A clubnight on Friday 15th September. The event starts at 21:00pm.
“They called me ‘Music Caterpillar’ because I can play music non-stop for three days. I can play all night and then pack up in the morning and drive to the next place and do it again”
Satsumas are delighted to bring the one and only DJ Katapila to Bristol's hottest new arts venue, The Brunswick Club - a revamped working mens club turned artist studio just round the corner from the Surrey Vaults. After seeing Katapila perform with Ata Kak and Awesome Tapes From Africa for the Qu Junktions event at Colston Hall, we could not turn down the opportunity to bring the Katapila for a warm welcome at a Satsumas Party.
Cutting his teeth in the early 90s as a mobile DJ at funerals across Ghana, he began spontaneously inserting Ga- and Twi-language chants and raps into instrumental breaks of the well-trodden international house and techno radio hits he’d been playing. Performing on his Yamaha DD11 electronic drum pads during instrumental breaks, he also added his own percussion. He combined the microphone toasting and his rhythms with a sampler and invented new creations on the fly, establishing his trademark rough-edged dance sound which has now become ubiquitous in Ghana and other parts of West Africa.
“Deconstructed dance music from the bedroom of Ghanaian house producer DJ Katapila… with the breakneck speed of Shangaan electro and the precision of early Detroit techno and Chicago acid. Stripped back and raw, [this is an] infectious introduction to the Katapila sound, a world where anything goes as long as the driving bass knitting the whole thing together is right… Consume in moderation, this stuff is potent” – Vinyl Factory
“a Ghanaian DJ who has become known for his marathon sets. His own production borrows as much from early Chicago house and Detroit techno as from Ga dance music, and boasts a remarkable sense of humour” – Pitchfork
“Produced on FruityLoops, Trotro, with its Roland-style drum hits and splashes of digital synths, offers a more contemporary sound [than other releases on Awesome Tapes from Africa]” – Resident Advisor
soundcloud.com/awesometapesfromafrica/dj-katapila-live-dj-set-123114
Also on the night
DADDY'S HOUSE OF PAIN
- Kareokee
- Blind fold DJ competition
- Skype set's from the world greatest deejays
Tickets £6 in Bristol Ticket Shop or you can meet me or jack in the surrey or out and about :)
£10 OTD
Entry requirements:
Satsumas are delighted to bring the one and only DJ Katapila to Bristol's hottest new arts venue, The Brunswick Club - a revamped working mens club turned artist studio just round the corner from the Surrey Vaults. After seeing Katapila perform with Ata Kak and Awesome Tapes From Africa for the Qu Junktions event at Colston Hall, we could not turn down the opportunity to bring the Katapila for a warm welcome at a Satsumas Party.
Cutting his teeth in the early 90s as a mobile DJ at funerals across Ghana, he began spontaneously inserting Ga- and Twi-language chants and raps into instrumental breaks of the well-trodden international house and techno radio hits he’d been playing. Performing on his Yamaha DD11 electronic drum pads during instrumental breaks, he also added his own percussion. He combined the microphone toasting and his rhythms with a sampler and invented new creations on the fly, establishing his trademark rough-edged dance sound which has now become ubiquitous in Ghana and other parts of West Africa.
“Deconstructed dance music from the bedroom of Ghanaian house producer DJ Katapila… with the breakneck speed of Shangaan electro and the precision of early Detroit techno and Chicago acid. Stripped back and raw, [this is an] infectious introduction to the Katapila sound, a world where anything goes as long as the driving bass knitting the whole thing together is right… Consume in moderation, this stuff is potent” – Vinyl Factory
“a Ghanaian DJ who has become known for his marathon sets. His own production borrows as much from early Chicago house and Detroit techno as from Ga dance music, and boasts a remarkable sense of humour” – Pitchfork
“Produced on FruityLoops, Trotro, with its Roland-style drum hits and splashes of digital synths, offers a more contemporary sound [than other releases on Awesome Tapes from Africa]” – Resident Advisor
soundcloud.com/awesometapesfromafrica/dj-katapila-live-dj-set-123114
Also on the night
DADDY'S HOUSE OF PAIN
- Kareokee
- Blind fold DJ competition
- Skype set's from the world greatest deejays
Tickets £6 in Bristol Ticket Shop or you can meet me or jack in the surrey or out and about :)
£10 OTD
Entry requirements: