Having wanted to play the most eclectic night in Wales for a number of years, Jeremy Ellis, aka Ayro, the electronic soul music maestro & MPC master finally lands in Cardiff to perform his unique take on the live one man show!! Born into a musical family generations deep in Detroit – the city extremely rich in musical heritage – a young Jeremy Ellis began learning piano at the age of 5. Continuing to study and master classical and then jazz piano through his youth, the boy that was Jeremy grew into the man known as Ayro (Irish Afro!). Becoming known in the Motor City jazz and electronic music circles through playing with renown jazz/fusion group Jazzhead and live electronic group Time:Space, the level of skill developed soon led him to become a called upon musician locally, working and collaborating with fellow luminaries such as Carl Craig, John Arnold, Alton Miller, Recloose and further afield, providing vocals and remixes for the likes of Roy Davis Junior, Jazzanova & Fertile Ground. All of this has given Jeremy a vast arsenal of live posibilities and even with all of the praise provided for Jeremy’s’ production, it is his electrifying live show that has solidified his dedicated fanbase. He dubs his sets “FREESTYLE,” as they are IMPROVISED using only a combination of live gear, most notably keyboards and an MPC, with the man providing LIVE VOCALS also! And make no mistake, the man can go anywhere in spades!! with recent performances taking in HIP HOP, ELECTRO, HOUSE, BROKEN BEAT & LATIN!!! This one man show (and also with John Arnold) has seen him around the globe entertaining thousands, “freestyling” in Puerto Rico, bringing the future funk to Japan and setting dancefloors alight in Europe AND NOW CARDIFF!!! GET READY FOLKS BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT SEE A LIVE SHOW LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE!!!

Also spinning FREESTYLE sets on the night will be two of Cardiff’s hottest properties both making waves in their respective musical arenas!!!

SEAN MCCABE (Chicaboom/King Street) & RUFFSTYLZ (Associated Minds)

With Residents: Harmonics Dave Norton

£4 before 10.30pm £5 after.

Live performance around MIDNIGHT. Drinks offers.

Juxtaposition of two live bands this Friday at Ba-Ba-Boom!. Got some crazy electro-tropical-pop from Katapulto (vids below are MUST see) but first up soft bossa-jazz from D’Taba. I could write you an essay on how these disparate genres speak to each other through rhythm and texture. But they don’t and I won’t. Its about the CONTRAST. Resident DJs bring the Bmore/Brazil/Baseline/Bollywood/Bhangra/Boogaloo til 3am.

Friday 6th April, Cardiff Arts Institute, 9-3am.

www.myspace.com/dtaba

www.myspace.com/katapulto

JUST CHECK THE VIDS!!!:

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We have a new night for you. jazz : latin : dubstep. the format is simple -

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early: live jazz/breaks/arabic fusion from seven piece Inc.A, blending the bass, trombone, trumpet, cello, tenor sax, drums & violin, all tied together with a modern jazz/hard latin DJ set from half of Juju Nations

late: (post)dubstep/future garage from onemandub, y-chrome & skimatix (logical publishing) DJs mixing contemporary dance music styles related to the genre formerly known as dubstep. Expect tunes from cardopusher & Joy Orbison, and labels like Hyperdub and Hotflush

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for those who care, early becomes late around 12. Get there early, leave late…

9-3am, £3/4, Cardiff Arts Institute, 29 Park Place,Sat 3rd April 

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Check the tunes:

Joy Orbison : Hyph Mngo

Pharoah Sanders: You’ve Got To Have Freedom

Mongo Santamaia : Cloud 9

DVA : Ganja

Pete Rodriguez : I Like It Like That

Polar Bear : Tomlovesalicelovestom

Curated by ba-ba-boom & phase2