Tonight’s show is a 2 hour mix from cinematic electronica up through new glitch & swing hop, glitchy breaks & IDM, some phat new forthcoming promo’s, new techno & some beautiful drum & bass to finish.
2 free tracks played on the show this week (links to download below tracklisting) & plenty of brand new releases all mixed and reedited live.
Hope you enjoy the show and please check out any of the artists you like from the links below.
Update : This will be our last Mr Elephant Radio Show for the forseeable while Rhubarb Radio changes hands. Marc will be back with a new show as Dj Narrative in April 2011, with a free newsletter which will enable download of all past mr elephant shows – http://eepurl.com/cCeKU
Tonights show is to all about the brand new Pilot Project website – which aims to showcase music from midland’s artists of all genres. Its a project from radio legend Robin Valk, and i was fortunate enough to be asked to be on the board of finding music for this initial phase, so tonights show will feature 2 hours some of my favourite music submitted to the archive.
Suffice to say there is a huge amount of music, so there will be definately be more shows, but for now i present our first one. Obviously I wont be mixing the music as a whole piece this evening, but will still have all the flow as standard, starting with acoustic, world sounds, into some indie, alternative, rock, then some ska, and back down again, before going into a little funk, reggae, hip hop, and then some electronic artists to finish.
Our shows been on hiatus for a little while after some gremlins got into the scheduling system at rhubarb. There’s still more to do to get it sorted but thanks to the efforts of Phil Coyne, things are up and running and back on track.
If you like any of the artists you hear tonight, you can check them out from the weblinks below, and if you’d like to keep in touch with the show, then links are underneath the tracklisting.
This weeks show is a Tipper & Ninja Tune Special. In particular playing 5 star tunes from their latest online releases, Surrounded & Ninja XX boxed set respectively. This is 2 hours of some of the very best tunes all mixed and hosted live on a 2 hour dj journey.
P.s you can also download the last 4 showsfrom my soundcloud account here – http://www.soundcloud.com/marcreck They are unhosted and designed as multigenre well mixed dj mixtapes, so do grab them while they’re up (as i’ll have to delete this week as have ran out of space on the account)
Tonight’s Mr Elephant show features – a live recording of The Correspondants, an electro swing mix from our last Project X Presents event, a Balkan mix of some of the best tunes that rocked gigs like Balkanic Eruption & The Destroyers album launch last year, a couple of balkan tracks from two brummie balkan bands, and a few great free tracks for download.
As always the show is put together as a whole with a series of mini mixes, but from hereoin we will be coupling that approach with hosting. New features include some recommended nights out and various web links that are well worth your attention, and these will grow into features on various topics of interest, similar to the audio documentary about the history of old school featured on one of the earlier shows.
Hope you enjoy the show and please check out the links to any artists you like in the tracklisting and featured weblinks below that.
They are unhosted and designed as multigenre well mixed dj mixtapes, so do grab them while they’re up (as i’ll have to delete this week as have ran out of space on the account)
This weeks show features a mix of Point B’s wicked album – Suicide Beauty Spot, followed by a massive mix of all my favourite new, unreleased & classic dubstep journeying through many styles into 5 big and beautiful drum and bass tunes, a little harry belafonte & some words of wisdom for the late great bill hicks to finish.
