The second of our Party Rockin Mammal Sessions was a history lesson, a fabulous evening, and a proper party, all rolled into one thanks to special guest Dj Smokedog, and our residents.
We kicked off with some downtempo Elephant radio style music, as the place quickly started to fill up while it was free entry. A birthday surprise was among the guests and just before we started the dancefloor action, we dropped the music to a rousing crescendo of happy birthday sung by everyone in there!
Marc Reck and Liam Blendstate kicked us off with some breaks, a little techno, and some dancing santa clauses, while our normal performance artist and workshop host, Pyn Stockman hosted the door with a welcoming smile, and a professional style!
Then it was time for our special guest and birthday boy, dj Smokedog who was playing the first of his two sets, with a bag of classic old school. For someone that is a relative newcomer to our local scene, he seemed as excited as we were to have him play, and he didnt fail to deliver.
A blistering set, and plenty of shaky hand people as Smokedog took us all back to the early 90′s, with the multi screen visuals from Liam Blendstate, at times completely transforming the venue, creating a magical environment for a really responsive crowd.
At around midnight it was back to Marc for his second set of the evening, this time switching it up into the drum and bass, and totally rocking the floor, with a huge amount of energy from behind the decks and an arsenal of tracks.
Back over to Smokedog, for his final jungle set, and by now the friendly crowd and electric atmosphere, had the whole place proper excited, as we all explored the other side of the old school.
A truly momentous night, and a really awesome crowd who created something very special. Hats off to those that came in fancy dress, those that bought light sabers, and to everyone who created such a party rocking atmosphere.
Also big shouts to the venue hosts, and to the bouncer on the fire escape door who got well into the music and looked after the crowd, after one stray started to mess with the light sabers ! 
One love
Mr E x
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This Saturday is the 2nd installment of our Party Rockin Mammal Sessions upstairs at the Bulls Head in Moseley, and, inspired by the recent Atomic Jam, and memories of the old days at the Que Club, this month we’ve got a special guest who has the skills (and the record collection) to take us back!
This month we are going for an all out assault on the dancefloor with birthday boy Dj Smokedog, who simply put, has a relentless passion for what he terms “proper old school” and “classic jungle”
With over 15 years experience, Smokedog is a familliar face in the festival and free party scene, and no stranger to rockin hoards of party mammals with a record collection that is brimming with music from the days before the criminal justice bill came in.
(Days when it seems you could very literally go and dance with 1000 people in birmingham’s rag market!)
To keep things muxed up, our resident dj Marc Reck will be balancing the old school with the nu skool and party breaks, and the jungle with the drum and bass with a hint of classic techno thrown in for good memories.
Our resident Vj Mr Blendstate will be bringing his dual projector light magic for your visual stimulation, and our veritable door host Pyn will be on hand to welcome you our party, and we hope that by 2am you will be feeling extremely warm and somewhat fuzzy inside.
For anyone thats as skint as us please get there b4 10 as it’s free entry, otherwise its £3 after 10pm to cover the costs.
This is our last Mr Elephant event this year, but keep an eye out for the next full scale festival style ones, (when the weather starts to warm up again) which will feature the return of the poodles, the ever growing midnight mask percussion parade, local djs, bands, vjs and performers, stalls from local people, workshops from the mr elephant crew, and more than likely those tourists will be dropping by with tales of their caravan club once again!
We also have 2 new community style projects which are set for early next year which we are hoping will appeal/be useful to mammals in brum, and we’ve got some local artwork, handmade drums, custom made workshops and some speciailly designed t-shirts which should be available from the website very soon.
If you’d like to keep updated with any of the above please keep in touch via the mailing list, the rss feed or of course feel free to email us at – mrelephantpresents@gmail.com
One love
Mr Elephant x
ay is the 2nd installment of our Party Rockin Mammal Sessions upstairs at the Bulls Head in Moseley, and, inspired by the recent Atomic Jam, and memories of the old days at the Que Club, this month we’ve got a special guest who has the skills (and the record collection) to take us back!
This month we are going for an all out assault on the dancefloor with birthday boy Dj Smokedog, who simply put, has a relentless passion for what he terms “proper old school” and “classic jungle”
With over 15 years experience, Smokedog is a familliar face in the festival and free party scene, and no stranger to rockin hoards of party mammals with a record collection that is brimming with music from the days before the criminal justice bill came in.
(Days when it seems you could very literally go and dance with 1000 people in birmingham’s rag market!)
To keep things muxed up, our resident dj Marc Reck will be balancing the old school with the nu skool and party breaks, and the jungle with the drum and bass with a hint of classic techno thrown in for good memories.
Our resident Vj Mr Blendstate will be bringing his dual projector light magic for your visual stimulation, and our veritable door host Pyn will be on hand to welcome you our party, and we hope that by 2am you will be feeling extremely warm and somewhat fuzzy inside.
For anyone thats as skint as us please get there b4 10 as it’s free entry, otherwise its £3 after 10pm to cover the costs.
