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August 15th, 2006 by rui
The Big Chill House – November
Saturday 1st
SKYLINE RECORDS present OLLIE TEEBA (THE HERBALISER), GERALD JAZZMAN, FUNKSHONE & MALACHI
One of London’s premier funk and beats labels, Skyline records make their Big Chill House debut with a solid line up of DJs. Previously signed to Ninja Tune, The Herbaliser have recently released a brand new album on K7. Original b-boy and DJ extraordinaire Ollie Teeba is a deft hand at rocking hip hop, funk and breakbeats. Gerald Jazzman is without doubt one of the most dedicated record collectors in the world, so don’t miss this opportunity to catch his rare soul, funk and dancefloor jazz!
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Monday 3rd
THE LOCAL present LOCAL MONDAYS
More live music from The Local crew. Please check www.localism.com for more details
7PM – 11PM
FREE
Tuesday 4th
OPEN
Wednesday 5th
SPONTANEOUS CONSTRUCTION
Spontaneous Construction is a live jam session conducted by Basil ‘Black II Basic’ Issac. Everyone is welcome to come and jam, vocalists and musicians. The vibe is funk with a twist of soul, boogie, jazz and whatever happens, happens! We have seen some of the best musicians in London come and grace us with their presence so come down and be part of the vibe…
8PM – 1AM
FREE
Thursday 6th
ANDY SMITH’S PICK ‘N’ MIX
Ex Portishead DJ, beat digger, album compiler, and one of the most eclectic and funky DJs out there, Andy Smith continues his exclusive weekly residency at the Big Chill House. With un-announced special guests alongside fellow residents Keith Lawrence & Mistah Brown, get ready for a weekly selection of Funk, Boogie, Northern Soul, Old School Hip Hop, Jump Blues, Reggae & anything else that that can scooped into the bag!
7PM – 12AM
FREE
Friday 7th
ALDO VANUCCI’s HOUSE PARTY with special guest FEATURECAST (Catskills/Goodgroove)
Plymouths self confessed 14th best DJ Aldo Vanucci returns with another jam packed house party (no party sausages unfortunately though). Joining him on the night is Brighton’s finest beat freak and possibly the man who has released a tune on the most labels this year – Featurecast. Expect crowd-pleasing hip hop, RnB, funk, drum and bass and disco.
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Saturday 8th
TRU THOUGHTS present ROB LUIS (6 Hour Set)
Brightons finest merchants of low slung funk return once again for their Big Chill House residency. Following jam packed nights for Nostalgia 77, Natural Self and Hint, this time label boss Rob Luis takes the reigns for the whole night for a rare 6 hour set. A fan of all types of music, expect to be dazzled by a wide range of beaty treats.
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Monday 10th
THE LOCAL present LOCAL MONDAYS
More live music from The Local crew. Please check www.localism.com for more details
7PM – 11PM
FREE
Tuesday 11th
HOOKED ON MUSIC present…
A.Genuine.Freakshow:
www.myspace.com/agenuinefreakshow
Nick Mulvey:
www.myspace.com/nickmulveymusic
Hexicon:
Nathalie Nahai:
8PM-11PM
FREE
Wednesday 12th
AFRIKOKOA present SHEASOUL
8PM-12AM
FREE
Thursday 13th
ANDY SMITH’S PICK ‘N’ MIX
Ex Portishead DJ, beat digger, album compiler, and one of the most eclectic and funky DJs out there, Andy Smith continues his exclusive weekly residency at the Big Chill House. With un-announced special guests alongside fellow residents Keith Lawrence & Mistah Brown, get ready for a weekly selection of Funk, Boogie, Northern Soul, Old School Hip Hop, Jump Blues, Reggae & anything else that that can scooped into the bag!
7PM – 12AM
FREE
Friday 14th
NEW BOHEMIA present BUGZ IN THE ATTIC
London’s world famous pioneers of the Broken Beat sound, remixers to the stars and festival favourites make a welcome return to The Big Chill House. Crossing musical boundaries such as disco, boogie, jazz, techno and soul the Bugz certainly know how to have a good time, and how to translate that to the dancefloor. Joining them is New Bohemia resident and man about town DJ Noah.
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Saturday 15th
JALAPENO RECORDS present ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE
Flying in from the USA for this exclusive UK show, the All Good Funk Alliance make and play the kind of music it’s impossible not to wiggle your butt to. After a slew of fine 12”s and remixes, the Jalapeno crew have decided to release a “best of” entitled The Raid. Make yourself known at the DJ booth for special giveaways!
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Monday 17th
THE LOCAL present LOCAL MONDAYS
More live music from The Local crew. Please check www.localism.com for more details
7PM – 11PM
FREE
Tuesday 18th
OPEN
Wednesday 19th
FIRST WORD RECORDS present 6IX TOYS (LIVE)
Currently one of the bands everyone is watching, 6ix Toys have been rocking their native Liverpool for some years. With a brand new single, a funk cover of The Prodigy’s “Voodoo People” getting played on Radio 1, the hype seems set to grow for this fresh crew of funksters. Catch them in this intimate setting before its too late!
