Ahead of Snowbombing 2012, Rompa’s Reggae Shack launches in London on the 4th Feb 2012 at Les Oubliette, 281 Kingsland road in East London. DJs on the night include Snowbombing veteran and tracksuit party DJ and promoter DJ Tayo. Also behind the wheels of steel are Markle and JBliss representing 2ND Drop Records. Other DJs on the line-up are SL1, Savage Henry, Daddy Nature and Fattie Boom Boom taking up residence duties. Other special guests joining us on this launch night include Neas and DJ Dark representing DPM. Head down to Les Oubliette on the first Saturday of the month to catch Rompa’s Reggae Shack in 2012, expect some big names passing through in the next coming months. This night is dedicated to reggae in all its forms and is about pure vibes. Music is a mission, not a competition…
Midday -6pm Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th December 2011
Sampled combining a sample sale with a record fair and a club night featuring your favorite street wear brands at a fraction of their usual price, some of the UK’s best record dealers, sets of original Soul, Jazz, Funk & Disco breaks from some of the finest DJs in the UK and a nail bar!
THE BRANDS
We have hand picked brands to trade on the day making sure you get your hands on your favourite street wear brands at a fraction of their usual prices. Brands trading include: Stussy, Alife, Generic Surplus, Gimme Five, Fenchurch, Depehct. Any Forty, Stones Throw, DGK, Expedition One, Organika, BLVD, Osiris, Circa & more.
THE RECORDS
Trading in new and classic vinyl & CDs from Hip-Hop box sets to rare Soul & Jazz LPs are Mr Thing, Crazy Beat, Rapandsoulmailorder.com, Jake BBE, JP & Nice Up! making sure there is plenty for even the most avid collector.
THE MUSIC
Throughout the day we have an army of the finest DJs all spinning sets of original breaks as sampled by your favourite producers be they Hip-Hop, House or beyond. DJs include Spin Doctor, Mo Fingaz, Who Sampled DJs, Shepdog, JP, Jake BBE & more.
THE NAILS
One of the hottest new talents on the London nail art scene is will be setting up shop for the week end so come and get pampered by Nails By Hells.
THE ART
The Scrawl Collective are some of the most sought after artists in the land. Travelling the world for exhibitions and commissions alike you can see what all the fuss is about for yourself as they host a stall giving you the chance to get your hands on a one off piece of art.
THE CLUB
After the sale on Saturday night we are re-opening for a one off club night with an incredible line up for DJs including Mark Rae (Rae & Christian), Andy Smith (Portishead), Mr Thing, Spin Doctor, Mo Fingaz & BobaFatt all spinning sets laden with samples and the music they created.
For more information on this event or if interested in getting involved in future events please contact rod@sampleduk.com or tarl@sampleduk.com
The Jamdown sessions will showcase the best roots reggae, dub, dubstep & jungle music from across the globe. Each event will feature a selection of top dubwise acts, supported by the renowned Reggae Roast residents DJs & singers. Situated in the heart of Brixton, Plan B is arguably the best club venue in south London, with a reputation for top quality programing, sound system and atmosphere.
The first Jamdown event showcases a selection of artists from the reggae roast records roster. Each of the headline acts have served up critically acclaimed 12” releases on the Reggae Roast imprint over the past 3 years. For this mammoth first event we have decided to bring them all together, displaying the full effect of the reggae roast movement. We have also drafted in some additional special guests to nice up the dance, including 9-piece live act; OnlyJoe and south London stalwart DJ Snuff.
Headlining the event are Mungo’s Hifi who have been hotter than lava this year! Having hosted the legendary Mungo’s courtyard arena at Outlook festival and releasing a string of massive releases on their Scotch Bonnet label, the Glasgow based super group are seemingly unstoppable. Pioneering a pounding, 21st century rub-a-dub style, Mungo’s Hifi have been serving up some serious riddims, featuring celebrated vocalists such as Movado, Sugar Minot and Earl 16. Not to mention their standout remix on the ‘Reggae Music’ EP released on Reggae Roast Records in May this year.
