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Funk Freaks Meeting 2019 in Berlin at Kotti Monarch

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Funk Freaks is a worldwide movement representing the music, lifestyle, and vinyl of the most prominent genre of the backyards of America and the Hinterhöfe of Europe in the very late 70’s and 80’s up until today.

The post-disco, boogie, modern soul and synth funk is enjoying a huge revival and FUNK FREAKS Orange County are at the fore of it with members of their worldwide movement from St. Petersburg to Lyon to Santa Ana to Berlin !!!


This October 2nd (Tuesday night before the German National Holiday) is the 7th annual Funk Freaks Meeting in Berlin at the lovely Kotti Monarch – directly opposite the U-Bahn Station Kottbusser Tor on the U1 & U8 !!!

Funk Freaks are also celebrating they`re 10th Year in the game in 2019 so massive shout outs here to the California’s Orange County & Santa Ana where it all started!!!

So come by from 21h Oct. 2nd to hear Funk Freak approved in Music all night long from:  Dj Luer (FUNK FREAKS ORANGE COUNTY)
Dj Sherm (Funk Freaks Frankfurt)
Toni Clarke (Das Zündet)
Valentino 45 (Funk Freaks Berlin)

 

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OldSchool BlockParty NYE in Berlin with Dejoe & Valentino 45 at Monarch !

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NYE Party “Big Beng” at Berlins infamous annual mayhem hotspot the: Kotti’s Number one Bar/Club the Monarch . from 0:30 hours – half an hour into the new year – you will be hearing Berlin’s No. 1 Turntable Rocker: Johnny Handtrix aka Dejoe and Haudegen of the Year: Dj Blendgrenade aka Valentino 45 who is also the Funk Freaks representative for Berlin! Expect Fat HipHop , sleazy Soul and boogie Funk all night Long!

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#Walpurga #FrühlingsGefühle #Kreuzberg36 #TanzInDenMai #Berlin #MyFest #Mayday #TagDerArbeit

am 1.Mai jährt sich der Revolutionäre 1.Mai Feiertag in Berlin Kreuzberg, besonders in dem alten PLZ Teil 36, zum 30. Mal.

Einst von den Punks, Freaks, Drop-Outs und Ureinwohnern des damaligen West-Berlin in Solidarität mit dem Geist der Revolution begangen gegen die blutsaugenden Eliten und archaischen Herrscher welche heute mehr denn je in der Stadt und der ganzen Welt ihr unwesen treiben.

Notgedrungen war diese Entwicklung glaube ich fast damals, da die – vor allem – Kreuzberger in mehr oder weniger Armut und Aussichtslosigkeit, relativ einsam  vor sich hin lebten, umgeben von repressiven Berliner Polizisten und Ämtern, Mauer in drei Himmelsrichtungen, und oft mit nur Almosen der wenigen arbeitenden Bevölkerung zum überleben.

Der 1. Mai war wohl 1987 ein relativ spontanes Fest der Bevölkerung für die Bevölkerung, welches mir von einer damaligen Teilnehmerin mit nahmen Carmen, vor einigen Jahren wie folgt geschildert wurde:

“Der ganze Bezirk war friedlich am Feiern, mit Bands an Strassen Ecken, Buden und info Ständen vom Halleschen Tor bis an die Mauer.
Am Kotti gab es eine grosse Kundgebung und am Lausitzer Platz hatte die Arbeiter Wohlfahrt ein grosses Zirkuszelt errichtet worin Zauberer und desgleichen Kinder belustigten und viele Eltern standen halt rum und tranken etwas in der Sonne und quatschten. Das ganze war begleitet von Sonnenschein und ein schöner Tag bis die damals drei Hunderstschaften der Berliner Polizei, begleitet von zwei Wasserwerfern, nach Wahllosem herrumirren im Bezirk, über die Köpenicker und Eisenbahnstrasse sich anscheinend etwas Arbeit machen mussten, da es bereits spät wurde. So nahm die Polizei also eine ihrer Wasserkanonen und schoss damit erstmal das AWO Zelt auf dem Lausi ab worin sich zu der Zeit geschätzte 200 Kinder befanden.
Das produzierte die klassische 1.Mai Stimmung in Kreuzberg 36 wie wir sie danach lange kannten: Stinksauer und absolut Aggressiv genüber staatlichen “Ordnungshütern”,
am selben Abend wurden viele Gebäude demoliert, inklusive natürlich dem Bolle ecke Manteuffel und Skalitzer Str (heute die Moschee), wo der Senat nicht lang zuvor ein leerstehendes Wohnhaus Abreisen liess.”

 

Aber erstmal genug Anekdoten – in dem Sinne noch beste Wünsche und gutes gelingen dem diesjährigen MyFest und allen beteiligten.