(Space on the soundcloud account has run out though, so grab it while its up)
Tracklisting
1.Bluba Lu – Monetary Slave (Balkansky remix)
Point B Album Mix – Suicide Beauty Spot
2. Point B – To Follow You
3. Point B – Suicide Beauty Spot
4. Point B – Bathed In Night
5. Point B – Guilty Pleasures
6. Point B – The Beckoning
7. Point B – Someone Elses Past
8. Point B – Headland
9. Point B – Guilty Pleasures
10. Point B – Forgotton Ritual
11. Point B – Alien Language
A Pletheroe of Dubstep
1. Bassnectar – Massive Attack Remix
2. Inaudible – Storm Therapy
3. Bassnectar – Kick It Complex ft. Persia (Album Version)
4. Bluba Lu – Monetary Slave (Balkansky remix)
5. Liquid Stranger – Full Metal Jacket (175PF Reload)
6. Vaski – Get Down
7. Excision – Subsonic
8. Boom Jinx presents BJX – Come On Over (Dub Menace Mix)
9. Twist & Torqux – Hotline
10. Skism – Rise Of The Idiots
11. Dodge & Fuski – Fierce
12. Affinity – Static (Reso Remix)
13. Chasing Shadows – Amirah
14. T.O.B. – Phrygian Mode
15. Bassnectar – Kyrian Bee Bop (Album Version)
16. DJ Chix ft Resco – Mended Melody
17. Alix Perez feat. Sabre – Hemlines
18. Stray – Timbre
19. T.O.B. feat. Nonku – Evolutionary (Extended Mix)
20. Jellyfish & Andrey Mute – Underworld Boogie
21. T.O.B. – Thwomp Attack
22. Youngma & Crissy Criss – Kick Snare VIP (Dunstep VIP)
23. Dead Prez & WTF? – It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop UK (Full Vocal Mix)
24. Freestylers V Pendulum Ft SirReal – Painkiller (Kouncil House 12″ Mix)
And a smattering of Drum & Bass
1. Bladerunner – Back To The Jungle
2. Youngman & Crissy Criss – Kick Snare VIP (Drumstep VIP)
3. Danny Byrd Featuring Liquid – Sweet Harmony
4. Sub Focus – Could This Be Real (Sub Focus Drum & Bass Mix)
5. Lenzman & Riya – Open Page
Outro
41. Harry Belafonte – Daylight Come (Banana Boat Song)
42. Bill Hicks – End of Set
All shows are put together as a whole listening experience featuring the very best music i can find, put together in the best way i can with live reedits and all completely mixed. Hope you enjoy the show, feedback & comments always welcome & appreciated, & please check out any artists you like via the tracklisting.
A 2 hour dj mix through a whole host of genres and live reedits.
This week we journey through Beautiful Trip Hop to Glitch Hop, Tropical Spanish Grooves, Breaks & Techno promos & classics, and an hour of huge and varied Drum & Bass styles to finish, with a little calypso to outro.
The show contains 2 hours of the best music i can find mixed and reedited live in the best way i can.
All feedback is very welcome and i hope you enjoy it.
Join us next next monday live on Rhubarb Radio at 6pm-8pm, and check the links below for more information.
Update – Show / Mixtape is available for download from my soundcloud account for a while, so grab it while its up.
1. Bomb The Bass – Bug Powder Dust (Kruder & Dorfmeister Dub Mix)
2. Quantic – Life In The Rain
3. Bran Richards – Ride The Mullet Stallion
Tropical Spanish Grooves MiniMix
4. Dublex Inc. – Bienvenido (7″ Version)
5. Femi Kuti – Beng Beng Beng
6. Trüby Trio feat. Concha Buika – Jaleo (Senor Coconut Remiz)
7. Bellini – Samba De Janeiro 2010 (Manuel De La Mare Smash)
Breaks into Techno & Promos MiniMix
8. Plump DJs – Take The Weight
9. Tim Healey, Marc Adamo – Ghetto Blaster (Krafty Kutz Mix)
10. Gella feat MC Spyda – Twinkle
11. Hedflux – Mindcell
12. Koma & Bones – Medium Cool (Bassbin Twins Mix)
13. Chemical Brothers – It Began In Africa
14. Ed Solo & Skool of Thought – When i was a yout
15. Damian Marley – Murder in the Jamrock (Cut & Run Remix)
Big Room Light & Dark Drum & Bass Mix
16. The Fugees – Ready or Not (Dj Zinc mix)
17. Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith – Junglist Remix
18. Shapeshifter – Twin Galaxies
19. Alix Perez – Melanie
20. London Elektricity – Point Of No Return
21. Shock One – Polygon (Feat. Reija Lee)
22. The Upbeats – Big Skeleton – Soul Purge
23. Noisia (Feat. Foreign Beggars)
24. Noisia (Feat. Giovanca) – My World
25. Logistics – Warehouse (Illskillz Remix)
26. Composite 1 & Bavelja – Global Enemies (funked up drummer mix)
27. Randomer – Synth Geek
28. Ed Rush & Optical – Snaggletooth
29. Evol Intent, Spor, Ewun – Levitate – Original Mix
30. Un-Cut – Midnight (MIST VIP Remix)
31. Sub Focus – Rock It
32. Pendulum – Blood Sugar
33. NuTone feat.Nat Williams – System (Futurebound Vip Mix)
34. Brookes Brothers – Crackdown (Shock One Remix)
35. Plan B – No Good (Chase & Status Remix)
36. Konflict – Guerrilla Warfare LP – Messiah
37. Chase & Status – Smash TV
38. Netsky feat. Bev Lee Harling – Let’s Leave Tomorrow
39. Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line
40. Dont Worry Be Happy
A 2 hour dj mix through a whole host of genres. This week we journey through Classical Electronica, Minimal & Tech, Electro & Progressive House/Breaks, Classic Breaks, Forthcoming Breaks & Dubstep Promos, & some Beautiful Drum & Bass.
Hope you can join us next next monday live on Rhubarb Radio at 6pm-8pm.
Classical Electronica
BT – 1.618
UNKLE – Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)
Ame – Rej (A Hundred Birds Beatless Mix)
Minimal & Tech
Ame – Rej
The Chemical Brothers – It began in Africa
Len Faki – Death By House (Adam Beyer & Jesper Dahlback Remix)
Alan Fitzpatrick – Paranoize
Electro & Progressive House/Breaks
Sharooz – Get Off (Miles Dyson Remix)
Soliquid – Taipei Pocok Salata (Quivver Remix)
Beckers & Hatfield – Mind Rape (Quivver Mix)
Boom Jinx presents BJX – Come On Over [Club Dub]
Classic Breaks
Blackwatch & Greed – Gentle Rain (Greyarea Mix)
Freestylers feat Million Dan – Jump
Forthcoming Breakbeat & Dubstep Promos
Karton – All You Need (Mars Remix)
Mr No Hands – Ruddy Bitch (Franci$co Remix)
B-Phreak – X-Static (Mesmer Remix)
B-Phreak – X-Static (Afghan Headspin Remix)
DJ Chix ft Resco – Broken Melody (Caper Remix)
DJ Chix ft Resco – Broken_Melody (Wascal Dub Remix)
Paul Lyman – Positive Pulse
The Prodigy – Charly (Freear Remix 2010)
Atomic Hooligan – Smoke and Mirrors (Ben and Lex Mix)
Midnight Juggernauts Vs Dilemna – Tombstone (Elite Force Revamp)
Straight To The World (Peo De Pitte Remix)
Flore Ft Rodney P – Get It In Get It On (Gella remx)
A special solstice inspired radio show this week. Mostly on an electronic tip, and there’s no hosting on this version as it was made for travelling to the solstice, or listening to in the sunshine, so feel free to dload the mix from marc’s soundcloud account and stick it on your mp3 player.
Its a 2 hour build up a whole host of genres, starting with downtempo & dub beats building up to a couple of tracks of Orbital live & then a selection of minimixes. The minimixes feature brand new techno & rolling progressive tracks, new breakbeat & old school breaks, brand new dubstep, and then some new uplifting liquid drum & bass. There’s about 6 mini-mixes and the shows put together as a whole with jingles from Ash.
“I really appreciate any feedback you have on the mixing, track selections, production of the show etc, so feel free to leave your comments. Either way it’d be great to know if you had a listen
And as always, if you do like any of the artists, please check out the links from the tracklisting below.
Still not recovered, so we have a show from 2009, this week featuring a build up through trip hop, afrobeat, swing, breaks and drum and bass.
Hope you enjoy the show, please check out any artists you like with the last fm links below and hope you can join us next next monday live on Rhubarb Radio at 6pm – 8pm.
A pre record this week as Marc is helping a friend in need, so here is a show from last summer, featuring a journey through some of his favourite acoustic music and live artists find inspired by a recent trip to Moseley Folk Festival.
Hope you enjoy the show, comments and feedback welcome & appreciated, & please check out the artist links if you like any of the artists you hear on the show.
As you may know we are taking a break from all the monthly events for the forseeable future, to concentrate on other projects, so until we return, we just wanted to say a massive thank you on behalf of the whole Mr Elephant crew for bringing the vibes to our last 41 events, and to everyone who has been part of any Mr Elephant event, workshop, radio show, or website.
We’ll really miss the events, and each one has been a truly inspiring experience, but the time feels right to move on to other projects until next year.
It was really important that we left things on a high, and we’re forever grateful to all the venues that have housed us throughout the last years, the Adam & Eve, Hare & Hounds, Epic Skate Park, Rainbow Beach, the Bulls Head & Prince Wales.
When we return to do events we will certainly be looking to promote local talent through smaller regular events, but there was a unananimous decision that we all wanted to return to another reason why we started Mr Elephant in the 1st place, and that is the larger more festival style events. Like the 1st 2 at Epic skate park in 2007, the family days at the Prince garden, the 12 hour celebration pf Birmingham’s Underground on the Rainbow beach/warehouse, and the workshops & multistage 2nd Birthday at the hare and hounds. Events that are one offs and that encompass all the areas of Mr Elephant in one cohesive event, or to put it another way, a balance of all the events over the last 3 years, and pushing some of the Mr Elephant ideas forward.
We’ll still be hosting our radio show on www.rhubarbradio.com with Marc Reck every monday evening at 6pm & Mr Elephant residents Skeleton & Dolhasz will be hosting The Beat Suite every wednesday from 11.30pm. However to avoid the whole website being taken up with the radio shows, it seems more appropriate for these to exist on their own websites & of course the rhubarb ones, so that the artists & events can remain on the front of this one. One of the main aims of Mr Elephant is to shine a light on great stuff, and so hopefully the videos of the events housed on this website helps further that.
There are many ideas and goals that we have as Mr Elephant and while we’ve achieved so much more than we hoped, (due to the ever expanding platform of talented contributors) there is so much we have yet to explore.
We have always been totally unfunded, and, as most will know, it becomes difficult to devote such a large portion of your life when you have to cover your own costs, and have other ambitions to explore. With that in mind we are looking at ways to fund future events so we can realise their true potential, and we’ll be taking time out to further our own interests in order to bring them back in bigger and brighter. We all want to keep the free party ethos alight wherever possible, simply because it allows the most accessibility to people, regardless of financial status, and therefore the most diverse mix of people, which is always a good thing… The logisitics of sorting the time and resources we can work out.
Anyway, once again, thanks to one and all for a truly inspiring 3 years, and on behalf of all the Mr Elephant crew, we wish you a beautiful hot summer.
As we’ve stopped the events for a while this will be the last radio show to be posted on this site, so the site doesnt become all about the radio shows.
Back on the rhubarb radio airwaves with 4 mini-mixes (this week techno/minimal, breaks, dubstep & drum and bass) each containing my favourite current promos. Also a mini mix of Noisia’s new album Split the Atom & to start, a small selection of some fine chilled summer tracks and a live track from Orbital’s recent gig in Glasgow.
Hope you enjoy the show, comments and feedback welcome & appreciated, & please check out the links below if you like any of the artists you hear on the show.
Part two of our 3rd Birthday Celebrations & our final Mr Elephant event for the forseeable future saw inspired performances from all, and provided a fitting closure to our monthly live & free. We shall really miss both our homes and we’d like to say a massive thank you to the Adam & Eve & the Hare & Hounds for all their support & great work. And of course to everyone who came and created the vibes.
Til we return this will be our last video & photos for the forseeable, so without further ado, here’s a few of the performances caught on the little camera.
And some photos
And the original page with all the artist links
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FREE CONTROL – http://www.freecontrol.co.uk are back. Currently storming through the battle of the bands, and with a packed festival schedule, their last gig was pretty much incredible. Somewhere between Lamb & Unkle. Check the video for their sound
FRANK MOON & JOELLE BARKER – These two are musicians of the highest sense. Frank – http://www.myspace.com/frankmoon on the stringed instruments and member of a huge number of bands and sounds from destroyers to desert groove has just come off a world tour and is thankfully in birmingham rehearsing with destroyers. Joelle – http://www.myspace.com/joellebarker is a percussion magician, She teaches, she composes and she jams with a huge range of percussive instruments. See what they magic up together.
DIK GURU - http://www.myspace.com/dikguru – This man is a legend, and who’s last 2 albums have been creating waves all over the place, both truly deserving of the label Urban Folk. Hilarious tales about Birmingham life & characters presented with great musicianship and instantly likeable charm.
CABSTERS – http://www.myspace.com/cabstars – The full ska band complete with brass section will be performing and kicking up a storm
JAM JAH (Robin G) – http://www.friendlyfiremusic.com/
We’ve said it time and time again, but Jam Jah sound is something to beholden in Birmingham, and is why we at Mr Elephant never fail to get them playing wherever possible. Legends.
JIBBERING (Tangawizi) – http://www.jibbering.com
Jibbering for over 10 years have been bringing bands to Birmingham, the majority of which have gone on to be huge. 1st time we heard Jon play we’ve asked him back ever since. Great music and wonderfully done.
Vj BLENDSTATE – http://www.blendstate.com
A huge part of Mr Elephant ever since the 2nd event where he bought the indymedia films for the chillout room. Now one of the leading vj in Birmingham3 years later, and puts on some wicked events to boot.
VENUE – http://www.theadam.co.uk
Located on the 50 route at the top of bradford street, in Digbeth, and a short walk from the city centre, the venue has been putting on music events every week for years. A place to chill and chat, as much as it is to see quality local and international bands and / or dance til 4am. There’s a cool heated smoking area, pool table and chilling areas, quality bar and proper friendly staff, great in house engineer and just they’ve spent loads on new bassbins, so expect the sound to be even bigger and crisper than every before.
NB a lot of people have been asking why we are stopping Mr Elephant events as they are all going really well. Truth is is that its a really hard decision but they take up a huge amount of time, and we dont earn money from them. We could spend less time, but they wouldnt be the same, so we are taking some time out to focus on other projects and ways to fund the development of the events.
We will still be running the odd free event, our radio show will continue every week, and we are planning a return to the big festival style events, which was the reason to start it back in 2007.
You can check all the associated video, photos and blog posts for every single event on our website http://www.mrelephant.com by clicking on the events menu item.
Massive thanks to all who came down and bought the vibes. Great night and one we wont forgot.
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Part One will be the phat underground floor shaking party rockin mammal sessions with 5 of Birmingham’s most versatile party rockin djs & the return of a new vj.
DOCTOR http://www.bassoperations.co.uk/NewerTheDoctor.html plays many musical genres including Hip Hop, Dnb, Reggae, Dubstep, Oldskool & Breaks. With a massive reputation from his residencies at Scratch Club & Heducation, and his forthcoming releases, its safe to say you can expect the unexpected, with a host of genres cut up in his individual scratch style.
Malicious Dj – http://www.bassoperations.co.uk/NewerMalicious.html is another genre hopping turntablist who continues to create a floor filling party experiences for a wide variety of audiences across the country. Long time resident for Scratch Club and Heducation, Malicious dj has developed a unique scratching style mashing up his love for hip-hop, reggae and drum and bass during his versatile and creative sets.
MARC RECK – http://www.marcreck.com has been taking 6 months off djing to work on a brand new setup for May, but will be giving a sneak preview on the night alongside celebrating his own birthday. Coined as the Dj with no barriers by the Night Times and winner of best local dj in Dec 2008, Marc has 6 residencies, a radio show, and has supported a huge spectrum of live bands and headline djs, so expect peak time party rockin genre hopping.
SKELETON – http://www.myspace.com/skeletonskratch is a diverse turntablist party rocker, with bookings every weekend, and an ever growing armoury of styles. A keen ear for dynamics and superb deck skills, expect everything from dubstep, glitchybreaks through to rolling jungle and phat drum and bass.
Dolhasz – http://www.myspace.com/dolhasz brings the party to the decks and the bass to the airwaves. Host of two radio shows, a producer with recent releases, and a dj who can drop the biggest tunes at all the right moments, Dolhasz’s party rockin style of bass music will be in full effect for our last session.
This event was created by our resident Vj monsieur Blendstate, but as he will now be in Japan on the date, we will be welcoming back our last guest at cinephonci.http://www.mrelephant.com/events/featured/cinephonic-5-photos-review . All the way from Italy, Vj Delsyd will be adorning the big screen with her beautiful blend of visuals, keeping our vision enthralled throughout the evening.
And our crew will also be bringing you Elephant Crafts to get your creativity a flowing when you need a sit down from the party rockin tunes.
As a little way of saying a big thank you to everyone for their incredible support of Mr Elephant and the events over the last 3 years, these parties will be free all night and the venue have kindly given us an extra hour til 3am.
NB a lot of people have been asking why we are stopping Mr Elephant events at a time when they are seemingly going so well, and so in answer to anyone who may be wondering the same, it’s mainly because the regular events, while hugely enjoyable, take up a lot of time & with us all working for free, there was a consensus that we need to drop them for a while in favour of moving back to the original reasons to why we started it, which is the bigger festival events, and various related strands. Plus this year some of the core members need time to focus on other areas.
We will still be running the odd free event, and our radio show will continue every week, but for now we just wanted to leave things on a high, so these will be our last two for the forseeable future.
You can check all the associated video, photos and blog posts for every single event on our website http://www.mrelephant.com by clicking on the events menu item.
Here’s the camera video of two of the live headline artists, Relative Dub & 360 who both delivered fantastic sets.
Proper video to follow, and here are some photos from the same said camera
Below is the full line up / preview of last night’s event with links and a little background on the artists.
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Following our haiti fundraiser last month, we are back with our last two live and free events for a while at one of our favourite venues in Birmingham. UPDATE – The mighty 360 will also be joining us for a special live set, courtesy of a mixup at another venue Get your skanking shoes ready for the crowd pleasing skafunkapunkreggae rockers! – http://www.myspace.com/360sound
On the live stage will be Relative Dub – one of the freshest new Dub bands on the Birmingham music scene, who have been creating big waves with their unique blend of electronic dub, featuring live bass, guest vocalists, & a huge mixing desk all creating a live sonic journey. – http://www.myspace.com/relativedub
Their guest vocalist this time will be none other than Laura Louise, a live loop pedal artist from New Zealand who has played a many at mr elephant event, due her amazing voice & beautifully written songs. Normally armed with her acoustic guitar, & boss loop pedal, we know not what to expect with her collaboration with Relative – http://www.myspace.com/lauralouiseowen
Also up will be Cabsters – a band who are tearing it up on the ska scene with their crowd pleasing blend of ska, dub and funk. In just over a year, they are fast becoming big names on the circuit, and we’re well pleased that they are able to come down to once again rock the adam and eve. UPDATE > -We had news this week that their drummer can’t make it, but everyone else can, so cabsters will be bringing a special acoustic sublime style ska set with keys, bass, guitar and vocals. http://www.myspace.com/cabstars
On the 1210′s we have 3 treats keeping the venue toasty til 4am. The mighty Jam Jah will be adorning the new bassbins courtesty of Mr Bongo Damo & his seriously fine roots, reggae & record collection. – http://www.friendlyfiremusic.com/
Also returning is Tangawizi from the legendary Jibbering, who will be mixing it up once again with funk, hip hop, reggae, and anything else he has laid his hands on. – http://www.jibbering.co.uk/
Any also we welcome Shelley from Arts de Ville who hosts the sunday city musicbox every week on rhubarb, and heads up the arts de ville events. Another great record collection which spans, reggae, funk, soul and a whole load more. – http://www.rhubarbradio.com/programmes/sundaycitymusicbox/
You can also feast your eyes on our resident Vj Blendstate’s big screen antics, which will be a mixture of live camera work, and his unique vj style. – http://www.blendstate.com
As always its free entry all night long and we’ll be partying until 4am.
This Saturday is our 2nd Party Rockin Mammal Sessions at the new home at Hare & Hounds. 1st one in January was off the hook (see pics and vid below) so we’re excited about this one.
Party Rockin Mammal Sessions is back with another free party following January’s large launch. We were blown away by the response and the vibe at the last one, so we’re going for another free entry all night.
This month we are very pleased to be welcoming DJ Reaction as our special guest. Heading one of the leading drum and bass events in the city aka Break Thru, and the man who bought us the infamous underground nightlife newspaper – The Night Times, Ric aka DJ Reaction has supported a wealth of big names, including Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Calibre, High Contrast, and London Elektricity. Expect a journey through lush sun kissed liquid drum and bass all the way through to those massive peak time club bangers. Not to be missed.
Joining Ric are our residents Skeleton (Trigger/Secret Wars/The Beat Suite) & Dolhasz (The Beat Suite) taking their killa radio show on rhurbarb radio to the live environment with a diverse party rockin set of beats, breaks and basslines. It always goes off in a big way when they step up, and music wise it’ll range from from turntablism to glitch-hop, all the through to phat breakbeat, dirty dubstep, and lashings of peak time jungle & drum & bass. Blendstate visuals will be on VJ duties making the place look the part, and resident charm offensive Emily will be hosting with the most.
