Well where do I start, groove sanctuary was killer last night..... top DJs, top music, top people and live performances. What more can you ask for when you go out?? not much, especially when the live band is Bah samba.
As I got there the venue was filling up nicely, with patrick forge spinning those jazzy house beats, now i would love to say a certain dj was stand out but quite simply there where so many plus i missed a few, it would be hard to say... PATRICK FORGE, PHIL ASHER, BOPSTAR, FAZE ACTION, MJ COLE, NEIL PIERCE, JOHN OUDO etc......
But for me, the night was centred around seeing Bah Samba live with amazing artists, now I managed to capture most of it on film but all to soon my memory card was full up!!!! (I did however delete some crap in time to film part of the last song)
Anyways check it out for yourselves and if you weren't there make sure you don't miss out again, biggup to Jimbo for organising such a wicked night. Keep em coming mate...
Now firmly established a one of the capitals finest club nights Groove Sanctuary has been pulling in the crowds week after week for a regular dose of bass rumbling deep soulful dance sounds. Groove Sanctuary is one of the few club nights that has attracted such a wide range of dancers over the years earning itself the reputation as thee place to seriously get down and has been dubbed ’A club where the dancers dance’. The hugely successful House Dance UK competition is a testimony to the high regard in which the night is held within the dance & clubbing community.
Over the years some of the worlds most highly respected DJ’s have played at the club and for this party we’ve drafted in a whole host of them to help us celebrate the last 10 years of soulful dance music, including......
PATRICK FORGE, PHIL ASHER, KEVIN BEADLE, BOPSTAR, FAZE ACTION, MJ COLE, NEIL PIERCE, JOHN OUDO, JOSE CARRETAS, OLI LAZARUS, AFRONAUGHT, SEIJI, DAN JORDAN, DOMINIC VERSELL, PHIL LEVENE, plus a very special surprise guest DJ on the night!
Not content with a super star line up of DJ’s they’ve also asked top band BAH SAMBA to play an exclusive live set! BAH SAMBA are one of a few live bands that are able to fuse a mixture of House, Latin & Jazz Funk into a truly energetic live performance. Bah Samba’s debut single was ‘Carnival’, followed by the now classic, ‘Reach Inside’ and numerous singles on Estereo. They have released a number of highly acclaimed albums, including the Latin Lounge Session, ‘Eclectica Volume 1’, ‘Bah Samba 4’ which featured the hits ’Portuguese Love’ & ‘Calma’. In recent times Bah Samba have been performing with Jazz Legend Roy Ayers in concerts and festivals worldwide. In Summer 2009 they released the seasonal delight ‘Live In The Summer’. The single gained huge support worldwide, reaching No.1 on the Traxsource chart as well as finding a home on many compilations. Then earlier this year they released ‘Don’t Let Them Get you Down’ again with huge DJ support.
And to make sure this will be a night to remember they’ve teamed up with BIG SPIN MUSIC for some exclusive free give aways as part of the release for John Oudo’s forth coming single “Satisfied – ft Nicole Mitchell”. Out on promo download August 1th 2010 (www.traxsource.com)
DJ’s on the night: Jimbo (resident) plus guests.... PATRICK FORGE, PHIL ASHER, KEVIN BEADLE, BOPSTAR, FAZE ACTION, MJ COLE, NEIL PIERCE, JOHN OUDO, JOSE CARRETAS, OLI LAZARUS, AFRONAUGHT, SEIJI, DAN JORDAN, DOMINIC VERSELL, PHIL LEVENE....
Music: Deep Soulful, Afro House & Disco Boogie Date: Sunday 25th July 2010 Time: 10:00pm – 03:00am Price: £10 all night (£5 for members or on the guest list) Venue: Madame JoJo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1 0SE. Tel: 020 7734 3040 E-mail: info@groovesanctuary.com Web: www.madamejojos.com, www.groovesanctuary.co
HERE"S THE FOOTAGE FROM LAST TIME I WENT DOWN........ SERIOUS BUSINESS......
As usual, I pitch up around 11:30 and the upstairs bar was busy but not really booming and downstairs was pretty sparse. At this point, Luke McCarty was playing a nice warm up vibe, within about 10-15 mins the room was filling out as Luke was progressing through his mix.
Now In true restless fashion Luke was playing vintage & prototype house music with a crisp selection and mixes to boot, the crowd thoroughly enjoyed this part of their journey. An were well and truly warm for Sean McCabe.
I have to say big shouts to Luke I thought what he played was class.
Just before Sean there was an amazing live P.A. from Selina Campbell who has a truly amazing voice, she really got everyone hyped up (check the video of the whole thing below).
Sean Stepped up to play and really upped the tempo, he played a solid set with a good selection of house music right through to some disco edits and back. He kept the crowd bubbling through to the wee hours, when Phil came on an really hyped everything up but unfortunately the venue closed the party off early. But as you can see that turning the lights on didn't stop people from dancing at 3:30am. Big up the restless crew as always a good solid party, looking forward to the next one.
Blow Present A Journey with Osunlade @ Egg, Friday 25 June. Line Up
Osunlade Zaki Manish Scott Cooper Ben Osborne DJ Sonny Nic Liu
Time: 22:00:pm Onward Venue: Egg, 200 York Way, Kings Cross. London. N1. England Cost: Nus Free b4 11pm / £8 b4 12 / £12 after
Tribe @ Corsica Studios, Friday 25 June. Line Up
MAIN ROOM FEATURING: SPECIAL GUEST: MASTER KEV (MKTL/UNDERGROUND COLLECTIVE, NYC) ZEPHERIN SAINT (TRIBE RECORDS, UK) MATT L-S (TRIBE RECORDS, UK) LIVE PA FROM ADEOLA RANSON PERFORMING HER HIT ‘LITTLE BIRD'!!
ROOM 2: HOSTED BY SLICK MANAGEMENT
Time: 11:00pm - 7am Venue: Corsica Studios, 5 Elephant Road. London SE17 1LB Cost: £10 early bird tickets from www.ticketweb.co.uk. £15 on the door
Restless Soul @ East Village, Saturday 26 June. Line Up
Downstairs :
Playing Deep House
Sean McCabe
Luke McCarty ( HHA / restless Soul) Phil Asher (restless Soul)
Plus
Live PA from Selina Campbell - singing A.C. Layne's "Addicted" on restless soul Music
Phil will be playing all spectrums of Music, as long as its House "He Say's", but we know restless soul, never happy in one place musically. Expect lots of good music, Prototype & Vintage. Guest mixes and Interviews are planned for the Future, This weeks Guest mix is from Boddhi Satva, who is also guesting at restless soul this saturday at East Village.
DEBUT SHOW: Friday 23rd April at 6pm (gmt) - Spread the word! Restless Soul - brain child of Phil Asher & Luke McCarthy.
The restless soul members include: Aaron Ross, Bopstar, Felix Hopkins, Jose Carretas, Luke McCarty, Dominic Jacobson, Craig whitfield ,Taxi Driver, Phil Asher.
This is gonna be a long old post, theres lots going on so i'm gonna cherry pick a few, otherwise i'm here for days!!
Soulbrew Easter Party with Maseo @ East Village, Thursday 1st April Line Up
In The Party Basement Maseo (De La Soul) Spin Doctor Chris P Cuts
In The Disco Lounge Phil Asher Red Greg Andy Bird
Time: 9.00pm - 3.30am Venue: East Village, 89 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2 Cost: £7 advance / £10 door
Rave To Save @ Loop, Thursday 1st April My pal Ceri on this one in aid of Prostate Cancer, good cause, so if your near show love.
Line Up
Rocky (X-Press 2) Mouj Brad Hepburn Tommy Mac Si Gern Brendan Parry Ceri Cross Jamie Mann
Time: 9pm - 4am Venue: Loop, 12 Crown Hill, Croydon, Surrey, CRO 1RZ, England Cost: £5 in advance from ticketweb, MOTD
Tone Control's Take Me Away Party feat Craig Smith @ The Doors, Thursday 1st April Line Up
Craig Smith (6th Borough Project) Jose Carretas (restless soul / Son Liva) Si Finnegan (Tone Control) and a special live performance from Adeola Ranson, showcasing the new single, ‘Take Me Away'.
Time: 10:00pm - 6:00am Venue: The Doors/ 217 City Road,London, EC1V 1JN Cost: £5 before 11pm more after
Transition with Wbeeza, Lakuti and Chris Box @ Visions Video Bar, Friday 2nd April. Line Up
Kerri Chandler (Max Trax, USA) Jimpster (Freerange) Milton Jackson (Freerange) Zaki (Muak) Manish (Muak) Hamish Dunn & Dave Lynam (Soulogic) Kellilicious (Shejay) DEPORTO (Live Set) Tim Gale Pej Matt Appleton
Nathan Coles (Wiggle) John Selekta (MOTD/Dusted Breaks Records) Mike Lewis (Hub) James Essex (Barcadia) Yellowcake (Mooch) Boku (North West UK)
Time: 22.00 - 11.00 Venue: Egg, 200 York Way, Kings Cross. London. N1. England Cost: £15
Frequencies Bank Holiday Mashup @ The Long Room, Saturday 3rd April Line Up
AtJazz Johnny Reckless [Cybersoul music] Marcia Carr [Ladybugz /Playback] Lynda Phoenix [DJ set] DJ Khyan [Broadcite] TRoy + DJ EXPressions [Lazer Kru] > C3i [Lazer Kru]
Hosts for the night & MC`s - TRoy / P.A.C / Millie
+ Live PA - Kavita performing the classic - Superficial [Bougie Soliterre]
Time: 10.00pm - 4.00am Venue: The Long Room, Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8 5NQ Cost: £5 advance tickets/£10 on the door
Wetyourself Easter Bank Holiday Special @ fabric, Sunday 4 April Line Up
Room 1 Sebastien Leger Cormac Jacob Husley Peter Pixzel
Room 2: Marcel Dettmann Ben Klock MLZ
Room3: Lucio Aquilina Mihai Popoviciu Madzmusic Kelly Jay DJ-Esinn
Ok so this week I turn up late once again but in fairness its not my fault!! I was waiting on my ride no names mentioned Sy.... :-) So I missed Carlos Florez's warm up set but i'm sure it went down a treat.
