Updates & New Events!

November 26, 2013

 

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Just checking in on the site! I know it’s been a while but if you’ve been following me on Facebook and Twitter, you know it’s been quite a busy Fall!

California was awesome! In addition to San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, I managed to snag another gig the night before heading back to NYC in Oakland! So many dancefloors! I hope you managed to check my Instagram feed for many shots of my trip- the sights, the food, and of course, the sounds :) . The photo above is one of me rockin Motown on Mondays in LA :) .

Many thanks to Beatnick, Mamabear, Adriana, Monalisa, Phatrick, Jedi, my Makossa fam Wonway, Soul Profess and everyone else who helped make the trip so awesome. I promise not to be a stranger, California!

As far as the past few months go, I’ve been involved with some pretty amazing events. In addition to holding it down at my favorite hideaway, Alice’s Arbor, I had the opportunity to represent at TheVS, which is becoming one of the most anticipated parties at Santos Play House! Every month 2 DJs represent different genres or musicians/label crews in a friendly spar. Who wins? The crowd!

In October, I held it down for 90s Hip Hop while Strictly Business Sound System represented for 90s Dancehall and it was GREAT! I held my own considering I was up against a crew! Check the video recap!

This past Halloween, I got to spin the return of one of my favorite movie nights, Shouting at the Screen! Comedian Wyatt Cenac and your rapper’s favorite MC Donwill have finally returned their night of drinks and blaxploitation films and brought it to a new home in Williamsburg- IndieScreen!

Shouting at the Screen will be every First Thursday of the month so check us out December 5th!

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In addition to Shouting at the Screen, my next gigs include Juke Bar this Saturday night (11/30), Motown on Mondays 12/2 at Brooklyn Bowl with Amir of 180 Proof Records, and Friday, December 6th at Alice’s Arbor.

Happy Thanksgiving and I’ll see you on the dancefloor!

 

 

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Summer Wrap Up/ DJ Tara in California

September 6, 2013

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We ended a great summer in NYC with Makossa BK! One of my most favorite Makossa BK’s ever! The music and the people as always were top-notch. Great vibes. Thanks again for your support and we look forward to next summer’s Makossa BK. We’re also working on some things so hopefully, you won’t have to wait so long….

Check out the photos here!

I guess I didn’t want summer to end because here I am in Sunny (and rather hot!) California for the next week! I’m spinning in both SoCal and The Bay Area so definitely spread the word to your Left Coast peoples.

I return to NYC Sunday, September 15th, where I’ll hop off the plane and head straight to Bed Vyne Brew Shop to spin a set to allow you wind down from the weekend and get ready for the new week ahead!

Check out flyers for my SD and LA dates below. As for The Bay Area goes, I’ll be spinning with my Makossa BK brother-in-arms Wonway at Madrone Art Bar on Friday!!!!

Follow me on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date on my Cali (and other) gigs! I’m definitely hoping to add a couple of more parties to the mix while I’m out here. Cali is a second home and I am too excited to be here!

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Spinning alongside DJs hailing from all parts of the US! Mamabear, Adriana, and I are taking over Beatnick’s night at Bar Dyamite and we are going to blow it out the frame!

Ladies Night @ Bar Dynamite
Saturday, September 7th
1809 W. Washington
San Diego, CA
10pm
$5

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I spun a set at Motown on Mondays at Brooklyn Bowl in July and it was so dope! Motown and the countless music that it inspired? YES! I’ll be spinning with Monalisa and DJ Phatrick. ALL of the MoM DJs from NY to Cali are dope as hell so this should be a great night to start the week off with :) .

MoM LA
The Short Stop
1455 W. Sunset Blvd (Echo Park)
9pm
Free.99

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Event: Makossa BK!

June 28, 2013

 

makossabk13_juneMan! It’s been a wild few months. Lots of great events with amazing music. If you want to keep in the loop, please join my mailing list or follow me on Twitter and Facebook!

As you know, summer is here which means the return of Makossa BK! Our 2013 inaugural was cold, rainy, and we hit RECORD ATTENDANCE! So many of you came out to rock with us regardless of the weather and we are forever grateful! It was a great day!

