MIXTAPE – ACOUSTIC HEROES: TONIGHT!!… PLUS EAT THE DJ

Safe… after quite the faff at our end… due to some unavoidable cancellations and some quite admirable rearrangement skills on my behalf, the line up for this weeks MIXTAPE is finally sussed.

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MIXTAPE WEDNESDAY – Acoustic Heros Night!

ACOUSTIC HEROS NIGHT!

Join us this WEDNESDAY from 8PM!  We test out the new “Festival folk stage” @ Cardiff Arts Institute and proudly present…. *

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The Gas Station Bop

Enchantment_Final tinyHey Kid’s, welcome to The Gas Station Bop – Rock n’ roll and garage rock til’ you drop! We’ll be
playing all the biggest 50′s dancefloor hits along with all the best 60′s garage rock and
psychedelia from the era. Plus plenty of popcorn and b-movies for when you need a rest from all the
boppin’ and a jivin’! Music from Chuck Berry, Question Mark and the Mysterians, Huey “Piano” Smith,
Mouse and the Traps, Jerry Lee Lewis, 13th Floor Elevators, Elvis Presley, The Sonics, Joe Tex,
Little Richard and much, much more.

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The Sound Of Now

Shanti Town 20th November 2009
I always find it fascinating how music progresses to suit.  Nobody can say there’s not one kind of music out there that speaks personally to them.  For years I’ve been playing African, Carribean and Latin music next to more UK orientated music never guessing for a second that they would naturally fuse into some of the genres that are proving to be highly popular now.   Those infectious rhythms from Soca, Kuduro, Merengue amongst others have been translated perfectly by artists such as Buraka Som Sistema, Renaissance Man and perhaps my favourite of all Mumdance.  For me it’s the perfect marriage of street sensibility, club mentality and carnival spirit and that’s precisely the attitude we intend to foster with Shanti Town.  Check out his Global Bass Mix which he originally put together for Sinden on Kiss FM.

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Saturday Night – BA-BA-BOOM!

Here’s a sneaky video that’ll give you a little idea of what we’re up to at Ba-Ba-Boom!

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Rob (Lost & Found)

The crap video below was taken in the Lost & Found tent at Bestival 2008, the one where everybody nearly drowned. Rob (L&F) has been the facilitator of much silliness across this green and pleasant land and anyone who manages to make a living from holding a giant stick and doing skipping deserves a break.

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Squeaky Hill Quiz Show

Curated by: Squeaky Hill

A jam packed evening of the weird and wonderful! Expect to be greeted by multi-personalitied quiz masters and end up making anything from marshmallow spaghetti towers to daily newspaper collages.Needless to say, one organised messy mayhem (poor C.A.I bar staff). For our launch month we have an ‘extra special’ pony-tailed guest dropping by to play us his very best(ival) bootleg. Can you guess who it is?

Records & Roasts

Curated by: CAI

Sunday Roast

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