RENDEZVOUS! Visits The Heru Avenger Archives, Part 3

On the 24th of February 2013, AM (A.K.A. George Ben Sun) and I returned to sunny Orange County, CA to pay a visit to our dear friend, and fellow obsessive, John Basil. It was a fun filled day of record and VHS tape browsing, electronics discussing, concert footage viewing, Mexican food eating, and all-out general awing! We always enjoy our time at the "archives" and look forward to our next visit. Click on the photos to enlarge.


 

 

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RENDEZVOUS! Returns This Friday (March 8)

RENDEZVOUS is back!! Join us at our new home, the Hyperion Tavern in Silverlake, on Friday March 8th as we take you on a sonic/visual ride through the ether.

Expect to hear late 60's thru early 80's Euro soundtracks, library grooves, deep funk, and more.

We will also be screening Sergio Martino's 'The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh' and Ruggero Deodato's 'Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man' on a huge projection screen!

$5 Beers. Free entry.

With resident DJ's:

Alfonso
George Ben Sun (AKA AM)
Adrian Younge
Giacomo 

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RENDEZVOUS! on Viva Radio!

On Friday, 23 November, RENDEZVOUS! DJs Alfonso and George Ben Sun broadcasted an hour-long mix of French and Italian library and soundtrack selections on Brooklyn-based Viva Radio. In case you didn't hear it at your local American Apparel store while shopping on Black Friday, the fine folks at Viva have since archived our episode and is available for streaming here.

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A Return Visit to the HERU AVENGER Archives!

This past Monday, fellow RENDEZVOUS! resident AM (a.k.a. George Ben Sun) and I made a return visit to record collector extraordinaire (and good friend) John Basil's (a.k.a. Heru Avenger) home. We spent our time there flipping through his enormous record collection**, listening to tunes, going "ooh and aah" over his insane VHS and literature collections, and even making some trades! Check out these snapshots from our visit...
(**NOTE: ALL records in his collection are original pressings!)

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Heru Avenger RENDEZVOUS! DJ Set (from 6 June)

Ubiquity Records' Heru Avenger returned to RENDEZVOUS! on 6 June 2012 to drop an amazing set of tunes sourced from all original vinyl, of course. He also very kindly typed up a tracklist for us. Check it out!

1.Between - Dharana - Dharana - Wergo - Germany
2. Ziad Rahbani - Farhat Shabab - Belly Dance - EMI - France
3. Aziz Khadra - El Arasia - The Middle Eastern Soul - La Danse Orientale - U.S.
4. Chimera - Hadji Baba - S/T - Peters International - U.S.
5. Dick Khoza - Chapita - Chapita - The Sun/Gallo - South Africa
6. Nucleus - Splat - Alleycat - Vertigo - U.K.
7. Eero Koivistoinen - The Front Is Breaking - The Front Is Breaking - Love - Finland
8. Urszula Dudziak - Sno King - Urszula - Arista - U.S.
9. Benoit Widemann - Baleze - Stress! - Ballon Noir - France
10. Sunbirds - Spanish Sun - S/T - BASF - Germany
11. Stone Alliance - Graciela - Con Amigos - PM -  U.S.

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Henry Clearstar RENDEZVOUS! DJ Set (from 6 June)

Henry Clearstar RENDEZVOUS! DJ Set by Djalfonso on Mixcloud

Ubiquity Records' Henry Clearstar returned to RENDEZVOUS! on 6 June 2012 to drop another incredible set of tunes sourced from all original vinyl. Unfortunately, I don't have a tracklist, but I'm sure you'll recognize a few tracks. I do know that it starts off with "Space Woman" by Herman's Rocket (J.P. Massiera). It's an amazing selection of disco-funk-psych...you just have to check it out!

Download here!

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