Archive for April, 2012
Message to Blog & Twitter Followers – send in your suggestions for review!
Posted: April 23, 2012 by Raider in Contact, Raider NewsTags: Arts, Bands and Artists, Blogging, Culture, Events, Music, Photography, Readers, Twitter
Thank you for all of your tracks/artists/upcoming music events/and competition suggestions for review - keep sending in your YouTube/SoundCloud links and other music related ideas either by commenting on this post or sending an email at: renegaderaiders@hotmail.co.uk
It has been great sharing and listening to all of your top tracks; my iPod is now positively heaving!
This one goes out to my gorgeous guy xxx… The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
Posted: April 22, 2012 by Raider in Alternative, Chilled, Raider RandomTags: Alternative, Chilled, Little Fluffy Clouds, Music, The Orb, Video
Raider Review: The Blitz Party – 14 April 2012 [Rated*****]
Posted: April 22, 2012 by Raider in Alternative, Club Nights, East London, Jazz, London Club Review, London Venues, Raider Recommendations, Raider Reviews, Raider Updates, Raider Videos, Swing, Upcoming EventsTags: Blitz, Charleston, Club Nights, East London, Events, Fancy dress, Holywell Lane, London, Music, Nightclub, Review, Shoreditch, Swing, The Blitz Party
Girls and guys! If you long for the romanticism of wartime Britain; women donning vintage tea dresses, red lippy and hair curlers, and dashing men in slick military uniform or a braces and flat cap combo, swinging the night away with cocktails, yam and scotch eggs on tap - then you need to book a ticket for the next Blitz party; a fancy dress club night like no other in London. Set under the brick arches of an old underground bunker on Holywell Lane in Shoreditch, this venue is spot on in creating the perfect wartime ambience.
We headed to the Blitz Party last Saturday and had a truly spiffing evening! The entertainment was excellent, as was the authenticity of the glamorous revellers dancing; with any couple who could find room on the heaving dance floor attempting a charming mélange of swing, jive and the Charleston – myself included. The queues for the bar were long and the cocktails were pricey, but frankly when one is surrounded with such novel jovial wartime spirit, complaints were few and far between. The flash of cameras were constant as groups of friends reveled in the success of their own outfits; heed this warning – you really will look like an oddball if you do not put a touching amount of work into looking like you were born ninety years ago. Everything about the evening was bona fide Blitz! My only complaint was that just as my swinging was really beginning to take hold across the full breadth of the dance floor, our wartime knees up came to an early end at 2:00am. Alas! You are in Shoreditch, so there is no end to the number of hotspots to visit after the french gin is well and truly flowing… and there is nothing like heading to a hipster East London bar swanked up in 40s clobber – take that scenesters!
The Blitz Party is back on May 5th, so get your tickets sharpish as this really has become the biggest thing since Vera Lyn. Tickets cost £20 - follow link to purchase tickets.
Visit the website for more information: http://www.theblitzparty.com/
Related articles
- Run For Shelter – Blitz Party Here We Come! Saturday 14th April [London EC2] (renegaderaiders.wordpress.com)
- Raider Club Review: XOYO – East London [Rated****] (renegaderaiders.wordpress.com)
- The Animated Blitz XI Party Photos (iheartberlin.de)
- [Video] XOYO vs Ingredients – Dub Phizix and Skeptical feat Strategy – “Marka” (renegaderaiders.wordpress.com)
Newsflash! MC Competition – Calling All Heavy Spitters for the Chance to Win Exclusive Beat & Full Recording Session…
Posted: April 1, 2012 by Raider in Competition, Dub, Grime, Hip Hop, MCingTags: Call of Duty, Competition, Deci4life, Grime Daily, MC, Music, Music Video, Riddim, Soundcloud, SOX, Trilla
Calling all Grime MCs. Trilla and the producer Deci4Life behind Trilla's latest track Call Of Duty have teamed up as judges and are offering a competition to see who can produce the best version of the Call of Duty beat. The instrumental is up for a free download and the winner will get an EXCLUSIVE Deci4life Beat and full recording session with Deci4life.
The rules are simple:
- Download the instrumental from the soundcloud link below.
- Get down to your local studio and do what you do best!
- Upload to soundcloud and send the finished mix to deci4life@live.co.uk
