NY Night Train SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF w/JONATHAN TOUBIN & GIBBY HAYNES (New Orleans soul edition) February 16, 2013

panache booking & metropolis vintage present
NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF
(http://www.soulclap.info/)
SPECIAL "TARDY GRAS" ALL LOUISIANA SOUL, FUNK, & R&B EDITION

Sat 02/16 at BROOKLYN BOWL

"Widely acknowledged as the mother of all soul jams"
- Eva Madoff, Time Out, 2011

"The best soul dance party in New York of the last decade"
- Jason Diamond, Flavorpill, 2012

GET DOWN...
all night long (11:30pm - 4am) to the explosive 1960s soul 45s of America's most popular soul party DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN (http://www.newyorknighttrain.com/)!

GET IN...
the 1AM DANCE-OFF with tunes selected by GIBBY HAYNES (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibby_Haynes) of the BUTTHOLE SURFERS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers)
- GRAND PRIZE: $100 CASH
- 2ND PRIZE: $75 METROPOLIS VINTAGE (http://metropolisvintageonline.com/)
- determined by a distinguished panel of judges

This NYC institution monthly at BROOKLYN BOWL! Tonight's edition "Tardy Gras" is a celebration of New Orleans music a few days after Mardi Gras (hence the name "Tardy Gras") - Jonathan Toubin will turn exclusively oringial Louisiana soul, r&b, and funk 45s all night long! Plus, as always, the Clap features $5 Espolon tequila drinks - making the party less expensive than ever! And COME AFTER 2 as well, everybody knows the party keeps getting better throughout the night - with the last hour as the best hour...

11:30pm doors, 12am party, 1am contest
$7 (advance tickets here http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event/191263-soul-clap-dance-off-dj-brooklyn/)

You don't have to take our word for the supreme quality of Jonathan Toubin's DJ and party throwing skills. Read full-length features on North America's favorite 45 DJ in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Village Voice, etc.... Or check out these blurbs from a variety of sources...

"The most-liked man in the soul music scene" (Rolling Stone)

"Jonathan Toubin is the only person we can call a "professional DJ" without involuntarily making a jack-off motion with our hand... His parties are like what Ancient Stonehenge was like if it was, as archaeologists theorize, filled with people dressed many times better than you completely losing their shit." (VICE )

"DJ Jonathan Toubin is creating his own kind of dance revolution" (Village Voice)

"A legend among Lower East Side entertainers and fans" (ABC News)

"To friends and fans, Mr. Toubin is the man behind New York Night Train, whose musical arsenal is made up of lesser-known artists from the 1950s and 1960s, captured on 45 r.p.m. records, with an occasional hit-maker like James Brown or Chuck Berry thrown in." (NY Times)

"New York Night Train's Jonathan Toubin throws the raddest underground rock parties in New York" (Paper Magazine)

"The best soul DJ in the land" (Flavorpill)

"New York's best DJ" (VICE, Mashable, etc)

"The much loved New York soul DJ "(Pitchfork)

"Favorite dj" (BlackBook, Boston Phoenix, Brightest Young Things, etc)

"New York's suavest DJ" (Chronogram)

"Indeed, Toubin's 45 r.p.m. record-fueled, rock-and-soul heavy dance parties were some of the best, sweatiest nights we've had in this city." (Gothamist)

"I'm not one of the Schmucks who will lament over New York not being "what it used to be", but I will say that we're not fans of this dismal wasteland of Eurotrash tourists and guidos with polo shirts unbuttoned down to their navels grinding to the repetitive pounding of bad electro... Enter Jonathan Toubin, and his simple-yet-visionary approach to revamping the entire lanscape of New York and Brooklyn from midnight till the after hours. His New York Night Train parties have become stuff of sheer legend do to the simple fact that Toubin actually seems to care about what he is producing. His meticulous approach has paid off quite handsomely as pretty much each and every party with the Jonathan Toubin stamp on it seems to be the biggest party going on for that given night." (Impose Magazine)

"A shimmy-worthy mix of maximum rock'n'soul" (New York Post)

"Toubin is trying to bring a sense of community back to nightlife, fighting against the alienation that's seeped into cool culture. And if there's anyone who can do it, it's Toubin, soaked in charisma, honestly able to tout grandstand titles like America's Favorite Soul Dance DJ" (NY Press)

