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& Music - Music News 17th May - 31th May 2001 - E: kensington@myvillage.co.uk |
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Charing Cross Road reopens - 09/05/01 |
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Yet another venue opens in the heart
of W1. The club, opposite the Velvet Rooms at (you guessed it) 144
Charring Cross Road re-opens as OneFourFour, an altogether more
pleasant venue than its over-hyped predecessor, Open. One of the
best nights on its roster, perhaps in the area, is Hooj Choons'
Elements. After a staggeringly successful stint at Islington's Electrowerks,
Elements moves westward to deliver a weekly dose of edgy deep house
and tribal breaks to a diverse, 'anything goes' crowd. Elements
is on every Friday from 10:00pm-6:00am. Check out www.elementslondon.com
for further details.
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| Goldfrapp
release Utopia - 08/05/01 |
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Triumphant from their sell-out European
tour, West Country duo Goldfrapp are about to release a spanking
new version of 'Utopia', one of the highlights from their debut
Felt Mountain, the album critics and punters alike rated
as a contender for 'album of 2000'. Set for a June 4th release,
the new 'genetically enriched' Utopia comes with mixes by Tom Middleton,
Jori Hilkonnen and Tim Wright. 'Man of the moment' Middleton's deep
house reworking is already receiving heavy support from the lofty
likes of Digweed and Tenaglia. Band-members Alison Goldfrapp and
Will Gregory-who are currently knockin'em dead on a stateside tour-return
to London's Union Chapel for two sell-out dates on the 17th and
18th of May. Returns may be a possibility.
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| Echoboy-'Turning
On' - 01/05/01 |
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Pop maverick Richard Warren aka
Echoboy releases a new single, 'Turning On', from his critically
acclaimed Volume 2 album on the 7th May. The single, backed
by three brand new tracks, will be followed two weeks later (May
21st) by a limited-edition remix package of the single plus exclusive
mixes of tracks from Volume 2, fiddled about with by amongst
others Red Snapper and orb Collaborator Thomas Fehlmann. Warren,
who initially set about creating new sonic worlds above his mum's
hair salon in Nottingham, has been gushingly described as both 'Springsteen
meets Kraftwerk' and 'Faust via Stereolab'. Warren, fresh from remixing
indie kings Starsailors 'Good Souls' single recently blew away Camden's
Dingwall's on the 3rd May
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| 'Sizzler'-Insane
In The Brick Lane - 09/05/01 |
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A collective sit round a table and
come up with a plan to throw the most memorable, kick-ass party
of 2001. The second part of this great scheme was that as there
are four summer months, it makes perfect sense to throw four parties.
The next part of the masterplan was instead of charging people to
get in, it would be much more in the spirit of summer to make all
four events free. The group decided to call these parties Sizzler.
This unique collaboration between Wall of Sound Records and Rizla,
scheduled bang in the middle of summer, provides a stylish alternative
to the foot and mouth ridden festivals at no cost to London's party
people. Sizzler will take place at Brick Lane's 93 Feet East, London
E2 on Friday 25th May, Friday 22nd June, Friday 27th July, and Friday
24th August. With a capacity of up to 1,000 at each event and a
massive line-up including Jacque Lu Cont (pictured left), Propellerheads
and Jon Carter as well as a free barbeque, the events will definitely
be well attended.
A full listing of the first event on Friday 25th May is in The Main
Room: Zoot Woman-live, Junior Sanchez, Dj Falcon, Medicine and Mekon.
In the Bad Magic Bar: The Creators, The Plagiawrists and Dj Greenpeace,
and in the We Love You Loft: Sean Rowley, The Boogie Nights and
Jo-We Love You. More big names are yet to be confirmed for the other
events and we'll give you more details nearer the time.
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| Enchanted
Garden sold out - Big Chill announces second summer event |
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This year's Big Chill Enchanted Garden festival
has sold out for the third year running, three months in advance
of the event. The weekend festival in Wiltshire, which takes place
over the weekend of July 20-22, was put on sale at the beginning
of the year and had only just announced its first artist names.
PK Events has just announced details of its major summer event -
The Big Chill Festival @ Lulworth Castle -
which is taking place over the weekend of August 17-19 in the grounds
of the castle near to the Dorset Coast. More details to follow.
Although there has been much talk of Foot and Mouth
disease and its impact on the festival calendar this summer, neither
The Enchanted Garden nor the forthcoming Big Chill Festival at Lulworth
Castle should be affected. The organisers are quietly confident
that they will run as planned. Both festivals take place in protected
parkland which is not used for grazing animals, and as such doesn't
fall under MAFF control. Also no incidents of Foot and Mouth have
been reported in either area.
Orgainisers have been in discussion with the Department of Environmental
Health and MAFF and both authorities are happy that they go ahead
as long as the festivals remains "closed" (no re-admission) in order
to control the movement of people within the area, and vehicles
which come onto the site are cleanse beforehand.
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