Lively Up 'On A Ragga Tip' Series Part II w/ MICKY FINN and ED SOLO
Friday 2nd May | 11pm - 4am | Downstairs at World HQ
Tickets :
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MICKY FINN
Thin geezer, fat tunes: Micky’s a proud entertainer. No chin scratching, no anoraks, no mean n’ moody bullshit; just proper, wholesome fun. Revisit any of his mixes or releases from the last 25 years – especially the hugely influential bassline-heavy Urban Shakedown material with Aphrodite – and you’ll hear his sense of musical mischief instantly. That intoxicating party spirit that brought us to drum & bass in the first place; Micky’s never lost focus of the free-for-all creativity, the audacious low-end cheekiness, the unashamed vibes.
Naturally, he takes this fun seriously. Whether he’s behind the decks or, more recently, behind the desk, he’s something of a card carrying perfectionist. As co-owner of premier talent hub the Urban Agency, he takes pride in developing his company’s talent-touting roster. As a label manager he ensured the output on his imprints Urban Shakedown, Urban Takeover and Finn People was an essential staple of all the biggest DJs. And as a promoter he’s chapters ahead of the rest… His Sunbeatz rave holiday package concept drove drum & bass to Ibiza several years long before the current wave of white isle bass takeovers.
Business-aside, Micky’s still very much the entertainer; having teased floors with his incendiary selection since 1987, DJing has taken Micky around the globe many times over… Often by private jet. From the US to the Ukraine, Brazil to Bulgaria, there’s no territory he hasn’t smashed a dance in. Now, with more business commitments, the slots on Micky’s schedule are strictly limited and are highly sought after from promoters in every corner of the drum & bass loving world.
ED SOLO
''Quite frankly – if you want your crowd to go mental, if you want a hook so massive it could land a blue whale and if you want your basslines dripping with warmth and menace in spectacularly equal measure – then Ed Solo is ya man". - LSD Magazine
Buried in his laboratory somewhere in subterranean Brighton and knee deep in downright dangerous frequencies, Ed Solo is cooking up a relentless storm of dancefloor gold. Extraordinarily prolific and one of the finest engineers/producers in the dance music business, Ed honed his skills as a junglist before ducking and diving through every style of broken beat going. With a sublime ability to make whoever he’s sat next to in the studio sound shit hot, a precision ear for sonic good times and an instinct for heavyweight tunage, his stamp on electronic music runs as deep as some of his subs.
Ed cut his teeth at the controls in the mid nineties by engineering the likes of Black Twang, Elizabeth Troy & Roots Maneuver at the notorious SOUR Records studios. Distilling his own creativity into the mix, he went on to lay down a series of groundbreaking collaborations with jungle kingpin DJ Brockie, unleashing such classics as ‘Represents’ and ‘Echo Box’. Surfing a spectrum of drum n bass, he released on a fistful of universally respected labels like True Playaz and Undiluted Records.
The later part of the decade saw Ed shift operations from London to Brighton and into a studio above Krafty Kuts record shop. This move led to all manner of mischief, mayhem and rampaging funk as breakbeat hit its apex and signature tunes like ‘Ill Type Sound’ and ‘Bunker Buster’ hit the street.
In 2007 Ed released the timeless album ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ alongside Skool of Thought and Darrisson. Critically acclaimed on dancefloors the world over, the album dropped a systematic stream of blazing tracks including ‘When I Was A Yout’, ‘We Play The Music’ and ‘Love Your Life’
Support from
SAMSON SOUNDS (Exit Newcastle)
DJ SLANTY (Lively Up/Hostilis Sounds)
Lovely music. Lovely people. Cheap booze. Spread the joy.
OneLove xx