The last edition of OUR PARTY before summer will happen on Saturday June 23rd.
This time we have not only invited a very special guest but will also add something completely new to the menu. As we booked London Boogie & House legend Paul Trouble Anderson, who’s not only a notorious DJ but dancer too, we thought it would be nice to support the burgeoning House music dance scene in our city with a true competition. With price money and everything. Judged by our special DJ guest and some local dons.
The contest starts around 21h30 and will last until we’ve got a winner. To enter you only need to send us a mail housedance@ondasonora.be and show up of course. The winner gets 250€. Nice enough a price to pull out your best moves.
Our special guest behind the decks will be a man who easily has earned the legendary status. Paul Trouble Anderson has been a mayor player on the London Dance music scene for decades. Mainly as a DJ, radio host and party organiser, the things that don’t get you the easiest fame but the one’s that are essential to be a killer DJ.
Onda Sonora and Nick Blow will handle the warm-up and closing down duties.
All that on our fine-tuned Funktion-One sound system provided by the lovely and dedicated people from Soundsystem.be and a UREI rotary mixer combined with a Bozak isolator (additional info for the freaks of sound, haha).
Entrance fee is 5€ before midnight, afterwards it’s 7€. Come early because that’s the decent thing to do but also because we have limited capacity.
Feel free to invite your friends.
See you on the dance floor.
Address:
Bronks
Varkensmarkt 15-17 Rue Du Marché Aux Porcs
1000 Brussels
(it’s near the Vismet, Rue de Flandre and Dansaert, close to the city centre - for more directions check their site)
Bio:
PAUL TROUBLE ANDERSON
Born in East London, grew up in children’s homes all over England. A keen sportsman with a passion for football, played for Charlton youth, Tottenham youth and Middlesex County and ran for Haringey. A Natural born Athlete.
He used to dance in the pre-mixing days, and still does in the box, he would hurdle over the decks, boogie down and jump back just in time to cue the next record.
Paul started of playing at the time of the Sound System days… As well as a Dj he was a soundman. He followed Chicken, Scrap Iron and Fat Man Around those days. Paul had a sound from his uncle, a reggae sound that was converted in to a soul sound. They called it Troublefunk and this is where he acquired his Stage name “Trouble”.
Around this time he met George Power, one of the founders of Kiss FM, who asked him to be a warm up Dj at several venues. Who was best respected for his jazz funk at Crackers. Paul had a fresh funky sound and was playing at many clubs, to name a few, The Maize Club at Ronnie Scott’s, Bumbles and Red Box.
Trouble was Instrumental in the London music scene, and helped making clubs like Crackers, Spats, The Embassy, Global Village and Electric Ballroom Legendary.
In the mid 80’s he championed his ‘Trouble Funk Sound‘ and brought his sublime blend of dance music to the Warehouse scene.
1985 he was asked to join Kiss and found the prospect of promoting dance music on-air an exciting one. That is when he developed his creativity and skill. To his fans, Paul has an amazing ability to make you want to move, the way he makes the music come alive and his brilliant mixing skills.
Paul also found time for the Studio, and lent his remixing skills to Nomad’s UK NO1 ’Devotion’, Junior Reid’s Jamaica NO1 ’One Blood’ and remixed for Blaze, Pet Shop Boys, Soul II Soul, Thelma Houston, Byron Stingily and many more.
At his own night ‘Troubles House’ at Legends, a major star in London’s club land, he had many big name guests like Ten City, Todd Terry, Dj Pierre and David Morales.
1990 Kiss went Legal and Paul took over the Saturday Prime spot 2100-2300, which continued as ‘Troubles Original Mix Show’ for 8 years. Then there was changes in the Stations music policies, and Paul reluctantly decided to leave.
He still delivered his sound to the fans through his night ‘The Loft’ at HQ, that run for ten years. With weekly guests like Loleatta Holloway, Jean Carne, Jocelyn Brown, Masters at Work, Tony Humphries, Rosie Gaines, Michael Watford, Darryl Pandy and Barbara Tucker. The Loft was voted NO1 Midweek club for 3 years running, by magazines like Time Out, The Face and the Evening Standard. Paul had a dedicated following, who made Wednesdays at ‘The Loft’ a priority. Later HQ sadly closed down.
2000 Paul released a live mix album “Troubles House” on R2 Records which features an inspired collection of soulful uplifting Favourites mixed with Troubles Flavour. Paul also continued the Loft vibe at ‘Loft 2’ at Madam JO JO’s.
Paul has since been playing a big role in the Italian Club Scene, as well as having a close link with the Fashion world. To name a few, The Julian Macdonald show at London Fashion week and Chanel at the Milan Fashion week. He worked for Italian Fashion TV for 2 years. He has also been Photographed for Italian Vogue with Giorgio Armani.
