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Bluu Basement, Glasgow, Sat 1 Oct
‘Cilasx'xegians have Soul in abundance-f so claim Shae D and Andy Unger. Dth. co; promoters and soul providers of new Glasgow c'ub gig. Souliamf. Shae [) has been bonxxlod over by the response: 'tho feedback from the crowd has been phenomenal. Wo'yo managed in six months to grow from a 120 capacity xenue. to l in the Park in front of how t‘léll‘n, thousands” [Vt'oiybody it seems. has heard about it or been to it no small feat for a club in its infancy and one ‘.'."|Ill so many pieces to its lit/153$ It features tux/o DJs iUngor and Shae Du oight singers. an MC). a sax prayer and whole host of other g>ercussionists and musicians. “The 'ogistics of rehearsing a pool of singers of eight or more. coiiibinod with horns and percussion ‘.'.'as never going to be easy but \.'Jo'\.'o managed the chaos so far.~ says Unger. Apart fi'o'i‘. tho home grown Scots and UK talent. the performers come from as far afield as America and l iberia and They like nothing bettoi than pumping out spiritual. inspirational houso. US garage and gospel. 't'yeryono needs a bit of soul in their lives] according to Shae l). «Sandra Marroni
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Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 23 Sept
As tho Unabombois. l uko ()owdrey Etf‘tl Justin Crawford. \‘Jll'()(l up tho nor.» legendary Llectric ()haii night in 1995). it became an unconscious antithesis to tho dominant mainstream
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and gang thuggery of Manchester's thon stagnant scene. ‘Wo took a shitty little rock club With sweaty walls. sticky carpets and overfloWing toilets and got on Wllll our thing really: gathered a rent-a mob of friends. cousins and lovers and just played music we loved' recalls ()owdrey of tho club's inception. today. With an inflated l()||()‘.r‘v/|ll§}. courtesy of a series of stellar. soulful houso mixes. tho duo carry tho samo ethos. naiiioly ‘dirty basements. big sound system. a red light and nice crowd'.
‘Poople talk about an interest in soul music in Manchester. I think you find that in fdinburgh as woll.’ claims C()‘."~/(ll()y of tho Unabombors' preVIous good times in tho capital. ‘I think we've found that connection With Edinburgh where its got a very open idea to what people perceive as soul music —< essentially music that's got tho feeling in it across all tho gonres.'
Needless to say. lroublo's lithe platform for good Vibes regardless of tho tag icuri'ont toast of tho town X Vectors also appear live on tho bill). tho 'bombers can anticipate another homely reception for their luscious party platters. (Mark t-‘dmundsonl
lUNK l “P HOP FINGATHING
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Sep; Concept Theory at the Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow, Sat 1 Oct
Fingathing are a truly unique proposition, the seemingly unrelated disciplines of double bass and turntablism combine to make a beautiful marriage of live jazzy elements and spellbinding mixing, scratching and hip hop funk. Classically trained double bassist Sneaky and decks man and mixer extraordinaire Peter Parker, much like everything about the band, came together organically. ‘It came through a chance meeting,’ explains Sneaky. ‘We both used to play in a band called Rae & Christian, and that’s how we met. We just got on and started playing, I was playing a bass line and Peter just wanted to get stuck in and started scratching a drum beat along to it, and that excited us both. So from that point on we just played as much as we could together with just those two core elements.’
There is yet another element that sets them out from the crowd - the beautiful artwork and sci-fi wrestling concept across their releases, all from integral third ‘non-musical’ member, artist Chris Drury. ‘Chris has been the third member for quite a while now and he’s very much a part of the whole identity of Fingathing,’ says Sneaky. ‘When we write music he’s the first one we play any kind of demos to, then he has an idea and goes off on one and conjures up images. We try and make it a melting pot, we all live together so it’s quite interesting how ideas germinate and have knock- on effects. Chris’ drawings definitely influence our music.’
(Henry Northmore)
BROKE N Bl Al THE WEE CHILL The Glasshouse (Queen’s Park), Glasgow, Sun 25 Sep
As Roger Daltroy is never done With saying. ‘it's good to put something back'. With tho Woo Chill. an occasional event in the Glasshouse in Glasgow's Queen's Park. tho top dogs behind Liguid Events. better known as tho Liguid Lounge guys. have been giVing the city's Southside something its never had before: a carnival- type. all-day bash. showcasing all manner of achineg hip dance music.
l-laVing attracted the likes of the Stereo MCs and Massive Attack's Daddy (3 at proVious events. the third instalment of the WC sees london's visionary electric soul collective Bug/ in the Attic heading north. The remixers par excellence have their debut studio album set for release and will be playing live. Co-organiser (Eianni PaIa//o explains: “It's going to be an interesting set up. they're doing their soundsystom thing. which is a new departure for tlioiii.'
the bank holiday entertainment also includes stalls. food. art installations, more live music from til/X funksters the Everything Treatment and Glasgow hip hop phenomenon Mixed Bi/ness. plus turntable treatment from the likes of Andy Piacentini. Martyn .Jengahead and Nick Peacock. ‘The idea has always been to do soiiiothing a bit less club»orientated.' according to Palaz/o. ‘Thore's a really diverse feel to it.‘ (Kenny Hodgart)
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