Wednesday, 18 July 2012
_ _ _ _ ;
Paul Woolford_
Robin Ball_
Funkineven_
Commix_
Deadboy_
Gang Colours_
Wbeeza_
Randomer_
Laurent Fintoni_
Widowmaker (Alias Set)_
+ Special Guests
Friday 27th July 2012
22:00 - 06:00
@ The Lightbox, 6A South Lambeth Place, London, SW8 1SP
Thursday, 10 May 2012
SOCIALEYES AT GOLDEN DOWN FESTIVAL
SOCIALEYES AT GOLDEN DOWN FESTIVAL WITH
FOUR TET//GHOSTPOET //KERRI CHANDLER//JOY ORBISON//JULIO BASHMORE//BEN UFO//PEARSON SOUND//SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER//MIDLAND//HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR//DUB PISTOLS// DJ EASE//MOUNT KIMBIE//LEE SCRATH PERRY//ROOTS MANUVA//GILLES PETERSON//FLOATING POINTS//PORTABLE//THE HERBALISER//SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA//APPARAT//PORTICO QUARTET// THUNDERCAT//LUCY ROSE//STEALING SHEEP//THEFROWN//ADRIAN SHERWOOD//CLEAN BANDIT//LORCA//YOUTH IMPERIAL//NOMAD SOUL//ROBIN BALL
FOUR TET//GHOSTPOET //KERRI CHANDLER//JOY ORBISON//JULIO BASHMORE//BEN UFO//PEARSON SOUND//SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER//MIDLAND//HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR//DUB PISTOLS// DJ EASE//MOUNT KIMBIE//LEE SCRATH PERRY//ROOTS MANUVA//GILLES PETERSON//FLOATING POINTS//PORTABLE//THE HERBALISER//SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA//APPARAT//PORTICO QUARTET// THUNDERCAT//LUCY ROSE//STEALING SHEEP//THEFROWN//ADRIAN SHERWOOD//CLEAN BANDIT//LORCA//YOUTH IMPERIAL//NOMAD SOUL//ROBIN BALL
As the UK summer festival season is fast
approaching we’re pleased as punch to announce we’ll be joining new festival in
town, Golden Down. We’ll be spreading
our Socialeyes love from Friday 15th June, so why not come and join us in the
fields of fun.
"Discover new sounds and indulge in
some wholesome yet decadent discovery."
Golden Down Festival is a brand new festival for 2012 - already organisers have confirmed a whole host of diverse and world-class acts, including Four Tet, Roots Manuva, Lee Scratch Perry and Kerri Chandler.
The festival will take place from the 15th to the 17th June in Black Bush Valley on the Matterley Estate. The festival will be an incredible summer playground, and promises party-goers a feel-good three days featuring a mix of eclectic acts and genres.
Artists will play from noon onwards and continue into the festival’s late night celebrations. However, the entertainment doesn’t stop there as revellers can enjoy Golden Down’s delights well into the early hours of the morning.
A handpicked selection of brilliant musicians will warm up the festival site during the afternoons; Submotion Orchestra, Floating Points, Lucy Rose, Stealing Sheep, Slow Club, Portico Quartet, Time & Space Machine and Adrian Sherwood (DJ Set) are all confirmed.
As evening dawns the next wave of enviable artists take to the stage, with Friday welcoming Ghost Poet, The Herbaliser, and ethereal headliner Four Tet. Saturday evening will see MOBO award winner Roots Manuva headline, with many more acts to be announced. Occupying the evening slot on the final day of the festival are Apparat and Dub Pistols, who are headed up by the legendary Lee Scratch Perry.
Late night at Golden Down will showcase some of the best DJs in the Dance Tent, including house legend Kerri Chandler, tech/house aficionado Portable, and the forward thinking Pearson Sound; along with ‘footsteppin’ Julio Bashmore, self-confessed ‘Galactic Funk’ DJ Space Dimension Controller, Leeds supremo Midland, and the genre-bending Ben UFO.