As mentioned it’s Free entry all night long, and have a gander at the little vids of our last party rockin mammal sessions below.
You may be aware that our other Mr Elephant residents, Skeleton & Dolhasz, also produce a radio show on Rhubarb Radio, and have done for almost a year.
Its called The Beat Suite, and if you love phat and experimental bass music, you will love this. It not only demonstrates their quality ecletic musical tastes but also their skills & abilities as both as presenters and behind the decks.
Something a little different this week ahead of Autechre’s visit to Birmingham. This week we’ve got a preview of their new album “Oversteps” ahead of their capsule gig this Friday in Birmingham. We’ve also got content from 4 brum based artists, 1st is our 1st audio doc thing courtesy of Dj smokedog, with his brief history of electronic music from 85-93 which gives an insight into his love of Old Skool, & then we’ve also got 2 mixes, from Brum based promoters, one is a liquid mix from Night Times & Breakthru head honcho Ric aka Dj Reaction (who’ll you can catch this Sat 13th march at our free party @hare&hounds), then a track from night times best local dj Aries, & then we’ve got a reggae mix from the mighty Jam Jah who rocked our last live & free event.
Amazing vibes and inspiring performances from everyone involved, Mr Elephant is full of good vibes after last night.
Massive love, props and gratitude to all who bought the vibes and all who made it happen.
Together we raised just over £300 for Haiti, and created a night we wont forget.
Here’s a little video of some footage of a few of the artists caught on camera last night, until the “proper” footage shot by our man Jack, gets edited together.
Mr Elephant Presents “Live & Free Haiti Fundraiser” – Friday 26th Feb @ Adam & Eve – FREE ENTRY til 4am
Its one month ago today that Haiti was struck by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Obviously a collossol disaster with 200,000 killed, 1 million homeless, huge international response…everyone is aware of the details.
Something that the quake has thrown up is that there is an urgent need, now moreso than ever, to address the fact that Haiti as one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries is in a very vunerable position.
The long history of oppression by dictators has markedly affected the nation and so as well as provding aid, we must also work towards enabling the people to create a sustainable infrastructure that isnt at the mercy of big businesses or powerful governments, like many previous reconstruction attempts have been (and shown).
Haiti needs rebuilding from the ground up and local economies need to be built in small towns and villages. Local people need to be trained and equipped with skills so that the economy can be built from the ground up, and not the top down.
herefore for this fundraiser, we are looking at 2 (Now 3) organisations, who are setting up long term solutions – http://www.earthship.org/haiti-disaster-relief & http://www.haitifoundation.org/ If you can suggest any other options please feel free to let us know. (UPDATE : We have emailed earthship to define their position, as we werent clear on exactly how the money would be used & are looking at http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti as an alternative)
This is a totally free event and on til 4am. Musicans and Djs from Birmingham & Bristol are coming together to produce a quality line up. All costs of the gig will be covered before the event, so that 100% of donations can go directly to two organisations
There are more artists being added to all the time, and the set times and more info will follow next week, but here are the confirmed artists so far.
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Coming all the way from Bristol, and with one of the most played videos on youtube, this band features seriously talented Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Turntable, Percussion, Saxophone, musician and are set for very big things. Possibly the only chance to see them (for free) in Birmingham before they go on their big festival tour in the summer.
World fusion at its finest, with spanish guitar, latin percussion, and 2 vocalists. The Hidden Half always go down a storm at our Live and Free Events. Check our website for past videos
EVA LAZARUS (Acoustic and vocal) – http://www.myspace.com/evalazarus
Making a huge storm in Bristol, the vocals are quite simply jaw dropping. Another artist you may be more aware of via a you tube vid that went viral, this exclusive solo performance is going to be something very special.
A legend on the live scene in brum and the man behind many bands from Dr Dan Blues remedy to the ever impressive Playing Django. If you are in anyway interested in guitar or musicianship then very special live looping performance will be a treat.
