House Of Vibe : Just Be Thankful

The annual House Of Vibe "Just Be Thankful" Show

House Of Vibe : Wed Night Leo Party TONIGHT!!

The House Of Vibe AllStars is a collective of players, singers and rappers who get together every Wednesday night to stir souls and kick out the jams. Not all at once of course, but a night with HOVAS is like a cool party. It starts mellow but ends up a full-out bash. You never know who's gonna drop by!!

Anthony Brewster

Shaunte and Sebastian

Cecilia Noel

Brew

Kris Hawkins

Greg Raymond

Amy Lou

Myka 9

Chali 2na and LaidLaw

Deploi

It's funk, it's hip-hop, it's soul and r&b. There's nothing like it anywhere else. Every Wednesday, Brew and the crew get down like it's the last day on earth.
Like it's 1999.
It must be experienced to be understood.
A HOVAS show is like surfing a giant wave on an inflatable ass. It's like getting yelled at for playing your drums too loud - and not caring. It's like winning at chess and selling the most candy bars. It's impossible not to have a memorable time.

House Of Vibe : A Westside Story

With a few of the group in Canada on tour with Chali 2na, the House Of Vibe All Stars didn't miss a step. Photos below shot with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone.

Fish

T-Smidi

Kris Hawkins

iTimothy

Amy Lou

Fish and Jon Swift

Smidi, iTimothy and Shaunte

(not pictured - Colin, Boissy, Ijeoma, Seabass, Greg Raymond and Anon - I think that's everyone. Apologies to anyone I missed or can't recall.)

A big "Chea!" to Brew and the Chali 2na crew.

Location:4th St,Santa Monica,United States

Housin' and Vibin' @ Harvelle's!!

House Of Vibe is the Wednesday night house band at Harvelle's. Their combination of hip-hop, jazz, r&b, soul, rock and funk is as original as it is infectious. Tonight (as noted in the last entry) is Bif Chitlin's birthday. It is also Michael Bolger's, who sat in on trumpet!!

Besides being a birthday party, it was also a homecoming of sorts - band leader Brew has been on the road with De La Soul (and recently backed Talib Kweli on the Jimmy Kimmel Show) - and that's always cause for celebration.

Brew is thankful for what he gots

Deploi

Amy Lou

Jon Swift

Ijeoma Njaka

Kris Hawkins

Greg Raymond

Fish

Michael Bolger

T-Smidi

- Posted live from Harvelle's using BlogPress & the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone

Location:4th St,Santa Monica,United States

House Of Vibe : Westside Tribe : Divine Crime

Amee Jana and The Divine Crime

John Piazza

Greg Raymond on keys

Amy Lou on percussion

House Of Vibe All Stars dominate the stage every Wednesday at Harvelle's here in Santa Monica, so it was a surprise to see the reggae band Divine Crime (led by Miss Amee Jana) set it off this past Wednesday.

House Of Vibe/Westside Tribe member John Piazza followed with a set of his super smooth r&b. John served double duty, filling in for some of the members of HOV who are currently on tour in Europe with Chali 2na.

House Of Vibe : Tuna Melt

Chali 2na (below) gave us a party we won't soon forget Wednesday night at Harvelle's! The night's theme was 'sweat', and that we did, as the non-stop dance floor remained packed and kinetic.

House Of Vibe took their playing to an inspirational new level, as the musicians - Greg Raymond (keys), Pete Antunes (drums), Kris Hawkins (guitar), Corey Cofield (bass), Anthony Brewster (keys and vocals), Sebastian Legar (trumpet) Shaunte Palmer (trombone), Dan Boissy(sax)and Amy Lou (percussion) - jammed furiously, stunning and moving all at once. Westside Tribe members Deploi, Jon Swift and Tony Tarasco, took the stage like they were doing battle. And winning.

The party's highlight was Chali and his brother Laid Law (above). The H.O.V. backed hour-long set of new songs and classic Jurassic 5 (Chali's rap group) had the crowd singing along, waving their arms in the air and thrilled with the awesome 'robot dance' (below) he and Laid Law perpetrated.

Chali & Brew
Laid Law

Westside Tribe's Jon Swift & Deploi

Kris, Tony Tarasco & Deploi

TheArtist Kiki

Kasey and Amanda

(Miss Willie Brown)

[playing at Harvelle's on Sept 24]

Dan & Shaunte

The beautiful crowd included the ladies from Miss Willie Brown (Kasey & Amanda), Cecilia Noel (playing at Harvelle's on the 17th of Sept), TheArtist-Kiki and a plethora of fan's of true hip-hop.