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SAT 18 OCT - 12PM – 5AMMUSIC CAFÉ . SUMO . MOBIUS . SUGARLOAF . THE FONT
SOUL . REGGAE . HIP-HOP. ACOUSTIC . DRUM & BASS . JAZZ . HOUSE . DUB
OVER 100 BANDS, ARTISTS,DJS, WORKSHOPS & B-BOYS
5 8VENUES EVENTS
OMAR. . NATASHA WATTS GROOVERIDER & DJ SSKLASHNEKOFF . SAQUIIBROTHER CULTURE & JOE ARIWA
SUGAR LOAF, BRAUNSTONE GATE, LEICESTER. LE3 5LGENTRY = FREE
3-4PM DJ MASTERCLASS WITH 2013 WORLD ONLINE
DMC CHAMPION JON 1ST
4-5PM
5-6PM
6-7PM
MASTERCLASSES
PLEASE BOOK VIA [email protected]
THE FONT , 52 GATEWAY ST, LEICESTER. LE2 7DPENTRY = FREE
TALK & Q&A WITHJOE ARIWA & BROTHER CULTURE
7PM – 8PM
NO NEED TO BOOK, JUST TURN UP
VOCAL MASTERCLASSWITH TERRI WALKER
MC MASTERCLASSWITH KLASHNEKOFF
SPOKEN WORD MASTERCLASSWITH JOHN BERKAVITCH
LEICESTER’S FIRST 3 VS. 3 B-BOY BATTLE1000 CASH PRIZE FOR WINNING CREW
12PM – 6PM
REGISTRATIONS 12-1PM DANCERS 10 REGISTRATION FEE.
MOUSE( MZK/FGZ )
MARSO( MDK/TBB UK )
UNCLE FLO( GHETLOW )
JOHNBERKAVITCH
JAMFU
DJ
HIP - HOP STAGE6PM – 11PM
KLASHNEKOFF
KLASHNEKOFF IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE ARTISTS ON THE UK HIP HOP SCENE. IN 2004 HE WONA UMA AWARD, AND IN 2007 DJ PREMIER PUT HIM FORWARD FOR A BET AWARD NOMINATION. KLASH HAS SUPPORTED A RANGE OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS AT SHOWS, INCLUDING DMX, MOBB DEEP,JOE BUDDEN, GHOSTFACE KILLA AND RAEKWON
ELECTRIK
HER MUSIC FUSES OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP AND RNB WITH ELECTRONICA. CURRENTLY SIGNED TO PRODUCER BABY J, WHO HAS PRODUCED FOR AMY WINEHOUSE, ESTELLE, SKINNYMAN, DEAD PREZ ANDJAMIE JOSEPH.
JON 1ST(2013 DMC WORLDONLINE CHAMPION)
E DOUBLE D( VJ )
DISEBEATS DJ YESS
DJS
LIVE
ART
ISTS
D CRIME AK DOPE WAVEY DA JAZZ BOSSMAN DATA LYRICALILLUSTRATORS
HOSTJUDGES
ENTRY = WRISTBAND (WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FROM MUSIC CAFÉ 5)MUSIC CAFÉ, NEW PARK ST, LEICESTER. LE3 5NH
2FUNKY ARTS & BBOYS ATTIC PRESENT
PROGRAMMED BY DJ YESS
ENTRY = WRISTBAND (WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FROM MUSIC CAFÉ 5)
LIVE BANDS & ACOUSTIC STAGEJAZZ . FOLK . FUNK . SOUL . AFRICAN
ARENA
DJS AFROSPACE & TONY MINVIELLE
BASEMENT - 7PM – MIDNIGHT
SUMO, 54 BRAUNSTONE GATE, LEICESTER. LE3 5LG
SAQUII
REUNITED LEGENDARY 80’S P- FUNK BAND SAQUII WILL HEADLINE THE DARE TO DIVA LIVE MUSIC STAGE AT SUMO. SAQUII ARE FEATURED IN 2FUNKY ARTS' ACCLAIMED 'SPECTRUM' FILM, ON THE HISTORY OF BLACK MUSIC IN LEICESTER. THEY WILL, NO DOUBT, DON THEIR OUTRAGEOUS STAGE COSTUMES, AND DELIGHT AUDIENCES WITH THEIR TOTAL FUNK EXTRAORDINARINESS. THIS HAS EARNED THEM A REPUTATION, FROM LEICESTER TO LONDON, AS PREMIER AMBASSADORS OF FUNK.
SARAH BIRD JAMIE JOSEPH
DAUGHTER OF A TINA TURNER TRIBUTE ARTIST, HIGH ENERGY SHOWMANSHIP AND STRONG VOCALS WERE INSTILLED INTO HER AT A YOUNG AGE. DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF HER FAVOURITE ARTISTS; ALICIA KEYS, NIKKA COSTA & ALLEN STONE, SHE HAS ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS ONE OF THE BEST VOCAL TALENTS CURRENTLY ON THE MUSIC SCENEIN LEICESTER.
CITING INFLUENCES OF MOTOWN AND STAX SOUL, JAMIE JOSEPH BRINGS A REFRESHING YOUTHFUL TWIST TO HIS MUSIC. INTRODUCED TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF MUSIC AS A CHILD, THE SOUNDS OF STEVIE WONDER, OTIS REDDING AND MARVIN GAYE WERE FOREVER BEING PLAYED WHILE HE WAS GROWING UP.
GREEN LAW
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, CANADIAN DUBSTEP/ DNB / DOWNTEMPO PIONEERS GREENLAW WOULD BE CONSIDERED VETERANS IN THE WORLD-WIDE ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMMUNITY
AISHA DAISY
SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM LEICESTER, WHO ISINFLUENCED BY ARTISTS SUCH AS ERYKAH BADU,THE SMITHS, MELLOW BAKU AND JEFF BUCKLEY.
SUMMER & WAKEFORD
THEY COMBINE VARIOUS GENRES OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC TO CREATE THEIR OWN UNIQUE FUNKY SOUND.
JESSE WRIGHT
SINGER/SONGWRITER WITH A MEDITERRANEAN FEEL TO HER MUSIC
AFRO CITY
*SOUTH AFRICA* *TOWNSHIP SWING* *LEICESTER* *JAZZ* *TOWNSHIP JAZZ*
9PM-3AM GROUND FLOOR URBAN PARTY FLAVAS
DJ EL VISHIO
PROGRAMMED BY CAROL LEEMING
ENTRY = FREE.
ENTRY = FREE.
REGGAE/DUB SOUND SYSTEM STAGEPOWERED BY BISCUIT TIN SOUND SYSTEM (BTSS)
IBI FT.JAH MARNYAH
DJ 745 ROOTSREVIVAL
SUBFOUNDATION
ROOTICAL FELIS KINGDREAD
CHYNABLOOD
DEREK INMAN( THE STRANGE ONE )
MENI PAUL LEWIS SPENEOLAMARTINEZ
KYM DA SILVA LEE JEFFRIES ROZ FERNANDEZ
MARCUSTAHOUNSNUSKE
JOHNNYFRISCO
O'JAY HITMAN(2FUNKY)
VIKKIJESSOP
RICHIEHARRIS
7-8PM
8PM-2AM FOR THE HEADLINE SPOT, WE HAVE CONFIRMED THE MAD PROFESSOR'S SON JOE ARIWA, TOGETHER WITH THE VETERAN MC BROTHER CULTURE. THEY HAVE VERY RECENTLY RELEASED THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR UPCOMING COLLABORATIVE ALBUM 'THE SECRET FILES' AND IT IS EXCITING STUFF INDEED! ALSO, DON'T MISS THE TALK AND Q&A, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BEFORE THE SHOW.
SPECIAL TALK AND Q&A WITH
JOE ARIWA & BROTHER CULTURE
SOULFUL HOUSE STAGE9PM – 2AM
NATASHA WATTS LIVE P.A.NATASHA’S SOULFUL CREDENTIALS INCLUDE RECENT REGULAR PLAYS ON JAZZ, SOLAR AND SMOOTH FM RESPECTIVELY. WITH ALL THIS AND SUPPORT FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS COOL MILLION LABEL, FOR ONCE, YOU CAN BELIEVE THE HYPE!
