Pleasurehood has been taking over East London on Saturday nights, providing an alternative club night geared towards the weird and the wonderful, proclaiming: “This is your disco, This is your house”. On the 19th January, Pleasurehood will host the very best of African-based disco in a colourful, groovy night of...
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Yasiin Bey, better known by his former performer name Mos Def, is a fundamental pillar of classic hip-hop. Yasiin has been featured on countless records and has produced four studio albums, the latest of these is his 2009 album The Ecstatic, which he will give a full live rendition during...
Sara Tavares has a voice to melt all in its way. Currently extending over five varying albums spanning over 20 years, Sara fuses elements of West African Cape Verde music uniquely with the resonation of Portuguese music. The result is anything from afro-pop, soul jazz and funky tones to electrified...
Part of his huge Back To Mine – World DJ Tour, Nightmares On Wax AKA George Evelyn starts off in London in Brixton’s Phonox nightclub, playing a mixture of hip-hop and experimental electronic ambient vibes. Often mixing global beats, Nightmares On Wax is a legend in much of the early...
Twenty years after the death of renowned, legendary, unprecedented Barış Manço, Turkish musician Djanan Turan, now based in London, is curating a bespoke evening in celebration of Turkey’s most successful musician ever – and by extension, composer, actor, presenter… and much more. Founder of Anatolian rock, Barış Manço’s original music can be...
An evening hosted by Flying Lotus and his consequent record label: Brainfeeder. The event is said to be a brand new 3D experience alongside Flying Lotus’s live electronic composition and producing. That wasn’t big enough for Lotus, so they added the best variety from the label’s own: experimental funk jazz...
Who would have thought that mixing roles, letting musicians wear the clothes of journalists, would have been so stimulating… In view of their upcoming double-bill show (at Rich Mix London on Friday 23rd November), organized by Arts Canteen and part of the 2018 edition of the EFG London Jazz Festival,...
A few days ago, we met with Trinidadian poet and writer Anthony Joseph in a coffee shop in Brixton. It was a pleasure to listen to Anthony’s stories of growing up in Trinidad, the music of calypso and soca, and what the Windrush generation means to London’s identity. Anthony also...
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Amira Kheir is no stranger to making critically acclaimed albums, this latest instalment being her third full-length release for Sterns Music after View From Somewhere (2011), and Alsahraa (2014). Amira Kheir has a beautiful sound that smoothly blends the nostalgic tones of East Africa: North Sudan/Southern Egypt Nubian musical traditions,...
Gentleman’s Dub Club are a staple dub eight-piece outfit based in London who produced their debut album Open Your Eyes in 2012. No celebration of Jamaican music and its diaspora would be complete without a couple of GDC anthems blasting through the sound system. I spoke to singer Johnny Scratchley...
Mr Morski @ Hootananny (London; Sunday 27 January 2019) - FREE ENTRY - MUSIC STARTS AT 9PM