Soul Clap This Friday!

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010, Filed under: EVENTS

Soul Clap is back in April with the highly buzzed about psuedo cover band Telephoned!

Telephoned was born one night in Brooklyn when DJ/producer Sammy Bananas (Fool’s Gold) and singer/party starter Maggie Horn (Good Peoples) decided to record their own version of T-Pain’s “Can’t Believe It.” Their track was neither remix nor cover – instead, the duo fashioned a postmodern take on both, warping the original beat into a hypnotic club track and bringing out the dreamy qualities only hinted at in Pain’s auto-tuned melodies. Sammy and Maggie’s fresh “Can’t Believe It” quickly became a DJ favorite – even making it into mix rotation on LA hip-hop station Power 106! – so they decided to keep recording as a team, cleverly named after the kids game of Telephone: no faithful copies, just a party line of unexpected twists. “Pop Champagne” is their latest concoction, turning Ron Browz’ rap hit into a spacey dance floor gem (“Bottle service electro meets Triplets Of Belleville!” says Ms Horn) that’s instantly addictive and massively charming. More reworks are on their way, turning pop into new-school standards and continuing to put a fresh spin on party music. Telephoned are off the hook! Visit Mean Red for more info on Telephoned and their new mixtape Off The Hook.

Telephoned will be performing live at Thirty Nine Hotel on Friday April 30. Also performing will be Soul Clap resident DJ’s SSSOLUTION, and Compose of Nocturnal Sound Krew. Attendees that RSVP before the event, will receive a discounted cover charge as well as a digital download of Telephoned’s mixtape Off The Hook. The RSVP address is tinyurl.com/soulclap-rsvp . ($7 with RSVP, $15 without- 21 and over)