Rich Mix – April Music Listings

In April the Shoreditch cinema and arts centre presents an exciting programme of live music events bringing together everything from an African takeover over the Easter weekend to a breathtaking audiovisual journey with Soumik Datta.

What: Dialogues Trio with Sirish Kumar Album Launch
When: Tuesday 10 April 7.30pm – 11pm
Price: £6 adv, £8 door

Cutting edge original gnu jazz. Long standing classically influenced contemporary jazz trio ‘Dialogues Trio’ here team up with world-renowned tabla player Sirish Kumar. The trio have always drawn on their respective classical backgrounds to create a band with stylistic cohesion and a sense of identity.

What: Easter Bank Holiday Special: Afrikokoa and Direction Africa
When: Saturday 7 April 4pm – 1am
Price: Free before 8pm / £7 adv, £10 door or after 8pm

In association with Rich Mix a very special Easter Saturday session featuring AFRI-KOKOA and DIRECTION AFRICA on the same day. Direction Africa celebrates the continent’s culture at a time when there is greater focus on Africa than ever before. It consists of film/documentary showing followed by panel discussion and QnA. Afri-kokoa celebrate in the best in contemporary live Afro-inspired music. 4pm to 7pm – Film/Documentary; 8pm to 1am – Live music and DJs AJ Kwame and Volta45 playing a fine dance floor selection of Afro-beat, African Rhumba, Funky Afro, Hiplife, Highlife and Afro-mashups.

What: Open the Gate Circus
When: Sunday 8 April 12pm – 1am
Price: Free before 7pm/ £8 adv, £10 door or after 7pm

A full day & night of events the African Market in the afternoon reknown Design and Arts Fair Family event, followed by ‘ The Africa’s CowFoot’ an exclusive magical & vibrant CABARET NIGHT of African Storytelling & music in the evening.

What: MWALIMU EXPRESS
When: Sunday 15 April 2pm – 6pm
Price: Free

London’s only Pan African family adventure chugs in with a dazzling experience of Africa and the Diaspora. All aboard the Mwalimu Express as we pull in to African cities and bring you awesome music from around the continent. Balafon, mbira, talking drum, molo, oud and kora are just some of the instruments to be featured live by the amazing musicians we meet at each destination, plus Max and Rita on the dex spinning the tunes. Come join in the stupendous storytelling sessions, Screen Station films and far out family arts workshops.

What: La Iaia
When: Friday 20 April 8pm – 1am
Price: £6 adv, £8 door

In today’s musical landscape, where nothing new seems to be happening in terms of sound, it’s very grateful to hear La Iaia’s songs. Encompassing different folk influences, its music allows us to discover this genre under a different way, totally new, genuine and recognizable.

What: THE NEST COLLECTIVE
When: Saturday 21 April 8pm – 1am
Price: Free

The Nest Collective (offspring of The Magpie’s Nest – BBC Folk Club of 2010) – has grown to become London’s place to go for discovering the amazing resurgence in music being made under the banner of ‘New Folk, Old Folk & No Folk’.
Formed in 2006, The Nest Collective hosts regular events, creating platforms for traditionally-inspired British and World artists from both emerging and established backgrounds. Musicians and audiences alike come for our unique intimate and un-pedestaled environment, no matter which venue, for the making of music and the opportunity to be part of a shared experience.

What: The London Lucumi Choir Album Launch
When: Tuesday 24 April 7pm – 11pm
Price: £7 adv, £10 door

Movimientos & Como No presents The London Lucumi Choir Album launch with Gerado Y Su Rumba Ache.Continuing a regular night at Rich Mix, Movimientos joins forces with Como No to present the launch for the first full length album from the London Lucumi Choir as part of La Linea Festival 2012. Led by director / arranger Daniela Rosselson De Armas – who studied Spiritual Song in Matanzas, Cuba – the choir sing songs from the living tradition of Santeria (also known as Lucumi) brought to Cuba from West Africa and celebrate their 5th birthday by launching the CD here.

What: Circle of Sound Premiere by Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger
When: Saturday 28 April 8pm – 1am
Price: £10, £7 student, concs

Circle of Sound: Album Launch and Premiere. ‘One of the biggest new music talents in Britain’ (Vogue), Soumik Datta collides with Austrian drummer Bernhard Schimpelsberger. Taking you on a breathtaking audiovisual journey through India and Europe, ‘Circle of Sound’ is the story of how two men overleap cultural borders to find a unified language in music.

What: 1234 Action No. 1
When: Friday 13 April 7pm – 1am
Price: £6 adv, £8 door

Rich Mix hosts the launch for this Shoreditch based festival featuring live performances from Savages, Off Love and Bank of Joy and DJ sets from S.C.U.M., Advert, Double Denim and Streets of Biege.

What: Allsortz
When: Monday 9 April 7pm – 11pm
Price: Free

An evening packed with energy and talent. Showcasing the very best the capital has to offer in up-and-coming performers. Are you a singer, rapper, dancer, comedian, or spoken word
artist looking to take that next step and perform in front of a live audience? If so then Allsortz is for you.

What: Brassroots
When: Wednesday 11 April 7.30pm – 11pm
Price: Free

Join Brassroots this month for their FIRST LONDON GIG OF 2012! The wait is over. Brassroots are back to bring you what you need. This year you may have noticed that the band is not at Rich Mix every month. This is because they have decided to support the bands they love even more by handing over the headlining spot for 8 months out of the year.

What: Tilt’s London Liming
When: Thursday 12 April 7.30pm – 11pm
Price: £7, £5 student or concs

Tilt’s London Liming is a spoken word party transporting the cosmopolitan vibe of Trinidad ‘liming’ culture to London. In April, Tilt’s London Liming Explores and Asserts Independence with a line up including Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Roger Robinson, John Agard and Simon Mole with live music by James Ingham.

What: Pongathon
When: Tuesday 17 April 5pm – 11pm
Price: Free

The coolest ping pong party on the planet. Pongathon is a conceptual social playground of art, design, music and innovations, all set around the wonderful game of Ping Pong and features wall to wall ping pong tables for hire, set against a backdrop of DJs and visual art.

What: Showcase Cities
When: Wednesday 18 April 6pm – 11pm
Price: Free

The platform for emerging artists. Beautifully presented, brilliantly lit exhibitions offering a fantastic opportunity to see emerging artists display new works and ideas, plus live music from a selection of excellent unsigned bands and soloists.

Where: Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA
More Info: www.richmix.org.uk