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Bido Lito! April 2015 Reviews
There was a real feel of confession this
evening with the band exposing their
excitement and raw talent under the eyes of
the all-seeing and all-hearing Liverpool crowd,
but it was clear that everyone liked what they
heard. I for one am definitely hoping for a
second coming of Garbus and the gang.
Paddy Hughes / @paddyhughes89
CHIBUKU 15TH BIRTHDAY
Camp and Furnace
Fifteen years is a long time in any business,
never mind in the fast-paced world of dance
music where trends are born, grow and
wither in the blink of an eye. Doing this whilst
straddling the underground/mainstream
divide, no matter how anachronistic this
sounds in the post-internet world, is even
harder. But, happy birthday CHIBUKU, you
pulled off a banger of a party.
Partying in the day has always been a
strange concept, and relatively hard to pull
off when most of the punters are used to
getting sweaty and dancing ‘til their trainers
are worn through at 4am, rather than 4pm.
Whatever, Chibuku manage this seamlessly
with an early salvo of JOHN MCANDREW
going back to back with RICH FURNESS
warming up the crowd in the Furnace, before
and DAVE ‘RAM JAM’ RODIGAN brings his
Mungo's Hi Fi (Gyn Akroyd)
anything-goes approach to selecting. From
reggae to dancehall, dubstep to Aaliyah,
Rodigan knows how to get them dancing.
Liverpool One Bridewell
Campbell Square, Argyle Street
Liverpool L1 5FB
t 0151 709 7000
www.liverpoolonebridewell.com
bidolito.co.uk
Liverpool One Bridewell
Open 7 days a week. Quality cask ales,
plus boss craft beers from Mad Hatter,
Brew Dog and others, bottled Belgian
beers, and great food.
Whisky tastings, cheese & wine nights,
live music, outdoor stage and courtyard.
All set in a Grade II listed former
jailhouse in the city centre –
come and take a ‘Cell-fie’
@Lpool1Bridewell
Real Ale Pub & Kitchen
No matter how fun Ram Jam is, Furness and
McAndrew’s carefree choices bring the night
to a head, especially the Blue Monday segue
into Born Slippy .NUXX which has people
nearly kicking the ceiling. And that’s no
mean feat in the vast Furnace. Later on in the
evening, the trouble people have getting in
to see DJ EZ is offset by ANNIE MAC’s crowdpleasing choices; although her piano-house
set holds no revelations or surprises, the
audience laps it up.
The smaller Camp section of the three-tiered
daytime offering holds the more undergroundoriented Abandon Silence room, and opening
the night FOUR TET carries on his foray into
dance music. Four Tet before 4pm is an alarming
idea but he pulls it off amazingly well, with the
energy in the room second to none. The rest of
the night is led by the tastemaker DJs. This has
been lost in recent years, and it is refreshing
to see its return. JACKMASTER’s immaculate
mixing and selection stands in stark contrast
to the relaxed selection of his Can U Dance
outfit with Oneman (a no show for the night);
Jackmaster doesn’t care what you want to
hear like Annie Mac does, it’s all about what
he wants to show you. The same is true of
BEN UFO and JOY ORBISON b2b GEORGE
FITZGERALD, who all oscillate seamlessly
through the techno subgenres.
Clearly this crowd differs wildly from those
in the main room, with those in Camp revelling
joyously in the DJ’s effortlessly tasteful
selections, as opposed to the big-room
bangers satisfyingly lapped up in the Furnace.
And that’s the great thing about the behemoth
that is Chibuku: it has something for everyone
whilst still maintaining relevance with a
commitment to hosting the finest mainstream
and cutting-edge dance music on offer. Fifteen
more years, please!
Laurie Cheeseman / @lauriecheeseman
MUNGO’S HI FI
The Fire Beneath The Sea – London
Afrobeat Collective – Helena Johnson
FIESTA BOMBARDA @ St George’s Hall
Billed as their biggest event to date, FIESTA
BOMBARDA – whose previous happenings at
iconic sites the Palm House and the Anglican
Cathedral have been draped in