Last but not least a little video to get you into the mood...

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Roundhouse: ReMixed

In collaboration with Rich Mix, Roundhouse Rising curates a wildly eclectic night of new music featuring Krar Collective in collaboration with REC (Roundhouse Experimental Choir), Tres B (performing tracks from his latest EP, Lonely Man), Tempting Rosie, Dizzietron and Rubix.

Krar is the Ethiopian 5 or 6 stringed harp. Krar Collective are led by Temesegen Tareken, a former pupil of veteran Ethiopian vibraphone player Mulatu Astatke, on Krar, with drums, and singer Genet Asefa and drummer Amare.

For further information about the other artists feel free to check out the webpage:

www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/roundhouse-remixed/

Tickets cost : £5 and can be purchased online or on the door .

Influences from jazz, soul, classical music shine through Natalie Duncan's far from run-of-the-mill and movingly observational songs. With a voice having the raw power and emotion of a blues queen. Natalie's recent signing to Verve will propel her quickly to big stage. Watch and be amazed at her powerful voice in the video 'Devil in Me'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX_b1KU3GWY   .

Ticket prices: £9 adv £7 concs on the door £10 or £8 concs, to purchase tickets in advance you will find this information @

http://www.forgevenue.org/whats-on/eventdetails/22-feb-12-natalie-duncan-the-forge/ 

Ladies and Gents. If you don’t know them yet, please meet…. The Destroyers!

“a blow-your-mind original ... Minimum pretence and maximum style” Lemez Lovas Songlines

“seductively dangerous” Anna Meacham Clash Magazine

“Without a doubt, they’re certainly one of the most interesting acts the UK has seen in a long time” Marcus Kernohan stereokill.net

“see them live the first chance you get” Kenny McMurtrie musoguide.com

“they truly are "insane", "chaotic" and "absolutely menkle", but then can a 15-piece polka orchestra led by a short grandad in a fez who talks like a pirate be anything else?” Q Magazine (Glastonbury Review Special)

“A 15-piece outfit of exceptional technical quality which plays a rich blend of Balkan folk music, jazz, Celtic and other influences” Terry Grimley The Birmingham Post

With 15 musicians on stage, wild brass, violins, guitars, accordion, furious energy, flamboyancy, revolutionary fervour, and gung-ho style, The Destroyers are what Emir Kusturica would have come up with had he been born in Birmingham!

Do your self a favour and see them live at Rich Mix in Shoreditch!

Promoting their new album Hole In The Universe.

Tickets £12/£14 (booking fee may apply)

The 76 year old legend of Ethiopian jazz joins ground-breaking Dutch post-punk unit The Ex for a joyous set of 'Swinging Addis' standards like you've never heard them before.

“Not only is Mekuria’s sax playing pure vibrato-heavy perfection, but when The Ex delve into noise guitar breakdowns and drummer Katherina Bornefeld takes over singing duties we’re into some otherworldly awesomeness … incredibly uplifting” – Eye Weekly

An extra special face-off brimming with wild party energy in which saxophone-wielding king of Ethiopian jazz soul Getatchew Mekuria meets Dutch post-punk legends The Ex and a cast of special guests in a 10-strong big band. Together they present a set of classic “Swinging Addis” standards like you’ve never heard them, performed with all their lyrical musicality intact, but rocket-launched skywards with a rare and raw transcultural fire.

Getatchew Mekuria is the most revered veteran of the Ethiopian saxophone -  a physical and musical giant whose “Negus of Ethiopian Sax”  album featured in the acclaimed “Ethiopiques” reissue series. Now 76 years old, he has collaborated with all the great Ethiopian singers over the years and is still in full voice with his own, powerfully distinctive style of playing. His huge vibrato, both forceful and fragile, plays around the vocal lines, using typical Ethiopian embellishments. He dons a lion’s mane when he plays and cuts loose with furious solos that come over like a kind of free jazz from before free jazz existed.

Since 1979, Amsterdam’s The Ex have consistently pushed the envelope, plotting a restless course from their anarchist punk origins to embrace everything sound could throw at them. Their thrillingly raw and rhythmic rock sound is born from their ideals, musical friendships/networks and work ethic. They are one of the most visceral rock units in action today.

Ever hungry to place themselves in unfamiliar contexts, The Ex toured Ethiopia twice and fell in love with its music, which led to them inviting Getatchew to perform at their 25^th anniversary party in Holland. His contribution to proceedings blasted everyone off stage, and, suitably inspired, The Ex invited him on tour with them, their incendiary live collaboration bearing fruits in a blistering album released on the band’s Terp Records imprint in 2006.

