Our 2nd Inter-mix will feature not one but two Birmingham based promoters and their residents who bring international music to the city. The mighty reggae collective Jam Jah & legendary tropical dance music selectors Moseley Tropical.

Elephant favourites Jam Jah need no introduction and we try and get them in whereeever we can due to their unmistakeable blend of roots reggae and dancehall which never fails to set the room alight. Chief selectors Robin G and Damon will be repping the show and they’ll be kicking it off from 10pm.

They’ve got a new e.p out which you can buy from their website now – http://www.friendlyfiremusic.com/

Moseley Tropical similarly bring a whole load of great musical culture to our fair city of Birmingham, and have hosted their unique mix of past present and future tropical dance music at many Birmingham venues – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55522940457

“The past, present and future of tropical dance music”…”leave your preconceptions at the door”. One of the chief selectors Mr Zuppa Inglese not only has a great skill on the decks but also a great show on the mic, so expect to be shaking your thang from midnight til 2am.

Doors open at 10pm / Entry is free before 10.30 & £4 after

So our first proposed Inter-mix event was actually a Balkanik Eruption event. Both Marc & Liam both having gigs on the pre-booked night, meant we couldn’t run the full Inter-mix idea, but thankfully it did give us an opportunity to invite one of our favourite Birmingham events – Balkanik Eruption down and see how they run things.

Suffice to say it was a balkanik blast!

First up on the decks was Uncle Zitty, who is no stranger to rockin underground dancefloors and one of the residents of Balkanik Eruption.

Next up was our very own Marc Reck who played his first totally Balkan set, and judging by the dancefloor and residents responses did us proud.

Next up was Leon Trimble aka Vj Chromatouch who was not only doing visuals but also using Traktor and what sounded like a load of mashup balkan music

And to wrap things up was Zuppa Inglese aka Brian Parsons who used his fabulous music collection and tailored skills to full effect til 2am.

Hosted by Ellie Middleton with face painting from Rosa, and door hosting by Kyle, the Balkanik eruption crew are not only a pleasure to work with, but they really know how party.

Join their facebook group and look out for their next event (normally at the Cross in Moseley)

Those lovely people at the Night Times have featured Mr Elephant twice in this month’s issue! An interview and a review! Click on the pics for a readable version

Update : It seems the workshops were also covered by the BBC website too – http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2009/05/21/half_term_highlights_feature.shtml

Thanks to Rich for the heads up

The sister night to Cinephonic is another experiemental elephant residency called Inter-mix. A dj/vj based remix project, with live musicians in Room 2 at the Hare & Hounds

Launch date is Sat July 11th 2009..More news soon