Party: Santé b2b Sidney Charles | Saint Judes | TONIGHT

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Party: Santé b2b Sidney Charles | Saint Judes | TONIGHT

Saturday 29th November

Avotre Label Showcase

.Santé b2b Sidney Charles

.Harrison (Option One)

.J-ON (Option One)

Avotre Presents : Sante b2b Sidney Charles

"À votre santé!“ that’s how french people and, occasionally, some extra-sophisticated middle-class-intellectuals everywhere are drinking to the health and well being of each other. So it’s pretty obvious, how the label-moniker Avotre came about.

On the one hand, it draws a line to its initiator Santé – busy, renowned, Berlin-residing producer, DJ and soundwizard. On the other hand, it already hints towards the agenda of this enterprise. Around all those labels popping up all the time, mostly being just virtual phenomenons, the Avotre-cosmos aspires to grow into a distinctly recognizable and even sensible matter of heart. To put it straight: Avotre is concerned about its scene’s well being.

Santé
Around a time when deep house music was imploding in on itself amidst a deluge of uninspiring loops, mindless repetition and utter disposability, Berlin’s Santé emerged as part of a wave of new producers with a different cut to their electronic jib. His productions ooze character, charisma, soul, colour, humour and above all a sense of humanity and feeling so devoid from the less inspiring corners of house music.

He describes himself both as a party animal and a studio gremlin (“because you need to be both to do music!”), and cites his biggest influences as The Cure, Talking Heads, Aphex Twin and the Detroit techno pioneers and legends.

Sidney Charles
It might have come as a surprise to some that Hamburg’s Sidney Charles topped Resident Advisor’s Top 100 Most Charted Artists of 2013, but it’s an accolade that speaks volumes about both his approach to music and his prolific, consistent output.

For a producer who only started releasing music in 2011, Sidney’s achievements are all the more impressive. In the space of just three years, his works have graced bastions of house and techno such as Avotre, 8bit, I Am A House Gangster, Moda Black, Off, VIVa, Kling Klong, SCI+TEC, Suara and Area Remote - each release adding to his clout and helping him to become one of the biggest names in the underground. And that’s where he wants to stay. He has no lofty aspirations to play arena shows or break through into the mainstream of electronic music. He’d rather stay true to the scene and surroundings he loves and develop and grow therein.

Option One

No strangers to the basement Option One residents Harrison & J-ON cap off an exceptional year on the support duties and hosting the pre party bounce with Alex Caslano in the Liquor Store.

Invited: Dee Troit, Chris Hall, Sandy MacMillan, Scott Abercrombie, Chris Niven, Nick Scott, Anthony Carson, Ally Deas, Ross McMahan, Emma Williamson, Halszka Jordan, Lokesh Marwaha, Roisin Moran Brady, Hannah Moore, Mark Anthony, Vasco Marini, Mo Rg An, Jamie Jones, Sophie Strand, Billy Jo Nutter Blacklock, Andy Gourlay show more »