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Skylarkin' Soundsystem

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  • Skylarkin' Soundsystem

  • 30 / Male
  • Oxford, via Brixton, via Oxford, UK
  • Last Login: 7/9/2009

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About me:

Hi! I'm Dalton E. Nugent, club owner, raconteur and communications head for Aidan 'Count' Skylarkin and Skylarkin' Soundsystem

Skylarkin' Soundsystem: Booze n' Badchoons.

First Friday of every month at The Cellar, Oxford.

First Saturday of every month at The Big Chill House, Kings Cross, London.

For more info or to book Skylarkin' Soundsystem / Count Skylarkin email skylarkinsoundsystem ..at.. gmail ..dot.. com

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Beloved of drinkers and dancers everywhere, Skylarkin' Soundsystem was born via a 1997 mixtape in a South London cafe, and has been kicking out its patented brew of Jumpin' Jivin' Rockin' Swingin' Reggae, Ska, Soul, Dancehall and Rhythm & Blues Exotica in East Oxford every week for the past six years.

We've put on the odd live act in that time, with roof-raising shows from Ska Cubano, Alton Ellis, The Skatalites, The Topcats and Max Romeo under our belts - not to mention numerous rip-roaring appearances from our house band, The Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers.

DJing luminaries to have joined resident Count Skylarkin on the decks have included Daddy G, JStar, Wrongtom, Natty Bo, Bam Bam and Gaz "Rockin' Blues" Mayall., DJ Derek and The Nextmen.

When summer comes we hit the festivals, often in The Disco Shed - brainchild of Count Skylarkin and his good buddy Peepshow Paddy - rocking allotments at The Big Chill, The Secret Garden, Latitude Festival, Beachdown, Truck and many others.

For my own part, I made my fortune performing dubious scientific experiments on political prisoners in the old Eastern Bloc, before investing in a thriving West of Ireland "nite" spot (The Dalton Inn is regularly voted Disco Of The Year in the Farmer's Journal) and now enjoy the trappings of seasonal homes all over the Caribbean, where I fostered my love of music. Some years ago I happened by chance upon Aidan Larkin, an up-and-coming ex-pat Irish disc jockey playing all of my favourite sounds whilst in Oxford visiting my old pal Tomas Jesus Rotulas, and the rest, as they say, is history. Divorced from my childhood sweetheart The Delectable Ethel since 2004, I now live in Oxford, England with my manservant The Disgraced Former Bishop of Galway.

Dalton Nuggets

Who I'd like to meet:

Drinkers, dancers, ladies, chancers.

Interests

  • General

    Drinking and dancing.

  • Music

    Desmond Dekker, Al Green, Sergio Mendes, The Nextmen, Huey 'Piano' Smith, Ska Cubano, Lou Rawls, Wynonie Harris, Sister Sledge, Phyllis Dillon, Lord Tanamo, Larry Dale, Marcia Griffiths, Mongo Santamaria, Max Romeo, Fela Kuti, Nightmares On Wax, Dawn Penn, Dave Barker, Lily Allen, Lavern Baker, Topcats, Ruth Brown, Candi Staton, Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, Horace Andy, Asher Dust, J*Star, Prince Buster, Super Cat, Sly Stone, Buju Banton, Toots & The Maytals, Sharon Jones, The Clash, The Skatalites, The Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, MIA, Nouvelle Vague, Derrick Morgan, Sam & Dave, The Spiralist, Alton Ellis, Shirley & Lee, Massive Attack, Bob Andy. 'Come Get To This' by Marvin Gaye is Dalton's favourite tune of all time...

  • Heroes

    DJ Derek.

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