Sept 16: New York Night Train Wednesdays w/DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin and special guest Herr Pong plus two more, Motor City Bar (127 Ludlow, Lower East Side), 10pm – 4am, FREE: Mr Jonathan Toubin has rotated raw tunes for your listening pleasure for almost three years at this downtown institution – the “Cheers” of the Lower East Side’s rock and roll underground. Mr. Toubin, who returns home from a mysterious location with over 100 new jams to be debuted tonight will be joined by Herr Pong of the Portland Radio Authority’s “Zwei Dekaden zu spät” show and two secret surprise international DJs of the highest caliber. Come hang out and listen…
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and, tomorrow!
Sept 17, Thursday Thump w/DJCarlos Tropicaza, Enid’s (560 Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint), 10pm – 4am, FREE: New York Night Train and Enid’s present a night featuring the finest DJs of the NYC underground community every Thursday. This week we are thrilled to present, direct from Mexico City, one of New York Night Train’s favorite 45 rpm rock and soul DJs, with a unique Mexican twist, Senor Carlos Tropicaza. Carlos is also the drummer for roughly a dozen Mexico City bands including Los Fancy Free and has a Vampi Soul compilation of his Mexican oddities somewhere out there – learn more about the man and his music – more importantly, say “hola” and jam out tonight!
and, Friday….
Fri, Sept 18: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guests Carlos Tropicaza (Mexico City) and PepperminTwist (Bologna, Italy), Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie, Lower East Side, Manhattan), 10:30pm, FREE: Friday is Mr. Jonathan Toubin of New York Night Train’s rough and ready maximum rock’n’soul get-down! The night owls shake and shimmy to wild 45rpm party favors – obscurities, novelties, and classics with a pumpin’ heartbeat from the 1950s to the present – soul, garage, r&b, girl groups, New Orleans beat, glam, punk, freakbeat, rockabilly, ye ye, blues, new and local underground rockers – supreme jams from across the board performed, recorded, and juxtaposed with rawness and immediacy for your dancing pleasure. Tonight New York Night Train is stoked to present to you two of the finest 45 DJs in the world, Mexico City’s Carlos Tropicaza and Bologna, Italy’s PEPPERMINTWIST. Carlos isn’t only the drummer for a number of excellent bands, but is also a well known collector and compiler of obscure Mexican 60s jams for the Vampi Soul label. PEPPERMINTTWIST (AKA Smashed! Blocked! co-founder Layla Boschet) is an exciting 60s international freakbeat, garage, and psych rock DJ who’s been spinning for years all over the place. This unholy trinity is guaranteed to shake you all over ’til you don’t know over and under from sideways and down…
and, Saturday, it’s back!….
New York Night Train’s most popular party (and contest), the Soul Clap and Dance-Off, appearing everywhere from Mexico to Israel since our last local one, returns to its Glassland’s Gallery home Saturday. This month’s Soul Clap will, as always, feature dancing to the exquisitely dynamic 45s of soul proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin, plus the Dance-Off will be presided over by lovely MC Laura Leigh and a distinguished panel of judges consisting of New York Press’ Jamie Peck, Heeb/Impose Magazine’s Jason Diamond, Jesse Gassface, author/publisher of “Quality of My Life” fanzine, Maria Falgoust, co-founder of activist librarian group The Desk Set, and OJ, guitarist for Brooklyn underground music favorites Golden Triangle (and one-time Dance-Off winner). Additionally, this night is dedicated to the spirit and memory Dance-Off’s finest and most prolific contestant, Carlos Alvarez, a local nightlife legend and friend to all who tragically passed away August 15. This is first time we will soul clap since his ascension to the big dancefloor in the sky. Doors and dancing start at 11pm, free beer from 11pm – midnight, and a 1am Dance-Off with a $100 grand prize, and more get-down ’til 4am. Feel it…
Some quotes about the Soul Clap and Dance-Off, mostly in regards to “dancing with the stars”:
“It’s like Dancing With the Stars, but more fun!”
- Bruce Tantum, Time Out New York
“The mid-‘60s to early-‘70s r&b and funk will have you dancing with the stars.”
