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The Phoenix is a legendary venue with the 60’s scene and is situated behind Oxford Circus at the back of John Lewis. It’s a cellar club with low ceiling, large wooden dancefloor, great sound system and a well stocked bar with all your favourite tipples at fair prices. The venue is rarely available but we managed to book it for two bank holiday events don’t miss it. The action starts at 9pm!

Maximum R&B

Old friends Rob Bailey and Rhys Webb from the Horrors share a passion for Freakbeat and Garage sounds. The pair decided to get together for a one off party playing their fave rave 45’s at this fab west end Venue. Monday is a bank holiday folks so get practicing those windmill guitar poses and grab yourself a piece of the action and some maximum R&B!

Phoenix Got Soul

New Untouchables and Yann Vatiste from Va Va Voom team up for a night or Northern & Rare soul magic and are joined on the decks by soul scene veteran Rob Messer and young gun Tomas McGrath of Inner City Soul. Bring your brogues and a spare pair too!

Venue – 37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP
Dates – Sunday 4 May
Program – 9pm-3am
Map: phoenixcavendishsquare.co.uk/findus/
Sounds 4 May – Maximum R&B, Freakbeat, Garage with DJ’s Rob Bailey & Rhys Webb
Sounds 26 May – Northern & Rare Soul
Tickets – Pay on the door £6 before 10pm/£8 after

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Nutty Live Videos

 

Sonics opening nos 21/3/2008

Sonics 21/3/2008

Sonics 21/3/2008

Sonics opening nos 21/3/2008 (middle right view)

ELI Paperboy Reed 2011

Flirtations 2009

Undertones 2009

Pretty Things SF SORROW 2009

King Khan & The Shrines 2011

Wau Y Los Argggs 2010

October 20, 2011 Blog, Video 317

Crossfire

CROSSFIRE ‘London’s big night out’

Now in our twelfth year of this super successful London club night that started back in 2001 bringing together all the different elements of the London 60s scene for a big night of pure vintage underground partying. This 1000 capacity venue in the heart of Central London home to Le Beat Bespoké, Nutty New Year and New Untouchables live promotions has three rooms of action with an all night bar!

NORTHERN SOUL music has reached a whole new audience through the film ‘Soul Boy’ and you can emulate those dance moves on the huge wooden dance floor in our fabulous Ballroom to a soundtrack of the best Northern Soul oldies in the true all-nighter tradition from historic venues of the past. Hosted by Kent Records and 6TS promoter and DJ Ady Croasdell, expect to hear top deejays from around the UK playing quality Northern Soul Classics.

The BEAT BASEMENT is hosted by the extraordinarily successful Mousetrap all-nighters in Finsbury Park. Resident DJ Dr Robert (Le Beat Bespoke) and guests from around Europe spin the primest 60’s Beat, Garage, Psych committed to vinyl. Expect maximum fun, gorgeous go-go girls to a backdrop of kaleidoscopic visuals.

The R&B ROOM is hosted by London promoters the New Untouchables with authentic Rhythm and Blues, Ska/Reggae and Club Soul is on the menu from resident DJ Rob Bailey and special guests from around the top European R&B club joints.

Venue

229 The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN

Dates

Sunday 31 March & Sat 12 October 2013 - Times: 11pm till 6am with Late Bar License

Map

Sounds

3 Rooms with Northern Soul Classics in the Ballroom, R&B Room in the Portland Room and the Beat Basement

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

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Tickets can be ordered for all 229 events on-line here

August 3, 2011 Clubs 314

Le Beat Bespoké

LE BEAT BESPOKE 9, MARCH 28/29/30/31 (EASTER 2013)

Dr Robert and NUTs have assembled another block buster line-up featuring some of the best new bands from around the globe today as well as two stellar bands from the end of the 20th century for our annual Easter extravaganza at 229 the venue. Previous acts have included STAX Feat Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn & Eddie Floyd, Arthur Lee and Love, The Sonics, The Undertones, The Horrors, Eli Paperboy Reed, The Buzzcocks, King Khan & The Shrines, Arthur Brown, Jim Jones Revue and The Pretty Things to name just a few.