RSD, perhaps better known as Bristol bass and drum music legend Rob Smith and one half of the respected production duo Smith and Mighty, has been pushing bass heavy rhythms for more than two decades. He remains firmly at the forefront of Bristol’s endlessly inventive music scene, with a staggering discography and a range of projects encompassing dub, drum and bass, 2-step and dubstep.
Adding a live injection to the proceedings, Kenny Knots & Ruben Da Silva will both perform 30-min PA sets, playing classic tracks including ‘Watch How the People Dancing’ and ‘Bless A Sound’ not to mention exclusives performances of ‘Sensi Skank’ & ‘Love Light’, forthcoming on Reggae Roast Records. Also playing on the night will be Reggae Roast founders Exel & Moodie and resident selector; Dub Hunter. The sessions will be hosted by the one and only Ramon Judah.
This first Jamdown event will set the tone for what promises to be one of London’s leading and most innovative dubwise experiences. The next 12 months will see Plan B play host to an exceptional selection of artists in a showcase style, giving dub enthusiasts an unforgettable night out.
Forthcoming artists include Rhythm & Sound, David Rodigan, Aba Shanti-I & many more. There will be no better place in the capital to enjoy the many manifestations of dub. Limited £5 Advanced Early Bird Tickets On Sale NOW!
Artists: MUNGO’S HIFI, RSD, KENNY KNOTS, ONLY JOE – LIVE, RUBEN DA SLIVER, EXEL & MOODIE, DUB HUNTER, SNUFF & RAMON JUDAH
Grab some free launch mixes from RSD and the Mungo’s Hi-Fi:
Lele Saveri hails from Rome Italy and after spending 7 years in London then back home, he now resides in NYC. His work is cross of documentary and portrait photography blending the two with ease in his own unique style. Lele works a personal and informal angle on his subjects capturing a side to people that many of us let go unnoticed. Right in with all the cool kids on the scene Lele worked as photo editor for Vice Italy and Vogue over in New York and not to mentoin working with me at Jessops here in london (he’ll thank me for that later!) he returns to london for the launch of this latest body of work Incubi et Succubi.
Press Release:
Incubi et Succubi is the first solo book by the photographer Lele Saveri.
Shot between Europe and America, it is a collection of images that draws a
path through religion, folklore, obsessions and phobias.
This visual tale combines ancient religious festivals in Sicily, haunted houses in
Staten Island, different species of snakes in New Jersey, and the hidden catacombs
in the Roman underworld.
The title refers to the Succubus figure that guides the viewer throughout the journey,
like in the mythological belief that the demons Incubus and Succubus appear
in men and women’s dreams to seduce them—and then to take their souls
Check some of the beautiful images from the book below:
And a word from Lele himself:
“When I first started taking pictures I was mostly into reportage and slowly I
moved towards a more abstract, less informative photography. It was natural for
me to merge these two different visions of reality into one. In the book I combine
reportage—events in which I have no power except that of recording— and
staged photos, all to tell my very own story.”
“In Rome, where I grew up, fear has a very unique meaning. On one side is the
Vatican and its constant battle against the Devil, on the other is what [Roman
horror director] Dario Argento tells with his movies. I’ve always been fascinated
by both. When I was a kid, my grandma scared me with stories of the monks of
Saint Mary of the Prayer and Death coming out at night, in search of dead bodies
of homeless people to bury in the crypt underneath their church. I never dared to
go in until this year, to photograph the skulls you see in the book.”
Brand new track from the man they call NoisseS!
Get Down/Our Sound featuring deep dark vocals from Ms Merrick is fresh off the press and given away for FREE for you to move your feet and get them heads nodding.
