RICHIO SUZUKI+ GUESTS HAVE INCLUDED ANDY SMITH, ALDO VANUCCI, RUSS JONES, DOM SERVINI,TAKA,KOICHI SAKAI.KAY SUZUKI,STUART PATTERSON,DEAN THATCHER.SIMON KURRAGE,MR SHIVER.
Influences
ORIGINAL SOUL, FUNK, JAZZ, REGGAE PLUS ROCK, POP AND INDIE!
Sounds Like
MR DAY, THE DYNAMICS, COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS, THE LIONS, THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS, THE HAGGIS HORNS, BABY CHARLES, BETTY CHUNG, THE ESQUIRES, THE MIGHT SHOW-STOPPERS, ESPERANTO, THE BAMBOO'S, JUMBONICS, YASUKO AGAWA, BIRD, THE REBIRTH, BROWNOUT, SPEEDOMETER, BREAKESTRA, SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS, THE APPLES AND MANY MORE OBSCURE WIERD AND WONDERFUL COVERS
VERSION EXCURSION IS AN EVENT CONCEPT CREATED BY DJ RICHIO SUZUKI , A DJ WHO IN OVER 20 YEARS HAS PLAYED IN MANY AREAS OF DANCE MUSIC AND HAS GREAT MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE AND OF COURSE A MASSIVE COLLECTION OF COVER VERSIONS.
THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE. A WHOLE NIGHT OF STRICTLY COVER VERSIONS, STRICTLY ON VINYL, AND STRICTLY ON THE FUNK, SOUL, JAZZ, AND REGGAE TIP.
THE NIGHT SUPPORTS KEEPING VINYL ALIVE SOMETHING CLOSE TO RICHIO'S BELIEVES!
SO ALL GUEST DJ'S ARE REQUESTED TO SPIN STRICTLY VINYL ,AND THEREFORE DIG FOR THE SET ,NOT DOWNLOAD!
VERSION EXCURSION HAD A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AT PLAN B IN BRIXTON IN THE BASEMENT AND GUEST DJ WAS ANDY SMITH [THE DOCUMENT]
IN DECEMBER RICHIO TOOK THE SET ON TOUR IN JAPAN PLAYING TOKYO, OSAKA AND NAGOYA.
2008 FEBURARY THE 29TH TO BE PRECISE RICHIO SPUN A VERSION EXCURSION SET AT RONNIE SCOTTS, LONDON'S MOST LEGENDARY JAZZ VENUE,IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY AND RUSS JONES AND SIMON MANSELL JOINED HIM ON THE DEX.
SINCE APRIL 2008 VERSION EXCURSION HAS HAD A MONTHLY HOME AT EAST VILLAGE ,AND THE NITE HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH ,WITH GUESTS ON THE VERSION FLOOR INCLUDING THE LIKES OF RUSS JONES,DOM SERVINI,DEAN THATCHER ,ANDY BIRD AND THE CLUB BOSS HIMSELF STUART PATTERSON ,WHILST IN THE BASEMENT WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF OSUNLADE,DANNY KRIVIT,TODD TERJE,AND CARL CRAIG,PHIL ASHER AND BENJI B.
AS WELL AS EAST VILLAGE RICHIO HAS DONE A JAZZ VERSION SET AT DOM SEVINI'S JAZZ NITE AT PROUD [FAVOURITE THINGS] , SPUN AT THE LEGENDARY 7INCH NITE SIZE DOESN'T MATTER, HELD A VERSION EXCURSION PARTY AT THE EMBASSY BAR, AND BEEN BACK TO RONNIE SCOTT'S,SEVERAL TIMES.
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PLUS RICHIO WILL BE BACK ON TOUR IN JAPAN END OF MARCH/EARLY APRIL 2009 PLEASE SEE FULL INFO ABOVE .
1. THE NIGHT OF THE WOLF -TREVOR & LISA (favourite Big single)
2. HAPPY- THE BAMBOOS(Tru thoughts)
3. MOVE ON UP -LETTUCE feat DWELE (UNIQUE)
4. EVIL VIBRATIONS- THE REBIRTH(Ubiquity)
5. KISS- LOS FULANOS(VAMPI SOUL )
6. SKINDO-LE-LE-YASUKO AGAWA(Flower records japan)
Greetings from The Dynamics!!!
We are playing in your area. You have 2 chances this Saturday!
1)Paradise Gardens Festival- it..s free and fun! We play around 9pm
2) Passing Clouds -Hackney- Late night afterhours gig.
hope to see you there!
If not- Glastonbury! Friday night- just after Lady GaGa (go figure)
-flab
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we've got a love fever disco all dayer party going on this bank holiday sunday 24th may @ the horse & groom boozer on curtain road, shoreditch..
djs confirmed so far include domu, andy blake, andy bird, dolan bergin, bbe records, farrah dj, free disco and more ..
it's free entry and running from midday till 4am... gulp!..
more info here..
a mix from the last love fever party with greg wilson here
FINALLY!!! The live video of Mr. Confuse & The Confusers playing at the Mephisto Club in Hannover Germany on 27th September 2008 is ready. It was the album release concert of the Mr. Confuse album “Feel The Fire” released on Légère Recordings as DLP, CD and digital in September 2008.
Hello, i just like to say hurray for the first PIG BALLS release! a FUNK and BREAKBEAT Killer that burns the House down… Turn On Tune In And Drop Out is remixed by: Ed Royal, Danny Massure, Niles Philips, Umbo & Balatz, Jayl Funk, DJ Stefunk, Matty Blades, Johnny Pluse and Dr. Funkenstein !
We are on our way for another UK tour to celebrate our new single - The Power!
We would love to see you at one of our shows, so come and say hello...
Liverpool, Magnet - Feb 26 Sheffield, Tuesday Club presents… - Feb 27 Nottingham, The Maze! - Feb 28 Leeds, Hifi Club - Mar 1 Cambridge, Soul Tree - Mar 3 Bristol, Start The Bus - Mar 4 Manchester, Mint Lounge - Mar 5 London, Madame Jo Jo's - Mar 6 Birmingham, Hare & Hounds -Mar 7 Wales, Detonate 10th Birthday Weekender! - Mar 8
happy happy new year 2009 richio!! hope ur 2009 become sooo funky dope amazing year!! lolol here is not so cold, but still cold for me lol cant wait to c u guys!!! yayy!!
HO HO HO….. It’s winter time and guess what’s yours, It’s like an early Insanity Claus, We got a big fat bag and guess what’s in it…
Something for the rich and something for the poor and some funky arse party that’s for all a yor!!!
Help Raise some funds for our Neighbours without water, down to the Eastern Village on the 20th November for the Djaid First Birthday slaughter!
Then if you’ve survived the pure mayhem,
Come down to the Ginglik and for SDM,
And just follow the star to Bushlyhem,
That’s on the 21st of November till 4am.
Happy winter to all from the SDM that’s All my DJ’s…… Kurrage, Mastomic and DJ Thor and my main man Mister shiver, never for getting mad Dementia and little Nat Illumine the whole crew is completely FXXXing boommin!!!!
After huge successful night on September, b i p o l a r is BACK to Plan B!!
One of the founders of Bugz In The Attic, Afronaut will drop his brad new tracks and believe me....they are all dope bouncing house beats!!! Alongside side with the strict groove master producer/DJ Magic a.k. a Ceramic and the mighty Mikey Futuristic from DejaVu FM!
send us for the concession list!!
b i p o l a r FILM [ @ Plan B / 20th Sept 2008 ]
b i p o l a r WAVES [ podcast / streeming radio ]
NEW episode is up now... the tracklist is on www. bipolar-hq. com