Art Don’t Sleep strikes again with the latest in their Homage series, this time with a monster bill featuring Venice Dawn and William Hart of the Delfonics starting off the night, the legendary DJ Spinna on the decks and the mighty Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with Kelan Phil Cohran, all performing live at Exchange LA this Thursday, Feb. 23rd! Local cats will be spinning on this night too, including Expo, Rani D, Anthony Valadez and Seano. Be sure to peep Expo’s exceptional HBE mix right here. This is NOT a night you want to miss…you can go courtesy of Melting Pot if you win these tickets, make sure to e-mail me at michael[at]meltingpotblog.com before 12noon on Wednesday to get your chance to win!!!
Here’s a teaser of HBE with Phil Cohran, “Black Boy” gives us a sense of what the upcoming collaboration between father and sons will sound like:
“War” remains my favorite track from Hypnotic, still one of the best things I’ve heard in the 21st century:
Here’s the first video from Something About April, for “Lovely Lady” featuring Dennis Coffey on guitar, and surely a bit of what to expect when William Hart of the Delfonics performs with Venice Dawn:
Here’s a little tour of DJ Spinna’s studio and record collection from the man himself:
And a little taste of his work on the 1s and 2s: