Live & Free # 7 – Sat 24th October 2009 @ Adam & Eve

Rich Batsford’s 40th Birthday / Free Control – 1st B’ham Date / Mark Smallman / Dj Chromatouch

For this month’s Live and Free at the Adam and Eve we saw a very special concert with two of the finest midlands artists, a great chillout dj and a some special guests

Rich Batsford celebrated his 40th Birthday as well as his debut UK album and album relase and peformed a great crowd pleasing set with some new material and 2 special guests. Great talent and brilliant audience rapport. If you havent already head on to his website and get yourself a copy of Valentine Court. You wont be disappointed.

Free Control were up next with their first Birmingham appearance, and they were quite simply awe inspiring. The room was packed with people and like most mr elephant gigs, there was a wide range of people. Aside from the roaring response during their set, they also were congratulated by so many people throughout the night, they are already wanting to come back. Big shouts also to some truly inspired live visuals from The Lab (as he’s the resident visual maestro with Free Control, and their very cool management.

On the decks this month there were 3 great sets from Mr Elephant regulars. Mark Smallman, Vj Chromatouch and our resident Marc Reck. The room was still dancing at closing time, but despite the clocks going back we didnt get an extra hour.

Next month we are well excited to be welcoming the return of Munch Break and their home cooking djs back and Mr Elephant favourites Jam Jah will also be returning.

Mr Elephant Radio Show #3 – 14th February 2009

Its Valentines day, and so we’re on a suitable love theme with Mr Elephant’s Falling in Love Mixtape & some live footage of Rich Batsford performing some of his forthcoming album Valentine Court @ a packed out gig at the Old Joint Stock back in 2007.

Marc Reck is your host, and you can listen again, dload the show and comment all from this post. Artist tracklistings are also below to aid in finding music you like via last fm. This will be our last Friday night show as Marc’s own djing commitments mean we will be moving to a different day. As soon as a suitable slot is available we’ll be back with the show.

P.s Apologies for not posting the other shows. These last 3 were the only ones that were recorded. When we return we will record and post each show.

P.P.S – Re the audio quality of the gig, it was recorded on binaurul microphones as opposed to any sort of live feed. While it doesn’t sound too bad, it obviously doesn’t do justice to the rich sound that rich creates.

Mr Elephant Radio #3 – 14th Feb 2009 by marcreck

Tracklisting

1. Where Do I Begin (Away Team Mix) – Shirley Bassey – http://www.last.fm/music/Shirley+Bassey+And+Away+Team

2. Irony Of It All – The Streets
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Streets?q=the+streets

3. Fuck Me Pumps – Amy Whinehouse
http://www.last.fm/music/Amy+Winehouse

4. Subbacultcha – The Pixies
http://www.last.fm/music/Pixies?q=The+Pixies

5. Hey Big Spender – Shirley Bassey
http://www.last.fm/music/Shirley+Bassey

6. Irene – Mama Matrix
http://www.myspace.com/mamamatrix

7. When She Loved Me – Sarah Mclaughlin
http://www.last.fm/music/Sarah+McLachlan?q=+Sarah+Mclaughlin

8. Unravel – Bjork
http://www.last.fm/music/Bj%C3%B6rk?q=Bjork

9. Protection – Massive Attack
http://www.last.fm/music/Massive+Attack?q=Massive+Attack

10. Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
http://www.last.fm/music/Tracy+Chapman?q=Tracy+Chapman

11. You Belong To Me – Bob Dylan
http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Dylan?q=Bob+Dylan

12. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Buckley?q=Jeff+Buckley

13. You, Me and The Alarm Clock – Johnny Dangerously
http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Dangerously

14. Distractions – Zero 7
http://www.last.fm/music/Zero+7?q=Zero+7

15. In Love With You – Ericka Badu
http://www.last.fm/music/Erykah+Badu?q=Ericka+Badu+

16. Aqueous Transmission – Incubus
http://www.last.fm/music/Incubus?q=+Incubus

Tracklisting for Rich Batsford’s gig  to follow

www.richbatsford.com

If you listened to or downloaded this mix, please drop us a comment below, and if you like any of the artists, please think about buying one of their tracks.

One Love