Friday 4 December @ Plan B, Brixton
Event: Herbalizer live band
Lineup: Hip hop, funk, jazz and 'plenty of fun' as The Herbalizer play a live show as a five-piece band
Deets: www.plan-brixton.co.uk
Gravity Skanker says... The Herbalizer is fucking cool and Plan B is a top venue. What's not to like?
Friday 11 December @ Matter, Greenwich
Event: Ram
Lineup: Room 1 / Andy C, Chase and Status, Sub Focus, Hype, Shy FX, Nosia, Fresh
Shimon, Moving Fusion, Red One, GQ, Dynamite MC, MC IC3, MC Fats
Room 2 / Hatcha, Nero, Xample B2B Lomax, Alix Perez, Culture Shock, Serum & Vapour, Spinline
Deets: www.matterlondon.com/calendar/2009/12
Gravity Skanker says... Ram at The End was legendary. But I still can't decide what's the better DnB night - Ram or Hospitality?
Friday 18 December @ Matter, Greenwich
Event: Stanton Sessions
Lineup: Room 1 / Stanton Warriors, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Yoda, Stereo MCs, Young Fathers (live), Sick Rick
Room 2 / Freq Nasty, Trevor Loveys, Tayo, Joe Ransom
Deets: www.matterlondon.com/calendar/2009/12
Gravity Skanker says... I met DJ Yoda recently. I asked him if he was Iranian (he looked it, or maybe I was drunk). He replied: 'No, I'm Jewish', and walked away. Someone should tell him there are, in fact, lots of Jewish Iranians.
Sunday 22 November 2009
CLUBS: November
Friday 27th @ Plan B, Brixton
Event: Deadly Rhythm
Lineup: Kode 9, Zomby, The Moody Boyz, Alexander Nut, Moxie and more
Deets: www.plan-brixton.co.uk
Gravity Skanker says...
The crowd at Plan B can be hit-and-miss, but Kode 9's playing, so what the heck
Event: Deadly Rhythm
Lineup: Kode 9, Zomby, The Moody Boyz, Alexander Nut, Moxie and more
Deets: www.plan-brixton.co.uk
Gravity Skanker says...
The crowd at Plan B can be hit-and-miss, but Kode 9's playing, so what the heck
Props to Calvin Harris
You've gotta love Calvin Harris.
In case you missed the hoo-ha, the 'Accceptable in the 80s' star jumped on stage with Jedward on X Factor last week. Holding a pineapple on his head, Calvin ran up to the creepy-looking twins, slapped his arse then ran off. He was quickly thrown out of the studio.
I thought Calvin's 'Ready for the Weekend' video was mega tacky as it went down the wiggly-girls-in-leotards/bikini route as favoured by Ministry of Sound. But now I've seen him do THAT in front of 10 million people, he's shot up the ranks of cool again.
In case you missed the hoo-ha, the 'Accceptable in the 80s' star jumped on stage with Jedward on X Factor last week. Holding a pineapple on his head, Calvin ran up to the creepy-looking twins, slapped his arse then ran off. He was quickly thrown out of the studio.
I thought Calvin's 'Ready for the Weekend' video was mega tacky as it went down the wiggly-girls-in-leotards/bikini route as favoured by Ministry of Sound. But now I've seen him do THAT in front of 10 million people, he's shot up the ranks of cool again.
Thursday 5 November 2009
THE SKANK IS ON: Swine Flu skank
I love a good skank. My signature move is the Gravity Skank, developed on a steep slope on the Isle of Wight and refined on dancefloors across the nation. It's beautiful, it really is.
People everywhere are creating their own skanks - obviously not as good as mine - but there are some hot contenders.
This one, however, is pure jokes.
People everywhere are creating their own skanks - obviously not as good as mine - but there are some hot contenders.
This one, however, is pure jokes.
Lost and found: Danny Rampling
If anyone's wondering what ex-Radio 1 DJ Danny Rampling is up to these days, look no further:
Now, I wore a similar outit to Bestival this year (as one of about 500 Beastie Boys), but this ain't no rave costume. The house pioneer has stayed in the, um, house business and set up a company that builds eco-homes. Bless.
Poor Rusko
I hear dubstep king Rusko lost his CD wallet at Matter in south east London the other day.
Whoever nicked it: stop being a knob, copy the tracks and return it. And I'll happily be the go-between if you don't want to be identified - having seen Rusko close-up at Plan B last Saturday he's actually quite fit.
(Don't believe the photographs...)
Whoever nicked it: stop being a knob, copy the tracks and return it. And I'll happily be the go-between if you don't want to be identified - having seen Rusko close-up at Plan B last Saturday he's actually quite fit.
(Don't believe the photographs...)
There's a wicked free Rusko mix available for download if you sign up to Fenchurch as a member.
2562 is the magic number
Dutch producer 2562 is causing people to go all wobbly on the dance music scene.
A few weeks ago I went to the launch of his second album (under the 2562 moniker), 'Unbalance', at the grimey but really quite wicked south London club Corsica Studios.
I followed the DJ Mag crew down, though I didn't know much about the night, We Fear Silence. I asked clubs editor Allan if the music was good. His reply: 'Do bears shit in woods? It be DEEP.' So I went.
Don't let the toilets at Corsica Studios put you off.
Anyway, God knows why he's called 2562, but his real name is Dave Huismans and he makes slow, atmospheric, daaarrrrrrkkkkkk dubstep.
This is his track 'Moog Dub', which appeared on the 'Dubstep Allstars 6' compilation - there is another video floating around on YouTube but it had an evil clown face which was just too freaky, so here's the safe version:
A few weeks ago I went to the launch of his second album (under the 2562 moniker), 'Unbalance', at the grimey but really quite wicked south London club Corsica Studios.
I followed the DJ Mag crew down, though I didn't know much about the night, We Fear Silence. I asked clubs editor Allan if the music was good. His reply: 'Do bears shit in woods? It be DEEP.' So I went.
Don't let the toilets at Corsica Studios put you off.
This is his track 'Moog Dub', which appeared on the 'Dubstep Allstars 6' compilation - there is another video floating around on YouTube but it had an evil clown face which was just too freaky, so here's the safe version:
Infectious rhythm
This video makes me want to do star jumps and big fat roly polies:
It was taken at Sasquatch music festival, near Seattle, USA. Thanks to Sally for sharing this with me. Her and I devised the Gravity Skank on a not too dissimilar slope.
It was taken at Sasquatch music festival, near Seattle, USA. Thanks to Sally for sharing this with me. Her and I devised the Gravity Skank on a not too dissimilar slope.
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