Post by arkay on Oct 17, 2004 12:53:40 GMT
Casamusica are pleased to announce that November’s headline guests will be the Inland Knights.
The Knights, also known as Laurence Ritchie and Andy Riley met in 1993 through their involvement with Northern England's early '90s free party scene and the legendary UK free party crew - Smokescreen Sound System. The crew of eight in total threw free, large-scale events at various locations across the English countryside. Utilizing rotating, secret venues, Smokescreen attempted to keep their renegade parties as underground as possible to avoid detection by local police - a feat they managed to accomplish on a regular basis. They also organized more legitimate events, such as nights in local clubs, and eventually took Smokescreen on tour, traveling across the European continent. All Smokescreen events featured deep house, with occasional back room sets of down tempo jazz and funk. Working with Smokescreen piqued Laurence and Andy's interest in producing music of their own.
Inland knights Volume 1 marked the launch of Drop Music; an independent outlet devoted to the production of quality house. The flourishing label has released material under various mediums, including EPs, singles and continuous-mix CDs. The Drop Music catalogue now has 36 releases to its credit, and is renowned in the dance music community for the quality and consistency of its work. Adopting various guises to showcase different aspects of their sound, including Party Criminals, In House Alterations, Grand Theft Audio and Big Audio Spidermite, Inland Knights have been responsible for most of the Drop catalogue.
Their blend of jazz and funk, dynamic percussion and vocal hooks has been instrumental in catapulting the Inland Knights to international popularity. Their DJ sets are a fusion encompassing all styles of house, from Salsa and Latin-tinged tracks to dub, disco, garage and four-to-the-floor tech house.
Despite their success as producers with over five years of releases under their belts, they refuse to withdraw into the studio and will continue to DJ and tour extensively. Riley notes they are always looking to balance their performance and production schedules. "If you start to do too much of one," he says, "You start to miss the other."
Joining the Inland Knights will be some fresh new talent in the shape of Jonny Rock and Andy Kinky.
Jonny Rock is the latest edition to the Freaks posse, touring and producing alongside Luke Solomon and Justin Harris as well as DJing all over Europe he is one of the rising stars of the house scene.
He has mixed the new Music For Freaks "See You At The Party" CD with Matt Styles, which is a retrospective look at the MFF back catalogue.
Check out his recent mix.
( Courtesy of www.musicforfreaks.com )
Andy Kinky is Resident and promoter of Kinky Movements in Nottingham and has recently turned his hand to producing tracks of his own. His first release, a collaboration with The Littlemen called the "Two's Company EP" on Mobile Trax caused quite a stir with underground house heads the world over. With an upcoming release on the massive Tango label, the future is looking very Kinky indeed.
Casamusica Nov 19th @ Club North, Manchester
10pm - 3am
£6 NUS/B4 11pm or £7 all others.
REAL HOUSE MUSIC Y'ALL!!
The Knights, also known as Laurence Ritchie and Andy Riley met in 1993 through their involvement with Northern England's early '90s free party scene and the legendary UK free party crew - Smokescreen Sound System. The crew of eight in total threw free, large-scale events at various locations across the English countryside. Utilizing rotating, secret venues, Smokescreen attempted to keep their renegade parties as underground as possible to avoid detection by local police - a feat they managed to accomplish on a regular basis. They also organized more legitimate events, such as nights in local clubs, and eventually took Smokescreen on tour, traveling across the European continent. All Smokescreen events featured deep house, with occasional back room sets of down tempo jazz and funk. Working with Smokescreen piqued Laurence and Andy's interest in producing music of their own.
Inland knights Volume 1 marked the launch of Drop Music; an independent outlet devoted to the production of quality house. The flourishing label has released material under various mediums, including EPs, singles and continuous-mix CDs. The Drop Music catalogue now has 36 releases to its credit, and is renowned in the dance music community for the quality and consistency of its work. Adopting various guises to showcase different aspects of their sound, including Party Criminals, In House Alterations, Grand Theft Audio and Big Audio Spidermite, Inland Knights have been responsible for most of the Drop catalogue.
Their blend of jazz and funk, dynamic percussion and vocal hooks has been instrumental in catapulting the Inland Knights to international popularity. Their DJ sets are a fusion encompassing all styles of house, from Salsa and Latin-tinged tracks to dub, disco, garage and four-to-the-floor tech house.
Despite their success as producers with over five years of releases under their belts, they refuse to withdraw into the studio and will continue to DJ and tour extensively. Riley notes they are always looking to balance their performance and production schedules. "If you start to do too much of one," he says, "You start to miss the other."
Joining the Inland Knights will be some fresh new talent in the shape of Jonny Rock and Andy Kinky.
Jonny Rock is the latest edition to the Freaks posse, touring and producing alongside Luke Solomon and Justin Harris as well as DJing all over Europe he is one of the rising stars of the house scene.
He has mixed the new Music For Freaks "See You At The Party" CD with Matt Styles, which is a retrospective look at the MFF back catalogue.
Check out his recent mix.
( Courtesy of www.musicforfreaks.com )
Andy Kinky is Resident and promoter of Kinky Movements in Nottingham and has recently turned his hand to producing tracks of his own. His first release, a collaboration with The Littlemen called the "Two's Company EP" on Mobile Trax caused quite a stir with underground house heads the world over. With an upcoming release on the massive Tango label, the future is looking very Kinky indeed.
Casamusica Nov 19th @ Club North, Manchester
10pm - 3am
£6 NUS/B4 11pm or £7 all others.
REAL HOUSE MUSIC Y'ALL!!
