Miguel: Breath of Fresh Air in the Mainstream

Thanks to our own Nasty Ness for turning us on to new Jive artist Miguel Jontel. His music is soulful, unique, and has much more depth than most of the cookie-cutter cuts you hear on the radio these days. Check out his video for "All I Want Is You" below. Also, be sure to download his mixtape "Mischief". Good ish, especially "Ooh Ahh!" Way to keep it real, Miguel!

Expression by Salt-N-Pepa

Had to bring it back to this classic. Just be your funky selves and get loose!

Salt N Pepa - Expression
- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Planet Rump EP Release Party at Eclectic Collective!

We are honored to celebrate the recent release of our debut EP "Welcome to Planet Rump" at the next Eclectic Collective: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7!

This is THE party featuring NYC's top-notch next-wave electro/dance artists. It's always bumpin and packed down in the basement of Fat Baby, a guaranteed sweaty dance fest! Save the date and don't miss the action!

featuring live performances by:

Soundwavve

Eyeris

Tigga Calore

W!ll
Planet Rump
+ resident DJ Bonnie Danger

hosted by SAMN! & Menya's Coco Dame and Angie Ripe

Tuesday September 7
Fat Baby
112 Rivington St (at Essex, downstairs)

8-11pm
$2

THANK YOU!

Thank you all for downloading our first EP! After the first day, the numbers are looking great! Keep it up and spread the word.

Please share the player from BandCamp (like the one at right) on all your sites... it looks dope too!

Also remember we will have actual CDs available at all of our upcoming shows, so you can cop the real thing soon! Our next show is 9/7 at Fatbaby for W!LL's Eclectic Collective.

Here's what one happy customer had to say on her first listen:

"I can get funky to this! Great beat, it makes me wanna dance!"
-Miss Strawberry's mom

Check out the inside CD cover design:





















Love you all! Enjoy the dance music energy!

"Welcome To Planet Rump" drops TOMORROW!

We are so excited about the release of our baby, our first ever professionally mixed and mastered tracks, our debut EP: "Welcome To Planet Rump"! This EP has been in the works for years... writing, performing, perfecting, recording, etc... truly a work of passion and love from the bottoms of our hearts and souls.

Starting at midnight tonight, you can listen to the tracks on BandCamp, download the EP for free, and easily share the link or embed the player on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, whatever!

The EP will be free for a limited time as a thank you to our fans, so get yours tomorrow! All we ask in return is for you to pass it on! Tell a friend, tell 100 friends!

If you need the "real thing," we'll have the CDs for sale at our next show: September 7 at the Eclectic Collective. More details on that to-be epic night coming soon! Save the date and celebrate with us!

Until then, enjoy the music, and let us know what you think by commenting here or hitting us up at planetrumpfunk[AT]gmail.com. DJs: holler if you wanna reeemiiix!

Track listing:
1. Brand New Body Rock
2. Play For Me
3. Sex Is On The Menu
4. Funky In The Street
5. Humping Without Warning

all songs written and produced by planet rump, except ‘play for me’ written by planet rump, produced by chico mann (antibalas) • mixed by steve at stush studios, nyc • mastered by mike at turtle tone studio, nyc • special thanks to the andychrist

© 2010 planet rump • planetrump.com

Weekend picks for a funky good time

In case you were thinking to yourself, now where can I shake my ass this weekend? Well we at Planet Rump did the thinking for you! You're welcome!

FRIDAY:early































Das Racist + Tayisha Busay + more
Glasslands
8pm, 21+
$8 ADV // $10 DOS
Presented by PopGun




FRIDAY:late



































FIXED w/ THE SWISS (Modular-Australia) Live!
Plus JDH & DAVE P
Public Assembly (back room)
10pm, 21+
$8 ADV / $10 DOS

The Swiss Live - Bubble Bath from Closetakes on Vimeo.

SATURDAY:late
































iBomba w/ Zakee + Zuzuka Poderosa + more!
Knitting Factory (Brooklyn)
10pm, 21+
FREE ***piñata smash @ midnite!***

Zuzuka Poderosa Ft 77Klash "BK Ghetto Fabulosa" Xao Productions by Zuzuka Poderosa


SUNDAY:day
CHROMEO @ East River State Park!
2pm
FREE
get there early! this will be madness!!
Presented by Pool Parties w/ The Suzans and Telephoned!

GRUM Summer Mix

Grum's latest mixtape for summer is available to play and download for free exclusively at our friends NYCelectro. This young Scottish producer is the new ill DJ on the electro scene. His music speaks for itself—it's just damn good. Check out his debut album (released back in May) and other releases on his website. Another interesting aspect that you can read about here is that his album/poster artwork (see below) is actually a barcode: you can take a photo of it on the street or in a magazine, using a couple specific iPhone apps, and it will direct you to his album on the iTunes store. In the meantime, just listen to this summer mix and dance, dance, dance.

