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Sat 10 December 2005: ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION SOUNDSYSTEM
8pm-1am, Exeter Phoenix, £15adv (+BF), £17door, Tel 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
The heroes of last year's Exeter Respect Festival are back so get ready for the biggest party in town! The ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION need no introduction as a band on the cutting edge of musical fusion, where rap meets rock meets drumn'n'bass meets bhangra meets dub meets dhol drumming - and their acclaimed Soundsystem does it all to the best dance beats on the planet. The ADF are, of course, on the cultural cutting edge too, challenging stereotypes, fighting the power and giving us food for thought with the heady rhythms of rebellion. TOR & THE TORETZ provide live auditorium support with Mike James and Easy Tiger Al on deck-duty, while NUALA & THE RETROBATES and DJ SOULSONIC SPIN fill the bar.
Fri 25 November 2005: LOVE GROCER, DUBBLEHEAD & DIB DUB
8pm-1am, Exeter Phoenix, £10adv (+BF), £12door, Tel. 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
This is one big dub night! LOVE GROCER is the amazing dub reggae band formed by the Crispy Horns, Zion Train's longstanding brass section who've played with everyone from Steel Pulse, Horace Andy, the Mad Professor, Morcheeba and Dreadzone to the Bluetones! The aclaimed six-piece combine conscious lyrics and tosting with great rhythms, fat horns and a melodic dub sound honed from years of working with the best. They are joined by DUBBLEHEAD featuring Tom Brooks from the Ozrics and Nigel Shaw from Global, who's stunning world dub thrilled a packed auditorium when supporting Misty in Roots at Exeter Respect 2005. DIBDUB and DJ RADIO BUSH TELEGRAPH and DJ AMBIESSENCE complete the line-up for the biggest dub night in town.
Fri 28 October 2005: EAT STATIC & DENDRON (the Static Breakbeat Project)
8pm-1am, Exeter Phoenix, £11adv (+BF), £13door, Tel. 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
We present not one but two different sets from the legendary EAT STATIC! Their DENDRON breakbeat project was unveiled in a stunning performance at The Glade Festival earlier this year and now they're bringing it to Exeter for an exclusive show. Expect full-on breakbeat mayhem merged with an ultra-exotic Middle Eastern vibe and swirling keyboards. Then it's time for the usual alien encounters, sublime samples, and banging tunes with a full-on, full-length Static set to round off the night and take you screaming and kick-drumming into the future! Live support comes from SUNFISH and SPATIALIZE in the auditorium with G-FORCE in the bar, plus FSOE DJs in all areas.
Sat 24 September 2005: ARTHUR BROWN
Exeter Phoenix, 8-12pm, £12adv(+BF), £14door
Tel - 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
A true living legend and sixties survivor who's still going strong! Backed by up-and-coming purveyors of modern psychedelia INSTANT FLIGHT, Arthur will take us on take us on a breathtaking trip which encompasses an amazing career: Hear his first hit 'Fire' in the context of the full-on 'Fire Suite' - complete with flaming helmet; lose yourself in tracks from the truly surreal 'Galactic Zoo Dossier', 'Kingdom Come' and 'Journey' trilogy - complete with appropriately bizarre theatrical props; and marvel at the powerful presence of a man who's legacy is acknowledged by rockers the world over. Don't miss out on The Second Coming of the First Child of the Revolution! Live support comes from CORROSION, with DJ AMBIESSENCE and DJ BOSTIN POWERS providing extra psychedelic atmospherics. Live bar ambience comes from THE DUDS, a modern cross between Syd Barrett and Half-Man, Half Biscuit.
Fri 19 August 2005: BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL
We are proud to be hosting the Friday night in the Little Big Top dance stage at this fantastic festival. Now in it's third year and already increasing in size and expanding to 3 days, Beautiful Days is a non-commercial event lovingly put together by The Levellers which combines an eclectic, high quality music line-up with lots of family-friendly 'happenings' all set in splendid Devon countryside.
FSOE are running the Little Big Top on Friday 19 August from 9pm-2am with an awesome line-up: DJ MIKE JAMES; SUNFISH Live; DJ AMBIESSENCE; EAT STATIC live; DJ BOSTIN POWERS; N-TROPIC live and DJ SOULSONIC SPIN.
If you like our FSOE gig nights then you'll love Beautiful Days, miss this festival at your peril!
Sat 2 July 2005: EXETER RESPECT 2005
MISTY IN ROOTS, BAKA BEYOND and lots, lots more!
8pm-1am, £12 adv/£10 conc. (+BF) Tel. 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
(NB - £10/night special double ticket offer for Respect Urban Forum with Rodney P, London Elektricity and more on Friday 1 July)
Exeter Respect Festival lasts from Sunday 26 June to Sunday 3 July: a week of events and activities promoting multiculturalism, fighting racism and valuing diversity. For the past two years the highlight of Respect Week has been an amazing world music show at the Phoenix.
On Saturday 2 July you can enjoy free multicultural entertainment all day followed by our annual world music celebration, with the following line-up:
Auditorium: MISTY IN ROOTS - one of the UK's biggest reggae bands; DUBBLEHEAD - Nigel Shaw from Global and Tom Brooks from the Ozrics present a special dub set featuring excerpts from Nigel's acclaimed 'Ancestors' CD for the Survival Trust preserving tribal culture; KAGEMUSHA TAIKO - opening ceremony; STREET HEAT - thirty piece samba band; DJ AMBIESSENCE & DJ RADIO BUSH TELEGRAPH.
