Flomotion Live Presents…
Lucas Santtana @ Favela London
Tuesday 1st November, 2011
8pm-1am
£5 advance/on the door
Advance tickets available here

Lucas Santanna & the Sem Nostalgia Duo (live)
with DJ sets from:
Nick Luscombe (Flomotion/Resonance fm/BBC Radio 3 Late Junction)
Mais Um Gringo (Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!/Mais Um Discos)

Favela London
91-93 Great Eastern Street
Shoreditch
London EC2A 3HZ
For restaurant reservations: 020 7613 4228
facebook event page: http://tinyurl.com/62tcags

In association with:
www.flomotionradio.com
www.beatunique.com
favelalondon.wordpress.com
www.maisumdiscos.com

About the night
On Tuesday 1st November, Flomotion Live is proud to present a night of cutting-edge contemporary Brazilian music at Favela London, presented by hyped Brazilian record label Mais Um Discos and featuring Lucas Santtana live, playing his only UK headlining date, alongside DJ sets from Nick Luscombe and Mais Um Discos record label boss Mais Um Gringo.

About Mais Um Discos
Mais Um Discos promotes the most exciting new music from Brazilian artists who fuse styles, disregard genres and irritate purists. Their debut release was the critically acclaimed compilation `Oi! A Nova musica Brasileira,’ a 40 track sonic-snapshot of the most exciting artists producing new music in Brazil now, compiled by label boss Mais Um Gringo that featured Lucas Santtana. Mais Um Discos are now proud to release Lucas Santtana’s album,`Sem Nostalgia,’ which has just entered the World Music Charts Europe at number 1! On 1st November, Lucas will be playing tracks from his widely acclaimed new album.

Find out more at www.maisumdiscos.com.

About Lucas Santtana
Equal parts Thom Yorke and Tom Ze, Lucas Santtana is one of Brazil’s most interesting, dynamic and experimental singer-songwriter-producers from the new generation of Brazilian musicians. On `Sem Nostalgia’ Lucas used only voices, acoustic guitars, ambient sound and samplers to create a textured, haunting, disorientating and forward thinking soundscape. Lucas will recreate the album live with the Sem Nostalgia duo of Bruno Buarque (percussion, samplers) and Regis Damasceno (bass, guitar). Drawing influences from dub, bossa nova and folktronica, expect to hear the band move from haunting reverb-soaked ballads to glitchy percussive workouts that showcase Lucas’s potent songwriting and the musicians’ unique re-imagination of space, texture and rhythm. What interests and inspires Santtana “are musicians that do not think of harmony, melody or rhythm but of layers of sound. I am not interested in the specific guitar chord, but in it’s texture – and overdubbing these layers, these musical textures, is what inspires me.” Santtana adds “Our music has international influences as much as Brazilian: it does not fit into any pre-disposed clichés of tropical, colourful music.”

What the press have to say about Lucas Santtana:
“Sonic provocateur Santtana subjects (bossa nova) to an adventurous, discordant deconstruction, employing every acoustic and electronic means at his disposal…” The Telegraph, August 2011
“Sambas laced with samples, a reggae-tinged instrumental, droll songs in English, dub-trickery… Santtana’s innovative approach makes for a refreshing excursion” The Observer, August 2011

Watch Lucas Santtana’s debut UK single Super Violão Mashup.
Watch Lucas Santtana Cira Regina E Nana’ (Studio live).

Find out more about Lucas Santtana at www.lucassanttana.com.

Here’s a date for your diary which you cannot miss! On Saturday 3rd September, Flomotion Live and Beat Unique present live sets from Echaskech and Subeena, with Nick Luscombe on DJing duty.

It’s all happening at Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8PH, from 7pm ’til 3am.

Get down there before 10pm and it’s £6, after that it’s £8.

See ya there!

