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05/04/2007
Moqita - It comes to Me - available now on Beatport.com
Check out Moqita's "It comes to Me" available now on Beatport.com
Moqita on Beatport
07/01/2006
Billy Blaise from Moqita touring with Man Man
Billy Blaise of Moqita has recently joined the group Man Man and has been touring with them all summer. Check out their webpage at wearemanman.com. Don't worry, JG's also doing double duty as part of Pink Skull, and there's plenty of Moqita songs still to be made..
05/03/2006
Moqita on iTunes
You can download Moqita's first EP on iTunes now.
Click here to go the store.
Click here to check out our collaborations with Clayton and Fulcrum
03/01/2006
03/03/2006 (Friday) - Billy Blaise Dufala at Space 1026
Wondering where Moqita has been the past few months? Billy's been working on his show that's coming up this Friday 3/3/06 at Space 1026. He and his brother Steven have been working like crazy to get this opening together. If you were at Billy's show at 1026 a few years back, or damn, if you've seen any of his gallery shows, you know this is going to be a night of high society hobnobbing, wine and cheese and rich people throwing money around for art that will look great with their new $20,000 couch.
Oh wait..I'm sorry.. I was reading the wrong notes. This is the Dufala's at 1026. It's going to be REAL Philadelphia artists showing amazing, thought provoking, often disturbing artwork. Billy will be serving food (last time it was roast turkeys with fake breast implants) and instead of the rich and famous, it'll be the talented and mostly dirty.
Details:
Friday, March 3rd - 7:00 p.m.
Space 1026
1026 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA
For more info: space1026.com
02/28/2006
03/16 (Thursday) JG live at
No Moqita live dates are in the works right now, but you can catch JG of Moqita DJing at "The Burial". There's all kinds of crazy Drum and Bass stuff in the main room with Ed Rush, Optical, Pendulum, Karl K, Kaos, Jae Kennedy, Sharpness, Illy MC but JG will be upstairs with his Pink Skull cohort, Julian S Process, and Art Cuebik. JG will be spinning his normal mixed bag of indie dance, disco punk, and lounge core. and lamp. He loves lamp.
Details:
Thursday, March 16th -10:00 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. 21+ w/ID - $10 to get on
Pure
1121 St.James street
(St.James is between Locust and Walnut and between 12th and 13th Streets.)
Philadelphia, PA
For more info: http://www.myspace.com/theburialphilly
02/28/2006
Moqita song on Om Lounge 10
The Moqita song "No More Sand In My Lip Balm" is featured on the new compilation CD "Om Lounge 10" on Om Records.
It's available now on the iTunes music store
and was released on CD in stores everywhere on February 21st. Check out http://www.omrecords.com/ for more details
11/07/2005
New Songs on MySpace and New JG DJ set mp3
Moqita has a MySpace.com page at http://myspace.com/moqita where we've posted some streaming audio of some new songs. Also, we've added some new stuff to our audio section including a dj set by JG of Moqita from Hang Free on 9/5/05
10/18/2005
New Moqita release on OM Records Nov 1st
Moqita will be appearing on the new release "OM: DISCOVERY - DOWNTEMPO Volume 1". It's an online only release that will be available November 1st on digital music websites including iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, MSN, Yahoo and Beatport. Keep checking Om Records or your favorite online music store for more details.
09/29/2005
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have returned.
Moqita is back from it's summer hiatus, where we explored life, love and everything else. Lots of things in store for the fall and winter too. Our new single from Shakedown Records comes out sometime this fall (listen to clips on their website). We're still holed up in the studio working on new stuff..other good news coming soon...
08/06/2005
Summertime
All's been quiet on the Moqita front this summer, for a lot of good reasons.
We'll be back with lots of good stuff in the fall, but in the meantime, reflect on the genius below that is George and Ira Gershwin:
Summertime
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cottons are high
Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're gonna to rise up singing
Spread your wings
And take to the sky
But till that morning
There's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
05/10/2005
Moqita on WXPN 88.5
We just found out that WXPN (xpn.org) is going to be playing some Moqita songs tonight on their show Philly Local. The show starts at 9pm and you can tune in if you live in Philly on 88.5 FM or check it out online at http://www.xpn.org/listen.php
04/24/2005
Moqita at The Philadelphia Experiment
We're playing an all house set at Silk City at the Philadelphia Experiment. We've got some new songs and some live favorites and we plan to rock the dance floor as best as we possibly can at the finest house monthly in the city (6 years running!) See the Tour Section for more details.