Another live looping performance but this time in a very different one man band style with human beatbox, acoustic guitar, vox & xylophone. Smiley mic has rocked two of our previous Mr Elephant events and recently supported De La Soul, so if you havent check him out yet, get there early as he’s opening the live sets, and you prob wont have heard anything quite like him before.
Inspiring singer, guitarist & part of some of Brums finest bands over the last ten years from the Starries to Baxter, this guy made his solo debut last year at our 4th Live & Free and was literally that good, he caused 2 reviews to be written the very next morning! Another probable early performance as he has two gigs on that night.
A poet that is making big waves in brum and london at the mo, witty, honest and charming poetry delivered with personality. Just back from a string of special performances in London don’t miss this.
Host of the Beat Suite, Resident at Trigger and here at Mr Elephant, Kipp is one of the most versatile and talented djs. We couldnt find any video footage of the turntablist style he’ll be playing on the night, but you can rest assured you’ll be treated to a very special scratch set from one of the city’s best djs.
We’ve said it time and time again, but Jam Jah sound is something to beholden in Birmingham, and is why we at Mr Elephant never fail to get them playing wherever possible. Legends. (Again this footage doesnt do them justice, but gives an idea of the sound at the start of the vid)
Jibbering for over 10 years have been bringing bands to Birmingham, the majority of which have gone on to be huge. Tastemakers in their own right with each core member a dj and blatant music devotee, so any opportunity to hear their record collections is always a treat. Tangawizi has a huge spectrum of music and while the vid below is all we could find at the mo, expect funk, soul, reggae, hip hop and maybe even some more underground bizness as he surfs the decks with Jam Jah til 4am.
A huge part of Mr Elephant ever since the 2nd event where he bought the indymedia films for the chillout room. Now one of the leading vj in Birmingham3 years later, and a promoter in his own right, with his own cinephonic event going from strength to strength and his managing of the party rockin mammal sessions over the last 6 months. Footage adorns many mr elephant videos, but this is one that doesnt get seen regularly, with soundtrack from another bristol guest from our 2nd birthday mr dub fx.
VENUE – http://www.theadam.co.uk
Located on the 50 route at the top of bradford street, in Digbeth, and a short walk from the city centre, the venue has been putting on music events every week for years. A place to chill and chat, as much as it is to see quality local and international bands and / or dance til 4am. There’s a cool heated smoking area, pool table and chilling areas, quality bar and proper friendly staff, great in house engineer and just they’ve spent loads on new bassbins, so expect the sound to be even bigger and crisper than every before.
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Final note. (Sorry this has been such a loooong event page!)
We moved this event to a Friday as there as there is another haiti fundraiser on from subvert on the Saturday. As we normally do Saturday - http://www.mrelephant.com/category/events/live-and-free we were a little aprehensive, so if you can help spread the word in anyway it’ll make a big difference and be very much appreciated by all involved.
Obviously everyone is coming together to put on a great free night in the hope to raise money, but also we hope will appeal to a wide range of tastes and make for a proper memorable one, so if you’re in birmingham, and can drop by for a beer, drop a few quid into the donation buckets etc, it should hopefully be another night to remember….and raise plenty of cash for where its needed.
Features tracks from the artists, a little bristol showcase featuring dub mafia & dub fx, a little mix from me - http://www.marcreck.com and a few political tunes to keep us on track.
It’s eclectic, has lots of new jingles, and has taken a good while to put together, so hope you enjoy it. If you like any artists, you can check them out via the links below.
Another 2 eclectic mixes with narrative and very little talking this week on our 21st Mr Elephant Radio show hosted by Marc Reck on Rhubarb Radio.
This week’s show is 40 tracks with a theme loosely based on Journeys. The first hour is coming from “Mr Elephant’s Journey Round the World” (with each track from a different country), and the last mix “Journey to the edge of somewhere” is coming from the set performed at our 2nd Project X Presents event of the same name (which was also all based on Joseph Cambell’s The Heroes Journey).
Both are very different, i hope you enjoy listening to them and please check out any artists you like from the last fm links below.
P.s the haiti fundraiser event mentioned at the end refers to the one on Friday 26th Feb at the Adam & Eve, Digbeth, Birmingham. Free Entry til 4am & Details are here – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=479592425470
UPDATE – The mighty 360 will also be joining us for a special live set, courtesy of a mixup at another venue 