Rain may still come down a spell this Saturday, but clearly that isn’t stopping us. We’ll be outside enjoying the warmth and there’s plenty of room inside if the raindrops decide they want to join the fun, or we can always dance in the rain like last year :) .

This month we have DJs Sucio Smash (NYC) and Pure P joining us all the way from Stockholm! You know I’m all about the international vibes and I look forward to it!

Makossa BK- June 2013 Edition
Brooklyn Tap House
590 Myrtle Ave (at Classon)
2pm-10pm
$0

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Event: The Revival and Live at the Loft Resync!

April 1, 2013

I’m so excited to spin this month’s Revival at Free Candy!

This is a dope monthly party started by Move Forward Music featuring DJ PQ, Rich Medina, and a rotating cast of guest DJs like J. Period. While Rich is overseas touring, the legendary Tony Touch will be holding things down and I’m this month’s special guest!

Come dressed and energized to dance! Don’t forget to RSVP for reduce admission!

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Also, March was pretty busy for me. Alice’s Arbor Fridays, some private events, some post-DAF wrapup. In the midst of all this, something great happened. Live at the Loft returned for a special night with Oddisee! Such a great show. The vibe was just as amazing and didn’t feel like it had been 11 months since the last one! Looks like there will be more to come for which I am very excited. Live at the Loft is just what this city needs right now!

I got to sit down with Tone and talk a little bit about why I love Live at the Loft and why I volunteer. I’m just happy to contribute to something so great. Be sure to check all the episodes of Resync and learn about all that goes on behind the scenes of this great live music series!

RESYCN06 with Tara from LIVE AT THE LOFT on Vimeo.

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Event: Donuts are Forever

February 14, 2013

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I’ve been a busy bee lately. This is why. In addition to organizing, after taking a year off, I’m DJing this year’s Donuts are Forever!

The lineup is amazing. Our special guest DJ is JUST BLAZE!

I’m so excited. If you haven’t purchased your ticket yet, please do so. You’ll avoid a long wait trying to cop at the door.

Check the flyer above or peep the text below! See you there!

Sunday, February 17th, 2013
Presidents’ Day Weekend

Rare Form & Okayplayer present
DONUTS ARE FOREVER 7
an annual NYC tribute to a Detroit legend

SRB Brooklyn
177 2nd Avenue
(corner of 14th St)

http://srbbrooklyn.com/nweb/

sets provided by
JUST BLAZE (NYC)
DJ CENTER (Push the Fader – NYC)
DJ TARA (Rare Form – NYC)
DJ STYLUS (Soul Controllers – DC)
DJ PARLER (Up To Par – NYC)
DJ SHAWN DUB (I ? Vinyl – LA / NYC)

hosted by
FRESH DAILY (Brooklyn Good Guys – NYC)

Proceeds go to benefit the Donuts are Forever Scholarship Fund, an
initiative in partnership with the Groundwork for Success Program (run
by Good Shepherd Services) that sends high school kids in Brooklyn to
Scratch Academy to learn how to DJ / produce. The DAF Scholarship was
created in 2011 and by summer of 2013, we will have sent 40 kids to
these classes thanks to your contributions.

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Event Recaps + TONIGHT at the Knitting Factory

February 4, 2013

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The past few weeks have been incredibly busy! If you follow me on twitter or like my facebook page, or are on my mailinglist, you know exactly how busy I’ve been.

This past Wednesday, I was the first guest DJ for Pink Cookies…a 90s Joint! I great monthly after-work flow hosted by Lauren Santiago and Stephenie Stewart.
I had such a great time. I love all 90s jams so it was really hard to pick what I wanted to play and cram in all the songs I wanted to play that night! Fun times!

Thanks to DJ Shawn Dub for the photo above.

Then I resumed my Friday nights at Alice’s Arbor. So great to be back! Come check me out this Friday!