Support from London's own Krar Collective and DJ Russ Jones aka The Hackney Globe Trotter.

£12.50 advance / £15 on the door

020 7613 7498 www.richmix.org.uk www.ticketweb.co.uk

Ethiopian Food and products available

In association with Qu Junktions

CHILLI FRIED PRESENTS
THE SOUND OF ANATOLIAN LONDON

CIGDEM ASLAN
Beautiful Anatolian folk melodies

On the Decks:
Guest DJ
SEB MERRICK (KAZUM)
Resident DJ
JAMIE RENTON

Thursday 8th September 2011
£5

Chiili Fried presents a night celebrating the rich and exiting sound of London’s Anatolian musical culture.

Live onstage there’s a full set from Cigdem Aslan & Tahir Palali - the beautiful and highly talented Ms Aslan performing Anatolian folk songs accompanied by Tahir’s amazingly delicate kopuz lute. Back by popular demand following their spine-tingling performance at July’s Global Acoustic Women session.

Guest DJ Seb Merrick (Kazum) will be spinning a selection of leftfileld and rarely heard Turkish sounds, with host and resident DJ Jamie Renton adding global beats and roots rhythms. t £5

8.00 PM – 12 AM, Thursday 8th September 2011 at Darbucka, 182 St John Street, London, EC1V 4JZ
020 74908772

Nearest Tubes: Farringdon / Angel

www.darbucka.com

More info…
Cigdem Aslan: http://www.myspace.com/cigdemaslan
Sebastian Merrick / Kazum: http://www.kazum.co.uk/
Jamie Renton: www.chillifried.com

Ladies and Gents! What a treat! Get glammed up! Step out...
ORIENT EXPRESS: THE BEST OF SEZEN AKSU PARTY is a going to be night of opulent splendour and great music.
+ WIN 2 TICKETS to see SEZEN LIVE! +
Imagine the Alhambra, an Ottoman harem, or a Persian caravanserai... That's Kassaba. Join us for a glamourous Oriental / Turkish / Sezen-Aksu-themed party! IT'S A PARTY!

YOU COULD WIN 2 TICKETS TO SEE SEZEN AKSU IN CONCERT
on 20 OCT!
One lucky person will be the winner of our raffle
(arrive before 10.30pm to get your raffle ticket)

KASSABA BUFFET MEAL INCLUDED! (served 8.30-10.30pm)

+ Great music
+ 'Sezen Idol' Karaoke!! Are you the next star?
  +Sezen's Top Ten - all her best tunes with BIZIM DJ CEYHAN.
  + Bellydancer Ozgen

And if you've never heard about Sezen Aksu... no worries...
relax and enjoy..

Tickets £15 including Buffet!

1 Wegottickets
  2. Ticketweb
3. Or call to book 07966 452557 (need to arrive before 9pm)

Please note: Dress code is strictly smart, no effort, no entry. Venue does allow jeans as long as they are smart but No Trainers, scruffy T Shirts, etc

Time: 8.30pm-2.00am
Venue: KASSABA
1 New River Avenue, N8 7QD
020 8340 0400
Underground: Turnpike Lane
Train: Hornsey
Buses: 41, 144, W3, N41, N91 (Trafalgar Square)
Parking available
www.kassaba.co.uk

NEW CD Available now on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sezen-Aksu-Optum/dp/B005CM9ECG/

Great festival in the North East 4-6 November
Kazum is proud to be providing some great acts for the festival.

http://www.musicportfestival.com/

WOMEX Conference Daycase at 14.15

Hot Ethiogrooves by sensational Imperial Tiger Orchestra "ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BANDS" (Francis Falceto - the man behind the legendary Ethiopiques series of CDs!) "ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT" Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2. The band perform with special guest Ethiopian singer BETHELHEM DAGNACHEW. You have to be there, this is going to be a superb night!

Plus Ethiopiques DJ sets by Russ Jones aka The Hackney Globe Trotter.

+ Ethiopian food & Bar

+ Ethiopian products by www.aiyda.com

Doors open 9pm first live set 10pm open until 3am.

Hot music!

Tickets £10 in advance plus booking fee:
Available from www.ticketweb.co.uk
Buy tickets direct from Kazum: 07966 452557
or email us on info @ kazum.co.uk
Also available in person from Addis Link 120 Junction Road nr Archway /Tufnell Park N19 5QQ  020 7272 0044 (no booking fee)

£15 on the door.