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DJ SABINE: BROOKLYN MECCA/OYASOUND/RHYTHM & ROOTS: BROOKLYN MECCA/OYASOUND/RHYTHM & ROOTS ARE THE CREATIVE PROJECTS OF DJ SABINE. DJ SABINE’S EVENTS FOCUSES ON THE EXPOSURE AND PLEASURES OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC MUSIC LIKE ANCESTRAL HOUSE, AFROBEAT, AFROTECH, AND HAITIAN ROOTS. DJ SABINE EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS BY INCORPORATING LIVE PERFORMANCES, VISUAL ARTS, AND A VENDOR MARKET AT SEVERAL EVENTS.OYASOUND MUSIC PRODUCTIONS LABEL AND EP IS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS. DJ SABINE’S MAINSTAY AND CULTIVATION HAS BEEN THE MONTHLY EVENT BROOKLYN MECCA & RHYTHM & ROOTS.BROOKLYN MECCA/RHYTHM & ROOTS HAS BEEN COINED THE HOME OF “GRASSROOTS DANCE CULTURE”. DJ SABINE IS THE FOUNDER OF BROOKLYN MECCA & RHYTHM & ROOTS EVENTS. SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER/PRODUCER OF OYASOUND MUSIC PRODUCTION LABEL. DJ SABINE SPINS GLOBAL SOUL: HOUSE, AFROTECH, AFROBEAT, HAITIAN ROOTS MUSIC, AND OTHER DIASPORIC TUNES. HER MAIN INFLUENCES ARE HER SPIRIT GUIDES, ANCESTORS, AND WARRIOR WOMYN. HER EAR FOR MUSIC SOOTHES THE INNATE PART OF HERSELF AND OTHERS THAT HONORS THE SOUNDS OF DRUMS, THE POWER OF WORDS, AND THE HEALING AFFECT OF CONJURING UP PURE POSITIVE FEELING AND EMOTION. ALL OF WHICH HER MUSICAL MISSION IS TO MOVE ONE TO DANCE, RELEASE, AND ULTIMATELY BE FREE. DJ SABINE HAS SPUN FOR NYC VENUES AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS NUYORICAN POET’S CAFÉ, JOE’S PUB, AARON DAVIS HALL, APOLLO, CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE, SISTERFIRE NYC, THE COMPOUND BROOKLYN, SISTA II SISTA, BLACK OUT ARTS COLLECTIVE, WERISE, NEXTAID, REMOTE LOUNGE, SPUTNIK, LANGSTON'S, FIVE SPOT, ROCKWELL'S, BROOKLYN MUSEUM, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, STUDIO MUSEUM OF HARLEM, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, BROOKLYN MUSEUM, AND MORE. DJ SABINE HAS SPUN NATIONALLY IN OMAHA (LOOM),DENVER (AFROBLU), BOSTON (DEEPERLOVE/SOUL REVIVAL, CHICAGO (3DEGREES/CUARTO), DALLAS (SOUL FUNKTION), ST. LOUIS (ESCUELA), LA/SF (AFROFUNKE/BEMBE), MIAMI (WMC-BROOKLYN MECCA/LIBATION EVENT). DJ SABINE IS ALSO ONE OF THE RESIDENT DJS OF THE DENVER,COLORADO EVENT "AFROBLU": AFROBLU, a Multi-media Dance Celebration of Love, Life,& African culture through AfroBeat, Deep-House, NuSoul & other spirited music fuses performance art & social change. RESIDENT DJs: RJ DURAN, and MATTHEW BANDY (Limestone Recordings), OFFBEAT(NYC) and SABINE (OyaSound/Brooklyn Mecca). AFROBLU also hosts international guest deejays, performance artists, and live musicians. Guest DJs have included: Carlos Mena, Jeremy Sole, Offbreat, Kemit, Troublemaker, RJ Duran, Peter Black/Aztec, K-Nee, Ben Dismore, Brent Crampton w/ Shif-D, Sabine, Korie, Alton Miller, Ivy, Jon Nedza, Rich Medina, and Boddhi Satva. At Afroblu, we DANCE! we PERFORM! and we GROOVE! / YOU WILL FEEL the music in your heart / in your spirit / in your body and in your soul! Don't Front, Just Dance! and feel the spirit move through you at this After-Hours Dance Ritual. BROOKLYN MECCA WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEXT AID THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED URBAN SANCTUARY. DJ SABINE SEEKS TO BRING BROOKLYN MECCA ON A NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOUR AND SPREAD AWARENESS ON ISSUES IN AFRICA & THE WORLD THROUGH GLOBAL SOUL HOUSE MUSIC. ON 1/30/09 BROOKLYN MECCA, CELEBRATED ITS FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY! “IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR ANCESTRAL WOMYN, RHYTHMS THAT MAKE US ALL STRONG IN CELEBRATION.”-DJ SABINE “DJ SABINE SPINS MUSIC WITH A SENSIBILITY ALL HER OWN.”-CASPER JONES BAR LOUNGE MANAGEMENT “THE SALMAGUNDI OF SOUND KREYOLIZED AND CRYSTALLIZED INTO A MOVEMENT MAKES BROOKLYNMECCA.” -PROFESSOR OLUFEMI LASANA (AFRICANA STUDIES DEPT.,SDSU) “DJ SABINE IS ONE OF THE FUNKIEST EXTRAORDINAIRES TO EVER GRACE THE LISTENING PARTY. IF YOU WANT A DJ THAT CAN ROCK A SET THAT TAKES THE AFRICAN DIASPORA FROM THE CRADLE TO FUTURISTIC RHYTHM, SHE’S THE WOMAN FOR THE JOB.”- LISTENING PARTY NYC WEBSITES: http://www.lafotographeuse.com/Home/Events/SlideShow/params/object/54/default.aspx WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BROOKLYNMECCA WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DJSABINE WWW.MYSPACE.COM/AFROBLU WWW.NEXTAID.ORG CONTACT: OYASOUNDPRODUCTIONS@YAHOO.COM

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