This is going to be a good one! Festival covering art, fashion, music and design...come on you all know it goes hand in hand.
Some ace curators, DJ Snowboy, Greg Wilson - just look at the 1980s section which will create Warehouse and Roller Disco parties:
The Warehouse and Roller Disco pick up the baton from the mid 70s and Vintage’s ‘Soul Casino’ and will trace some of the legendary 'Disco' club nights from the mid 70s right up to where we are now. We will be celebrating the original and pioneering DJs (all British, reflecting the spirit of the festival) and some of the legendary UK clubs that paved the way for the current Disco resurgence. List them together and it becomes a truly mouth-watering prospect...
A Guy Called Gerald
Andrew Weatherall
Ashley Beedle’s Warbox Outernational Meets Trojan Soundsystem
Chris Sullivan
Colin Curtis
Danny Rampling
Disco Bloodbath
George Power
Graeme Park
Greg Wilson
Horse Meat Disco
Ian Dewhirst
Idjut Boys
Jay Strongman
Jazzie B
Jeffrey Hinton
Joey Negro
Lascelle Lascelles
Les Spaine
Low Life
Noel Watson
Norman Jay
Optimo
Princess Julia
Unabombers
Winston Hazel
Also appearing in the Soul Casino... curated by Eddie Piller:
Chris Hill
David Holmes
Dr Bob Jones
Keb Darge
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 6/24/10 at 4:39 PM | | 
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 6/8/10 at 6:48 PM | |
Sunday 13th June 2010 Midlands Art Centre (Opposite Edgbaston Cricket Ground) Birmingham
The history of Jazz, from Funk to Fusion to Acid, will be brought firmly into the fore during this year’s BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds). The figurehead of the UK Acid Jazz scene, Snowboy will be master of ceremonies on Sunday 13th June at the new MAC and launch his new book -
‘Beyond the Ballroom’ will look at the rise of Jazz Funk and the development of Acid Jazz whilst revealing a remarkable piece of dance history. A free jazz dance workshop will kick off the proceedings in the afternoon and participants will be able to learn some extra special moves ready for the evening when Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove’s will open his record collection and takes to the turntables. Dick Jewell’s film ‘The Jazz Room’ will also be screened and audience members will be able to put their questions to Snowboy as he takes part in a Q&A about the scene and signs copies of his acclaimed new book ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid jazz: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene’.
This book has taken over 15 years of research and interviews span the whole of the jazz/funk scene from Newcastle to Plymouth
Taking place for the fifth consecutive year, BASS Festival is Punch Records’ flagship event and the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black music and art. This year’s programme will see a range of music and arts events in venues across Birmingham. The 2010 theme is DNA, looking at both personal DNA and the heritage of music. Jazz is one of many genres being explored in the festival.
‘Beyond the Ballroom’ starts at 4pm on Sunday 13th June 2010 at the MAC. Tickets cost £6. To book visit www.macarts.co.uk. ‘Beyond the Ballroom’ Jazz Dance Workshop is on Sunday 13th June 2010 from 1 – 3pm also at the MAC. Participation is free.
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RAFTERS PART 2 - Big jazz dance night upcoming....
Saturday 10th July 2010
Featuring the original Rafters Dj’s - Colin Curtis, Mike Shaft and Hewan Clarke
@ Band On The Wall 25 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JZ
10 till 3am Admission £8 Advance £10 On the door
Advance tickets from
http://www.bandonthewall.org/
Band On The Wall Box Office : 0845 2 500 500
Labels: jazz dance
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 5/16/10 at 6:37 PM | |
DJ SNOWBOY - UK legend of jazz/funk/soul for over 30 years!
Support from DJ Gip Dammone (DIG! Family) & DJ Gib (Havana Cultura)
Plus live band Bob Birch Trio + One – smoking hammond organ funk/soul jazz........
Saturday 29th May @ The Wardrobe, St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH
10pm-3am - band onstage 11pm - DJ Snowboy 12pm - £6/£5 concession (NUS/Wardrobe members) on the door...get down early though! Full info at
www.thewardrobe.co.uk
0113 383 8800
Another DJ Lubi Spanish Harlem session at The Wardrobe is in store for May Spring Bank Holiday weekend. The return of the living legend of UK jazz/funk/soul/latin music DJ Snowboy, off the congas and onto the decks for a rare Leeds appearance and his first Wardrobe DJ set in over 8 years!
What can't you say about this man? Professional DJ for over 30 years, champion of the UK jazzdance scene from the start to the present day, deep funk and soul connoisseur, afro-cuban and latin jazz expert, supporter of new music such as broken beat, CD compiler for a host of labels, columnist for Blues & Soul Magazine........if they called James Brown the hardest working man in show business, then Snowboy would definately be in second spot!