7PM – 12AM
FREE
Thursday 20th
ANDY SMITH’S PICK ‘N’ MIX
Ex Portishead DJ, beat digger, album compiler, and one of the most eclectic and funky DJs out there, Andy Smith continues his exclusive weekly residency at the Big Chill House. With un-announced special guests alongside fellow residents Keith Lawrence & Mistah Brown, get ready for a weekly selection of Funk, Boogie, Northern Soul, Old School Hip Hop, Jump Blues, Reggae & anything else that that can scooped into the bag!
7PM – 12AM
FREE
Friday 21st
MAIN SQUEEZE present CHRIS READ (Music Of Substance)
Another mixtape king to grace the decks at Main Squeeze this month as they welcome underground hip hop supremo Chris Read to the House. A collector and fan of all things hip hop, Chris recently completed “The Diary” – a mindblowing mix CD charting the history of hip hop over the last 30 years! Dropping a special party set, this is sure to get your head nodding and feet shaking!
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Saturday 22nd
NICE UP! present BENNY PAGE (DIGITAL SOUNDBOY) and JSTAR & MC HONEY BROWN
Another bumper line up on a Friday night, this time the NICE UP! crew invite drum and bass/dubstep hero Benny Page to come and blow the joint. After a series of reggae tinged drum and bass monsters, he has slowly been building his rep as one of the toughest new producers on the scene, as well as dipping his toe into dubstep. Joining him, alongside resident DJ Shepdog is reggae/hip hop mash up don Jstar and his crowd hyping sidekick MC Honey Brown. Never ones to play it safe, they always NICE UP! the dance good and proper.
Upstairs, festival favourites The Disco Shed Soundsystem bring their unique brand of shedonistic disco, funk, singalong classics and perhaps the odd garden gnome or 2. Just the recipe for getting shedded!
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Monday 24th
THE LOCAL present LOCAL MONDAYS
More live music from The Local crew. Please check www.localism.com for more details
7PM – 11PM
FREE
Tuesday 25th
HOOKED ON MUSIC present…
Colorama:
Thee Single Spy:
Papa Truck:
JB Newman:
8PM-11PM
FREE
Wednesday 26th
FLOMOTION LIVE present TBC
Thursday 27th
ANDY SMITH’S PICK ‘N’ MIX
Ex Portishead DJ, beat digger, album compiler, and one of the most eclectic and funky DJs out there, Andy Smith continues his exclusive weekly residency at the Big Chill House. With un-announced special guests alongside fellow residents Keith Lawrence & Mistah Brown, get ready for a weekly selection of Funk, Boogie, Northern Soul, Old School Hip Hop, Jump Blues, Reggae & anything else that that can scooped into the bag!
7PM – 12AM
FREE
Friday 28th
SKYLARKIN present DADDY G (MASSIVE ATTACK) & JEWELS & JACUZZIS (LIVE)
One of the most respected bands in UK music, Massive Attack have continued to push boundaries and please fans across the world for the best part of 20 years. A true musical maverick, Daddy G makes a long overdue visit to Kings Cross for a lesson in ska, reggae, hip hop, drum and bass and funk. Also appearing alongside residents Count Skylarkin and DJ Indecision are Jewels & Jacuzzi’s – one of the UKs finest live ska bands – check them
www.myspace.com/jewelsandjacuzzis
Upstairs the Digga Please? crew thrown down another of their party packed 7” only nights. Inviting some secret and very special surprise guests, the name of the game is fun with a capital K.
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
Saturday 29th
SCRATCH present DJ VADIM
One of the UKs most enigmatic and unique producers, DJ Vadim has a rich and deep musical heritage. One of the founder members of Jazz Fudge records, he was responsible for launching many UK hip hop stars. Along the years he has recorded under many different pseudonyms, such as One Self and The Isolationist to name but a few. Always out in his own field, his DJ sets make a similar impression. He is joined this evening by residents Matt Smooth, Brother Frain, Lyley and host MC Tukka.
9PM – 3AM
FREE BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
The Big Chill House
257-259 Pentonville Rd / King’s Cross / London N1 9NL
Next to old King’s Cross Thameslink. A House taxi rank operates outside.
Open:
Monday to Wednesday: 12noon-12midnight
Thursday: 12noon-1am
Friday & Saturday: 12noon-3am
Sunday: 12noon – 12midnight.
Entry: Free, except £5 after 10pm every Friday & Saturday unless otherwise stated.
Free for House Guests – Simply email your name and address to ‘house members at big chill dot net’ and we’ll send you your membership card.
Food available:
Monday-Friday: 12-4pm and 6-11pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12-11pm
Information: 020 7427 2540
Nominated for Best Bar in this year’s Time Out Bar & Restaurant Awards.