SRI MIX tonight at Crooked Disco = PARTY TIME

Planet Rump will be celebrating Caroline Rose and DJ Tantric's birthdays tonight at Crooked Disco! This week, SRI MIX will be joining residents Morsy & Kester. We've been bumpin SRI MIX's "Get Sweaty" mix for weeks now, dope! Listen to it below, plus a Crooked Disco live mix. PARTY TIME!

Friday, August 13
FREE 10pm -4am
Le Poisson Rouge (Gallery Bar)
158 Bleecker Street

SPECIAL! RSVP to cd@lprnyc.com for your first drink free before midnight!

DRINK SPECIALS:
$5 wells drinks from 10-11
$3 Rolling Rock Cans all night
$30 Six-pack “bottle service”
+ the very special “Bootsy Collins” cocktail

*just walk right up to the bouncer and say your there for Crooked Disco! Don't wait in line!*

Get Sweaty! (DJ Mix) by SRIMIX

Full Disclosure 07.31.10 - Live at Le Poisson Rouge by Crooked Disco

Collage of the Eclectic Collective

W!ll Sheridan's monthly party Eclectic Collective was jam packed Tuesday night for a showcase of some of the freshest NEXT-wave music acts on the scene. From studio-pop stud Peter Kirk, to brand new hip-hop/pop artist from Chi-town Gavin, to dance explosion sexy trio Radio Musik, the crowd responded with uproarious zeal. Then after a set from DJ Bonnie Danger, W!LL slam-dunked the funk with his most epic set yet, complete with army themed stage, banana-throwing antics, strobe light interlude, plenty of call and response and a capella rhyming. Even his collabo with Nasty Ness (of Planet Rump) "Set Fire To The Streets" was surging with more power than ever. Download the Great Tiger remix here. Speaking of Great Tiger, they rounded out the night with a funky electro odyssey, full of energy, charisma and laser pointers dancing across them from the audience. Re-live the experience by watching the collage below, and don't miss the next one!

ECLECTIC COLLECTIVE tonight at Fat Baby!

Tonight it's going down with some of the most avant garde underground new-new wave music acts in NYC, brought to you by the prodigious W!LL.

featuring
PETER KIRK
GAVIN
RADIO MUSIK
DJ BONNIE DANGER
W!LL SHERIDAN
GREAT TIGER >> download their remix of W!LL and Nasty Ness's "Set Fire To The Streets" (free!)

hosts
NASTY NESS (of PLANET RUMP)
SAMN!
SHOCK STARTA

Tuesday August 10, 2010
8-11pm
Fat Baby (basement)
112 Rivington (at Essex), LES
F to Delancey
$2 cover, drink specials

Early dance parties on a weeknight TOTALLY count as going to the gym! So come sweat it out while your senses delight you. And of course, Planet Rump will be there representin and keeping the dancefloor movin.

[RSVP on Facebook]

Wallpaper. brought the funky fresh West Coast vibe to Brooklyn Bowl Sunday night

Wallpaper., an Oakland, California duo, put on a funky/freaky/smooth/krump/fun show for Nicky Digital's "The Deep End" party series, the Official Pool Parties After Parties, at Brooklyn Bowl Sunday night. If you don't know these guys by now, check out their video for "T-Rex"—this shit blew us out of our chairs a few months ago and we can't get enough. One mention of the song and it's in our heads for weeks. "I go BIG on the weeeekeeend, I go T-REX." Pure genius. Their set did not disappoint: they performed their entire album "Doo Doo Face" [cop it here] and it was a freaky dance get down. Ricky laid the smooth moves on us while Arjun kept the beat in his pocket. Check out this live footage to get a taste, and don't miss them next time they're in town! They're on tour now so catch em if you can! Tonight's stop: DC.

The Radiant Child: A brilliant film of a brilliant man

The new Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary is a must-see. It tells the story of his art career—from being a truly inspired teen to becoming a hugely famous artist in less than 10 years and then leaving this world at the age of 27. He left over one thousand paintings and one thousand drawings for us to explore, decode and feel for years to come. An incredible body of work that analyzed, synthesized, prophetized and expressed our human culture and history, frame after frame. He was a truly pure being, operating from his soul and letting his knowledge flow back out through him in automatically.

The film is playing now at Film Forum on Houston between 6th & 7th Aves. You should probably also pre-order the DVD now. It's a classic.

Fresh Chromeo video

LEMONADE will quench your thirst for dancing this Friday night at The Cove

Come out and dance with us to Lemonade as they celebrate Turrbotax 1 Year Anniversary at The Cove tomorrow night! Other sick acts performing are Todd Edwards & FaltyDL.

Need more reasons than awesome dance music to come out? OK fine... FREE Asahi beers from 11-12, $1 jello shots all night, FREE entry before 11pm, $5 before 12 ($7 after). Sound good? Thought so!

Check out Lemonade's video for "Big Weekend" and let's live it up!