Category: Parties

  • GALAXIANS @ LIVE AT LEEDS // Symposium @ The Black Swan // 02.05.15.

    GALAXIANS @ LIVE AT LEEDS // Symposium @ The Black Swan // 02.05.15.

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    As part of the awesome Live at Leeds, Black Swan brings you a weekend of music, live art, film, food, yoga and general partying. Over the next few days, we’ll be updating, and announcing all the good stuff planned. Both days will be Pay As You Feel/free to those with Live at Leeds wristbands.

    We’ll also be totally small people friendly, kids are very welcome at Black Swan.

    The event will take place over two floors and include performances from some of the most exciting contemporary British musical and live art acts. There’ll also be great food, great films, yoga and a few surprises.

    Both Saturday and Sunday are free to those with Live at Leeds wristbands, those without can pay what they feel.

    For those who just want to have their ticket, we have put a few up here at just £5.”

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-live-at-leeds-at-black-swan-tickets-16392985862

     

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-live-at-leeds-at-black-swan-tickets-16393032000

     

  • GALAXIANS @ Transform // West Yorkshire Playhouse // Leeds // 02.05.15.

    GALAXIANS @ Transform // West Yorkshire Playhouse // Leeds // 02.05.15.

    Transform_large_showAn explosive art-party of performative enchantments, brought to you by a phenomenal array of Northern artists and inventors. Be prepared for surprise encounters, anarchic activity and the avant-garde – as the Transform Party will be bursting at the seams with performance art, dance, music, intervention and immersion. Featuring the likes of Eggs Collective, Snakebox, Non Applicables, Hannah Buckley, Jamal Gerald & Jemma Broomhead, Matthew Allen, Riptide and many more.

    Adam Young (Live Art Bistro) and Dan Craddock will be your hosts with the most! (‘They’re the real deal! The big shebang! A self contained supernova of talent!’)

    Music from Galaxians, Capua Collective and Jermaine, featuring exclusive live AV projection shows, plus DJs.

    Designed by Hannah Wilson
    Music curation by Raf Bogan (&/or Emporium)
    Presented by Transform

    TICKETS FREE
    Advance booking recommended – www.wyp.org.uk

    (booking online occurs a £1.75 transaction fee – to avoid this charge call the box office on 0113 213 7700)

    This event forms part of Transform 15, three days of new ideas, sharing’s & events at West Yorkshire Playhouse – exploring the future of Transform with local & international artists.

  • Chew Disco Presents…..GOLDEN TEACHER (Optimo) // GALAXIANS // GAME_PROGRAM // Liverpool Kazimier 21.05

    Chew Disco Presents…..GOLDEN TEACHER (Optimo) // GALAXIANS // GAME_PROGRAM // Liverpool Kazimier 21.05

    Chew Disco presents GOLDEN TEACHER // GALAXIANS // GAME_PROGRAM

    // DATE: Thursday 21st May 2015
    // DOORS 8PM
    // TICKETS: £10 / £8 advance/NUS
    // http://www.seetickets.com/Event/golden-teacher-galaxians-game-program/the-kazimier/863325

    10250236_881668988564462_8082251252488217309_nGOLDEN TEACHER
    Optimo Music (Glasgow)

    “When you find a band that absolutely destroys a room, it’s a revelation… Golden Teacher are one of those bands. Basically, go see Golden Teacher live. Trust me on this one.” – VICE MAGAZINE

    “Trance-inducing, intoxicating stuff… Utterly hype-deserving, this hi-energy sixsome’s frenzied disco / world / techno beats, paired with ludicrously good, improvised stage workouts confirm Golden Teacher hands-down as Glasgow, nope, Scotland’s best live band of 2014.” – THE LIST

    “…the extended, improv-heavy electronic excursions of Factory Floor, but filtered through the gaze of Afrobeat, heavy dub and mutant disco and techno… Infectiously dancefloor-influenced, and effortlessly experimental…
    rooted as much in boundary-pushing art-rock and the artful formlessness of deep dub as it is in techno, house and disco.” – THE SKINNY

    “What a fucking beautiful racket… The only comparison that can makes any sense really is Gang Gang Dance for their exotic rhythmic attack and Happy Mondays at their most badass epic warehouse-sized mess… It only takes a minute to fall in love – I’m totally addicted.” – THE QUIETUS

    “A six-piece live band renowned for their energetic performances and love of improvisation, they feel like the product of post-disco, post-punk era New York rather than 21st century Glasgow. Their sound is intense and intoxicating, densely mixing up African rhythms, throbbing techno, soundsystem dub, post-punk attitude, wonky electronics and Arthur Russell style leftfield disco… It’s an astonishing performance – one of the most memorable and invigorating I’ve seen for some time.” – JUNO
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    GALAXIANS
    Dither Down (Brooklyn, NYC), Rotating Souls (Atlanta, GA), Stargaze (Leeds)

    “The spirit of disco is alive and well in Yorkshire. A two-piece consisting of Matt Woodward (drums) and Jed Skinner (synths), the house-influenced duo tear up every show they play, regardless of who they’re billed with. A room full of indie kids, a room full of disco lovers, a room full of punks – they all fall hard for the Galaxians party.” -NME

    “The duo have shared their brand of visceral funk on stages with Tom Tom Club, Zombie Zombie and Ultramagnetic MCs, and it’s the heavyweight synth chug of the Frenchmen which inspires the zero gravity boogie bounce of lead track “Ducket$z”. Combining a thick and brooding bassline of the Zombie Zombie ilk with warbling synths, live drums and fusion keys, the Yorkshire lads deliver a space walking killer for the Red Laser crowd to sink their teeth into.” – PICCADILLY RECORDS

    “Channeling New York’s late ‘80s “freak disco” (Was Not Was, Liquid Liquid, Arthur Russell) and Detroit’s Acid House scenes, Galaxians produce a maximum output from minimal set-up. Get your white sneaks on and hit the dance floor.” – SHEFFIELD CULTURE GUIDE
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    GAME_PROGRAM
    New solo project from Jonathan Nash (Hookworms/Cowtown/Nope)

    “Jon Nash is a busy fella. We all know him as a talented multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from bands like Hookworms, Cowtown, and Nope. But he also does Game_Program, a one-man electronic soundtracker of imaginary 80s high school coming-of-age dramas. GP evokes sun-drenched Miami beaches, palm trees, and teen dreams. Think College, Giorgio Moroder, Mr Fingers, and more. What’s not to like??” – PETIT MACHINS/DROWNED IN SOUND

  • FLUX: START OF SUMMER, BEAVER WORKS, LEEDS, 24 APRIL

    FLUX: START OF SUMMER, BEAVER WORKS, LEEDS, 24 APRIL

    7 HEADLINERS
    30 DJS
    5 BANDS
    6 Rooms of Music
    Street Food
    Arts Market
    & much more

    Beaver Works Leeds
    36 Whitehouse Street, Leeds, LS10 1AD
    (Map).

    Tickets for this event can be purchased via Resident Advisor.

    Galaxians onstage approximately 7.00pm.

    From Flux:

    “We are excited to reveal that, as a kick off to the summer season, we will be hosting our most diverse and exciting day and night event to date. On April 24th we’ll be celebrating the thriving cultural and creative scene in Leeds by showcasing some of the finest music, food and art there is to offer”

    6 HEADLINERS || 5 BANDS || 30 DJS || STREET FOOD || ART COLLECTIVES || VINYL VENDORS || LIVE ART & EXHIBITIONS || ARTIST Q+A || VISUAL INSTALLATIONS || FILM || COMEDY || MUSIC TECH || ART WORKSHOPS || & MORE TBA

    In association with: Butter Side Up, KMAH Radio, Kalyan Presents, The Pipedream Projects, &/or Emporium.

    *£1 from each ticket goes to The Pipedream Projects supporting underprivileged street children in India.

     

  • NARC Magazine Feature

    NARC Magazine Feature

    Galaxians are within the same playful electronic sound-frame of artists like Todd Terdje, Errors and Hot Chip. Jed Skinner and Matt Woodward make the kind of ear-pleasing music that’s never takes itself too seriously – always up for a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun, but at the same time brilliantly exacted. The Leeds-based duo have been kicking about since 2012 and have released two vinyl EPs – Personal Disco Component and Galaxians back in June, which have a hint of early LCD Soundsystem and even some Beverly Hills Cop in its four visceral tracks. Live, Galaxians stir up head-nodding funky grooves using drum machines and retro synthesisers – mixing elements of old school dance and soul music wrapped in thumping and clicking beats. After successful stints at Beacons festival and Tramlines festival over the summer – making gig-goers across the UK dance and gawp in appreciative awe in equal measure, the duo are back on the road and heading to Sunderland’s Independent on Saturday 13th December for a night of neo-disco goodness. Get yourself down.

    Galaxians play Sunderland’s Independent on Saturday 13th December.

     

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