About me: Hello, I'm Tonybear.... I used to be the drummer in The Fourth Egg....These days I get my kicks from doing djing & fiddling around with drum machines and samplers. I see through idiots like windows..
I recently visited, and performed for the troops in Iraq! If you click on the picture of me and the troops, below, you can download an EXCLUSIVE track for FREE from my album ‘Live From Iraq.’ Support the troops!
I’m currently in the UK touring right now; all upcoming dates are listed on my MySpace page, so if I’m in a town near you, pop down and say hello
Shout , shimmy & shake down in the basement this Friday!
FUNKMODE is bringing Wrexham the toughest 60’s & 70’s soul and funk nuggets, hammond groovers, fuzzed out psych, mod classics & bang up-to-date dubstep, boogie & rap!!
A night of quality music played on original crackly vinyl from some of the areas most noted 45rpm vinyl junkies…… be cool, be calm and keep yourself together!
This month we are joined down in the basement by two of Shrewsburys finest DJ collectives:
2 KILOS OF FUNK [Matt Wedderkopp & Mark Beesley] & CAROLINE TRUE RECORDS [John Kertland & Haydn T] - check out their recent compilation in collaboration with Professor of Punk Jon Savage entitled: “Fame" Jon Savages Secret History Of Post Punk 1977-81…….
aswell as FUNKMODES’ own merchants of groove diggin deep for soulful sounds from days of past and future:
Alisdair Birfmarq Chris Reynolds Matt Overson Pale Droid
Music : Punk-funk, Deep House, Acid House, Electro, Breaks, Detroit Techno, Hip Hop, Dancehall / Bashment, Reggae, Dubstep, Funk, Disco, Soul, Jazz & Rare Groove....
The incredible Akira the Don will blow minds and burn soles at Telfords Warehouse in Chester, *THIS* Friday night.
Akira is currently working on his second album with famed Yankee producer Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Robbie Williams), and spent the past year writing songs, making mixtapes, cartoons, and strange celebrity fans (Alex James, Andy Bell, Konnie Huq) incurring the wrath of Kim Deal, and producing songs for people, including a top 40 hit for Lethal Bizzle with the Clash sampling Police On My Back. And some remixes. Gonzales liked his Working Together remix so much he asked Akira to come and perform it with him at the ICA. His music has been featured in movies both big (My Super Ex Girlfriend) and small (Finding Diego) and on TV shows both British (Hollyoaks) and American (CSI), but his proudest achievement is probably still supporting Jim Bob from Carter USM at the Islington Academy.
His second album will be out in the Autumn.
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So, join us for a night of eclecticity and not-to-be-missed entertainment at Telfords Warehouse, Chester on Friday 20th June 2008 from 8pm - 2am. *FREE* before 9pm & £4 afterwards.
See my Pet Sounds page for details of the kind of great tunes that I will be playing before & after Akira.
HINT [Tru Thoughts/Ninja Tune] @ FUNKMODE, OLD SWAN, WREXHAM, FRIDAY 27th JUNE 2008
"Filled to the brim with genius, forward thinking awkward dance music." - Mr. Scruff
"Your Tremmuh tune is LARGE! Mashed up Sao Paolo last week then Rio too… And absolutely tore the room in half when I played it at Co-Op Easter Spesh a few weeks back. Instant rewind. Big!" - Benji B (1xtra)
“…pushing the boundaries once again…Hint is one of the most creative and perhaps unsung producers around. Check this boy out!” - Straight No Chaser (magazine)
"At The Dance is a corker!" - DJ Andy Smith (Portishead / Dynamo Productions)
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