03/27/2005
New things from Moqita
We're spending some time polishing up some songs that we've been working on live and in the studio and we're hoping to have a new EP ready soon. We also have a new release (a vocal house record no less!) coming out on Shakedown Records, a new sub label from our friends at Worship Recordings. We also have a new vocal song called "Backdoor Girl" coming out on a new online compilation from Tokyo Dawn Records. We'll give you more details of those as they are released and as we get the new ones finished.
03/15/2005
Interview with Moqita
Here's an interview of Moqita that appears in 20 Watts, the magazine of Syracuse University's WERW 1570 AM College Radio station. Check it out
02/27/2005
Moqita at North Star Bar in Philly
with The Method and Result, Run Away From The Humans, and Be Careful Little Hands"
This show is going to be awesome. We're playing with three of the coolest bands in Philly. Poptronica, Electo indie, we tried to come up with a name for this little music fest but we feel that making up a new genre name doesn't do these bands justice. It's also a very special night as we'll be featuring vocal performances from Ashley Thomas, new songs sung by Billy Blaise and...wait for it...JG in his Moqita singing debut. Craziness.
Details:Saturday, March 19th - 9:00 pm
North Star Bar
2639 Poplar Street Philadelphia, PA 19130
21+ To Enter
For more info: northstarbar.com
01/05/2005
Moqita w/ The Yohimbe Brothers 1/13
We're opening for the Yohimbe Brothers (DJ Logic & Vernon Reid) at Tritone at 1508 South Street - Philadelphia, PA. DJ Logic is also performing an opening DJ set. It all kicks off at around 8 PM and it's $15 to get it.
10/28/2004
IMPORTANT UPDATE ABOUT THE FLUID SHOW (tomorrow)
The show scheduled for tomorrow (thursday) has been CANCELLED.
BUT WE'RE STILL PLAYING! AND IT'S FREE!
Here's the deal:
According to the promoters of the show, King Britt and DJ Spooky had "scheduling conflicts" (kinda like "wardrobe malfunctions") and are unable to play tomorrow. We're not sure what that means but they cancelled the show. So... We talked to our good friends at Fluid and decided that we're just going to do a last minute night of funkyness. We're going to play our schduled set of mellow Moqita flavors at 9:00pm, like we were supposed to. Then we're going to play some records, get drunk, cause some mayhem and then come back on later on in the night to do a repeat of our dancey set that we played last month but with some more twists and turns and some new songs.
J.SMOOTH will be there djing and playing with us, ASHLEY THOMAS will be there singing away, and other special guests will be throwing down all night long. All in all, it'll be a good night of just chilling, hanging out, and having a good time. Oh and it's FREE to get in.
We're bummed that we don't get to see King Britt and DJ Spooky too, but
it's all good. Those two are all over the place and you can check out
where they're playing in the future at kingbritt.com and djspooky.com
10/25/2004
New Free Mp3 downloads
We're in the process of putting up some new mp3 clips and full song downloads. We've just put up the live version of "low lit/no more sand in my lip balm" from Fluid. Keep checking out the audio section of the site for more updates
10/19/2004
Moqita Live @ Fluid Thursday 10/28 with DJ Spooky and King Britt
More Details to Follow...
Thursday October 28, 2004
8pm - closing
DJ Spooky - that subliminal kid
DJ Spooky "weaves cultural and temporal streams together to create a vivid, shifting tapestry of flow. In so doing he stakes a powerful claim to the democratising powers of the mix." - BBC
"Morphs subtly between hip-hop abstraction and unalloyed free-improv exploration." - Entertainment Weekly
King Britt
"King Britt has dead cool taste. Featuring mantroniz-sized wooshes and dancefloor textures that track the deadly space from disco to House, Britt's productions are clean and impressive. Like necking in the back seat of the Delorian from Back to the Future." - The Wire (UK)
"A swirling fantasia of feel-good funk." -Entertainment Weekly
Moqita
"Imagine blending your moms jazz records with some of Greyboys beats, throw in some Philly soul flavor and dont forget the beatboxing flute and some live Wurlitzer keys. Moqitas live act is a combination between JGs knowledge of musical gadgetry and Blaises stunning self-taught musical ability to play the flute and piano at the same time. Yes, he only has two hands, but you'll have to see that for yourself." - Around Philly.com
Location:
Fluid
613 S. 4th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Regular tickets: $7 online, $10 at the door.
http://www.concertsforchange.org/kintera_show.php?id=55
10/06/2004
Thanks!
