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Yes We KAN’T back at Momo Fri 20th August
by Tom on Aug.15, 2010, under clubs
After a month spent mostly playing in large fields, it’s time to return to our favourite West End basement on Friday 20th Aug.
Following some riotous one-offs, Yes We KAN’T returns to its irregular monthly mash-up in the fashionable confines of Momo, with residents Ben Osborne and Severino.
Expect nothing but the finest party eclecticism as jackin house meets Seventies funk rock, salsa meets glitched disco and drum n bass. Dancing on the tables is optional but may prove irresistable.
Entry is free all night, email noiseofart@gmail.com for details.
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Ben Osborne @ Trees For Cities Party, Sat 14th Aug
by Tom on Aug.13, 2010, under clubs
Noise of Art man Ben Osborne is playing at the return of Trees For Cities fundraising parties this Saturday night (14th Aug).
Trees have been raising money for their fantastic global urban tree-planting activities by throwing great parties for over 18 years now. Ben has been a regular DJ for them and retuns this weekend alongside a stellar line-up of Trees supporters old and new.
Expect everything from Ben’s cosmic disco grooves to Ashley Beedle playing reggae and ska in the fine surrounds of King’s Cross joint The Driver.
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Slipped Disco’s UFO: Back at Big Chill House Friday 30th July
by Tom on Jul.23, 2010, under clubs
On Friday 30th July, runaway success story Slipped Disco’s UFO returns to Kings Cross with two floors of cosmic house, space funk and a roof terrace.
The night, inspired by London’s late ‘60’s UFO club, takes over the Big Chill House with a firing line up of jackin house, psychedelic beats, cosmic disco, wigged out funk and analogue electronics.
It sees seminal Nineties eclectic-cosmic DJ and Tummy Touch label boss, Tim “Love” Lee on the wheels of steel. Apart from being the man who discovered Groove Armada back in the 1990s, Lee has recently been causing a buzz wih his latest pych discovery, The Phenomenal Handclap Band.
He joins residents Ben Osborne and X-Press 2 man, Diesel, behind the decks, while Rupert The Brewer keeps it funky upstairs.
Captain Credible is literally from another planet. Norway. His show is an extraordinary, irresistible mix of theatre, music and insanity. This is his first time back since his UK debut at Slipped Disco last year. Not to be missed.
Also playing live, The 9000 return to rock our house down with their funked-up brand of electronic music meets Boosty Collins.
Other-worldly imagery and visuals come courtesy of regular art teams Overlap and Your Mum, while resident photographer Roulla will be on hand to portrait the glamorous.
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Art Hunt @ Latitude Festival – UFO: Rendlesham Incident
by Tom on Jul.08, 2010, under Events, performance art
We can now announce the stellar collection of artists we’ve invited to produce collectable pieces of art for Noise of Art’s return to Latitude Festival next weekend.
The party starts at 12 midnight at the Film and music tent with Severino and Ben Osborne (resident DJs at Horse Meat Disco and Slipped Disco respectively), My Toys Like Me and The 9000 combining to create the music, while The Immaculate Extremists, Overlap, Your Mum and Prick Image crate the visuals and costumed performance.
There will be unique artifacts for you to find and keep created by local and international artists including: Gavin Turk, Stella Vine, Russell Herron, Gareth Bayliss, Schwange, Paul Kindersley, Edwina McEachran, Gemma Land, Andrew Hatfield, Matt Gee, Monique Jivram, Reeka Kapoor, Claudia Forsbrey, Francesca Denega and Corinna Spencer.
Stella Vine, pic by Venetia Dearden
The Art Hunt forms a key part of Noise of Art’s immersive club show UFO: Rendlesham Incident, with a club show on the opening Friday night of Latitude (July 16th) and events throughout the weekend.
The theme of these events is inspired by a real incident that occurred in a Suffolk forest in the winter of 1980. Thirty years ago a hapless alien cruise ship landed in Rendlesham Forest next to a US Air Force Base. This was a mistake. The accidental tourist ship was supposed to be landing on the Mountain of Embarrassing Dreams. But the captain, having un-opposable hoofs, entered the wrong data into the ship’s sat nav, so they landed near Woodbridge instead.
During the kerfuffle of getting away from the naturally curious US Air Force, priceless artifacts belonging to the alien tourists were scattered across the forests, towns and fields of East Anglia. Lying lost for 30 years (or a long weekend in alien time), the aliens have now returned to find the lost treasures.
The Rendelsham Forest incident was reported to the MOD by Lt. Cl. Charles l Holt, the deputy commander of the US Air Force base.
Full details of the events are available through Noise of Art’s Daily Newspaper, distributed free at the UFO Disco and on the festival site. The Art Hunt is curated by Suffolk born artist, Mark Scott-Wood.
