Party: Funksoulnation & Catacomb present the return of Onra at The HiFi Club

Party: Funksoulnation & Catacomb present the return of Onra at The HiFi Club

Funksoulnation & Catacomb presents the return of Onra at The HiFi Club - Support comes from Bambooman (Sonic Router) & Liston

Friday 24th October 2014
Doors: 7.30pm until 11pm. Ticket price includes free entry into Funksoulnation from 11pm until the early hours!
£8 - 1st Release, £9 - 2nd Release & £10 - 3rd Release


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Yes people… he’s back! After his sell out gig last year, HiFi’s favourite purveyor of French beats returns on Friday 24th October to make our bodies tingle yet again!

With an eclectic arsenal of samples and an ear for international sounds, Onra has staked his claim as one of the most exciting beat-makers of the past few years and thanks to releases like his 'Chinoseries' collections, the acclaimed 'Long Distance' LP and the more recent releases of the squiggly Disco synthed ‘Deep in the Night’ EP and his collaborative Jazz album with composer Buddy Sativa, under the name of Yatha Bhuta Jazz Combo in 2013, he has garnered much respect from the electronic music community as well as notable figures like Diplo and A-Trak.

Onra’s most notable success is the 'Chinoiseries' collections, where, he integrated 30 Chinese and Vietnamese records from the 60s and 70s into a 32-track masterpiece full of seamless layering and rich textures that combine both Western and Eastern flavours. Check out 'The Anthem' and hear deep-rooted influences à la J Dilla that elevates mere sampling into urban nostalgic art. This song, in fact, became so popular that Coca-Cola picked it up and used it in a commercial for the 2008 Beijing Olympics featuring Lebron James and Yao Ming.

Reminiscent of crate-diggers like Madlib and DJ Shadow, Onra peppers his beats with funk, blues, electronica, woozy and moody ambient & 80’s R&B through hip-hop rhythms and his live MPC performances – everywhere from the Red Bull Music Academy in Bucharest and Giles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival, to LA’s down-and-dirty bass sanctuary the Low End Theory – has been electrifying audience around the world and add a new dimensions to the cosmic grooves Onra puts on tape.

Get ready to dance! Hard!


Essential Listening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJBI4ckmB2M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFYAgeT7we8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=000hKKSDMvg
http://vimeo.com/88999839


Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Onra/40681565677
https://twitter.com/onrabeats
https://soundcloud.com/onra


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Bambooman

Hailing from Yorkshire, the Leeds based Bambooman constantly has his fingers dipped in a lot of concurrent projects. The Sonic Router signed producer keeps his creative self fed, producing tracks for vocalists and collaborating under various guises whilst writing his own material. His two EPs for Sonic Router (the latest of which, Dulcet, was released earlier this year) outline his strikingly clean but intricately layered production style perfectly and his deft production touch was captured and widely commended on London vocalist Segilola’s serene debut EP for King Deluxe, Somewhere Along The Line.

Working a lot with found textures, field recordings and weird FXs, Bambooman’s unique and hip hop informed music has been championed by tastemakers like Gilles Peterson and Tom Ravenscroft (BBC 6 Music), Kutmah (NTS) and Jon K (Hoya:Hoya) leading to live performances alongside lauded artists like Jon Hopkins, MF DOOM, Samiyam, The Gaslamp Killer and Venetian Snare.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bambooman/98708396004
http://bambooman.bandcamp.com/
http://bigupmag.com/portfolio/82-bambooman/


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LIston

We’ll let the man explain himself… “I am a producer based in Leeds. Hip Hop will always be at the forefront of my musical taste, but I also love many different genres of electronic music as well as funk, soul and jazz. Enjoy!”

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/ListonMusic
http://liston.bandcamp.com
http://soundcloud.com/listonator

Invited: David Drejing-Carroll, Sam Shjipstone, Adam Morris, Andi Jackson, Jake Dyson, Rachael Pocock, Jonathan Meager, Shaf Wahid, Andrew 'Casper' Ashdown, Daniel Farrell, Ciaran Ross, Abby Charlesworth, Hannah Preya Limbachia, Emma Trott, Ewan Demo Dempster, Abigail-Jade Woodley, Greg Surmacz, Jamie Cooling, Jack Martin, Christian Pollitt, Alex Ferg, Natalie Beanland, Thomas Edward Williamson, Wayne Smith, Goerge Robinsonn, Ben Craggs, Matt Stanley, William Rowe, Kyle McSparron, Ben Popel, Sophie Robinson, Hugo Monypenny, Jennifer Owen, Ian Thirkill, Netalie Valance, Floss Hush, Sam Weston, Thea Flindall, Hollie Day, Tal 'Apoku' Kasuto, Slack Rotman, Ryan Maxwell, Ryan Paul, Jana Montana, Sean Beeby, Rachael Faye Cotton, Emily Dunlop, Kellie Adams, Shane Cronin, Charli Kelsall, Hamish Cole, Daisy Newdick, John Marsland, Ashleigh Anita, Ste Waite, Mikey Quinn, Lance Xavier Holden, Phil Madden, Demmi Leanne Robinson, Joe Hepworth, Charlotte Watson, Maximilian Emmanuel, Lee Richardson, William Thomas, Fionnuala Hourihan, Emilio Marshall, Ollie Patterson, Lara Bugle, Em Clark, Laura Mills-Whittaker, Alice Lambe, Jo Kira, John Roberts, Jenzo Healey, Ross Telfer, Harry Llewellyn Davies, Ryan Milligan, Bracken Gypsy Bollaan, Filomena Francisco, Connor Brown, Luke Jones, Josh Reidy, Joshua Molyneux, Jack William Scales, Emmer Sorby, Sam Pennells, Harriet Shepherd, Alexandra Chrysanthou, Pippa Wall, Eve Jackson, Aled Jones, Danielle Goulé, Antony Littlewood, Emily Inston, Gavin James Burke, Rosie Horgan, Meara Withe, Jamie Chambers, Harriet Pitt, Will Dyer show more »