Here’s an amazing mix from Marcus Worgull, recorded live at Fabric. He’s just one of the incredible line-up for this year’s Stop Making Sense Festival in Croatia…

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Stop Making Sense 2011
12th, 13th & 14th August, The Garden, Petrçane, Croatia

Three days & nights of musical anarchy by the sea, in the sun and under the stars…

Featuring:
Martyn / Jackmaster / Optimo / Jerome Sydenham / Floating Points Ft. Fatima / Patrice Scott / Francois Kevorkian / Danny Krivit /Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell / Marcus Worgull / Harri & Domenic / Keith Worthy / Benji B & MC Judah / Chad Valley / James Priestley / Giles Smith / Chris Coco / The Correspondents / Elektro Guzzi / Mosca / Hannah Holland / Dan Beaumont / Nadia Ksaiba / Midland / Tropics / Mikki Most / The Lovely Jonjo / Rokk / Count Chocula / Ali Tillet / Gringo Da Parada / Nick Agha / Dark Sky / Paul Pre / Chris Tofu / Rob Summerhayes / Alex Jones / Ste Roberts / Mr Solid Gold / More Like Trees / Park Ranger / Sketchy / Oli Dab & Robin

Nominated Best New European Festival in its inaugural year, Stop Making Sense is held on the full moon weekend in August. It’s an international music festival with an irreverently independent vibe, an onsite nightclub, boat parties, guaranteed good weather, stunning scenery and accommodation ranging from camping to villas. With a ‘no introduction required’ line-up, the bar has been set sky high and SMS 2011 is massively appealing for electronic music connoisseurs, hedonists and sun-worshipers alike.

“Ditch the wind and rain for a new festival that’ll have you partying for three days on a beautiful Croatian peninsula surrounded by the Mediterranean sea” Mixmag

“SMS was well organised, well prepared and well attended. The vibe and enthusiasm were most definitely there” Resident Advisor

“A very tight line-up in the ever-beautiful garden complex” Clash

“Get there before everyone else does” Vice

www.stopmakingsense.eu

www.stopmakingsense2010.blogspot.com

www.twitter.com/Stopmak1ngsense

Here’s an excellent mix from Inch-time, who’s appearing live at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London on Tuesday 28th June 2011. Also featured on the bill are Rocketnumbernine and Circle Traps.

Critics are already loving Inch-time’s sound…

“Perfectly poised, sparkling and seductive electronica that’s as subtle and beautiful as it is impossible to resist.” DJ

“Mixing the sharp gleam of metal percussion with the warm asperity of plucked strings, he achieves a blending of effect that’s at once familiar and remarkably fresh.” The Wire

Tracklist (artist / track):
Inch-time / Snow Jewel
Inch-time / Thought Objects – Part II
The Green Kingdom / Bonfire (Inch-time Remix)
Inch-time / 1000 Lights In The Sky (Crystal Visions Re-imagined By Lawrence English)
The Sound Of Lucrecia / Ara (Inch-time Remix)
Inch-time / Suspended (Shoeb Ahmad Remix)
Inch-time / The Sky Has A Thousand Eyes
Inch-time / Of Times Past (Icarus Wow and Flutter Mix)
Inch-time / A Handful Of Dust (AM/PM Dub)
Inch-time / Aurora In Dub
Inch-time / NYC Subway Field Recording
Inch-time / Videograms
Inch-time / A Rainbow For Alex
John Peel Outro

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In this Flomotion Radio exclusive interview, Nick Luscombe speaks to Ski about his Ayota project. Check them out live on Wednesday 22nd July at Village Underground, as part of Spitalfields Music’s Summer Festival. Tickets are £15 advance, available here.

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On Wednesday 22nd June, as part of Spitalfields Music’s Summer Festival, Nick Luscombe Presents…
The Simonsound
Ayota
Subeena

From 7.30pm-12.00am at:
Village Underground
54 Holywell Lane
London
EC2A 3PQ

Tickets are £15 advance, available here.

A night of live electronic music and visuals hosted by DJ and broadcaster Nick Luscombe (BBC Radio 3 Late Junction/Flomotion/Resonance fm). Featuring performances from intergalactic synthesizer duo The Simonsound, the dubstep/Detroit House/ambient stylings of Subeena as well as Ski Oakenfull’s project Ayota, (also featuring Simon Palmskin) with a special live audio visual performance that incorporates elements of time and sound shifting formed during Ski’s extensive travels to Japan. Nick will be interviewing the musicians as well as providing DJs sets throughout the evening.

Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. In association with Village Underground.

Tracklist (artist / track):
Zebrahim / Zizzle (Beat Session)
Nu Brand Flexxx / Spellbound
Shuanise / Africa (Jet Letts & 10Sumo Remix)
Belle / Open My Eyes (Quest’s Flyby Remix)
Benny Tones ft. MaraTK / On My Way (fLako Remix)
The Simonsound / Between The Wake And The Sleep
Ayota / Llamas
Subeena / Things Have Changed
Clams Casino / Waterfalls
Amon Tobin / Surge (Two Fingers Mix)
Tropics / Mouves
Karlmarx / Leaning Shadows
THEY / Fatback
CSLSX / Keep On Shining

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Alan Starck made his storming live debut last Saturday, 11th June, at Ginglik in West London, and we’ve got an exclusive recording of his set, courtesy of the man himself. He also took the time to answer some pressing questions we had about his music. Check out Alan’s website for more…

How long have you been making music?
I started as a classically trained musician, learning about music performance and composing early in my life. Over the years I have dabbled with technology based music production on and off for relaxation but have been seriously interested in it since Ominim Records became interested in my work last year. Since then, I have been beavering away in the studio whenever I get a scrap of time and continually strive to make better tunes to bring me further forward in this little adventure.

Who currently inspires you musically, and who have done so in the past?
I’ve always been heavily interested in music from a broad range of genres. Classical, Jazz, Electronica, Pop… there is always something special to find in all types of music. I generally like music that has some sort of quirky deviation from normal conventions. I like music that provokes unusual emotions that you don’t normally get to experience in real life. I’m often drawn into just a few moments of a track or song and can spend a lot of time listening to and appreciating a few chords or melodic patterns. In terms of electronica, I was heavily into the Detroit techno era that started in the 90s and still enjoy the music that has spawned from this particular sub-genre.

What are your releases to date?
My first relatively down tempo ‘Farrago’ LP 2010 (cover image above). The electric ‘Electrica’ EP 2010. The not necessarily gooder, but more funner ‘Funner’ EP 2011. I’m almost ready to release a new faster tempo album. I played a number of these new tracks at my first live performance at Ginglik earlier this month and they seemed to go down well.

If you could collaborate with anyone – living or dead – who would you chose?
I’d love to write some music with beats by 808state, decorated with lyrics and haunting backing vocals by Kate bush, some orchestral punches scored by Stravinsky, a bit of moody trumpet from Miles Davis as well as some sweeping synthy strings/80s nostalgiation from Prince.

Tell us about your studio set up?
Your typical home studio setup with a mishmash of hardware and software that I have collected over the years. I also use guitars, 50p drums from a boot sale, children, perished balloons, polyester shirt collars, various parts of my anatomy and anything else that makes a noise to make my tunes.

What do you use when you perform live?
I will be using the same as above. I hope to increase the live component of performance now that I have got my first gig under my belt. The first one was about getting a feel for the whole process and avoiding technical chaos. I was just relieved to get through a glitch free set, keeping the revelers relatively revelous. Next time I hope to develop more of a presence and involvement and focus on the fun.

What are your musical hopes and plans?
I am due to release a new album, which i think is different and a step forward from my previous releases. I continue to strive to produce music that someone, somewhere will appreciate. I would like to play more gigs and develop this aspect. Most importantly, I want to continue enjoying what I do. I will only carry on if it stays fun.

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Tickets for Nick Luscombe presents Splashgirl at Pizza Express Jazz Club on 8th June are on sale now! Get yours here, and find out more about Splashgirl here.

Nick spoke to the band recently and asked them some questions about their very fine music…

What is Splashgirl?
Splashgirl is a band consisting of three young, Norwegian musicians playing piano, double bass and drums. The band was formed in 2004, and sweet music ,occurred almost instantly. We released our first record (Doors. Keys.) in 2007, on AIM Records, an album very much inspired by the likes of Paul Bley and Christian Wallumrød, with a form of jazz music with a distinct classical chamber music sound to it. On this record, the trio was reinforced with additional instruments; saxophone, bass clarinet and violin, creating the aforementioned chamber music touch, and also linking it more to jazz music then what has been the case on the later records.

Sometime during 2008 the music started changing, much of our improvisations started to be based on repetition and a strong attention to detail. The music was unraveling slowly, turning in to a suggestive drone-based form of music, a kind of improvisation that didn’t necessarily sound improvised. Our second album Arbor was recorded in this period, using simple recording tools in a small, wooden house in Oslo. On this album, we got help from a couple of guitar players; Lasse Passage on acoustic guitar and tape machines, and Anders Hofstad Sørås on pedal steel guitar.

