10 Sep
Peace! This week’s mixtape pick comes from my fellow People’s DJs Collective member, DJ V Beck! This mix is just a small peek at the greatness she’ll be contributing to World Town Wednesday on 9/12 at TIME in Philly. Give it a listen and swing by TIME if you’re in the 215. Also, DJ Aura will be helping hold down the music love. You can check her out during Just Friends at The Arts Garage.
- Much Love
28 May
Peace & Power! Welcome to another edition of Mixtape Monday. This week’s feature comes Sherwin O, a member of the People’s DJs Collective. It contains mind blowing dub tracks that truly inspired a brotha! Check it out, then check out the People’s DJs on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with the great events that he and the other People’s play.
– Much Love
14 May
I am blessed to know some great DJs and producers. Among them is DJ Afroqbano of the People’s DJs Collective and the Sonic Diaspora team. He recently curated and mixed “Sonic Diaspora Vol. 8,” i can’t stop listening to it. You can check it out via Mixcloud.
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Artwork by People’s DJs member, Itzi Nallah!
After you’ve given this mix two-six-ten listens, check out Afroqbano’s production work on his Soundcloud page and show him some love!
– Bless
4 Apr
Lovely People! I am pleased to inform you that i will be visiting Chicago for a few days. While i’m there, i be spinning some of the BEST dance music from all over the world some of the Windy City’s coolest venues! To prepare you for all of the fun, check out my latest mix, Sonic Diaspora Vol. 7, on Mixcloud. More details:
TROPICAL SOUNDCLASH at People Lounge (1560 N. Milwaukee)
Every Wednesday @ People Lounge w/ SOUND CULTURE DJ’S & Friends
Special guest: 4/11 Brotha Onaci
Kitchen open LATE!
Reggae/Dancehall, Cumbiaton, Salsa Dura, Latin House, Hip Hop en Español, Afrobeat/High Life and other tropical sounds.
SOUL POWERED at Beauty Bar Chicago (1444 W Chicago)
Taste Makers, DJ Tiff-NY, Jaytoo (thedjyomamaluv), and Brotha Onaci (People’s DJs Collective) will energize the dance floor on 4/12 at the Beauty Bar (1444 W. Chicago).
They promise a musical experience that will have you groovin’ to old school soul & funk classics and mashing up the dance floor under the influence of now school bangers. Be prepared to get re-acquainted with your natural movement as the music speaks to your body intelligence.
FREE Until 11:00PM $3 from 11:01 until…
Drink specials all night!
21+
SONIC DIASPORA at Coup d’Etat Lounge Friday, April 13
9pm doors, $5 cover, accessible space, 21+
Featuring:
// BROTHA ONACI (Philadelphia, PA)
[www.facebook.com/brotha.onaci]
With residents:
// DJ ITCH13
Sonic Diaspora is a celebration of popular & underground dance styles of Africa & the Diaspora. Expect everything from Afrobeat, Afro-House & Global Bass to Reggae, Cumbia, Future Dancehall, Hiplife, Azonto, Kwaito, Kuduro, Coupe Dekale and other darling subgenres of the African underground, and arrive early!
Hosted by Tifflove & the Wolfpack in collaboration with Leftist Lounge (Art Exhibit), DookieBlaster (Photography), Roots of Life Designs (Jewelry & Fashion), and you!!
Sponsored by This Is Africa (Africa, Europe), Have Plenty Music (Namibia), Gozamos (Chi) & Peoples DJs Collective (Chi)
Sonic D MIXTAPE Vol 7 by Brotha Onaci to be released at the Party!
For more info & sounds: sonicdiasporachi@gmail.com or visit http://sonicdiaspora.blogspot.com/
29 Nov
To say that i am excited about this week’s featured mixtape on Okayafrica may just be a bit of an understatement. In fact, i’m ecstatic!!!
In case you’re not familiar with Okayafrica, it is a sister website to 
Okayplayer. They have a lot of the same focus on great music and innovative culture, but Okayafrica is specifically dedicated to promoting African music and culture.
Every month they release a couple of mixtapes called “Africa In Your Earbuds,” which so far has featured big-named DJs, like Chief Boima and The Very Best. For mixtape number SEVEN (which just so happens to be my number), yours truly is bringing some of that fresh “sonic produce” from Africa that inspires me to boogie on the dance floor, think about the cultural diversity of Africans all over the globe, and (of course) chant down Babylon!
To stream and/or download the mix, just click the album art! Please let me know what you think of the mix here or on my facebook page.
