THE GROOVE GARDEN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6th 2398 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD - FAIRFAX, MARIN, of course.... HTTP://WWW.THEGROOVEGARDEN.COM DOORS 9PM/$15.00
The Line Up:
THE DANCE SANCTUARY:
DJ Dragonfly Provides the intro and coda to the evening with a recent windfall of tunes to deliver deep billowing basslines and rhythmic rascality. Globe-hopping, genre-busting, floor-melting , soul-dowsing...so dance, dream, sweat, dissolve.
Geej A longtime face in the Berkeley ecstatic dance scene, a master at reading and leading the dancefloor who's holding down the groove and working the conscious dance crowd like there's no tomorrow! Geej spins up The Groove Garden with a choice helping of easyfunk, worldly grooves, slinky downtempo and a pocket full of surprises!
THE CHILLSPACE:
Ron Tofanelli: The seminal chillout and downtempo DJ. His life is music, music is his life....when he is not purveying CDs at festivals around the state (http://www.soundspaces.com) he is soaking listeners in sonic bliss. Tonight in the chillspace his draws upon all things antipodean, arcane and indigenous, gently swerving your mind to the ethereal reaches of the nose of divinity while your body is interred by deep grooves of low swaying hypnotic bass.
MASSAGE CREW, GOOD EDIBLES AND TEAS, TAROT AND AHhhhhhhhh.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th THE GROOVE GARDEN PRESENTS: SUBTRONIC INDIA - On the New Moon of Maha Shivratri
2398 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD - FAIRFAX, MARIN, of course.... HTTP://WWW.THEGROOVEGARDEN.COM DOORS 9:00PM/$15.00
THIS IS ONE AMAZING LINE UP!!! David Starfire Desert Dwellers Shamans Dream Rara Avis DJ Dragonfly & special guest appearance by MC Yogi!
On the auspicious night of the Hindu festival of Mahashivaratri** we offer an amazing line up of West Coast talent that dips and drenches dancers in the soaring sounds of the Indian subcontinent: Crossing all genres and criss-crossing the country with bass-driven, rhythm saavy remixes and references to folk music, tribal music, bhajans, ghazals, Qawwali & Bollywood, the evening promises to be an amazing fusion of nu bass culture and traditional sounds - not to mention we are going to tear up the dancefloor like nobody's business! __________________________
**According to Hindu mythology, Shivaratri or 'Shiva's Great Night' symbolizes the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Many however, believe, Shivaratri is the night when Lord Shiva performed the Tandava Nritya - the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. Celebrating the festival in a customary manner, devotees give a ritual bath to the Lingam with the panchagavya - milk, sour milk, urine, butter and dung. Celebrations of Shivaratri Festival mainly take place at night. Devotees of Lord Shiva throng Shiva temples across the country and spend 'the Night of Lord Shiva' by chanting verses and hymns in praise of the Lord. The festival holds special meaning for the ladies. They pray to Goddess Parvati also called 'Gaura', the giver of 'suhag' for good husbands, marital bliss and a long and prosperous married life.