However the live music is only part of what Le Beat Bespoké is all about. For your dancing delight we have booked a dynamic DJ line-up from across Europe armed with explosive sounds that are sure to melt your heart and mind. The full program will be online here soon and will feature band interviews, videos and photos, DJ playlists, market and record fair details plus travel and accommodation tips so keep checking back or join our network here: www.newuntouchables.ning.com for further announcements.

Tickets go on sale 10am Thursday 5 December with a special price available on 3 and 4 day weekend tickets for the early birds.
Go: www.229thevenue.co.uk
Watch this space for more details soon!

Le Beat Bespoke 8 – Gallery 1 by Ramees Farooqi © 2012

Le Beat Bespoke 8 – Gallery 2 by Horst A Friedrichs © 2012

August 3, 2011 Events 311

Midlands Mod Weekender

Midlands Mod Alldayer

Birmingham is synonymous with the Mod Scene with both the Spencer Davis Group and the Move just two of the excellent bands to hail from the second city in the sixties. Throughout the eighties and nineties it was a hotbed for the Mod scene with clubs like the Outrigger and we made regular visits from the Capitol to enjoy the fun.

We return on May bank holiday to a fantastic venue in the City centre right next to retro shop Urban Village at the old Custard Factory in Digbeth.

All events take place at the fabulous www.70-eight.com which looks very sixties space age (check out the gallery), with three floors and two rooms of music and tasty sound systems. The evening event hosts DJ’s from all over the UK along with NUTS regulars Pid and Rob Bailey.

The FREE daytime event includes a market, open decks DJ session and scooter run and competition kindly sponsored by gransportscooters.com

Drop us a line if you want a stall or fancy playing some records in the afternoon.

Huge thanks to the Birmingham Aces’ who have sorted out a route around some of the Birmingham landmarks.
• Meet at The Custard Factory 13.00 for departure at 13.15.
• The ride takes approximately 30 mins and includes such delights as:
• The World oldest surviving Railway Station!
• Millennium Point
• The Jewellery Quarter
• The NIA Broad Street Home of the Aces,
• The Shakespeare The ‘Electric Cinema’ the UK’s oldest working Cinema
• The Bullring Market
• The Rotunda
Ending back at The Custard Factory (where Bird’s Custard was invented!)

Venue

Venue is: 70 Eight Club: 4, Gibb Street, B9 4AA Birmingham, United Kingdom

Dates

Sat 4  May 2013

Map

Sounds

Underground Modernist & 60s soundtrack!

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

Ticket is £10 and available OTDNUTs_mmw2013_a3_poster

August 3, 2011 Clubs 317

NUTs Anniversary

The New Untouchables started November 1997; the Britpop music movement was at its apex and people who had become interested in our music and culture through this very modern genre because of the undeniable references. The time was just right for a new surge of Mods and 1960s fans and The New Untouchables were there to encourage them with newsletters, club nights, festivals and weekenders, scooter runs, record fairs, markets and the relatively new phenomenon the internet. New Untouchables have never been afraid to try new ventures. Locations have changed most notably from Isle of Wight to Brighton August bank holiday. In recent years some of the biggest underground acts of the last 5 decades like The Sonics first ever show outside the native USA in 2008, Arthur Lee & Love in 2005, Stax Revue with Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and Eddie Floyd in 2011 have performed for us. However NUTS have encouraged and supported many new bands and DJs for over the last decade.

In 2009 a bestselling book entitled ‘I’m One-21st Century Mod’s was released by Prestel. The award winning photographer Horst R Friedrichs spent a decade attending NUTS events all over the UK and his patience paid of with exhibitions and recognition from all round the world. As a thanks to all those who have been involved down the years and a big thanks to the current team Pip! Pip!, Ellie, Dave and the Lighthouse Projections Crew we host a party.

Sat 10 Nov 2012

NEW UNTOUCHABLES 15TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY ALLNIGHTER

‘Full Speed’ Mod & Sixties sounds with NUTS DJ’s: Pid, Dr Robert, Lee Miller & Chris Dale
Special Guests: Niamh Lynch & Coffin Joe

Admission: £10 with one complimentary drink per person!

11pm-7am @ Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD

1 min walk from Finsbury Park bus, tube & train

 

Venue

Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD

Dates

Sat 10 Nov 2012

Map

Sounds

Northern & Club Soul, R&B, Garage, Freakbeat, Psych, Ska/Reggae

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

£10 on the door  only!

