From their base in Utrecht, Holland, Black Sun Empire have truly gone global taking their unique brand of high-octane Drum & Bass to enraptured audiences worldwide.
The BSE club night brand, ‘Blackout’, which runs in conjunction with their label of the same name, was founded in 2003 and regularly plays the biggest and best clubs and festival stages across Europe to crowds in their thousands, as well as touring worldwide, including as far afield as Australia & New Zealand.
It routinely invites highly respected names from across the D&B spectrum to play as guests, as well as developing it’s own exclusive artists such as State of Mind & Neonlight.
Now it''s Bristol's turn to experience Blackout!
Lineup:
Black Sun Empire
Phace
Optical
Pythius
Stitch
Hosts
Carasel
Remidy
Twitchee
Sound: L'Acoustics SB18i / Karai Line Array
Projections: Emanate Lighting
Lighting: Twisted Lighting
Supported By: Inkh
TWO SOUNDSYSTEMS, ONE ARENA.
International Dub Gathering - Bristol Launch Party
We welcome live & direct from London
Aba Shanti-I Soundsystem
meeting
Bristols thunderweight
Maasai Warrior Sound System!
Heavyweight session guarantee
FRANCES + Outlya
“Every now and then a vocalist comes along and blows you away, Frances is that vocalist.” - i-D
Following on the announcement that her debut album, ‘Things I’ve Never Said’, will be released this March 17th, Berkshire-born songwriter and multi award-nominated vocalist Frances announces her biggest European tour to date this Spring, including a very special homecoming show at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire.
From delivering knockout performances at this year’s Glastonbury, Coachella, Latitude, Dockville and and Lollapalooza festivals to playing to a sold out crowd for her headline show at KOKO in May, Frances has been honing her powerful, yet intimate live shows to crowds across the globe. Now, to celebrate the announcement of her hotly-anticipated debut album, Britain's next big star returns for a string of special dates throughout the UK and Europe.
Collaborating with the likes of Greg Kurstin (Adele), Jimmy Napes (Sam Smith, Alicia Keys) and Howard Lawrence (Disclosure), ‘Things I’ve Never Said’ is a deeply personal, emotive collection tracking the last 2 years of Frances’ story. From touchingly-honest ballads like ‘Let It Out’ and ‘Cry Like Me’ to classic, upbeat pop production on ‘Say It Again’, the album represents the impressive range of the young artist. A range you can clearly see in her upcoming single ‘Grow’, a track that launched her career and gained Frances the ears of both the public and the industry. A new mix of the single will be available to buy and stream from January 2017.
A sublimely talented live performer, Frances recently performed her new single ‘Don’t Worry About Me’ as part of Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser this October. ‘Grow’ will also be included on the soundtrack to upcoming feature film ‘Mum’s List’, a film by Niall Johnson starring Rafe Spall and Emilia Fox which opens in UK cinemas nationwide on 25th Nov, 2016. Released on both Deluxe and Standard formats, the album will be available to buy and stream from the 17th of March.
]]>Tremor are taking you back. Right back to the age when it was fashionable to don a suit to mop your floors, a time when you dressed up just to go down the local pub. Where are we going you ask? 1920s America... but that local pub you frequent has been shut down as the Government has prohibited the manufacture, selling and consumption of all alcohol. Don't worry, we've got it covered. With three themed areas set to transform the Trinity to take you into another world. Come and have a drink in the Speak easy; take a tour around the Moonshine Factory, or relax in the glamour and glitz of The Casino.
Sounds from the following -
A.Skillz - Laid Blak - Benny Page - Mr Woodnote & Eva Lazarus - Erb N Dub - Joe Peng & Bunjy - Howla - The Phunk Junkies - Ak - Octo Pi B2b Synthesis - Bear Twists B2b Dott Com - Trafic Mc [host] - Twitchee [host] - Bass Konnection Takeover [bk] - Akua B2b Halfman [bk] - Shilling B2b Chaos Tactics [bk] - Stitch - Ydott [host]
Matt Ma G - Emcee Ellis D [host]
And don't forget! This is a fancy dress affair so please dress to impress.
]]>SHEELANAGIG play intricate, groove heavy arrangements of original and traditional tunes drawing influence from the folk music of Europe and beyond. This high-octane five-piece play a wide variety of instruments with reckless abandon, forcing you to dance your socks off and have a good time!
MOULETTES are an English eclectic Art Rock band that combines elements of Rock, Prog, Folk and Pop. Their charismatic, idiosyncratic yet poppy brand of progressive, psychedelic neo-classical folk rock has enthralled crowds at many festivals as varied as Bestival, Glastonbury, End of the Road and Cropredy.
HONEYFEET are Manchester’s finest ethio-trad, folk-hop & barrelhouse-pop exponents have the skill, charm and (frankly) tunes to pull it all together into a joyful, foot-banging sound. Evoking the afro-funk of Mulatu Atstake, the exuberant folk of Flook, and the blues of Junior Wells. Honeyfeet have in Ríoghnach Connolly one of the most striking frontwomen on the scene at the moment.
DJ Dad will keep things flowing with his seemingly endless collection of great tunes!
]]>+ Jarrod Dickenson
Former indie chick with 'theaudience' who has reinvented herself to become a stylish, classy and successful disco diva turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant. Her recent work has taken on a new direction, with a Kate Bush/Tori Amos influence, and material co-written by pianist and singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt.
]]>Six-piece soul band based out of Birmingham, Alabama return
They’ve played Coachella and SXSW, opened for the Rolling Stones and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with David Letterman –and all with only one full length album, Half the City, under their belt. Follow-up Sea of Noise is out in September and will, the six-piece say, feature “the heart-pounding infusion of old-school R&B, soul, funk and rock that St Paul & The Broken Bones have built their reputation on”. They are, says The Independent, “renowned for going big on their live shows” with frontman Paul ‘ St Paul’ Janeway “melding a frenzied theatricalism with passionate slow-swaying soul”. This is a standing show.
Now at Colston Hall
]]>Only a few final-tier tickets left at Idle Hands!
Teachings In Dub
After their heavyweight Summer special with Peng Sound and Zam Zam Records we will be opening our doors again this Autumn to celebrate twenty years of Dubkasm.
Lineup
Dubkasm feat Solo Banton
OBF Soundsystem feat Shanti D
Evermoor Sound feat Aisha'Mae
Brining the very first Neosignal Label Night in Bristol featuring:
Phace - DE
Misanthrop - DE
Guests:
Alix Perez
Emperor
Rockwell
Subtle Element
Hosted By
Carasel / Remidy / Twitchee
Sound: L'Acoustics SB18i / Karai Line Array
Projections: Andy Bellenger
Lighting: Twisted Lighting
Supported By: Inkh
Our Mighty Groove
An immersive - interactive nightclub in a theatre experience
Our Mighty Groove is an immersive-interactive show set within a New York underground nightclub where the space is filled with dance, music and ‘diva’ antics. You are the audience and performer as you observe and experience the individual attributes of five female club goers whose personalities and amusing behaviour leave you standing on the edge of your feet!
Using a blend of club styles such as House, Waacking and Vogue, fused with African and Contemporary Dance, Our Mighty Groove is the theatre clubbing experience that empowers you to let go and LIVE YOUR LIFE on the dance floor!
Reviews
**** - The Independent
Our Mighty Groove is a high-energy immersive production combining infective rhythms, dance styles and attitude - DANCE TOG BLOG
You might also be interested in our Open Class by Uchenna Dance, more info here
About Uchenna Dance
The Company
Uchenna Dance is based in London, UK. It was formed in January 2009 under the vision and leadership of Vicki Igbokwe, shortly after she experienced a life-changing trip to New York during the summer of 2008. It was a Wednesday evening and Vicki had just finished taking a house dance class at Peridance Studios and had been told about a club called Sin Sin, that had a house night called Soulgasam. It hit her that this dance she was falling in love with, house dance, was much more than just a style of dance, it was a culture, a way of life. The DJ was spinning some tunes and the dancers were killing it…
The Uchenna dance style fuses Waacking, Vogue and House with traditional African and Contemporary, creating a signatory aesthetic that simply is, Uchenna.
Uchenna (pronounced OO-CHENNA) offers a unique and contemporary addition to the UK dance scene.
Since its inception, Uchenna Dance has grown from an informal explorative company to a tour de force within the dance sector.
The company’s overarching aim is to Empower, Entertain and Educate through dance in a diverse programme that includes the production of dance theatre production experiences, coaching, dance based empowerment workshops and teaching in further and higher education.
FORWARD’s ‘Musicians Unite to End Female Genital Mutilation’ presents:
Dobet Gnahoré
FORWARD presents ‘Musicians Unite to End female genital mutilation (FGM)’ an evening with Grammy award winner and Radio 3 World Music Award nominee Dobet Gnahore.
Dobet is a singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast and sings in seven African languages. In 2003 she released her first album entitled “Ano Neko“, then "Na Afriki" (2007), "Djekpa La You" (2010) and Na Drê (2014). She has toured internationally sharing stages with the likes of Angelique Kidjo, Habib Koité and many more. Her incredible band bring ranges from Congolese rumba to Ziglibito from Ivory Coast carried along with jazz-like sounds. Dobet’s powerful voice, intensely captivating stage presence and high energy dance routines all promise the audience an inspired, energetic and beautiful performance.
Special guests include Vanessa Kisuule a spoken word artist and master kora player (21 string West African harp) Mamadou (Modou) N’Diaye Cissokho.
Review: “Dobet Gnahore makes everything move” Chicago Tribune
Tickets: £12 advance, £15 on door
Party For The People & Bristol Ticket SHop
Suitable for all ages (under 18’s must be accompanied by an adult).
This event is brought to you by FORWARD the leading organisation working for over 30 years on harmful practices that affect the health, dignity and wellbeing of African girls and women.
www.forwarduk.org.uk Twitter: @FORWARDUK
]]>The new Anglo-French acoustic dance band Topette!! is one such…a collective of uninhibited musical adventurers playing self-penned and traditional music from anywhere with a winning mix of bonhomie and grit.
Of course it helps that those musicians are some of the finest on the Anglo-French dance scene…
Andy Cutting (diatonic button accordion)
James Delarre (violin)
Julien Cartonnet (bagpipes, banjo)
Tania Buisse (bodhrán)
Barnaby Stradling (acoustic bass guitar)
Born out of friendship, the five-piece play naturally social music – for filling dancefloors, for listening, for drinking with friends – but don’t expect it to merge into the background. This is raunchy, up-all-night, joyously jugular-grabbing dance music.
Driven by the rhythmic boiler-room of Stradling’s gnarly bass, Buisse’s intuitive bodhrán playing and Cutting’s warm bottom end, the melodies burst out of the seams of this bedrock. With great big anthemic walls of sound, the vibe is ‘Party!’: Cartonnet’s glowing French piping and visceral tenor banjo, Delarre’s bright, bushy-tailed fiddle lines and Cutting’s dynamic accordion style. They are, quite literally, having a bal!
The new 7-track EP Chez Michel – the name of the bar in France where the band was born – features an eclectic selection of material. Recorded in France earlier this year, it opens with an unexpectedly uplifting trad. French dance tune Bourée Morvandelle and Cartonnet’s own La Lustrée. but then careers off via a gloriously plunky version of Ola Bäckström’s Meatballs, Whiskey And Beer, a traditional Gnawa tune Hamouda and, underpinned by some seriously dirty bass, the ecstatic swirling trad. tune Maybe Macedonian?
Join in the party! Topette!
This Halloween zombie ravers will march upon the Trinity centre to witness Tremor Soundsystem and Ghetto Funk in a battle to the death.
Which undead horde will reign supreme?
We have the mighty Tremor Soundsystem in one corner, renowned in Bristol for their heavy weight sound and their eclectic mix of Jungle, Breaks and all out bass heavy party tunes and in the other corner we have the party breaks label Ghetto Funk who have completely re-imagined the breaks genre and conquered the world in their respective field.
TREMOR vs GHETTO FUNK
Featurecast vs JFB
T>I ft Gardna vs Dancefloor Outlaws ft Jakes
X-Ray Ted vs Dj Detta
TREMOR ALLSTARS vs GHETTO FUNK ALLSTARS
Howla / Bear Twists . . . . . . . . . Dj B-Side / Streetwise
Octo Pi / Trafic MC . . . . .Goodgroove / Special Guests
Twitchee Cordz