As well as crafting the perfect party atmosphere, chill out time at Golden Down will be unparalleled. There will also be a broad selection of fantastic bars on offer supplemented with award-winning fresh food at fair prices, plus big welcoming camp sites, plenty of toilets and washing facilities.
Golden Down - discover new sounds and indulge in some wholesome yet decadent discovery..
Organised by likeminded festival-lovers with a simple mantra to put on a brilliant festival done to the highest standards, Golden Down aims to take the festival back to its glorious roots.
Set in Black Bush Valley on a private estate the Golden Down Festival will provide you with the perfect weekend escape with space to breathe and party all night long in an intimate haven away from the hustle and bustle of reality.
Revellers can expect quality music transcending a variety of genres, with a line-up oozing with talent from across the board. Although extremely important, we know that it’s not just the music that makes a festival one to return to; often it’s the small things in life that are the most appreciated. Golden Down will not only provide you with audible treats and visual delights to stimulate your senses but also great bars with local beers, ciders and wines (and of course all your usual favourite tipples!) supplemented with award-winning fresh food all at fair prices, as well as big welcoming camp sites, plus plenty of toilets and washing facilities. Capacity is only for 5,000 people, keeping queues to a minimum and the festival intimate.
Whether you want a string of hazy summer days or a fun-fuelled weekend of music and dancing, you’ll find what you’re looking for along with lots of cheeky surprises. We can’t promise you that this festival will change your life - if we did we’d be lying - but we can promise that you'll meet new people, discover new sounds and indulge in some wholesome yet decadent discovery.
Golden Down Festival is a brand new festival for 2012 - already organisers have confirmed a whole host of diverse and world-class acts, including Four Tet, Roots Manuva, Lee Scratch Perry and Kerri Chandler.
The festival will take place from the 15th to the 17th June in Black Bush Valley on the Matterley Estate. The festival will be an incredible summer playground, and promises party-goers a feel-good three days featuring a mix of eclectic acts and genres.
Artists will play from noon onwards and continue into the festival’s late night celebrations. However, the entertainment doesn’t stop there as revellers can enjoy Golden Down’s delights well into the early hours of the morning.
A handpicked selection of brilliant musicians will warm up the festival site during the afternoons; Submotion Orchestra, Floating Points, Lucy Rose, Stealing Sheep, Slow Club, Portico Quartet, Time & Space Machine and Adrian Sherwood (DJ Set) are all confirmed.
As evening dawns the next wave of enviable artists take to the stage, with Friday welcoming Ghost Poet, The Herbaliser, and ethereal headliner Four Tet. Saturday evening will see MOBO award winner Roots Manuva headline, with many more acts to be announced. Occupying the evening slot on the final day of the festival are Apparat and Dub Pistols, who are headed up by the legendary Lee Scratch Perry.
Late night at Golden Down will showcase some of the best DJs in the Dance Tent, including house legend Kerri Chandler, tech/house aficionado Portable, and the forward thinking Pearson Sound; along with ‘footsteppin’ Julio Bashmore, self-confessed ‘Galactic Funk’ DJ Space Dimension Controller, Leeds supremo Midland, and the genre-bending Ben UFO.
As well as crafting the perfect party atmosphere, chill out time at Golden Down will be unparalleled. There will also be a broad selection of fantastic bars on offer supplemented with award-winning fresh food at fair prices, plus big welcoming camp sites, plenty of toilets and washing facilities.
Golden Down - discover new sounds and indulge in some wholesome yet decadent discovery..
Organised by likeminded festival-lovers with a simple mantra to put on a brilliant festival done to the highest standards, Golden Down aims to take the festival back to its glorious roots.
Set in Black Bush Valley on a private estate the Golden Down Festival will provide you with the perfect weekend escape with space to breathe and party all night long in an intimate haven away from the hustle and bustle of reality.