August 3, 2011 Events 316

Buckingham Palace Scooter Run

Whitsun weekend is the TIMEBOX WEEKENDER which incorporates the BUCKINGHAM PALACE SCOOTER RUN that started life in the early eighties by Tony Class and the Phoenix Society and was resurrected a few years ago by the New Untouchables and Bar Italia Scooter Club. The meeting place is the iconic London landmark Carnaby Street where by early Saturday afternoon the whole street is full of Lambrettas and Vespas.

The route takes us through many of the Capitols tourist hot spots and iconic shopping streets turning heads and filling the air with two stroke fumes as we go. The final destination is the home of TIMEBOX CLUB; The Strongrooms in the Shoreditch district, with its huge car park with ample parking for 300 scooters it’s the perfect venue to host the alldayer.

From 3pm-3am entertainment includes live bands, DJs, scooter competition accompanied by sumptuous food from the BBQ all yes all for FREE!

The bank holiday Sunday we return to an old Mod venue the Phoenix in Cavendish Square behind Oxford Circus for a Northern Soul night from 9pm-3am. This Soul cellar with wooden dancefloor, air conditioning and great DJ line-up is the perfect way to round off a great weekend in the Capitol.

Images: www.fluidimages.co.uk

Venue

The Strongrooms, 120/124 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3SQ

Dates

May Bank Holiday 25 May

Map

MAP

MARSHALS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE MESSAGE ME ASAP IF YOU’RE AVAILABLE/WILLING TO STAND ON A STREET CORNER FOR 5 MINUTES.
Scooters meet at Carnaby Street (O’Neils pub/Liberty end) around 1pm.
2pm SHARP we depart. Route is pretty much the same as every other year:
Left onto Regents St and follow to Piccadilly
Follow Haymarket down to Trafalgar Square
*bikes can use the bus lane split direct to the roundabout*
Take 4th exit onto The Mall.
*here we will pull over and regroup for a few minutes*
Follow The Mall to Buckingham Palace
*UPDATE* Road closures are in effect (AGAIN).
WE TURN RIGHT ONTO CONSTITUTION HILL AND FOLLOW TO WELLINGTON ARCH.
FOLLOW JUNCTION AROUND TO PICCADILLY
CONTINUE ALONG PICCADILLY
TURN RIGHT ONTO ST JAMES’ LANE (PAST THE RITZ)
FOLLOW ST JAMES’ LANE/PALL MALL TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
TAKE 2ND EXIT ONTO NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
Turn LEFT onto Embankment
Follow Embankment
*here we will pull over and regroup for a few minutes near Somerset House*
Continue along the River to Blackfriars and take the Off Ramp onto Farringdon Rd
Vier LEFT and follow to Clerkenwell Rd
Turn RIGHT onto Clerkenwell Rd
Follow to Old St Roundabout and take 2nd exit (continue straight)
Continue to Curtain Rd
Turn LEFT onto Curtain Rd and follow to Strongroom Bar.
Park and enjoy the food/drink/music
Scooter competition announced approximately 3.30pm. Catergories are:
Best Lambretta
Best Vespa
Best Mod Scooter

Sounds

Underground Modernist & 60s soundtrack!

Timebox Alldayer Schedule

Will be here soon!

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

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August 3, 2011 Events 324

Zoo Zoo

Zoo Zoo started life back in November 2009 when new Camden venue the Blues Kitchen opened its doors for business. This large venue on Camden High Street has famous Blues and R&B artists adorned around the walls of the venue and you can even listen to the Blues while you refresh yourself in the toilet. It also has a wide selection of the Blues artist’s favourite Soul food, beers and bourbons on the menu.

New Untouchables night always features two R&B/Blues/Garage/Soul or Rock n Roll bands from the London area and sometimes beyond. One of our favourite shows to date was with Spanish band The Faithkeepers and you can see a clip below from that show. Other artists have included King Salami & Thee Cumberland 3, Jess Roberts, DC Fontana, Thee Vicars, The Draytones, Peppermint Beat Band, New Street Adventure, The Shoestrung, Lewis Floyd Henry, The Burning Condors, Stone Foundation, The Frowning Clouds, Prime Movers, Big Boss Man, The Faith Keepers, and DC Fontana, to name just a few.