As i walk in i am greeted by the sound of an amazing vocalist who I have the pleasure of working with Miss Sabrina Chyld, who was performing her new single with the talented soulful house producer Jose Carretas. Jose of course known for being the remixing champion of the soulful house world in 2009 and having some killer original of his own Check Jose out on Traxsource.
Its always a pleasure to see/hear Jose mixing as you know what your gonna get, good house music, pure and unadulterated. Jose laid down some killer trax and had me going nuts and at one point I just couldnt believe I was hearing tune after tune!!
The highlight of Jose set other than hearing Sabrina perfom alongside him(who did amazingly well I must say), was hearing Kenny Carvajal feat. Swaylo You Remind Me, absolutely amazing tune big up Jose on that. Jose played a wicked all round set, keeping everyone on there toes. Definately a man you should be checking at Southport.
Next up we had Sy Sez, who came in fresh from playing for Soul Heaven in Italy. Sy came in immediately looking to take it up a notch laying dow some serious trax, playing through old and new, Sy even put in a few old disco edits which really hyped up the crowd. Below is a little video but its poor lighting so my apologies.
Then we had the man of the hour 'birthday boy' Peter Borg who was a big let down!! Not in his music, he played classics and really worked the crowd but he let alot of us down who were expecting him to turn up in a Peter Pan outfit!! Giant flop Pete.
All jokes aside I had good fun, defintely worth the trip, so big up the guys on that, seems like we are getting a few more parties in South London!! The rise of soulful/deep house in south lolololololol....
At One broadcasting LIVE tonight from London's underground
Ok Ladies & Gentlemen, you can catch me LIVE on DE JA VU (VU LIVE) TONIGHT @ 8:00pm (GMT), Covering the one and only Danny Native for the Altered Natives Radio Show.
Playing the best in House Music, deep, soulful, minimal, tech, broken
Music from the likes of, Altered Natives, AphroDisiax, At Jazz, At One, Dennis Ferrer, Dj T, Jose Carretas, Joy Orbison, Karizma, Louie Vega, Matt Bandy, Milton Jackson, Peven Everett, Phil Asher, Raw Artistic Soul, Reboot, Shur-i-Kan, Souled. To name but a few........... MAKE SURE YOUR INVOLVED.
I will be taking shouts, dedications & requests (within reason) Via my Twitter, so go to Follow Me On Twitter Link Above, to make sure your interactive with the show.
Wow what a stomper of a weekend, I only hit up two parties in the end but they were both stonkers..... Serious house music as you would expect. Ok i decided to shoot some videos as well as taking pics, it didn't go to well but hey you get the idea!!!
Pot Kettle Black & Wolf Music presents @ The Castle
Ok so I was a bit biased with this one I turned up to see Souled @ 2am who killed the place, the Fresh Minute lable duo where running tune after tune, even hitting us with disco edits. Biggups to the Souled Gang absolutely killed it. Thats enough said really. More info on Souled HERE
Restless Soul @ East Village
Ok where to start, I pitch up at around 11:55pm, theres a massive queue outside with a wicked mix of people, I'm thinking its gonna be a good one (& as usual it was). Now I dont know haow many Restless Soul parties you go to but i try to hit them all up cause Phil and the gang, know how to throw a party!! Anyways I walk in and upstairs Danny Native is throwing down some tuff Disco Edits, not Danny's usual style but he was rocking the crowd in the warm up to what was to come..!! Some deep, dark, broken beat. Playing alongside Danny upstairs was Dominic Jacobson, whos vinyl collection I have to say is killer, another true selecta....
Danny & Dom Kept the upstairs of East Village Thumping all night long with some serious tuneage. Well done you guys.
So I walk downstairs and Jose Carretas is pumping, "Romanthony 'let me show you love'", serious oldskool pressure!! i was slightly pissed that i missed the whole of his set but from what i can tell, Jose was throwing it down as per usual!!
So the man that a lot of people came to see, Fabio Genito. What can I say, the man can throw a tune, he had the club bouncing for the best part of 3 hours, from deep to tribal to disco to nu kool, Fabio was churning them out.
Finally Phil came on to round up the evening with some classic house to make the crowd go crazy showing peops that "thats the way love is". As Always a Restless Soul party that rocked the house..... Biggups to the gang.
Ok today were on a chilled soulful vibe for the most part!! Im just posting up some fire from some of my cohorts that you may or may not have / know about. Looking forward to tomorrows post of events, its going to be sizzling......
After my post on Saturday about the forthcoming Altered Natives track "Believe In Me" here it is... On VINYL.... wowzer.... Congrats on that, set in motion to do big things....
