Tropicalista New Year’s Eve Party at Rich Mix
08 December, 2010Rich Mix, Movimientos and Hackney Globe Trotting are teaming up for one of the most exciting New Year’s Eve line-ups we’ve ever seen. All year Movimientos and Hackney Globe Trotting have been hosting a wide-range of activities including events at Glastonbury, the Barbican, Lovebox, Paradise Gardens, Big Chill and Roskilde; plus gigs all over Europe, sell out London Club nights, DJ support for Manu Chao and beyond, this party is set to be the hottest ticket for global revelry in the whole of this great fantastic melting pot of London Town.
With two of the UK’s most renowned global acts AJ Holmes and The Hackney Empire with their London take on Congolese Soukous and Rumba and Latin Dub Soundsystem representing the best of Latin and UK urban sounds on the bill, plus exquisite video installations and decorations supplied by British Council darlings Your Mum. And with DJs on the night Russ Jones, Cal Jader and Arias spinning music from all over the planet from Cumbia to Salsa, Rumba, Bhangra, Reggaeton, Samba, Reggae, Balkan, Ska, Boogaloo and taking in House, Tropical Bass, Hip-Hop and Drum ‘n’ Bass making for a 360° night of roots music and forward thinking beats, you know the place is going to be jumping.
AJ HOLMES AND THE HACKNEY EMPIRE (Live)
**The new electric hi-life! Fresh Soukous and Rumba sound
http://www.myspace.com/ajholmesandthehackneyempire
LATIN DUB SOUNDSYSTEM (Live)
** From Kingston to Bogota via London uptown!
http://www.myspace.com/latindubsoundsystem
DJS RUSS JONES, CAL JADER, ARIAS
**From Afro to Latino – global party music all night long
http://www.myspace.com/russjones1
+ YOUR MUM VISUALS
+ 100 FREE COCKTAILS for early birds between 8pm to 10pm
http://www.movimientos.org.uk/
http://www.richmix.org.uk/aandc_nye2010tropicalista.htm
WIN TICKETS TO THIS EVENT THANKS TO SOUNDS AND COLOURS SPECIAL GIVEAWAY!!!
Fri 31 Dec / 8pm-4am/ £15 adv / £20 on door
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA
Train Station: Shoreditch High Street
Tube: Liverpool Street, Bethnal Green
Web: http://www.richmix.org.uk/
Tel: 020 7613 7498
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