What's On?

May

Today - Spontaneous Construction

Open Jam! all musicians and vocalists are welcome.

A night of spontaneous music orchestrated and conducted by percussionist Basil Black2basic.

DJ's on the night Basil Black2basic and Soulprovyder, playing funk, rare groove, Afro funk, funk boogie and real disco gems.

Keeping Music Live!

7pm-1am

Tomorrow - Lemon Entry

Top party night Lemon Entry is hosted by former drum clubber and leading movie music supervisor Lol Hammond and
Carl Loben, features editor at DJ magazine, one half of leading breakbeat outfit the “Drum Monkeys" and also runs Westway Records with Dub Pistols main man Barry Ashworth.

They are joined this month by popular Big Chill stalwart Freddie B.

Sat 17th - Unabombers

Electric Chair alchemists The Unabombers are back for another 7 hour session of hip-hop, house, soul, techno and plenty more besides, expect a hot and sweaty basement party in their inimitable style. They have also been busy in the studio this month working on remixes for Reverend and The Makers, Chaz Jankel and Robert Strauss, so expect to hear some exclusive plays. Upstairs they are joind by Nathan Detroit, head honcho of Southern Fried Records, Glint Resident, sometime remixer and re-editer alongside various folk like Justin Robertson, Ashley beedle The wizard and cagedbaby, all round vinyl junkie!

8pm - 3am
Free before 10pm, £5 after

Tue 20th - Spacific feat. The Thin Men and Bruce Conlon

More expat talent, this time with former Eight frontman, Bruce Conlon,
showcasing his new album, "An Audience of One" and The Thin Men bringing
their southern gothic tinged melodrama, described by The Guardian as
having "the skewed delivery of the White Stripes and the spirit of
Johnny Cash"!

7pm - midnight, free

Wed 21st - If Music.... You need this!

Soho beat purveyors If Music throw together another great night featuring special live guests TBC. Expect an eclectic mix of jazz, soul and rock from If's head honcho and founder member of The Amalgamation of Soundz, Jean-Claude.

8pm - midnight, free

Thu 22nd - burntprogress presents CDR Special @ Big Chill House

Tony and Gavin spin DJ sets of new and unreleased mixes, mashups and edits from the CDR archive, as well as various 'YouSendIt' attachments sent by producers worldwide. Joining them are members of the CDR community who are given free reign to play their works in progress and tracks that have inspired their creative process.

LIVE: Tranqill featuring vocalists Renae and Olivier DaySoul

LIVE: Special Guest!!!

First solo Live outing since appearing and Jazz Cafe alongside Ty. Expect a foray into deep MPC lead beats, keys, tight flow and sublime lyrics.

You're gonna have to wait to see who our special guest is! Check the website for details.

8pm-1am, free

Fri 23rd - Jack to Phono feat. Flevans

The third episode of Jack to Phono at the big chill house sees flevans back at the controls. Fresh from his unfabulous exploits the Brighton-based DJ/Producer is back on the road. Back from a DJ tour of the USA Flevans will DJing exerts from his third album and new singles which he is currently working on in the studio. Supporting Flevans will be the Jack to Phono DJs with visuals provided by the see no evil team. For more information visit www.jacktophono.com

Featuring:
Flevans
Jack to Phono djs
See no evilon the visuals

Sat 24th - Nice Up!

Celebrating their 5th year of supplying the finest "righteous party vibes" around London, NICE UP! invite none other than Dr Rubberfunk and ex-Wiseguy and Bronx Dog, DJ Regal to help blow out the candles on the cake. Trusty residents Shepdog & Kombine will be handing out the party poppers, whilst Hull's Shakedown crew drop funk and soul classics upstairs.

8pm-3am
free before 10pm, £5 after

Sun 25th - AFRIKOKOA Bank Holiday special

AFRIKOKOA ushers in some sunshine in terms of some fantastic afro music with the next Live session

On this session from the heart of Brixton comes YAABA FUNK, a ten piece band who, since forming from jams at house parties in 2006, have rocked clubs, fired up festivals and demonstrated that the spirit of Fela Kuti resides in South London.

YAABA FUNK play a mix of classic 70’s Ghanaian Hi-Life and hard-hitting funk. They cut this monster sound with a strong dose of ‘Afro-broken-beat’, Ska and Dub flavours, whilst Senegalese, Brazilian and Cuban influences broaden and fill out their sound.

Three vocalists, horns, percussion and funky African guitars, underpinned by deep analogue bass and driving drums create a 21st century urban Afro sound. Yaaba Funk’s live shows are renowned for raw energy, huge grooves and great musician ship.

Guaranteed to get all listeners up and dancing.

We are also proud to feature ‘Spoonface’ Trio with Spoonface on vocals, Adrian Curtis on guitar and Phil Craig on accordion.

Tue 27th - Sounds Familiar Music Quiz

The funniest, quizziest night in May as the Sounds Familiar crew return. For more info check www.myspace.com/soundsfamiliarquiz

Wed 28th - Novamatix & Tommy and Mr Winchester

Downstairs...

