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Oi Va Voi at The Junction Cambridge
Wednesday 23rd September 2009
Tickets : £11 advance from 01223 511511
http://www.junction.co.uk/events/day/2009/09/23/658-oi-va-voi
http://www.myspace.com/oivavoi
Oi Va Voi are a band that music lovers of all tastes and genres will know for their original eclectic material and dazzling live shows. The UK leg of their world tour is set to start in Cambridge and finish a week later at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London.
As the new album title “Traveling the Face of The Globe” denotes, they spend all their time between albums touring all over Europe, the Middle East and beyond snowballing musical influences and fine tuning their performance skills. The result is a band that have a pallet of emotions to paint many pictures in the minds of the listener, whether on recordings or at the concert, you can hear and feel the moments where the violin soars, the Klezmer stomps on the dancefloor and beats are interspersed with stabbing riffs of Balkan brass, all sitting comfortably around the soulful vocals. This is an urban sound that links cities and scenes from New York to London, Paris to Moscow, Istanbul to Tel Aviv. Confident, vibrant and highly entertaining their charismatic live shows have had them dubbed by the national press as one of the most exciting bands in Britain today.
Support on the night comes from Beatnik’s very own Gil Karpas & Band. -http://myspace.com/gilkarpas
Natacha Atlas & The Mazeeka Ensemble at The Junction Cambridge
Saturday 3rd October 2009
Tickets : £13 advance from 01223 511511
http://www.junction.co.uk/events/day/2009/10/03/661-natacha-atlas-the-mazeeka-ensemble
Musically and geographically, Natacha Atlas has always been an itinerant. The Anglo-Egyptian singer has spent more than a decade fusing electronic beats with North African and Arabic music, finding links between seemingly disparate musical genres, exploring new and different sonic settings and working with a wealth of like-minded collaborators from across the world along the way. The resulting body of work is both a triumph of true multiculturalism and a testament to the richness and accessibility of Arabic culture.
The Last Ever Saturday Night Jazteka
at The Fountain
Saturday 3rd October 2009
Free Entry. 10pm – 3am.
http://www.fountaincambridge.co.uk
It’s the last ever Jazteka on a Saturday at The Fountain, it’s also an afterparty for the gig at the Junction and it will feature Beatnik & Club Global DJs back to back all night.
Bumpin’ at La Raza
Every Saturday
10pm – 3am.
http://www.laraza.co.uk
DJ Pete Moore (from Beatnik) drops the science every Saturday night at La Raza… Disco, Jazz, Funk, House, Reggae, Hip Hop and a myriad of beat styles get an airing every week.
Beatnik on 209radio
Fortnightly Saturdays 2pm – 4pm on 105FM in Cambridge and online at http://209radio.co.uk
We play it all on Beatnik – Jazz, Funk, Brazilian, Afrobeat, Dubstep, Balkan Beats, Latin Jazz, Soul, Beats Hip Hop and a whole trunk more stuff that doesn’t even have a name yet.
The podcast is available to download from http://beatnik209radio.co.uk and on our current episode (available to download now) we have an interview with our guests at The Junction this month, Oi Va Voi and a guest mix from our buddy, Casserole Music dude and all round good guy DJ Lee Scott, he turns in an hour of what we’ve termed party jazz… it’s kinda housey funky latin-y stuff… perfect for slapping on before going out!
It’s a short and sweet one this month. Next month we’ll bring you a little more including (with any luck) the unveiling of our new website wearebeatnik.com which will feature all our Beatnik related news, videos, music recommendations, mixes, reviews and all sorts of other stuff about music and culture.
Thanks for reading!
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