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Assorted Beats for Musical Minds
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A little background blurb about our resident dj's and their influences...
Alex K - resident dj / promoter / engineer / event organiser
A fine deck technician, well trained in the arts of deck wizardry, beat blending, and groove initiation, Alex is a DJ that can provide a unique and yet relative style of mixing and intelligent scratching. Incorporating many musical genres, his most preferred style is of the funkier side of house and breakbeat.
With previous residencies to Detached and Read The Crowd including 14 months at The Cross Club monthly, also resident dj at Po Na Na, Clifton in Bristol weekly for over three years during his Uni days, Alex has covered much of the London and Bristol circuits and many others in between.
Recent sets include Smartie Partie at Turnmills and Filthy House Sessions at the Key Club, also The Chunnel Club, Hidden, The Complex, The Colliseum, Leisure Lounge, and in Bristol, Creation, Living Rooms, Level, DoJo Lounge and the Fez bar. Also many south-east residencies and dj sets internationally including San Francisco, Tenerife and Spain.
The main influences that shape Alex's style are that of house-party and free-party vibes, and 'eklectik' styles of music. Alex has extensive music & DJ knowledge and prides in always keeping innovative & in touch with the underground music scene.
Mark S - resident dj / promoter / event organiser
Mark is a dj whose music repertoire spans a broad range of genres from old soul and funk, disco, and boogie re-edits to the wonkier side of electronic music via a bit of indie pop. He can often be found out farming those forgotten nuggets and searching through deleted archives found in shop basements in London.
Mark, alongside friends, ran their own night sparkleMotion, in Old Street, London. He even took this night abroad in the new millenium hosting a succession of events in Europe.
Mark started DJing about eight years ago, promoting a night called Red Eye at Cosies in Bristol as well as playing at other promotions in the city at venues such as Creation and Level Bar, amongst others. DJs he likes include Giles Peterson, Norman Jay and Greg Wilson for their soul, funk and disco... Erol, 2 Many DJ's and sparkleMotion (!) for the more electronic side....
Special Guests: Fri 24th August
Duchess - singer / performance artist
Duchess began singing from the age of three and at seventeen, released her first single ‘Weakness' on the label Jet Star in 1997. In 2000 she released the single ‘In the Picture' with the one and only Underwolves. Duchess has collaborated with top producers and artists and has toured with bands which included performances at Womad festival, Jazz Café-Camden, Ten Rooms, Panjia, and Mayfair nightclubs.
In 2005, Duchess was short listed from 100's of artists by the notorious 'Fat Man Scoop' and flown to New York to perform and appear on the Channel 4 program ‘Chancers', rising to the occasion and shining on one of the toughest stages in the world, the 'New York City', stage!
Check out her Myspace page for some great demo tracks, and be amazed and the quality and professionalism of both the tracks and vocals.
Andy Blatt - dj / producer / engineer
Andy is a dj and producer who keeps a close eye on the technical dance music scene. Starting his music career performancing in early 1999 he soon found his preferred stlye of Deep and Progressive House, Funk, and Dance electronica. See him perform live this Saturday from 10:30 pm on CD, decks and Laptop together with his Pioneer DJM 800 MIDI-interfaced mixer!
Mr Whisk - dj
Ade Mosley A.K.A. "Mr. Whisk" has been DJ'ing for 10 years now, playing an eclectic set of funk, soul, jazz and latin. Now you're wondering why Mr Whisk? Well, due to the wide range of eclectic grooves that he plays you'd need a whisk to blend and mix these beats together!!
His interests in wanting to play out these tunes came about by chance when visiting uni mates down in Brighton , back in 1996. They took him around The Lanes by the seafront, where the Jazz Rooms are based. Britain's longest serving resident DJ Russ Duberry was rocking the place with jazz dance, rare groove, boogie and afro funk. Not forgetting fat bossa grooves and batucada, (Brazilian carnival music from Rio, which is his favourite dance tunes). On hearing these tunes Whisk was hooked, saying "It was like joining the Moonies, I was glued, well and truly"
He thought this music was hidden from people wanting to hear a different sound, but by fusing it with House, breaks, hip hop and broken beats has brought it to a wider audience. "I still drop the old stuff, just to educate where I'm coming from and illustrate my influences" says Whisk.
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