Friends of Panik kindly informed us of a night held by Shaun Bass of Neon Skullz.  Which promises to be a BIG ONE!

After their last party, Aztecs on Acid Neon Skullz thought it was time for another night of fancy dress mayhem or in their words,

“another psychotropic soup of Global Ghetto beats, Transcendental dance,
neo-tribal ceremonies, insane fancy dress and otherworldly artwork.”

The venue is being kept secret until tonight, so get in touch via the Facebook Link or calling Shaun direct on 07728614291.

As well as all the delicious ear candy and heavy basslines that you will be party to, there promises to be some floor entertainment in the shape of:

Voodoo Burlesque and Pole Dancing with the Scarlet Priestess
Voodoo witchcraft with Carmen ho!
Tribal Initiation
Dutty Wine Contest
Vile poetry and stories from the masked Village Story teller

THE DJ LINEUP IS AS THIS (Panik warns you ’tis long – look at all the goodies tonight!):

HANUMAN (MONKEY STEAK/STEAK HOUSE RECORDS: DJ Set)

Expect everything from bassline to bashment, grime to dustup, 2step garage to baille funk to jungle and back again!

SILKY BOYS (ROB POLLINATE vs NEONSKULLZ)

Slip into a trance with the Silky Boys chaotic mashup of all things Tribal, expect an epic ethnic shakedown on an afro-futurist tip! Allow all this third world business, we’re coming from the fourth dimension!

http://pollinaterecords.com

TRAWLER GUY & MC LAKEY ( Back of the Q )

Back of the Q gully manz hit up Neon Skullz with a super special tribal dance set, expect loads of bashy Funky, Grime and UK Garage mashed up african tribal style!

THE LARGE (Shimmy Shimmy)

Bad-gyal Bashment and devastating Dancehall massiveness from THE LARGE, expect a tropical heatwave of epic proportions!

DJ BUMP ‘N’ GRIND (Spamfritta)
Get ready for a Haitian Voodoo Bassquake because we’re smuggling Bump ‘n’ Grind and a shipment of fuck-you-up, wobbly bass narstiness over the border, so you’d better get your ass on the floor before the fedz turn up!

TEHRAN (Pillers Of The Community)

Leicesters Tropical trailblazers, Tehran are on en route to deepest darkest Dalston and its already starting to get sweaty! You ain’t even ready!

MR FOX AND HIS FRIENDS ( LIVE )
A tuba-totting Skeleton army blasting brassy waves of Voodoo magic and funky afro riddims.

Chris Crooks (Live) + Dexta & Strict (DIFFRENT VOODOO SET)
There’s a voodoo man in the juju room! Afro-delic hip hop all over the shop! Diffrent, the embryonic label that promotes itself on making ‘diffrent music’, will be giving away free preview copies of their vast stable of label talent on the night – so be sure to get your mitts on one as there will only be 50 up for grabs!
Find out more here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?4zemiyc5mym

http://diffrentmusic.com/?p=210

OMG (Boom Squeek)
Quick witted, motor mouthed little Pikey straight outta Dalston on a straight up hype ting, E8 Manz get to know! Premiering brand new tunes for us on the exclusive ting!

TRASHCAN DJs vs MONKS BLISS
Get ready for a trippy Juju mix up with Trashcan DJ’s

NO ONE AFROBEAT MASHUP POSSE
Ain’t no one bring the afrobeat mashup party warmup vibes like these two baby girls! get ready for a little bumpin’ and jumpin’!

BANGERZ N MASH on Mic Dutties!

Panik are gonna be there with the boys from Diffrent tearing it up til the early hours!  So get dressed up (for the cheap guestlist) and come on down and say hello!

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The Cardiff based arts collective ‘Peaceful Progress’ have transformed an old Boiler House into Wales’ first dedicated Graffiti and Street Art Gallery. The Boiler House includes a large indoor graffiti gallery space, over 100ft of outdoor wall space, a shop and a studio. This innovative project provides a legitimate space for graffiti artists to reach a wider audience and showcases Graffiti art as a positive and sustainable art-form. Through workshops with Schools and Community Centres the Boiler House will inspire young people to get creative, and will be especially good at engaging with hard to reach groups of young people.

The Boiler House will hold monthly exhibitions featuring the best of local and national Graffiti artists. The independent shop is open to the public and stocks original and affordable canvas work by graffiti artists based in South Wales. The grand opening is on the 27^th February, from 12pm – 10pm, come down and experience counter culture at its best.

