Nightnews-media XTRA :: New Venue Launch LOU LOU + Fish Fry 21/10
Latest, by Eric Roberts - Edinburgh

Contents
1 :: Rainer Trüby at LOU LOU Wed 4th Oct, Edinburgh, Scotland
2 :: Fish Fry @ Jazz Bar, Extra Nomo Info, Sat 21st October, Edinburgh

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1 :: Rainer Trüby at LOU LOU - Wed 4th Oct, Edinburgh, Scotland

PRESS RELEASE and Listing for the launch of LOU LOU, a new venue with
programming by Eric Roberts
[+ Images of Rainer Trüby and Lou Lou available on request]

LISTING
DATE: Wednesday 4th October
CLUB EVENT: Launch Party
VENUE: Lou Lou
ADDRESS: Underneath Tiger Lily, 125 George Street, Edinburgh
MUSIC POLICY: Soul, funk, disco, jazz, Latin, electronica
DJs: Rainer Trüby, Hobbes (Trouble) & Gareth Sommerville (Ultragroove)
TIMES: 7pm - 3am, Rainer Trüby on stage 11pm-1am
COST: Entrance by invite only
MORE MUSIC INFO: Eric Roberts, 0131 229 0406,
erik@...
MORE GENERAL INFO: Raymond Notarangelo, 0131 561 2245,
raymond@...
WEBSITES:
http://www.getintoTrouble.com
http://www.myspace.com/getintotrouble

:: Music News Press Release

Lulu sounds good to classy club lovers

Subterranean glamour, eclectic sounds and lush surroundings, welcome
to the wonderful world of Lulu.

Lulu – nestling under Tigerlily in Edinburgh's George Street - is the
latest offering from Montpeliers, the group which has spent 10 years
setting the style bar and club benchmarks that everyone else follows.

Lulu launches on Wednesday (October 4) with a stella line-up of
Rainer Trüby (Truby Trio, Compost Records) Germany's Gilles
Peterson, with support from Gareth Sommerville and Hobbes

Lulu's enthusiasm for its music policy coupled with a sound system
that's second to none, should hopefully lead to an enviable reputation
and a passionate following. Along with Scotland's most highly regarded
and critically acclaimed team of residents, Lulu will regularly
welcome guest DJs from all over Europe.

The key is a happy collision between New York disco and quality
music in a comfortable, welcoming space with the best possible bar
staff around. A sound responsive disco light dance floor, capacity
pegged at 300, large brass shimmer screens and red silk walls give
this venue its unique, kitsch and cool atmosphere.

Lulu strives to play music for a more discerning listener and
provides an alternative to everything else on George Street and
beyond. There won't be any tired disco house or funky floor-
fillers by numbers.

Those thrill-seekers with a desire to dance the night away in
the most sumptuous of surroundings will see this decadent
basement come alive with a party-starting mix of rare groove,
funk and soul classics from 60s/70s, jive, exotica, swing,
new wave, alternative disco, electro-pop, chart, indie-dance
crossover, bootleg soul, electronica, proto-house, Latin beats,
new funk, disco, classic hip hop, 80s soul weekender anthems,
re-edits, bootlegs, 80s electro, Balearic holiday club
classics.

The result is an exciting fusion of musical genres matching the
mingling of Edinburgh's social sets on the dance floor.

The musical offering is the vision of two of Edinburgh's club
scene stalwarts Fraser Heeps, best known for launching and
managing Caberet Voltaire, now manager of Assembly Bar, and
Eric Roberts, DJ, promoter and agent extraordinaire. The duo
have created a DJ line up that is edgy yet accessible.

Eric said: "Our experienced DJs are capable of pushing the
boundaries without losing their crowd. We believe that the
elite clientele expected to be frequenting Lulu will have an
understanding of Europe's most stylish cities. They will be
well travelled and have experience of the bars and clubs in
these alluring destinations. We have tailored a music
programme to suit their tastes."

You can see how Lulu will be matching the cool of some
of London's hottest nightspots.

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2 :: Fish Fry @ Jazz Bar, Extra Nomo Info - Sat 21st October

Saturday 21st October 2006
On Stage: Nomo

a just reminder and some more information about Nomo's forthcoming
gig at the Jazz Bar. More press photos are available.

"A fusion of strutting funk, slinky afro-beat rhythms and
the leftfield tones of homemade instruments, the sound of
Michigan ensemble NOMO is an ecstatic and organic groove,
striking a balance between the rapture of Konono No.1's buzzing
mbiras and Tortoise's brainy instrumental compositions."
PLAYBOY

"This Detroit-area Afrobeat band makes huge strides on its
second album... The funky music of Fela Kuti remains NOMO's
bedrock, but the octet now carefully integrates soul riffs,
jazz-flavored solos, and more instruments"
CHICAGO READER

"If you're a fan of Antibalas, Daktaris, Tortoise, YNQ and
post-Fela funkiness, then this should fit very nicely in
your get-up-and-dance collection."
STRAIGHT NO CHASER

"A fresh, War-inspired take on Afrobeat or New Orleans
second-line jazz"
MOJO

"Eight-headed future-jazz geniuses... not only does New Tones
get your brain and body moving; it also captures the frenetic
energy of NOMO's live sets."
ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"Even in May, Detroit can't possibly be this hot, sweaty and
loud... forever funky"
URB

"Exquisite... imagine the blasting horns and orchestral gusto
of Antibalas dirtied up, deftly dented and jerry-rigged with
some gnarly homemade electronics and percussion."
BOSTON WEEKLY DIG