After the bands grab a space on the dancefloor and do the Shimmy, Skate or Twist when DJ Dr Robert and special guest take over the turntables and spin 100% pure vinyl right through until 3am with all the above genres covered from big hits to obscure scene classics.

Venue

Zoo Zoo @ the Blues Kitchen, 111-113 Camden High Street, London NW1 7JN. Underground: Camden Town

Dates

Sunday 30 December ‘Nutty NYE’ warm up with DC Fontana
Dates for 2013 – Friday 8 Feb + 8 March + 24 May + 26 July + 27 Sept + 29 Nov

Map

Sounds

2 Live Bands and a soundtrack of the best Blues + R&B, Soul, Ska, Garage, Funk & Rock n Roll

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

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FREE Before 10pm/£4 after, no pre-tickets needed! 

August 3, 2011 Clubs 338

Mousetrap – Soul Shakers

THE MOUSETRAP celebrated its 22nd Birthday in March 2013 at the same venue with the same owner which is an incredible feat in the fickle World of club land the friendly and family atmosphere at MOUSETRAP is something we are very proud of here so expect a warm welcome. Huge thanks to the regulars and thousands of visitors over the years who will testify that MOUSETRAP generates an atmosphere like no other. For those who have never been here is a little bit about the venue, a basement club with low ceiling, kicking soundsystem, wooden dancefloor with seating booths around the edge, a cloakroom and in more recent years air conditioning.

The club started life in the basement and quickly moved onto two floors with the SOUL LOFT and BEAT BASEMENT with its checked dancefloor and spiral staircase connecting the two floors. The club prospered for over a decade in this format before the ground floor was sold and we returned to the basement with alternate dances for the different music style once a month to this present day.

Over these two decades the Mousetraps music has been prolific with an abundance of new scene discoveries filtering up to the scene weekenders and festivals with global appeal, sometimes filtering into the mainstream media via TV and Radio adverts.

In 1997 the MOUSETRAP label was born with a free 45 for each customer every anniversary. On one side of the disc from the black music policy of the club and the flipside from the Freakbeat/Garage/Psych playlist and nearly always a record that has been a big spin at the club. Some of these early releases are now commanding big money in their own right and almost as much as the original release.

See below a list of all the MOUSTRAP releases.

A special thanks to all the regulars who supported us down the years and huge gratitude must go to the resident DJ’s who helped me shape the MOUSETRAP soundtrack SPEED, CHRIS DALE, LEE MILLER, GAV EVANS, NICK HUDSON, PID,  JACK WHITE and the many quality guests from all over Europe who have played a blinder over the last twenty years.

Venue

Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD. Times: 10pm-6am

Dates

For Soul Shakers: 2 Feb + 9 March (22 anniversary) + 8 June + 14 Sept + 30 Nov
Fuzz For Freaks: 2 March (21st anniversary) + 1 June + 7 Sept + 14 Dec

Map

1 min walk from Finsbury Park Underground (Victoria & Piccadilly lines) Bus/Train stations

Sounds

Soul Shakers Party: includes Northern & Rare Soul, Motown, R&B/Blues, Ska/Reggae, Jazz & Boogaloo
Fuzz 4 Freaks Party: for the primest Freakbeat, Garage & Psychedelic sounds

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

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Tickets: Pay on the Door £8 before midnight/£10 after (Anniversary £10/£12 with Free 45) Times: 10pm-6am

Mousetrap 45s

MOUSETRAP RELEASES – Click Here To Buy Available Items

1998 RNB001 – Jean Dushon – Second Class lover/ Afex – She’s Got a Time

1999 RNB 002 – Roy Roberts – Got To Have Your Love/ Richard Kent Style – All Good Things

2000 RNB 003 – Larry Trider – Carbon Copy/ Mike Proctor – Mr Commuter

2001 RNB 004 – B.B. King - Heartbreaker + Dusty Wilson – Can’t Do Without You/
Hopscotch – Look At The Lights Go Up + Randy & The Radiants - My Way Of Thinking (10th Anni E.P)  

