Music : House
Saturday 9th February sees the start of a brand new residency at The End - Lovebox presents: Bang the Box. After a handful of fantastic one-off parties at The End last year under the Lovebox banner, including a kicking afterparty for July’s Lovebox festival, Groove Armada have found a permanent home here at The End.
After concentrating on finishing their fifth, and many say best, studio album to date, ‘Soundboy Rock’, and creating one of the best festivals of the summer, Andy Cato and Tom Findlay are finally ready to return to their DJing roots with a London residency. At every party either Tom or Andy - or both - will be behind the decks – sometimes playing together in the main room, and sometimes going head to head with Andy keeping it upbeat in the main room whilst Tom takes a more alternative vibe in the Lounge.
Both halves of one of the duo are excited about the new night - Tom explains: “We’re really looking forward to the new residency – it’s been a long time since we played regularly on the London club scene. For the first party I’m playing the main room – I love The End’s main room for its total chaos, being right in the middle of all that mania! However, I’m also looking forward to playing the back room at future parties – you can get that real house party vibe in there.”
Alongside Groove Armada, Bang the Box will also line up a plethora of excellent residents and guests to keep the boys company. Digs from DIY, Rachel Barton from Radio 1 and The Lovebox Allstars will be on hand at every party. For the launch in February, Def Mix’s Hector Romero – one of the stars of the New York club scene – will be joining Tom, Digs and Rachel in the main room. In the lounge, Manchester’s masters of eclectism the Unabombers will be jumping from genre to genre like hot coals, with help from Severino – resident at Vauxhall’s most notorious ‘21st century tea dance’ Horse Meat Disco.
Up in AKA, there’s another reason to celebrate, as the legendary Nocturnal returns to AKA. One of AKA’s most popular parties, The Shapeshifters’ night never fails to get every pair of feet on the dancefloor with their infectious upfront house music – tunes to make you put you hands up, not your head down.
With such a choice line up across all three rooms – don’t miss the first instalment of this fantastic new bi-monthly residency!