We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out and saw us at Fluid on the 09/30. It was an amazing show and everybody had a blast. Look for us to be back at Fluid again soon...
09/13/2004
Moqita Live @ Fluid Thurday 9/30
This is the big one. We're playing at the finest little club in Philadelphia and preparing special show just for this night. We're pulling out all the stops for this one. We'll start out with our usual smoothed out downtempo cuts and then ramp it up in the second half with a house flavored funk-fest. I mean, c'mon, like we're going to play Fluid and NOT rock the dance floor?!? Bring your dancing shoes and your drinking glasses... it's going to be a par-tay.
But wait, there's more! Also appearing will be special guest vocalist Ashley Thomas (she sings on 'round the way') and guest scratching and cutting from superstar DJ, and our main man, J.Smooth. Smooth will also be dj'ing a funky ass set to start out the night and our favorite house DJ, Carl Michaels, will closing it down with his trademarked brand of ass shaking beats. We'll be sandwiched in the middle like some sorta soulfunk sandwich.
We're also giving away tons of FREE cd's and other Moqita stuff so don't miss this show!
Details:
Thursday, September 30th - 10:00pm-2:00am
Fluid - 613 South 4th Street - Philadelphia, PA
Admission Price: $5
FREE CD's all night long
09/11/2004
Moqita mentioned on Okayplayer.com
We got a shout out on the okayplayer.com site.
Check it out That's the hotness right there. Hell yeah!
09/10/2004
Moqita in the WKDU top 30 charts
Looks like our friends at WKDU 91.7 FM (the best radio station in philly) have been giving us some air play. We made #19 on the list, beating out DJ Shadow and RJD2 but just missed #18 on the list, getting beat down by "Humanure" by Cattle Decapitation. I mean, damn, who can compete with an album by a group called "Cattle Decapitation"?
UPDATE: We're up to #15..take that Cattle Decapitation!
09/07/2004
Moqita Live @ UCAL (West Philly) Saturday 9/11
This is a really cool show. The Feedback Concert series is an interactive event where artists perform and then they have a short Q & A session after each set. If you have anything you've been dying to ask us, this is the place. This is a intimate venue where the focus is on the music. If you've seen us before and had to deal with bar chatter and noise, this will be a good place just to close your eyes and take in the music.
Also playing will be William Fields and A/D.
Details:
Saturday, September 11th - 7:00pm
University City Arts League - 4226 Spruce St - Philadelphia, PA
Admission Price: $5
Web site: www.feedback-at-ucal.com
08/18/2004
Moqita Live @ Transit Friday 08/20/04
We'll be playing at Transit on Friday, August 20th at around Midnight in the downstairs area of the club. Ashley Thomas who sings on "Round the Way" will also be performing with us. Oh and lots of other cool people will be playing too. Check out the flyer here
Details:Friday, August 20th - 10:00pm-3:20am (Moqita 12:00AM)
Transit - 6th and Spring Garden Street - Philadelphia, PA
Admission Price: Free (with Two Drink Minimum)
08/17/2004
Moqita Article at aroundphilly.com
Here's an article about us from aroundphilly.com - http://www.aroundphilly.com/article.php?a_id=647
08/08/2004
Moqita Live @ Obar Tuesday 08/17/04
Moqita will be playing at Obar in West Philly on Tuesday. Obar is a intimate, stylish lounge that just happens to be downstairs from Copa University City. Come hang with us as we provide the soundtrack for all your drink sippin' and player playin' actvities.
Details:
Tuesday, August 17th - 11:00pm
Obar - 4000 Spruce Street - Philadelphia, PA
Admission Price: Free
06/28/2004
Moqita says thanks
We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to the first show of Moqita last night. It was a big success and a lot of fun. Also, special thanks to Ginny and Jen and the entire staff of RX for making it such a memorable night.
