FUTUREBOOGIE present CRAZY P SOUND SYSTEM
Sat 20th February
With residents Joe 90, El Harvo and Kid Bongo.
8pm-3am
Free before midnight / £5 after
Crazy P
Welcome to the weird but beautiful world of Crazy P, a production team, five-piece band and DJ collective...
Based in Nottingham, formally Crazy Penis was started way way back in 1996 by Chris Todd and Jim Baron. Sharing a love of all things soulful and funky the pair attracted the attention of Paperecordings, Manchester, where they released their debut single "Summer Bummer", to high acclaim.
The album "A Nice Hot Bath With…." followed, which put the Penis sound firmly on the map. It was prime time for some vocal action so for their next single release the boys dragged local socialite Danielle Moore into the studio, luckly she could sing and low and behold "You Started Something" was unleashed. "The Wicked is Music" album followed, a far more ambitious outing than the first, featuring 4 vocals tracks with Danielle and much more "live" twiddling and playing. Requests for live shows followed so more personal were drafted in..Tim Davis (bass, with plenty of Penis experience having already contributed towards the first 2 albums), Mav (percussion, the cream resident had also performed on the last album. As a five piece the band started making a bit of a name for themselves. With the release of "The Wicked.." in Australia, things really started hotting up in true Ozzy fashion. After plenty of radio play the 5 piece went out there to tour and had the pleasure of playing infront of 1500 fans in Sydney. Australia has become a bit of a second home for the band as they’ve been going out every year ever since. "24 hour phsycadellic Freekout" was the first release in new label Shiva. The album featured 6 new tracks and 4 Crazy Penis remixes. A new member, Mat Klose on drums, a friend of Chris’ from his college days, was enlisted and work began on the next "true" artist album "A Night On Earth".
This album saw a name change (the "enis" was lobbed of in favour of a more asexual Crazy P) and developed the live sound that the band had been cultivating after a few years of gigging. The album features session performances from local Nottingham musicians as well as classic electronic outings such as "Lady T" (featuring Rachael Foster) and "life’s My Friend" (featuring Tim Davis on vocals).
Futureboogie
With it’s beginnings as a club night eight years ago in Bristol Futureboogie now houses club promotions in both Bristol and London, a worldwide respected website, a management and booking agency, and radio shows on FM and online in UK, Japan, Turkey, Italy, and Austria.
The Futureboogie DJs and parties have become highly regarded in their home town, across the UK, and beyond.
The cast of DJs may have changed over the years, but the hallmarks of no boundaries quality music and a good party have survived, and are now in the capable hands of Joe90, El Harvo, and Kid Bongo.
