Markey Funk returns to Spiritland for his first trip since 2018. Jerusalem-based musician/producer/DJ and vinyl enthusiast, Markey Funk has established himself as Israel's top raw and way-out grooves specialist both – in the studio and behind the decks. Starting off as a hip-hop and funk DJ in the early 2000s, his musical palette has grown constantly wider and deeper throughout the years, embracing everything between psychedelia, garage rock, folk, early electronic and library music from around the world.
Alongside collecting records and playing them for crowds around the country and abroad, Markey has been writing and producing his own music: from hip hop beats, through fully sample-based debut album and remixes for a wide variety of local and international artists, to music for short animation and documentary films, and much much more. Following the release of his second LP “Instinct” in 2016, he has launched the boutique 7'' imprint Delights.
Markey Funk
02/11/2023 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- Library Music
Vince Vella
02/11/2023 KC
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
We are thrilled to welcome producer, DJ and percussionist Vince Vella back to Spiritland for a Thursday night trip around the world.
Vince blends a deep knowledge of Afro-Cuban, and tropical rhythms with electronics. Vince has remixed the mighty Shabaka Hutchings’s Sons Of Kemet and 4Hero among others.
Alongside producing he's an accomplished percussionist who has studied in Cuba and Brazil. His love with Cuba continues, where he co-produced the Havana Cultura series with Gilles Peterson, working with some of the best musicians in Cuba: Julio Padron (Irakere), Danay Suarez, Changuito (Los Van Van), Roberto Fonseca, Los Aldeanos and UK DubStep pioneer Mala.
Vince has shared the decks with the likes of 4Hero, Gilles Peterson, Kenny Dope, Charlie Dark, among many and performed at major festivals and venues like Glastonbury, Roskilde and The Barbican.
Fannoire Ge
03/11/2023 KC
- Eclectic
- Funk
We welcome back Spiritland resident Fannoire Ge for a Friday night set. He is a London-based DJ and Artistic Director of Mission London. He is known for his longer sets, where he gets to unravel his musical taste, taking the listener on a journey, mixing different styles, echoing his upbringing in London.
During the pandemic he worked to establish Mission London CIC , an influential community driven music platform based in North London, supported by Arts Council England.
Mario Valente
04/11/2023 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- House
Our man in Lisbon drops in with a bag of records from his travels - house to electronica to pop. Get involved.
Peter Matson
05/11/2023 KC
- Balearic
- House
Peter Matson is a musician, dj, producer, and
leader of the seminal nyc post-punk afro band UNDERGROUND
SYSTEM. He has toured internationally and produced their
records on SOUL CLAP, HELL YEAH, PLANET E, with recent
releases on RAZOR-N-TAPE and HEAVENLY SWEETNESS.
His recent solo 12" and remix releases are finding
their home on brooklyn labels BASTARD JAZZ and
RAZOR-N-TAPE as well as Dam Swindle's
HEIST RECORDINGS.
Supper Club with Susana Villasuso & DJ Oscar Arroyo
06/11/2023 KC
- Supper Club
On Tuesday 6th November, we host Mexican chef Susana Villasuso to ours for an indulgent evening of dining and drinking.
Chef, recipe developer and food stylist from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Susana currently resides in the southwest suburbs of London. We'll let her tell her tale in her own words:
"I went to culinary school in Mexico. This experience opened my eyes to the food world, technique and way of working in the kitchen.
The food I like to eat and make is very inspired by my cultural roots and my home country, the colour and vibrancy of the food as well as those humble ingredients that make it to the everyday tables in the homes of Mexico.
After experiences working mainly in catering and living in London and New York where I took for the first time Food Styling courses, I started an account on instagram @Holasus and my blog Life Limon Y Sal, where I share my own recipes where I like to mix a bit of the old and new of Mexican food in my own way and always using fresh ingredients.
Since then I have been working as a recipe developer for 10 years now, where I finally feel that I have found my calling. Living abroad makes me long for the flavours of home, the spices, the fresh chilies, tortillas and salsas to name a few, my debut book Sobremesa will bring all of this to your home."
These dining nights always sell out fast so don't hang about!