PROGRAMMED BY COUNTERACTION
PROGRAMMED BY MENI
DJS
DJS
DJS
THE FONT , 52 GATEWAY ST, LEICESTER. LE2 7DPENTRY = FREE
SUGAR LOAF, BRAUNSTONE GATE, LEICESTER. LE3 5LGENTRY = FREE
SOUL . RNB . OL SKOOL STAGEUPSTAIRS 10PM – 3AM
JASON JANSARIHITMAN ANDREWSPECIAL TOUCH
ROBERTS
DJS DJS
OMAR
OMAR, IS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED BRITISH SOUL SINGER,SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN WHO HAD HIS FIRST RELEASE ON GILLESPETERSON'S SEMINAL TALKIN' LOUD LABEL. HE HAS SINCE GONE ON TOWORK WITH ALL MANNER OF MUSICAL LEGENDS INCLUDING A CERTAINSTEVIE WONDER, ERYKAH BADU AND ANGIE STONE.
NATASHA WATTS ZAHRA PALMER
CHECK OUT NATASHA ON THE COOL MILLION ALBUM. NATASHA’S SOULFUL CREDENTIALS INCLUDE RECENT REGULAR PLAYS ON JAZZ, SOLAR AND SMOOTH FM RESPECTIVELY, ALSO MEANS, FOR ONCE – YOU CAN BELIEVE THE HYPE!
CURRENTLY WORKING AS A SINGER /SONGWRITER, ZAHRA’S PREVIOUS CREDITS INCLUDE BEING PART OF GROUPS “MELODI BROWN” AND ”LADYZ IN QUESTION”(FATMAN SCOOPS LABEL). ZAHRA HAS ALSO RECORDED WITH THE ARTFUL DODGER AND COLLABORATED WITH TQ.
LIVE ARTISTS
ENTRY = WRISTBAND (WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FROM MOBIUS 5)MOBIUS , BRAUNSTONE GATE, LEICESTER. LE3 5LG
E DOUBLE D SS FRISCO MEASE
PROGRAMMED BY DOZZNO CAPS, HOODIES OR SPORTSWEAR.
DRUM & BASS STAGE11PM – 5AM
DISFUNKTION KYZR RELENTLESS CUTZ JACKHAMMER
TODDLAH G1 VANDAL K-ERA VENJAH
GROOVERIDER
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS UNDOUBTEDLY SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BIRTH, GROWTH AND RISE OF UK DANCE MUSIC, PARTICULARLY DRUM N BASS, IS DJ GROOVERIDER.TWO WORDS SYNONYMOUS WITH HIM ARE PIONEER AND ICON! HAVING BEEN INTEGRALLY INVOLVED WITHIN THE UK UNDERGROUND SCENE, FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS, HE ISREVERED GLOBALLY FOR BEING ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC ARTISTS ON THE SCENE.
ENTRY = WRISTBAND (WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FROM MUSIC CAFÉ 5)MUSIC CAFÉ, NEW PARK ST, LEICESTER. LE3 5NH
PROGRAMMED BY GENETIC PROMOTIONS
JAYDAN
DRUM & BASS DJ AND PRODUCER (SGN LTD /SMOKIN RIDDIMS / PUNCH RECORDS).
DJ SS
OWNER OF FORMATION RECORDS & WORLD OFDRUM N BASS. 25 YEARS IN THE GAME
LIZ-E
ELIZABETH WELCH AKA DJ LIZ-E FIRST DISCOVEREDHER LOVE FOR DRUM N BASS AFTER ATTENDINGRAVES SUCH AS HELTER SKELTER AND SLAMMINGVINYL AT THE LEGENDARY SANCTUARY INMILTON KEYNES.
MCS
DJS DJS
Leicester’s No.1 Urban Internet Radio StationSoul . Hip-Hop . Reggae . Dubstep . Funky House . Drum & Bass . R&B . House . Grime
www.radio2funky.co.uk | [email protected]
ALL EVENTS FREE UNLESS STATED. £5 WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE FROM THE MUSIC CAFÉ & MOBIUS. ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE..