Thrilled to be DJing at The Refuge not once, but TWICE over the Pride weekend celebrations. There are some great things happening here – take a look. 👀
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Really happy to be DJing at the Be With Records 5th birthday party with James Holroyd, Jason Boardman, Kath McDermott, Jeff O’Toole, Wet Play crew, Be With family and Piccadilly Records
Tom Quaye is one of my fave artists – his ability to capture the queer zeitgeist in ridiculous memes is second to none. So I was on cloud nine when he asked me to DJ at his ace club night DANCE YRSELF CLEAN, which is a colourful, inclusive LCD Soundsystem/DFA-inspired soiree at the PINK ROOM at YES, featuring one of the best soundsystems in MCR. Join us – it’s only a fiver. I will be playing a 2-hour marathon of pop, rave and house. Make a request at your peril!
It was a real joy to co-curate and DJ at second Suffragette City event at The Refuge. What a riot! It was rammed all day and night, upstairs and down, illustrating just how much appetite there is for women-led DJ events. I really enjoyed playing in the bar early on, and will post my mix soon.
second Suffragette City event at The Refuge. What a riot! It was rammed all day and night, upstairs and down, illustrating just how much appetite there is for women-led DJ events. I really enjoyed playing in the bar early on, and will post my mix soon.
The idea for the event started when Manchester Digital Music Archive put on a photographic exhibition at The Refuge celebrating women across all aspects of Manchester music. To close that show, we put on an all-women DJ party with help from Electriks and The Social Service, and it was a huge success. We raised a few quid for Women’s Aid and MDMArchive while we were at it.
This year, we wanted to raise more, and so The Social Service team produced a set of specially designed t-shirts to sell, and these alone raised £965 for the Women’s Asylum Seeker’s Trust in Manchester. We raised a further £2k on the door of the basement party, which featured DJs Kath McDermott (BBC 6 Music), Kim Lana, Rina Ladybeige (The Social Service) and Danielle Moore (Crazy P).
We hope to make this an annual party! Thanks to everyone who supported, donated, promoted, danced, deejayed and wore a t-shirt.
I am honoured to be opening for Doves, along with Kath McDermott, at their first gig in ten years at Warrington Parr Hall.
Building on the success of Manchester Digital Music Archive’s Suffragette City party last year, The Refuge will play host to a second women-focused two-floor event on Saturday 9 March 2019 to raise money for Women’s Aid and related groups.
Curated by Abigail Ward (Manchester Digital Music Archive), Rina Ladybeige (Social Service), Kath McDermott (BBC Radio 6 Music) and Chris Massey (Electriks), the party will boast a line-up of upcoming and established female artists playing multi-genre party starters in the Public Bar and the Basement.
PUBLIC BAR: 2PM TO 1AM
Free – no ticket required!
2-3pm: Paulette
3-4pm: Alex Zaklewska
4-5pm: SNO (Nongi Oliphant)
5-7pm: Abigail Ward
7-8pm: Denise Johnson (ACR)
8-9pm: Kirby
9-10pm BB (Supernature)
10-11pm: Emma Joyce (Disco Mums)
11-1am: Reeshy
REFUGE BASEMENT: 10PM TO 4AM
Hosted by The Social Service, £5 donation on the door for Women’s Aid
10-11pm: Kath McDermott
11pm-12am: Julie Wills
12-1am: Ladybeige
1-3am: Danielle Moore (Crazy P)
3-4am: Kim Lana
Abigail Ward said, ‘we want to build on the phenomenal success of last year’s Suffragette City party by putting together a fresh line-up of incredible female DJ talent whilst raising awareness of the barriers women can face in the music industry. We are fundraising for Women’s Aid, because we are keenly aware of the dwindling number of women’s refuges in the UK.’
For me, two of the most important components in music are mystery and melancholy. This is my latest Big Strings Attached show for NTS Live and it has oodles of both.
