DJYT & Tonto- DJYT & Tonto returns for a rare public performance (reserved for special occasions; in this case good friends coming to party and the debut of Stonechild & Straight-Up Cocoa Butter). For those who don't know, DJYT & Tonto is an unashamed celebration of guilty pleasure who famously mixed Debbie Gibson, Kenny Rogers, Digital Underground, Queen, and Rob Base long before anyone knew what a "mash-up" was. Decades worth of hits and miss-fires all montaged for the cause of making the masses' asses shake. Word.

Stonechild & Straight-Up Cocoa Butter- Stonechild is one of many monikers for this percussionist/producer who developed his style while listening to Public Enemy, dub, Captain Beefheart, latin jazz, the Beatles, heavy metal, and improv. These songs, composed by one man laboring for countless hours in his computer-based studio, are being debuted live with the assistance of drums, keyboards, samplers, turntables, and auxiliary percussion.

*brief mp3 excerpts of DJYT & Tonto mixes and unreleased Stonechild studio tracks are attached to this e-mail to reassure any doubters

**for further info you can contact the artists through Eric Hall at thirdlip@hotmail.com

Mangia Italiano - Thursday 01.18.2007 - 21 & up - free