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And they don’t come much heavier or harder in the hits stakes than Roni Size and his lyrical accompaniment Dynamite MC. The Bristollian brigadier is a British music legend, deftly defying conception by bringing drum n bass out of the hardcore breakbeat pigeonhole and adding un-equalled levels of musicianship in the process. His Reprazent project won the mercury music prize and the hearts of music lovers across the globe, adding jazz, hip-hop, funk and astute soul to the genre in the mid nineties. As a DJ he’s equally as breathtaking, fusing every raucous element of the music together with effortless aplomb. Dynamite MC remains the perfect vocal accompaniment, his silky smooth drawl (w)rapping itself around the bolshy beats. Long term friends of the Shake Shake, they rinse it every time and this provides a fitting accompaniment to their awe inspiring Reprazent live show in February.

 

Other long term friends are the body-popping electro indie stalwarts Simian Mobile Disco. Able to attract a cross breed of music fans like no other (with punk rockers, techno nerds and fop haired indie schmoozers all getting down and dirty with the rave heads at their shows) SMD are fast becoming electronica legends. Their DJ sets encompass everything fresh and vibrant within dance music at the moment, adept snapshots of glittering electro, rowdy breakbeats and stuttering vocals. Robot Funk for the next millennia, SMD are simply scintillating.

 

And now for the new. Luke Vibert is hardly a whippersnapper, but as of yet hasn’t graced the Chibuku rave parlour; all that is set to change. One of the few artists who can side-step either side of the real underground and the more accessible fringes, Vibert is truly special. Whether cranking out his own angular funk on Warp, knocking off expertly researched compilations of obscure Library Music or cranking out the classic hallmarks of Dance music at his live shows, Vibert is brilliantly unpredictable.

 

Plastic Little are another coup de gras – hailing from Philly USA, they have established a unique, kind of punky-hip-hop social satirising brand of music infused with surreal humour and observations, with intriguing forays into rap. Their music keeps everyone guessing and it’s a great addition to this Chibuku session. 

 

Support on the night comes from the drum n bass voice of Merseyside of the last decade Futurebound, alongside Chibuku’s own disco evangelist Tane and purveyor of all things obliquely underground Rich Furness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ The Barfly,

90 Seel Street,

Liverpool, L1 4BH