Here it is in digital copy..ooo lordy. it's upon us!
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Thursday 21 November 2013
Program.. Line-up & Timings for this Saturday!!
This is the program which all London Remixed Festival ticket holders will be given on Saturday!!
Here it is in digital copy..ooo lordy. it's upon us!
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Here it is in digital copy..ooo lordy. it's upon us!
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Wednesday 20 November 2013
Comps for tickets still running...bring yer mam!
--Be a happy competition winnner!--
Quick post this time. There are a few competitions still running so now your whole family can come to London Remixed Festival...they are all closing soon so get to it!...here they are..
1. SOASRADIO, home of weekly shows by Movimientos & Hackney Globetrotter.
TO WIN: Go to https://twitter.com/SOASRadio and RT this POST: @SOASRadio for a chance to win 2 FREE tickets to this weekend's @RemixedFestival: http://londonremixedfestival.com/
2. Hackney Today, organ of Hackney Council are running a comp which closes tomorrow (21st) at noon.
TO WIN: email htnews@hackney.gov.uk with ‘Remixed London’ competition as the subject. and then, I guess, write something nice in the body of the email. Don't think you have to, but surely it will help!
3. Ghettofunk, remixing obsessives, playing on the Vintage Remixed stage on Saturday, have one too.
TO WIN: Go to http://ghettofunk.co.uk/ghetto-funk-london-remix-festival-win-stuff/ and comment on their wall with your favourite Ghettofunk remix. If you haven't heard any before, then (whaa?) listen. they're posted up for free. Do it!
4. Ghost Writerz, are coming to LRF'13. It's their debut gig. They getting plays by Toddla T, Ras Kwame and respect from General Roots - brap!
TO WIN: Just follow their twitter. Can't hurt to tweet them about LRF13 too. https://twitter.com/GWzUK
Seeee you theeeeerrrrre! I'll be working at Bedroom Bar, come and say hello.
Friday 8 November 2013
Future African Underground - music as picture. Sheeeeeeeeeit!
Hello. Future African Underground this week. I don't want to "rave" on about it wordily so here are some pictures which me and Pepo have made to go with our favourite tunes of each band playing on the night. Program selection by Andre from Wormfood and Global Local. It's gonna go awwwwwwfff.Village Underground ain't seen nothing like it before.
Click on the link to listen to the song which matches the pic.
// Nubiyan Twist
Click on the link to listen to the song which matches the pic.
// Nubiyan Twist
// Auntie Flo ft. Esa
// Romare
// Dub Colossus
// Ghost Writerz
This is the official flyer for the night. Remember to get your £15 tickets here. Keep coming back for more posts, competitions and interviews.
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Polka Tent - who's playing? what are they about?
Hello reader. This is the first of several posts about the different stages at London Remixed Festival '13 and, more importantly, the artists making them shake.
There is lots and lots of detail on the main site, but we thought we'd give you links to our favourite tunes by each artist (wherever possible) and the views of some of those workin' at LRF '13 hq; which is on Davy Jones's mistress's ship, business barge JUDITH.
There is a lot going on, see full monster line-up here, so it's difficult to know where to start...
..buuuuttt, it's COLD tonight. Some of you, might even be shivering. Who else shivers?? Pirates me' hearties. Where do pirates hang out? At the good ship POLKA TENT...let's start there then...
....hosted in the theatre space at RichMix by...
the indelibly red n white, bee lady of the night
with a musical sting stingier than a nettle M I S S P E N N Y METAL.
//Seas of mirth
see what happens to pirates when they're based in the east midlands, away from water, and in the east midlands. belly-slapping, gun-totingish party folk.
The Mayor of Matlock has called them "OK" and what more of a ringing endorsement could I possibly hope to give them.
listen to this.
//Gentle Mystics
signed to a proper independent london-based label Emerging Species, gentle mystics whip mutant forms of their many influences into something old and new, scary and fearless, uncomfortable and banging, resisting,
and resisting triteness, anti-maudlinists and - an unpredictable smorgup of electronic, dub, brass, psychee poetically wotsits, wotknots and wothops. Stillness cracked up and off, the music squirms, and you'll writhe.
Mayor of Matlock* says, "Are they squatters? Get them off. Away. Now!"
here they are on the Boomtown Fair 2013 main-stage. I want to hear mushroom 3000 live please.
