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Wonky Pop Returns to Matter
7th Jan 2009
2008 is destined to be remembered as the year pop music went Wonky, so what does 2009 hold in store? Well, if Wonky Pop have anything to do with it, it’ll be looked back on as the Wonkiest year in the history of popular music. Having finally almost recovered from the Xmas party, with storming sets from Alphabeat and Sam Sparro (we particularly loved your medley of 90s house bangers, Mr Sparro!), we’re now looking to what’s coming up in ‘09.
And what a delightful line-up we indeed have to kick things off at matter in January, welcoming back Mr Hudson to headline another brilliant party. Mr Hudson’s been a busy man recently, collaborating with some guy called Kanye West on his 808 & Heartbreak album, as well as working on his own solo material. Accompanying Mr Hudson will be South London’s Master Shortie, combining Daisy Age-era old skool hip hop with fresh electro-pop in a way that one might be inclined to describe as ‘wonky’. Round out the live side of things are bedroom pop whiz-kid Esser and Drums of Death, who’ll be both entertaining and unsettling the crowd in the most glorious of fashions with respectively his grimy bounce and scary facepaint.
With a live line-up that strong, you might forgive us if we took the foot off the gas a bit when it came to booking the DJs. Well, you may have forgiven us, but we’d not forgive ourselves, so in addition to our Wonky residents we’ve brought on board one of the year’s hottest emerging acts, and a proper French house legend. Friendly Fires have caught everyone’s attention in 2008, with a fine debut album, some raucous live performances and a set of great singles and remixes. Fred Falke meanwhile is, alongside Alan Braxe and a pair of robots whose name escapes us, one of the key proponents of French disco house, a remixer of considerable note and co-producer of two of dance music’s most influential records, ‘Rubicon’ and ‘Intro’. With Ou est Le Swimming Pool and Too Many Tramps also manning the controls, it’s altogether a pretty big start to the Year of Wonky, 2009. Make getting tickets for matter on January 16th your resolution.
And what a delightful line-up we indeed have to kick things off at matter in January, welcoming back Mr Hudson to headline another brilliant party. Mr Hudson’s been a busy man recently, collaborating with some guy called Kanye West on his 808 & Heartbreak album, as well as working on his own solo material. Accompanying Mr Hudson will be South London’s Master Shortie, combining Daisy Age-era old skool hip hop with fresh electro-pop in a way that one might be inclined to describe as ‘wonky’. Round out the live side of things are bedroom pop whiz-kid Esser and Drums of Death, who’ll be both entertaining and unsettling the crowd in the most glorious of fashions with respectively his grimy bounce and scary facepaint.
With a live line-up that strong, you might forgive us if we took the foot off the gas a bit when it came to booking the DJs. Well, you may have forgiven us, but we’d not forgive ourselves, so in addition to our Wonky residents we’ve brought on board one of the year’s hottest emerging acts, and a proper French house legend. Friendly Fires have caught everyone’s attention in 2008, with a fine debut album, some raucous live performances and a set of great singles and remixes. Fred Falke meanwhile is, alongside Alan Braxe and a pair of robots whose name escapes us, one of the key proponents of French disco house, a remixer of considerable note and co-producer of two of dance music’s most influential records, ‘Rubicon’ and ‘Intro’. With Ou est Le Swimming Pool and Too Many Tramps also manning the controls, it’s altogether a pretty big start to the Year of Wonky, 2009. Make getting tickets for matter on January 16th your resolution.
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best ever!! :)
if we are exchanging shortie info here u may as well have a listen to his live session he did last week for suffocake, super nang! x
http://suffocake.blogspot.com/2009/04/suffocake-ex clusive-master-shortie-live.html
its super good youtube lets you put HD quality files up, just watched dance like a white boy in all its glory, check it out...big tunesss!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q5wV-MgKg0
im most looking forward to his single coming out on the 20th of april, big tunes!!
Master S is touring with the basement jaxx next month, will be amazing for him, hopefully i'll sort myself out with tickets.
yeah tomorrows wonky pop time! cant wait to see shortie, just watched the new video release of dance like a white boy, tis good i tell ya!
shortie's wicked, luv his style, dont forget he's also playing roundhouse next month -
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london& amp;query=detail&event=307671&interface=ma ster_shortie
have to see MS on this tour, hopefully in london with any luck, he's gorgeous!!
check out his music people-
http://www.myspace.com/mastershortie