Competition! Norman Jay M.B.E – Good Times Goes East carnival party

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:55:29 +0000

Win a pair of tickets to hear Norman Jay M.B.E dj at the Good Times Goes East carnival party, as he brings his beats and rhythms to soundsystem party to to St John at Hackney Church on Saturday 29th August. Norman will be throwing down the summer grooves, creating his own cathedral of hip-shaking sound, delivering the perfect warm up to carnival in East London. Unquestionably one of the greatest DJs to have emerged from the UK, Norman was pivotal in the birth of UK clubbing as we know it, cultivating the country’s rare groove and nascent house scenes and bringing dance music to the masses.

Now, unbelievably for the first time, this coming 29th August, Norman will be moving across town for one night only to show the east side of town just how the Good Times are done.

Taking over strikingly beautiful church building, St Johns at Hackney, between 4pm-11pm, champion selector Norman, will be throwing down the summer grooves, creating his own cathedral of hip-shaking sound, delivering the perfect warm up to carnival in East London.

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And if you aren’t lucky enough to win, or want to invite your friends down earlybird tickets are available here.

Pine Barons

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:57:17 +0000

Forming in the basement of Keith’s parents house whilst the guys were still at school in New Jersey, Pine Barons (Keith Abrams, Brad Pulley, Shane Hower and Collin Smith) write tunes constructed of off beat rhythms underneath simple chord structures. Yup, these guys aren’t rewriting the rule book, but that’s why they work. Last year they put out their seven track debut EP, a collection of rugged tracks from a group of like minded souls who see themselves us troubadours. Carnival twinkles with electrics as it fuzzes, but this is probably the only track to veer off piste, even momentarily, from the folk rock’n’roll vibe and all the jams and jigs of the record, although Chamber Choir is a refreshing piece of lo-fi. Dispute appearing to be buoyant and rhapsodic, the lyrics are not always so happy, the most pertinent and powerful perhaps being on Smile America (‘the end told me that I don’t deserve to breath’ and the most radio friendly Since I’ve Been Away (it’s raining on my head sometimes I wish my head was dead.) Bounding along with positive boisterousness, they are perfect for intimate end of summer festivals when the sun is dipping and the rugs come out (although there are a heck of a lot of references to rain.) Almost spitting their way through the vocals and with a rambunctious approach to drums, the whole sonic set up is reminiscent of Frank Turner or City and Colour. Folk with a hint of attitude; we like.

carnival – and so she thinks

Competition! Norman Jay M.B.E – Good Times Goes East carnival party

Pine Barons