuff... you know robots, sensors etc...

anyway this weekend is the Makers Fair,
a big meetup for inventors, scientists, burners, etc...
super fun and I am excited to go.

the info is here

makerfaire.com/
It is in San Mateo
see you there
Jef

Saracen released today on Six Degrees Records

SARACEN WORLD WIDE RELEASE
SUMMER TOUR DATES

Hello everyone
Very happy to announce that Saracen, my full length debut on Six Degrees Records hit the stores today!

It is a lush rhythmic journey of into the electronic outerlands of Arabic, Turkish and Balkan music with great performances by MC RAI, Reda Darwish and Persian vocalist Hooman Fazly
I feel the album really sums up the path I have been on for many years. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to help get it out, MC RAI, Yossi Fine, Hooman, Six Degrees etc...

It should be available everywhere worldwide including Itunes and all major retailers.

The entire album can be previewed on my website @ www.jefstott.com

I will be interviewed on KUSF 90.7 in SF tonight at around 10:30 if you want to tune in. It should be archived as well on the FreeFall program link.

I will be doing a lot of touring this Spring and Summer to support the release
and things kick off with a bang this Friday with DrumSpyder and I at Amnesia with the Baxtalo Drom crew, a crazy gypsy punk rock night at Amnesia!

I am also involved in a very interesting project that is having an event Saturday in Berkeley. It is the Rhythm in Peace project that is gearing up to go to Morocco this summer to record sacred womens music there. The project is spearheaded by composer and percussionist Marla Leigh. We are performing at Kula Yoga in Berkeley on Saturday to raise awareness about the project. Show info is at www.marlaleigh.com

So here are the tour dates. Full show info is up on my website and at the Six Degrees Records site.

Thanks for staying in touch and I hope to see you out there at the shows.

caio,
Jef

April 25th San Francisco
Baxtalo Drom @ Amnesia

May 3rd Fairfax, Marin County
Groove Garden

May 10th San Francisco Bollyhood
Official CD Release Party
featuring:
Jef Stott (Live)
Dub Gabriel (Dj set)
Kush Arora (live dubwise set)
Drum Spyder (live percussion/ dj set)

May 17th Sebastapol
Tribal Fest After Party
w/ Beats Antique, Maduro, DrumSpyder, Dj Dragonfly, Amar

May 22nd Vancouver, BC, Canada
Beats without Borders, live w/ DrumSpyder

May 23rd Victoria Event Centre, BC
w/ Rowan and DrumSpyder

May 24th Salt Spring Island, BC w/ Rowan and DrumSpyder

May 31st Santa Cruz, CA
Giza Hookah Lounge

June 7th Santa Rosa, Harmony Fest
w/ Cheb I Sabbah, David Starfire

June 11th Austin, Texas
w/ Atash

July 4th New York
Turntables on the Hudson @ Water Taxi Beach
w/ DJ's Nickodemus & Mariano

August 10 SHAMBHALA MUSIC FESTIVAL
w/ CHEB I SABBAH, NICKODEMUS, ADHAM SHAIKH

JEF STOTT
EMBARKA RECORDS

SPINNING @ BOLLYHOOD TONIGHT

back in the B hood!
heading down to Bollyhood tonight to drop some new tracks. Balkan mashup, Persian dubstep, Arabesque electro, etc...
I go on around 10:30pm
and it's FREE!

see you tonight,
jef


Bollyhood Café
3372 19th Street @ Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 970-0362

BAB AZIZ! a great Sufi Movie

I just saw Bab Aziz, wonderful film that is being released in the States this month. It is the sweet and mystical story of a Sufi and his grand daughter wandering the desert in search of a Sufi music gathering. Filled with parables and bedtime stories that address the divine, death, and the nature of reality, this movie is fantastic. The music is unbelievably beautiful!
If you have any interest in Persian culture, Sufism, or World Music you should try to see it. It is only here for a minute and may not be back...

Bab Aziz, the Prince who contemplated his soul

NEW TRACKS UP- SARACEN SEEK PEEK

hello there friends
finally able to share new tracks with you!
although the new album SARACEN does not come out for a month or so I wanted to preview a couple of the songs online.
there are four new tracks up on myspace.
www.myspace.com/jefstott

check them out and give me a shout back
thanks
caio
jef

Friday nite session @ Bollyhood SF

Hey there
I will be spinning a mix of global beats, breaks and dub at Bollyhood tomorrow night.
10-midnight
come on down!

Bollyhood Café
3372 19th Street
(Cross Street Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 970-0362