//Tantz
Tantz = klezmer for dance ;-)
//Maniere des Bohemiens
gripping a drenched shoulder, you're not sure if it's wet with beer, sweat or both, you're beer flies out of its inadequate vessel, it arcs onto the furiously playing violinist's nose, he looks at you, time stops, you cower aaaaaaaaaaaand then he plays furiouslier, your beer sails off upwards again, joins more beer a few feet above you and turns into a shower. you look at your hands, you are a prune. what shall we do with the drunken sailor. make him dance and drink more.
Mayor of Matlock says, "I hope they'll clean up after themselves."
//Ghetto Plotz
cartoon klezmer electro hip hop. stamford hill. midday, blazing heat, again. it's hot in the shtetl. air-conditioning units shuddered to haltz 3 months ago. ongepotchket crowds have gathered on every street corner, children fight for shade under the elders' hats, boychicks, heavy from gold, drink from brown paper bags. the shout of ay-yay-yay goes up, the ghettoblaster clicks on another driving tune. women, boychicks, girlchicks, men and dogs roll around on the floor, laughing and/or dancing, in a seamless seemingly endless loop. women, boychicks, girlchicks men... seemingly endless loop.
a man presses pause on the ghetto blaster "stop, stop it. stop it else I'll explode." his hand is brushed aside. press play. the rolling continues. the man explodes. this is the ghetto, we're all about to plotz!
Alter cocker Matlock says, "Oy vey".
*Mayor of Matlock is now a fictional character. All hail Mayor of Matlock. Thanks for joining us and giving us your opines.
There is lots and lots of detail on the main site, but we thought we'd give you links to our favourite tunes by each artist (wherever possible) and the views of some of those workin' at LRF '13 hq; which is on Davy Jones's mistress's ship, business barge JUDITH.
There is a lot going on, see full monster line-up here, so it's difficult to know where to start...
..buuuuttt, it's COLD tonight. Some of you, might even be shivering. Who else shivers?? Pirates me' hearties. Where do pirates hang out? At the good ship POLKA TENT...let's start there then...
....hosted in the theatre space at RichMix by...
the indelibly red n white, bee lady of the night
with a musical sting stingier than a nettle M I S S P E N N Y METAL.
//Seas of mirth
see what happens to pirates when they're based in the east midlands, away from water, and in the east midlands. belly-slapping, gun-totingish party folk.
The Mayor of Matlock has called them "OK" and what more of a ringing endorsement could I possibly hope to give them.
listen to this.
//Gentle Mystics
signed to a proper independent london-based label Emerging Species, gentle mystics whip mutant forms of their many influences into something old and new, scary and fearless, uncomfortable and banging, resisting,
and resisting triteness, anti-maudlinists and - an unpredictable smorgup of electronic, dub, brass, psychee poetically wotsits, wotknots and wothops. Stillness cracked up and off, the music squirms, and you'll writhe.
Mayor of Matlock* says, "Are they squatters? Get them off. Away. Now!"
here they are on the Boomtown Fair 2013 main-stage. I want to hear mushroom 3000 live please.
//Tantz
Tantz = klezmer for dance ;-)
//Maniere des Bohemiens
gripping a drenched shoulder, you're not sure if it's wet with beer, sweat or both, you're beer flies out of its inadequate vessel, it arcs onto the furiously playing violinist's nose, he looks at you, time stops, you cower aaaaaaaaaaaand then he plays furiouslier, your beer sails off upwards again, joins more beer a few feet above you and turns into a shower. you look at your hands, you are a prune. what shall we do with the drunken sailor. make him dance and drink more.
Mayor of Matlock says, "I hope they'll clean up after themselves."
//Ghetto Plotz
cartoon klezmer electro hip hop. stamford hill. midday, blazing heat, again. it's hot in the shtetl. air-conditioning units shuddered to haltz 3 months ago. ongepotchket crowds have gathered on every street corner, children fight for shade under the elders' hats, boychicks, heavy from gold, drink from brown paper bags. the shout of ay-yay-yay goes up, the ghettoblaster clicks on another driving tune. women, boychicks, girlchicks, men and dogs roll around on the floor, laughing and/or dancing, in a seamless seemingly endless loop. women, boychicks, girlchicks men... seemingly endless loop.
a man presses pause on the ghetto blaster "stop, stop it. stop it else I'll explode." his hand is brushed aside. press play. the rolling continues. the man explodes. this is the ghetto, we're all about to plotz!