Splashgirl’s third album will be released in august, and the music has now taken a turn towards more concise compositions and a clearer sound. The subtle use of electronics from the last records has been taken a step further, and the reference to drone music is a lot more obvious, to the point that we had the drone music guru Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn 0))), Jesse Sykes) mixing our album.

Who are their biggest musical influences and musical heroes?
Earth, Oren Ambarchi, Christian Wallumrød, John Tilbury, Sunn 0))) etc…

Is their sound “Norwegian”?
It may be hard to tell for us on “the inside”, being Norwegians ourselves, but the aesthetics may be perceived as “Norwegian-sounding” because of the clear tonality (you won´t find the broad jazz-type harmonies in Splashgirl’s music, rather there is a reference to modern classical music and composers like Shostakovich and Arvo Pärt, as well as experimental rock), but at the same time, Splashgirl’s sound is quite warm, unlike what´s initially been known as a Norwegian sound. The sound of our new record Pressure (release on Hubro in august) is far away from the cool, distant sound of the ECM-records that started the notion of a Norwegian/Scandinavian sound. If there is something intrinsically Norwegian about our music, it’s maybe the openness and willingness to concentrate on very few musical elements at the time.

How do they describe their music and what can people expect from their upcoming live show in London?
Our music is open, honest and mostly slow moving, giving the audience a chance to take part in our sonic landscape and hopefully find it a nice place to be. People can expect a dynamic show, ranging from low-key drone textures to intense walls of sound, all within the context of an instrumental, acoustic trio.

CHAOS THEORY PRESENTS… THE GLITCH KITSCHEN
SATURDAY 28TH MAY

FLUID BAR & CLUB
Lindsey House
40-42 Charterhouse St
Farringdon
EC1M 6JN

Farringdon/Barbican tubes

www.fluidbar.com

£4 BEFORE 10PM, £5 AFTER
7PM – 4AM

UPSTAIRS – DJS ALL NIGHT:
NICK LUSCOMBE
LARS_UNIT
ANISH K

DOWNSTAIRS – LIVE ACTS:
ALPHABETS HEAVEN
SURREAL
OXYNUCID
DJ G STARR

Find out more here!

Flomotion Live in the Linbury Studio Theatre
At London’s Royal Opera House
Saturday 17th July, 2010
6pm-midnight

Flomotion Live presents:
Stac (Wah Wah 45s)
Natalie Williams
Fatima (Eglo Records)

DJ and host Nick Luscombe (Flomotion)

Special guest DJs:
DJ Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s)
DJ Nick Stroud (Jazznotjazz)

Where?
The Linbury Studio Theatre
The Royal Opera House
Bow Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 9DD

Tickets on sale now from the Royal Opera House Box Office. £15 (£12 Students). Standing only.

Buy tickets in advance to avoid disappointment! Box Office Tel: 020 7304 4000. Box Office Online: www.roh.org.uk/voices

Nick Luscombe’s Flomotion Live celebrates its third summer as part of the Voices Across The World Festival (the annual celebration of tradition, diversity and innovation in vocal music from across the globe) at London’s Royal Opera House, with very special live sets from three young, London based female performers, each pushing soul music to new heights in the capital and beyond.

As Nick puts it: “I’m very excited about the night – it’s a real all-star line up. Natalie Williams’ brilliant vocals on one of my favourite Drum & Bass tracks of the last 5 years (Nu:tone’s “System”) blew me away when I first heard it, and everything I’ve heard from Fatima and Stac to date have been super cool and very creative. We are in for a memorable one for sure!”

Nick Luscombe and special guests will also be on hand to DJ throughout the evening.

Natalie Williams
Born and raised in Berlin to a Hungarian mother and British father, Natalie Williams realised her love for music, in particular jazz, at the age of 15, discovering her Dad’s (the poet John Hartley Williams) immense record collection. Her early influences included singers Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Aretha Franklin, and these legends inspired Natalie to pursue a career in singing.

In 1997 she decided to take her passion further by moving to London to study at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama, becoming the first person to study both classical and jazz singing on the undergraduate course. She has gone on to tour extensively across the globe, whilst here in the UK has appeared as a featured artist with Goldie, Bugz In The Attic, The Heritage Orchestra, Shy FX and Nu:tone.

Natalie has released three albums to date, the last of which (”Secret Garden”) has so far achieved 80,000 downloads. The first single from her soon to be released fourth album has already received great support from BBC 1Xtra and Kiss 100.

Find out more about Natalie Williams here.

Stac
The artist otherwise known as Stacey Dowdeswell, began her career at the infamous Brit School (the same institution that spawned Amy Winehouse, Nash and former Flomotion performer Jamie Woon).

Her first release, “Balls Bounce”, featured a stunning remix from Bonobo, and was followed up late last year with the anthemic “Glory”. Her debut album, “Same Old Thing” features cameos from young trumpet genius Matthew Halsall, label mate Scrimshire, The Heritage Orchestra string section and Stac’s very own 15 strong choir!

Stac’s biggest influences are Lewis Taylor, Erykah Badu and Jamie Lidell, but it’s Stac’s unique vocal style and song writing that makes her off-kilter and highly original soulful sound stand out.

Find out more about Stac here.

Fatima
After featuring on many of last year’s biggest tracks including Shafiq Husayns ‘Lil Girl’, Floating Points ‘Peroration Five’, TettoryBad’s ‘Unite’ , FunkinEven’s ‘Kleer’ as well as live collaborations with I.G Culture’s Zen Badizm workshop, The Floating Points Ensemble and not to mentioned a recent live P.A with Slum Village, its plain to see why the Swedish born London resident is in such high demand! Featuring her full live band, including FunkinEven.

Find out more about Fatima here.

We hope you’ll join us for a truly memorable experience in a stunning setting…

Come on down to The Big Chill Bar near Brick Lane on Thursday 10th December, where Nick Luscombe and Lars_unit will be providing the music from 7pm onwards…

Thur 12th Nov 2009
Life Bar
2-4 Old street,
EC1V 9AA

Admission: Free on guest list, otherwise £3
8pm ~ till late

Tokyo de Janeiro invites you to a new night of funky jazz, funk, soul, Latin and electronica from all over the world, featuring DJs Nick Luscombe (Flomotion) Nick Stroud (jazznotjazz) and Chika Nakagawa (Yami-nabe). Experience worldwide musical travels – without the hassle of the airport!

Plus! Life Bar offers you 10% discount for your gorgeous Japanese food. Advance booking is necessary.

For guest list and table booking, contact infodejaneiro@googlemail.com or visit Facebook.

Momo, an amazing central London venue, will be hosting live music on Thursday 5th November courtesy of Ruby Wood and Misty Roses, with Nicks Luscombe and Stroud on DJ duties.

If you haven’t been to Momo before, it’s a great experience. Check out the Momo website to see what we mean.

It’s all happening from 7pm. Arrive early to avoid disappointment…

Welcome along to Flomotion Radio 14, and it’s a very special edition…

Here’s the complete Little Dragon set from Flomotion Live @ The Royal Opera House!

Don’t forget, Little Dragon’s amazing new album, Machine Dreams, is available from 31st August, find out more here.

You can also listen to Little Dragon live on Resonance FM on Friday 7th August at 10:30pm (UK time).

The photo above was taken by Diego Ferrari. To see more, click here.

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From their amazing set at Flomotion Live on Friday 24th July, here’s ‘Turn Left’ by Little Dragon, recorded live at the Royal Opera House.

Thanks again to Little Dragon, Maki Mannami and EVERYONE who came along and made it such a special night.

The next edition of Flomotion Radio is coming soon, featuring more from Flomotion Live.

Until then, listen to this…

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Thanks to everyone who came along to the Royal Opera House to see Little Dragon and Maki Mannami perform amazing sets in the incredible surroundings of the Paul Hamlyn Hall.

Our appreciation also goes out to the ROH and the Voices Across The World festival, Awdio.com for the live streaming of the event, and everyone at Henry T’s Entertainment.

We’ll be posting some more from the night soon, so check back…

We’re counting down to the start of Flomotion Live!

Click below to listen live to Little Dragon and Maki Mannami from the Royal Opera House in London.

The webcast starts at 8:00pm GMT tonight, Friday 24th July.

Huge thanks to Awdio.com for providing their streaming expertise.

Here’s an exclusive pre-gig interview with Little Dragon…

Just before she steps onto the stage for Flomotion Live at the Royal Opera House, here’s Maki Mannami talking to Nick Luscombe.

Not long to go until Little Dragon and Maki Mannami take to the stage for Flomotion Live @ The Royal Opera House!

