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| The Bossaphonik Radio Show Sundays 8pm            |
Bossaphonik is firmly established as Oxford's representative hub for live jazz-dance. Established in October 2004 by Dan Ofer and Gil Karpas, it has blossomed into a celebratory night of live jazz-world dance music, and has played host to over 60 great bands. So come on down to The Cellar on any second friday of the month. Chill with your friends for the first couple of hours while the DJs play nourishing music for the mind and soul. Then experience the energy of a wicked live band, then dance your socks off to the most tasteful Jazz Dance music till the early hours! FORTHCOMING... Friday June 8th  Bossaphonik summertime style on Friday 8th June features a heavy dose of sunshine vibes, with an appearance from West African highlife extraordinaires, THE AFROSPOT ALLSTARS. Highlife is an original and authentic musical style born in Ghana in the early 1900s which then spread to most of West Africa. It was the main dance music of the region until the 1970s when afrobeat, funk and soul became the new influential sound. Highlife is characterized by uplifting horn harmonies, multiple guitars and polyrhythmic drum and percussion patterns to create an irresistible feast of happy tones and dancefloor rhythms. Kodjovi Kush leads the Afrospot Allstars, bassist in many well known Afro-dance bands such as Soothsayers and Sa Mon Di who have both featured at Bossaphonik in the past. He runs Afrospot as a band but also as an events agency promoting African music and culture in London, taking place at renowned alternative music venues such as Hootenanny and Passing Clouds amongst others. Afrospot is to Kodjovi not just a series of music nights, but a cultural mission bringing live music, arts and crafts, food and documentaries as an African cultural centre for London. The Afrospot Allstars band are an exhilarating 7 piece consisting of drums, percussion, bass, guitar and three horns. They form the essence of Kodjovi’s Afrospot events. Following on from Afrospot Allstars will be Bossaphonik resident DJ Dan Ofer and guest DJ spinning an uplifting session of Afro dance - Latino loveliness – Balkan beats – global grooves – and nujazz bizniz til 3am. To hear samples and learn more, check the Afrospot Allstars MySpace page. Night: Bossaphonik Venue: The Cellar (Frewin Court, off Cornmarket St.) Band: Afrospot Allstars DJ: Dan Ofer & Guest DJ Date: Friday 8th June Times: 10pm – 3am Price: £6 advance + 60p booking fee / £7 on the door Hope to see ya! Friday July 13th  A genre-dodging 6 piece currently taking the world by storm from UK festivals to Brazil, incorporating drums, bass, guitar, accordion, trumpet, violin with the sultry tones of lead singer Natalia Tena. Their self-styled "gyp-step" innovatively blends diverse sounds of gypsy-Balkan, samba, ska, dubstep, swing and a shed load of love; for each other, for music and for making rooms full of people dance 'til they drop! website myspace Friday August 10th  Titans of live hip hop FUR take the finest elements of the UK sound, with conscious lyrics and the role of the anti-hero which they invigorate with an 8 piece band. Deftly blending funky roots-esque West African Mblax rhythms, Ethiopian jazz and dub, frequencies of east and west London ride with Africa and Jamaica! website facebook |
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