We're pleased to announce that Blow
Up will be hosting a night at Upstairs @ The Garage as part
of the second year of HMV's Next Big Thing festival.
Spread over 6 London venues (plus one in Birmingham and Edinburgh)
and running between 4th - 13th February 2011, the festival's aim is
to showcase and celebrate the very best new and emerging talent
drawn from all genres of music tipped to breakthrough in 2011.
The Blow Up night is the first date of the festival on
Friday 4th February, and Blow Up
Records' artists
Baltic Fleet,
Silvery and
The Bongolian will be playing live, following by the
Blow Up
club at 11pm until 3am with DJs Paul Tunkin & Ian Jackson
bringing you the classic Blow Up mix of Orgasmic
Pop, Psych, 60s Mod Soul and New Wave Glam
action. Expect to hear a selection ranging from The
Beatles to Bowie to Blur mixed with 60s moves and
grooves (Soul, Boogaloo, Garage, Ska, Beat and Swinging
Soundtracks). Entry to all events for the festival will be for the
bargain price of a flat £10 (incl. b/f), whoever the artist and
whichever the venue. Tix here
14/1/2011 UPDATE - BIG BOSS MAN ADDED TO THE BILL -
playing a late night show as part of the Blow Up clubnight that
follows.
Baltic FleetPhoto: Adam Banister
   
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BALTIC FLEET is the
work of Warrington based artist Paul Fleming. Influenced by artists
such as Eno, The Doves, NEU!, Sigur Ros and DJ Shadow, his 2008
eponymous debut (written and recorded whilst on a World Tour
playing keyboards for Echo & the Bunnymen), was picked by Rough
Trade Shop for their monthly Record Club, and went on to be placed
in their Top 50 Albums of 2008 (and also in Piccadilly Records'
Albums of 2008). His first show since 2008, Paul
will showcasing material from his second album, due for release
mid-2011.
"BUNNYMAN HAS FUN ON THE AUTOBAHN - Sombre, Sigur Ros-like
post-rock, fuzzy bass grooves [and] energising NEU!-style
motorik" UNCUT
"A faultless piece of instumental music that captures the
spirit of Eno, NEU! all the way through to modern post rock and
chamber music" ROUGH TRADE
"A thirteen-track industrial drive along roads of ambient
melodies . Skin pricklingly authentic"
CLASH
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SILVERY are an eccentric
London four-piece whose music has been described as anything
from Artrock, to Glam to Britpop. Lead singer and songwriter
James Orman immerses us in a unmistakeably English world
of Victoriana and wit. This show follows a headline spot
at Club NME @ Koko in January, and comes just before the release of
their new single 'Two Halves Of The Same Boy'. Playlisted on BBC
6Music (15/1/2011) the third from
their critically acclaimed second album
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"Exhilarating art-pop from band bordering on greatness"
★ ★ ★ ★ UNCUT
"Hunt down this album" ★ ★ ★ ★
Artrocker
"Genius twisted pop. A truly original pop masterpiece"
★ ★ ★ ★ BIG CHEESE
"Stylish, literate and witty but properly hook-aware"
TIME OUT
SILVERYTHEBAND.COM  
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THE
BONGOLIAN is the alter-ego of Big Boss Man's main man
Nasser Bouzida - a multi-instrumentalist who blends elements of
Funk, Soul and Jazz with grinding percussion and heavy Bongo
rhythms, resulting in dirty percussive bongo driven Funk and
Spaced-out Latin Soul. His releases have become recordbox
essentials for DJs, finding a wide appeal from Dance and Hip-Hop to
rare groove and funky 45s fans, and to date The Bongolian and his
band have toured USA, UK and Europe. Following his 2008′s 'Outer
Bongolia', The Bongolian will release his 4th album 'Bongos For
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"Nasser Bouzida is a man with talent to spare. A
Latin-flavoured jazz-funk odyssey" Q Magazine
"Forget your preconceptions, this is the REAL incredible
bongo band" CLASH
"Mightily funky. Part mod, part Sergio Mendes, very
swingin" TIME OUT
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BIG BOSS MANjust added
to the bill for tonight. They'll be playing a late night show as
part of the Blow Up club.
"Excellent" Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio
2
"The Sgt Pepper of boogaloo - and you can't go without
breakfast, can you?" music 4/5, sonic 4/5 Hi-Fi
Choice
"Effortlessly hip" 4 stars -
Echoes
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