GRECO-ROMAN is: Joe Hot Chip, Alex Half Nelson / Full Nelson, Dom The Great Mentsh & Jez The Boston Crab... with a lot of help from Raf Daddy, Ross Allen, Lorenzo Fruzza, Stephen Moshi Moshi, Hot Chip & Tom Doddington.
GRECO-ROMAN SOUNDSYSTEM comprises these DJs:
The Great Mentsh
Joe Hot Chip
Half Nelson / Full Nelson
Ross Allen
Raf Daddy
The Boston Crab
We play in different combinations and play everything except deep house and minimal FOR DJ BOOKINGS PICK YOUR TEAM AND EMAIL NICK@CODAAGENCY.COM
For Joe Hot Chip email Caroline@spunoutagency.com
We like to spin alongside our GRECO-ROMAN artists:
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
David E Sugar
Buraka Som Sistema
Drums of Death
Grovesnor
... and we DJ like this:
Joe Hot Chip vs. Full Nelson (free DJ mix): "Grecoromania"
... or like this:
The rules of GRECO-ROMAN partying:
No Sponsors
No Guestlist
No Music Policy
No Listings
No Photographers
Previous GRECO-ROMAN wrestlers:
Almo (Über Alles), Best Fwends, Bird Peterson, Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya, Booji Boy High, Buraka Som Sistema, Busy P, David E. Sugar, Dels, DLK, DJ Never Forget, Drums Of Death, Felix Basement Jaxx, Four Tet, Full Nelson, GrecoRoman, Greco Roman, Grecoro Man, Greco-Roman Soundsystem, Grovesnor, Half Nelson, Henron, Hot Chip, Hot Club De Paris, Ian Orth (Learning Secrets), j4ck, Jack Penate, James Bad Apple, Jesse Rose, Joe Fox, DJ Kestrel (Nuff Rope), Kimyon (Pockit Rockit), Late Of The Pier, Little Boots, Lucas (Sweatshop Labor), Maurizio, Metronomy, Modular DJs, Nic Jagger, Noze, Oliver $, Party Shank, Primary 1, Raf Daddy, Ragga Twins, Roll Deep, Ross Allen, Section Sound, Si Digital, Size Zero Albino, Skream, South Rakkas Crew, Statik, Superthriller, Tawiah, Thecocknbullkid, The Boston Crab, The Great Mentsho, The James Kendall, The Oscillation, The Slutty Oysters, Tas, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Trevor Jackson, Tristan De Cunha, Tunng, Valentina, Wild Geese, YoYo
...and the people who just dropped in:
The Arctic Monkeys, Sinden, Gucci Soundsystem, Pat Mahoney, Simian Mobile Disco, Ross Allen, Late Of The Pier, Jesse Rose, Rollo (not that Rollo!)
Wrestled:
a backyard swimming pool, Austin, USA
a boat and a cinema, Berlin, Germany
an antique bus, Bestival, UK
an italian restaurant and a church, Brighton, UK
a tent, Glastonbury, UK
the hallowed wrestling ground of the Gods, London, UK
numerous railway arches, warehouses and studios, London, UK
a mill, Manchester, UK
a seaside family holiday complex, Minehead, UK
a former weapons factory, Moscow, Russia
a nightclub, Melbourne, Australia
a taxidermist's bar, New York, USA
a spanish restaurant, Sydney, Australia
a train, Victoria station, UK
Artwork by Lorenzo Fruzza
Influences
Manchester G-Mex '88-'89. Jagermeister. P Diddy sailing into Ibiza Town on his yacht. Absinthe. Jarvis at the Brits. That Benny Benassi video. Angel Centre roller disco, Tonbridge. Wookie. Scrabble.
A series of sporadic, chaotic parties organised at the last minute in random venues, in different cities. Taking inspiration from the homo-erotic olympic sport favoured by Eastern Europeans and frat boys, we don leotards and fight it out for supremacy... Hot Chip vs Ross Allen, Buraka Som Sistema vs Drums of Death, Grovesnor vs David E Sugar, Raf Daddy vs Full Nelson, Dom vs Jez, London vs Berlin, Rock n Roll vs Acid House. We specialise in rooms of less than 30 people, 2 decks working at the same time is merely a bonus. Such are our skills of communication that you will probably hear about each party after it has already happened, but you will still tell all your friends you were there. Or maybe its deliberate... the only way to find out about our parties is via myspace, email or SMS; you will rarely see a poster, flyer, magazine listing or review for any of our parties and thats the way we like it. Nor is this a money-making operation: the small amount we do make at our parties goes back into our mix CDs, our fledgling record label, our t-shirts and our totally dope towels, most of which we give away. And strictly NO sponsors... i mean get your fingers out of our pie you wiley marketing scum! So hats off to all the people who play for next to nothing for making it happen, except Noze who like to keep their hats on. As do the police who can be a bit of a problem. See you down the front, its right next to the back anyway.
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ooOOHH YES... we also release records:
GREC05:
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs E.P. OUT NOW!
GREC04:
Drums of Death Steps Into The Ring E.P.
GREC03:
Buraka Som Sistema "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)"
GREC02:
Grovesnor "Drive Your Car"
GREC01:
David E Sugar "Oi New York This Is London"
Hinterland Festival is a two day art and music festival due to hit the Glasgow on April 30th and May 1st. One ticket gives you access to 15 venues, over 100 bands, DJs, special club nights, art events and more!
Bands already confirmed are The Fall, Sons & Daughters, Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set), Sucioperro, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Metrnomy and many more. The line-up is over 50% Scottish acts and the rest from around the UK, Europe and the world!
Tickets are a *very* reasonably £23.50 for a day pass and £42 for a two-day pass.
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