James Chance at Select Art: You Are Here aka The Maze, 05.15.15

James will be appearing as part of the Select Art Fair, You Are Here Festival aka The Maze. He plays this Friday at 9:00PM. For more information visit the Select Art website, Facebook, or Twitter. The exhibit/installation/show takes place at CENTER 548  // CHELSEA on West 22nd Street in New York City.

James' WNYU show is now streamable

 

In case you missed James' recent appearance on WNYU's Shake 'Em On Down, the show is archived & streamable. You can see the playlist, and listen to the entire thing here.

James Chance to kick off launch of Bunny Lake Films

Doors at 6:00. James plays around 7:00. 

Please RSVP as per the invite.

James The Selector: James Chance to DJ on WNYU Thursday, 10.23.14

James will be appearing on, and making musical selections, on the long running show, Shake 'Em On Down, on WNYU next Thursday, Oct. 23. You'll have to tune in at 7:30PM to hear what James picks, and I'm sure it'll be interesting! 

You can live-stream the broadcast directly from the WNYU website.

Robert Aaron Legel Defense Fund Benefit at R Bar, June 4 w/James Chance, Ned Sublette, Eric Andersen and many others!

Thursday, June 12 at the Cutting Room, NYC

James Chance's Molotov Cocktail Lounge: May 29 at Paperbox

Facebook event page 

Tickets
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New James Chance recording! I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)

Here's a smoking new recording by James & the True Groove All-Stars. Its a great version of James Brown's "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)". This is just a taste of what you'll get if you're going down to the Cutting Room tonight.

Turn it up...

True Groove All Stars, featuring James Chance, at Cutting Room, March 11

“Not since Paul Simon has an American artist so expertly brought an international sound to mainstream, popular music. ...By fusing a variety of genres, cultures and sounds, Tomás Doncker's True Groove All-Stars are elevating music to its highest possible level..." (veggiefans.net) 

Featured performers include: 

- Tomás Doncker, the Godfather of Global Soul 

- experimental post-modern rocker Marla Mase 

- Kevin Jenkins, A-list singer/songwriter/bassist 

- pop-soul diva Lael Summer 

- legendary downtown NO WAVE Icon James Chance 

PLUS these fabulous True Groove Artists: Heather Powell, Sam Claiborne, Natalie Smith, Charlie Funk, Lola Danza and Mamadou Diaite. 

To stream the show live:  

https://www.gander.tv/venue/cutting-room

8:00pm-9:30pm 

Website:

TrueGrooveRecords.com

James Chance w/DJ Jonathan Toubin, Saturday, 12/21, Brooklyn Bowl

James Chance related items of interest

Its been a little while since we've posted anything, so here's a little something to tide you over - two items relating to James & No Wave that may interest you:

- First up, our friends Pat & Emily from Nightclubbing have a new column up this week at Bedford & Bowery featuring footage of DNA shot at the Mudd Club in 1979. See that here.

- Secondly, Marc Miller over at 98 Bowery just launched an online exhibition of No Wave film related photos & ephemera. See it here. This includes the above poster, plus a photo of Anya Phillips (from Amos Poe's The Foreigner) we've never seen before, and other items of interest.

James & Walter Steding to appear at EmZ Big Sexy POSTCARDS Album Release Party 7/30 at Gershwin Hotel

Two Years in the making, "POSTCARDS" is a collection of original Big Sexy songs that capture the brittle nature of love, life and the journey of a soul in bloom. Honest, and electrically eclectic, these are some seriously SWEET AND VICIOUS TUNES.

What>POSTCARDS Album Release Party

Where>The Gershwin Hotel - 7 E 27th St NY 10016

When>Tuesday July 30, 8-10pm.
Cost>$10 (Entry gets you a free CD and a big sexy kiss)

The legendary James Chance will be kicking off the night with a solo set on piano, followed by EmZ and the Big Sexy Orchestra with special guests including Walter Steding and many more...

X Magazine 1978 benefit footage with the Contortions, Boris Policeband & DNA! Party Picks exhibit at Salon 94 Bowery!

James Chance by Jimmy Desana

This is extremely exciting. Very rarely seen footage from the 1978 benefit concert for X Magazine has surfaced featuring The Contortions, Boris Policeband, and DNA. Astounding! Thanks to Frieda's Whip for the tip. The film/video was made by Coleen Fitzgibbon and Alan Moore, and finished in 2009.

The film is part of an exhibition called Party Picks at the Bowery branch of the Salon 94 Gallery, and features the work of artist & photographer, Jimmy Desana. It runs June 21, 2013–August 09, 2013. For more information click here.

James Chance in São Paolo this weekend at Virada Cultural 2013

For James Chance fans in or near São Paolo, Brazil, we're happy to announce that James will be making his first ever appearance in South America this weekend at the Virada Cultural Festival! The festival takes place May 18 & 19. For more information, please visit the festival's website or Facebook page. As they say in Portuguese, obrigado!

Just Chaos! Images of Early Punk Style curated by Roberta Bayley opens next week in West Village