There’s still a few tickets left, but this event will be a sell-out, so get them quick to avoid disappointment.

Tickets are available at £16 (£14 students and ROH access scheme). Click here to get yours.

If you can’t make it along, you can listen to the whole event live at Awdio.com.

Huge thanks to our friends at the ROH, Awdio and Henry T’s Entertainment for all their help and support.

See you Friday night!

Welcome back to Flomotion Radio, here’s ten more tracks Nick’s gathered from all around the musical world.

Don’t forget, Flomotion Live @ The Royal Opera House is happening on Friday 24th July, featuring Japanese spiritual jazz composer, arranger and singer Maki Mannami and a headlining set from Sweden’s Little Dragon. Nick Luscombe will be your host and DJ on the night.

Tickets are available now at £16 (£14 students and ROH access scheme). Click here to get yours. Flomotion Live @ The Royal Opera House is part of the Voices Across The World festival, which runs from 19th – 24th July 2009. Find out more here.

Tracklist (artist / track / label):
Dalindeo / Willpower / Ricky Tick
Pantyraid / Beba / Marine Parade
Nadsroic / Leopards / Lucky Me
Paul White / Time Wars / One-handed Music
Krts / Doran Penny Roller / Wax On
Joker / Untitled / Techtonic
Floating Points / Truly / Eglo
DJ Koze / Mrs. Bojangles / Circus Company
Deepchlld / Shibuya Jack (Droido Mix) / Affin
Pantyradi / Get the Money / Marine Parade

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SIREN host the first of many parties at CENTURY, a great central spot in London with a discreet entrance on Shaftesbury Avenue, on Sunday 19th July 2009.

“Climb to the 100th stair to discover what’s at the top. Some would say Century saved the best ’til last – this space is special and must be seen to be appreciated.”

From 3.00pm your hostesses along with special guest RNDM from Dial Records in Berlin will be spinning their favourite house, deep house and electronic tunes. Finishing at 11pm, so you can get the last tube home. A Sunday party that doesn’t interfere with your working week!

Residents: Alison Marks ~ Maya Jane Coles ~ Liz Edwards ~ Leah Floyeurs ~ Jade Seatle

Guest: RNDM (Pigon/Dial Records)

It’s happening at CENTURY, 61-63 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6LQ

£7.00 or £5.00 with Facebook invite list. (Please reply to invite or click ‘attending’ for £5 entry)

Find out more on Facebook.

Following on from last year’s success, we’re delighted to be returning to London’s Royal Opera House on Friday 24th July for Flomotion Live.

This year, the international line-up features Japanese spiritual jazz composer, arranger and singer Maki Mannami and a headlining set from Sweden’s Little Dragon.

Little Dragon features radiant vocals from Yukimi Nagano, with her band of high school friends – Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrick Källgren (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). Together, they create perfect, free thinking soul music. As Yukimi herself puts it, “Little Dragon is a city; blue traffic lights, fast-food signs, neon, love, loneliness, technology – a city reflected in the middle of a vast ocean.”

Maki Mannami makes a rare UK visit performing tracks from her second album, The World Of Sense.

Nick Luscombe will be your host and DJ on the night.

Tickets are available now at £16 (£14 students and ROH access scheme). Click here to get yours.

Flomotion Live @ The Royal Opera House is part of the Voices Across The World festival, which runs from 19th – 24th July 2009. Find out more here.

Huge thanks from Nick and everybody at Flomotion Radio to Get The Blessing, Ernesto and John The Savage for their amazing performances and Grant Little, Nick Stroud and Lars_unit for spinning the choons at Cargo on Thursday, 28th May.

Big ups to John Minton for the stunning visuals and the guys at Air and Music Bridge for all their help. Finally, thanks to Awdio for streaming the whole gig live and all the lovely people who came along.

Loads more live events from Flomotion Radio are coming soon, including what promises to be an unforgettable night at London’s Royal Opera House. More info on that coming soon…

If you can’t make it down to Cargo in Shoreditch this Thursday 28th May to see Get The Blessing launch their new album, Bugs In Amber, then you can listen live to the whole event.

You’ll hear Get The Blessing, plus support slots from Ernesto and Jon The Savage and DJ sets from Nick Luscombe and the Flomotion Radio DJs.

We’ve teamed up with Awdio, a brilliant provider of streaming musical entertainment from all around the world.