2002 RNB 005 – Cliff Nobles – My Love Is Getting Stronger/ Jigsaw – One Way Street

2003 RNB 006 – Lorenzo Holden – The Wig/ Callum Bryce – Lovemaker

2004 RNB 007 – Vernon Harrell - Slick Chick/ Gene Latter – Holding A Dream

2005 RNB 008 – Steve Aldo – You’re Absolutely Right/ Erick Saint Laurent – Le Temps d’y Penser

2006 RNB 009 – King Size Taylor – Somebody’s Always Trying/ The Dream – Can I Ask You One More Question

2007 RNB 010 – The Latin Dimension – Mr Mod/ The Raven – Calamity Jane

2008 RNB 011 – Tony & The Showmen - Try My Love/ Suzi Jane Hokom – Need All the Help I Can Get

2009 RNB 012 – The Sugar Lumps – Won’t You Help me/ Ron Gray – Hold Back The Sunrise

2010 RNB 013 – Jack Hammer – Down In The Subway/ The Dukes – I’m An Unskilled Worker

2011 RNB 014 – Knut Kiesewetter – You were Born For Me/ Mike Leslie – Right Or Wrong

2012 RNB 015 – Isonics – Sugar/ Satrycon - Leave it   

August 3, 2011 Clubs 327

Nutty New Year

A NUTTY NEW YEAR, LONDON 30/31 DEC

Celebrate the New Year in style with 3 room of musical magic at our Nutty New Year Ball at 229, the home of Le Beat Bespoké and Crossfire.

Midnight Mass with ‘live show’ from the master of ceremonies ARTHUR BROWN in the Beat Basement + DJ Dr Robert & guests Sebas, Miss Danger, Dishie & Carolina

Main Ballroom- Northern Soul Party Va Va Voom style!

Authentic R&B in room 3 with NUTs DJ’s: Chris Dale, Lee Miller, Rob Bailey & guests Bill Kealy & Alan Handscombe

 229 The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN

Free transport all night on London buses & tubes, nearest tubes Gt Portland St tube (opp) + Regents Park, Warren St & Oxford Circus

 9pm-6am –  TICKETS: £20 OTD/£15 in advance from www.229thevenue.co.uk

Accommodation is available above the venue on a strictly first-come-first-served basis from accom@ish.org.uk 0r  you can call: 020 7631 8310.

WARM UP EVENT: The Zoo Zoo Club at the Blues Kitchen, Camden Town will host the warm-up party on Friday night. Free entry before 10pm/£4 after, with ‘ART & SOUL’ from DC FONTANA and NUTS DJs and guests through till 3am.

Venue

229 the venue
229 Great Portland Street  | London | W1W 5PN

Manager: Stuart Ellerker
Assistant Manager: Annelyse Paquet
Head of Sound: Alessandro Bonifacio

General enquiries
call: +44 (0)20 7631 8379
email: info@229thevenue.co.uk

Technical queries
email here

Box Office (for gig and ticket information only)
call: +44 (0)20 7323 7229

Dates

30/31 Dec 2011

Map

Sounds

3 Rooms with Northern Soul Classics in the ballroom, Mod Club Classics in Portland Room and The Beat Basement providing Freakbeat/Psych/Garage

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer


Tickets are £15 in advance or £20 on the door. Tickets for NYE go on sale 1st October from www.229thevenue.co.uk.

August 3, 2011 Events 329

Euro Ye Ye

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Trouble & Tea and the New Untouchables present the ultimate Mod/’60s weekender in the World. Want to start planning your summer holiday this is the perfect destination to enjoy the delights of Northern Spain and sample the most fun weekend of the year. 2013 will be the 19th edition previous live acts include James Hunter, Martha Reeves, King Khan & The Shrines, Maxine Brown, Masters of Groove inc Pretty Purdie, Rueben Wilson and Grant Green Jnr, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, P.P Arnold, The Action, The Pretty Things, Lonnie Smith, Dean Parrish, July, James Taylor Quartet, The Flirtations, Al Supersonic & The Teenagers, The Pepperpots, Doctor Explosion, Los Peyotes, Wau Y Los Arrrgs, DC Fontana, Big Boss Man, The Jaybirds to name just a few. After the live music finished Europe’s finest DJs take over and play 100% vintage vinyl over two dance floors in a superb venue built in 1968, just a five minute walk from the seafront of Gijon. However there is so much more to Euro Ye Ye, the programme includes four all-nighters, three scooter runs, art exhibitions, market and cult films. All set to the backdrop of this beautiful area of Spain called Asturias, with its excellent beaches, great cuisine and Cidra.