This is our last Mr Elephant event this year, but keep an eye out for the next full scale festival style ones, (when the weather starts to warm up again) which will feature the return of the poodles, the ever growing midnight mask percussion parade, local djs, bands, vjs and performers, stalls from local people, workshops from the mr elephant crew, and more than likely those tourists will be dropping by with tales of their caravan club once again!
We also have 2 new community style projects which are set for early next year which we are hoping will appeal/be useful to mammals in brum, and we’ve got some local artwork, handmade drums, custom made workshops and some speciailly designed t-shirts which should be available from the website very soon.
If you’d like to keep updated with any of the above please keep in touch via the mailing list, the rss feed or of course feel free to email us at – mrelephantpresents@gmail.com
One love
Mr Elephant x
This Saturday is the 2nd installment of our Party Rockin Mammal Sessions upstairs at the Bulls Head in Moseley, and, inspired by the recent Atomic Jam, and memories of the old days at the Que Club, this month we’ve got a special guest who has the skills (and the record collection) to take us back!
This month we are going for an all out assault on the dancefloor with birthday boy Dj Smokedog, who simply put, has a relentless passion for what he terms “proper old school” and “classic jungle”
With over 15 years experience, Smokedog is a familliar face in the festival and free party scene, and no stranger to rockin hoards of party mammals with a record collection that is brimming with music from the days before the criminal justice bill came in.
(Days when it seems you could very literally go and dance with 1000 people in birmingham’s rag market!)
To keep things muxed up, our resident dj Marc Reck will be balancing the old school with the nu skool and party breaks, and the jungle with the drum and bass with a hint of classic techno thrown in for good memories.
Our resident Vj Mr Blendstate will be bringing his dual projector light magic for your visual stimulation, and our veritable door host Pyn will be on hand to welcome you our party, and we hope that by 2am you will be feeling extremely warm and somewhat fuzzy inside.
For anyone thats as skint as us please get there b4 10 as it’s free entry, otherwise its £3 after 10pm to cover the costs.
This is our last Mr Elephant event this year, but keep an eye out for the next full scale festival style ones, (when the weather starts to warm up again) which will feature the return of the poodles, the ever growing midnight mask percussion parade, local djs, bands, vjs and performers, stalls from local people, workshops from the mr elephant crew, and more than likely those tourists will be dropping by with tales of their caravan club once again!
We also have 2 new community style projects which are set for early next year which we are hoping will appeal/be useful to mammals in brum, and we’ve got some local artwork, handmade drums, custom made workshops and some speciailly designed t-shirts which should be available from the website very soon.
If you’d like to keep updated with any of the above please keep in touch via the mailing list, the rss feed or of course feel free to email us at – mrelephantpresents@gmail.com
One love
This Saturday is the 2nd installment of our Party Rockin Mammal Sessions upstairs at the Bulls Head in Moseley, and, inspired by the recent Atomic Jam, and memories of the old days at the Que Club, this month we’ve got a special guest who has the skills (and the record collection) to take us back!
This month we are going for an all out assault on the dancefloor with birthday boy Dj Smokedog, who simply put, has a relentless passion for what he terms “proper old school” and “classic jungle”
With over 15 years experience, Smokedog is a familliar face in the festival and free party scene, and no stranger to rockin hoards of party mammals with a record collection that is brimming with music from the days before the criminal justice bill came in.
(Days when it seems you could very literally go and dance with 1000 people in birmingham’s rag market!)
To keep things muxed up, our resident dj Marc Reck will be balancing the old school with the nu skool and party breaks, and the jungle with the drum and bass with a hint of classic techno thrown in for good memories.
Our resident Vj Mr Blendstate will be bringing his dual projector light magic for your visual stimulation, and our veritable door host Pyn will be on hand to welcome you our party, and we hope that by 2am you will be feeling extremely warm and somewhat fuzzy inside.
For anyone thats as skint as us please get there b4 10 as it’s free entry, otherwise its £3 after 10pm to cover the costs.
This is our last Mr Elephant event this year, but keep an eye out for the next full scale festival style ones, (when the weather starts to warm up again) which will feature the return of the poodles, the ever growing midnight mask percussion parade, local djs, bands, vjs and performers, stalls from local people, workshops from the mr elephant crew, and more than likely those tourists will be dropping by with tales of their caravan club once again!
We also have 2 new community style projects which are set for early next year which we are hoping will appeal/be useful to mammals in brum, and we’ve got some local artwork, handmade drums, custom made workshops and some speciailly designed t-shirts which should be available from the website very soon.
If you’d like to keep updated with any of the above please keep in touch via the mailing list, the rss feed or of course feel free to email us at – mrelephantpresents@gmail.com
One love
Mr Elephant x
I really enjoyed playing to an absolutely wicked crowd all were up for it and everyone seemed to be smiling and having lots of fun! Thats oldskool hardcore for ya simply put – tunes that make you smile
Big thanks to Marc Reck for giving me the chance to rock a crowd again and to Liam Blendstate for providing fractual eye candy around the venue.
Dj SmokeDog.