New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off’s San Diego debut!

NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN SOUL CLAP and DANCE-OFF!
All night dancing to the exquisite soul 45 magic of DJs:
MR. JONATHAN TOUBIN (New York Night Train)
IAN SVENONIUS (Chain and the Gang, Vice TV’s Soft Focus, etc.)

Plus a MIDNIGHT DANCE COMPETITION for a $100 GRAND PRIZE
Featuring MC Ian Svenonius, DJ Jonathan Toubin,
and this interesting cast of judges:
JOHN REIS (Night Marchers!)
BRANDON WELCHEZ (Crocodiles)
DEE DEE GOOD (Dum Dum Girls)
MARIO ORDUNO (Art Fag)
LUCY WHERLY (X-Mas Island)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
BAR PINK, 10pm – 2am, 21+, $5

www.newyorknighttrain.com


The Soul Clap and Dance-Off is not only New York Night Train’s biggest and most famous party, but one of the NYC underground’s more popular monthly nightlife institutions. The concept is elegant - ALL NIGHT DANCING to wild exquisite 45s of subterranean maximum rock and soul DJ MR. JONATHAN TOUBIN and a dance contest in the middle. The Clap has grown not only locally, selling out every month in New York, but also globally, bringing its excitement to markets as far flung as Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Calgary, and Humbolt County. Mr. Toubin and his party have also garnered worldwide critical acclaim the last few months and the contest has featured judges from every edge of culture – particularly underground music. On this tour he will be joined by guest DJ/dance contest MC IAN SVENONIUS, the leader of Chain and the Gang, former leader of Nation of Ulysses, Make-Up, and a number of other important indie rock bands, moderator of Vice TV’s Soft Focus, and author of the critically acclaimed collection of essays The Psychic Soviet. Get up, get out, get in and get down all night long!


SOME PRESS for the SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF

I remember the first time I walked into one of DJ Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off parties at Glasslands Gallery. Wiggly mamas were shaking their manes and hitting the splits, gangly boys were swinging from the balcony, and the two dance contest finalists, having already ripped their shirts off, were vibe-a-ratin’ like washing machines in the middle of a cheering crowd. And the music, man! I was getting hit by squall after squall of screaming, crackling soul tracks, some pitched so fast that I hardly knew how to move to them – so I did like everyone else and just let the music jerk my body around, flailing with the breathless abandon of a toddler. I’m a big fan of sixties soul music, but every song was new to me, each so raw and greasy and BIG and palpable that they had me scrunching my nose up and torquing my neck in this ecstatic frenzy. Now, I make a point of seeking out those rowdy shows and crazy parties that leave you sweat-soaked and grinning uncontrollably, but I’ve been hard-pressed to find anything that can top the roaring bliss of a New York Night Train Soul Clap.
- Erin Sheehy, Jezebel Music.com

DJ Jonathan Toubin, from underground music zine (and label of the same name) New York Night Train, spins the 45s. The mid-‘60s to early-‘70s r&b and funk will have you dancing with the stars.
- Sharyn Jackson, Village Voice “Voice Choices”

Even thought Toubin isn’t entirely unique in using only 45s, his skill at transitioning one song into another (“segueways”) is seamless, and his depth and range of choice songs, primarily from the mid-1960s, are far from the mainstream yet extremely danceable.
- Mark Shikuma, from “Dust on Vinyl” feature in the North Coast Journal

As previously noted in this here reputable rag, Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off shindig is truly New York City’s most stimulating all-night dance party, easily trumping all other soul or retro nights.
- MyOpenBar.com

“An eve of 45-rpm soul sizzlin’ and expressive dance.”
- Lina Lecaro, LA Weekly

“It was ridiculous and fun and had me hoping Soul Clap returns on a weekend some day, so our city of fabulous freaks and music geeks can strut for cash without having to watch the clock.”
- Jennifer Maerz, SF Weekly

“Soultastic!”
- Courtney Ferguson, Portland Mercury


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other soul clap tour dates:
- Fri , Nov 6: Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest official pre-party

- Sat Nov 7: Austin, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Club Deville Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius and Brownout! live and judges GREG BEETS (Austin Chronicle and beetsolonely.com, Ron Titter Band), “DANCIN’” ERIN JANTZEN (L.A.X.), JASON REECE (…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, co-owner of Beauty Bar Austin), PHILIP SAMBOL (Strange Boys), SAM BROWN (The Whitest Kids You Know), STACY SMITH (DJ Lingerie)

- Wed, Nov 11: San Diego, Bar Pink, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius and judges BRANDON WELCHEZ (Crocodiles), DEE DEE GOOD (Dum Dum Girls), JOHN REIS (Night Marchers!), LUCY WHERLY (X-Mas Island), and MARIO ORDUNO (Art Phag)

- Thur, Nov 12: Los Angeles, Spaceland, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius and judges JENNA THORNHILL (Mika Miko, Silver Daggers, tc), JESSICA PELETA (ESPs, Weird War, etc), MICHAEL GERNER (Vietnam), MIKE WATT (Minutemen, Firehose, Stooges, etc), WENDY YAP (Ooga Booga)

sfianjt2- Fri, Nov 13: San Francisco, 111 Minna, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius, Paul Paul and guest DJs Primo and Jello Biafra with judges IRENE HERNANDEZ-FEIKS (Chillin’ Productions), John TRIPPE (founder/editor, Fecal Face), KARLA LaVEY (Founder/leader, First Satanic Church), LIL B (The Pack), MATT GONZALEZ (Green Party leader, fine artist, and activist), SAM GREEN (Academy Award-nominated director of Weather Underground), TY SEGALL (Goner Records recording artiste!)

- Sat, Nov 14: Oakland, Uptown, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius with judges ANDY JORDAN (Buzzer/The cuts/Time Flys), CANSA FIS FOTE (Careerers), DJ JAY SONIC (Hot Tub), KNEWMAN (AZiz Habibi), and RACHEL SWAN (East Bay Express)

- Sun, Nov 15: Arcata, Arcata Theater, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and judges Zachary Hruby (Zac Institute), Aimee Hennessy (La Dolce Video), Bryan Phillips (Big Pete’s Pizzaria), Jesse Pearson (Buffy Swayze, Arrogant Hare), Victor Temple (New World Ballet) and Monica Topping (KSLG) and Michelle Cable (Panache Booking)

- Tue, Nov 17: Portland, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and judges COLIN JARREL (Nice Boys/The Riffs/East End), HONEY OWNES (of Valet and Rad Summer), JENNY HOYSTON (Erase Errata, Weed Wolf, Rotture), LEE COHEN (Manager of Dandy Warhols), LISA SCHONBERG (Explode Into Colors), and VALENTINE FALCON (Get Hustle and Rad Summer)

- Sat, Nov 21: Brooklyn, Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off, Glasslands Gallery