And finally, tonight! I’m DJing with Prince Paul and Cipha Sounds for Hannibal Buress’ 30th Birthday Party!!! Not only is the DJ lineup sick (these guys are legends!!!), it’s in Brooklyn, and it’s free. I’m also hearing there will be quite a few surprises throughout the night.

I’m so excited and honored to be a part. If you decide to slide through, I advise that you come early.

Hannibal

 

 

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Happy New Year!!!

January 9, 2013
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I hope everyone was able to ring in 2013 in style! If you were home, I hope you were surrounded by loved ones and if you were in the club, I hope the DJ dropped a good one at midnight!

2012 was a really great year for me, thanks to you! From another successful season of Makossa BK to DJing some unconventional events and gigging in new cities! Paris was the first of what I hope to be many out-of-town gigs I’ll be doing!

Apparently another resolution I need to make is to take more photos! Here’s a small roundup of shots from this past year courtesy of Reginald Duvivier and John DeMato.

Also, thank you for checking out my site, listening to my mixes, peeping my tumblr page for new music, and of course, coming out to my gigs. I hope you’ll have more dates to choose from this year when it comes to checking me out live. In the meanwhile, I’m still at Alice’s Arbor (most) Fridays.

I hope your year is starting off right and check back here soon!

(DJ) Tara

 

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The Renaissance Recap!

December 17, 2012

 

 

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 (Photo by Mike Baker)

The inaugural The Renaissance was a success!

Bringing a group of DJs together who can cross styles and genres is serious  business; You never know what to expect. Which is exactly what is intended with The Renaissance! Basement vibes, fog machines, full dancefloor, and thankfully, a great AC so we could still move and look fly without sweating profusely!

Major props to residents Getlive! and Stretch Armstrong, who pulled so many goodies out that I had never heard, in addition to long-forgotten jams. I felt like I was in very good company. It was a great honor to be one of the first guest DJs to this party which will definitely be bringing some greatnesss in 2013.

I’m looking forward to seeing who next month’s guests will be!

Follow the folks behind Forever Fresh and Rare Form on twitter or join the Rare Form Facebook page for updates for next month’s The Renaissance!

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Updates! Comedy at the Knitting Factory | tumblr | Village Voice

December 13, 2012

I had the pleasure of DJing this past week’s installment of Comedy at the Knitting Factory, a weekly comedy showcase hosted by Hannibal Buress. This show is always full of surprises. One time I attended and Robin Williams came through and did a surprise set!

This week was no exception because not only did I keep the tunes going before, during, and after the show, I also became the live performance DJ to one of the newest, hottest rappers out whose new song is absolutely burning up the internets. Check out his jam!


Seeing this talent perform this song live for the first time was amazing. It was one of the best live performances I’ve ever been witness to, let alone be a part of! The background dancers were great! It was so amazing, we took it on tour the following night to Greenpoint for Broken Comedy.

(Photo by Jessiemae Peluso- a VERY funny comedian with a show coming on MTV in 2013!)

Can’t wait to see what heat this dude drops next.

Also, I hit a bit of a slow-down a few weeks ago with my tumblr page but fear not! I’m back to posting daily music from around the globe and around the corner. Lots of downloadables in there so check it out and make sure to follow!

Finally, we’re only 2 days away from The Renaissance! Gotta thank The Village Voice for listing our event on their site. NYC, I’ll see you on Friday!

 

 

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Event: The Renaissance

December 4, 2012

Hey Guys!

When the blog is silent, it means I’m working! On mixes, on gigs, on new events…

I’m very excited to be a part of a new monthly event starting Friday, December 14th. This event is bringing together two amazing NYC DJs- DJ Stretch Armstrong (a personal idol of mine) and DJ Getlive- for an event that can’t be missed!

I’m honored to be one of their first guests! Stretch is a legend and Getlive has been tearing up the WORLD with his sets the past few years. This is a party that will bring you new music and classics we all enjoy; giving you what you want, and what you need from a party. See you there!

I should have a new mix before year’s end, but before then, you can catch me almost every weekend at Alice’s Arbor, rotating nights with DJ Shawn Dub, providing a chill soundtrack to your late-night food and drink movement :) .

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