
Taka - Side Effects - ABL Radio - Brooklyn US - Feb 2007
Submitted By:
trocknroll
Genre: House
Date of Set: Feb 28th, 2007
Filesize: 126.45 MB
Total Downloads: 1
Biography of Taka
Male
34 years old
Location:
Brooklyn, NEW YORK
United States
Taka began his DJing career around 1993. Along with his featured residency at MJQ, he hopped around to Homage Cafe, Ying Yang Cafe, Nomenclature Museum, Crescent Room, and Kaya. After moving to New York City in 2000, he DJed at the Leopard Lounge in East Village. These days, you can occasionally find him at Sullivan Room. Some recent gigs include opening for UK's Domu, organized by Federation NYC in 2006.
In the mid-1990s, a magical place existed called MJQ. Located in the basement lounge of Atlanta's Ponce De Leon Hotel, it was home to stylish patrons sipping on cheap drinks, chatting, and listening to sensational music spun by DJs including our guest this week, Taka. His cultivated compositions of funk, jazz, deep house and Ninja Tunes-esqe hip-hop kept the clientele captivated late into the night.
Influences:
van morrison, stevie wonder, herbie mann, donald byrd, herbie hancock, miles davis, ballistic brothers, curtis mayfield, jon lucien, cal tjader, weldon irvine, kruder & dormeister le funk mob, air, yellow productions, talking loud, cosa nostra, jazzanova, de la soul, a tribe called quest, major force, i-cube, truby trio, gil scott heron