Recently he performed on a Ministry of Sound tour in Italy with Howard Donald from Take That, and has done a few guest radio shows for Radio 1, Virgin FM, Jazz FM and Ministry of Sound. He was also interviewed by Channel 4 for an documentary about the influential club Crackers.
Now in his 37th year of djing, he is still going strong, still refusing to be labelled, and is maintaining that, a House is where you live and a Garage is where you park your car.
Paul’s projects at the moments include, setting up his own Record label ’Troubled Soul Records’, Mixing his own album with his own songs, writing an Biography and Pauletry.
He also run his own nights, Loft Reunion, Trouble’s House and Back to My Roots! All successful in their own right, They have a reputation of Fantastic Music, great atmosphere and a Friendly Happy crowd! He brings in live PA’s and guest Dj’s from all over!
Paul is currently working on some new projects, including his own music. So that is something we are all very excited about!!
One of the attractions with Paul is his way of mixing classic gems with freshly cut acetates, and his passion for the music stands out bright and clear. As an Artist Paul has a restless soul and the dedication to carry on championing Dance music at present and in the future.
Not OldSchool AllSchool, Still Present! Troubsolutly! Natroubley! Bless!
This Saturday at Bronks in Brussels. OUR PARTY. To which Omar and Michael Rütten, our special guests, are inviting you in the video on top of this post. Now it’s up to you to invite all your friends.
A video report about the last edition of OUR PARTY. Interviews with Onda Sonora and Kev Beadle. To get you in the mood for the next edition with Michael Rütten and Omar on May 5th at Bronks, Brussels. Enjoy.
Click on the picture to see the movie.
May 5th 2012 we’re having another edition of OUR PARTY. This time an extra special one with not only a special guest behind the decks but also one behnd the mic.
Michael Rütten has been one of the key influences of all of us. A man of many trades (DJ / Radio Host / Producer) and of more than one style. Somebody who fits OUR PARTY perfectly. Omar is a UK Soul icon. We’re more than proud to bring him over to sing some of his classics for you. Not with a full live band as that’s a bit out of our league for now but solo.
Onda Sonora and Nick Blow will handle the warm-up and closing down duties.
All that on our fine-tuned Funktion-One sound system provided by the lovely and dedicated people from Soundsystem.be.
Entrance fee is 5€ before midnight, afterwards it’s 7€. Come early because that’s the decent thing to do but also because we have limited capacity.
Feel free to invite your friends.
See you on the dance floor.
Address:
Bronks
Varkensmarkt 15-17 Rue Du Marché Aux Porcs
1000 Brussels
(it’s near the Vismet, Rue de Flandre and Dansaert, close to the city centre - for more directions check their site)
Bio:
MICHAEL RÜTTEN
Radio presenter, DJ, music jounalist, father, cook, music lover, club promoter, snowboarder, … . Hates purism & hedonism & overhypes in music in any style. Open your minds, listen, think, play, produce, promote, write, be enthusiastic about what you love, handle with passion … or shut up. Good music is good music.
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OMAR (from Allmusic.com)
Designated by many as the father of British neo-soul (though his impact extends over to U.S. shores as well), singer/songwriter/producer Omar began as one of the U.K.’s most promising R&B hopefuls with his early-’90s international hit “There’s Nothing Like This.” However, unintentionally avoiding pop stardom, he chose never to compromise his artistic credibility; and because of that, people like India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Gilles Peterson, and his biggest idol, Stevie Wonder, have all endorsed him as personal fans (with the prior three naming him as an influence). Although he gets thrown into the R&B category, Omar has no real definitive boundaries. In interesting new ways with each album, he has molded soul and urban music to fit his wide variety of influences, including ragga, hip-hop, funk, jazz-pop, rock, and Latin/Caribbean dance. Despite the lack of chart success, his original techniques have garnered him a strong legion of followers in the U.K. and a devoted fan base in diverse regions across the world.
Born October 14, 1968, in London but raised in Canterbury, Omar Lye-Fook couldn’t escape the call to music even he tried. His father, Byron Lye-Fook, was a studio musician and drummer who had done work for reggae greats Bob Marley and Horace Andy as well as the Rolling Stones. At age five, Omar was already learning how to play the drums. During his grade school years, he completed formal training in piano, trumpet/coronet, and other percussion instruments, but he also taught himself to play the bass, emulating Level 42 guitarist Mark King. As a part of various brass, jazz, and percussion ensembles, the young prodigy had performed in Italy, Brazil, and the U.S. before turning 15 years old. By the time he was a student at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music in London, he was too tempted in pursuing a professional career and left after one year. Recording for his father’s Kongo label, Omar debuted in 1985 with the single “Mr. Postman” at age 16. With Kongo following up with a series of buzz-worthy white labels throughout the late ’80s, Omar’s favorable reception continued to grow because of his classic yet updated soul approach, which was years before neo-soul became an acknowledged subgenre.