Shigeru Umebayashi – 2046
Bernard Herrmann – Theme from Taxi Driver
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Shawn Lee and Bei Bei – East
Marissa Nadler – Drive
Henry Mancini – An Experiment in Terror
Max Richter – Genesis of Poetry
Kokoroko – Abusey Junction
Bettye Swann – Tell Me Goodbye
Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
Beak> – The Brazilian
Anna Domino – With Day Comes Dawn
Biting Tongues – Meat Mask Separatist
Kadjha Bonet – Remember the Rain
Sebastien Tellier – Fantino
Julia Jacklin – Body
Mythical Beasts – Communicate
Los Chicharrons – Love Magic
Lady Wray – Guilty
Lalo Schifrin – The Danube Incident
Stelvio Cipriano – Too Risky a Day for a Regatta
François de Roubaix – Le Samourai
Penguin Café – Solaris
Jim Capaldi – It’s All Up To You
André Perry, Louis Delacour – New Life
I was asked to play at the launch party for Yorkshire Sound Women Network at DINA in Sheffield on 14/09/18. They are an organisation founded by women working in the sound technology industry who want to use their skills and influence to address gender and racial inequality.
It was a laid back and very welcoming vibe. I enjoyed playing some sonically interesting stuff to people with open ears. Thank you, YSWN!
Hannah Peel – Goodbye Earth
Peter Broderick – Robbie’s Song
Fat Gaines Band present Zorina – For Your Love (Diablo Edit)
Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas
BADBADNOTGOODÂ – Lavender
Rhythm & Sound with Jennifer Lara – Queen in my Empire
Anderson.Paak – The Bird
Ibibio Sound Machine – Prodigal Son (Ayen Ake Feheke)
Sinkane – U’Huh
The Haggis Horns – The Traveller Part 2
Chloe – The Ultimate High
My latest radio show for NTS is now available on playback.
The Fall – Lost in Music
Sisters of Transistors – The Don
Wynder K. Frog – Mercy
Soundcarriers – Last Broadcast
LEVELZ – Jazzface
X-O-Dus – See Them-A-Come
Bryan Ferry – The Right Stuff (Dub Mix)
Quando Quango – Atom Rock (Mark Kamins New York Mix)
Only Child feat. Veba – Addicted
John Ellis – Unidentical Twins
The Weather Station – Transmission
James & Brian Eno – Wah Wah
[EXCERPT: SLUMS]
Lonelady – Little Fugue
Sub Sub – Lost in Watts
[EXCERPT: ORDSALL]
Tim Burgess – Oh No I Love You
Graham Nash – Chicago
John Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You
LeonXLeon – Acid Disco
Charles B – Lack of Love
Denis Jones – 3333
Ludus – Breaking The Rules
Ill – Hysteria
The Montgolfier Brothers – The World is Flat
The Durutti Column – Sketch For Summer
Jon Kennedy – Boom Clack (Martin Brew Remix)
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
L-R: Denise Johnson (Ged Camera), X-O-Dus (Shutterbug), Gonnie Rietveld of Quando Quango (City Life).
Saturday March 10th 2018
3pm-4am
The Refuge
Principal Hotel
Oxford Road
Manchester
M60 7HA
As part of the Suffragette City – Portraits of women in Manchester music exhibition, The Refuge will be hosting an all day and night-into-early morning charity music event both to celebrate International Women’s Day and to close off the exhibition’s two-week installation in the public bar.
Music across two floors from an all-star female DJ line up.:
Love Is The Message
In the Refuge Public Bar
3pm – 1am
feat.
*Â Blasha & Allatt (Meat Free)
* Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
* Dance Lady Dance
* Abigail Ward (Manchester Digital Music Archive)
* Nongi Oliphant
* Claud Cunningham
* Kirby Leanne Halliday
* Justine Alderman
Move Ya Body
In The Refuge Basement hosted by The Social Service
10pm – 4am
feat.
* Rina Ladybeige
* DJ Paulette
* Gina Breeze
* Kath McDermott
* Disco Mums
There will be collection buckets on the night and a £2 door donation for the Social Service with all proceeds going to Women’s Aid and Manchester Digital Music Archive.
The Suffragette City exhibition is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund.
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