Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Vibrant global bass hip-shakers melding highlife, afrobeats and the African diaspora with hometown UK club sounds. Busy Twist is at the peak of this particular game, riding the Jamz Supernova approval rating to a fever pitch alongside the sizzling Bristol / Ghana combo of Burland & Zongo Abongo."
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A clubnight held at The Jam Jar on Friday 20th June. The event starts at 22:00.
Busy Twist is one of the leading lights of the new global dance underground, effortlessly hotwiring vibrant sounds from across the continents and teasing them into thrilling new shapes.
His upfront rhythmic workouts join the dots between Afro, Latin and UK bass. A fun, fresh and sophisticated fusion that has taken him to play everywhere from Glastonbury to Nyege Nyege in Uganda, to the Barranquilla carnival on the Colombian coast, as well as releasing music on international labels like Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce, Sony Colombia and Soundway Records.
Bristol based producer Burland and Ghanaian vocalist Zongo Abongo have been working together since 2019 to find a sweet spot between their UK & Ghanaian influences.
Their partnership is a standoff between Zongo’s background in Dancehall, Afrobeat and Highlife, and Burland’s influence of Jungle, 140 and UK Garage & Bass music.
They have 2 releases with Mawimbi Records and an EP on Galletas Calientes Records and a 4th release forthcoming with a single dropping mid summer.
They are currently touring the UK as a duo for the second time.
Also joining them on the bill is longtime friend and collaborator Siraya!
doors 10PM
Entry requirements: 18+
His upfront rhythmic workouts join the dots between Afro, Latin and UK bass. A fun, fresh and sophisticated fusion that has taken him to play everywhere from Glastonbury to Nyege Nyege in Uganda, to the Barranquilla carnival on the Colombian coast, as well as releasing music on international labels like Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce, Sony Colombia and Soundway Records.
Bristol based producer Burland and Ghanaian vocalist Zongo Abongo have been working together since 2019 to find a sweet spot between their UK & Ghanaian influences.
Their partnership is a standoff between Zongo’s background in Dancehall, Afrobeat and Highlife, and Burland’s influence of Jungle, 140 and UK Garage & Bass music.
They have 2 releases with Mawimbi Records and an EP on Galletas Calientes Records and a 4th release forthcoming with a single dropping mid summer.
They are currently touring the UK as a duo for the second time.
Also joining them on the bill is longtime friend and collaborator Siraya!
doors 10PM
Entry requirements: 18+
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samba
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world
soul
— Lakota
afrobeats
jungle
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reggae
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— The Underground
breakbeat
drum and bass
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dub
— Lost Horizon
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drum and bass
afrobeat
world
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