06/13/2004
Moqita Debut Live Show 6/27 at RX
Moqita will be making it's debut live performance with a small show at RX (4443 Spruce St - Philadelphia). It goes from 9-11pm on Sunday June 27. RX is a incredible restaurant and food will be available. BYOB. We'll have copies of our new EP for sale too.
06/12/2004
New Moqita CD available
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We are proud to announce our new 6 song EP.You can purchase this online for $9ppd (only $7 at our shows). |
or as mp3 downloads at beatport.com
06/10/2004
Billy Blaise group show at University Art League 06/11/04
University City Arts League
4226 Spruce St. Philadelphia, PA, June 11th 2004
The Bathhouse Group: Alicia Keller . Michael Tarbi . Hisako Inoue Billy Blaise Dufala . Stephen Dufala. Ben Volta and Tom Mckloskey
05/17/2004
Moqita Live
Moqita is now putting the finishing touches on our live show. We have a few shows lined up for the summer and also a special performance inside the Fels Planetarium in October. Check out the "tour" section for more details and dates. An EP will be coming in the next few months and will be available online, at our shows, and at select area record stores.
03/31/2004
Billy Blaise Show and Philadelphia Weekly article
"Days on End"
Fri., April 2, 610pm. Free. Spartaco Gallery, 52 N. Second St., second fl. 215.238.8877
www.spartacogallery.com Billy Blaise and his brother Steven have a gallery opening at Spartaco Gallery. Check out the article in this weeks Philadelphia Weekly. The web article is here. Pick up the paper if you live in Philly though. There's a huge cover photo of the two of them in the arts and entertainment section.
03/16/2004
JG Spinning retro rock set at The Khyber Tuesday 03/23
On Tuesday 03/23/04, JG of Moqita will be spinning upstairs @ The Khyber (57 South 2nd Street) in Philadelphia w/Kevin Gimble and Jamie Morris. Also spinning are residents Intrinsic and Art Cubik. Expect lots of diverse cool music and post modern hits that you haven't heard in a long time. Stone Roses, Skinny Puppy, New Order, Transvision Vamp, etc..
12/18/2003
Upcoming DJ appearances from JG on 01/29 and 02/04
JG of Moqita will be playing two dates in the upcoming week:
This Friday January 30th, Do something to help the less fortunate... Luckilly, you can drink and dance while you are at it... BRRRRR! featuring the dj talents of Willyum, Kevin V, Carl Michaels, Jason Leroy, Josh Devins, Jamie Johnson, Matt Brownell, Matt Wich, Aaron & DJ Dirty, Julian S. Process, Dave Pee, Jamie Morris and JG
La Tazza, 108 Chestnut Street Come early and drink a lot! $5 Minimum Donation goes directly to the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank www.greaterphiladelphiafoodbank.org 9:30-2 door by evan 'the philanthropist' lee
Also, on Wednesday February 4th JG will be playing ambient and spacey indie rock at Hologram @ La Tazza (108 Chestnut Street Philadelphia). Also appearing will be his old pal Mr. Roper of alien robot/Submit fame.
11/06/2003
Billy Blaise Gallery Show at 1026 - 11/07/03
Mokita - A show by Billy Blaise Dufala:
UPDATE: pictures can be found here
You might know Billy Blaise as a GFS contributor and Moqita member, but in addition to being a talented multi-instrumentalist, he is also a talented visual artist and sculptor. This Friday(tomorrow), November 7th at Space 1026 in Philadelphia is the opening night for Billy's solo gallery show. His signature giant metal sculptures, strange art prints, and short films will be on display throughout the month of November. The event will also be catered by Billy himself, as he feeds attendies part of the art from his show(?) You'll have to see it to believe it. JG will also be rocking the lounge music on his laptop for the audio entertainment. So come and check it out. You can get a sneak preview of his work with these photos from his 2002 show, http://www1.martnet.com/~jmfg/photos/Billy_Show_2k2/ and on the Moqita website: http://moqita.com/
Friday November 7, 2003
Time: 7PM
Space 1026
1026 Arch Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia PA 19107
http://www.space1026.com/
07/14/2003
welcome to moqita.com
this is a new website about the philadelphia based electronic duo, moqita. there are a few different sections in this website. info has some details on moqita. In the audio section, you'll find some free mp3 download clips and even some full tracks. tour has a listing of our live shows, while the contact page gives you some ways to do just that. we hope you like it.