Fresh crates of Tropical riddims from Africa, Latin American and The Caribbean that will get you moving and shaking all night long… the AFROBRASILIANA crew have been working extremely hard and now established themselves as one of the most fun and positive vibed parties this city has seen AND… it’s our second birthday!!!!

Featuring…

TREVOR ‘El Chino’ PARKEE (2ser – Departure Lounge)
THOMAS STUDDY (Bondi Beach Radio – Midnight Swim)
RAPHAEL RAMIRES BRASIL (Eastside Radio – Vibes Brazil)
JoN MCCULLOCH (Eastside Radio – The Vinyl Frontier)
PARIS GROOVESCOOTER (Eastside Radio – Jumping the Gap)
BENNY HINN (Bondi Beach Radio – Sydney Underground)

For those who missed it at the past Afrobrasiliana, a 2 hour live all-vinyl set featuring tropical selections from #WalkingFish and special guest #HarrySounds…

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TREVOR ‘El Chino’ PARKEE (2ser – Departure Lounge) //

Host of 2Ser’s Depature lounge and know for his fantastic music collection…

facebook: www.facebook.com/2SER-Departure-Lounge-166170076799627

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THOMAS STUDDY (Bondi Beach Radio – Midnight Swim) //

Music Director of Bondi Beach Radio and host of the Common People and Midnight Swim shows. Thomas Studdy or TS as he is known celebrates the true meaning of eclecticism. An insatiable hunger for finding, researching and buying music means that the palette of tunes is wide, diverse and frequently undiscovered.

facebook: www.facebook.com/swimmidnight

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RAPHAEL RAMIRES BRASIL (Eastside Radio – Vibes Brazil) //

Weekly program of Brazilian music, on air every tuesday from 9:30pm to 11:00pm, Sydney time. 89.7 on your dial or www.eastsidefm.org/listen-online. All the diversity of Brazilian music, classics, underground, novelties, plus the whole music scene related to Brazilian music in Sydney and surrounds.

facebook: www.facebook.com/vibezbrazil
website: www.escutamusic.com

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DJ JöN McCULLOCH (Eastside Radio – The Vinyl Frontier) //

DJ JöN is an avid record collector with a love of all things funk, soul, latin and rare groove. Spinning on the Sydney scene with a long running residency at The Civic Hotel, he’s played most of Sydney’s funky hotspots including Cafe Lounge, The Taphouse, Black Penny, The Bucket List, Miss Peaches, Darlo Bar and The Basement.

JöN’s DJ sets explore the broad spectrum of black music and it’s influences, from vintage stompers to future classics. Catch him on the airwaves every Thursday evening for The Vinyl Frontier on Eastside Radio, 89.7FM. Seven Deadly Spins (45 guest DJ set, 2SER 107.3FM) .

The Vinyl Frontier Radio Show
www.mixcloud.com/grooveboutique/
www.facebook.com/TheVinylFrontier897FM

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PARIS GROOVESCOOTER (Eastside Radio – Jumping the Gap) //

Groovescooter is an Australian record label incorporating the da dAdA imprint, a music production house and a film sync service that began in 1997, growing out of a radio show. Apart from hosting two weekly radio shows these days – those behind the label also produce events like the recurring music-meets-visual art exhibition, ArtGroupie and DJ regularly including a couple of Sydney residencies.

Weekly PLAYLISTS for the Groovescooter Show on Eastside FM can be found at: www.groovescooter.com/transmission/playlist

Weekly PLAYLISTS for the Jumping The Gap program on 2SER FM can be found here: www.2ser.com/programs/shows/jumping-the-gap

Feel free to pop wavs or hi-quality mp3s into our Drop Box, or get in touch if you have a great mix you’d like us to consider airing on one of the shows.

We dig music with depth and soul, and usually music that grooves, whether Afrobeat, forgotten soundtracks, boogaloo, soul, free-jazz, funk, Latin, dub, reggae, psych, post-rock, downbeat, freaky disco… you get the idea.

soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/groovescooter
facebook: www.facebook.com/GroovescooterdadAdA

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BENNY HINN //

Benny Hinn (Daniel Robertson) began spinnin’ vinyl back in 01′ playing a range of phat funky house and some chunky big assed broken beats for the masses… Although now only 34, the Hinns has played at some of the finer establishments, parties and festivals around Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns, Spain, Wollongong and the South coast, gaining a rep az a bit of a party starter and one with some def skillz, finesse and sheer artistry on a pair of 1200s.

The Hinn has also toured with the MOS Label for an Annual release and has supported many artists such as, The Stanton Warriors, Freq Nasty, Krafty Kuts, A.Skillz, Jay Jay, Sneaky Sound System, The Resin Dogs, Katalyst, Sarah Love, Shortee Blitz, Frenzie, Total Eclipse, Mr. Doris, Cool Hand Luke, Normski, DJ Katch, DJ A.$.K, DJ KC, Edseven, Inkswel, Omegaman, Busta, Koolism, [love] Tattoo, Mark Dynamix, Ajax [RIP], Bang Gang, Goodwill, Alex Taylor, Funktrust, Purple Sneaker DJs + many many more…

Benny has also been dipping into a little production here and there with a few little mashes and beats all up on his soundcloud & mixcloud page & is host of the Radio Program Sydney Underground on Bondi Beach Radio.

His latest venture has been building and establishing PLAY BAR SYDNEY. After drawing inspiration from his last stint in Melbourne and meeting his partner & co-owner Sarah, the two worked hard to build what they hope to be for many years to come, an institution that brings decent music into Surry Hills Sydney. He has programmed every bit of music that has come through the venue and supported a huge range of hiphop, breakbeat DJs and just awesome beat-makers and producers both local and abroad…

mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/danielrobertson73594/

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WHEN: FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2016 | AFROBRASILIANA SECOND B’DAY
4PM – MIDNIGHT | MUSIC KICKS AT 6PM | HAPPY HOUR 6PM-8PM

WHERE: PLAY BAR SYDNEY. BASEMENT 72 CAMPBELL STREET SURRY HILLS
FREE ENTRY ALL EVENING, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. THE WORLD IS INVITED.

For group bookings please email info@playbar.com.au

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Big shouts to www.cyanpepper.org” for the super fly shots…