On Friday night, I’ll be keeping very sophisticated a – la my recent BROOKLYN SOCIAL parties in Berlin and London at 60 Thompson.

On Saturday, I go BASHMENT status at Bamboo with the homies mOma & Rok One.

2/18 – PIXEL LOUNGE / ITHACA – CORNELL UNIVERSITY
2/20 – SOMETHING SPECIAL/ NYC *DETAILS TO COME
2/23 – THE REAL LIVE SHOW @ BAMBOO / NYC
2/24 – 60 THOMPSON / NYC
2/25 – DIRTY CASH W. DJ MOMA / NYC
2/26 – SPRING BREAK CARIBBEAN TOUR LAUNCH

After bringing in the New Year in Zurich @ Casa in Switzerland, Stim heads to Berlin for a special night at the newest Soho House in the world and the 1 Year Anniversary Party for Hip Hop Don’t Stop‘s radio show. Then it’s off to London for the part 1 of a 3 piece musical installation at The Vaults in London.

DEC 30TH & 31ST @ CASA  JAN 6TH @ SOHO HAUS BERLIN  JAN 7TH @ TUBE

From Buenos Aires with Love. On jis last trip South of the equator Stimmy Stim was the 1st guest on Hora Libra, the Friday Night Freestyle show on JAMSK* radio with DJ Vintage. Enjoy a short, and very random musical journey recorded by a man on the road thirsty to hit the turntables.

 JAMSK8 RADIO: Hora Libre 1 Diciembre DJ Stimulus exclusive mixtape by Stimulus

STIMULUS IN ZURICH

STIMULUS MIX FOR OKAY AFRICA

When we called up Brooklyn spitter/spinner Stimulus to chat about his Africa In Your Earbuds #4: WHAT IT MEANS mix we found him hanging in Buenos Aires, Argentina, beat-selecting for porteño nightowls. Stim’s a busy dude, he moves around a lot — just last year he managed to play over 7 different countries while holding down residencies in both NYC and London clubs.

It’s no surprise that Stimulus garners such high demand, he’s got the call sheet to warrant it, which includes crafting dorm room beats with Mark Ronson in his heydays, co-fronting live hip-hop group The Real Live Show, and sharing the stage/DJ booth with the likes of De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Dead Prez, The Cure, Cee – Lo, Q-Tip, Grandmaster Flash, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, and many more.

In WHAT IT MEANS Stimulus navigates through 48 minutes of afrobeat jams with a focus on the influence of genre-pioneer and all around legend Fela Kuti. Stim related to us that he first dipped his toes into afrobeat frequenting Rich Medina‘s JUMP N FUNK parties, but what really made him choose the style for this mixtape was seeing FELA! the musical:

i went to see FELA! when i had a few friends in it, like Sahr [Ngaujah] and Adé [Chiké Torbert]. I interviewed them for hours on end. “What’s your take on Fela? What do you feel peole don’t get about him?” Both spoke about about his humanism and mysticism — he was worried about his people and humanity in general. Mysticism has gotten lost in our culture, and FELA! is a lot about how a lack of mysticism takes away from humanity.

To make the mix, I watched a lot of Fela documentaries and listened to all the interviews I’d done with the cast. Unfortunately I lost the recordings [of the interviews], I was gonna put them on the mixtape… One of the things i watched was how Fela made his music, going up to London listening to jazz and salsa. He’d say “I make my music being inspired by all kinds of things being melded together.” So i just started going through my files and listening to things that had his influence.

That’s how Stimulus arrived at his afrobeat-rooted eclectic mix, which features many of Fela’s own sounds plus appearances by Jay-Z, Michael Jackson, KRS One, D’Angelo, and Macy Gray. For more of Stim check out his recent 3rd 1st Impression mixtape.

STIMULUS BACK IN BA W/ DJ STUART

Drummer Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave and emcee Stimulus have joined forces for their first collaborative mixtape 3rd 1st Impression. The project is out today via a free download on Stimulus’ new website. The mixtape is produced entirely by Chris Dave (Maxwell, Dr. Dre) and features Stimulus on the mic and turntables, Chris Dave on drums, and features from Bilal, Renee Neufville, and Casey Benjamin.

Okayplayer: “Grown-people game…sophisticated love rap”

Giantstep: “If this is the mixtape, we’re going to need to know what an album sounds like, please.”

RCRDLBL: “a soulful compilation…real throwback feel”

Click here to download the entire mixtape in continuous play and track format AND get 2 bonus tracks.