LA EVENTS: Summersounds at the Hollywood Bowl

LA Babies, it’s that time of year where annual summertime events are abound! Kicking off this week is Summersounds: World Music for Kids at the Hollywood Bowl. This is an awesome experience for children, ages 3 and up, to receive an introduction to music from different places around the world and engage in an accompanying art workshop. The performances and workshops take place twice a day at 10 and 11:15 am. This year’s offerings include Gypsy Music with Fishtank Ensemble, American Bluegrass Music with the Get Down Boys and Argentinean Music with Los Pinguos. Tickets for music performances are $7 per person, and art workshops are $5 per child. Take advantage of this awesome event and expose your children to music from around the world!

Details are as follows:

Summersounds: World Music for Kids

Hollywood Bowl

2301 N Highland Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90068

Movers & Shakers: Garth Trinidad

No other DJ in the last decade has had a bigger influence on Los Angeles music culture than Garth Trinidad. As both a resident DJ with KCRW over the last 15 years and a voting member of The Recording Academy, Trinidad has risen to prominence by championing progressive, creative and often overlooked artistry in urban alternative music. Through his weekly show, Chocolate City, Trinidad has inspired a refashioning of the Los Angeles underground music scene, providing a much-needed platform for new, independent music artists. Further, Chocolate City has evolved into a global soundscape by infusing soulful classics with the best in independent world music.

I’ve had the good fortune of getting to know Garth over the last year and was happy to discover the many layers of the man
behind the music. Garth, a loving husband and father, is also an artist in his own right and, lucky for us, 2013 will be a year of many Trinidad-laced projects. First up, is the KCRW 5th Annual Moja Moja Pre-Grammy Brunch & Benefit Concert happening this Saturday, February 9th at the W in Hollywood. The brunch, which benefits Oxfam America and The Darfur Stoves Project, will honor the legendary George Clinton this year and feature intimate performances by artists such as pianist, Chloe Flowers and Malaysian singer-songwriter, Yuna. This event usually sells out so check here for tickets for more information.

Watch and listen to the first in a two-part series with Garth Trinidad. Stay tuned for more to come!

Photos by Monica Orozco and JLogic.

DJ Vikter Duplaix Launches Exclusive Mix for TheFuture.fm

Here at Black Is we are big supporters of Vikter Duplaix. His music and style have defined him as one of the  tastemakers of our generation. And let us not forget, he is one of the founders of what we consider LA’s greatest party, Kiss N’ Grind. Now, he’s come to us with a new, hot mixtape exclusively for TheFuture.fm!

Weaving global culture, independent thought, fine arts and progressive music into a purely golden lifestyle, Duplaix’s raw DJ skills were honed on the streets of Philadelphia along with turntable legends DJ’s Jazzy Jeff and Cash Money.

In this mix series called “The Modern Textures Vol. 1” Duplaix gives a visually rhythmic and melodic experience. Essentially, it’s about sounds that move you and take you places. This particular mix begins with a deep house music flow then it breaks down into an atmospheric beat generation/mid-tempo futuristic groove. This mix will hopefully give you enough of each song to enjoy the creativity of each track and wet your palette for more.

Tracklisting for “The Modern Textures Vol. 1”

• Video Games (Joy Orbison Mix)- Lana Del Rey • Faith Healer -K-Scope and Eric Kupper • Let It Go (Charles Webster Vocal Mix)- Afterlife • Sonado Contigo- Kiko Navarro

• The Brush(Tom Middleton Liquatech Mix)- Kruse & Neurnberg • Good Life(Carl Craig Mix) – Inner City • Morning Rain – Chocolate Puma • Dangly Panther- Jimpster

• Healing (Saint George Mix) – Seven Sisters • Sancturary – Sbtrk • Brothers (Caribou Remix)- Hot Chip • Brothers – Mux Mool

• It Really Doesn’t Matter to You – Thundercat • Unexpected Delight – Flying Lotus • Concrete Waves (Dj Premier Mix) – Kendra Morris • Everything Must Change – George Levin • Truly- Floating Points • Children At Midnight – Shigeto

We’ve been playing it, and trust us, this mix is tailored to get you in the party mood. Pre-party with this mix to start the weekend off right and we guarantee – you won’t be disappointed!