- Sharyn Jackson, Village Voice “Voice Choices”
“As previously noted in this here reputable rag, Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off shindig is truly New York City’s most stimulating all-night dance party, easily trumping all other soul or retro nights.”
- MyOpenBar.com
“I remember the first time I walked into one of DJ Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off parties at Glasslands Gallery. Wiggly mamas were shaking their manes and hitting the splits, gangly boys were swinging from the balcony, and the two dance contest finalists, having already ripped their shirts off, were vibe-a-ratin’ like washing machines in the middle of a cheering crowd. And the music, man! I was getting hit by squall after squall of screaming, crackling soul tracks, some pitched so fast that I hardly knew how to move to them – so I did like everyone else and just let the music jerk my body around, flailing with the breathless abandon of a toddler. I’m a big fan of sixties soul music, but every song was new to me, each so raw and greasy and BIG and palpable that they had me scrunching my nose up and torquing my neck in this ecstatic frenzy. Now, I make a point of seeking out those rowdy shows and crazy parties that leave you sweat-soaked and grinning uncontrollably, but I’ve been hard-pressed to find anything that can top the roaring bliss of a New York Night Train Soul Clap.”
- Erin Sheehy, Jezebel Music.com
“Even thought Toubin isn’t entirely unique in using only 45s, his skill at transitioning one song into another (“segueways”) is seamless, and his depth and range of choice songs, primarily from the mid-1960s, are far from the mainstream yet extremely danceable. “
- Mark Shikuma, North Coast Journal
“The chops to make ya hop…. an eve of 45-rpm soul sizzlin’ and expressive dance.”
- Lina Lecaro, LA Weekly
“It was ridiculous and fun and had me hoping Soul Clap returns on a weekend some day, so our city of fabulous freaks and music geeks can strut for cash without having to watch the clock.”
- Jennifer Maerz, SF Weekly
“Soultastic!… The makings of a perfect dehydrated Thursday night.”
- Courtney Ferguson, Portland Mercury
upcoming night-training:
- Thurs, Sept 24: Bowery Ballroom – HEALTH w/DJ sets by Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Friday, September 25: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Jon Spencer
- Saturday, September 26: Washington DC Soul Clap and Dance-Off at 9:30 Club Back Bar
- Thurs, Oct 1 – Fri, Oct 2: Mr. Jonathan Toubin at Pop Montreal
- Sat, Oct 3: Market Hotel NY Night Train Happening with Chain and the Gang, Preacher and the Knife, Fiasco, Anna Copa Cabana, and more
- Fri, Oct 9: Santos’ then Home Sweet Home, Mr. Jonathan Toubin w/Monotonix and Monotonix afterparty
- Sat, Oct 10: Market Hotel then Glasslands: Mr Jonathan Toubin cameo at Monotonix
Sat, Oct. 10 Glasslands – Nouvellas Record Release Party/Soul Clap and Dance-Off
Fri, Oct 16 – Sat, Oct 17: Portland, OR: East End, Mr Jonathan Toubin at Vice Garage Rock Fest
- Tue, Oct 20: Santos, CMJ Festival – Mr Jonathan Toubin at Panache Booking Showcase w/Heavy Trash, Golden Triangle, Stalkers, and more
- Sat, Oct 24: Don Pedro’s – Mr Jonathan Toubin at Impose Magazine CMJ Jam
Thurs, Oct 29: Maxwell’s: New Jersey Soul Clap
- Sat, Oct 31 – Nov 1: Mr Jonathan Toubin Voodoo Fest action
- Weds, Nov 4: Houston Soul Clap and Dance-Off, Super-Happy Fun Land
Fri , Nov 5: Monterrey Soul Clap and Dance-Off with host and guest DJ Ian Svenonius, Garage
– Sat Nov 7 – Sun Nov 8: Austin, Fun Fun Fun Fest w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius
- Mon, Nov 9 – Tues, Nov 19: Southwest/West Coast Soul Clap tour w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius
- Sat, Nov 21: Soul Clap and Dance-Off, Glasslands Gallery
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