Revellers can expect quality music transcending a variety of genres, with a line-up oozing with talent from across the board. Although extremely important, we know that it’s not just the music that makes a festival one to return to; often it’s the small things in life that are the most appreciated. Golden Down will not only provide you with audible treats and visual delights to stimulate your senses but also great bars with local beers, ciders and wines (and of course all your usual favourite tipples!) supplemented with award-winning fresh food all at fair prices, as well as big welcoming camp sites, plus plenty of toilets and washing facilities. Capacity is only for 5,000 people, keeping queues to a minimum and the festival intimate.
Whether you want a string of hazy summer days or a fun-fuelled weekend of music and dancing, you’ll find what you’re looking for along with lots of cheeky surprises. We can’t promise you that this festival will change your life - if we did we’d be lying - but we can promise that you'll meet new people, discover new sounds and indulge in some wholesome yet decadent discovery.
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Hannah Holland gives us the low down ahead of her gig for Socialeyes this Friday alongside Boddika, T.Williams & Presk
Hi Hannah thanks for taking the time to answer some questions :o)
No problem :)
Q:
Can you give us a rundown of how you first got hooked onto electronic dance
music? What dj’s were you into and the style of music they were playing?
A: I grew up in south London, and when I
was still in primary school, my friends brother, who was about 16, collected
records and we used to sneak into his room and play them. I remember Shut Up
and Dance's Raving I'm Raving and On A Ragga Tip, I think that was the moment I
became hooked, also Normski's show Dance Energy was on the TV, so most kids
were fed Prodigy and Inner City from a very young age. As a young teenager me
and friends would be locked into Dream FM pissing around on Clapham Common,
loving all the jungle classics like Helicopter, Valley Of The Shadows and Dred
Bass. I remember going to my first rave at the Epsom leisure centre, aged 13,
DJ Hype was playing.
Q: How did that love for the music progress into you becoming a dj?
A: I played bass in a band during school
times and genuinely left school thinking we would be huge...this never happened!
however, I had to get a job and I became a runner for a music video company and
just absolutely loved working in soho and not being at school. I did this for
quite a few years, working on some seminal videos and even directing some
myself. Throughout this time I bought decks, as I went out so much to amazing
clubs like Nag Nag Nag and Bodyrockers, I wanted to have the music I was
hearing at home and touch it and play around with it myself. I had a couple of
really close dj friends, who inspired me to start spinning. After a few years
playing in my bedroom and house party gigs, I started spinning around
shoreditch in bars, there I met Mikki from Trailer Trash and Rob from
Mulletover and that’s when it went nuts and I was playing every weekend and my
career started, eventually after a few years, I gave up the videos to fully
concentrate on music, it’s been about 10 years now since I started playing.
Q:
You are well known for being diverse in your dj sets, blurring boundaries
between house, techno and bass music. Would it be fair to say you adapt to the
environment you are playing in? And if so does this complicate things when it
comes to choosing what to play at your gigs?
A: Yes I definitely adapt to the
environment, that’s what I love about djing, feeding from the crowds energy
which inspires the tracks you choose, it's magical. I guess I have my staple
tracks that are a starting block, and then I venture down whichever road I feel
is right for that occasion at that moment...whether it be techno, house,
minimal, harder, deeper...you'll be able to hear it’s me playing, I choose
tracks to play that have a certain sound/vibe and that goes for any genre and
sub genre, together it all makes sense.
Q:
We are really looking forward to you playing at the next Socialeyes Party! You
will be DJing alongside Boddika, T.Williams and Presk are you playing any of
these guys productions at the moment?
A: All of them are the dogs bollox! great
line up, I can't wait to play.
Q:
As a dj do you play cds, vinyl or are you computer based?
A: cds and vinyl for me. still not into the
computer thing personally.
Q:
You have gained yourself a name as a London dj are you originally from London?
A: Yes I’m from South London, Clapham
Q:
Hannah Holland is a cool name were you born with it?
A: Yes I was born with
it! thanks, I'll let me mum know.
Q:
What projects are you working on at the moment?
