WHAT IS IT? New York Night Train's Soul Clap and Dance-Off is North America’s most popular soul party − by far playing to more people in more places and generating more capital than any of its contemporaries. The concept is simple - all night dancing to the wild soul 45s of subterranean superstar NYC DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin and, in the middle, a $100 dance contest judged by a panel of local celebrities. Recession-friendly mass entertainment with a $5 door price, the dance party/spectacle not only sells beyond capacity at home, but brings its excitement to domestic markets all the way from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine and internationally from Tel Aviv to Mexico City - including former monthly residencies in New York, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Oakland, and PDX. Also the Dance-Off portion features judges from every edge of music and culture from classic subcultural icons like Mike Watt and Jello Biafra, to rock stars Andrew Van Wyngarden (MGMT) and Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), to interesting cultural figures like Karla LaVey (Satanic Priestess) and Matt Gonzalez (Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate) to your favorite neighborhood heroes. Catch The Soul Clap!
WHY IS TONIGHT DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHERS? Because New York Night Train, Mr. Jonathan Toubin, and the Soul Clap emerged not from the mod or soul scene but the punk, post-punk, and general independent rock'n'roll underground, Soul Clap grew as a uniting force for various subcultural groups. Toubin began playing obscure soul 45s for these social circles rather than soul fans - converting non-believers to the religion of the raw power of his favorite genre of music without the musical or cultural preconceptions that traditionally go along with soul connoisseurship. Thus by both necessity and personal aesthetics, the selections were faster, louder, grittier, and weirder than the typical fare of a soul, funk, northern soul, or other retro specialty night − pitched, EQ-ed, and assembled with immediate turns, gospel screaming, and other momentum builders and tension devices. In deliberate contrast to the retropolis of dusty musty collector nights or paint-by-the-numbers, funk, and northern soul nights, or banal gratuitous hit nights, the unpretentious undeniable supremacy of the sound pulls unlikely combination of folks from all over the cultural rainbow. While Soul Clap's mission is to get both the rock underground and club scene dancing to the finest raw action-packed records you've never heard, it is simultaneously breathing new life back into these superior underappreciated recordings in the name of FUN!
NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN CONDUCTOR AND SOUL PROPRIETOR MR JONATHAN TOUBIN has shattered the face of nightlife in the wormy apple the last few years with his revolutionary parties and wild and wooly approach to his trademark 45rpm "maximum rock and soul" sound. Tirelessly chugging deep into morning after morning - everywhere from dive bars to underground live music venues to art spaces to giant discos to festivals like SXSW, ATP, CMJ, NXNE, Pop Montreal, Sled Island, Fun Fun Fun, Chaos in Tejas, and Ponderosa Stomp, from Mexico to Israel, in over 1200 gigs the last five years, Jonathan Toubin's high-speed DIY punk aesthetic employs these traditional vinyl tools in a nostalgia-free manner to whip up a post-modern 45rpm beat collage that is decidedly fresh and alive enough to exist outside of the retro world - but rather where the wild things are - NOW!
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To book Mr. Jonathan Toubin, the Soul Clap and Dance-Off, or any other NY Night Train party
contact Michelle Cable at Panache Booking. For Europe conact Buzz at U-Turn Touring.
Download the printable Soul Clap/Mr JT press kit here.
Find Mr Jonathan Toubin's promotional pictures for print and online here.
Listen to Mr. JT's "NY Night Train Soul Clap Classics Volume 1" mix here.