iLL Communications presents Florian Keller (Compost)

Hip hop, funk, soul, house, reggae and everthing else in between – this is how we do it at iLL Communications – Dubai’s only night dedicated to old school eclecticism!This weekend iLL Communications presents Florian Keller (Compost Records/Party Keller) @ The Rooftop, Souk Madinat Jumeirah on April 2, 2009. Also watch this space for the rest of iLL Communications lineup @ The Rooftop – Gilles Peterson (April 9), DJ Format (April 16), DJ T, Mr Scruff, Quest Love, Jimpster, Andy Smith, Benji B, Quantic, Ebony Bones, and many more coming soon! DJing since 1988, Florian was there at the start of Compost Records, and ran the legendary Into Somethin club in Munich – arguably where the German roots of what went on to branch into Compost, JCR, Sonar Kollektiv all began. Although a famed collector of funk records, his DJ sets encompass everything that you would expect a DJ of great ears and nearly 20 years experience to bring, jazz, boogie, hip hop, future jazz, 60’s Afro Cuban, drum and bass – all expertly selected and stitched together. Over the years he has spun records alongside the greatest, from Gilles Peterson, 4 Hero, K+D, Bugz, Scruff, UFO, Roni Size, Norman Jay, and Guru, and his club nights have brought the likes of Gil Scott Heron to A Tribe Called Quest, Roy Ayers to Breakestra, Maceo Parker to Omar to Bavaria.Keller resides in Munich, Germany and he's got one of the world's top Black Music record collections. He's up there with Keb Darge, Jazzman Gerald, DJ Shadow and Egon as one of the world's key record dealers. To hear Florian Keller on the decks means you can always expect Funk - in an open-minded manner, presented on original vinyl with handcrafted mixing-skills. Whether its a super rare and obscure 45, an early Disco rap 12”, a nugget from the golden days of Hip Hop, that classic Rare-Groove tune that or a recent banger that just fits right in: Florian plays pure quality all the way. In Florian's word "I started to dj and seriously care about Funk 45's from the mid 80's on, back in the days where you could find records for $5.00 that are worth hundreds of times the price today. No surprise then that my record collection seems to be well respected by the top funk collectors. My passion was always for the music in the first place, so sometimes one great tune had to be given up so I had the budget for five or ten great other records. Some collectors at this level are so snobbish that they wont tell each other about new discoveries, some of them don't even consider brand new music worth buying and some of them wont even play their super rare records. Florian is definitely not one of these people, he's not all about records, he just wants to share good music with everybody and he plays in a style that is truly amazing. His skills and these records deserve to be heard on a bigger scale outside his own country and we are proud to present a live mix from the man himself. Doors Open 10 pm - 3 am. Limited tickets are available at OHM Records Store, timeouttickets.com and at the Entrance. Entry Price: AED 80/- For More Information and Table Reservations, Please Call Kumar Asnani: 0507258277 or email: kumar@ohmrecords.com