Alternative Miss Newcastle Pageant @ Divine Trash

Lord Leigh Park — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:10:22 +0000

Funky Butt Club Spring Dates

Lord Leigh Park — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:22:19 +0000

Journey to the centre of Uranus

Lord Leigh Park — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:46:19 +0000

Lady Koo supports Omar Souleyman at The Sage

Lord Leigh Park — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:16:15 +0000

Lady Koo will be pumping out a DJ set at The Sage Gateshead tomorrow when she’ll be playing African, Arabic and Central Asian tunes in support of Omar Souleyman.

Hall Two tomorrow night (Wednesday 7th December), 8pm

After two years spent whipping the world into a Dabke-induced frenzy, Syrian singer and Arab icon Omar Souleyman, with his musical collaborators, Rizan Sa’id (keyboards/beats) and Bahjat Ali (electric saz), creates the wildest, most jubilant dancefloor atmosphere you can imagine.

As his recent collaborator Björk puts it, “I think what’s refreshing about Omar Souleyman is the party – it’s fun. It’s really alive and very urgent… He’s really eager to make something that’s vibrant.” (NPR)

The myriad musical traditions of the Middle East are evident in the band’s music, which reflects the sounds of Syria, Iraq, Turkey and the sizeable Kurdish population of Syria, but with frenetic keyboard solos, sample hits and machine gun percussion intertwining with psychedelic electric saz and Souleyman’s vocals.

“…the most joyful, jouissant and probably unintentionally punk celebration of pure sound since the earliest days of Hardcore Techno” The Wire

“His humble beginnings, his undeniable alien cool, and the utter danceability of the dabke sound make for a compelling listen. Those surreal, disturbing lyrics make for the cherry on top.” BBC

Tickets: £10 and £12.50

Funky Butt Club on New Years Eve

Lord Leigh Park — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:15:04 +0000

Eddie & Sheena present DIVINE TRASH

Lord Leigh Park — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:35:48 +0000

Another Heartbeat: 3 films by Jeremy Marre

Lord Leigh Park — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:50:57 +0000

Return of THE BIG TEN INCH

Lord Leigh Park — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:03:47 +0000

Funky Butt Club Autumn dates

Lord Leigh Park — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:33:11 +0000

FUNKY BUTT CLUB goes LATIN for ¡VAMOS!

Lord Leigh Park — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:09:53 +0000

Star & Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank
Newcastle NE1 2NP

Saturday 25 February 2011

Tonight we’ll be playing a mix of Latin tunes from Brazil, Columbia, Cuba and New York City – Celia Cruz, Los Mutantes, Ray Baretto, Tito Puente.

We’ll be playing salsa, cumbia, merengue and mambo. Big-ass retro tunes from the fifties thru the seventies.

FILM: Revolución (2010)
Ten directors at the forefront of Mexican cinema, including Gael García Bernal, join together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Mexican revolution in 10 short films.

Screening supported by the Hatton Gallery as part of Revolution On Paper exhibition & the Mexican Embassy in London

Doors: 7pm
Film: 7:30 pm
Dancing: 9.15 pm

£7/£5 for Film + Funky Butt Club
OR £5/£3.50 just for the film
OR Tickets on the door £3 just Funky Butt Club from 9.15ish