So…our last in house Soulflower production was an installment of What’s in My Record Bag. We’ve been fortunate enough to host this event three previous times.  As a collective we enjoy asking other members of the crew to come out and play music they actually like. No expectations, no requests, no nothing but what they happen to be rockin at the moment. We snagged the idea after watching a few dozen episodes of Amoeba’s What’s in my bag series.

This time around we went outside the crew and invited people who don’t ordinarily get asked to play share music to  join us as guest dj’s for the night.  Bradley and I sat down and made a short list of people who we both felt had an interesting musical point of view. Judging by the response, and the requests from others to be considered in the future we’re going to continue in this vein for future installments. Turns out people are down to share what they like with a room full of strangers. Who knew? Here’s a few snaps of the process along with some info about the line-up.

 Aaron Wall

40 Watt Hype

Aaron Wall Front Man for 40 Watt Hype .

Wall is —songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer—a second generation Dutchman from Holland, who grew up listening to a multitude of styles and forms of music, from R&B to Hip Hop to Latin. As a guest DJ For What’s In My Record Bag,  Aaron rocked an all vinyl set of Hip-Hop, Soul and Latin Music that began with D’angelo’s brilliant cover of She’s always in my hair. Yes. That’s how we get down on a Friday night!

 http://www.40watthype.com/

Devoya Mayo

Soulflower Group

Devoya Mayo is  saturated in Soul. Just check out her DJ moniker “Ms. Soulflower”. She’s also a  Poet, Playwright, former Radio Personality and Events Coordinator. Her record bag for the event included an assortment of sounds including, Madlib, Georgia Anne Muldrow, El Rego, Sharon Jones, Raphael Saadiq, Platinum Pied Pipers, Billy Ocean, Hudson Mohawke, Wu-Tang Clan and other tastiness. www.soulflowergroup.tumblr.com

Ryan Jones

Ryan C Jones Photography

Ryan Jones captures details and moments for a living. His photographs are  honest and atmospheric and similar to the kind of music he so graciously shared on Friday night. As our first guest DJ for the evening Ryan set a decidedly atmospheric tone, which included the likes of Radiohead, Bon Iver, James Blake and Flying Lotus just to name a few.

www.Ryancjones.photo.com

Bradley Fitzhenry

Soulflower Group

Bradley Fitzhenry is the Business Manager and Co-Founder of The Soulflower Group. He is a 14 year veteran behind the wheels of steel and has played clubs from New York to San Francisco. Bradlet dropped a pitched-down and funked up set of soul, glitch hop and deep house for the night.

www.Sonicfoundation.net