"Jonathan Toubin is a local DJ with a penchant for two things: soul obscurities and making people move. He spreads his gospel by way of tireless sets at bars and clubs across the Lower East Side and Brooklyn, at which he'll host dance-offs, invite artists and other musicians to contribute to the merriment, and spin a heady blend of what he calls " Maximum Rock and Soul."... Expect even more music, dancing, and rambunctiousness than usual, knowing full well that "the usual" is already pretty hard to top." (The Onion A.V. Club)

"His party throwing abilities and booty-shaking music selections are legendary" (Metromix NYC)

"Jonathan Toubin might be the crown prince of American soul-funk DJs. Obsessed with obscure 45s from the '50s and '60s, the New York icon aims to produce the energy and pacing of a modern club night, but with gritty, raw tunes that almost no one except a few crazed collectors and spinners have heard before." (SF Weekly)

"DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin is known for single-handedly revamping NYC nightlife with his fun/sweaty New York Night Train Soul Clap dance parties" (Portland Mercury)

"The DJ who has developed cult status around the country as a music preservationist, tireless record collector, and walking musical encyclopedia... Part of what makes Toubin's delirious DJ sets so seductively enticing is the depths of selections, noting people can "expect hours of dancing to the best music they've never heard." Most DJs rely on hits and recognizable songs to keep the dance floor moving, but Toubin relies on quality." (Boston Phoenix)

"DJ Jonathan Toubin is a hero to record snobs, barnstorming partiers, and entrepreneurs alike. His event imprint, New York Night Train, is based around fierce, lusty dancing and socializing that never resorts to stale music and fits like a glove with the finest in underground rock and soul. In his hands, an evolving collection of 7-inch singles from five decades ago becomes a splatter of sweat-soaked color and the catalyst for countless hearts skipping a beat simultaneously." (City Pages MInneapolis)

"The guy's energy and enthusiasm for soul-grinding sounds is truly infectious." (LA Weekly)

"A couple weeks back, I was at the awesome Beachland Ballroom in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, when I was lured into the venue's adjoining tavern by a throng so frenzied I thought Lady Gaga must have made an impromptu drop-by. Nope -- it was New York City DJ Jonathan Toubin, whose Soul Clap & Dance-Off has grown from its humble Brooklyn-underground beginnings to a national phenomenon. Armed with an exceptional collection of vintage soul and R&B 45s, Toubin has been crisscrossing the country, spinning tunes while dancers compete for the grand prize (in Nashville, $100). The scene in Cleveland was bonkers, as sweaty contestants -- identified by numbers on their backs -- writhed, squirmed, shimmied and bounced the night away, while onlookers cheered, laughed and gawked at the incredible display of flailing bodies." (Nashville Scene)

Jonathan Toubin, the New York City DJ who turns ho-hum rock shows and tin-canned dance parties into transcendent nightlife experiences. Spinning rock and soul on 45, Toubin gets the rock kids to dance and the clubbers to rock, meshing together live music, performance, film and dance, dance, dance!" (Detroit Metro-Times)

"He spins nothing but 45-rpm records. He eradicates inhibitions. He induces mass hysteria. And sometimes, he even stuffs his vinyl into antique suitcases, gases up the Winnebago, and roadtrips to various American outposts of hipsterdom." (Miami New Times)

"Jonathan Toubin grew up punk in Texas and learned some lasting lessons--like play hard, play fast, play loud and play with people's expectations. So when he started his own all-45s DJ night in New York City, he brought out something different than sweet Northern soul or slo-mo funky grooves. Instead, his New York Night Train Soul Clap Dance-Offs showcase the raw and wild soul 'n' roll that connects the r 'n' b shouters of the '50s and the hard-ass funk freaks of the '70s." (OC Weekly)

"Toubin is the most popular, prolific and highest-earning DJ of his kind in America" (Digital Journal, Toronto)

"The Austin-born, Brooklyn-based DJ Jonathan Toubin is known worldwide for his wild, sweaty, all-vinyl "Soul Clap" dance parties, which feature vintage and obscure soul and rhythm and blues sides scored from deep in the crates." (New Orleans Gambit)

"Toubin will delve deep into his finely honed collection of '50s and '60s soul and R&B - the grittier, the better - to help you get over the hump by shaking your rump." (Houston Press)

"Famed soul DJ Jonathan Toubin travels the states with his various dance parties, all of which are now fueled solely by vintage 45s--first pressings at that!" (Atlanta Music Guide)

Official Website: http://www.newyorknighttrain.com