Gilles Peterson All Night Long Christmas Party Friday 16th December 2011 @ The New Empowering Church (1a Westgate St, Hackney E8) with FUNKTION ONE SOUND SYSTEM 8PM - 5AM | £10 advance more on the door.
One afternoon with Kay Suzuki & Koichi Sakai talking about music, creation and higher matters, as they introduce their new Afrobuddah 12 inch, in preparation of their highly anticipated DJ set with Gilles Peterson on Dec 16th @ New Empowering Church. Not to be missed!!
Representing Amsterdam's eclectic music scene, Leyo and his crew run the club night, Boogieman which brought masters of boogie-ism in the city such as Peven Everett, Karizma, Atjazz, IG Culture, DJ Center, Greg Gauthier and Kay Suzuki. Not to mention Leyo's production skill and his pure musical mindset were also approved by the world exclusive annual workshop, Red Bull Music Academy in 2008.
Leyo remixed two songs from Kay Suzuki's album Consciousness. Don't B Afraid Of Da Future was originally named by IG Culture without his knowledge. The true story goes like this - At the legendary party CO-OP in PLASTICPEOPLE back in the day, IG Culture's laptop DJ system had crushed during his set and music stopped completely. Fair enough, a gentleman from the dark corner of the dance floor shouted "Stick to vinyl DJ! forget the computer!" then IG quickly recovered the system and responded, "Yo! Don't b afraid of da future!" and played the draft version of this original track - Thus it was named after the incident by Kay Suzuki… Leyo Remix kept the futuristic warm pad sound and its uplifting chords structure, and laid down on much more shuffled Afro house beats while emphasising the hypnotic synth riff with sneaky bleeps. Recommended on early morning set! Step Into My Life feat. Duchy(Leyo's Dub End Mix) has gone even deeper twist on the original. Again, emphasised the hypnotic synth riff and slightly dubbed down Duchy's vocals are floating on top of the settled groove afro house beats with deep wobbling baselines.
Osunlade (Yoruba Soul) "I really love Step Into My Life! great job"
Laurent Garnier (F Communications) "Yes Yes Yes… love this. Thanks for the link. Full support from me"
C3i (Lazer Kru) "LEYO reminding that fear really has no room, no matter how you view time in reference to space. Leyo ensuring the groove is ample yet subtly in its affects upon you. Step Into My Life with Duchy on the complimentary vocal tones! This is “Round”, it cycle circular, sound vortices in “Motion”. Kay Suzuki - Big up your Solar Plexus!"
Marcia Carr (Lady Bugz) "Both the mixes are tremendously good, just right for my bag of goodies - deeply soulful to make all sorts of pretty shapes on the floor. Nice one Leyo 9/10"
Kristi Lomax (KPFK, L.A) "Thanks for the latest tune. I'm def diggin' "don't b afraid of the da future" and will support on my L.A. radio show"
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Credit : 1. Don't B Afraid Of Da Future (Leyo Remix) - GBC8U1000034 Written by Kay Suzuki Remixed by Leyo
2. Step Into My Life feat. Duchy(Leyo's Dub End Mix) - GBC8U1000035 Written by Kay Suzuki, Paula Crawford, Ben Hadwen and P.L. Stanislas Renouf Remixed by Leyo
We've all heard it a zillion times now. Dalston is the new Shoreditch. Cutting edge ideas in music, fashion and culture are born here everyday - some of which eventually make the mainstream years later. And by then, Dalston is onto something else. Like the latest event held at the infamous venue, The Alibi on Kingsland High St every Sunday starting from 27th of November.
The event is aptly titled Rotation and the music policy is strictly vinyl. There's a Record Fair hosted by local record shops and DJs, which kicks off at 4pm. Resident DJs spin classic vinyl gems while you browse, and have drink and socialise with other vinyl junkies. Then from 6pm onwards the dancefloor opens up and plays host to East London's most cutting edge and established DJs playing Disco, Boogie, House, Detroit, Afro, Jazz and beyond. Complimented by a banging sound system (Void Acoustics speakers & Urei1620 DJ mixer) and FREE ADMISSION, come down and check out Dalston's newest sunday night sessions.
Rotation
LAUNCH SPECIAL with FULL-LINE UP ROTATION DJs. Sunday 27th November 2011 (Every Sunday onwards)
4pm-2am @ The Alibi | FREE ADMISSION | www.thealibilondon.co.uk STRICTLY VINYL DJ's + RECORD FAIR DISCO, BOOGIE, HOUSE, DETROIT, AFRO, JAZZ AND BEYOND