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Summer staying HOT and Plauge stays busy as usual! Weekend is going to be kicked off special way! Plauge boyz going to invade JAMit block Festival in Rauma.

Every town got its own summer festival, Rauma has Mustanpitsin viikko (Black lace week). This week is going to have climax on Friday  when is the black lace night. JAMit Festival naturally is part of this event.

JAMit festival has been successful club night for few years already in the city of Rauma. Now is time to tune it up a little and turn it into a festival! Couple of stages and lots of good performers guarantees the best for you what darkening nights can offer. Oh and the key word is improvise so I bet we will see a lot of great moments. Take your cameras and open mind with you!

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Official press release in finnish:

Vuoden 2009 Funk Awardseissa (www.funk.fi) raumalainen ”JAMit” valittiin toiseksi parhaaksi klubiksi Suomessa! Jo vuosia ravintolakansaa viihdyttänyt Jamit-klubi laajenee festivaaliksi 30.7.2010. Samana päivänä Raumalla vietetään Mustan pitsin yön karnevaalia ja kyseisen illan JAMit-klubi onkin aikaisempina vuosina toiminut mainiona jatkopaikkana tälle perinteikkäälle juhlalle. Mustan pitsin yön JAMit ovatkin olleet jo kaksi vuotta peräkkäin komeasti loppuunmyydyt. Tästä viisastuneina JAMit-järjestäjät ovat päättäneet laajentaa tapahtumaa Bar Hovin sisätiloista edessä sijaitsevalle Kalliokadulle.

Tapahtuma-alueelle pystyteetään Kalliokadun levyinen lava ja kaksi open stage -telttaa. Klubimaista tunnelmaa liekitetään festivaali-alueella sijaitsevan Bar Hovin sisätiloissa. Festivaali keskittyy JAMit-kubien tapaan spontaanille esiintymiselle ja improvisaatiolle. Turhanpäiväinen aikatauluihin tuijottava jäykistely ja keikkojen perässä juokseminen kannattaa Jamit festivaalille saapuessa unohtaa. Mukaan kannattaa ottaa oma soitin, ennakkoluuloton asenne ja repullinen avointa jamittelumieltä! On aika ottaa rennosti ja nauttia esitysten välittömästä tunnelmasta!

Jamit-festivaali on ensisijaisesti koko päivän kestävä musiikkitapahtuma lukuisine lavoineen, mutta tiedossa on myös runsaasti monenlaista ulkomusiikillista ihmeteltävää, värikästä performanssia ja muuta taiteilua. Tällä festivaalilla soitetaan, tanssitaan, fiilistellään, nautiskellaan, tavataan ystäviä ja luodaan yhdessä uniikkia tapahtumaa – ilman turhia esiintymisaikoja tai genrerajoja. Tänä vuonna mukaan on lupautunut liuta hienoja artisteja aina suomihiphopin kärkikastista raumalaisiin tulennielijöihin, sekä tuoreisiin dj crew suomenmestareihin. Tiedossa on äärimmäisen letkeä festari, kun Rauman Kalliokatu valjastetaan Jamit festivaalin käyttöön!

www.jamitfestivaali.fi

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Rest of the week (21.-24.7.2010) Herman Prime & Jukola, along with mr Aromi (lifesaver/bassoradio) will be banging classic dance tunes in Pori. More precise at bar boat Barco (check pics: here!) Feel free to join us enjoying good music and festival atmosphere on the jazz street!

http://www.porijazz.fi/

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Also Elektropäissään blog made interview about Herman Prime. It is about man him self, Dance Classics, some things about this weeks Pori gig and of course about Plauge. Check Finnish interview from: here!

Yo! It’s raining at the moment so perfect weather to make a little mixtape. This one was done and dedicated for car soundtrack to Plauge’s nr1 VJ – Paula. Plauge loves Vixen VJs! Safe driving!

Mixtape including discorap, boogie, go go, classics, 100% vinyl, recorded at once, slobby mixing and so. Enjoy while cruising, summer park sessions, after party, before party, pool party, rooftop party, street stepping, fishing. Get the boogie on, put it in your pants.

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PANORAMA is a three day event taking place in Night Club Hämeensilta during Tammerfest city festival 16th July. Plauge / Off The Hook is holding there the friday night fever. Panoramic (doh!) view to the city from tenth floor with a nice swedish boat style interior needs only loads of french house! Take the elevator, come sip a gin & tonic and move your body to…

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Off The Hook is going Jamrock, at least for a bit. One of Finland’s top selectors DJ Polarsoul is honoring us with his presence the coming Saturday. So with that in mind, here’s a few tunes we may or may not play in the party. They’re great jams regardless.

First up is a cumbia reworking of the old reggae standard “Chase The Devil”, by Max Romeo. Most clubheads probably remember this track from “Out of Space” by Prodigy but it is a seriously great reggae track in its own right. This time around it’s been tweaked just slightly to include the guiro-based cumbia beat to give it that latin dancehall vibe. Gets the hips swinging. Props to Mixtape Riot for this gem.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/c1y5mitinzj/Chase The Cumbia Devil.mp3

Melanie Fiona used the classic Zombies song “Time of the Season” for her R&B hit “Give It To Me Right”. Never mind that the song is lifted note-by-note, both versions are seriously awesome. “Give It To Me Right” already has that reaggae-like swing, but add Ms. Dynamite in the blend and you’ve got a dancehall favorite.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/thu0uvzxjyz/Give It To Me Right (Ms. Dynamite Refix).mp3

On a clubbier tip, George Lenton is a relatively well-known latter day dubstepper, mostly known for his more abstract and atmospheric tracks. But when he took on the remixing duties for the Damian Marley & Nas collaboration “As We Enter” he decided to go a different direction. A kind of “dubby bmore”, the remix is clubby enough for the dancers but still has enough of a back beat to keep the nappy heads smiling. Infectious and addictive.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zongjn0o2nu/As We Enter (George Lenton Remix).mp3

And speaking of dubstep, Swedish pop-diva Robyn (ironically there’s an actual dancehall artist called Robyn, but whatever) just released a new single, which got the remix treatment from numerous sources. Buraka Som Sistema went the traditional dub route, turning the track into a blippy, lo-fi reggae-pop number. Poppy dubstepper Jakwob on the other hand did his usual thang, a rattling dubstep bass in between some infectious rhythms and build-and-fall song structures. It may raise a few eyebrows among Robyns older fans but who cares when it sounds so good. She also made a track with Diplo, “Dancehall Queen”, and while Robyn is not exactly the next Santogold, the result is still a solid track.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rnyynatjf5m/Dancing On My Own (Buraka Som Sistema).mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0mnzokym2mi/Dancing On My Own (Jakwob Remix).mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/h1tzwjheejm/05 Dancehall Queen.mp3

See you at the party!

Here are 11 tracks the Plauge Boyz have been feelin’ lately.

Underworld – Scribble
YouTube / Beatport

Black Ivory – You And I
YouTube

Salt City Orchestra – The Book (Vocal)
Spotify / Beatport

Kolombo – Kagomba
TraxSource

Curren$y – King Kong
YouTube

Funkagenda & Big Ed – Afterclub (Riva Starr remix)
Spotify

Alphabet City – Lowdown
SoundCloud

Gyptian – Hold Yuh
YouTube

Aeroplane – We Can’t Fly
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Dubbel Dutch – Deep Underground
YouTube / Beatport

??? – Saxophone Guy
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