"New York's Antibalas has gotten a lot of attention for its
Fela Kuti–inspired Afro-jams, but NOMO takes it out into the
stratosphere while keeping it solidly rooted in the funk"
TIME OUT

"It's party music of the first order, locking into a groove so
deep you can practically feel the sweat."
MAGNET

"NOMO swings a sense of spirituality, soul and grace back into
pop music."
DETROIT METRO TIMES

"Next 100" 2005
URB

"Subtly shifting time signatures and grooves, and outfitted with
more than capable soloists, NOMO sounds fresh in an otherwise
saturated market."
XLR8R


On New Tones, released May 9, 2006 on Ubiquity Records, home-made
Detroit electronics and huge horn sections blast big band funk and
riotous jazz. NOMO's roots are firmly planted in the fertile soil
of African polyrhythm and American free jazz, and bandleader Elliot
Bergman's tracks draw inspiration from cultures and generations
wildly different than his home setting. In many ways (at least
geographically and sonically) NOMO are a distant relative of the
TRIBE collective. Undoubtedly they carry the spirit of the
legendary Detroit-label's creative output.

NOMO were signed to Ubiquity through interest in their little-known
self-titled debut album, and on the back of an onslaught of
persuasive emails from their fans (including Sam Valenti IV of
Ghostly International fame) that the band puts on a must-see live
show. Raw propulsive rhythms and infectious melodies carry a horn
section and multilayered percussion that is part Tom Ze, M.I.A.,
Philip Cohran, P-Funk, Antibalas, Tortoise and Harry Partch.
Enigmatic Detroit producer Warren Defever was charged with
capturing the band's live energy, and he shaped the sounds for
maximum impact. New Tones is a full-color, spiritual soundscape
that marries the exotic with the gritty. NOMO's New Tones moves
beyond the ecstatic to approach Bergman's vision of a transcendent,
elemental sound—one that aims to move both bodies and spirits.

"We blend minimalist keyboard loops, fuzzed-out bass, soulful group
vocals, and rolling blasts from an electric mbira," explains an
enthusiastic Bergman. "Throw in a horn-led midnight funeral
procession and hopefully you have a deep listen that's also
a soul shaking dance party for the people!"

In 2004 Ypsilanti Records released NOMO's debut album and the band
sold a few thousand copies (in the USA), mostly based on the strength
of their live set. With the indie-press latching on to the band
reviews came in from the Fader, XLR8R, Magnet, Blender, and the
band even landed a spot on the Urb Next 100 list. Later in the
Fall of 2005 P-vine would give the debut album a Japanese domestic
release. Following that, Ghostly International released a Dabrye
remix of "Not Wisely/Too Well", from the debut, on the "Additional
Productions vol.1" EP. In the Spring of 2006 Kindred Spirits will
include "Better Than That" on a spiritual jazz compilation and
release a four song 12" in March prior to the New Tones album
release in May.

"The New Tones recordings are more intricate and nuanced than
anything we've released," says Bergman. "The record features an
arsenal of homemade percussion including the "electric sawblade
-gamelan", "no-tone" shakers, and the "Nu-Tone cymbals"," he
adds.

The band has a core of 8 multi-instrumentalists and their big
steamrolling ensemble sound still leaves room for solo voices;
Elliot Bergman (Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet, Synths, Rhodes, Electric
Mbira etc), Erik Hall (Guitar and Percussion), Jamie Register
(Bass and Singing), Dan Piccolo (Drumset, Canister), Olman Piedra
(Congas and percussion), Dan Bennett (Saxophones), Ingrid Racine
(trumpet), and Justin Walter (Trumpet). New Tones is the product
of six months of recording at Midwest venues including Detroit's
venerable United Sound Systems (as featured on the Luv N'Haight
compilation Searching for Soul), Key Club Recording Company,
Detroit's Orchestra Hall, and the NOMO basement. "Many band
members lived together in Ann Arbor over a 5 year period. This
place was ground zero for NOMO activity, housed rehearsals, and
many a sweaty basement dance party," says Bergman. "In fact, we
had lots of good shows went there, from avant noise bands to
folky sing-alongs to free jazz jams to electro."

Nu Tones is all original, except for "The Book of Right On" a
cover of a track by Joanna Newsom. "She is a strange and wonderful
singer/harpist who sounds like a baroque version of Bjork, or
some strange Ancient/Future nymph singing...she's certainly an
acquired taste, but one that I love," says Bergman. The album
documents a 2-year period of incessant performing and rehearsing,
playing in sweaty basements, indie rock bars, and radio stations.
The band has played numerous festival stages with groups as
diverse as Amp Fiddler, Sharon Jones, Numbers, and dB's. One
of the highlights was playing to 4,000 people with Fred
Anderson and Nicole Mitchell sitting in at the Chicago
World Music Festival. The AACM collaboration carried through
to the making of this record, which features Mitchell's
otherworldly flute work on the opening track "Nu Tones",
and then as the soloist on "We Do We Go" and "If You Want".

http://www.nomomusic.com
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/nomo
http://www.myspace.com/nomomusic

All Fish Fry Dates
Hosted by resident DJs Astroboy (Departure Lounge / Four Corners)
and Erik D'Viking (Trouble)

Saturday Night Fish Fry
11pm – 3am, The Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Free B4 11.30pm / £5 after / No advance tickets available

Contact
Promoter: http://www.getintotrouble.com
info@... 0781 333 1305
Venue: http://www.thejazzbar.co.uk
info@... 0131 220 4298

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