Plan B is one of South London’s best kept secrets and a staple for the area’s clubbing for almost nine years. Since the re-launch of the club in 2009 (which included fitting a state of the art, no expense spared Funktion 1 sound system in both rooms) Plan B has put on a succession of high quality events, featuring the outputs of emerging underground talent and international DJs alike, offering a unique space for clubbing in Brixton.
From now on Saturdays at Plan B will become a platform for innovative and retrospective forms of house, techno, disco and other electronics.
Launching on Saturday 18th September 2010, in conjunction with FACT Magazine, we welcome a rare set from Detroit producer and disco aficionado Moodymann (this will be his only London date until early 2011) and accompanying him, the jewel in Eglo Records’ crown – Floating Points. Community promises to redefine the scene in Brixton and South London as a whole with a fresh, in-house perspective on how Saturdays nights in one of the most musically rich and forward thinking cities in the world, should sound like.
We are aiming to reunite the best homegrown talent in South London, whilst accommodating some of the world’s finest DJs, bringing about a return of the underground spirit and affinity for the area that has been so strong in the past.
Forthcoming guests include the likes of Jamie Jones, Todd Terje, Sebo K and Greg Wilson, with lots more to be announced in the coming weeks and months!
9PM TO 4AM
£10 ADVANCE, £12
For more information about the night check out our new blog:
Muak – People Together host a Night & Day Special Party
Saturday 11th September sees Muak (People Together) return to London’s EGG Club to host an exclusive Night and Day Party.
Continuing its mission to bring together the world’s foremost DJs, producers and musicians, this night is no exception as it welcomes very special guests, Trus’me (Prime Numbers), Lovebirds (Winding Road Records), and plus in the basement a label show ca…se with Lost My Dog Records : Giom, Pete Dafeet, Rhythm Plate.
Aaron Ross started buying records back in 1993 and immediately began bedroom DJing for hours on end, landing him a spot on a local pirate radio station. By the age of 15 he was playing at the radio station’s local events and club-nights, which he also helped promote. In the following years Aaron had temporary work placements at various record labels including V-Recordings, Island Records, BMG and most notably Virgin.
In 2000 Phil Asher officially made Aaron a member of his long running, well respected DJ / production crew, Restless Soul and 2 years later, the BBC launched 1xtra, their first digital black music radio station. Aaron was chosen to host the soulful house show every Friday night and only recently has left the station to take care of his label.
Here is his selection for “3 Things People Play”:
Liquid People “Son Of Dragon” (Aaron Ross 2010 Re-Fix)
One of my favourite signings to Soul Heaven records – such a simple track in its original form…And I just had to have a mess around with it! I guess this is somewhere between a re-edit and a remix – I didn’t actually change the arrangement I just added parts – new drums and percussion and a bassline from Mood II Swing legend Lem Springsteen.
Soul Central “In-Ten-City” (Aaron Ross 2010 Deep Dub)
Another solid record from the back cat, there’s a dope little techy, arpegiatted sound towards the end of the main mix, I was messing around with an edit and I looped up that part as and then as the breakdown was made up of that musical part it was all without drums so I added new beats and worked an arrangement around that techy part. It totally changes the energy of the record and hopefully opens it up to the DJ.s who play that deeper techy sound.
Peven Everett “Stuck” (Phil Asher’s Soul Heaven Version)
One of my proudest signings and the record that launched the label, a soulful classic with a tight edit from Phil Asher…
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Hot on the heals of their much talked about loft party at the Light Bar in Shoreditch, Tribe make the move across town to West London for the first time for a carnival after party to remember at the Notting Hill Arts Club!
The carnival is always full of amazing color, sights, sounds and we want to bring people together here in London to celebrate the end of carnival in style with some great deep soulful afro house sounds, bringing our only unique TRIBE flavour to proceedings.
Joining our Tribe residents Zepherin Saint and Matt L-S spinning the deep soulful afro vibes as the sun goes down will be Timmy Regisford from Shelter in New York. For over a decade, Timmy has garnered admiration and respect globally with his brand of ballsy, soulful dance music, which places the emphasis on eclecticism rather than the predictable and the linear. His DJ sets are soulful and deep, while he isn’t afraid to venture into the realms of more experimental rhythms. Many New Yorkers still pay homage to the man every Sunday morning at his Area Code residency which replaced his infamous Shelter party last year.
As MCA Records A&R Director he developed artists such Loose Ends, Colonel Abrams, Guy and Eric B & Rakim to name a few and he has had a big hand in remixing the exciting Peven Everett ‘Beyond The Universe’ album project that Tribe Records will be releasing this summer and we look forward to welcoming him back to Tribe!
Make sure you join us in the rhythm of deep underground house music where the Tribe crew continues to push the boundaries of the club experience. Tribe’s floor is your stage for dancing and expression going from strength to strength.
SPECIAL GUEST: TIMMY REGISFORD (SHELTER, NEW YORK)
FEATURING RESIDENTS: - ZEPHERIN SAINT & MATT L-S (TRIBE RECORDS) SHEYI ON PERCUSSION VIJING BY DAN FENTON / VISUALS BY WWW.JEWELSPIT.COM
We party, laugh, dance as One People.
Monday 30th August
21, Notting Hill Arts Club
Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3JQ
£8 in advance from www.ticketweb.co.uk.
More on the door
Time: 4pm-2am
MoreAboutMusic return to the Fat Badger Pub on Portobello Road/Goldborne Road End, for the annual Notting Hill Carnival Jam 2010.
We take over the intimate surroundings of The Fat Badger Pub (Bang in the middle of carnival route!!) and provide two rooms of music and an exciting line up of DJs as well as some very special guests…
MoreAboutMusic return to the Fat Badger Pub on Portobello Road/Goldborne Road End, for the annual Notting Hill Carnival Jam 2010 Part 2…
We take over the intimate surroundings of The Fat Badger Pub (Bang in the middle of carnival route!!) and provide two rooms of music and an exciting line up of DJs & Vocalists and some very special guests, including restless soul hosting room 1.
Advance tickets available from the fat badger pub on 0208 969 4500
Tickets also available on the door (get down early!!!)
Line-up:
Phil Asher Aaron Ross Jose Carretas Dominic Jacobson Bopstar Luke McCarty & Craig Whitfield (HHA) Live Pa’s from Selina Campbell & Guests Altered Natives (Eye4Eye/MoreAboutMusic) Simbad Donn T (live Pa/moreaboutmusic) Ceramic (Eye4Eye/MoreAboutMusic) Ladybugz
…plus Special Guest
Advance tickets available from the fat badger pub on 0208 969 4500
Tickets also available on the door (get down early)
For more info 07887994990
TRIBE, restless soul, Soulmates & Broadcite with ZEPHERIN SAINT & MATT L-S (TRIBE RECORDS) / Phil Asher & Jose Carretas (restless soul) / Rap Saunders & Dennis Christensen / Tribe
Tribe are back with another summer event but this time we venture back South of the river, for our annual Together terrace party, taking place on the very much talked about roof terrace at the Dex Club in Brixton! Together was one of most talked about parties last year with over 400 people in attendence as the sun stayed out for us all day as we got down to delicious deep soulful sounds served up from some of the best djs around including Zepherin Saint from Tribe, Phil Asher from restless soul and Rap Saunders from Soul Mates.
Together is where like-minded promoters and producers in the scene get together for one afternoon to play great soulful music but not only that but also to show case their latest releases in incredible surroundings on a lovely summer’s day and guess what? Early bird tickets are only £5 from Ticketweb so make sure you get your ticket early as this one’s gonna be a roadblock!!
Paul Phillips love of soul music began in 1978 with the discovery of radio shows such as Greg Edwards and Mike Allen (Capital Radio), Robbie Vincent (Radio London) and the original soul pirate Radio Invicta.
During the early 80s more and more pirate stations started to appear on London’s airwaves playing soul funk and jazz. JFM, Horizon, LWR and Solar while DJs such as Phil Allen continued on Capital Radio. It was at this point that Paul started to take his record collecting more seriously.
In 1982 he decided to start his own pirate radio station and although only small it attracted a cult following around south east London until in 1985 the DTI raided and confiscated the transmitter and studio equipment. By 1986 even more pirate stations had taken to the airwaves of London including Starpoint Fm. One day in October 1986 on hearing a request for new presenters Paul made contact with station manager Carl Lewis and within a few weeks was doing regular shows plus assisting with engineering, using the experience he had gained through running his own station.
Between 1986 and 1990 when Starpoint FM finally ceased broadcasting Paul presented many shows playing the best of the new releases of the day alongside the classics of the 70s and 80s.
After life as a pirate Starpoint Fm went on to broadcast under various RSL’s during the 90’s at Windsor and at the Southport soul weekenders and he continued to be involved in all of these until joining Solar in October 1998.
Over the years Paul has taken a keen interest in all aspects of soul music as well as traveling around the UK and USA trying to hunt down some of those obscure 70s and 80s soul records to play along side the classics.
LOUNGE: East Village regulars Stuart Patterson, Jimbo (Raw Deal) and Dom Chung drop a mix of house, disco and funk. A lovely little bit of freeness in the middle of the silly summer season. 5pm – 3am, free
Saturday 7
Prologue
BASEMENT: Quality house and tech house from Nathan Coles (Wiggle), Luke VB (Superfreq), Nick Dare and Paul Louth
Lounge: A funkier mix from XL, Sean Garnham, Dan De Sausmarez, Vitamin J. 9pm – 3.30am, £6/£8/£10 Continue Reading »
DROP @ Vibe Bar // Saturday 28th August // 8pm – 1am
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It’s a house party at DROP this month as we welcome back Brother Nick & DJ Dove, with Zaki from Muak for a proper house work out.
DROP a night with a musical policy that will take in all elements of house music – from the deep and soulful to electro tinged.
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It’s all about great music, great people and great party, in an intimate setting and a fantastic location…so get down and join us.
Dance till you Drop, as this monthly party get’s strength to strength.
DROP
Saturday 28th August
Vibe Bar, 91 Brick Lane,
London E1.
8pm till 1am
£4 all night
On Saturday 7th August, Bobby&Steve Presents returns with their brand new monthly party at the luxurious Mustard Bar in Central London (opposite St Pauls Cathedral)
Bobby&Steve Presents is for the lovers
of quality Soulful & Uplifting House Music, to be held on 2 floors – including UK residents and legendary pioneers of Soulful House, Bobby&Steve, who will be joined by guests from around the world each month. Meanwhile downstairs, …it’s all about uplifting Funky House with the very best from the UK. Continue Reading »
Prolific New York house label Strictly Rhythm has tapped house producer Seamus Haji as its new head of A&R.
With a multi-faceted career spanning back to the mid-’90s, Haji seems a perfect fit for the job. In addition to being a successful DJ and producer with dozens of releases to his name, Haji also has his fair share of management experience, having launched his own label, Big Love at the beginning of the last decade. He’s an old hand at A&R as well, after filling the role at labels like Defected and Slip n’ Slide.
The appointment comes at a particularly momentous time in Strictly Rhythm’s history. Just two months ago, the label finally went independent again after working as a joint venture with Defected for several years–an arrangement the UK-based label had offered as a lifeline to Strictly Rhythm following its legally and financially disastrous partnership with Warner Music in 2002.
In a message sent out yesterday, Strictly Rhythm founder Mark Finkelstein said: “I have known and respected Seamus Haji since he first worked at Defected over a decade ago. He has the perfect ear and talent to creatively guide Strictly Rhythm into the future while staying true to its heritage and tradition.”
