I posted Volume 1 way back in September 2021 and totally forgot about the other 4 volumes so will be putting that right asap!...Jonathan Toubin (born July 29, 1971) is an American DJ, record producer,
musician, writer, and historian. He is the founder and proprietor of
the New York Night Train event production company. Heralded "The
most-liked man in the soul music scene" by Rolling Stone and "New York's
best DJ" and "the only DJ we actually like" by VICE, Toubin is best
known for his energetic dance party sets consisting of tightly
juxtaposed obscure 1950s and 1960s Rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and
soul 45s. New York Times describes the DJ's fare as "cleaner and more
appreciative of American pop music history than much of the rest.". He
is also known for his New York Night Train parties and their role in
"revamping the entire landscape of New York and Brooklyn from midnight
till the after hours" in what the Village Voice describes as "his own
kind of dance revolution". His best known event is the New York Night
Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off, which has been called "the most popular
soul dance party in the world" by SXSW. It is the only soul dance party
to have had an entire night dedicated to it at Lincoln Center Midsummer
Night Swing and at SXSW, and plays in dozens of international markets
and major festivals annually plus monthly at the Brooklyn Bowl. In over
1600 gigs since 2007, Toubin has appeared in hundreds of night clubs. In
2014, Toubin was voted Best New York DJ in the Village Voice Reader's
Choice Contest. He currently has DJ compilations available on Burger
Records and Norton Records...As on this blog. Born in 1971, Toubin
grew up in Houston, Texas. As a child, he was obsessed with rock and
roll/R&B. At age fifteen, he "put on punk shows...for anti-nuclear
causes in the hardcore era." He moved to Austin in 1989 to attend the
University of Texas where he received a B.A. in English. He also
deejayed on their station KTSB, which later became KVRX. In 1998, he
moved to New York where he subsequently joined the band Grand Mal. After
the band lost their record deal with Slash Records and the shock of
September 11 (he had worked in both of the Twin Towers), he quit music
and entered the graduate program in American Studies at City University
of New York. During this time, he published an academic paper for
Institute for Studies in American Music titled "Uptown-Downtown- Hip Hop
Music in Downtown Manhattan in the Early 1980s", which appeared in the
anthology Critical Minded New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies. He directly
links this research to his approach to creating noteworthy events
within the current music landscape stating, "It definitely made me
wonder what was going wrong with culture and if anybody could possibly
do anything cool in terms of parties, unique music, public social
culture, etc. in this day and age. He abandoned his thesis in 2005 and
moved to Williamsburg in order to return to his music career......I,ll
be posting the other albums quite soon. Many great Northern Dancers that will get you movin as most on here have been floor fillers!
AMM
The Tasters!
20 comments:
Wonderful that the Soul Clap is continued! Thanks for review, P.
Cheers for another instalment, another fine review
im going to have to find the reviews for vol 1 , this cd is brill .
Volume 1 was already successful. I can't wait for the second one.
Yves
Excellent stuff
Thanks AMM for keeping this train running.
Except for Jimmy McCracklin I'm venturing into unknown territory here. Quite exciting!
Thank you for once again giving us the soul clap link. Thank you AMM.
Be nice to have Soul Clap 1&2! Cheers!
Bill
Thank you very much for this album AMM
Thanks AMM for this one soul clap vol 2 nice one Cheers Pedro
thanks much for this souvenir AMM btw that horse looks fun or bored?
Very informative review looking forward to the album thanks AMM
Thanks for more in this fine series AMM
Reb
Some great tracks here going by your clips .... thank you.
Some great tracks here... many thanks for the review AMM
BigD
Yes yes yes, I totally dig the Soul Clap-Issues :D Thanks a lot for that, superb review ☀️☮️✌🏻
thanks for the great review AMM
Many thanks for the info,rare music
Hello AMM,
Wow yet another great review, thanks
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