He has played across the world - funk clubs, jazz festivals, soul weekenders, latin nights.....he's has appeared at so many Southport Soul Weekenders they probably have a permanent caravan there for him, a little piece of Essex on the Lancashire coast! In 2009, he finally published his long-awaited book "From Jazz-Funk And Fusion To Acid Jazz : A History Of The UK Jazz-Dance Scene" to great acclaim. Simply, Snowboy is now a much loved and respected UK musical institution! Expect a blinding set of jazz-funk, deep soul, boogie, fusion, rhythm & blues, heavy funk 45s and of course, a little bit of latin magic.....
LIVE ONSTAGE: Bob Birch Trio & One - original New Mastersounds hammond organist delivers a smoking set of Blue Note Record style soul jazz/hammond funk and modal sounds with his organ/guitar/drums/sax quartet...think Big John Patton/Lonnie Smith/Larry Young....the real acid jazz meets blues and soul! Band onstage 10.45pm.
DJ support from original Leeds jazz daddy/soul brother GIP DAMMONE (DIG! Family/The Cooker/Yardbird Suite/Gordon Ramsay's The F-Word), cooking up some soul/jazz/rhythm & blues beauties before the band, and then young left-field Brasilian beats/latin soul maestro DJ GIB (Brasilian Beats/Rumba Caracass/Havana Cultura) will be warming up for Snowboy after the band.
Spanish Harlem's Spring Bank Holiday Special - it's definately a big one and an essential night out for all those who love of soul, funk, jazz, fusion, latin, boogie and great live music! Last one before breaking for the summer so come and get some.....
Labels: snowboy latin jazz DJ
By: Thenoisethatwemade | at 9:09 AM | |
SATURDAY
10/04/2010 22:00
DJ Lubi Presents Sampler’s Delight - Sela Bar, Leeds
Upper Briggate, Leeds
Cost: FREEThird in the special series of 100% vinyl only DJ jams from across the music spectrum - soul, funk, jazz, rock, reggae, rhythm & blues, latin, hiphop, samba, soundtracks, ska....taking place at Leeds’ best small basement jazz bar, Sela.
First we had The Magnificent Sevens (5hrs of music only on 7"). Then came Under The Covers (5hrs of music but 100% cover versions). Now Sampler’s Delight, 5hrs of music made up of the original versions of all your favourite sampled songs of the last 25 years, be they house, hiphop, r&b, drum & bass or dancehall!
DJs on the neet - Lubi, Mark (Sela bar), Jimmy bluenote Ambler (brownswood), Julie Jay (JDC/TheNoiseThatWeMade), Martin Alcroft (Mook).
CHECK Lubi's regular monthly at www.thewardrobe.co.uk Sat 27th March: Spanish Harlem Presents A TRIBUTE TO TOWER OF POWER featuring SOUL VACCINATION
10pm-3am £7/£6 NUS/£5 Wardrobe members
Plus DJs Lubi Jovanovic (Spanish Harlem) & Gip Dammone (DIG! Family)
A live tribute to the Tower Of Power, one of the best US funk bands of the late 1960s & 1970s! Famed for their supertight rhythm section and brass, Tower Of Power gave us such club classics as “What Is Hip?”, “Soul Vaccination”, “Clean Slate”, “Squib Cakes” and the anthemic “Only So Much Oil In The Ground”!
Tenor sax player Stan Dziama fell in love with Tower Of Power on first hearing their “Urban Renewal” LP from 1974, and Soul Vaccination was born......10 of the North’s finest jazz/funk musicians paying homage to the amazing San Francisco Bay Area band! With an equally powerful 6 piece brass section led by Mr Dziama plus a blazing rhythm section, the line-up is capped off with Leeds man-mountain of soul, singer Benson J.Walker of Capri/Jacuzzi 500 fame! Check their music on www.myspace.com/soulvac
DJs on the night are Leeds’ original jazz/soul/funk dons Lubi Jovanovic and Gip Dammone, laying down good music both as individuals and in the legendary DIG! Family crew since 1985! Expect a heady brew of jazz, funk, soul, rhythm & blues, reggae and boogie!
Sat 24th AprilThe Fantastics (Freestyle Records) – direct from London, debut Leeds gig - featuring special guest singer Sulene Fleming (New Mastersounds)!
plus support The Bob Birch Trio and DJ Lubi
Time : 10pm-3am £7/£6 NUS/£5 Wardrobe members
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 3/11/10 at 7:37 PM | |
Just thought I'd do a little write up on from my recent visit of the Bradford 2010 Beer Festival helid in the lovely Victoria Hall in Saltaire. It's the 12th festival held at the venue but only my first visit. The intro of the 1/3 pint measure was a good idea, as after the first couple of pints it was a great way to sample far more and at a steady pace. The main room was filled with many friendly faces and the atmopshere was like a bunch of old friends meeting up over a pint.
