A bona-fide legendary club night, and now in its 17th year, Blow Up was the centre of the early Nineties Brit Pop explosion, influencing the style and sound of a generation, and voted No.4 in Time Out's Top Ten Clubs of the 90s.
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- Location:
- London, United Kingdom, WC2H 8LP
- Sat:
- 10:00 pm - 3:00 am
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Just confirmed for Saturday 5th December at Blow Up are Louis Eliot
& The Embers. Heralded by Vogue magazine as a "country troubadour"
and the Times as a "true pop genius", Louis Eliot is the former main
man of 1990s Britpop Romantics, Rialto, who enjoyed three UK top 40
hits and a top 20 album:
Louis Eliot (ex-Rialto) and his band play an intimate show at Blow Up
Location:4 Denmark St. (Basement)
Time:10:00PM Saturday, December 5th
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Live tomorrow night at Blow Up are Les Fauves from Italy - Featured in this weeks NME, The Fauves
formed in 2004 and the band have since gained recognition from media and fans
alike, bringing their highly personal sound to various festivals, including SXSW
2009, Benicassim (Spain), Heineken Jammin Festival (Italy) as w...ell as opening
fof the likes of the Dirty Pretty Things and Gnarls Barley.
Check out event link below to download a free track from the band + more info.
Club Events >> The Legendary Blow Up club: In weekly London residence since 1993 - The Home of Orgas
www.blowup.co.uk
: 4 Denmark St. (Basement) WC2H (map) LES FAUVES LIVE + PAUL TUNKIN + IAN JACKSON RESIDENT DJs Blow Up in residency in London in its new basement venue, plus live a show from Les Fauvres (Italy). Formed ...
See MoreThis Saturday 31st October - Hallowe'en special for Blow Up in its new basement venue at 4 Denmark St., with 60s horror flicks and creepy drinks. Expect the usual mix of orgasmic pop 60s mod soul new wave action from Blow Up DJs with some spooky soundtracks thrown in for good measure...
Catch Big Boss Man live this Friday 2nd October at The Arlington Arts Centre in their hometown of Newbury and there's another chance to see them in London at Blow Up on Saturday 3rd October
Blow Up are pleased to announce that Blow Up club will reconvene for its Saturday night residency in London from Saturday 12th September 2009. The new basement venue is a stone's throw from the Metro Club (RIP) in London's legendary Denmark Street aka 'Tin Pan Alley'...
Blow Up new Big Boss Man fan page on Facebook
Big Boss Man release their long-awaited third album Full English Beat Breakfast’. "Excellent" Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2 "The Sgt Pepper of boogaloo - and you can't go without breakfast, can you?" music 4/5, sonic 4/5 Hi-Fi Choice "Big Boss Man are back and groovier than ever" Clash As usual the band have made good... use of their extensive collection of vintage (and temperamental) gear for Full English. Head honcho Nasser (a.k.a the Bongolian) plays mini-VIP, Farfisa and Hammond organs, Wurlitzer piano, Moog synths and drums and percussion. Driving fuzz guitar and bass beat is provided by bassman Scott Milsom "the Hawk" and guitarist Trev Harding. The band have once again created a superb spaced-out selection of prime 60’s inspired dance floor tracks: Northern Soul vibes with ‘Black Eye’, garage sounds with ‘The Bloater’, Boogaloo with ‘Pies and Pastiche’ and even samba with ‘Full Brazilian’. Big Boss Man formed in 1999 when three long time friends Nass, Trev and Scott, got together for some Hammond heavy action. They released their album debut ‘Humanize’ (Blow Up) in 2001 which precipitated a wave of interest in the band, and was a clear definition of the BBM sound: a hip Hammond hybrid of 60's and 70's drenched R’n'B, Funk, Latin, Jazz, Soul and Pop. The album went on to be used exclusively as the so soundtrack for the 2002 BAFTA nominated short film ‘Sweet’ featuring The Mighty Boosh (Big Boss Man performing in the nightclub sequences in the film), as well as tracks appearing on numerous compilations. Party 7 from Humanize was featured in the Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona NIKE WORLDCUP worldwide advert in 2006 and subsequently released as a limited single. Their 2005 follow up ‘Winner‘ was produced by the band and Morgan Nicholls (The Streets / Muse / Gorillaz). Morgan (the son of Immediate Records’ inhouse songwriter Billy Nicholls), had a studio choc-full of groovy stuff: The Who’s Hammond, Steve Marriott’s first guitar, Clavis and Wurlis, all of which were put to good use on the album which continued the trip from where Humanize left off - through 60’s Funk, along the way taking in Bongo/Fuzz, Latin Soul, French Beat, Boogaloo and general Hammond/Moog mentalness everywhere else! Big Boss Man have also worked on numerous other projects including remixes for Paul Weller (The Bottle), a solo project from Nasser as The Bongolian (three albums The Bongolian, Blueprint, Outer Bongolia for Blow Up) on which he played all the instruments himself.
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Blow Up are pleased to announce that Blow Up club will reconvene for its Saturday night residency in London from Saturday 12th September 2009. The new basement venue is a stone's throw from the Metro Club (RIP) in London's legendary Denmark Street aka 'Tin Pan Alley'...
Blow Up is pleased to announce that the long awaited third album from Big Boss Man - 'Full English Beat Breakfast' is soon to be released. Shipping from September 2009, the album will be available on CD, LP and as a download from all good retailers...
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