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^^^#MayDay #Myfest A Ecke O Strasse 2012

 

Naja hier auf jeden Fall eerstmal meine upcoming gigs und useful Links:

friday 28th in Gonna have a funky good time schlesische str 35!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/533184717070339/

sunday 30th in Auster Club at THE VIBE #TANZinDENmai
https://www.facebook.com/events/1941959562690548

Funk Freaks OC / Moniquea & Xl Middleton return to Berlin

straight off the plane from playing some banging parties over in orange county with funk freaks OC!
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i am very happy to announce the 5th annual returen of DJ DEBO to BERLIN

and the second time Moniquea & XL Middleton will be back in town too.

plus a good load of bookings this spring for myself…

 

donnerstag, 16.3. in der transit bar schlesische str.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?946366

 

samstag 1.4. good music for good people @ cake N soul bar mariannestr. 27

https://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?944363

 

saturtag, 8.4. soultrade instore w/ moniquea & xl middleton

https://www.facebook.com/SoultradeRecordstore/?fref=ts/

 

samstag, 8.4. MONIQUEA & XL MIDDLETON humboldthain @ das zündet

http://daszuendet.blogspot.de/

 

samstag 15.4. 20-24h pong club @ ke//er

https://www.facebook.com/pongclub.berlin/

 

sonntag, 16.4. @ klunkerkranich – easter bunny special

Rooftop always Special

donnerstag 18.5. BURGSCHNABEL PHILOPHON NIGHT w/ JIMI TENOR !!!

https://www.facebook.com/Philophon/

 

Walpurgisnacht 30.April / Mayday 1. May TBC

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sonntag 4.6. KdK @ das zündet truck + afterparty TBC

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http://www.karneval-berlin.de/de/

 

montag 5.6. @ klunkerkranich w/ funk freaks special guests: DJ DEBO (Funk Freaks OC) + mad money morv (Funk Freaks Germany)

http://funkfreaksrecords.bigcartel.com/

XL MIDDLETON, MONIQUEA & EDDIE FUNKSTER LIVE AT LOFTUS HALL, BERLIN

 

 

Concert Link 27th August 2016 on Resident Advisor

Very happy to announce real West Coast Live NuFunk show in Berlin, Germany!

The local support for this notable, LIVE Europe premiere, by:

XL Middleton (Crown City Entertainment/ MoFunk)

Moniquea (MoFunk Records)

& Eddie Funkster (Funkmosphere/ MoFunk)

all hailing from California, USA

is huge and will be provided by:


Inkswel (BBE/ Hot Shot/ Omega Supreme Records)


Franz Underwear  (Slow Motion/ Berlin & Italia)

Hp Sauce (Cooking Brazilian Beats/Berlin)

Dejoe (Born2Roll/ Berlin)

Diskohengst (Das Zündet/ Funk Freaks)

Vali  (NME Click/ Parallax Recs / Studioline)

Valentino 45 (Funk Freaks/Das Zündet)

 

More detail inclduing running order TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

40 Degrees in Berlin, Invisible Joy, Das Zündet, Klunkerkranich, and other good things…


40 Degrees in Berlin

The heat of summer finally arrived – for about a weekend and now we are all hot for more, i made a mix during this extremely hot weekend saturday night 3rd of july in
the Vegan Tapas Bar : Alaska, Reuterstr. 85, Berlin-Neukölln

Klunkerkranich Rooftop Special Sunday Session

On the 19.July 2015 the Goodnight Circus will perform their special brew of N.O.L.A. RnB Street Jazz LIVE around 19h with a Dj Support Team consisting of:
Soul Seven Steve 15-19h
RockDaMost 19h- Showtime RockDaMost Mixcloud
Goodnight Circus Live Goodnight Circus Website
Myself and Guests til end around 1am!

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Die Zündung on 15.august. 2015

i have the pleasure of co-operating with the infamous North-Berlin crew “Das Zündet” on their bi-monthly Modern Soul and Funk Party Series at Humboldthain Club Berlin!

Das Zündet Promo Video
http://www.daszuendet.de

Music is the “Invisible Joy”

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I am very happy to announce the release of “Invisible Joy” by the Polyversal Souls on Philophon Records, a band well known to me and i feel with their long awaited debut Longplayer, the Polyversal Souls are ready to take off and join the stars of the world music galaxy.
Featured guests include outright legends such as the Jungle Brothers’ MC Africa Baby Bam, Ethiopia’s Hailu Mergia and also a solid selection of hot newcomers from Ghana such as the music award winning griot Guy One, Ebo Taylor’s son Roy X and freedom poet Y-Bayani. All produced at the Berlin based Ru-Ting Clan Sound Lab by none other than Max Weissenfeldt of Whitefield Bros and Poets of Rhythm fame the resulting Album is a unique piece of global raw soul.