Venue

Oasis, Camino de Las Magnolias. Crta Infanzon s/n, Gijon, Spain, 33203. Nearest Airport – OVD/Asturias 40km (International Flights from London Stansted/Paris and most major Spanish Airports). Other Airports – Santander 200km (International flights from London-Stansted, Milan-Orio Al Serio, Paris Beauvias, Reus, Rome Ciampino, Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn and Pisa. Click here for info on local Trains and Buses

Dates

1/2/3/4/AUG 2013 (first weekend of August)

Map

Sounds

Super selection of Live Bands and DJ’s playing Mod & 60’s Underground music.

Gallery

Video

Tickets & Flyer

August 3, 2011 Events 302

Timebox

TIMEBOX is on the 4th Saturday of every other month from January in the buzzin’ Shoreditch area of London at the friendly Strongroom venue on Curtain road.

Doors open 8pm through till 2am and it’s FREE to get in. Arrive before 11pm or expect to cue.

The venue is split level and has a fantastic courtyard with beer garden which is put to good use especially in the summer months and also for the Buckingham Palace Scooter Run/Timebox alldayer in May. The venue has a tasty menu of home cookin’ treats upstairs until 11pm along with a great selection of cocktails and beers in both bars. The Music menu is equally as tasty with sublime mix of Psych, Soul, Funk, Rock and R&B blasts, classics and current scene faves in the groovy cellar club from Dr Robert and a different guest or two each month.

Dates for 2013 – 26 Jan, 23 March, 25 May, 27 July, 28 Sept + 23 Nov

Venue – Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3SQ nearest Underground Shoreditch/Liverpool Street/Old Street

Music- Psych/Soul/Garage/Funk/Rock/R&B

Venue

Strongroom Bar & Restaurant
120-124 Curtain Road
Shoreditch
London EC2A 3SQ.
tel +44 (0)20 7426 5103

Doors open 8pm through till 2am and it’s FREE to get in. Arrive before 11pm or expect to cue.

Dates

Dates for 2012 – 4th Sat of the month except June 30 + Sept 29 (last Saturdays)
BUCK PALACE SCOOTER RUN/TIMEBOX ALLDAYER Sat 5 May

Map

Sounds

Psych/Soul/Garage/Funk/Rock/R&B

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

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It’s FREE Entry – No tickets needed! Times: 8pm-2am

August 3, 2011 Clubs 321

Mousetrap – Fuzz 4 Freaks

THE MOUSETRAP celebrated its 22nd Birthday in March 2013 at the same venue with the same owner which is an incredible feat in the fickle World of club land the friendly and family atmosphere at MOUSETRAP is something we are very proud of here so expect a warm welcome. Huge thanks to the regulars and thousands of visitors over the years who will testify that MOUSETRAP generates an atmosphere like no other. For those who have never been here is a little bit about the venue, a basement club with low ceiling, kicking soundsystem, wooden dancefloor with seating booths around the edge, a cloakroom and in more recent years air conditioning.

The club started life in the basement and quickly moved onto two floors with the SOUL LOFT and BEAT BASEMENT with its checked dancefloor and spiral staircase connecting the two floors. The club prospered for over a decade in this format before the ground floor was sold and we returned to the basement with alternate dances for the different music style once a month to this present day.

Over these two decades the Mousetraps music has been prolific with an abundance of new scene discoveries filtering up to the scene weekenders and festivals with global appeal, sometimes filtering into the mainstream media via TV and Radio adverts.

In 1997 the MOUSETRAP label was born with a free 45 for each customer every anniversary. On one side of the disc from the black music policy of the club and the flipside from the Freakbeat/Garage/Psych playlist and nearly always a record that has been a big spin at the club. Some of these early releases are now commanding big money in their own right and almost as much as the original release.

See below a list of all the MOUSTRAP releases.

A special thanks to all the regulars who supported us down the years and huge gratitude must go to the resident DJ’s who helped me shape the MOUSETRAP soundtrack SPEED, CHRIS DALE, LEE MILLER, GAV EVANS, NICK HUDSON, PID,  JACK WHITE and the many quality guests from all over Europe who have played a blinder over the last twenty years.

