Music : Psy-Trance, Breaks, Jungle, Dancehall / Bashment, Reggae and Funk
Look forward to the next induction of Conscious Monkeys colloborating with Sonic-Rites Collective on the
3rd Oct '09 (Sat)
SONIC MONKEYS
@ Newcastle University
Kings Walk
Newcastle upon Tyne
Over 18's only
£10 b4/£12 on door
RPM, Newcastle University Students Union
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Conscious Monkeys (Bassment Room):
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Zetan Spore (Aardvark Records, Psylicious) LIVE!
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zetanspore.co.uk
Having played their first gig in 1997 and being more motivated by the live side of music, they have kept their set-up almost entirely hardware-based for live performance and after playing hundreds of gigs over the coming years, have remained one of the few genuinely live psytrance acts around.
The highlights of Zetan Spore's extensive live performances include playing to a 25,000 strong crowd at the Euphoria Festival in Singapore, headline sets for Antiworld and Synergy Project, plus top slots at Sunrise, Waveform and Eastern Haze festivals, not to mention hundreds of other live appearances at festivals, live music venues and clubs.
Their music can best be described as driving, euphoric psytrance, breaking in huge psychedelic waves of energy and positivity, with didgeridoo-fuelled tribal breaks and searing guitar riffs adding more depth and power to their sound.
Having a reputation for incredibly energetic and uplifting live performances, and taking the crowd to a whole new level, they've built up a large and enthusiastic following and never fail to rock the dancefloor.
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Paul Didge (Psylicious) LIVE!
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pauldidge.co.uk
Paul didge has been playing the didgeridoo for 15 years and is known as one of the UKS leading didgerioo players(quoted by BBC radio Wiltshire), blending the trance inducing sound of the didgeridoo with electronic music ranging from chill out to trance and drum'n' bass.
He has played internationally with various Djs and live acts starting with a residency at Trance Buddha psy-trance club Amsterdam(1997),Which led to a appearance at the Dance Valley festival to 15,000 people. He has appeared live and on recordings with Baladidge, Atmosfire and Astral Projection(Israel), Dragonsfly, I Fly, C.D.F, El-plazmo, Mother Gong, Altered native, Dreamachine, ZubZUB, Trancient Dreams, OOOD, Eat Static and Voice of Cod(U.K) and supported the Orb in Israel. Pauls latest musical endeavors include Folk Stomper (Rohan White) on flutes, melodica, percussion and various weird sounds and zubzubs mindfux drops in on time to time to bang his drums and play abit of synth! This extra live element to pauls live set adds another musical dimension to the already psychedellic world of pauls music.
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Jon Kenobi (PSYPNEUMATIX RECORDS)
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Dave Thoburn Vs Samuel El Ganovit (Conscious Monkeys, Cybernetics)
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MagicLantern A/V Psy set
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Visuals:
MagicLantern
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Magiclantern are a Leeds based VJ collective who have been providing bespoke live video content and installations for the last 3 years, working accross a broad spectrum of musical genres. We tailor make content for each event and incorporate artist and event specific branding to great effect. We regularly work in the UK and abroad as part of the Inside-Us-All VJ collective, who were voted "Best VJs In The World" in 2007 and 2008 by DJ Magazine.
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Sonic-Rites Collective Overdub Room:
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Wobbly Squadron (Wobbly Records)
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Wobbly Squadron are a live Psychedelic Dance band to get your Wobble on to! Using samples, synths, percussion, dub bass, rockin' guitar, harmonica, clarinet, melodica and sax to create a groove so infectious it could loosen the most steely of hips in subjugation to the most profound of bodily movements: prepare to lose yourself to the WOBBLE
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Digital.is (Live Dance Act, Cumbria's finest!)
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Digital.is unique sound can be likened to such genres as Electronica, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass with influences of Funk, Reggae, Latin and Dub. With an all-live line up consisting of Robin Gibbons' (aka The Karma Kanic) played and produced beats, percussive genius of Ben Parkinson (aka Smokey P), Mike Woodward (Miklos) with guitar and bass mayhem and Gemma Webb's lush vocals.
Having supported acts such as System 7, The Herbaliser, Sicknote and DJ Yoda, these lot most definitely Cumbria's finest!
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Didley Squat (Sonic-Rites Collective)
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Pirate folk-reggae festival surfers Didley Squat hail from the Northeast with a unique brand of skanking festival sounds. Featuring a ravenous band of 'Hippy' musicans, these squatters can light up the night with thier unique and incredibly dancible sound.
Diddley squat consist of more instruments than it is possible to name, with Live FX, Digeredo, Accordion, Trombone and Fiddle all contributing to the stomp.
They have traveled the english countryside spreading thier stomping sonic substance all over inocent festival goers and will be getting bigger and better spreaders in years to come, playing a number of Sonic Rites events, great british festivals and parties throughout the U.K.
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The Touch (Sonic Rites Collective)
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The Touch real name Joe Trusswell "the engine rooom" is not only drummer for the hugely sucsessfull "Maybe Myrtle Turtle" and "Switch Doktor" but also a bangin jungle producer. Using a home computer older than his mam, his raw jungle gooves have got The Touch of genius to get the crowds moving.
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Glen Calculus Vs DubCat (Pangaea Sound System)
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Side Room 1:
Steve Superboss (psymusic.co.uk
Other: tbc...
Sarah Smith (Sketchy Munters)
Lady of Gypsy balkan beats....lovely!
Wizord (Conscious Monkeys)
Gypsy ska punk funky Wizord!
Ms. MQ and the Birdman (Arcane, Conscious Monkeys, Beatherder)
as quoted from the Beatherder site its our famous finest Northeast Lady:
" Ms MQ
We searched high, we searched low and then in a field somewhere we found a selector, a selector with a selectability suitable for the beat-herder stage. Welcome ms m-q, a lady with the ability to deliver a tune of much portion and calibre. Listen out for smack my bitch up V enya its like a chocolate covered hula hoop."
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Side Room 2:
Exhibition by Susan Crozier
Games For Adults
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Dancers / Fire / Stilts / Baffoonery:
Lunatricks and Co. (Newcastle and Manchester)
Jay Parker (stilt walker)
World Walker
(worldwalker.org.uk
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Cush Tea cafe will be serving the finest teas as always
Psyjewellery stalls also!