Name: The Grease Traps w/ Fat Produce + DJ Archive 65
Start: 2025-02-27T20:00:00-08:00
Location: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz

$The Grease Traps w\/ Fat Produce + DJ Archive 65$

Moe's Alley presents some East Bay grease with 8-piece funk and soul powerhouse The Grease Traps! F-Spot Records trio Fat Produce opens the show with DJ Archive 65 on the 1s and 2s!
Thursday, February 27th
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
$15 in advance / $20 day of the show
21+
THE GREASE TRAPS
The Grease Traps are an 8-piece funk and soul powerhouse based in Oakland, CA. Featuring a well-oiled rhythm section, tight horns, and stirring vocals by that sharp-dressing, all-around fly dude, The Gata, their musical mix of hard-driving funk and lowdown soul is guaranteed to get your head noddin' and cure your dance jones. The rhythm section takes its cues from the soulful sounds of the MG’s, the Meters, the JB’s, and the rhythm sections of the Atlantic, Hi and Fame labels. In addition to their original material, the Traps are crate diggers as well, breathing new life into lost grooves culled from rare funk 45’s and obscure oft-sampled records.
The Grease Traps released their debut 45 single on the well-respected funk & soul label, Colemine Records. Their first full-length album, Solid Ground, was recorded all to analog on their trusty Tascam 388 and put out in 2021 by Italy’s funk/soul label, Record Kicks. They have played at multiple California festivals and some of the Bay Area's best venues sharing the stage with touring acts such as the Commodores, Shuggie Otis, Rebirth Brass Band, Monophonics, Neal Francis, Orgone, and Durand Jones among many others.
FAT PRODUCE
Fat Produce is a Miami-based soul jazz trio led by Studio City, CA natives, guitarist Addison Rifkind and drummer Michael Duffy. This duo, alongside upright bass, is a guaranteed head-nodder whose live set includes a fresh mix of original compositions and deep cuts from the hip-hop, soul, and jazz crates. Taking inspiration from the past, Fat Produce breathes new life into the guitar trio format and unearths a modern musical vocabulary encompassing the past 70 years of musical heritage while keeping it funky and groove focused.