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Chibuku Shake Shake Presents Tensnake, Adam Beyer and Skream

• 5th Oct 2010

This one’s a bit special. You could easily say that for every Chibuku which emanates from Liverpool’s city centre, but there are some gigs which perfectly encapsulate the riotous eclecticism of the club’s very foundations. Balancing myriad genres to such great effect creates three rooms of aural abandon for those seeking techno, deep house, dubstep, disco… and a good old fashioned rave. Saturday 16th October has all of this and more, including man of the moment Tensnake whose Coma Cat is riding high in the charts and is catapulting him into the higher echelons of disco’s fraternity.

The Theatre will be reverberating to the sound of Adam Beyer, the Swedish techno titan making his debut in the Masque having destroyed Nation on a clutch of occasions in the past. His sound is a mixture of bone shaking grooves and gilt edged rhythms, an intense and complicated ensemble of fierce techno music. It's evident in his genre defining record label Drumcode, his peerless and highly sought after remixes and productions and heady DJ sets across the globe.

If Adam represents the avant-garde of European techno, then joining him will be one man who epitomises the pinnacle of the city where it all began, Detroit's Carl Craig. Having been part of the second wave of artists to hail from the Motor City, Craig has been one of the true musical mavericks of the last twenty years. He's turned his hand effortlessly to a number of genres, be it the ambient drum n bass of Bugz in the Bassbin, disco flavoured house music with Paper People or his crushing techno edits under his own name or C2 moniker. They are supported by local DJ and producer Lewis Boardman, now park of the NRK roster.

Upstairs Skream is taking centre stage for what will be two very special sets – disco in Ink and ear-warping dubstep in The Loft. The Croydon native is the undisputed scene leader for dubstep, taking the music to the masses with his La Roux remix last year and latest album ‘Out of the Box’ garnering instant praise much like his self titled predecessor. The summer has been spent smashing festivals on the solo tip and as part of dubstep super group Magnetic Man, whose glorious productions have merited a major label release for the group's imminent album. Further guests are to be announced shortly and local hero Rich Furness gets the vibe started.

And finally, Ink. Here it’s the turn of Hamburg disco fiend Tensnake, the undisputed man of the moment. Whilst the nu disco sound got purists salivating, he has managed to marry the underground purity with a credible hookier edge, taking the music to the record boxes of key radio tastemakers such as Annie Mac and Pete Tong.

Nowhere as this been more prevalent than on 'Coma Cat', a gorgeous slice of astute deepness out on Defected Records with an infectious chiming melody its core principle. Joining him will be a very special second serving of the night from Skream, showcasing the broad range of musical influences upon him with a rare-as disco set. Support comes in the shape of Liverpool’s disco enthusiast Paul Outlar.

The Full Line-up

Chibuku
Saturday October 16th
@ The Masque, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4BH
* Please note Skream will be playing two sets, one dubstep headline set in the loft and a rare disco set with Tensnake in INK*
Main Room
Adam Beyer
Carl Craig
Lewis Boardman (NRK)
Loft
Skream
Rich Furness
& Support
INK
Tensnake
Skream (Disco Set)
Paul Outlar
£11 NUS / £13 advance
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