2007-06-23 NEWBURY BERKSHIRE FREE OUTDOOR DUBSTEP & ELECTRONICA FUNDRAISER

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BLOOPTFUNK is an outdoor electronic music event to raise funds for the oxford children's hospital campaign, organised by myself (GRAHAM FLETCHER, www.myspace.com/grahamfletcher)

we have had an overwhelming response from some absolutley top notch artists and DJ's to give their time to the playing for the cause. music policy, dub, downtempo,electro,dubstep,broken beat, detroity tech,turntablism/old school hiphop,deep house, dub disco

Last year my two year old son had an operation at the john radcliffe in oxford to remove a lump from his neck so this is my way to show gratitude and publicise there work and publicise quality deep electronic music in one go.

54 mins from london on the train, 10 mins from junc 13 of the M4 (so not too far a drive from oxford, bristol, hampshire and london) hopefully loads of you underground music lovers will travel to enjoy some exclusive top tunes in the sun on a phat system in an intimate public park setting....free entry (tho donations are of course expected ) and a free after party with DJ N type and myself at the late lounge, nightclub nearby 10-2.30am. artists playing are the uk dmc scratch champion 2005 DJ muzzell (check this clip) [/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK-ir0ePJWQ] , derailleur live - hot and upcoming electro techno artist who records for the black dog's record label, dust science , DJ mat carter (reknowned for his long running eclectic DJ career, DJs at fabric etc, runs his own varial recs) Dubstep DJ's pinch and n-type plus top quality dj's mook and dubbug with dub and downtempo selections........with meself spinning the final set of the eve...
www.myspace.com/blooptfunk . . .for all the updates, forthcoming podcast . . if you live within an hour please see if you can bring a posse to support underground music ( i regularly drive up to DMZ).licensed bar and stuff to entertain kids if u have em......last year i ran two events and raised £1147, this year with increased attendance we can aim for £3000

[General Lighting]

mate if I still lived in Reading I'd be there like a shot

good to see Mat Carter's still playing, I remember the old Slump events in Reading from 1995 or so, excellent way to spend a sunday afternoon back then :)

Still got the videotapes I made of those events back in Reading but don't have any working Hi8 kit or I would try and properly transfer and edit them...

[rach]

i'll be there, good tunes for a good cause and right on my doorstep

[Playground Politics]

yeah sounds good, HOW IN SWEET JESUSS NAME DID THEY GET THE POLICE TO ORGANISE THIS

[General Lighting]

Originally posted by Playground Politics

yeah sounds good, HOW IN SWEET JESUSS NAME DID THEY GET THE POLICE TO ORGANISE THIS

TVP and West Berks council aren't that bad about daytime outdoor events (12-8pm) as there has been a long-standing tradition (going back to the Middle Ages!) of fairs and fetes behind held around those hours

when I was with OOOPS! they managed a couple of similar events, one even was linked to a protest against the CJA and this was at the height of a Tory Government!

Plus this event is raising money for a kids' hospital and its put on by the father of the kid involved so its a lot more difficult in PR terms for cops to object to.
I think its an excellent idea myself - hope it all goes well

[Playground Politics]

ooooo yeah true , i can understand the whole fundraising and i cant wait to go, buuutttt, why dont ppl have more organsised events in the day time then

[General Lighting]

Originally posted by Playground Politics

ooooo yeah true , i can understand the whole fundraising and i cant wait to go, buuutttt, why dont ppl have more organsised events in the day time then

I think a lot of ravers prefer the night time events - plus they've still got to go through licensing approval and that often takes months to sort out...

[starlaugh]

Hum only down the road from me... Could be a fun way to spend an afternoon, also would give me an excuse to say hello to some people in Newbury!

[Digital-A]

suprised they didnt get the local electro lads to play :-( shame ...

[Playground Politics]

wishful thinking DA

[Digital-A]

haha ... no.

the local promotors always seemed to be in bar cuba for the electro nights i would of thought theyd wish to 'promote' the local djs

did you ever attend the 36th chamber nights at the tap n spile, GL?

im hoping to play submerged thinking about it, the only local psy night ... dont no if theyll be a crowd though

[General Lighting]

Originally posted by Digital-A

haha ... no.

the local promotors always seemed to be in bar cuba for the electro nights i would of thought theyd wish to 'promote' the local djs

did you ever attend the 36th chamber nights at the tap n spile, GL?

nah, only times i was in West Berks for parties were Ridgeway parties TBH

moved out of Thatcham in 1983 and stayed in Reading until 1990, then back to London for a bit then Reading from 1992-2006...

[Playground Politics]

Originally posted by Digital-A

did you ever attend the 36th chamber nights at the tap n spile, GL?

i got invited to one of those i at the start of april, but my brother was down and he said he was going, so i never went in the end. i met this guy in cuba called DJ kendo, he said he was outta 36th chamber, he invited me to a d and b eve in venom, tempted to go, but i know itll be like a wasps nest of chavs tho.

Originally posted by Digital-A

im hoping to play submerged thinking about it, the only local psy night ... dont no if theyll be a crowd though

ill be happy to take up some crowd space.

[Digital-A]

Originally posted by Playground Politics

i got invited to one of those i at the start of april, but my brother was down and he said he was going, so i never went in the end. i met this guy in cuba called DJ kendo, he said he was outta 36th chamber, he invited me to a d and b eve in venom, tempted to go, but i know itll be like a wasps nest of chavs tho.

the lads and organiser that play 36th are twats man, my mate benny got invited to play which was a big thing for him, he was practising for several hours each day for weeks before, when he arrived they gave him a 20 minute set (hour and ten minutes shorter than what it was supposed to be) and all left to go get pizza, there was no-one left, with his motivation crushed he just left the now empty pub ...

(tell a lie me and our friends all watched him and he was great, i love benny)

Originally posted by Playground Politics

ill be happy to take up some crowd space.

thanks man

[Digital-A]

@GL, did you drink in newbury when living here, if so, which pubs or clubs? if you dont mind me asking, although you lived in thatcham there isnt much there in the way of night life, newburys not much better but i assume you see what im getting at?