{"id":610,"date":"2011-06-19T20:56:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T20:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=610"},"modified":"2013-01-29T22:21:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T22:21:09","slug":"jojo-flores-18-06-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/jojo-flores-18-06-11\/","title":{"rendered":"JOJO FLORES 18.06.11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOTSOUL?!?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em>\u201cCan You Dance To My Beat?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gotsoul? Does it have soul? Do you got soul? Really! Is that a necessary question? Nope, not when you\u2019re JoJo Flores.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps, Montreal\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>JoJo Flores<\/a> must be one of the best dressed DJs on the international circuit. The guy with the school boy physique looked sharp. Neatly working a black short sleeve button down, with a tucked in black tee that would later reveal the Gotsoul logo-think Clark Kent with the S on his chest-and slim leg black denim all topped off with a brown fedora and you\u2019ve got one of the best dressed music purveyors in the place. The kind of urban look fit for men\u2019s dress magazines than rock music fanzines. The dress is very important. It can signify a DJ set\u2019s aesthetics. The feel and sound of an audio soundscape. JoJo\u2019s neat and clean flair categorizes the same in his musical sets avec a tight precise technical DJ mixing style. One could tell there was thought behind this fashion choice as well as thought behind what would be played musically. Be it, song transitions-mixing in and out songs-or various mash-ups-taking two entirely different songs and blending their elements to create a new song. The music was on point.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JoJo\u2019s flawless baby face revealed that he was ready to play and with a demeanor that he could hang with the best of them; the masters, the classics and the legends. The award winner dropped that kind of soul that can\u2019t be ignored nor denied. Armed with a bag of arsenal, the tech savy-I\u2019ve got my own smartphone DJ app-dug deep in his bag and pulled out trick after trick. The Canadian\u2019s educated musical range spanned from house, deep, classics to disco that accommodated any and every taste in the room. Not one musical palette left the building hungry. Maybe, hungry for more, hence the encore request circa three in the morning.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Three hours earlier, Flores intermingled Norma Jean Bell\u2019s classic<\/span><\/strong>, \u201cI\u2019m The Baddest Bitch (In The Room)”<\/a> the jazzy house number that pulled the alumni house heads away from the bar and out of the bathrooms and unto the floor with the latest, a cover of Adele\u2019s, \u201cRolling In The Deep\u201d a deep house treatment via John Legend\u2019s interpretation. House vocalist Kenny Bobien\u2019s,<\/span><\/strong> “I Really Do”<\/a> (Culoe De Song Mix) falsetto fluttered across the room on heavenly wings while neo-soul sensation<\/span> <\/strong>Marsha Ambrosius<\/a> moans and groans thumped in hormonal croons. By the next hour the Gotsoul founder was knee deep [and comfortable] playing afro-house. Yacoub\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cDa Na Ma\u201d<\/a> (Manoo\u2019s Mix) with its gentle acoustic guitar lick plucked over soft handclaps as Telepopmusik\u2019s lush vocals pleaded<\/span><\/strong>, \u201cLove Can Damage Your Heath\u201d<\/a>courtesy of Abicah Soul & Dennis Ferrer fame. South Africa\u2019s Queen of House, Buice\u2019s,<\/span><\/strong> \u201cNot Fade\u201d<\/a> the heartfelt ballad that felt all too right swept the dancers off their feet.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then the classics! Oh my, the classics. Four consecutive anthems raised the soul\u2019s mantle. With enough pockets of space to dance about the tribesters screamed with accolades, \u201cWork It!\u201d \u201cArrghhhs!\u201d \u201cPlay That Ish!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCall Yourself A Friend\u201d escaped from the speakers as a looped \u201cYou Dig Where I\u2019m Comin\u2019 From\u201d introduced First Choice\u2019s,<\/span><\/strong> \u201cLet No Man Put Asunder\u201d<\/a> but this time with Mary J. Blige on vocals, a sax filled instrumental of \u201cI Can\u2019t Get Enough\u201d made feet dance while Gamble & Huff\u2019s Philly horns blew throughout the room.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What a night as the best dressed music maestro quizzed the crowd with Blaze\u2019s (acapella)<\/span><\/strong> \u201cTo My Beat<\/a>.\u201d Needless to say, the crowd answered, \u201cyes\u201d and proved they could dance to the beat as they also proved they \u201cGotsoul.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photography by: Carlos Bell http:\/\/carlosbellphotography.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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