Opulent
Newsletter - 21/08/2009
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Party and Bull$h!t
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Favela Rock x Provider The Favela Rock x Provider party is tomorrow night! It’s the awesome power of FR teamed with the unstoppable swagger of Provider. It’s gonna be a big night for sure. We’ve got Provider DJs warming up the front bar and a lineup of FR all-stars getting it done in the back: MAFIA, Edo, Mexi, Flirt Club & Team Opulent. There’ll be a stack of giveaways from Stussy & Provider throughout the night as well as a special Nike give away (details on that below). As usual you’ll want to get there early for the cheap $5 shots of Agwa and jager before 12. For guestlist send your name(s) to favelarock@opulentmagazine.com Provider x Nike giveaway As a part of the special Favela Rock x Provider fifth birthday edition, we have 12 pairs of Nike sample shoes to give away - you can check them out here . To win one of these pairs all you have to do is take some photos at this week’s Favela Rock and email us your favourite shot from the night that encapsulates your experience. It could be a crowd shot, a shot of your homie getting wild, the DJs, anything - get creative. Just email your photo from this Saturday to favelarock@opulentmagazine.com and add which pair of kicks you’re after. Entries close 5pm Thursday 27 August. The winners will be announced in our newsletter and on our Facebook page on Friday 28 August. |
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Bag Raiders single launch
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As part of their national tour, Sydney’s Bag Raiders launch their new single Shooting Stars which is out on Bang Gang 12”s tonight at Roxanne. They’ll be joined by Ajax and a swag of local DJS ready to kick out the jams until very late. |
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Mike Simonetti
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The nu-disco revolution has a lot to do with Mike Simonetti and his label Italians Do It Better, but Mike is more than just a label guy. He DJs, and if you saw him play last year at Trough, well, you witnessed quite a party. So, we have high hopes for tonight and to wet your appetite check out the mix he did for JJJ. Judging from what Mike wrote on his blog, I think he might feel the majority of Australia would have wanted an ‘electro/techno’ mix, not everyone Mike! |
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Mumdance |
Mumdance is the Brighton native that exports regional bass music to the world. You might know him as the dude who blogs on Diplo’s Mad Decent. Or the guy who did the bugged out version of SantiGold’s ‘Creator’. Either way he is heading our way to play Revolver, and bringing some seriously heavy tunes with him. |
Heavy Rotation
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The Very Best - Warm Herat of Africa This track should have been featured a while ago, but better late than never. The Very Best (British producers Radioclit and Malawian vocalist Essau Mwamwaya) have created a mutant hybrid of traditional African music that merges with current trends in undrground dance music. The first single Warm Heart of Africa from the highly anticipated debut-album of the same name features Ezra Koeing from Vampire Weekend and is brilliant piece of African-dance-pop that makes you feel all good inside. Download: The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa |
Flavours
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Izakaya Hachibeh Izakaya Hachibeh is in the cavernous 2-floor space that used to house Kim Chi Grandma on Bourke St. While there’s no shortage of Japanese options in the CBD (even within a block of Hachibeh) a new contender is always welcome – especially one ticking as many boxes as this one does. The lunch time menu has pretty standard offerings – bentos (you’ll fill out a form to make your selection), rice bowls, noodle dishes and freshly prepared sushi. Priced at $10-$14 it won’t stress the bank account too much. At night Hachibeh opens up the menu and becomes more of a traditional izakaya offering a large range of smaller dishes to be shared whilst you sip your Asahi (on tap for $6 a pot) or sake. We can recommend the tatsuta age (fried chicken), the tempura vegetables and the gyu sashi (sliced rare beef). Katsu curry fans take note – Hachibeh’s is version is up there with the best. Vegetarians are well served here as well, with the menu pointing out which dishes don’t contain fish stock. Overall Hachibeh is good place offering classics done well, and of course if there’s natives eating there it must be good. |
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