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Yes We KAN’T @ Momo, Fri 2nd July
by Tom on Jun.30, 2010, under clubs
It’s time for a mid-summer Yes We KAN’T session this Friday, back at our spiritual underground party lair, Momo.
After a series of packed out, mayhemic one-offs, DJs Severino and Ben Osborne launch their no holds barred, ad hoc monthly residency with a party mash-up in this fashionable central London haunt.
Osborne-Severino forays here cause sweet chaos as they mix from everything into anything (Seventies funk rock to salsa to glitched disco, jiggy house, drum n bass and bin munching b-lines), which regularly has them dancing on the tables. Even the doormen join in for the “one more tune” chorus.
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Noise of Art brings new UFO show to Latitude Festival
by Tom on Jun.25, 2010, under music, performance art
Inspired by the 30th Anniversary of the UK’s most famous UFO incident at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk in 1980, we’ve joined forces with Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich, to launch a spectacular immersive club event at Latitude on Friday 16 July.
Noise of Art’s new show, UFO: Rendlesham Incident, has a peak-time slot from midnight – 3am, where we’ll be bring some of London’s finest club acts and DJs to the festival’s Music and Film Arena on its opening night.
Expect a 360-degree performance of cosmic disco, surround visuals, space freaks and interactive performers. A one-off live cosmic super-group featuring My Toys Like Me, The 9000, We Are KAN’T and critically acclaimed DJs Severino and Ben Osborne will all be providing the interstellar soundtrack.
The event will be followed by an Alien Art Hunt at Latitude Festival on the Saturday and Sunday, featuring real artworks for finders to take home. Look out for details of the high profile and up and coming artists involved, and where the hunts will be. If in doubt, ask an alien.
More info to follow here on noiseofart.org soon…
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Yes We KAN’T at Sketch this month, Fri 11 June
by Tom on Jun.01, 2010, under clubs
Continuing a series of one-off gigs, Yes We KAN’T moves into the salubrious Sketch club in the centre of London for a one-night party on Friday 11 June, with DJ Ben Osborne free-wheeling through the genres.
The venue played host to Noise of Art’s New Year’s Eve multi-media extravaganza and is a unique location for a party (including the famous Alien-inspired pod toilets, pictured). It’s free entry all night, but you’ll need to send an email to noiseofart@gmail.com for further details and to get on the list that ensures a nod at the door.
Then in July, Yes We KAN’T will settle down for an ad hoc residency back in the exotic environs of Momo in nearby Heddon St.
Current dates for the party calendar include Fridays 2nd July, 20th August and 17th September. Tables have a habit of being danced upon here, so we’re looking forward to the months ahead, kicking off with Sketch on the 11th…
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Slipped Disco Bank Holiday Special presents Yes We KAN’T, Friday 28 May
by Tom on May.19, 2010, under clubs
Slipped Disco returns to its old stomping ground in Brick Lane for a one-off Bank Holiday Special on Friday 28th May as Severino and Ben Osborne move their no holds barred Yes We KAN’T double act east for one night only.
Check out the image above from the last Yes We KAN’T session at Momo, where we had them dancing on the tables and up on the bar once again.
The party returns to Momo on Friday 11 June for a monthly residency with residents Severino and Ben Osborne. (Free but register by sending a guest list request to noiseofart@gmail.com) while Slipped Disco’s UFO next takes place at Big Chill House in Kings Cross on Friday 25th June.
More details of those events to follow, but we’ll see you at the Big Chill Bar off Brick Lane before any of that to kick-start the Bank Holiday weekend in true Yes We KAN’T style.
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Images: Kindertransport at BFI Southbank
by Tom on May.03, 2010, under Events
A slideshow of pictures from the launch event for Kindertransport at BFI Southbank, April 15th 2010.
Click on a photo for more info, and use the button on the bottom right of the slideshow to display the images in full-screen.
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Noise of Art Vs Slipped Disco’s UFO April 30th
by Tom on Mar.25, 2010, under clubs
Ashley Beedle (X Press 2), Serge Santiago, Ben Osborne (noise of art), DJ Sonny (Mighty Rumble), Culprit 1 – LIVE (record launch), The 9000 – LIVE, Immaculate Extremists, Your Mum and Overlap
Rounding off this April’s traditional month of Noise of Art actvity, NOA teams up with sister club Slipped Disco’s UFO for a night of music, visuals, performance art and DJs. Drawing its inspiration from the night’s UFO theme, the night will span live beat science, wigged out disco, psychedlic re-edits, bass fuelled sci fi funk and wah driven dancefloor rock – while art will come courtesy of regular Noise of Art collaborators, making this the biggest prog concept experience since Spinal Tap recreated Stonehenge.
“When we heard Slipped Disco, Noise of Art, Deep Space Disco polymath Ben Osborne was planning to resurrect the legendary UFO Club, our brains exploded.” (Eddy Lawrence, Time Out)
