Thread: Meltdown Halloweenathnon, Sunday October 30th

Sunday October 30th - 5pm til 12pm (note - new start time...)

Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby St, Cardiff City Centre, ALL 3 FLOORS

Featuring: The Physicists + The Hoods + Capt Paranoid and the Delusions + Shubeen (feat Dionne Morgan/Alex Morgan/Leighton Jones) + Tanya Walker Band + Railroad Bill + Funhouse + Bobby Singh & D-Pak + Fred Snow + Sild + Spiral Brothers DJs + Patua Dance + Drunk Granny + Bomb Culture + Tom DeVoe psychological illusionist + Halloween Stiltwalkers + many more tbc



Compere: Debbie Manley, British Press Awards Showbiz Journalist of the Year 2005.

Tickets: £6/£5 conc – including students - in advance, £7-50/£6-50 on door.


Available at www.clwb.net and Spillers Record shop, the Hayes.



The Halloweenathon will turn all three floors of Cardiff's legendary Clwb Ifor Bach into a bubbling cauldron of diverse and excellent South Wales sounds. Wander at will around the Global Grooves Room, the Trick and Treat Cabaret Lounge, and the Electric Bar. Music will include Rock, Bhangra, Indie, Ska, Drum’n’Bass, Estonian Folk, Highlife, Skiffle, and 1930’s balladry, with Modern and Brazilian Dance, Comedy and Magic skills stirred into the brew. And that’s just so far – we’re adding new acts all the time.


ACTS CONFIRMED SO FAR INCLUDE:

the PHYSICISTS
Cardiff based punk/avant-garde foursome with influences from Pixies, Butthole Surfers, The Fall, X-Ray Spex etc.

www.thephysicists.8m.com

THE HOODS
New hot three piece indie/punk sensation
"They’ve appeared out of nowhere ... Can’t wait for them to do a session" Adam Walton Radio Wales
"Exciting, energetic ... instantly catchy" AMP online music magazine
"Boundless energy" Xplosure online

CAPTAIN PARANOID and the DELUSIONS
Explosive music/art/performance collective mixing wild swamp-funk riffs, political suss, and sizzling songs. Regular collaborators with the Alabama 3.
Captain Paranoid and The Delusions... have worked with acts as diverse as Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Freakshow and The Moving Being Theatre Company and are currently working on projects with the Alabama 3… a pulsating and stimulating wall of energy images and sound.
“deep pervery and anthemic poetry which builds into climactic jumpupanddownery” Taffpop.com

www.captainparanoid.com

SHUBEEN
feat. Dionne Morgan/Alex Morgan/Leighton Jones.
Infectious Drum and Bass rhythms and glorious voices - unmissable. Dionne Morgan provided the passionate vocals for the 2002 drum’n’bass club, disco, and rave hit "Music Is Everything" by DJ and producer Lincoln Barret when he worked under the name of High Contrast. Shubeen is her ongoing writing and performing collaboration with Keyboardist Alex Morgan. They’ll be joined by superb singer/instrumentalist Leighton Jones. "Shubeen" is an Arabic expression for a high-spirited gathering, and Dionne describes her music as uplifting, soulful Drum and Bass.
‘Inspiring vocals’ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

BOMB CULTURE
Dancey, rocky, anarchic, psychedelic fun with Berty & co.

TOM DEVOE
Young, compelling and inventive psychological illusionist. Whatever you do, don’t look into his eyes …

TANYA WALKER BAND
Sass, soul and spine tingling songcraft. Winner of PRS/FOPPUnsigned Award 2004 and purveyor of stunning songs, mesmerising vocals and startling piano-driven arrangements, Tanya has worked with song writers in Beijing - representing the UK on behalf of the PRS Foundation for new music.

RAILROAD BILL & PATUA DANCE
Skiffle meets Brazilian Dance in a collaboration only Meltdown could conjure up! Glasto 2005 Bandstand stars - Railroad Bill have a manic take on the ancient art of skiffle using Tea Chest Bass, Washboard, Mandolin, Ukulele, Guitar, Kazoo, Musical Saw, Squeaky Shark, a Roll of Sellotape and the sheer power of their own lungs and legs. In true Meltdown ‘melting down the barriers’ tradition, they’ll be collaborating with Brazilian dance inspired Patua Dance – led by Brazilian native Fernanda Amarel. Patuá Dance has performed at WOMAD in England, Spain, Canaries, Prague; at Glastonbury, Edinburgh and La Marato – Barcelona - Festivals, and many carnivals around the world.

Railroad Bill:
‘Glorious’ Folk Roots magazine
‘could galvanise a graveyard’ Western Daily Telegraph
Patua Dance
“Their approach is from a belief in dance as a common language bringing happiness - a way of laughing with our bodies.”
South Wales Echo
www.skiffle.co.uk
www.patuadance.co.uk

FUNHOUSE
Irresistably anarchic mix of ska, soul, highlife, reggae and anything else that takes the fancy of some of South Wales finest musicians in their quest for the essence of pure fun.

BOBBY SINGH & D-PAK
Superb Bhangra singer, writer, performer, producer Bobby joined by equally stunning percussionist D-Pak.
“thumping dhol 'n' bass” BBCi

FRED SNOW
Witty and wonderful singer drawing mainly on jazz/swing from the 1930's era with an occasional drinking blues and crooning ballad too. Influences range from Al Bowlly, heavy drinking, Billie Holiday, the odd stormy love affair, Marlene Dietrich, The Ink Spots, jamming with other musicians and importantly, the chaotic nonsense of the Bonzo Dog Band.

Fred Snow was a big success recently at the BuskerBus Festival in Poland, great songs, and plenty of charisma. M. Snyder from 'z kozmozu'

SILD
Martin Leamon and Sille Ilves formed their unique Welsh – Estonian collaboration shortly after the 2001 Viljandi Folkmusic Festival. SILLE ILVES is one of the best fiddle players in Estonia. She studied traditional music at the Viljandi Culture Academy in Estonia. She plays fiddle, hiiu kannel (Estonian bowed harp) and sings. She has played with fiddler/crwth player Cass Meurig, leading Welsh traditional musician Ceri Rhys Mathews and the KilBride brothers.
MARTIN LEAMON is a skilled multi instrumentalist, with SILD he plays guitar and bouzouki .
He performed for five years with Welsh band Boys From The Hill, and has also accompanied leading Welsh singer Julie Murphy.
‘lovely, lovely music’ - Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
‘exquisitely fragile and atmospheric’ - Julie Murphy
‘mesmerising...subtle and dark...an object of distinctive minimalist beauty’ - James McLaren, SOUNDNATION
‘an impressive debut album’ – Taplas

NEUTRINO DANCE
Creative dance mayhem with an infectious sense of fun

SPIRAL BROTHERS
Glasto DJs Bruno and Max recreate Avalon vibe with global grooves and (with help of Club Love’s Annette) the gorgeous décor for the Global Grooves Lounge.

DOOFER
Glorious acoustic trio include Mark (ex-Pod) and Chris Ridgeway (ex-Howling Sleepers) who have been playing Meltdowns since the late 1980s. Compelling presence and songwriting excellence deserving of far wider exposure.

“Sounds like Dylan, Waits and Django jamming under a banana tree with a bottle of Mezcal”. www.celticrockmusic.com

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