Here is the dirty subby dubby bass line wobbler to sink your teeth into:
Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery,
91 Brick Lane,
London, E1 6QL
November 3-6
A celebration of earthly sins and heavenly fantasies, with collaborations from some of the biggest names in the global scene, Heaven & Earth sees Sickboy figuratively fall from grace into one of his own worlds, calling upon 12 art figureheads to plunge into the depths of darkest conscious…
Presenting an entirely new body of work, Sickboy also presents four major installations which include a walk-in confessional booth (with a resident pastor who will be appearing at various service times throughout the opening), and an installation which sees a who’s who of eminent artists joining Sickboy on his cathartic journey including: D*Face, Eine, Anthony Lister, Paul Insect, Vhils, Conor Harrington, Xenz, Word to Mother, Will Barras, Eelus, Mudwig and Hush – all of whom feature in a special collaborative element of the show.
The art exorcism doesn’t just end there. After years of brainwashing the public with his temple and slogans such as ‘Save the Youth’,Sickboy is expanding his ethos of ‘art for the people’ and inviting the global public to become part of his show by submitting their anonymous confessions to him,which will become one of the main installations, entitled CONFESS.
Nov 4th 2011 – Nov 26th 2011
Private View: 3rd Nov, 6-9pm
American artist, Kelsey Brookes, is a former biochemist whose character and style was developed by an education system “that refused to teach scientists to draw”. Three years into his studies he abandoned biochemistry for art fearing he had ‘become the person he had always despised’.
However Science’s loss is art’s gain, and Kelsey began developing his explosive and bold style, showcasing for the first time in London in 2007 at Santa’s Ghetto. Kelsey now returns exhibiting a solo show at The Outsiders Gallery on Greek Street this month. His vibrant celebration of colour and pattern combining mixed-media ensembles of sex, animals and energetic characters leads to an exciting and energetic exhibition.
Supergraphics – Transforming Space: Graphic Design for Walls, Building and Spaces, takes you through the Supergraphics movement from it’s early days and allows you to look at the work of some of the leading contemporary designers in this field.
Supergraphics, now more commonly known as Environmental graphics was an architectural movement in the 60s and 70s that’s fundamental aim was to ‘remove solidity, gravity, even history’ by applying graphics and paint to the interior and exterior surfaces of building.
As one architectural writer noted at the time:
‘… niches of architects and designers began experimenting with Supergraphics to emulate the spatial effects of architecture. These designers distorted perspective with stripes and arrows, emphasized wayfinding and movement sequences with surface designs, joined community groups to paint illustrative graphics over blighted buildings, and played with scale by using billboarding tactics.’
The explosive take-off saw Supergraphics as an exciting and daring time for design; it was all about being big and bold, taking over a space, recreating it and finding a solution that pushes the boundaries. Today the term Supergraphics mainly applies to any mega-scale graphics and while not much of the work now days connects to the ideologies of it’s originals, this book shows large scale work being produced all around the world that still contains that ‘big’ and ‘daring’ factor which originated from the 1960s movement.
Fancy getting up close and personal to Beyonce’s futuristic Gareth Pugh heels as seen in her ‘Girls’ video. Or casting your eyes over the highest pair of Louboutin’s ever made?
The worlds of fashion and art merge next week, as online shoe store Javari launch their first FREE public exhibition; Shoes for Show: The Sculptural Art of High Heels, at one of East London’s most well known creative/exhibition spaces The Truman Brewery…
Featuring one-off pairs loaned by fashion’s finest including Daphne Guinness, Nicholas Kirkwood, Christian Louboutin, Gareth Pugh and many more, Shoes for Show spotlights high heels to be appreciated for their beauty, rather than their function. It offers an exclusive look at couture pieces from the private collections of well-known figures, one-off designs created for their two minutes of catwalk fame and heels that can only be described as an art form.
Javari was built two years ago, by Amazon response to customers’ desires to shop a destination dedicated to shoes and handbags. It offers current season stock across fashion’s most popular shoe brands including Dune, KG by Kurt Geiger and Carvela. Regularly winning awards for its easy to use website Javari wanted to translate its love of shoes and handbags and its commitment to providing customers with trend-led styles via an exhibition showcasing pioneers in the field, both past, and present.
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