Menu
Welcome drink
Smoky Palomas with Tequila with Agua de Madre kefir water
Starter
Baked scalllop with jalapeño pepper butter / or king oyster mushroom with jalapeño red pepper vegan butter (V)
Main
Barbacoa Tres Chiles / or Cauliflower Adobo Verde (V)
Sides
Roasted Sweet Potato and Chipotle tortillas (V)
Jocoque with salsa Macha
Beet habanero salad (V)
Salsas: crema verde, pineapple salsa, escabeche
Dessert
Tres leches cake / (VG version)
Sobremesa
Carajillo & mazapán
Tickets at £60 & BF available the ticket link
Curepedia launch party – with Simon Price
07/11/2023 KC
- Goth
It’s finally here - Simon Price’s magnum opus Curepedia has arrived, and we couldn’t let the moment pass without a night of unabashed Cure worship.
Over the past five decades, The Cure have created a musical mythology and canonical body of work that straddles the worlds of music, film and art, which continues to resonate with audiences around the world with their irreverent, defiant and mythical spirit.
On 9 November, White Rabbit will publish Curepedia: An A-Z of The Cure - an encyclopaedic biography of The Cure written by one of the UK’s greatest music writers Simon Price - the definitive guide to the band’s past and present, painting a comprehensive portrait of the band’s inimitable legacy, politics, image and their rich cultural influences.
Curepedia offers a complete portrait of the canon behind The Cure, examining and rifling through miscellaneous trivia, detailed analysis of discography, films, concerts and appearances, biographies of the band members past and present, as well as delving deeper into the political and cultural undertones of their songs.
Simon Price plays nothing but The Cure from start to finish. Book a table and get involved.
Sonlife launch party
08/11/2023 KC
- Downtempo
- Eclectic
We host a launch event for SONLIFE’s album, out on Chris Coco's record label. SONLIFE is an eight track LP that spans genres from Downtempo to Jazz, and is an amalgamation of live instrumentation, field recordings and samples. A lot of the tracks on the album started out as very simple ideas; repetitive, single, distorted loops - “very odd and rough ideas conjured up in the middle of the night in my early twenties”.
He originally imagined the project being an experimental solo project in 2015, trying out new sounds and genres. The tracks were back under wraps for a few years when he took a break from making music, and when he returned, they were all reimagined with a brand new life.
The album has heavy influences from the likes of Massive Attack, “Black Sands”-era Bonobo, Portico Quartet and the more dance orientated musicians such as Overmono and Mount Kimbie. Join us for a full album playback and DJ set.
Pavel Plastikk
10/11/2023 KC
- Balearic
- Eclectic
- Electronic
A rare visit from one of the leading players in the Ukranian music world and part of the underground clubbing family.
Pavel Plastikk is most known for his eclectic sets and the major work he’s done for the Ukrainian disco scene. Of course he’s been playing all over Europe. For example for Block 9 at Glastonbury Festival, Bill Brewster’s Lowlife night at Corsica Studios in London or Aficionado Boat party at Electric Elephant in Croatia and played at the usual spots: Zürich, Oslo, Berlin, London, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stockholm and Helsinki.
He continuously creates mixes for Test Pressing, Noncollective, The Growing Bin, Racket Racket, LN-CC in London, Noise In My Head & SANPO Disco in Australia and many more.
Adrian Magrys
14/11/2023 KC
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Join us for a deep dive into the groovy world of Polish jazz with Adrian Magrys, co-owner of independent record label Lanquidity Records.
He's a long-time record collector who believes in the power of vinyl to deliver true quality sound like no other medium. While he loves all music, he's a self-confessed connoisseur of Eastern European music and deep, obscure jazz.
Ma Nu (Liguria Transatlantica)
15/11/2023 KC
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Ma Nu is a key player in the Italian digger scene, building his dj-sets without boundaries, with a touch that is the result of a deep digging around stores, street markets and warehouses - funk, hip hop, dub, disco, house & acoustic jazz, taken and put in a centrifuge with the exclusive use of 7 inches records.
He has been part of the resident artists of the important Jazz Re:Found Festival, a benchmark festival in Italy paying respect to Black music in all of its forms.