Alter cocker Matlock says, "Oy vey".
*Mayor of Matlock is now a fictional character. All hail Mayor of Matlock. Thanks for joining us and giving us your opines.
Thursday 10 October 2013
Look out, there's a monster coming! London Remixed Festival 2013 line-up announced
Neither Sinbad, nor Ray Harryhausen (creator of awesome film monsters) himself could have pictured the monster line-up that is London Remixed Festival 2013. Gawsh!
It's huge. It's a proper monster. Look above, the human, strapped to a tree about to be snapped up, manages to avert his inevitable mauling by reasoning with the approaching fairly scary pretty massicve monster that there is a far greater, scarier, more badass monster just behind him. OMG.
That monster is London Remixed Festival 13. It's massive. It's bulk is difficult to focus on right now, it is the blue-grey background. It is like the sky, but massiver. It's going to deliver you, like the human in the pic, from all the banal pseudo-monsters moping around, giving half-hearted growls, that sound more like a cry for a help than our monster's mind-melting roar of total sound. You are the human strapped to the tree. It will save you. It is massive and badass and we can't wait.
We have been staring at this monster for sometime and we can describe it to you. For it is time.
But first. Look, listen. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band, being privy to the finest, newest, time-telescopes, sang a song about London Remixed Festival 2013 in 1967. Hard to believe it, but we love it. Thanks Viv.
Ok. Details.
This year we have grown. The festival will now take place on 7 STAGES IN 4 SHOREDITCH VENUES
//FUTURE AFRICAN UNDERGROUND @ VillageUnderground
Nubiyan Twist
Ghost Writerz
Romare (live)
Auntie Flo (live) ft Esa
Dub Colossus
DJ VIV
//TROPICARNIVAL @ RichMix - main room
Family Atlantica
Flowsnatcha
King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band
Renegade Brass Band
//FOLK GHETTO @ RichMix - upstairs
DJ Dolphin Boy
John Langan Band
Stompin Dave
Rob Heron and the Tea pad Orchestra
The Loose Moose String Band
Ramshackle Union Band
//POLKA TENT @ RichMix - theatre space
Maniere Des Bohemiens
Tantz
Sea Of Mirth
Gentle Mystics
Ghetto Plotz (live)
DJ Penny Metal
//REMIXED CLUB @ Bedroom Bar
DJ Kobayashi (Gypsy Hil)
DJ Chris Tofu (White Mink)
DJ Tim Whelan (Transglobal Underground)
DJ Malaka (Rumpus)
DJ Ashley Slater
//VINTAGE REMIXED @ Strongroom
DJ Eclecktic Mick (Electro Blues)
Kaptin is Dead
DJ Jon Bongly (Electro Swing Club)
Ghetto Funk All Stars
DJ Dolphin Boy (Bagpipe Rave)
BASS6 (Beatbox Collective)
Electro Manouche (live)
//+ DJ Mag All Stars - Venue tbc
We are so excited to have Strongroom as a venue this year. I had a drink (nice beers) there the other day whilst discussing our monster (ed. enough) and it was great. It's down a little cobbled street, under an arch, and so different to everywhere else in Shoreditch.
So many artists. Where to start. In the next blog. Follow us on here and on twitter for info and tunes by all the artists playing. We've got lots happening in the run up to LRF 13 too, so check back here and on twitter for upcoming gigs by properly innovative but/and banging London artists.
and, EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR ONLY TEN PUNDS!!
get'em from here http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/Rich-Mix/London-Remixed-Festival/11992094/
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Gigs PAST. PRESENT. AND FUTURE!
Gigs PAST. PRESENT. AND FUTURE!
Right, so much has happened over the last few weekends. Too much to do a proper re-cap right now, and..
it's difficult to concentrate with what is pretty much our biggest and most highly sophisticated electro-swing line-up of the yar JUST over the horizon......in fact check out these two mixes while you read the rest of this post
https://soundcloud.com/djchristofu/dj-tofus-electro-swing-mellow
https://soundcloud.com/worlds-tallest-dj/worlds-tallest-dj-electro
ok, some brief hightlights:
Katy Carr @ Womad Charlton Park. The lady from the stars dunnit again. Look, listen to this footage of her headlining the Charles Gillet stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-BeVUww6Aw
In association with Chai Wallahs tent We brought Heymoonshaker, Tako Lako, Resonators, Slamboree, Katy Carr, City Shanty Band and Hallouminati to the ever lovely Kendal Calling. See Slamboree tearing it up here. http://youtu.be/aJPVflBlmHs
Chris Tofu smashed the Oddball Dancehall at SGP 2013 ANDDDDDDD we brought so much goodness to the uber community festival that was Open East at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park...
Photos, images, write-ups later.
This weekend is gonna be freakin' awesome.
Boomtown.
You can find us in the ballroom.
Swing City! Where the high city rollers come to get down, and where the gold diggers go to move on up. Non-the-less, The Ballroom, owned by Mr & Mrs Fitz-Sloane, is home to huge Swing and Electro Swing Bands and DJs that will be entertaining the Bright Young People amongst you in the most exclusive style possible.
Line-up:
Gypsy hill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3YQCD685E
Swingrowers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp2trIamxKI
Swing Zazou - https://soundcloud.com/swingzazou/it-aint-right-swing-zazou-radio-1-live
Kitten & the hip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJbNl-VZkDQ
Dutty Moonshine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtEt3n7Kb0
Molotove Jukebox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bJqNR0nrUE
The Top Shelf Band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHY6y_9Mki4
DonJohnston & Leo Wood - https://soundcloud.com/donjohnston/ineedswing
DJ Dodgy Style - https://soundcloud.com/barelylegit/dj-dodgy-styles-super-happy
DJ Chris Tofu & World's Tallest Dj - NUFF SAID.
Blunderbuss - https://soundcloud.com/blunderbussdj/blunderbuss-electro-swing-dj
Jon Bongly - https://soundcloud.com/jonbongly/jon-bongly-secret-swing-march
The Zen Hussies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLNl1KEHaw
The Sweet Life Society - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIMtRRPs9nc
and more more more. we are greedy in uptown boomtown. but we'll be ever so polite as long as you're doing what we like. sorry. very. daaaahling!
aaaand.
what?
we're at Wilderness too.
It's a bit more ordered than Boomtown - but we, with our partners Two For Joy and the London Folk Guild, will be bringing the very best that landan folk has to offer.
More info here: http://twoforjoy.co.uk/event/london-folk-guild-wilderness-festival-2013
Right, so much has happened over the last few weekends. Too much to do a proper re-cap right now, and..
it's difficult to concentrate with what is pretty much our biggest and most highly sophisticated electro-swing line-up of the yar JUST over the horizon......in fact check out these two mixes while you read the rest of this post
https://soundcloud.com/djchristofu/dj-tofus-electro-swing-mellow
https://soundcloud.com/worlds-tallest-dj/worlds-tallest-dj-electro
ok, some brief hightlights:
Katy Carr @ Womad Charlton Park. The lady from the stars dunnit again. Look, listen to this footage of her headlining the Charles Gillet stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-BeVUww6Aw
In association with Chai Wallahs tent We brought Heymoonshaker, Tako Lako, Resonators, Slamboree, Katy Carr, City Shanty Band and Hallouminati to the ever lovely Kendal Calling. See Slamboree tearing it up here. http://youtu.be/aJPVflBlmHs
Chris Tofu smashed the Oddball Dancehall at SGP 2013 ANDDDDDDD we brought so much goodness to the uber community festival that was Open East at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park...
Photos, images, write-ups later.
This weekend is gonna be freakin' awesome.
Boomtown.
Swing City! Where the high city rollers come to get down, and where the gold diggers go to move on up. Non-the-less, The Ballroom, owned by Mr & Mrs Fitz-Sloane, is home to huge Swing and Electro Swing Bands and DJs that will be entertaining the Bright Young People amongst you in the most exclusive style possible.
Line-up:
Gypsy hill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3YQCD685E
Swingrowers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp2trIamxKI
Swing Zazou - https://soundcloud.com/swingzazou/it-aint-right-swing-zazou-radio-1-live
Kitten & the hip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJbNl-VZkDQ
Dutty Moonshine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtEt3n7Kb0
Molotove Jukebox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bJqNR0nrUE
The Top Shelf Band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHY6y_9Mki4
DonJohnston & Leo Wood - https://soundcloud.com/donjohnston/ineedswing
DJ Dodgy Style - https://soundcloud.com/barelylegit/dj-dodgy-styles-super-happy
DJ Chris Tofu & World's Tallest Dj - NUFF SAID.