See www.boilerhousegraffiti.com for more information.

Peaceful Progress was founded by Graffiti artist Bryce Davies in 2000, and now represents a number of artists and performers based in South Wales. Peaceful Progress were responsible for the Fair Play festival held in Canton in 2008/2009 which raised over £1000 for War on Want (08) and the The SAFE Foundation (09). Currently Peaceful Progress run the monthly ‘Dub in the Pub’ nights at the Lansdowne Pub and the group tour the festival circuit throughout the summer with the Peaceful Progress Graffiti Tent. The Boiler House is a community based project to bring people of all ages and backgrounds together through Graffiti art.

See www.peacefulprogress.co.uk for more info.

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Formed in Reykjavik in 2005, we discovered FM Belfast on our last trip to the 2008 edition of Iceland Airwaves.  Playing the headline slot of the Saturday night on home turf, the anticipation buzzing round the city residents provided but a  hint of what was to come.

The credit crunch had just hit the country hard, financial institutions were going bankrupt and the currency was in freefall but the band swept that all aside, tearing the cloaks of cynicism off the shoulders of many a jaded hipster in attendance.  Playing a set that featured their album How to Make Friends and incorporating their famous take on RATM and Technotronic, if joy had a physical manifestation, this was it.

Currently on a European Tour, FM Belfast bring their synth pop sound (but more importantly their show) to our backyard on March 2nd and headline their first London gig at Hoxton Bar and Grill.  And if their music wasn’t enough already, they are also giving away a trip to Iceland for two including flights and accomodation!  You could say they’ve come to our shores too late to capitalise on the 80’s revival but if you think Pop should have more optimism and wit than the androgynous saccharine of La Roux, this is the gig for you.

Check out more here : http://www.myspace.com/fmbelfast

Tickets : Ticketweb

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NOW! That’s What I Call C*L*A*S*H Vol #1 was sent to us by the finalist in the recent Panik collaboration night, C*L*A*S*H (pictures here).  Mr. Casual Customer crafted some of his own mash ups that proved to be controversial!   Panik can only say that they were made by his own fair hand and there were no rules restricting that!  The next C*L*A*S*H will be held in April – drop us a mail to enter a team

The mix features the mash ups Mr CC made especially for the event.  On the day he only armed himself with nine mash up tracks (only just enough to see him through to the final), which we think was especially brave as most teams on the night brought an MP3 player jam packed with choons!

Listen and enjoy below

Now Thats What I Call C*L*A*S*H vol#1 by Mr Casual Customer

Tracklist:

00:00 – Suicide Blonde – Inxs / So what’cha want – Beastie Boys
02:26 – Over & Over – Hot Chip / Don’t believe the hype – Public Enemy / Gin & Juice – Snoop Doggy Dog
09:15 – Throw your sets – DJ Excel / Rock the Casbar – The Clash / Pump up the volume – MARRS
12:55 – Money for nothing – Dire Straits / Gimmie some more – Busta Rhymes / Blue Monday – New Order
15;30 – Da Funk – Daft Punk / Atomic – Blondie / Its like that – Run DMC
18:25 – Diplo Work is never over – Daft Punk
20:15 – ????
21:55 – Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal
23:30 – Dollar Sign – Stush
24:00 – Hold the line (HavocNdeeD Remix) – Major Lazer
27:35 – Dancing in the dark VIP – OliE! & Bare Noize

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Panik came across Guerrilla Lighting through a friend of the site.  They seem to have been doing what one can only describe as lighting ‘flash mobs’.  They have had events in Northern Ireland to Turkey and loads of places in between.

GL bring into public focus the misuse of lighting on certain buildings whilst highlighting those that need some kind of strategic lighting.

Their basic ethos seems to be:

• not all buildings need or deserve to be lit – strategic lighting plans should exist for all cities
• architectural lighting is not a competition – brighter is not better
• poorly designed and installed lighting should be prevented – cities should establish and enforce a minimum standard of quality
• all wasteful use of light should be prevent – leaving the lights on all night in large glazed offices should be a criminal offence

If you visit their site or go to their Facebook group you can see upcoming events and past ones too.  Panik gives this a thumbs up – Besides it is surely about time we had some architecture up in here!

Below are some pics taken by the event organisers and participants.

