THIS SUNDAY:
Dub Mission presents the best in dub, dubstep, roots & dancehall with
DJ SEP, LUDICHRIS with special guests STRONGHOLD SOUND (Live) feat. DUB SNAKKR, BONGO & IGGY MON
performing tracks off the upcoming compilation Audio Refuge
at Elbo Room - 647 Valencia Street – San Francisco, CA 94110 - Club is 21+ - Club info: 415 552 7788
9 pm to 2 am - $6 - http://www.dubmissionsf.com/stronghold%20sound2010.html


This Sunday, S.F.'s own Stronghold Sound will be in the house with dub Snakkr (Duniya Dancehall, Layover) spinning new roots, dubstep, dancehall and Gnawa-dub from their upcoming release, Audio Refuge, featuring Bongo (Wontanara, Duniya) and Iggy Mon (Afrolicious). Dub Snakkr, is one of the founders of Stronghold Sound, a Bay Area-based production studio focusing on roots and contemporary sound coming from West & North Africa, the Middle-East, India, Latin America and the Carribean. (www.strongholdsound.com)

Fresh to the Bay Area scene from Guinea Conakry, Alpha Oumar "Bongo" Sidibe has been playing and teaching roots Manding rhythms through classes, events and his band, Wontanara. Singing in three different languages and building on the link between reggae and roots-Manding, Bongo is not a performer to miss. http://www.duniyadance.com or http://strongholdsound.com/wordpress/2010/02/04/alpha-oumar-bongo-sidibe

Hailing from the island of Trinidad, Iggy Mon has been sprinkling rhymes on dancefloors steady since he started doing it regular at Thursday night's Afrolicious. Check out tracks and more: http://www.myspace.com/iggymon