The Outer Church: Vindicatrix, Some Truths, These Feathers Have Plumes, Kemper Norton, Harem – Thursday 1st August
Posted July 29, 2013
Tickets: £7 Adv
The second in a series of special events to mark the unveiling of The Outer Church’s first compilation album, to be released as a 28-track 2CD set and download via Front & Follow Records on August 5th.
Vindicatrix
Inviting comparison with Scott Walker, Marc Almond and Billy Mackenzie, London-based composer David Aird has carved out a unique space in which tense rhythms scuttle into thick clouds of electronic noise and torch songs are overwhelmed by bleak introspection.
Some Truths
Hackney’s Ralph Cumbers (aka Bass Clef) conjures hypnotic grooves via the science of raw analogue synthesis. His live sets are physically demanding demonstrations of human-patchbay synergy.
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Midnight A Go-Go – Saturday 27th July
Posted July 21, 2013
£5 Entry
One of our favourite nights at The Waiting Room, Midnight A Go Go, returns on Saturday 27th July. The UK’s best monthly 80s party will have a Miami beach feel to it. Think of all those shell suits, roller blades and shimmering pop gems.
Mind Enterprises – Tuesday 16th July
Posted July 15, 2013
Free With RSVP
Mind Enterprises is the work of Andrea Tirone, a producer and songwriter from Turin, Italy. Now based in London, his debut single Sister came out on Double Denim Records in Summer 2012.
On Tuesday 16th July he comes here to play the launch party for his new four track My Girl EP which is out today via Because Music.
Take a listen to the title track below.
Dj Andy Smith presents ‘Reach Up’ – Plastician’s Top Ten 80’s Jams – Friday 12th July
Posted July 5, 2013
Tickets – £5 Adv
Following a string of successful parties at The Waiting Room over recent months the Reach Up crew are back on July 12 with esteemed resident DJ Andy Smith and this time round Rinse FM dubstep pioneer Plastician digging the crates for those 70s and 80s gems.
Having remixed MIA, Snoop Dogg, Skream and more Plastician knows good music when he hears it and as the first dj to give radio play to Joker and Emalkay he has a reputation for shaping the future of dance music culture. For this special night however he’s looking back and throwing down some of the tunes that paved the way. Expect party starting funk, boogie and 80s house heat with a splash of balearic joy!
Plastician’s Top Ten 80’s Jams
1. Talk Talk – It’s My Life
2. Inner City – Good Life
3. Gwen McCrae – All This Love That I’m Givin’
4. Bernard Wright – Who Do You Love
5. Michael Jackson – P.Y.T.
6. Yarborough & Peoples – Don’t Stop The Music
7. Melba Moore – Love Come At Ya
8. Prince – When Doves Cry
9. Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam
10. Womack & Womack – Teardrop
Julie Hawk Single Launch (Hosted By Ligers) – Wednesday 3rd July
Posted July 1, 2013
£4 Entry
Inspired by the likes of St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom and Kate Bush, Julie Hawk, originally from Ireland, is a multi-instrumentalist pulling up the London unsigned scene by its roots.
In 2012, Hawk supported renowned singer-songwriter, Benjamin Francis Leftwich and The Magic Numbers’ Michele Stodart in London, and made her first festival appearance at Hop Farm.
On Wednesday she launches her new single ‘Take Off Your Suit’ here at The Waiting Room with a free show. Watch the video below.
Support comes from Suburban Dirts and Lin Sangster.
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