Thanks again to everyone who
came last time and made the party so much fun.
Particular thanks to Ken for his fantastic performance.
Previous events are now archived here.. http://www.tamcorporation.com/pp.html
We have another great night planned for this Saturday.....
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PRIVATE PARTY... the last Saturday of every month at Life,
2-4 Old Street, London EC1V 9AA. £5 entry.
Susumu Mukai (Zongamin), Mike Silver (Mickey Moonlight) & Nathan
Wilkins (Boombox / History Clock).
3 discerning selectors known for their arcane and exotic tastes are joining
forces to bring you an exciting and unusual new club.
Saturday 28th June.
Live performance by Sonny Akpan with backing by the house band
(Susumu & Mike). Psychic Portraits by Rory Crichton, Susumu Mukai
and Elliot Young. The illustrators will draw your psychic portrait.
You make a £1 donation to charity (Mind). Each illustrator will work for
40 mins. 1st come, 1st served.... iPod Raffle - 1 guest will
win an iPod Shuffle filled with rare and exciting music selected by Susumu,
Mike and Nathan. + Special Surprises!
Sonny Akpan was a member of the Nigerian group The
Funkies. He has played congas on numerous albums including those of
The Rolling Stones, African Headcharge, Eddie Grant and Roxy Music.
He has performed live with artists such as James Brown and the JB's,
Fela Kuti, Vangelis and Roy Ayres. Recognised by the late Lester
Bowie, as one of the leading authorities on West African rhythms and
a great percussionist, Bowie requested Sonny play at the Royal
Festival Hall for his last concert in London before his death.
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9-11:30pm The volume will be at a polite level. We will play
a broad selection of fantastic
music that you are unlikely to hear in any other club. A time to meet, chat,
socialise. How refreshing.
11:30pm A 10 min live performance. Then loud music for dancing
until 2am.
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Expect to hear: The latest forward thinking electronic music.
Super obscure and oddball disco.
Exotica. Lots of music you'll not hear in any other club / bar in London. 4th
World music.
10 min live performances especially prepared for the night.
The venue is intimate. Capacity is about 100.
There is also an unusual Grotto which will host very special events. Capacity
is about 6.
Each night will feature different performance and special events.
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Mini-Biogs:
Susumu Mukai has provided designs for clothing labels such as Alakazam!, P.A.M.,
Silas & Maria, Undercover and Nike. He has shown his work in many locations
including joint exhibitions with Will Sweeney at Colette (Paris) and Undercover
(Tokyo). In his musical guise of Zongamin, Susumu has remixed many artists including
John Cale, Air, Badly Drawn Boy and recorded original material for labels XL,
Ed Banger, Flesh and Felicity. http://www.myspace.com/zongaminofficial
Mike Silver has recently finished his album as Mickey Moonlight. The 1st single
from which is coming soon on the fantastic Ed Banger Records. Mike has also
been the tour DJ for Soulwax / 2ManyDJs, produced a mix cd for "Parisian
concept store" Colette, remixed Natascha Atlas and made music videos for
Zongamin and himself. Previously Mike has run the record label Flesh, co-produced
Zongamin's debut album and remixed artists such as Munk, Colder and Playgroup.
http://www.mickeymoonlight.com
Nathan Gregory Wilkins is best known as resident DJ at the now legendary Boombox
parties and DJ / co-promoter of the invite only Tropical Hot Dog happenings.
Nathan is a huge disco fan/collector and is well known for his obscure tastes
in that field. He has just launched a new record label called History Clock:
http://www.myspace.com/historyclock
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I am sorry if you have received this mail-out and you are not living
in London or you're simply not interested.
Please let me know and I will remove you from the list.
We're all really looking forward
to Ken's performance. Kenichi Iwasa is a multi instrumentalist
and founding member of the Japanese avant-rock quartet Miso-Soup.
He has worked with Damo Suzuki (Can), The Plastics, Chrome Hoof and
Seb Rochford.
The iPod shuffle for the raffle is now filled with 9 hours of amazing music.
Life is fully air-conditioned and there's no overcrowding (strictly 100 people
only).
Maybe see you tomorrow night?
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Thanks again to everyone who
came last time and made the party so much fun!
Particular thanks to Bravo and everyone involved in the Pin
The Tail on The Mythical Monster.
Previous events are now archived here.. http://www.tamcorporation.com/pp.html
Sorry if you couldn't get in. The venue is small, maybe try and arrive earlier.
We have another great night planned for next Saturday.....
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PRIVATE PARTY...
the last Saturday of every month at Life, 2-4 Old Street, London EC1V 9AA. £5
entry.