 

Venue

Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD. Times: 10pm-6am

Dates

For Soul Shakers: 2 Feb + 9 March (22 anniversary) + 8 June + 14 Sept + 30 Nov
Fuzz For Freaks: 2 March (21st anniversary) + 1 June + 7 Sept + 14 Dec

Map

1 min walk from Finsbury Park Underground (Victoria & Piccadilly lines) Bus/Train stations

Sounds

Soul Shakers Party: includes Northern & Rare Soul, Motown, R&B/Blues, Ska/Reggae, Jazz & Boogaloo
Fuzz 4 Freaks Party: for the primest Freakbeat, Garage & Psychedelic sounds

Video

Gallery

Tickets & Flyer

Mousetrap_A3_post_2013
Tickets: Pay on the Door £8 before midnight/£10 after (Anniversary £10/£12 with Free 45) Times: 10pm-6am 

Mousetrap 45s

MOUSETRAP RELEASES – Click Here To Buy Available Items

1998 RNB001 – Jean Dushon – Second Class lover/ Afex – She’s Got a Time

1999 RNB 002 – Roy Roberts – Got To Have Your Love/ Richard Kent Style – All Good Things

2000 RNB 003 – Larry Trider – Carbon Copy/ Mike Proctor – Mr Commuter

2001 RNB 004 – B.B. King - Heartbreaker + Dusty Wilson – Can’t Do Without You/
Hopscotch – Look At The Lights Go Up + Randy & The Radiants - My Way Of Thinking (10th Anni E.P)  

2002 RNB 005 – Cliff Nobles – My Love Is Getting Stronger/ Jigsaw – One Way Street

2003 RNB 006 – Lorenzo Holden – The Wig/ Callum Bryce – Lovemaker

2004 RNB 007 – Vernon Harrell - Slick Chick/ Gene Latter – Holding A Dream

2005 RNB 008 – Steve Aldo – You’re Absolutely Right/ Erick Saint Laurent – Le Temps d’y Penser

2006 RNB 009 – King Size Taylor – Somebody’s Always Trying/ The Dream – Can I Ask You One More Question

2007 RNB 010 – The Latin Dimension – Mr Mod/ The Raven – Calamity Jane

2008 RNB 011 – Tony & The Showmen - Try My Love/ Suzi Jane Hokom – Need All the Help I Can Get

2009 RNB 012 – The Sugar Lumps – Won’t You Help me/ Ron Gray – Hold Back The Sunrise

2010 RNB 013 – Jack Hammer – Down In The Subway/ The Dukes – I’m An Unskilled Worker

2011 RNB 014 – Knut Kiesewetter – You were Born For Me/ Mike Leslie – Right Or Wrong

2012 RNB 015 - Isonics - Sugar/ Satrycon - Leave it 

August 3, 2011 Clubs 325

Brighton Weekender

Brighton Weekender - A firm fixture in the New Untouchables calendar, August bank holiday will see the Mod Scene return to its spiritual home. A really good buzz has been building since the turn of the year, last year’s party will be hard to eclipse but we will have a jolly good go. Brighton is the most popular UK seaside resort so we firmly suggest you book hotels and tickets now, see the links below.

Sat & Sunday daytime are at the Volks Tavern 200 yards east of Brighton Pier (where the scooters arrive in the iconic film Quadrophenia) The venue has a well stocked bar and serves food all day complete with outside terrace and entry is FREE both afternoons. Live bands Saturday afternoon include The Faith Keepers from Spain and Hypnotic Eye from London. Sunday will be the eagerly anticipated Scooter competition held outside the Volks at 15.00 followed by a cruise. Both days will feature open decks DJ sessions and Market selling records, vintage and bespoke clothes, art and memorabilia.

All evening events are at Brighton’s best venue the fabulous Komedia Theatre in the buzzin’ lanes area.

The venue boasts two rooms fully air conditioned, two well stocked bars with friendly staff. The main room has a huge wooden dancefloor with low ceiling and plenty of seating around the edges complete with kicking sounds system and all night licence!