Special thanks to DJ AfroQbano and Baoku Moses whose songs are featured in this mix. Big BIG thanks and love to David Nallah who freshed up the cover art.
- Much Love
24 Oct
Happy Mixtape Monday. This week’s selection comes from one of the newest members of the People’s DJ Collective, DJ Chapulin! This mix is filled with enough bass to replace your workday coffee, so give it a good listen and leave DJ Chapulin some feedback. Enjoy!
7 Oct
dj.ang.g is more than just a party rocker. Ang is a social justice and event organizer, a coordinator, and a creator who is affiliated with Amigas Latinas, and has been involved with Blocks together, Venus Collective, Dyke March, and several other grassroots and not-for-profit organizations in Chicago. Did i mention that dj.ang.g is also a fellow co-founder of and co-conspirator in the People’s DJ Collective, and has held down DJ spots for Chances Dances? Yes, mixing social justice with being a socialite, dj.ang.g epitomizes the saying “struggle all day, dance all night.”
dj.ang.g’s musical repertoire includes an array of sounds. Any time she is providing the entertainment, you may hear a mix of Cumbia, Salsa, Bachata, Funk, Jazz, Hip Hop, House, and even Honky Tonk (i’ve seen and heard for myself!). But her appreciation for DJing began with disco and pop.
Born a DJ, her younger days in Corpus Christi, TX were filled with an appreciation for good music. dj.ang.g would often listen to the radio and think of ways to cue up songs. She also began imagining ways to refix her favorite disco songs as house tracks. From there she played CDs at friends’ parties where people complimented her for her song selection. After re-locating to Chicago, dj.ang.g bought a Berihnger BCD 3000 DJ controller, which she considers a “workhorse,” and shortly thereafter began rocking parties.
Ang is no stranger to Multi-Kulti, the Hideout, Logan Square Auditorium, Maria’s Packaged Goods and Community Bar, people’s backyards, their living rooms, and anywhere else folks gather to dance. She even played a few parties at the 2010 U.S. Social Forum in Detroit. Her favorite moments include those parties in which the audience was diverse in terms of age, race, ethnicity, and musical taste, but everyone would pack the dance floor in rhythmic solidarity. A night was even better when dj.ang.g would successfully execute unique mixes (for example, transitioning from Salsa to Bhangra) seamlessly. Also on many great nights, Ang reminisced, “we [we]re still playing music and people [we]re still dancing long after the party was supposed to end.” During such moments she lost track of time and “had way too much fun (or some might argue, just enough fun).”
Now dj.ang.g has relocated back to Corpus Christi where she is embracing new challenges as they come her way. Refixing disco tracks is still on her horizon, but her more immediate test will be finding ways to please Tejano audiences that may be resistant to the breadth of sound characteristic of dj.ang.g’s style.
You can reach dj.ang.g via her facebook page for booking, updates, gig info, and if you’re interested in possible collaboration.
Don’t forget to check out dj.ang.g’s latest mixes!
2 Sep
Prince’s Erotic Revolution is a mix i made in celebration of the People’s DJ Collective’s 2nd Birfday!
The Collective will celebrate on Saturday, September 3 by playing Prince inspired, produced, and/or performed music every half hour.
But wait, we aren’t stopping there. We want you to come dressed as your favorite era Prince and enter a prince look-alike contest or just come as your best Prince inspired costume and garner some votes for a cash prize.
The People’s DJs Collective will be rotating throughout the night. Unfortunately, i will not be there physically. However, the party will include my Prince’s Erotic Revolution Mix!
Much Love all my Chicago peoples and to the People’s DJ Collective (Chicago branch
)!!!
26 Apr
Friday April 30th 8pm – 2am $10. Logan Square Auditorium 2539 North Kedzie Boulevard
5 easy ways you can support:
1. Invite all your friends to the Event via Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=352541962551&ref=ts
2. Buy a Block of 10 Tickets & Give them to Friends as Gifts or Resell Them
http://bit.ly/chgoppl
3. Tweet:
#Chicago for the People Concert. 4/30 @ Logan Sq. Auditorium is where it’s at. Get Yr Tix Now & Get the CD 1/2 Price. http://bit.ly/chgoppl
4. Post the Attached Flyer to Your Wall & Make it Your Profile Picture
5. Come to the Peace Party & Danny’s this Monday April 12th to Pick Up Flyers to give out to friends & Pass the Word Low-Tech/Old-Fashioned Style