Visit the Philophon Website

Phil Barbee vinyl Debut ep on Superb Recordings

Great Future Bass 12″ out now on the great Superb Recording Label out of Berlin!
as far as EDM goes this is some of my favourite material!!!
Phil Barbee on Discogs

Berlin Leg of Funk Freaks Tour 21st til 20th May 2015

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21. mai. @ L.U.X. Berlin, Kreuberg

Dj Debo, Dejoe, Valentino 45+Guests

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?713559

http://www.lux-berlin.net/

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22. mai OPEN AIR on TEMPELHOFER FELD, berlin

from 16h until 22h (weather & neighbours permitting)

on the https://www.facebook.com/groups/208353075889216// soundsystem

Dj Debo, Wahid Paradis, Valentino 45 +Guests

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?718941

https://www.facebook.com/groups/208353075889216//

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23. mai. HAMBURG @ molotow

Dj Debo, Dj Kobex, Valentino 45, Mad Money Morv + Cosmic Breakerz

https://www.facebook.com/events/880109678702055

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?713572/

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27.mai BERLIN @ klunkerkranich, berlin

Dj Debo, Dj Kobex, Valentino 45

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?707006

http://klunkerkranich.de

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28.mai BERLIN @ kaffee burger, berlin

Dj Debo, Dj Kobex, Valentino 45 +Special Guest TBC

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?706510

http://kaffeeburger.de/

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29. may @ zur fetten ecke, Berlin

Dj Debo, Dj Kobex, Hp Sauce, Valentino 45

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?716234

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30.may @ barkett, berlin

Dj Debo, Dj Kobex, Valentino 45

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?713669

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Funk Freaks Tour 2015 May/June in Berlin #FunkFreaksBerlin #FunkyVinyl #ModernSoul #BoogieFunk #80s #DjDebo #FunkFreaks #orangecounty

fubnk freaks 2015 tour schedule in full swing w/ DJ DEBO from 21st MAI til JUNE!!!

Funk Freaks Berlin

big plans for this end of may/beginning june 2015 as dj debo of the infamous southern california funk freaks crew is gracing berlin with his presence and a good 60 pounds of rare and often exclusive 80s modernsoul & boogiefunk vinyl.

check the following links for a better idea of: what WE call Funk!

dj debo mixes: http://www.hhv.de/shop/de/musik/alle/attribut:artist/st:1/sort:R?term=DJ+Debo

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amongst the supporting djs for the show expect to find:

dyscjockey kobex hamburg https://soundcloud.com/djkobex

frankfurt midnight funk: sherm da worm & chris funkshoo neal https://soundcloud.com/user9728728 https://soundcloud.com/frankfurt-funk

funky drive band / dj double k (lyon, fr) https://soundcloud.com/the-funky-drive-band

valentino 45 https://soundcloud.com/valentinoo/we-call-it-funk-mix-valentino-45

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scheduled funk freaks shows 2015 germany and europe:

21. mai. @ L.U.X. Berlin, Kreuberg http://www.lux-berlin.net/ http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?713559

22. mai BERLIN TBC

23. mai. HAMBURG @ molotow https://www.facebook.com/events/880109678702055 http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?713572/

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27.mai BERLIN @ klunkerkranich, berlin http://klunkerkranich.de http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?707006

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FREE BEER alert for south-central Berlin …

just a quick post to announce the first exciting thing on my new blog:

Alaska vegan-bar opening with big bäng and #FreeBeer!!! in Berlin south-sentral : Reuterstr. 85, Berlin-Neukölln, the free beer i believe will be consumed sometime shortly after 20hrs … #FirstComeFirstServed !!! i have afeeling there maybe some #tapas there too… http://heyevent.de/venue/1618047978429763

the foto is an anecdote i associate with free beers in neukölln … this was in the früperle bar sometime in 2009 for i think a double birthday of Miriam W. and someone i cant remember – another memory was a great live performance of the great manouche-gypsy-swing band the Shoeswing Stringers! – and i shall add i did play a lot of records that glorious night too …

Valentino-45.com finally goes online ….

hello! – here i am – where are you ? like my site already? no? ok – “spass beiseite” (humor aside) as we say here in germany

i am here to have a piece of the online pie and share, learn and link and yeah sell my philosophy…

i am primarily concerned with keeping the funk alive and having some fun here on my own site!
i live and work in berlin where i have engage in a variety of things including guiding people through town n pedicabs, rikshaws or biketaxi as we call them here, besiddes i have a soft spot for vinyl and music .. viniyl cause i also do a lot of collecting dj’ing and promoting of parties: for one there is the klunkerkranich where i curate a the program one sunday a month and the “deine mudda iss disco” party series at kaffee burger every second thursday. besides that i do a variety of gigs in and around town and host the funk freaks dj crew once a year here in berlin.

i will also be reporting on interesting developments on the musical side here which may be a record review or artist feature, or post some random stuff or even weird and funny stuff to help people broaden their horizon through objective insight and irony. i will also want to feature topics here which are social/worldview in nature … but more on that later…

for now thanks for having found me and shoot me some digital love or any kind of feedback: i reckon i can handle it 😉