Djs Chris Franck (Da Lata/Zeep) & Ginger Dread

Live percussion from Mamadou Sarr (Senegal)

Feature Film ~ ‘I Am Cuba’ (Mikhail Kalatozov)

Novamatix cru touch down for a ‘wee jam’ helped by the talents of
Sengalese percussionist, Mamadou Sarr. Ginger Dread hosts tonight’s
music and film presentation and will be warming up and plotting the vibe
with some tripped out world, techno and jazz. Catch drummer Mamadou & DJ
Chris Franck (Da Lata/Zeep) competing for speaker space with their left
of centre mish mash into the Afro Brazilian theme later in the evening.
Featured film playback for the evening is ‘I am Cuba’, a superbly shot
black and white masterpiece from Mikhail Kalatozov set in the
aforementioned Cuba 1963-4.

Soundtrack highlights from the profound to the prophetic with likely
contenders Fela Kuti, Coldcut, Art of Noise and Congotronics all making
their way to the tweeters.

7pm - midnight, free

Meanwhile Upstairs...

TOMMY AND MR. WINCHESTER

'Tightly scripted and delivered with anarchic and masterful comic timing' Scotland on Sunday *****

‘It’s safe to say you¹ve never seen anything like it. Their timing is sheer delight. The balance of their gloriously unequal partnership is perfect' The Scotsman ****

’Refreshingly funny. Roars of laughter filled the auditorium’ Three Weeks

‘A riotous parody of vaudeville’ The List

In August this year Mr. Winchester and Tommy took the Edinburgh Festival by storm with their hit show Classic Entertainment, showing all the so called comedians a thing or two about the business and how it should be done. By popular demand they are bringing this tried and tested formula to The Big Chill House to inject some real comedy into all the alternative sh*t that fills the London club circuit. Harking back to the golden age of truly great entertainment when the likes of Bobby Ball, Duncan Norville and Stan Boardman were at the top of their game.

7.30PM – 11.30PM, £7.50 / £5.50 concs

Thu 29th - Flomotion & Rhyme Time

[iDownstairs...

Flomotion live presents Ai recordings special

Sinner DC (Live)
Datassette (Live)
Pathic (DJ Set)
Ai DJs

Resident DJs

Nick Luscombe (Flomotion)
Grant Little

Tonight we celebrate the output of one of the UK's finest forward thinking labels, with an Ai Records special.

Switzerland's Sinner DC fuse an electrifying blend of Krautrock and minimal electronica, whilst Datassette's sound has been likened to Drexciya on a dubstep tour of South London!

The night will also feature a DJ set from Pathic (Ai/Pyramid Transmissions) and Ai Records DJs who will be previewing forthcoming releases from the label.

Hosted as always by Nick Luscombe and Grant Little.

An essential night for fans of dancefloor electro.

Meanwhile upstairs...

Rhyme Time

Audience participation isn't just welcomed, it's demanded.

Step up, take the mic and let the lyrics flow at this night of karaoke with a difference, with much love from an enthusiastic audience, a supportive MC and a DJ with a crate load of tunes. It's a hot, fun friendly freaky night.
Karaoke Skills will bust popular old school anthems - we've got the lot from Jazzy Jeff's Summertime, De La Soul's Me Myself and I, hip thrusting Salt 'n' Pepper's Push it, and a truck load more. Loads of prizes to be won and what’s more it's totally free.

8pm-1am, free

Fri 30th - Keeping it House

London’s finest classic house night welcomes a Big Chill legend to the decks, Mr Lol Hammond. Lol began making electronic music with legendary renegade sound system 'Spiral Tribe' back in 1991. Around the same time, he formed the 'Drum Club' with Charlie Hall. They also started the acclaimed club of the same name, released three ground breaking albums and toured the world with the likes of Orbital and Prodigy. Lol is joined by residents Will Nicol and Phil Youngman.

Sat 31st - CK Gospel Choir & Futureboogie

In the afternoon...

Children of the Kingdom
a new generation of UK gospel music

Formed in 2007, Children of the Kingdom gospel choir, often known by their initials "CK", have already been making big waves in the UK music scene. They are 16 members from all walks of life who have united in a common love of performing gospel music. CK do not discriminate against race, creed or colour, they just want to spread the good news that is gospel music to one and all.

What sets CK gospel choir apart from other choirs is their unique blend of close harmonies as well as their ability to fuse a traditional and modern gospel sound with many different genres such as Soul, Jazz, Latin and Classical.

As their anthem says "Join us in rejoicing and let us hear your voices"

So are YOU ready for the next generation of gospel music?

www.ckgospelchoir.com
www.myspace.com/ckgospelchoir

And in the evening...

Futureboogie

Team FB comes again with Joe90 / El Harvo / Kid Bongo warming up for a Summer of field based activity, and armed to the teeth with tunes from their radio shows on Kiss, Samurai FM, and Radio Pellenera. Expect sweet disco, leftfield house, soul, broken, and boogie. And some crap DJ dancing.

Written: 27th Mar, 08
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