(All photography and copyright David Barbour/BDP)

Manchester 2006

Manchester 2006

Dublin 2008

Dublin 2008

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Friends of Panik Mike H and Mike P have got together more through indecision than collaboration to bring what sounds to be a great night of fun and frolics at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
Taking Mike H’s love of the 1984 Diamond Dogs album by David Bowie as their inspiration and Mike P’s love of ‘the dogs’ (races that is!), they have decided to incorporate the two – culminating in David Bowie at the Races.

With what promises to be night of good music, gambling, CHEAP booze, dressing up like Bowie or a race punter and much hi-jinx!  Including:

David Bowie Cabaret

**The Man Who Sold the World (to pay off his Ladbrokes Account)**

**An unlicensed Deutschmark bookmaker**

**The Midnight Diamond Dogs Sweepstakes**

**Prizes!!**

**TOP DJ’s PLAYING**

Bowie, Rock N Roll, disco classics, Northern Soul, a bit of what you fancy, MODERN.

Plus all the usual Working Men’s Club dancey fun.

It kicks off at 8pm on Saturday the 30th of January.

Dres code: Get on your platforms, lycra and face paint or don a flat cap, sheepskin and a dog on a leash – why not combine the two?!

For such inspired frivolities there has to be a cover charge which will go to CHARITY, £5 on the door (if you are on the guest list), else £7 / £8; all money to go to a good cause (Mike H’s election campaign/Haiti DEC appeal/Labour Friends of Iraq).

Panik gives this a massive 8/10 and we ain’t even been yet!!

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Firstly, Happy New Year from Panik!

For all you people of eclectic tastes there’s a treat for you.  A tour de force of young upcoming British talent cris-crossing genres and styles, hopefully making for a beautiful amalgamation of diverse sounds.  Named BACK OFF at Proud, Camden on the 6th of Jan (tix £5).  Panik is looking forward to this one!

The night includes live music from AKAYZIA, a band with urban folk stylings, well worth a look.  Other acts confirmed include Depot, who describe themselves as “Depot sound like a mix of classic 2 tone British ska with modern indie twinges”.  Others include the interesting Rotten Hill Gang, who have been seen performing at Notting Hill Carnival with the legendary Mick Jones.  (By the way we know you see a nipple from the audience at around 27secs before you all write in!)

The night will also feature live hip hop from Lewis Parker, a very diverse individual indeed.  Critically acclaimed and incredibly talented as a performer and a producer with several singles EPs and albums to his name.  And a live set from NA and Haka young upcoming UK hip hop artists.

All to be rounded off by DJ sets from Harry Love, Eniz and Benson aka b- killah cash slim.  Quote from the promoters (Polarize and Orion Treize) “DJs will be mixing into the night to bring guests a musical experience displaying the best from every genre (no dowy ones included).”  Flyer down low guys and girls….  Panik will be there! x

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This promises to be a fun-filled night from the Northern Heights Skiffle Squad featuring the Walbourne Brothers of the Pretenders, The Pogues, St. Etienne, Pernice Brothers (the list goes on…) fame.

This FREE Christmas Party looks like one for those who want to carry on going after the last weekend before Christmas.  For the fans of dirty blues and low down sounds, it’s gonna be skiffletastic!

‘An evening of guitars, washboards, alcohol and possibly a song about trains.

Live sets from the Northern Heights Skiffle Squad

and the Walbourne Brothers

non pretentious party music’

Check out location and times under this:

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Cheap as Credit Crunch Chips Xmas party. With the vision of throwing parties where music and art is the heart and all the people that come along, the soul, Deep Down have crafted another line up that follows their motto of Eclectic, Energetic and Eccentric in amazing spaces for a lesser price. Being held at the former Eurythmic’s warehouse hangout, the interior will be decked out by a selection of artists who have been given the theme – DEEP DOWN…IN SANTA’S GROTTO.

The line up features some of the most forward thinking electronic DJs around and the highlight for us is DEBOA who will be throwing down his unique, eclectic and rhythmic sound heavily influenced by Afro, Latin and the bass driven music he grew up with.

ZONGAMIN will be unleashing his first ever warehouse set, and the sound of House and Bass is represented by DUB KULT. Other DJs on the night include Hands on Music’s Afro inspired DJ duo MAN VS WIFE, with an appearance from Saine of Urban Nerds

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