VARIETY NIGHT

‘Variety’ at Cardiff Arts Institute is a brand new unique night that brings lots of different acts.Ranging  from bands,poets,beatniks,ventriloquists and (maybe? )swordswallowers? to  in the unique Cardiff Arts Institute!

Monday the 22nd of March 2010 is the first of many!Join us folks!

Merely £3 on the door!

So far we have 13 acts confirmed (yes – thirteen): Two poets, Three bands, a soloist and a few of comedians so far!

These Include: Music From: Ruby Samba, Ad Williams, Desensitised, Chris Hicks. Poetry from: Jack Pascoe and Gemma June Howell. Comedy from: Dan Thomas, Pete Dobbing, Josef Konderla and Improv by Ludus Ludius Improv Theatre co! Plus many more acts! Comedian Patrick Harries will be hosting the night!

Great music, poetry, comedy and more….who knows!

With the nights MC - Patrick Harries!

Come along and have a great night out!

Even more soon to be confirmed…..

Ben Bryant’s set last week, certainly had a flavour of his english west coast roots, such as  Mammas and Papas and the Beach Boys, but their was also some other fine pickings too.  Massive Attack’s  ‘Teardrop” is always a favourite to hear and he played a few tunes I’d never heard, so I got some education too.

Great music deserves dedication. That’s why we’ve worked hard to bring a FULL ON blast of 8 piece Afrobeat band MANKALA to the CAI on Friday (12/3) [vids below]. They dedicated themselves to writing a FUNKY, AFRO, DANCE-based music that hasn’t passed through Cardiff in a long time. But that’s the afrobeat way. Never the mainstream in Europe, not for decades anywhere. At Ba-Ba-Boom! we dedicate a lot of time to afrobeat at one of our sister nights, Juju Nations, and we’ve got the Juju Nations DJs joining the Ba-Ba-Boom! residents on Friday.

But dedication extends further, and as afrobeat fans we are all benefiting from the dedication of those DJs that hunt across west Africa looking for old afrobeat/funk/highlife 45s that get lovingly restored an re-issued on quality labels like Soundway and Analogue Africa. Collectors like Frank Gossner who regularly trawls Ghana and Nigeria for DJs from the 1970s so he can buy all their old vinyl, and hunt down the old artists so they get their royalties. Frank blogs on his progress and uploads mixes of his latest finds on one of the best blogs on the net: http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/ (seriously worth downloading some tunes). And I’ll always love these recent pics from when he stumbled across an old dis-used warehouse in Lagos stacked to the roof with old records:

Frank lives in New York, and re-issues stuff through local label Academy LPs. He’s doing a DJ tour of Europe in the summer and we’re trying to bring him to the CAI (along with another great afro-blogger, Brian Shimkovitz of Awesome Tapes from Africa: http://awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com, another truly dedicated gent).

And its with this dedication burnt on our hearts that we recommend this Mankala gig at the CAI on Friday 12th March. If our conviction alone doesn’t convince you, then check these videos of the band themselves. This is going to be a seriously rocking party, and you don’t want to miss it.

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Wailing in a new world!

Swathes is Matt from Wrexham/Aberystwyth. With an excellent taste in music he’s often booking brilliant bands for his Don’t Die Just Yet! night at Central Station. If our nights met, they’d be friends. BUT WAIT… They’re sort of going to! Because Matt also makes harsh, abrasive, beautiful, challenging and basically TOTALLY KICK ASS MUSIC. Left with no support for a Big Pink show he stepped into the fold and opened up for the current NME tourers. The band fell in love with him. The guy who put out first singles for artists like Klaxons, albums for bands like Titus Andronicus fell in love with our kid from up norf. Even the NME couldn’t keep their hands off. So new, his music sounds like it’s still smothered in bloody terror, wailing into a new world. This isn’t a show to miss. Support comes from the excellent Among Brothers. A new Cardiff band who’re currently receiving heavy rotation on BBC Introducing… and my stereo.

#FLUX=RAD

TUESDAY 9th MARCH

SWATHES & AMONG BROTHERS

DOORS 9pm/FREE

Strictly for Groovers!!

For March’s installment we welcome crate digger, Dave Hale aka Bobby Parafino who is reposnsible for the lovingly crafted and eclectic Space Melter mixes. Also starring on the venues funktion 1 is Gerard of Acid Casuals/Som Bom fame, plus one of South Wales most respected DJ’s, Gareth Hopkins.

CAI – Powered by Funktion1 Audio
29 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA
£2/3 from 8pm

Promotional links /
http://www.myspace.com/waxcardiff
http://www.facebook.com/pages/wax/339715420386?v=info&ref=mf
http://www.cardiffartsinstitute.org/

What will we hear? Intriguing.



If you’re unfamiliar then imagine two guys, a drum kit, a trombone, a trumpet and a laptop combining into the original, possibly only, live dubstep sound. We grab them in the middle of their international tour.

Needless to say TRAFFIC will be brining bags of fun stuff to keep you entertained for the evening: presents//face paints//juggling//epic decor//games and more.

The genius theme for the evening will be “‘TASHES AND LASHES”

Every person through the door will get a gorgeous fake moustache to treasure for life. Crack out your fur coat and top hat and get involved.

The mighty 'live' sounds of Dubstep!

Let the bass-action begin!

FRIDAY 5th MARCH – CARDIFF ARTS INSTITUTE TRAFFIC host JAZZSTEPPA
Only £3 Entry before 11 pm

WEDS 3rd MARCH – FREE ENTRY

CAT MOUSE CAT (www.myspace.com/catmousecat)
They’ve been featured on Bethan Elfyn’s BBC Introducing show, played Swn Festival, and now you can catch them at the CAI. For free! Beanbags + Cat Mouse Cat = guaranteed smiles.

LOVE PARRY III (www.myspace.com/loveparry3rd)
An exciting new musical adventure from Luke of Hot Puppies fame. With a debut EP on the way, this is a great chance to sample the delights of Love Parry III for free before they sky-rocket into 2010.

TUNES provided by DANIEL STRANGE!

We’ll also be playing some lo-energy tunes so you can chill your beans and, erm, not sweat.

If you’re a local band or acoustic act and think you’d fit in well with No Sweat then please get in touch, join the group, come and say hello, have a cup of tea with us.

www.myspace.com/nosweatcai
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=278269618365&ref=ts

INVASION ARE HERE!

Nudie Jeans and AITBF unleash the two headed rock monster tour that is Invasion + Bo Ningen throughout all regional 580 venues.

For those who don’t already know Invasion fuse their love of doom metal and deep psych grooves to create a truly innovative sound fronted by howling metal temptress Chan.

Bo Ningen are one of the most exciting acts to arise from London last year. The Japanese psych-screamo outfit are signed to Stolen Records and have celebrity fans including The Horrors.