Last year he produce “Liguria Transatlantica” a vinyl compilation dedicated to a particular Italian Jazz scene of Liguria, his region in north west Italy, where you can feel a magic connection with South American and Brazilian jazz. This concept has alsobecame also a festival called “Transatlantica”, in Genova, capital city of Liguria.
We welcome this heavyweight music head to Spiritland for his debut.
In Light Of Aquarius
16/11/2023 KC
- R&B
- Soul
In Light Of Aquarius is Ben Ayres of Cornershop & Richie Deeney of The Toes, they play an obscure party collection of rocking R&B, popping Soul and killer Rock'n'Roll all from original 45's. Come and hear them in action once again on the Spiritland sound system
Jamal & Omar
17/11/2023 KC
- Eclectic
- Global
- Psychedelia
Jamal Raouf, Founder of London-based online record shop Distant Rhythm, is an avid traveller in search of mystical, tropical and rhythmic music. With an expansive palate traversing Afrobeat, Bollywood, Cumbia, MPB, Zouk and much more, you can expect an immersive sonic journey tinged with psychedelia.
Co-founder of Discoteque Tropicale, Omar Sultani, bridges the gaps between eras and continents, crafting a distinct listening experience. Drawing from diverse sounds, he fuses soulful and psychedelic melodies enriched with the vibrant flavours of the Caribbean, Africa and Latin America.
6 Million Steps
24/11/2023 KC
- Disco
Disco with a bow tie on a Friday night from the ever-classy 6MS crew.
Sana Fujimura & D.D. Curry
25/11/2023 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- House
A rare double bill at Spiritland:
Sana Fujimura is a NYC-bred, now New Orleans-based DJ and founder of Amici Tomodachi. Through Amici Tomodachi, she has hosted parties starring DJs including Dee Diggs, Kilopatrah Jones, DJ Monchan and the late Francis Nishida. At the last pre-Covid party by Uptown Vinyl Supreme, she opened up for DJs Grandwizard Theodore and Natasha Diggs. Her sets are marked by an eclectic mixture of a diverse array of genres and sounds, grounded by a love for house and world music.
D.D. Curry is a Thai-American dance music producer, DJ, label owner and radio presenter. After years of honing his craft in the underground scene of Brooklyn, where he was a resident at the beloved venue Jupiter Disco, Curry relocated to the UK in 2023. The up and coming artist is the co-founder of labels Fortune Signal and Working Rhythms Records, and has released tracks on Mixmag Records and Y4 Collective with support from the likes of Logic1000, Nikki Nair, Ben Gomori and LORA. His dance music and interview programme ‘Curry’s House’ airs monthly on Voices Radio, London.
Gavin Lucas
26/11/2023 KC
- Balearic
- Eclectic
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Gavin is a founding member of the Amateurism Collective, which launched the much loved Amateurism Radio just a few days after national COVID restrictions were imposed in 2020 and broadcast until 2022.
Prior to that Gavin ran various clubnights and held residencies at London institutions such as 93 Feet East, The Social, and The Boogaloo in Highgate. Over the years he’s found himself drawn to collecting rare and special 45’s of the low-slung, swampy, southern soul, funk and proto-rock variety. It’s these – along with a selection of album-only and other rare delights – that he’ll be spinning at this Sunday afternoon Spiritland session.
Matthew Halsall
30/11/2023 KC
- Downtempo
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
From the Royal Albert Hall to Spiritland... our friend Matthew Halsall celebrates his new album ‘An Ever Changing View’ with a tour of some of his favourite audiophile venues including NAM, Kasheme, Rush Hour - and our place.
Matthew Halsall is a trumpeter, producer and composer who is redefining spiritual jazz for the next generation.
Over the course of nine albums, numerous accolades and his taste-making label, Gondwana Records, he’s become a vital voice in UK music with his lithe, limitless blend of jazz and deeply meditative influences that’s in tune with the natural world. His thoughtful and refined style draws on the foundations laid by greats like Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, but adds the sample-fuelled electronica that he first heard in clubs, as well as global percussive influences and his signature – what you might call – sparkle.
His landmark album ‘An Ever Changing View’ is an expansive, immaculately conceived project which presents Halsall’s signature blend of jazz, electronica, global and spiritual jazz influences. Booking is essential for this one.
