Nightnews-media :: Jan 2007 Music Listings by Eric Roberts

1 :: Saturday Night Fish Fry at The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh - Jan & Feb
Listings
2 :: Press Release: Rob Da Bank at Trouble - Fri 2nd Feb, Cabaret
Voltaire, Edinburgh

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1 :: Saturday Night Fish Fry at The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh - Jan & Feb
Listings

Saturday 20th January 2007
On Stage: The Resistance
Jazz funk of the highest order from this band lead by Livesciences and
Groove Collective's Richard Worth. Like a dream come true for fans of
quality jazz funk.

Saturday 27th January 2007
On Stage: Killer Shark
Martin Kershaw fronts this dangerously funky band making their
Edinburgh debut.

Saturday 3rd February 2007
On Stage: Washington Street
Having played at Glasgow venues such as The Arches and Oran Mor this
band are now picking up a quite a following on the East coast and make
their 3rd appearance at the Fish Fry.

Saturday 10th February 2007
On Stage: Magic Bone
Gumbo grooves and delta disco from this collaborative partnership
between Allan McKeown and a French Harmonica virtuoso!

Saturday 17th February 2007
On Stage: Mosa Funk Club
They are clearly influnced by acts such as Miss Dynamite and Goldie
Lookin Chain (both of who they happen to have shared stages with).
Combining urban chic, good humour with dancefloor funk, they have been
one of the Fish Fry's favourite acts of 2006 and we are proud to
welcome them back.

Saturday 24th February 2007
On Stage: Gecko 3
Gecko 3 have performed mini-tours in New York, London, France and
Germany, in addition to regular gigs in venues from London to Skye.
Highlights include the legendary Ronnie Scott's jazz club in Soho
(with KT Tunstall as their guest vocalist) and London's Kashmir Klub
as KT's backing bandand singing backing vocals on her Mercury
nominated album 'Eye to the Telescope').

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

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2 :: Press Release: Rob Da Bank at Trouble - Fri 2nd Feb, Cabaret
Voltaire, Edinburgh

Please see full details attached / below and get in touch for more
info, photos, an interview with Rob Da Bank and guest list.
Cheers, Eric

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TROUBLE LISTING

FRIDAY 2nd FEBRUARY: BESTIVAL SPECIAL
ROB DA BANK (RADIO 1, BESTIVAL, SUNDAY BEST)
SURFACE EMP (LIVE)
TROUBLE DJs & MC RATTY B
PADDY FREEFORM (UNIVERSAL VIBES, BESTIVAL FM)
FRESH AIR DJs
VJ GUY

£6 (no concs).
11pm - 3am
CABARET VOLTAIRE,
36 BLAIR STREET,
EDINBURGH
Venue: www.thecabaretvoltaire.com / info@... / 0131
220 6176
Forum: www.getintoTrouble.com / info@... / 0131 477 6916

PRESS BLURB :: THE CHAT.

Rob Da Bank - Fresh Air - Trouble DJs & MC Ratty B

Last year, the Trouble crew made a new friend when we supported DJ Rob
Da Bank at a launch party for local student radio station, Fresh Air,
in February. Other than his post-club session, The Blue Room, on
Radio 1, and a few killer releases on his burgeoning Sunday Best
label, we were most familiar with RDB from his reputation as a highly
eclectic selector on the club circuit during the Big Beat explosion in
the mid-Nineties. However, since he had also recently been tipped to
fill the shoes of John Peel (RIP), none of us were quite sure what to
expect. In the event, RDB proved he was worth his salt, playing
something of a blinder of heavy, dance floor beats, bootlegs &
mash-ups, clubs classics and a few unexpected surprises, rarely
sticking to one groove for too long and ultimately keeping the party
going in a freestyle manner not unlike the Trouble DJs' own. More to
the point, though, RDB enjoyed the Trouble crew's support set so much,
especially MC Ratty B (who he invited to keep MCing throughout his own
set), that at the end of the night he was heard to comment:

"I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite like that before. Why
don't you come to Bestival this year."

And so we did. And what fun it was, rightly deserving the crown of
Best Medium-to-Large Festival at the 2006 UK Festival Awards.

There was a peculiar poetry to this development, as Trouble DJs
Hobbes, Erik d'Viking and Flanners had all initially met via the
then-fledgling Fresh Air FM while under the auspices of getting
degrees from Edinburgh University. And so, exactly a year on, we're
doffing our caps to Rob once more. But, not forgetting who
facilitated the chance meeting of kindred spirits in the first place,
we've invited Richard Davie of the Fresh Air DJs down as a support act
as well.

Surface Emp

MC Sum (Dominic Flannigan) won Radio 1's 8 Mile contest, consequently
recording a session for Tim Westwood at the Maida Vale studios with
Blak Twang. Hudson Mo (Ross Birchard) has won the Scottish ITF title
and was also the youngest ever Technics DMC finalist at the age of 15.

They have been gigging as Surface Emp since 2004, sharing a stage with
diverse luminaries such as Caribou, Roots Manuva, Autechre, Ty, RJD2,
Ice T, DJ Premier and Snow Patrol.

Promoting their recent debut, the Lucky Me EP (Far Cut), this
Glasgow/Edinburgh hip hop duo graces the Trouble stage for the first time.

This is a new generation of hip hop music, deliberately devoid of
cliché. It is new British music that hopefully relates to an audience
beyond that dubbed `urban'.

Eat your heart out, Nas. This is the bona fide hip-hop deal, UK-style
and it sure ain't dead.

Full biog here:
http://www.elbowspin.com/surface%5Femp
http://www.myspace.com/surfacemp

Paddy Freeform

In the back room, we invite another new friend up from London. Paddy
Freeform was trying his best to help coordinate the circus that was
on-site radio station Bestival FM on the Isle of Wight this summer.
He also manages the Universal Vibes web site as well as promoting and
DJing at myriad nights in the Big Smoke which share Trouble's passion
for innovative grooves and classic dance moves. Expect a crate-load
of soul and a heady cocktail from him, with Richard Davie (Fresh Air
DJs) warming the room.

We think you'll agree this has all the hallmarks of another very
special Trouble.
UPCOMING TROUBLE:

Saturday 24th February: Supporting Aim live (10-piece band), Liquid
Room, Victoria St, Edinburgh, 7pm

* After-party at Ultragroove (Trouble DJs host back room), Cabaret
Voltaire, Blair St, Edinburgh, 11pm – 3am.

Thursday 8th March: Crazy P live, venue TBC, 7pm.

Friday 30th March: Supporting DJ Louie Vega (MAW) & Barbara Tucker
live PA, Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St, Edinburgh, 11pm – 3am.

Friday 6th April: 5th Birthday Party & Easter Special with very
special guests! Cabaret Voltaire, 11pm – 3am.

Trouble DJs every Friday at Assembly, Lothian St, Edinburgh, 5pm – 1am.

"The Trouble crew have lost none of their style, panache and
enthusiasm for championing fantastic new music and old school party
jams" (The Guardian Guide, May 2006)

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Above Listings by Eric Roberts - DJ / Promoter / Agent

Clubs & Events - Trouble, Saturday Night Fish Fry, I Love Acid, A
Basement Boogie, Shake Ya Rumpa, Lulu, Opal Live
Bars - Assembly, Pivo
Agency - Best Kept Secret

Address:
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Edinburgh
EH9 1EP

mob. 0781 333 1305
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Trouble was voted one of the runners up in Radio 1's Worldwide Awards
in the Club of the Year category.

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