To listen live, click here from 8pm on Thursday 28th May.

Of course, there’s nothing like being there, and we still have a few tickets, available for £8 (+ booking fee) from  Cargo, TicketWeb and We Got Tickets, or call 0207 739 3440.

Here’s our exclusive interview with Get The Blessing. Nick caught up with them to discuss their superb new album, Bugs In Amber, and much more.

Award-winning “genre-bending” Bristolians Get The Blessing are a four piece Post-Jazz collective made up of Portishead alumni Jim Barr (bass) and Clive Deamer (Drums) alongside Pete Judge (Trumpet) and Jake McMurchie (Saxophone). Get The Blessing’s distinctive patchwork of catchy hooks and free improvisation they claim is due to a shared pathological distrust of chords.

Their music is influenced by the work of Ornette Coleman but also plays tribute to the bands dance background as well as incorporating ska and rock. Get more from Get The Blessing here and on MySpace here.

FlomotionRadio.com Presents Get The Blessing, with support from the brilliant Ernesto and DJ slots from Nick Luscombe and the Flomotion Radio DJs, at Cargo in Shoreditch, East London on 28th May. Click here for the flyer.

Tickets are £8 (+ booking fee), available at Cargo, TicketWeb and We Got Tickets, or call 0207 739 3440. Email us if you’ve got any queries.

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We’re delighted to announce Gothenberg’s vocalist extraordinaire Ernesto will be supporting Get The Blessing at our upcoming Flomotion Radio Presents night at Cargo on 28th May.

Being guest vocalist of choice for Plej, Blu Mar Ten, Beanfield and Jori Hulkonnen to name but a few, as well as having released his own well received solo recordings, means the set will definitely fall in the “not to be missed” category.

In fact it promises to be a real treat as the show is expected to include some gems from his forthcoming album Ernesto Sings, due for release on exceptional in June.

Find out more about Ernesto here.

To see the flyer for Flomotion Radio Presents, click here.

Cheers to Kaiju for the flyer design.

Get The Blessing launch their incredible new album, Bugs In Amber, at Cargo on the 28th May, in conjunction with Flomotion Radio.

The Bristol-based quartet stunned music lovers last year with the release of their debut album All Is Yes, which picked up rave reviews across the country and was voted by the public as the Best Album at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards. The band subsequently played at Glastonbury and The Big Chill, and toured the UK for most of the summer, bringing their rocking, jazz-inspired blend of improvisation-led riffs and rhythms to the eager masses.

After taking a well deserved break and putting in some serious studio time, Get The Blessing are back with Bugs In Amber. Following on from All Is Yes’ introduction to their raw, exciting sound, Bugs In Amber shows a clear development in the band’s sound but retains the raucous, uncompromising edge that won them their legions of fans the first time around.

Always exciting on record, in a live setting Get The Blessing flex their musical muscles even further, playfully toying with their tunes and pushing them to the limits; exploring and experimenting, extending and exploding, their music is never the same twice.

Bugs In Amber’s launch is presented by FlomotionRadio.com and hosted by Nick Luscombe. This will be FlomotionRadio.com’s first live event and promises to be a spectacular night of music at one of London’s best loved venues – not to be missed!

FlomotionRadio.com presents… Get The Blessing (album launch event)
Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY
Thursday 28th May, 7pm – 1am
Tickets £8 (+ booking fee)

Tickets are on sale now, at Cargo, TicketWeb and We Got Tickets, or call 0207 739 3440.

Find out more about Get The Blessing here and on MySpace here.

Thursday 26th March @
Kemia Bar at Momo
25 Heddon Street
W1B 4BH

7pm till late
Free entry

Live music from Jamie Woon, an outstanding singer-songwriter whose sound lies between the usually distinct genres of alternative rock and soul music. Click here for more info.

One of London’s best kept secrets ~ the Kemia Bar has a stunning Moorish look, atmospheric lighting, low tables and killer cocktail’s (including the legendary Momo Special). The overall feeling is curiously comforting, whilst being progressive and funky.

Visionary owner Mourad Mazouz has created a luxurious North African live music venue, with sofas and embroided cushions for around 100 people to lounge and listen to live music from Jamie Woon.

DJ support on the night will come from Flomotion’s Nick Luscombe and Grant Little, playing a diverse selection of music from all genres.

Click here to find out more about Momo.