A: As well as Batty Bass records, )we just
released NYC's The Carry Nation and just about to release Deadstock 33's new
EP), I’m setting up a new label with Deboa (BB resident) called Native
City, showcasing a more stripped back deep groove / bass house/techno. Plus I’m
writing an album....which has definitely got all kinds of influences in and
sounding pretty out there right now, I’m working with some incredible vocal
talent, I’m really excited about it.
Q:
What makes a good party for you?
A: It's the people and the energy they bring
to the place. The best parties that I've been to have almost been tribal, Bodyrockers at Cynthia's
Robot Bar was the best example, it was Damian Lazrarus's night before Cross
Town Rebels. I was about 19, I used to be silent hours before we got in I was
so nervous and excited, it just had this insane electric energy. Trailer Trash
and Batty Bass has those vibes too, and to be a dj on the other side of it, is
very special indeed.
Thanks Hannah see you on the 27th April
Friday, 6 April 2012
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Socialeyes with Boddika, Hannah Holland, T. Williams, Presk & Robin Ball
Friday 27th April 2012
10pm – 6am
Rhythm Factory, 16-18 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1EW
Nearest tube – Aldgate East
Earlybird £7 / Advanced £10 / On the door £12
Available from;
If a line-up was ever to fully showcase the Socialeyes ethos, then this is it.
After 6 years of blurring boundaries across the dance music spectrum at great venues including Corsica Studios and the summer boat parties, Socialeyes bring you some of the most exciting and open minded artists on the scene playing across two rooms (no short dj sets here).
Socialeyes is very excited to welcome the unique and innovative sounds of Boddika who is currently flying high with his solo projects and collaborations with Joy O. All round musical style guru and curly haired queen of the London party scene, Hannah Holland also joins the party, followed by two of the hottest breakthrough artists of the moment Teknologi Co-founder and Rinse Fm resident T. Williams and Grote Prijs award winner Presk. They join Socialeyes’s very own musical chameleon Robin Ball.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tel: 07956 375370
Sunday, 25 March 2012
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Socialeyes where tech-house meets bass!
At Socialeyes we are very excited about 2012! Over the years first as Groove Pleasure and more recently as Socialeyes we have always pushed a wide variety of electronic dance music, normally over 2 rooms, one covering house and techno and the other covering what is most recently being called bass music. 2012 will see these sounds amalgamating like we haven’t seen since the late 80’s / early 90’s and we are going to support this all the way with our line ups! Below is a list of some of the dj’s we have worked with over the years and 2012 will see us adding some exciting new names to the list, with forward thinking underground warehouse vibes being the name of the game! Watch this space for more info!
Some of the DJ's that have played for Socialeyes / Groove Pleasure;
Andrew Weatherall, Bar9, Basement Jaxx, Ben Sims, Coldcut, Colin Dale, Dillinja, Elite Force, Funk D Void, High Rankin, Jakwob, Justin Harris, Justin Robertson, Kenny Hawkes, Kevin Saunderson, Luke Slater, Luke Solomon, Matt Tolfrey, Mensah, Mark Broom, Max Cooper, Mickey Finn, Miguel Migs, Plump Dj’s, Rob Sparx, Silicone Soul, Slyde, Stacey Pullen, Sub Focus, Suburban Knight, Tayo, Terry Francis, The Advent, DJ Yoda.
Andrew Weatherall, Bar9, Basement Jaxx, Ben Sims, Coldcut, Colin Dale, Dillinja, Elite Force, Funk D Void, High Rankin, Jakwob, Justin Harris, Justin Robertson, Kenny Hawkes, Kevin Saunderson, Luke Slater, Luke Solomon, Matt Tolfrey, Mensah, Mark Broom, Max Cooper, Mickey Finn, Miguel Migs, Plump Dj’s, Rob Sparx, Silicone Soul, Slyde, Stacey Pullen, Sub Focus, Suburban Knight, Tayo, Terry Francis, The Advent, DJ Yoda.
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