Member Since: 4/9/2006
Band Members: Fusion Fridays is back and atcha. We have a lovely new venue: Ghurkas Champagne Bar, Back Church St. Blackpool... it's tucked away on the side street by Scruffy Murphys...nice place owned by Kim, who is Nepalese...truly a Fusion venue. Reasonable bar prices too.
Looking forward to seeing you down there
NEXT EVENT: FRIDAY 2nd MAY...It's our first anniversary...and Buzz:ed's Birthday! :P
Influences: Rob Da Bank meets Richard Dawkins on the way to WOMAD, both are (surprisingly) travelling by Llama. Then they notice they are both listening to a Future World Funk mix on headphones, which makes them laugh. The Cheeky Girls look on jealously from the bushes. The sun shines, it is a beautiful day.
Sounds Like: DRUMMING: Latin and African based music...we like to move it
DJ SETS:
Sets can include any, all, or none of the following:
13th Floor Elevators, A Man Called Adam, The Abyssinians, Adrian Sherwood, Africanism, Afro Cuban All Stars, Aim, Air, Ali Farka Toure, Althea & Donna, Amba, Amon Tobin, Amy Winehouse, Andy Capp, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Aphex Twin, ASHA BHOSLE, Augustus Pablo, Azymuth, The Avalanches, Baba Brooks, Badly Drawn Boy, Badmarsh & Shri, Banco de Gaia,
BARBATUQUES: Brazilian human acapella beat boxes.
BASIC CHANNEL, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beanfield, Beck, Bedrock Records, Belle & Sebastian, Beth Orton, Blowjangles,Blue Note Records,
Billie Holiday, Black Star Liner, Bjork, Bjorn, Blame, Blu Mar Ten, Blue States, Boards of Canada, Bob Marley, Bob Sinclar, Bongo Herman, Bonobo, Booker T & the MG's, Bootsy Collins, Boozoo Bajou, Bud, Buena Vista Social Club, Burning Spear, Buscemi, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart, Carl Cox, Cass / Slide, Celia Cruz,
CELSO PINA Cumbia meets Hip Hop... ho ho!
Ceramic Hobs, Charlie Mingus, Charlie Parker, The Chemical Brothers, The Chiffons, Chris Coco, Cinematic Orchestra, Circulation, Club des Belugas, Club do Balanco, Cocteau Twins, Coldcut, Compay Segundo, Courtney Pine, The Crystalites, The Crystals, The Cure, Curtis Mayfield, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Dan Robbins, Danny Howells, Dave Clarke, David Bowie, Dawn Penn, De La Soul, Dennis Brown, Desmond Decker, The Dining Rooms, DJ Food, DJ Shadow, Don Drummond, Donovan, Dreadzone, Dr. John, Drumagick, Dub Syndicate, Dusty Springfield, Eddie Palmieri, The Electric Prunes, The Electric Six, Emiliana Torini, The Ethiopians, ETIENNE DE CRECY, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Freak Power, Free, Funki Porcini, Future Sound of London, Georgie Fame, Gladys Knight, GOL, Gotan Project, The Happy Mondays, Hardfloor, Hawkwind, The Heptones, Herbaliser, Hexstatic, High Contrast, Higher Intelligence Agency, The Hippy Boys, Hopeton Lewis, Hospital Records, Howl In The Typewriter, Hugh Masakela, iMonster, I Roy, I:Cube, The Isley Brothers, Ivor Cutler, Jackie Mittoo,
JAMES BROWN shows some fancy footwork
Jawbone, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Smith, John B, John Coltrane, John Martyn, John Peel, Joi, Jon Carter, Jorge Ben, Josh Wink, Julie Driscoll, Junior Murvin, Junior Walker, K-Scope, Keith Hudson, Keith Jarrett, Ken Booth, Kid Koala, Killer Loop, King Tubby, The Kinks, Kraftwerk, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Layo & Bushwacka!, LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY, LEMON JELLY, The Limp Twins, Link Wray, London Elektricity (in spite of them being crap live), Lou Reed, Tim 'Love' Lee, Lovin' Spoonful, LTJ Bukem, Luke Vibert, Manu Chao, Manu Dibango, Marlena Shaw, Marschmellows, Martha Reeves, Martin Solveig, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Masters At Work, Maurizio, Max Dennehy, Max Romeo, Max Sedgley, The Maytones, The Meters, Miles Davis, Mo Horizons, Mr. C,
MR. SCRUFF ...does animation get any better than this?...
Mrs. Cakehead (Bacup's answer to Lee Perry), Mungos HiFi, Mustapha Tettey Addy, Negativland, Nelly Furtado, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nicola Conte, NIGHTMARES ON WAX, Niney, Ninja Tune Records, Nirvana, Nosepicking (not really, just checking if you are still with us ... OK I admit it...I do pick my nose a bit), The Observers, Ojos de Brujo, Omni Trio, On U Sound, The Orb, Orchestra Baobab, Paul Weller, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Photek, POB, Poco Loco, Pole, Pole Folder, Phluff, Portishead, Primal Scream, Prince Buster, Prince Jammy, Procol Harum, QUANTIC, QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA , Quincy Jones, Radiohead, Ramsey Lewis, RICHIE HAWTIN, Rico Rodrigues, Roland Alphonso, Roni Size, Ruben Gonzales, RY COODER, Schema Records, Scion, The Seeds, Sender Berlin, Senor Coconut, Serge Gainsbourgh, The Shangri La's, Sir Lord Comic, THE SKATALITES, Sly Stone, The Small Faces, The Smiths, Snowboy, Soel, Soul Jazz Records, Sound Dimension, Spencer Davis, Spirit, St. Germain, S-Tone Inc., Stoned Asia Records, The Stone Roses, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Subjekt, The Supremes, Swag, Tanto Faz, the taurus board, T Rex, The Temptations, Tenor Saw, Thelonius Monk, Them, Thievery Corporation, Tinariwen,Tony Allen, Tony Thomas, Toots & The Maytals, Tosca, Toy, Traffic, Transglobal Underground, Tresor Records. Trojan Records, Two Lone Swordsmen,
THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN (Play Nirvana)
U Roy, Underworld, The Upsetters, The Velvet Underground,The Viceroys, War, Working Week,
Benjamin Zephania
Zero 7, Zero dB, Zorch....the longer you're around, the more baggage you accumulate
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DJ's: Rob Da Bank, PEEL (the first and only time I wept at the death of a stranger), Mr. Scruff, DJ Derek, Russ Jones, Qool Marv, Gilles Peterson, Patife, Soul Jazz Sound System, The Shrine, Todd Terry, Dave Clarke
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LABELS
Trojan, Tresor, Tru Thoughts, Basic Channel, Soul Jazz, K7, Ninja Tune, Audiopharm, Schema, Fania, PUMF
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DIDIMENTIONART?
Grayson Perry for his honesty, Tracy Emin for her openness, Pablo Picasso for his genius, the old goat. Jasper Johns for showing so beautifully the meaning of painterly, Roy Lichtenstein for 'Whaam!', Anthony Gormley for...erm... being Anthony Gormley. Banksy for his feral sense of humour.
JOKE:
Q: How does Damiam Hirst change a lightbulb?
A: By calling it art
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FESTIVALS
WOMAD, for putting the size of the world in perspective, Beatherder, for being a lovely local event, The Big Chill, because of the lineups and the stunning setting of Eastnor castle. Free Rotation in Hay on Wye for the location and the tuneage.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None