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4/24/2009 8:00 PM at Squarepusher + BLK JKS + Mo Dj
The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, London, London and South East SE1 8XX
Cost: £20
Acclaimed electronic artist Squarepusher, fresh from the launch of new album Just A Souvenir (Warp Records), performs a very special live show in the The Clore Ballroom, which is transformed for the night into a club space.
Squarepusher’s set is bookended by two performers. Mo DJ opens for Squarepusher. Cassette vendor along the station road in Bamako by day and DJ in the Malian capital by night, Mo DJ mixes Malian music by any means available, including the djembeni, a small rhythm box which has lent its name to a new genre of music.
Following Squarepusher’s set BLK JKS take to the stage to perform a special post-show set, featuring tracks from their recent Mystery EP produced by Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines). With a wrecking crew rhythm section, debonair vocals and guitar concoction of one part shred and two parts soul, BLK JKS shoot an African music sensibility through the tenets of rock.
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