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soulROCKS at the Queen Of Hoxton Thursday 30th September 2010

soulrocks — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:12:08 +0000

soulROCKS at the Queen Of Hoxton Thursday 30th September more

Yup yup! We’re back , JC (soulrocks), Captin Rusko, Def Jim and DJ Marx return to entertain the Shoreditch fashion set.

Come down, bring friends, family and the dog if you wish and get your groove on in the sun to ALL THE HITS! What are you waiting for??

soulROCKS @THE QUEEN OF HOXTON

DJs:

DJ’s JC (soulrocks)
Special Guests High Street DJs
Captin Rusko & Def Jim (warehouse)
DJ Marx (Oasis)

Thursday 30th September
ADMISSION FREE
DOORS 6pm-1am

Queen Of Hoxton

1-5 CURTAIN RD

SHOREDITCH

LONDON

EC2A 3JX

Mark Ronson

soulrocks — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:08:31 +0000

Mark Ronson is a sought-after turntablist who’s worked with such diverse artists as Macy Gray, Jay-Z, and comedian Jimmy Fallon. The stepson of guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner, Ronson spent the first eight years of his life growing up in England. Having played guitar and drums from an early age, it wasn’t until moving to New York City with his mother that Ronson discovered DJ culture. At age 16, already a fan of such popular hip-hop artists as Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys, Ronson began listening to the various hip-hop mixtapes released every few months by DJs. Inspired, Ronson confiscated his father’s record collection and began trying his hand at mixing.

The young DJ with the diverse taste soon caught the ears and eyes of various socialites and New York celebrities, including fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, who featured Ronson along with other sons and daughters of celebrities in a 1997 fashion campaign. A year later, hip-hop mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs hired Ronson to DJ his fabled 29th birthday bash. These and other high-profile gigs boosted Ronson’s “hip quotient” and helped promote his more serious-minded music career. Fusing his eclectic turntable skills with his knowledge of musical instruments and songwriting, Ronson eventually embarked on his first solo project. Featuring such diverse guest artists as dancehall rapper Sean Paul, hip-hop artist Mos Def, Jack White ofthe White Stripes, and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Ronson’s debut album, Here Comes the Fuzz, bowed for Elektra in 2003.

After releasing his debut album, Ronson kept busy producing tracks for a number artists, including Amy Winehouse, whose 2006 album Back to Black earned critical praise in large part for Ronson’s throwback, Motown-influenced production. His own sophomore effort, Version, dropped in 2007.

www.markronson.co.uk

The Chemical Brothers

soulrocks — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:44:32 +0000

The act with the first arena-sized sound in the electronica movement, the Chemical Brothers united such varying influences asPublic Enemy, Cabaret Voltaire, and My Bloody Valentine to create a dance-rock-rap fusion which rivaled the best old-school DJs on their own terms — keeping a crowd of people on the floor by working through any number of groove-oriented styles featuring unmissable samples, from familiar guitar riffs to vocal tags to various sound effects. And when the duo (Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons) decided to supplement their DJ careers by turning their bedrooms into recording studios, they pioneered a style of music (later termed big beat) remarkable for its lack of energy loss from the dancefloor to the radio. Chemical Brothers albums were less collections of songs and more hourlong journeys, chock-full of deep bomb-studded beats, percussive breakdowns, and effects borrowed from a host of sources. All in all, the duo proved one of the few exceptions to the rule that intelligent dance music could never be bombastic or truly satisfying to the seasoned rock fan; it’s hardly surprising that they were one of the few dance acts to enjoy simultaneous success in the British/American mainstream and in critical quarters.

www.thechemicalbrothers.com/

Alex Metric

soulrocks — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:08:16 +0000

With modern electronic music, there’s sometimes a tendency to take things, shall we say, ‘a little too seriously’. All too often producers and deejays get caught up so heavily in the idea of being elitist and ‘underground’ that they forget the idea of music altogether – that it should be built to be enjoyed by as many people as possible. This is not a criticism anyone could consider levelling at British wunderkind Alex Metric, however. As the man himself says, ‘I want my music to reach far and wide. I want to take on the overground without compromising what I do and what I love.” Something which, had you attended any one of countless Metric deejay sets last year, or been in a dark, sweaty club where someone was playing one of his myriad tracks or remixes, you would have witnessed first hand in truly emphatic style.

soulROCKS at the Queen Of Hoxton Thursday 26th August

soulrocks — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:47:55 +0000

soulROCKS at the Queen Of Hoxton Thursday 26th August more

Yup yup! We’re back

It’s just after pay day (so drink your wage away) and IT’S FREE!

Come down, bring friends, family and the dog if you wish and get your groove on in the sun to ALL THE HITS! What are you waiting for??

soulROCKS @THE QUEEN OF HOXTON

DJs:

DJ’s JC (soulrocks)
Special Guests High Street DJs
Captin Rusko & Def Jim (warehouse)
DJ Marx (Oasis)

THURSDAY 26TH AUGUST
ADMISSION FREE
DOORS 6pm-1am