Blunderbuss - https://soundcloud.com/blunderbussdj/blunderbuss-electro-swing-dj
Jon Bongly - https://soundcloud.com/jonbongly/jon-bongly-secret-swing-march
The Zen Hussies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLNl1KEHaw
The Sweet Life Society - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIMtRRPs9nc
and more more more. we are greedy in uptown boomtown. but we'll be ever so polite as long as you're doing what we like. sorry. very. daaaahling!
aaaand.
what?
we're at Wilderness too.
It's a bit more ordered than Boomtown - but we, with our partners Two For Joy and the London Folk Guild, will be bringing the very best that landan folk has to offer.
More info here: http://twoforjoy.co.uk/event/london-folk-guild-wilderness-festival-2013
Friday 19 July 2013
Weekend beginning Friday 19th July (NOW) - Gigs, news and a bit of info
Weekend beginning Friday 19th July (NOW) - Gigs, news and a bit of info + LOVEBOX AFTERPARTY
Ignore the cricket, the golf and your peeling skin..we have loads of things happening this weekend and lots to look forward to next week. Check it out!
TONIGHT
White Mink and Chris Tofu are at Latitude Festival. If you're there, go and see them!
Flap! - we love their cover of this t(r)opical tune by the Steve Miller band - http://bit.ly/13FZFAy
Le KKC Orchestra - Glasto & Global Local faves with "Dig your own swing" - http://bit.ly
Le KKC Orchestra - Glasto & Global Local faves with "Dig your own swing" - http://bit.ly
DJ Tall Will - he's here, there and everywhere..cos he's badass good - http://bit.ly/17qm35e
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SATURDAY 20TH JULY
Global Local & London Remixed Festival partner, Focus Organisation are bringing L I V E M A L I A N M U S I C, DJEMBE THUNDER, to the East, to Bedroom Bar.
+JP KAIRO DJ Set and JOLOF ROOTS Binghyman
playing the BEST of African Urban Music: Afrobeats, Azonto, Coupe' Decale', Kuduro, South African House.
Djembe Thunder's music is mainly from Mali, an authentic Manding music from the village of Kangaba where the emperor of the original Mandinka Sundiata keita was born.
The Power instrument is Djembe ** Melody instruments: Cora, bolon (hunters cora), balafon, flute ** Vocals (in Malian language, manding and bambara and a touch of wollof
Le Tonerre du manding was created By Idris Traore in 2011 and has backed up great artists such as Baaba Maal and toured with Cat stevens. Listen to them supporting Baaba Maal - http://bit.ly/114lg9e
They are raw untamed and firy they drop a charge of electrical volts shaking the audience with thunder.
£5 Advance £7 on the door ** 9pm-3am
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If you missed Tofu on Friday then you can catch him back in good ol' East at The Book Club for an Australian Electro Swing SPESH
IN THE WORDS OF TOFU:
This is so cool the Aussies are coming to town. Parallel to the explosion of this scene in the UK has been the jumping hot Vintage Remix scene of Australia's Festivals and packed clubs from Adelaide to Sydney. Expect also some great performers from Sydney Festival.
Whole thing is a Lovebox after-party.
Blunderbuss ( Live ) – Melbourne based producer of mad Antique Beats, with live trumpet www.soundcloud.com/
Formidable Vegetable Ensemble Versus DJ Tofu – Vedgee Dance off - Australia vs UK mashing together speakeasy electroswing-style wonk, live ukulele quirk and horns .http://
Swingrowers – Italy - fresh from supporting Caravan Palace and smashing
the New York Hip Hp Convention killer live trio, from Palermo. Check out their new track with Gypsy Hill - http://bit.ly/14mSe7F
Worlds Tallest DJ – Australia- yes hes really that big
Dj El Cat- headphone disco Queen
Dj El Cat- headphone disco Queen
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LOADS MORE COMING UP NEXT WEEK INCLUDING GLOBAL LOCAL'S MAVRIKA PLAYING AT THE CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL STARTING ON TUESDAY...STAY TOOONED!
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU LOBSTERS, CRABBING ON ZE DANCEFLOOR.
BUBBLES!
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HELP KEEP JAMBOREE VENUE ALIVE. IT'S SMALL, INTIMATE AND SUPPORTS OUR BRILLIANT LOCAL ARTISTS.
PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY OR GO DOWN AND HAVE A DRINK WITH THEM...
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