Marquee: BAKA BEYOND - the original afro-celtic fusionists; TWO MAN TING - indie meets West Africa; DALE from Folktronix - live breakbeats'n'bouzouki; STREET HEAT samba finale; ultra-eclectic World DJ PAUL BARNES.
Gallery One: Global chillage with THE ICONOCLAST on the mix, Robert Bridge on didg and special guests!
Gallery Two: Planet Rhythm Party with DJ's RICARDO, SOULSONIC SPIN and MIKE JAMES.
Fri 27 May 2005: LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £13adv(+BF)/£15door, Tel. 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
LTJ BUKEM enjoyed his November 2004 visit to the Future Sound of Exeter so much he immediately asked to come back - and we could hardly say no! Accompanied by his longstanding partner the fantastic MC CONRAD, the genius behind Logical Progression, Earth and the Good Looking Organisation takes the art of the drum'n'bass DJ to a new level with exclusive acetate cuts fused into a mix which is simply second-to-none. Come and give this man the warm welcome he deserves, especially as he'll be recording this night for a possible Progression Session CD! This special evening is completed by the DJ talents of MIKE JAMES, MATT-D and DJ SOULSONIC SPIN. Oh, and THE TORETZ provide some hot live bar action!
Sat 7 May 2005: ZION TRAIN & THE CRISPY HORNS, with special guest KENNY KNOTTS
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £10adv(+BF)/£12door, Tel. 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
It's party time! The incredible ZION TRAIN pay their annual visit to the Future Sound of Exeter and you know you're in for a top night! Soulful vocals, high-energy dance beats and those delicious horns all pulled together in the ultimate dub-dance mix. ZION TRAIN never fail to raise consciousness whilst raising the roof and this time they'll be aided and abeted by special guest vocalist KENNY KNOTTS from the Conscious Sounds and Bush Chemist crews. Live support comes from deep-dub masters SPATIALIZE and the cosmic INNER SPACE TRIO with DJ AMBIESSENCE mixing up a storm in the auditorium. In the bar the DUB MARINES and DJ RADIO BUSH TELEGRAPH provide the chilled vibes.
Sat 16 April 2005: PHIL HARTNOLL (ORBITAL)
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £13adv(+BF)/£15door, Tel. 01392 667080, www.wegottickets.com
The two Hartnoll brothers helped change the face of dance music forever as the seminal Orbital. Orbital played their final live performances in 2004 and PHIL HARTNOLL immediately threw himself back into the scene as a first-rate DJ. Now he's in the studio again, working on a series of projects and playing out only when the vibe is right - like this extra-special Future Sound of Exeter night! Phil will tear-up the dancefloor with his sublime breaks and exclusive new cuts and, yes, every so often he will slip a slice of Orbital into the mix - and slip on those classic 'torch-specs' for good measure! Live support comes from awesome guitar-trance heroes SUNFISH and the superb TRIMORPHOUS with DJ MIKE JAMES and DJ SOULSONIC SPIN on additional deck-duties.
Sun 20 March 2005: RICHARD SINCLAIR'S CARAVAN OF DREAMS
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-11pm, £10adv/£12door, www.wegottickets.com
FSOE present the heart and soul of the Canterbury Scene, Mr RICHARD SINCLAIR, complete with a prog/jazz-rock supergroup: Percussion legend Pip Pyle (Gong, Hatfield & the North, National Health,), jazz fusion guitar hero Phil Miller (National Health, Hatfield & the North, In Cahoots), blowing on all things brass Theo Travis (LTJ Bukem, 4 Hero, Gong), and keyboard wizard Alex McGuire (Soft Machine and general Canterbury collaborator!). Richard will be playing classics from Camel, Hatfield & the North and, of course, Caravan.
DJ AMBIESSENCE will be on the Prog-Fusion mix, BOSTIN POWERS psyches up the bar.
Sat 05 February 2005: JAH WOBBLE
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-12am, £10adv/£12door (+BF), www.wegotickets.com
FSOE present two JAH WOBBLES for the price of one! The bass supremo, who's played with everybody from Primal Scream to Bjork via Pharaoh Saunders and John Lydon, will be playing two sets! The first will be Wobble's unique take on drum'n'bass, in the second he'll be joined by his full band playing his acclaimed English roots music and his own inimitable dub. OBEDIENTBONE provide live support with DJ AMBIESSENCE mixing eclectically with CHILDREN OF THE DRONE and DJ Forest Green in the bar.
Fri 21 January 2005: SYSTEM 7 - Tsunami Benefit Night
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £10adv/£12door (+BF), www.wegottickets.com
Rockin' the Phoenix with tunes from their new album Encantado, trance pioneers SYSTEM 7 were amongst the first dance acts to bring live techno to the masses. Expect to be blown away on a wave of psychedelic loops'n'grooves from synth player Miquette Giraudy, drenched with the truly legendary Steve Hillage's spaced-out, kaleidoscopic guitar swirls. They will be joined on stage by N-TROPIC and SPATIALIZE live, with DJ GACID bangin' out the trance mix. In the bar THE INNER SPACE TRIO play live with BOSTIN POWERS on deck duty.
Sat 15 January 2005: OZRIC TENTACLES - Tsunami Benefit Night
Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £13adv/door (+BF), www.wegottickets.com
The timeless psychedelic veterans known as THE OZRICS roll into town with their cosmic instrumental epics and space-jams, supported by LITMUS playing heavy psych-rock with DJ AMBIESSENCE on the astral mix. Futurexciter DJs spin the bar sounds, aided and abetted by some rogue members of THE COLLECTIV.
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