Music : Jackin House, Electro House, Tech House, Acid House, Electro, Breaks, Minimal Techno, Detroit Techno, Funky Techno and Indie
SLIDE, SIMPLE & ECLECTRIC Present
'FUSE'
At The Carling Academy Oxford
Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UE
Friday 22 February
11pm-4am
£13 advance
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Main Room:
AUDIO BULLYS (LIVE)
BOYS NOIZE (Suck My Deck Album Launch Party)
Lee Mortimer aka 'Sawtooth Sucka'
James Weston
TJ Hertz
Slide Room:
NIC FANCIULLI
Em Williams
Neil Simpson
Rich Smith
Oxford’s burgeoning house and electro scene has been spear-headed by Slide, Simple and Eclectric over recent times, and they combine their respective talents and energies to form a brand new night, ‘FUSE’, over both levels of the brand new Carling Academy Oxford, with the launch night on Friday 22 February 2008.
13 years old and as strong as ever, ‘Slide’ has brought to Oxford the cream of the world’s electronic music talent over the last decade and more, including Groove Armada, Carl Cox, James Zabiela, James Lavelle & Simian Mobile Disco.
‘Simple’ has just celebrated its 8th year of throwing some of the largest parties in Oxford. The likes Erol Alkan, Annie Mac, Switch, Kissy Sell Out & Mr C have rocked it at their notorious venue, the ‘Backroom at the Bully’.
‘Eclectric’ has established itself as the midweek hangout for students into electronic music at their venues Love Bar & The Cellar, with the NME giving their slant; “Eclectric is the venue of choice for the cities brightest young sparks”. Their recent birthday party at the Academy had none other than Claude Von Stroke as the headliner.
The stellar line-up for the launch of ‘Fuse’, sees the AUDIO BULLYS bring their live show to Oxford for the first time. Their debut album 'Ego War' & follow-up, ‘Generation’ blended choice cuts of house, hip-hop, punk, soul & garage in a style reminiscent of Basement Jaxx and The Streets. Their biggest single to date, ‘Shot You Down’ emerged as a worldwide smash hit. The track featured the instantly recognisable vocal snippet of Nancy Sinatra from the film 'Kill Bill'. Expect to hear material from their new album, due out in the spring of 2008.
BOYS NOIZE describes his sound as, “like 4 times punching into a fried egg.” What he means by that is anyone’s guess, but if he’s trying to say “loud, brash, energetic, exciting electro punk” then he may just have hit the nail on the head. He’s released on labels such as Kitsune and Deejay Gigolos and remixed the likes of Bloc Party & Depeche Mode. This date is part of the Bugged Out 'Suck My Deck' debut album tour. Don’t expect this boy to quiten down anytime soon…
NIC FANCIULLI has become one of the hottest house and techno talents in the UK. Cutting his teeth at the excellent ‘Club Class’ in Maidstone, Fanciulli has gained massive respect from DJs across the spectrum for his unique take on house music. Production work on labels such as ‘Renaissance’ and his own label ‘Saved’ alongside extensive remix work and a gig calendar taking him all the way round the world make Nic a big draw wherever he goes. His stock has risen even further in the last two years, combining with Slide fave James Zabiela, and touring extensively their One+One show. The compilation CD that accompanied that tour was one of the biggest sellers of 2007, and their alliance is akin to Sasha & Digweed.