Saturday 6th Feburary
9pm – 4am
Free before 11pm / £4 thereafter
Horse & Groom
26 Curtain Rd
Old Street, London EC2A 3NZ3
ACID/HOUSE/DISCO
DJ’s
Dave Congreve (Boardroom/Repeat Repeat)
itchysoul dj’s
Colin White (Curious People)
Dave Rose
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///Shift
Shift Records is an independent record label dedicated to releasing quality dance music on a Acid Disco House vibe…
Shift has put on a series of hugely successful parties around London, where over the last few months shift have bought an amazing array of DJ talent to the intimate surroundings.
DJs such as Rahaan, Andy Blake, Richard Sen, Felix Dickinson, NY legend John Morales, Severino and Red Rack’em have all graced the decks at Shift parties.
Forthcoming release from Red Rack’em on Shift Recordings due out soon…
///Dave Congreve (Boardroom/Repeat Repeat)
Having been inspired by trips to Detroit’s legendary Music Institute and Chicago’s Shelter, where he saw Richie Hawtin, Derrick May and Derrick Carter respectively, Dave started his own night in Nottingham (Ask Yer Dad) in the early ‘90’s and was one of the first clubs to book guests who shared Dave’s vision of house and techno such as John Aquaviva, Josh Wink, and the aforementioned Derrick Carter.
Dave was subsequently offered the residency at ‘Drop the Bomb’ on Saturdays at Nottingham’s Bomb nightclub which started in 1997. It was at The Bomb that Dave was the featured DJ on the Radio 1 Essential Mix Live, and during his time there regularly played alongside international DJs such as Steve Bug, Craig Richards, Derrick May, Carl Craig and also Andrew Weatherall. It is through the mutual respect he has with Andrew Weatherall that Dave was asked to be the support DJ on the last Two Lone Swordsmen tour.
Whilst at The Bomb he was simultaneously pushing the boundaries of what he, and his audience were experiencing, and developing the his own unique vision, blurring the boundaries of house, techno and electronic music, subsequently developing the distinctive sound of The Bomb. There were much lorded sets of pitched down techno and tracked out house where Dave developed and moved towards the realms of his early techno influences, culminating in his increasingly minimal sound and approach to music.
Dave creates increasing ways of layering and working records and has often been complimented on his unique approach to his DJ sets. This has brought him to the attention of clubs such as Fabric where he guests regularly, Haywire and also many other clubs in London including The End, Back2basics, gigs at Sonar in Barcelona and other various clubs in Europe. Dave now is a fortnightly resident at ‘Stealth” in Nottingham where he’s played alongside Magda, Luciano and Matthew Jonson.
In 2005 Dave ventured into as Repeat/Repeat. The first release, “Bounce Your Body to The Box” EP on Soma in August 2005 garnered much critical acclaim. The sound has been quoted as “demented machine funk” and “deep, undulating, minimal techno”.
The debut album “Squints” released Nov 06, is still on everyones playlist and more recent releases from the album have included mixes form Andrew Weatherall and Gaiser. Repeat/Repeat have also produced remixes for Andrew Weatherall’s “Can’t Do Disco…” on the Bullet Catchers Apprentice EP and a remix for LGO’s “I’ll Like your Spine” on Pnuma.
Dave continues to record his own music , currently collaborating in the studio with Steve Boardman (Boardroom/Klang Electronic/Playhouse). Together they have remixed Two Lone Swordsman for Rotters Golf Club and Brett Johnson for Leftroom Recordings (both to be released early 2008) and are working on forthcoming releases of original material. He continues to DJ at top international clubs and is also resident at the ubercool Shoreditch Sunday party “Dig Your Own Rave” at the T-Bar in London.
///Itchysoul
Itchysoul have been around for 6 years putting on superb disco parties across London at venues such as, Public Life, Horse & Groom, East Village, Sosho, Visions Video Bar & The Egg plus an annual disco boat party up and down the Thames.
They’ve played stomping festival gigs that have taken them across the globe from the UK to Africa and back again and have worked with the many of the regulars on the London Party scene, Lazermagnetic, Chibuku, Universal Vibes, EBM & DDD.
The music is always disco in spirit and good vibes is what itchysoul is about and they are set to keep you dancing the night, or day, away…
Itchysoul dj’s currently have 2 residencies in London, one at Lockside Lounge in Camden with Paddy Freeform (Universal Vibes) for Sounds Good and the other at Horse and Groom which they have teamed up with Ctrl Alt Delete Records to promote their up and coming label ///Shift which runs monthly with guest such as Red Rack’em, John Morales, Felix Dickinson, Rahaan, Love Fever, Richard Sen, Andy Blake plus other local talent such as Hackney Players Association, Special Needs and Curious People.
With the up and coming launch of their record label ‘Shift music’ along with forthcoming itchysoul productions, the future looks as shiny as a disco ball for the Itchysoul DJs.
///Colin White (Curious People)
Colin White is one half of Curious People who have graced the decks at many a disco party on the London scene. He doesn’t like worms.
We are 2 DJ's from London that like recording mixes and staying up late.
Dave likes 10p crisps. Colin
doesn't like worms.
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