Susumu Mukai (Zongamin), Mike Silver (Midnight Mike / Mickey Moonlight)
& Nathan Wilkins (Boombox / History Clock).
3 discerning selectors known for their arcane and exotic tastes are joining
forces to bring you an exciting and unusual new club.
Saturday 31st May.
Live performance by Kenichi Iwasa with backing by the house
band (Susumu & Mike).
iPod Raffle - 1 guest will win an iPod Shuffle filled with rare and exciting
records selected by Susumu, Mike and Nathan. + Special Surprises!
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9-11:30pm
The volume will be at a polite level. We will play a broad selection of fantastic
music that you are unlikely to hear in any other club. A time to meet, chat,
socialise. How refreshing.
11:30pm A 10 min live performance. Then loud music for dancing
until 2am.
-------------------------------------------------------
Expect to hear: The latest forward thinking electronic music.
Super obscure and oddball disco.
Exotica. Lots of music you'll not hear in any other club / bar in London. 4th
World music.
10 min live performances especially prepared for the night.
The venue is intimate. Capacity is about 100.
There is also an unusual Grotto which will host very special events. Capacity
is about 6.
Each night will feature different performance and special events.
-------------------------------------------------------
Mini-Biogs:
Susumu Mukai has provided designs for clothing labels such as Alakazam!, P.A.M.,
Silas & Maria, Undercover and Nike. He has shown his work in many locations
including joint exhibitions with Will Sweeney at Colette (Paris) and Undercover
(Tokyo). In his musical guise of Zongamin, Susumu has remixed many artists including
John Cale, Air, Badly Drawn Boy and recorded original material for labels XL,
Ed Banger, Flesh and Felicity. http://www.zongamin.net
Mike Silver has recently finished his album as Mickey Moonlight, been the tour
DJ for Soulwax / 2ManyDJs, produced a mix cd for "Parisian concept store"
Colette, remixed Natascha Atlas and made music videos for Zongamin and himself.
Previously Mike has run the record label Flesh, co-produced Zongamin's debut
album and remixed artists such as Munk, Colder and Playgroup. http://www.tamcorporation.com
Nathan Gregory Wilkins is best known as resident DJ at the now legendary Boombox
parties and DJ / co-promoter of the invite only Tropical Hot Dog happenings.
Nathan is a huge disco fan/collector and is well known for his obscure tastes
in that field. He has just launched a new record label called History Clock:
http://www.myspace.com/historyclock
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I am sorry if you have received this mail-out and you are not living in London
or you're simply not interested.
Please let me know and I will remove you from the list.
Update: We have some amazing drawings that'll be won by a few rather lucky guests. Playing Pin The Tail on The Mythical Monster should be a lot of fun. We are also very excited about the live performance from Fimber Bravo. Bravo is a steel pan player, and founding member of Twentieth Century Steel Band, who's glorious "Heaven & Hell" was a favourite of Grandmaster Flash and has been sampled by countless hop-hop artists, including Doug E Fresh, Soul II Soul and J-Lo. He was also the musical director of Steel n' Skin, who's fantastic music was recently re-issued by EM Records (Japan).
Maybe see you Saturday night?
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Thanks to everyone who came
down to last month's Private Party and made the night so much fun!
Particular thanks to Bishi and everyone involved in the Psychic Portraits.
This month we have another exciting and unique extravaganza....
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PRIVATE PARTY... the last Saturday of every month at Life, 2-4 Old
Street, London EC1V 9AA. £5 entry.
Susumu Mukai (Zongamin), Mike Silver (Midnight Mike / Mickey Moonlight)
& Nathan Wilkins (Boombox / History Clock).
3 discerning selectors known for their arcane and exotic tastes are joining
forces to bring you an exciting and unusual new club.
Saturday 26th April.
Live performance by Bravo with backing by the house band (Susumu
& Mike).
Pin the Tail on the Mythical Monster featuring..
Giles Deacon, Katie Hillier, Izzie Klingels, Susumu Mukai and
Julie Verhoeven.
Each contributor is producing a large original picture of a mythical monster.
On the night we will play the traditional children's game.
Each image will be won by whoever pins the tail closest to the correct position.
Everyone who plays donates £1 to charity (Mind).
Special guest DJ: Trevor Jackson (happy birthday).
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9-11:30pm The volume will be at a polite level. We will play
a broad selection of fantastic
music that you are unlikely to hear in any other club. A time to meet, chat,
socialise. How refreshing.
11:30pm A 10 min live performance. Then loud music for dancing
until 2am.
-------------------------------------------------------
Expect to hear: The latest forward thinking electronic music.
Super obscure and oddball disco.
Exotica. Lots of music you'll not hear in any other club / bar in London. 4th
World music.
10 min live performances especially prepared for the night.
The venue is intimate. Capacity is about 100.
There is also an unusual Grotto which will host very special events. Capacity
is about 6.
Each night will feature different performance and special events.
-------------------------------------------------------
Mini-Biogs:
Susumu Mukai has provided designs for clothing labels such as Alakazam!, P.A.M.,
Silas & Maria, Undercover and Nike. He has shown his work in many locations
including joint exhibitions with Will Sweeney at Colette (Paris) and Undercover
(Tokyo). In his musical guise of Zongamin, Susumu has remixed many artists including
John Cale, Air, Badly Drawn Boy and recorded original material for labels XL,
Ed Banger, Flesh and Felicity. http://www.zongamin.net/
Mike Silver has recently finished his album as Mickey Moonlight, been the tour
DJ for Soulwax / 2ManyDJs, produced a mix cd for "Parisian concept store"
Colette, remixed Natascha Atlas and made music videos for Zongamin and himself.
Previously Mike has run the record label Flesh, co-produced Zongamin's debut
album and remixed artists such as Munk, Colder and Playgroup. http://www.tamcorporation.com/
Nathan Gregory Wilkins is best known as resident DJ at the now legendary Boombox
parties and DJ / co-promoter of the invite only Tropical Hot Dog happenings.
Nathan is a huge disco fan/collector and is well known for his obscure tastes
in that field. He has just launched a new record label called History Clock:
http://www.myspace.com/historyclock
-------------------------------------------------------
I am sorry if you have received this mail-out and you are not living in London
or you're simply not interested.
Please let me know and I will remove you from the list.
PRIVATE PARTY...
the last Saturday of every month at Life, 2-4 Old Street, London EC1V 9AA. £4
entry.
Susumu Mukai (Zongamin), Mike Silver (Midnight Mike / Mickey Moonlight)
& Nathan Wilkins (Boombox / History Clock).
3 discerning selectors known for their arcane and exotic tastes are joining
forces to bring you an exciting and unusual new club.
LAUNCH NIGHT Saturday 29th March
Live performance by Bishi with backing by the house band (Susumu
& Mike).
Psychic Portraits by William Broome, Fergadelic, Susumu Mukai and
Will Sweeney.
The illustrators will draw your psychic portrait. You make a donation to charity.
Each illustrator will only work for 30 mins. 1st come, 1st served.
Screening of TamCorp music videos and Bishi music videos on the video wall.
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9-11:30pm The volume will be at a polite level. We will play
a broad selection of fantastic music that you are unlikely to
hear in any other club. A time to meet, chat, socialise. How refreshing.
11:30pm A 10 min live performance. Then loud music for dancing
until 2am.
-------------------------------------------------------
Expect to hear: The latest forward thinking electronic music.
Super obscure and oddball disco.
Exotica. Lots of music you'll not hear in any other club / bar in London. 4th
World music.
10 min live performances especially prepared for the night.
The venue is intimate. Capacity is about 100.
There is also an unusual Grotto which will host very special events. Capacity
is about 6.
Each night will feature different performance and special events.
-------------------------------------------------------
Mini-Biogs:
Susumu Mukai has provided designs for clothing labels such as Alakazam!, P.A.M.,
Silas & Maria, Undercover and Nike. He has shown his work in many locations
including joint exhibitions with Will Sweeney at Colette (Paris) and Undercover
(Tokyo). In his musical guise of Zongamin, Susumu has remixed many artists including
John Cale, Air, Badly Drawn Boy and recorded original material for labels XL,
Ed Banger, Flesh and Felicity. http://www.zongamin.net/
Mike Silver has recently finished his album as Mickey Moonlight, been the tour
DJ for Soulwax / 2ManyDJs, produced a mix cd for "Parisian
concept store" Colette, remixed Natascha Atlas and made music videos for
Zongamin and himself. Previously Mike has run the record label Flesh, co-produced
Zongamin's debut album and remixed artists such as Munk, Colder and Playgroup.
http://www.tamcorporation.com/
Nathan Gregory Wilkins is best known as resident DJ at the now legendary Boombox
parties and DJ / co-promoter of the invite only Tropical Hot Dog happenings.
Nathan is a huge disco fan/collector and is well known for his obscure tastes
in that field. He has just launched a new record label called
HistoryClock: http://www.myspace.com/historyclock
-------------------------------------------------------
I am sorry if you have received this mail-out and you are not living
in London or you're simply not interested.
Please let me know and I will remove you from the list.