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Eyes Down

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Eyes Down
Monthly Missions into Underground Music
featuring residents: Kelvin Brown, Jon-K and Hosted by MC DRS (Broke'n'English)

Eyes Down, launched on 15th September 2000 at Manchester's infamous Dry Bar as a weekly Friday. After a couple of venue changes Eyes Down settled at the Band on the Wall venue with 150 years of musical history reverberating through its ageing walls. Predominantly a live jazz and roots venue it previously played hast to artists such as Tony Allen, Terry Callier, London Electricity, Courtney Pine, Poets of Rhythm, Antiballas, Eddie Palmieri. ACR and Attica Blues.
Here Eyes Down developed an increasingly uncompromising music policy, focusing on individual and often challenging selections taking in Jazz, Cuban, Broken Beat, Hip Hop, Disco, House, Detroit Techno, Folk and Reggae. This led to increasing opportunities to take Eyes Down on the road, including a monthly Eyes Down session at the legendary Plastic People in London.
Previous guests at Eyes Down have included I.G. Culture, Waiwan, London Elektricity, Landslide, Recloose, Abdul Forsyth, Moodymann, ?uestlove (The Roots), Dego, Jazzanova, Pepe Bradock, Dobie, Mark Pritchard, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Charlie Dark and Domu. We also took advantage of the live capabilities of the Band on the Wall to play host to bands such as the Rebirth, RSL, and Reel People.
With the closure of Band on the Wall we have upped and moved again, this time to the even more intimate basement surroundings of the Roadhouse in Manchester on the first Friday of the month. We're taking the change in venue as an opportunity to get back to what Eyes Down's really about. The focus of our nights at the Roadhouse will be forward thinking, good music, not names on flyers or numbers through the door.
Expect to see a lot more resident sessions as well as a few special guests.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: eyesdown.net
Band Members: Kelvin Brown, Jon K, Jack Croal, Guy Foster.
Influences: Music including but not exclusively: Bob Marley, Harry Whittiker, Pharoah Sanders, Moodymann, Christine Harwood, 4Hero, Rhythm and Sound, James Mason, Andres, J-Dilla RIP, Recloose, Madlib, Yousef Latif, Patrick Adams, Mulatu Astatke, Quartet Tres Bien, Diamond D, Burning Spear, Theo Parrish, Sun Ra, Ron Trent, Mahoud Ahmed, Jimi Hendrix, Philly International, Domu, Coltrane, Archie Whitewater, Carl Craig, Mikey Dread, Joe Gibbs, Calibre, Chantal Curtis, Mizell Brothers, Herb Alpert. But more importantly, Tea & Biscuits, Guinness, Leica Cameras, Trainers, Claudia Cardinale, Burnt Toast with Honey, Newcastle Accents, Old Buildings, New York, etc etc etc
Type of Label: None