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with:
live:
Christian Stevenson (pic) and
guests
Dress code: Rock star
wedding guest, rock chick Bride, rockin' Groom, Best Man or Maid of Honour
(lol), sky-blue Tuxedo, My Bling Fat Cheap Wedding... or rock star!
What happens
when you go to a party where the DJ happily takes requests, people dress
up in their OTT rockstar-wedding finery and the atmosphere is guilt-free,
carefree and lactose-free (unless someone asks for a White Russian at
the bar)?
The answer is party mayhem, in a good way, as punters happily rock out
to tunes they love, adore and are passionate about - which is good on
any Friday night, but especially fine on a Valentine's Day weekend.
That's just what we saw when Your Favourite Rockstar's Wedding
teamed up with Videopia at the Arts Club on January 22,
and we're sure that the soft rock tracks and singalong mayhem will be
equally, er, matrimonial, on Friday 12 February when Christian
Stevenson launches Your Favourite Rockstar's Wedding
as a regular party.
BAFTA Award-winning
television presenter and veteran Kerrang! DJ, Christian Stevenson
has thousands of tracks to play so he's almost certain to have what you
want to hear. He's delighted when people are having a great time and unlike
98.73 per cent of DJs today he's also very happy to tell them so without
requiring an MC.
Talking of ceremonies, as an online ordained minister Mr Stevenson, God
bless him, is perfectly capable of presiding over an entirely faux wedding
(mock-rock rings will be available). However, we would stress that Mr
Stevenson and The Notting Hill Arts Club cannot be held
responsible for any pre-nup agreement disputes; how you divide the trust-fund
millions and the country estate in the Cotswolds really is your problem.
7pm-2am,
free before 8pm, £6 before 11pm and £8 after |
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 with:
live:
MC
Tukka (US3)
decks:
Toby One (pic), Ben Bailey,
Matt Smooth, Mr Chex
It isn't
easy to define quite why Funk
Royale works so well. There is no musical formula at work
because it's less about the details and more about the feeling. For the
record though, The Funk Royale DJs Toby One,
Ben Bailey, Mr Chex and Matt Smooth
play classic '60s soul stompers right through to the latest ragga and
Diplo-style global ghettofunk, taking in electro and hip hop, dirty disco
and dancehall, New Jack Swing, noughties breaks and nu-soul along the
way.
More importantly, they mix and match tunes they love from across the decades,
then MC Tukka adds vocal vibes, the guest bands get involved
and, well, everyone gets happy, bopping like Lionel, funking like a brother
and partying like a queen, or indeed a king (we won't mention the princes,
but it ain't called Royale for nothing).
'It's never moody or introspective,' says Ben Bailey,
'because that's not what we're about.' Their feel-good, sexy selection
makes people want to shuffle and strut, boogie and booty-shake whether
they're dropping tunes at their long-running east London warehouse jams
or at British Grand Prix Formula 1 parties - they've DJed alongside N*E*R*D.,
Basement Jaxx and Duffy at F1 bashes over the past two years.
They've also played regularly at the British Snowboard Championships,
at Quiksilver and DC Shoes/Vans events throughout Europe, in main-stage
festival sets with the likes of Groove Armada and M.A.N.D.Y, not to mention
at their monthly Funk Royale sessions in Portugal and right here at the
Notting Hill Arts Club.
Funk Royale mainly attracts 20- and 30-somethings, but
as you'll have guessed by now, the club's appeal isn't limited by age,
genre, colour or whether you're wearing skinny jeans, baggy jeans or no
denim at all. It's all about attitude. In a positive way.
7pm-2am,
free before 8pm, £6 before 11pm and £8 after |
12 February: