Music : Club Classics, Electro House, Dirty House, Tech House, Electro, Big Beat, Breaks, Electro Techno, Drum and Bass, Hip Hop and Electronic Body Music
The second instalment of the massive new residency "Norwich Rocks" in association Strickly Dope, Outline Magazine and Pulse Rated, is sure get your musical glands salivating once more.
Ignite: Breaks/Drum'n'Bass/UK Hip Hop
THE FREESTYLERS
MC SKINNYMAN
ZAV (Twisted Skunk)
LILLY & MEL (ABS)
Lounge:
GROOVE ESTABLISHMENT House/Breaks/Electro
Harry Pearce & Guests
The mighty Freestylers make thier Ignite debut.
For those not quite in the know heres a little bout the guys,
The Freestylers formed in 1996 when DJs and dance music producers Matt Cantor, Aston Harvey and (initially) Andrew Galea joined forces. All three of them had been involved in the British dance music scene since the 1980s. Cantor had recorded as Cut n' Paste and Strike with Andy Gardner (Plump DJs). Aston Harvey recorded as Blapps! Posse best known for the 1990 breakbeat dance hit "Don't Hold Back" before working with Definition of Sound, Rebel MC and DJ Rap (as DJ Rap and Aston). Harvey joined with Galea under the name Sol Brothers before Cantor was recruited to form the Freestylers. The group took their name from their first sample "Don't Stop The Rock" by Freestyle.
The trio's first single "Drop The Boom (AK-48)" on their own Scratch City Records in 1996 became a dancefloor hit in the UK and Miami. The band released the Freestyle EP in 1996 on Freskanova (Freskanova's parent label, Fresh, had released Cantor, Galea and Harvey's previous work). Andrew Galea left the Freestylers shortly after the release of the Freestyle EP.
After the departure of Andrew Galea, Matt and Aston formed an 11-piece band (initially an idea of their record label, Freskanova). This consisted of the 2 producers (Cantor and Harvey), a scratch DJ (Mad Doctor X), a guitarist (Tony Ayiotou), drummer (Clive Jenner), bass guitarist (Joe Henson), 2 MCs (MC Navigator and Tenor Fly) and 3 breakdancers (Coza, Marat, Tim).
The band's first album We Rock Hard was released in 1998. The single "B-Boy Stance" became a singles hit in the UK in 1998 featuring the contributions of rapper Tenor Fly. In 1999, the Freestylers enjoyed success in the U.S. with track "Don't Stop" reached the top 10 of the Billboard dance charts and "Here We Go" becoming a MTV Buzzworthy clip. We Rock Hard sold well in the US selling over 150,000 and reaching the top 30 of the Billboard Heatseeker chart.
Following the success of B-Boy Stance, the band were asked to remix tracks by Audioweb, Afrika Bambaataa and the Jungle Brothers as well as a big beat compilation album FSUK 2 and a Radio 1 Essential Mix featuring Beenie Man, Public Enemy, Whodini and The Fall.
The Freestylers released a mix album Electro Science in 2000. Their second album Pressure Point was released in 2001 with the track Get Down Massive featuring Navigator reaching top 20 on the Billboard dance charts in 2002.
During 2002 and 2003 the group began releasing singles under the artist name Raw As F**k which then became the title of their third album. Released in 2004, it featured the single "Push Up", which reached the top 30 in the UK and top 3 in Australia. Another single, which was previously released before "Push Up", called "Get A Life", was re-released and reached the top 20 in Australia.
Not bad for a wednesday night in Norwich!
Support for the guys comes from one of Norwich's most talented breaks DJ ZavSkunk, resident and creator of the Twisted Skunk nights
Plus there is gonna be a very special guest MC on the night, were not allowed to tell you yet, thats how big! Keep your eye out for posters and fliers and all will be revelaed!
Ticket outlets
Soundclash
White label records (level 3 castle mall)
LavaIgnite box office (on trading nights)
Tickets agents
Louis Reddick 07841761082
Harry Pearce 07770501228
Jony (Bounce) 07737533360
And you can get tickets online with your plastic from www.thegrooveestablishment.com
they have a lovely card friendly was of getting your music fix :D
door 9.30pm - 2am
show starts 10pm
advace tickets £7, nus £5
for more information call 01603667853