Chibuku Present Mark Ronson: Friday 15th April @The Masque, Liverpool
aaamusic | On 03, Apr 2011
Well now. After the riotous birthday celebrations in early March, Chibuku HQ has been beavering quietly away behind the scenes. With Richard and Lewis crafting almost daily magic at The Shipping Forecast just down the road from The Masque, there’s an expectant thrum of activity as April comes into focus. And what a glorious month it is: not least because the clocks have gone forwards, the days are longer, the nights shorter and the weather – sometimes – hotter. After an almost unheard of 6-week hiatus, the club enters the Easter period with batteries fully charged and two consecutive Friday night sessions brimming over with talent.
Friday 15th sees the return of the city’s favorite son in The Theatre – Mark Ronson. The dashing Southport-born, London bred and later NYC raised producer, artist and DJ has enjoyed a meteoric career, taking in everything from working with Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Adele to fronting Never Mind The Buzzcocks and presenting Mobos and – let’s not forget – The Brit and three Grammys piled into his little fireplace in his apartment, too. Not bad going, to say the least. Mark’s golden touch extends to his revered DJ sets, encompassing a smorgasbord of styles across hip-hip, R&B, funk and pure party music, and he headlines this special Friday night Chibuku show. Liverpool’s local No Fakin’ boys are on hand to warm things up for Mark.
Up in The Loft, it’s a bone-shaking bass-warping session frok start to finish. Arguably the most prolific producer within the drum and bass scene (with over 500 releases produced since 1991) headlines; Dillinja remains one of the scene’s leaders and this legend of the decks makes a long overdue return to Liverpool. One of the most successful producers in jungle music – with records on over ten labels strong, two of them his own – Dillinja is one of the few drum’n’bass artists who spends more time in the production studio than in clubs, crafting smash after smash. A firm Chibuku fave, it’s a pleasure to welcome the Valve Sound System architect back to the club. He’s supported by another act loved by the Buku faithful – drum and bass star London Elektricity aka Tony Coleman. The first incarnation of London Elektricity was the duo of Tony and Chris Goss who also founded the legendary Hospital Records record label. The hugely anticipated 7th album Yikes!, drops at the end of April and this is a unique opportunity to catch this new material played live.
Emalkay is undoubtedly one of Dubstep’s biggest producer, heading Caspa’s Dub Police label, Emalkay has a distinct take on the sound which has seen him become one of Dubstep’s most sought after acts. Big, bad and heavy describe the sound of one of the scene’s most complex artists; his album Eclipse drops in May, so expect to catch some of these sounds in The Loft. MCs Dynamite and Madrush lay down the vocals.
Ink sees local outfit Abandon Silence take over – and they will be living up to their name. L-Vis 1990 is an electro-bass producer based in London whose style draws from drum’n’bass and grime, as well as fusing U.S. style-clashes to include as Chicago house and Baltimore club, segueing together to form one of the hottest sounds and acts around in 2011. Super hot young Irish talent Sert One also stars – at just 21 he has already been busy, including remixing for Crystal Castles. Liverpool’s dubstep dudes Rich Furness and Horza complete this special Friday night Chibuku session.Dom Chung
James Rand
Mr Paul
Ink
The Beatmonkeys
Rich Furness
Tane
Chibuku
Friday 15th April
@ The Masque, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4BH
The Theatre
Mark Ronson (dj set)
No Fakin’
Loft
Dillinja
London Elektricity
Emalkay
MC Madrush
Ink – Abandon Silence Takeover
L-Vis 1990 (Night Slugs)
Sert One (Planet Mu)
Rich Furness
Horza
£15 / £13
10pm – 3am
Info – 0151 706 8045
Tickets:
www.chibuku.com/shop
www.datatransmission.co.uk/chibuku
www.skiddle.com
TicketWeb: 08444 771 000
Ticketline: 0161 832 1111
3B records: 0151 353 7027
Chibuku – Easter Friday
Friday 22nd April
@ The Masque, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4BH
The Theatre
2manydjs (DJ set)
Paul Chambers (live)
James Rand
Loft
Andy C & MC GQ
Breakage
Futurebound
MC Madrush
Ink
Ellis and Pepperminta (Happy Endings DJs)
More TBC
£15 / £13
10pm – 3am
Info – 0151 706 8045
Tickets:
www.chibuku.com/shop
www.datatransmission.co.uk/chibuku
www.skiddle.com
TicketWeb: 08444 771 000
Ticketline: 0161 832 1111
3B records: 0151 353 7027