I decided, too stick to my original plan and go for breweries near where my Mam's family was born, haha, so I started with a Lambton's cask from Double Maxim in Houghton-le-spring, a nice and easy going 3.7%, hoppy light ale and a good session one to ease you in to 4 hours of sampling! Next up I tried the Holden's Double Chocolate Stout as it's from East Coast brewery in Filey, an old family holiday destintation. The stout was rich and strong at 7.2% and was a bit of a shock to the taste buds. It felt like I was drinking a pint of marmite, so you'll either love this one or hate it. I think I prefer it on my toast rather than down the hatch.
On my theoretical journey I decided to come back in land to York brewery with a hefty Nordic Fury a love red malty and dry beer. Partly tried this one as I liked the Viking tie-in, York's been having a week long Viking festival around the same time and I imagined drinking this one on a re-constructed long boat and sailing down the the River Foss.
After the third pint my plan went out the window and I went for an Outstanding Pilsner from Bury at 5% as the hook line states how real lager should taste and it was a thirst quenching one that was a nice stop gap bewteen the beers. Feeling a little overwhelmed with the choice (over 100 real ales, bottled beers, ciders and wines) I asked one of the volunteers behind the bar to choose me a drink and he came thumbs up with a Winter Ale from Hopstar, Blackburn 4.2%, a nice light beer to bring me back down to earth smoothly.
Right now's my chance for the ciders; I had a dabble on the raffle on me ways (note to self never trust a man selling you a raffle ticket with a Garfield t-shirt on). BEST DRINK OF NIGHT! Well Top 5 at least Janet's Jungle Juice a CAMRA gold medal winner in 2007 at 6% from West Croft, Somerset, what a gorgeous amber nectar, sweet and more-ish. Got to try one based on name was the next thought and I went for Grafter's Wobble Gob, an appropriately named beer for me from the Gainsborough based brewery. 4.9% another handle with care, haha.
It was coming to the end of the night and my friend offered me their final tokens to use......Since at heart I'm a cider lover I went back into the main hall and decided to finish on Broadoak's Moonshine, a white and dangerously drinkable 7.5% medium sweet number. What an end to a great do...right when's the next one on!
One's I wanted to try but never got round to:
Crown - Cannonball Adderley 4.7% & Ring of Fire 7.7%
Hadrian & Border - Ginger Beer 4%
Moorview - Cocker Doodle Brew 5.2%
Saltaire - Hazelnut Coffee Porter 4.6%
Great Oakley - Wots Occuring 3.9%
By: Thenoisethatwemade | at 6:53 PM | |
Made a visit to the end of month beer club and was very impressed!
www.saltairebrewery.co.ukNext club End of March 26th - check website for more info. Missing out Feb due to the Bradford beer festival in Saltaire.
www.bradfordcamra.org.uk/
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 2/2/10 at 8:17 PM | |
JAZZIFUNK are proud to present the long awaited RAFTERS REUNION to be held on Saturday 12th December at the original RAFTERS location in Manchester.
Spinning the tunes on the night, the original DJ line up COLIN CURTIS & HEWAN CLARKE.
The night runs from 10pm - 4am £7
Advance tickets:
https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10008532
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 10/3/09 at 4:08 PM | |
UPcoming dates:
New Bohemia Friday 23rd October 10-3am £6/5
Main room: The Correspondents
Swing-Hop duo, The Correspondents are MC Mr Bruce and DJ/Producer Mr Chuckles who collaborate to make Hip Hop for the 1930s, Big Band music for the 00s. Splicing swing samples with squelchy synths over dusty drum loops they’ve depicted a modern day journey into time of rogue’s, lust, affordable clowns and foot-tapping toe curling "get your brogues on" dance floor swing hop.
www.thecorrespondents.co.uk
Gimp room: The Collective- Ian 'starchild' Hylton & Jules 'little sister' selectin' -Rare groove, modern soul, nu jazz, broken beats, afrobeat, jazz, boogie, fusion & jazz dance session hosted by Llyod, Paul W and Flex
Search facebook: The Collective (J.D.C.)
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By: Thenoisethatwemade | at 4:06 PM | |
Host: The Collective (J.D.C.)
Type: Party - Night of Mayhem
Start Time: Friday, 21 August 2009 at 22:00
End Time: Saturday, 22 August 2009 at 03:00
Location: Mint Lounge
Street: Oldham street
Town/City: Manchester, United Kingdom
www.thesoulclub.co.uk
Friday 21st August – DJ’s Hewan Clarke and Doctor.D (Reno, the Gallery, the Soul Club)
Forget the school holidays have a night out dancing to the very best Modern Soul, Classics, Rare Grooves and the lastest new tunes.
Djs Hewan Clarke & Doctor.D host a mid summers club night at The Mint Lounge Manchester.
Making a return visit after succesfully hosting the second room at the "Funky Days" promotion.
DJs Ian 'starchild' Hylton, Jules and the Leeds crew play their special blend of Jazz Funk classics and Boogie tunes.
make sure you get there early the last one sold out.
Entry is just £5 all night.
Keep an eye out for the special promo CDs given away on the night.
By: Thenoisethatwemade | 7/29/09 at 8:01 PM | |