“There’s Nothing Like This” first broke out in 1990. It peaked in the U.K.’s Top 20 the following year and remained on top of the R&B and dance charts for several weeks. This was at a time when acid jazz and house were the dominant urban forms in Britain. The soulful ballad got Omar signed to pioneering disc jockey Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud imprint. He recorded the albums There’s Nothing Like This (1990), which was compiled from his earlier Kongo recordings, and Music (1992), a more mature outing, both in terms as a musician and a singer. (On some of these earlier recordings, he is credited as Omar Hammer, deriving from his stepfather’s last name.) For his following two albums, For Pleasure (1994) and This Is Not a Love Song (1997), he moved on to major label RCA. The former had him in the studio with ex-Motown songwriters and producers Leon Ware and Lamont Dozier, who were both fans of his music. But on the latter album, RCA keyboardist/producer David Frank (Chaka Khan, Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera) took the reins of the album’s direction.
Omar never received the type of promotion that he expected when joining RCA’s roster, and so he parted ways with the label, finding himself on the French-based Naïve Records. Stating influences of soundtrack compositions and Latin jazz, he had much more personal space to work with on the 2000 effort Best by Far, indulging in his signature string and horn arrangements. However, a long period of inactivity ensued following the 2000 recording, although he did appear on U.S. rapper Common’s Electric Circus LP in 2004. Over that time, Omar constructed his own studio and established the record label Blunt Music. At this point in his career, he felt more independent than ever before, and with extreme satisfaction he released his sixth studio album, Sing (If You Want It), in 2006. Both U.S. (Common, Angie Stone) and U.K. artists (Rodney P, Estelle) paid homage to Omar, recording guest vocals for the album, but his crowning achievement was obtaining the Stevie Wonder duet “Feeling You,” a song that Wonder apparently promised him 15 years earlier. Omar’s brother, hip-hop/reggae producer Scratch Professor, also contributed, offering more drum-kicking rhythms for the dancefloor. At the end of the year, the Urban Music Awards, which acknowledge urban music artists around the globe, finally gave Omar his long, overdue praise, bestowing upon him the Best Neo-Soul Act and Outstanding Achievement Awards.
A little announcement from our special guest at OUR PARTY next week, Kev Beadle. Get your groove on and bring all your friends.
On March 31st we’ll have another edition of OUR PARTY at our shiny new venue, Bronks. The last one turned out to be spectacularly good with a smiling guest delivering a superb set.
This time we’ve invited another London based DJ with a career spanning several decades and a musical taste covering multiple genres. A man who’s been responsible for many of our magical moments as a DJ at / programmer for Southport Weekender. Almost with the same surname as the previous one but no family in the biological sense (although Ashley told us he’s a “brother” nonetheless). We’re happy to present you Kev Beadle.
Warming up duties will be handled by our good friend Jonathan. Always a great and literate companion on our party / crate digging trips and as prolific behind the scene of OUR PARTY as he is timid in life. Timmy Regisford’s number one fan in Belgium although chances are very slim he’ll play in nude torso like his hero.
Nick Blow and the Onda Sonora soundsystem will make the connections between our guests.
Except the same high standards (Funktion-One sound powered by the lovely people of Soundsystem.be for instance, fine choice of drinks at reasonable prices served in glasses, clean toilets, lockers, …) and our cosy yet stylish decorations.
Entrance fee is 5€ before midnight, afterwards it’s 7€. Come early because that’s the decent thing to do but also because we have limited capacity.
Feel free to invite your friends.
See you on the dance floor.
Address:
Bronks
Varkensmarkt 15-17 Rue Du Marché Aux Porcs
1000 Brussels
(it’s near the Vismet, Rue de Flandre and Dansaert, close to the city centre - for more directions check their site)
Bio:
Kev Beadle has been one of the soul and jazz scene’s main tastemakers since the mid/late 80’s. He has played all over the world entertaining crowds with his selections and is never afraid to push musical boundaries. With a compilation discography in double figures, he has put together some well received compilation albums for labels like Blue Note, Cadet as well as more upfront musical offerings for labels like BBE and his own now sadly defunct label Clean Up. He also produces under the name Messengers and more recently co-producing a new project called R.K. Edits. He is also one of the longest standing dj residents and Beat Bar consultant at the legendary Southport Weekender and SunceBeat Festival in Croatia.
