Honkytonks : Laneway to oblivion!
Author: Newzfusion
Thursday, December 21, 2006
If you're a Melbourne native and you've ever had a taste for funk, soul, jazz, latin or disco, chances are you visited the club night Cocoa Butter at some stage in your funky life. Cocoa Butter ran for nearly 9 years and formed one of Melbourne's most original and solid weekend club experiences. It was the first club night to introduce jazz, funk, soul, latin, boogie and brasilian grooves to a dancefloor, showcasing the record collections of some of Australia's first crate-diggers and collectors. The 'Soul Train' parties with their crazy dance competitions are still talked about. Cocoa Butter also introduced live musicians into the mix, playing alongside DJs you would often hear flute, sax keys or percussion, the musicians giving an extra injection into the already furious dancefloor movements. Cocoa Butter was a place to truly get down! It was aptly called 'aseriousgetdownsession!' Hearing soulful sounds mixed with serious jazz mixed with latin grooves mixed with real funk and anything else that felt good at the time and being able to lose it on the floor was what made Cocoa Butter so loved. So many soles were worn out - we kept Melbourne's shoe repair stores working overtime after each weekend!
The third re-union of the high order of Cocoa Butter disciples is underway. Damn! They're back again to get all Hot, Funky and Sweaty! - to give you a taste of how we did things back in the days when funk was a dirty word, soul meant that you felt it deep inside and jazz was a good dancer's only true friend!
Thursday 21st December with The Bamboos - 9 piece Funk Orchestra! and DJs Kano, Ennio Styles and Chris Gill.
On Xmas nacht Lasergun, Honkytonks and Mish Mash present DJ Safari's The Last Noel!
Playing host the biggest and nastiest Christmas party you have ever seen. With Honky's coming to a close at new year's, and the Mish Mash kIds humping our leg, Lasergun will deck the halls with Reindeer tranquiliser!! For the first time EVER we will install as full colour laser...yes yes yes.. A fricken Laser!!!!!For the last lasergun ever at honkys we thought .. "Hey, we are lasergun yeah, so where's our fricken laser--" There's about a million people playing but here are few to get you in the spirit, and DJ Safari will be around with his animal kingdom!!!! Bring your stockings, Cousins and Christmas Cake for the last EVER Xmas party at Honkytonks. December 25th, that's Xmas night kids..
$20 Tickets available online www.honkytonks.com.au 10pm till whenever you leave!
DJs: Agent 86 and Kiti, Not Happy Jan and Harris Robotis, SAFARI v's Belgium, Mike Callander and Dave Pham, Mike Hunt and Jazzy Chef, Andee Van Damage V's The Radiator and Dawookie
Then Wednesday 27th is your last chance to be Hear Now. Honkytonks will be showcasing the finest in Melbourne's future DJ heroes, neu DJs, neu music, neu attitude from 9pm. The evening's free until 3am.
On Thursday 28th after a HUGE Cocoa Butter reunion, the Open Sesame two are back for one last time behind the grand piano. Kano & Ennio Styles on the turntables, bringing you all that's good for your soles, nu and old, including afro funk, latin jazz, salsa boogie, bugalu, hi-tech jazz, hip hop, soul and other-worldly fusions. Free 9pm-3am
On Friday Honk's serve up Boogs vs Spacey Space (4 decks, 2 mixers and 6 hours). In a recent interview Spacey says and we quote: "I like Boogs because he is tall so I don't have to stoop to talk to him in a club. Being a tall DJ is hard because the decks are usually too low so you get a sore back. But despite this there some bloody tall bastards out there." This weekend we put these two tall bastards behind 4 decks and some CDJs. Come and get loose to their combined sound of electro-funk-house-techno vibe.
$15 on th Tags