Thanks to Kool Kyle Starchild of Funk ‘n Waffles for showing us this video, lovin it! The original “Buffalo Stance” by Neneh Cherry is priceless, but Buraka Som Sistema kicked it up to the nth degree with this remix! Check out the colorfully funky video below.

We are super amped to announce our very special show tonight at Silent Barn. We have been collaborating with Great Tiger and Will Sheridan for months, doing remixes, featured verses, guest guitars, tamborines and shakers on each others tracks, and just being all around superfans of each other! Tonight, we’ve put together an epic feast for your eyes and ears, so come check it out and shake your body down!

To get a little taste of what’s in store, download and rock out to this version of our Humping Without Warning: Great Tiger Remix. Nasty synth bassline and wicked guitar riffs! Rrrrraaaaarrrr!

It’s goin down tonight at Silent Barn. We hit the stage at 11pm, after a fierce all-night lineup from the Brooklyn underground (doors at 8:30). See ya there!

We were very delighted to meet Jenny Electrik Dynasty Electric on Saturday at the 3rd Ward Handmade Holiday Craft Fair. She is a very funky lady, with the voice of a power-angel and a killer electro/pop/rock band with multi-instrumentalist Seth Misterka and drummer Shimon Hikri. Their upcoming album “Golden Arrows” was produced by Ski Beatz and their new single “Electric Love” has a guest appearance from Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ drummer. Definitely stay tuned and catch them live soon! Planet Rump will be there with arms raised high on the dancefloor for sure.

Utopia was a huge success on a scale of creative liberation. Friends gathered to share artwork, performance, poetry, music, dance, video, live painting, and a strong sense of community and love. The newly renovated Cameo Art Gallery (behind the Lovin’ Cup Cafe in Williamsburg, Brooklyn) provided the perfect venue for the omni-media art event.

Curated and hung by artist Atalay Harrison, the walls beamed with–mostly debut–expressions of Utopia. Brendan McCarthy’s installation “La Foret Rose” created a magical indoor forest of pink trees for people to play in and explore.

DJ Coverboy opened up the night with funky beats. Christos Mountzouros’ group nest+rest played painfully beautiful songs while Zach Fisher painted Christos’ all-white attire and body. Zach followed up their set with a poignant yet uplifting poem.

Dangeroo Duo took us on a psychedelic rock odyssey, and was later joined by jazz singer Alex Nelson.

Bad Brilliance and Suspicious Package presented their collaborative bio-pop music video “Hummingbird,” followed by a behind-the-scenes montage. Ashlynn Manning of Suspicious Package gave us a special treat with an acapella performance of their upcoming single “Bird of Prey.”

Toby Dick rocked the stage and then created a painting live. Hayley Sunshine, Kayli Szczepankiewicz, and Kelsey Emmett performed an original dance called “Align,” and then Hayley and Kayli did a quick costume change to become the Back-It-Up Dancers for Planet Rump’s set.

After Planet Rump tore the roof of the mutha, Yer Boyfriend’s Band Sux took the stage for a late-night performance art piece featuring a ghost playing the mandola and a roll of plastic wrap that ended up tying the entire audience in a convoluted web. Magick Report took us home with bumping beats and funky synths. DJ Lorant held it down between sets.

The theme of the night made for an overwhelming feeling of acceptance and love among the audience and artists. People were riding the high of the event for days to come, and another installment of Utopia is in the works for late winter. Stay tuned, rumpateers: this is just the beginning.

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VOTE for your fave new Planet Rump sticker color scheme! Write one of the options as a comment, and then collect the top 3! What will it be? teena marie, denver the last dinosaur, willy wonka, cher, prince, or the warriors!

Mindblowing! Kelis has created a full-fledged art piece with this song and video. It’s got it all: beauty, wisdom, mystery, imagination, and a bumpin dance beat. It’s so inspiring on so many levels, we can barely get a grip watching it. And by the end, when you realize she’s singing about her newborn child, the tears start flowing. What better way to pay tribute to the miracle of life than with a life-changing work of art. And to think her first single was “I Hate You So Much Right Now”… she’s come a long way, baby. Thank you Kelis, absolutely stunning!

Acapella is off her new album Flesh Tone. Cop it!

Come explore the limits of our collective imagination for one special night as New York artists and musicians share with us ideas inspired by their visions of Utopia. For centuries, humans have dreamed and worked for their own versions of Utopia, a theme that still holds many of our dreams and aspirations today. The concept of Utopia is a jumping off point for every individual’s imagination, and holds no boundaries other than the limits of one’s own creativity. Please join us for one night of Utopia, and feel the experience of our collective dreams.

We got some video made by our friends at WERW COLLEGE RADIO who featured us and fellow Brooklyn electro-rockers Great Tiger and Tayisha Busay as well as Syracuse electro-hip-pop act Mouth’s Cradle and crazy funky dj’s Chemicals of Creation during the Electro Dance Invasion in Syracuse! It’s montage style- very 1984-87

Attention Central New York: This is an ELECTRO DANCE INVASION warning! This Friday and Saturday night, three Brooklyn dance bands are taking over Syracuse—from downtown to the SU campus—bringing the funk and rocking your body two nights in a row. Planet Rump, Tayisha Busay and Great Tiger are teaming up with local acts Mouth’s Cradle and DJs Devon James, Asian Rob and Alex Ryan to bring you an Earth-shattering dance party experience. Pull up your party pants and join us for one or both nights! See you there!

Friday October 15
Trexx Night Club, 323 N Clinton St
10pm-4am / $10 / 18+, 21+ to drink / Drink specials 10-11pm
[ Upstate Underground post ]

Saturday October 16
Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave
8:30pm – midnight / $7 / All ages
[ Facebook event ]