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Discovery Bank hol with Dj Kaos (Jolly Jams/ DFA/), Loud-E, Stevie Kotey at The Horse & Groom
@Horse & Groom
Sunday
26
th
May 2013
7PM
- 4AM
Discovery Bank hol with Dj Kaos (Jolly Jams/ DFA/), Loud-E, Stevie Kotey at The Horse & Groom
Dj Kaos (Jollyjams/ DFA Berlin) jets in from Berlin to join the Discover residents Neil Thornton & Jac the Disco downstairs while upstairs Ambassadors Reception has a special loft party with special guest Loud E (Rotterdam) & Birthday boy Stevie Kotey.Burger Bear will be doing the disco burgers and expect some high gloss cocktails, decoration and fun as the night is also Mr Kotey's birthday bash.
DJ Kaos's singles are tightly constructed affairs, songs that patiently unfurl over seven-minute runtimes. He's certainly restless stylistically, applying a disco sensibility across multiple strands of dance music, but once he settles upon a sound, he inhabits it, effortlessly gliding through peaks and troughs as if it were the only kind of track he knew how to make. To wit: recent years have found him producing smouldering house ("Keep on Movin'") and psych-kissed disco ("Kosmischer Ruckenwind"), while two outstanding singles for DFA Records 2009's slinky "Love the Night Away"and last year's silky smooth, krautrock-indebted "From Inside" convincingly pulled off more analog, song-oriented approaches. DJ Kaos is a cool and collected fellow, even if Dj Kaos turns out to be a bit of a wild man. He adopted the name Kaos in the mid-'80s, when by his account he was the "first graffiti painter in Berlin, producing art heavily influenced by hip-hop. He also skateboarded semi-professionally. From there, he moved to London, where in the early '90s, he hung around the studio of legendary producer Cameron McVey and immersed himself in England's blossoming club scene. By the late '90s, Kaos had returned to Berlin and joined with two other journeymen the band Turntable Terranova, a electronic hip hop influenced production trio who would be responsible for an early, beloved entry in the prestigious DJ-Kicks series. For the last decade, Kaos has been going at it alone, at least in principle: His solo full-length, 2005's Hello Stranger, included collaborations with Erlend Øye, Daniel Wang, Captain Comatose, The Rapture and The Hundred in the Hands. To state the obvious, Kaos has seen and done a lot of things. And he's still on the move, recently starting his own record label, Jolly Jams, and touring the world with a high-flying DJ set.
Ambassador's Reception Loft party - After travelling the world digging uncharted territories, our delegates have decided to get back to the embassy and share the beautiful music they have played, made and kept under the shade. The ambassadors like to throw a little soiree every now and then, so with spring in the air we’ve decided to warm up for a busy year with an Ambassadors Reception London special in the rather cosy loft of The Horse & Groom. We are bringing Ambassador Loud-E back to London with his hot and exotic disco sound. It was no surprise when he was recently named on Resident Advisor My favourite DJ feature as DJ I.f favourite dj. The Dutch maestro has the unique ability to blend a truly tropical mix of flavours from around the world to create a special style which is completely his own. Ably assisted by the exquisite Stevie Kotey we know it’s going to be a night of musical excellence.
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