We have sold out all three nights the last few years. Tickets go on sale Friday 19 April to members of our network as priority for the first two weeks, you can join the network here  it takes just five minutes to set up your profile and you will be sent a unique network code in order to purchase you ticket through the Komedia. Any remaining tickets will go on general sale Friday 3 May and we strongly advise you get a ticket in advance from the box office here 

Contact: drrobert@btinternet.com if you would like a stall in the market or a DJ spot in the afternoon open decks sessions.

Accommodation www.visitbrighton.com

NUT’S DJ’s: Pid, Rob Bailey, Lee Miller & Chris Dale will be joined by
Mik Parry, Holly Calder, Jamie Parr, Rhys Webb, Craig ‘Swifty’ Simpson & Graeme Very + more TBA

On Sunday for the BRIGHTON GOT SOUL Northern Soul allnighter in the main room special guests DJ’s Ginger Taylor, Yann Vatiste & Si Bridger join Chris Dale & Rob Bailey.

SCOOTER RIDEOUT ROUTE

  1. Head East on Madeira Drive and up the ramp.
  2. Turn right onto Marina Drive.
  3. Continue for 5 miles.
  4. Turn right into car park for Smugglers Rest pub

Venue

Night Time Events: Komedia: 44 – 47 Gardner Street Brighton, BN1 1UN
Daytime Events: Volks: 3 The Colonnade, Madeira Drive, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1PS

Dates

August 23/24/25 - Bank Holiday Weekend 2013

Programme

Friday Welcome Party @ Komedia from 11pm-3am

Sat Lunchtime @ Volks from 1-5pm with live bands Hypnotic Eye @ 2.30pm + Faith Keepers @ 3.30pm + Market + DJ’s FREE ENTRY

Sat Night Venue 1 @ Komedia from 11pm-5am

Sun Lunchtime @ Volks from 1-5pm Scooter Comp 3pm followed by Scooter Cruise + Market, 2 expos + DJ’s FREE ENTRY

Sunday night Venue 1 @ Komedia from 11pm-6am

Map

How Do I Get There?
BUS: The closest bus stops to Komedia are ‘North Street’ and ‘St. Peter’s Church’. The venue is a 5 minute walk into the North Laine area from here.

Brighton & Hove Buses calling at North Street: 1A. 2. 2A. 5. 5A. 5B. 7. 12. 12A. 12X. 14 14B. 14C. 17. 20. 21B. 22. 24. 25. 25A 26. 27. 27A. 28. 29. 29A. 37. 38A. 40. 46. 46A. 47. 49. 49A. 50. 50A. 52. 55.56. 57. 59. 77. 81. 81A. 81B. 81C. 87. 273. 700

Brighton & Hove Buses calling at St. Peter’s Church: 5. 5A. 5B. 17. 21B. 22. 24. 25. 25A. 26. 28. 29. 29A. 38A. 40. 40X. 46. 46A. 49. 49A. 49B. 50. 50A. 55. 56. 78.79. 87. 273 For maps, timetables and more information, please visit www.buses.co.uk

CAR: There are several car parks within walking distance: NCP – Church Street T: 0845 050 7080 Open Monday – Sunday, 24 hours NCP – North Road T: 0845 050 7080 Open Monday – Sunday, 24 hours Visit http://www.ncp.co.uk/multimapform.aspx for maps and more information.

NOTE: There is no on-street parking within the North Laine area. Resident Permits only.

TAXI: Taxis can drop you off outside the venue on Gardner Street. The nearest taxi ranks are: North Street (outside Barclays Bank) New Road (opposite Theatre Royal) There is a freefone in the Komedia Café to arrange pick-up from the venue. Local taxi companies: Brighton & Hove City Cabs – 01273 205205 Brighton & Hove Streamline Ltd – 01273 747474

TRAIN: Timetable enquiries: 08457 484 950 When you leave the station walk straight ahead along Queens Road, turn second left into North Road, walk down and take the 4th right into Gardner Street. Approx 7 minutes walk. Last train to London leaves Brighton 23:37, arrives London Victoria 01:09.

Sounds

Northern & Club Soul, R&B, Garage, Freakbeat, Psych, Ska/Reggae

Video

Gallery

Mono Images by Dammo © 2012, Colour Images by Ramees Farooqui © 2012

Tickets & Flyer

August 3, 2011 Events 301