BidoBido Lito! April 2015
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EPICURED HIT THE BEATEN TRACKS
Nestled on the up-and-coming Gradwell Street off Wolstenholme Square is EPICURED, a unique, family-run, independent and pocket-sized
foodie haven based on a simple but fantastic meat, cheese and bread concept. This month, we’ve married epicured up with Beaten Tracks – the
Liverpool-based collective of DJs who champion the rare, the dusty and the forgotten – to host a live, back-to-back funk and soul mix, which is
spinning at epicured throughout April; the perfect audio accompaniment for a picnic block and a craft beer. The mix is also spinning now on the
Bido Stereo at bidolito.co.uk. For more details visit epicuredliverpool.com or search epicuredL1 on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook.
LIMF 2015: NEW WORLD, NEW SOUND
LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL returns for its third instalment between 27th and 31st August. Sefton Park is once again home to LIMF’s
centrepiece three-day free festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend, featuring heavyweights BASEMENT JAXX, LAURA MVULA, RAE MORRIS, and a
special performance from ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, a string of commissioned showcases will take
place across various venues, under the tagline New Word, New Sound, with a notable highlight being the Tribute To Gil Scott Heron event. Bido Lito! is
also delighted to say that we’ll be curating artists on the itsLiverpool Stage again this year, which you can find more about at limfestival.com.
ZION TRAIN
Arts Club’s latest club night DUBABUSE is going strong on the third Friday of every month, bringing some heavyweight cuts of dub-infused reggae. As well as
resident DJs pumping the riddims, each night is headlined by an artist guaranteed to get the room skanking in unison. April’s event features one of the world’s
most prolific collectives, ZION TRAIN. Formed by mixer/producer Perch in 1988, Zion Train have long been a force in these circles, with their 2007 album Live As One
winning a coveted Jamaican Reggae Grammy. Polish whizzkids YOUNG PISTOLS are also on the bill.
Arts Club / 25th April
GAZELLE TWIN
As part of FACT’s ongoing Group Therapy: Mental Distress In A Digital Age programme, GAZELLE TWIN has collaborated with film maker Carla MacKinnon to
Body
create a live AV performance titled Out Of Body. An animation constructed from organic matter (including animal flesh, organs, hair and milk) to portray the
nervous system, the piece explores the sensation of an in-body as well as an outer-body experience. Performing a live soundtrack Gazelle Twin provides
a backdrop that takes its cue from her last album Unflesh, released to widespread acclaim in 2014.
FACT / 9th April
LATE SPRING JAZZ SERIES @ THE CAPSTONE
Following the success of the Liverpool International Jazz Festival, The Capstone Theatre has programmed a run of shows off the back of the event that
amounts to a stimulating Late Spring Jazz Series. Kicking off with the Norwegian-born saxophonist MARIUS NESET (17th April), the series gets in to full
swing with the Copenhagen-based artist’s dazzling virtuosity. GWILYM SIMCOCK (22nd April, pictured) is one of the most decorated jazz artists of modern
times, which reflects his deftness for traditional and contemporary arrangements. Swiss trio VEIN round off the stellar run with their show of wonderful
interplay on 24th April. thecapstonetheatre.com
SOUND CITY LATEST
With just two months to go before LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY gets underway in its new docklands home, more acts gracing the stages of the three-day
festival have been announced. Indie stalwarts THE CRIBS have joined the fray alongside regular Liverpool performers PEACE and EVERYTHING EVERYTHING,
and hellraisers FAT WHITE FAMILY (pictured). SWANS, ICEAGE and HONEYBLOOD are among the other notable additions at this stage. Festival organisers
have also announced that they’ll be working with vi ͥ