Houston Fixed Gear, a Montrose-area custom fixed gear bike shop and parts retailer is celebrating its anniversary on Friday, January 27, 2012. HFG has teamed up with local pop-up gallery MegaHost Gallery to kick off ALWAYS ON MY MIND at the bike boutique located on 2309 Dunlavy Street.

The event features bicycle-themed work from a number of Houston-based painters, printers, and photographers. New works included are by: ACK!, BRIKS, Chris Henry, DUAL, Eric Castorena, EYESORE, Jessica Reiswig, Michael Rodriguez, Naomi Song Bear, Nicky Davis, Pam Cantu, RED, Shannon Reiswig, Shelby Hohl, Shreddi, and Wiley Robertson. Thanks to Black Swan Studio for the prints, limited edition T-shirts from DUAL and The Bamm Collective will be available for the event.

Music is provided by some of Houston’s best DJs Dayta and Elroy Boogie. Plus, delicious bites courtesy of NABI and Goldsprint racing by Black Gold Cycling. CHROME is also sponsoring cycling gear for the event.

RSVP on FB here!

As some of you know, Chris and I have already been affected by this invasive sound ordinance. And it seems that the trend is more pervasive than originally thought.

A couple of the bar/club establishments on Washington have become an easy target for police enforcing the new ordinance. Over the weekend some of the working DJs on this strip have gotten slapped with $1000 tickets for loud noise without warning. This isn’t some one-off festival or event. These are DJs that work weekly for their livelihood. These bars/clubs are local establishments that open their doors to our community to run a business. And this kind of subjective enforcement does not make quantifiable sense.

If you are in the local music industry, own a venue or play music, please join us on Tuesday at Fitzgeralds to formalize a coalition to take actionable next-steps to change this sound ordinance. With the holidays (and festivities) only a week away, it is important that we plan for the year to come while perhaps neutralize or prevent more tickets being issued.

Click thru this FB link to find out more about the Coalition and how we can make a change. http://www.facebook.com/events/338256122856529/

photo by Gracie Chavez

 
While I’m off DJing soft openings for newer watering holes, Houston’s ultimate tropical crew is ready to warm it up at the next installment of DUSTY CRATES with sultry ritmos Americanos.

And staying true to the night’s concept, these guys are not only bringing their extensive  digital music collection to play on Serato, but they’re also dusting off their record crates to bring you more eclectic downtempo and world beats on vinyl.

FRI JULY 15th

DUSTY CRATES

with Guest DJs CASHLESS [www.BuhbOmp.com]

NAVO & OG BOBBY TRILL [www.bombonhouston.tumblr.c​om]

Hosted monthly by GRACIE CHAVEZ [DIRB! | Bombon | Dusty Crates]

The Fairview [315 Fairview @ Taft, 77006]
$2 Lone Stars; $3 Jello or Test Tube Shots
No Cover | 21+

Bombon Summer Mix Tape Vol. 1 by Bombon on Mixcloud

For those waiting for the download link, here it is!

» Bombon Summer Mixtape Vol. 1 (mediafire)

by Navó, Gracie Chavez y OG Bobby Trill feat. Panchitron

Navó

1. Pajariton – Alex Pasternak 2. Cumbia Marciana Refix – DJ Lengua 3. Sombrero Volteao (Orion Edit) – Orion 4. La Cumbia Loca – Exito Sonidero 5. Cumbia Santa Maria – Pancho Barraza 6. Himno al Cucumelo (Luisao edit) – Lucas Luisao feat. Princesa 7. En Barranquilla Me Quedo – Joe Arroyo 8. Fuego a la Jicotea – Marvin Santiago 9. Bangkok / PR Parade (DJ Ayres edit) – Boris Dlugosch 10. Toca Pra Moombahton – Sabo 11. Unknown – DJ Playero 12. Todo lo Que Diga – DJ Playero

Gracie Chavez

13. Machete – Novalima Dub 14. Aye Chico – DJ Sabo vs. Pitbull 15. Boriqua Anthem – C+C Music Factory 16. Ass on the Floor (Instrumental) – Diddy Dirty Money feat. Swizz Beats 17. La Mezcla (Robb G remix) – Michel Cleis 18. The Latin Swing – Giano 19. La Mariscada – Aniceto Molina 20. Try Otra Vez  (Aaliyah vs. Cumbia) – DJ Still Life 21. Hay Guey (Toy Selectah remix) – Tzochitl Soundsystem

OG Bobby Trill

22. El Gallo Moro (Se Fue la Villa Trill Mix) – Andres Landero 23. I Look Good (Jambao Trill Mix) – Charlie Boy 24.  La Barca – Jambao 25. Colate un Dedo – Pibes Chorros 26. Indepe Puta  (OG Bobby Trill Remix) – Candi Redd 27. Con La Misma Moneda (Chancha via Circuto Remix) – Princesa 28. La Resaka – Super Mer Ka 2 29. Como Suena Mi Acordeon (El Preferido Trill Mix) – Aniceto Molina 30. Gauchito gil (Mirame Ya Trill mix) – Fauna 31. Huachita (Douster Remix) – Zonora Point 32. Truthfully (Frikstailers Remix) – MC Zulu 33. Get the Party started (Dancehall Remix) – Pink 34. Petrona Martinez (Soy Raka Trill Mix) – King Koya and Axel 35. El Chupo – La Sonora Tropicana 36. Macumbia Bass – Oro 11 37. Cumbia Sampuesana – Afrosound 38. Knockin Boots – Torro Torro 39. Run Di Track – Jon Kwest 40. Work It (DJ Narain Ashad) – Missy Elliot 41. Ritmo de Colombia (Trill Mix) – Aniceto Molina 42. Cuccivump – Panchitron 43. El Sur Sucio – OG Bobby Trill  +++ Exclusive Bonus Track – Panchitron

Holler: bombonhouston@gmail.com

Mucho amor goes out to: Antonio Alucema, Chris Cardenas, Jefe sin Dinero, Mel Boogie, GoGo Garcia, Squincy Jones, Dayta, Arnold Garza, Mariana at Avant Garden, Thomas Nauls at Tipping Point, Alfonso y Manuel at Son Pacifica (KPFT FM), the Gritsy crew, Denise Aranda, Victoria Garcia y todas las Bombonitas!

Checkala: www.bombonhouston.tumblr.com | www.facebook.com/bombonhouston | www.dustycrates.com | www.facebook.com/DJgraciechavez | www.dirtysouthamerica.tumblr.com |  www.fahrenheit-media.com

After a few dance floor test runs (as seen in this video at The Lot on Washington), “El Dougie” is finally an official DIRB! release.

Check out Squincy Jones & Gracie Chavez’s cumbia crunk edit on SoundCloud. It got a  proper debut last week on KPFT’s airwaves during Tuesdays’ Son Pacifica Radio show, and has been making its way onto a few blogs and mixes.

In case you missed it, grab your El Dougie copy (main, inst, art) here now! Color in the artwork for a prize. Enter submissions to dirbtx [at] gmail.

CSD – El Dougie (Squincy Jones & Gracie Chavez DIRB! Edit) by graciechavez
CSD – El Dougie (Squincy Jones & Gracie Chavez DIRB! Edit) Instrumental by graciechavez

A couple of weeks ago, the We Get Famous blog team stepped into The Lot and did it real big with us.

Check out their review of our DIRB! Saturday nights at The Lot on Washington (4212 Washington, 77007)!

This Saturday night (05/14), DJs Dayta and Gracie Chavez will be on deck. And next month, we’ve got very special guest DJ Mel returning to DIRB! with us, too!

Check for updates and RSVP here: DIRB! Saturdays

El G of ZZK Records

Last night, the Bombón crew dropped in at KPFT‘s studios for the Son Pacifica show. We were surprised that this mostly Spanish-speaking community radio show somehow found out about our special Bombón for the  Rio Arriba Tour; and were also happy that the radio hosts invited us in, eager to hear about this new Latin movement. After the hour-long show, we all walked away with a mission to share more of these ritmos Americanos–regardless of any language barriers.

Bombón Especial
With a  clear step in that direction, this Saturday night, April 16, Bombón is bringing you an evento muy especial with South American DJ/producer Chancha via Circuito and head honcho El G (see video/documentary above) of ZZK Records! They deliver debut performances in town at The Green Room (813 St.Emmanuel, next to Warehouse Live).  And we, Bombón DJs (Gracie Chavez, Navó, OG Bobby Trill and Cashless), are sharing the stage/decks as additional musical acts for the night. Doors open at 9pm for 18 and up, and tickets are $4/$7 at the door.

Be sure to RSVP on FB for more details and music.

Flyer by Sober

Las Conexiónes
You can also catch Tuesday night’s podcast with Chancha and Bombón DJs on SonPacifica.com. Or tune in to KPFT 90.1 FM on Tuesdays from 10-11pm (CST) as they will regularly host Bombón’s guest artists in the months to come.

And happy to add that Tipping Point is also on board with Bombón Houston, so we’ll be seeing a lot of support from them on special events, too! They’re co-sponsoring our first Cinco/Seis de Mayo festivities in a couple of weeks. We may even start free dance lessons!

And special thanks to We Get Famous for the post this week, DJ Sober for this fly-ass flyer, Fahrenheit-Media‘s Chris Cardenas (aka the Hub) for sound, Mariana for letting us run it at Avant Garden every month, and Tonio for video, creative direction and holding down Bombón/DIRB! on the West Coast. Don’t be hatin’!

Dunno, but it feels like somethin’s heatin’ up!

Chancha Via Circuito – Rio Arriba 2010 by zzkrecords

After a sensational DIRBversary! at The Lot last weekend, we are gearing up for another gigantic night with DJ Platurn this coming Saturday, March 12. The self-described “real-deal hip hop DJ who rocks the party the original way” just needs two turntables and a mixer to pull-off some classic DJing with top-notch selections and skills to back it up.

The Icelandic jock by way of the Bay is on a quick tour of the Texas region courtesy of all the SXSW festivities, but is making Houston his home-base for the duration. Platurn recently joined DJ Sun for a 45 session at Onion Creek last Wednesday before heading out to Corpus Christi today, then back to Houston to rock the decks with us at DIRB! Saturdays at The Lot on Washington (4212 Washington, 77007). More DIRB! deets and RSVP here.

But here’s how he’s sized up his trip so far:

Dusty Crates: You still play vinyl 45s and you rock on Serato. Do you have a preference?
Platurn: No preference, but 45s will always have a special place. You gotta know how to rock it with whatever format presented, be it analog or digital.

DC: Looks like you’re on a mini-Texas tour at the moment (hope your tall-ass is going first-class on that Greyhound). Where have you been and where are you going next?
Platurn: New Orleans, Mississippi, Houston, Corpus Christi & Austin. Lovin’ the South!

DC: If you could choose a song that represent each city/night you’ve been to since arrived, what would those be?
Platurn: Trip can be summed up in 3 songs so far:

1. Professor Longhair-Big Chief
2. Outkast-Spottieottiedopalicious
3. Archie Bell & The Drells-Tighten Up

DC: Who’s got better Mexican food: Texas or Cali? Don’t answer that! We awwready know.
Platurn: Pretty sure Texas whoops Cali’s ass, but I think it’s safe to say we place in the top 3. Can’t fux with our produce yo!

Keep It Rockin’
If you can’t make it out to see him this week, you still have one more chance. After all the Austin gigs, Platurn will be back for Rock Steady’s Bay Area Invasion on Monday, March 21, with OM’s J.Boogie and DJ Sun again.

Check out more of Platurn’s sound here.
Love & Hate (TRUE Clothing Mix) by platurn

Our next edition of Bombon tomorrow night brings in SA import Sonora of the infamous Peligrosa All-Stars. This DJ/producer has worked with a few fellow Texans, like Mexicans with Guns, and is working on an upcoming EP with Brooklyn’s baile queen, Zuzuka Poderosa.

I caught up with him just before SXSW gets 4Loco next week for a quick Dusty Crates interview. This is what’s goin on in Sonora’s world:

DustyCrates: What kind of sabor do you bring to your music?
Sonora: I’ve been told by numerous people and also [a] dude from Generation Bass dubbing me ”Mr. Multi-Genre”. It really doesn’t matter what kind of track it is, it can be a disco edit, or a hip hop track I’m working on, it will always have some sort of Latin flavor or influenced sound built around [Latin].

DC: Who (or what) are you currently working with in the studio?
SL: At the moment, I have a few projects im working on. I’ve been working with Zuzuka Poderosa via the Internet for this new collab/remix EP. But will be hitting the studio up with her when she gets to Texas for SXSW to record a
couple tracks with her.

I’m also doing projects with two different producers, Orquesta from Dublin, Ireland, and a local here in San Antonio who goes by LeDoom. And in the middle of all that I’m still working on a full length LP; it’s definitely
not going to be for the club, it’s leaning more towards the hip hop side of things with lots of melodys/textures layers, live instruments, and samples from old vinyl.

Frente Cumbiero – Pitchito (sonora remix) by SONORA

DC:  Where do you get your inspiration? What did you grow up listening to in San Antonio?
SL: My inspiration comes from a lot of things: my daughter, of course, or digging for old vinyl at the pulgas and spending hours analyzing tracks and getting ideas.

I grew up listening to a variety of things especially living in the house with three sisters. So, my mom and dad would play a lot of tradicional cumbia, bachata, salsa, and of course, tejano. My sisters had a lot of hip hop playing, like Biggie and Nas, or Michael Jackson. And later in the years,  I started making beats in my bedroom and selling them at school! Haha! That led to making screwed and chopped mixtapes. I grew up appreciating so many things that, at the moment,
it plays a big roll in my production. [Check out more of Sonora's sound here.]

Sonora – Paraiso (Mexicans with Guns Remix) by SONORA

DC: What’s the SA music scene like?
SL: The scene here as far as live shows go sometimes frustrates me. The city has so much raw talent here and great events going on that SA will sleep on it. But more recently things have been picking up, more crews establishing their names, and people actually travelling out a little further to go catch a gig that isn’t on “the strip”.

But all the producers here are really great. It was awesome to see a good friend of mine, Ernest Gonzales (aka Mexicans With Guns), plant his music seed a ways back, and to see it pretty much grow into something huge. [I'm] proud that his success happend here in this city. SA is definetly something that nobody should sleep on.

Peligrosa, ATX from uLOVEi on Vimeo.

DC: Some Houstonians have been out to see you rock it at Peligrosa in Austin. But for those who haven’t, what you bringing with you to Bombon?
SL: At Peligrosa’s, I always make sure to keep up with throwing in tradicional jams or blending it with a big beat, it’s always nice to sneak in some old merengue and mambo, too. But I’ll also be playing some tracks of the new Zuzuka EP, and a lot of my new productions, so Houston will get to hear it first!

Bombon Asesino en Houston
Be one of the select few to hear Sonora this Friday, March 11, at Avant Garden (411 Westheimer, 77006) with Bombon DJs Navo, OG Bobby Trill, myself (Gracie Chavez) upstairs and Cashless downstairs brining more tropical, Afro-Latin, soca, dancehall heat! No cover, 21+ from 9pm-2am.

Bombon Asesino (March 11) RSVP here.

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