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Welcome to blowpop.co.uk, the home of blowpop. Bristol's legendary
night of Leftfield beats, breaks and electronica. Our events happen on
the FOURTH FRIDAY of the month at the World Famous Thekla Social. All our events feature our infamous residents
KRAFTY KUTS (Finger Lickin), JOHN STAPLETON (Grand Slam), STEREO 8 (Finger Lickin), MISTER CRAIG (Big Chill), HAMISH (Naughty, Aus), APEGG (Giant Robot). Our environments
are built by PUBLIC ENEMA.
BlowPop News
:: New Facebook group up! :: |
[posted: 30/01/2008] |
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Please go here and join us:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8621205887&ref=mf
Sign up for early show announcements, mixes, occasional freebies and random acts of kindness... |
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:: Keep It Rural on NYE! :: |
[posted: 28/12/2007] |
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Only a few days left before we Keep It Rural! at the Bristol Academy for New Year\\\'s Eve. Babyhead, DJ Yoda, Freestylers DJ set, Fruity Antica and much more.....
Rural dress encouraged!
9.30 - doors open
5.00 - GET OFF MY LAND!
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:: The Christmas Rave! :: |
[posted: 19/12/2007] |
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| Only a few days left till our Christmas Rave at Clockwork....
Friday 21st December with BP faithful Stanton Warriors, Ed Banger's Krazy Baldhead, old-skool legends Top Buzz and Digital Mystikz Coki - plus Santa Bernie's Ghetto Grotto and BP residents galore....
if you can't let yourself down at Christmas.... |
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:: Back on the Boat next Friday (Oct 26th) :: |
[posted: 19/10/2007] |
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| After a nice relaxing party at the skate park last week (thanks to Freestylers, Alex Metric, Phonique and all the rest...), we're back on the good ship Thekla with DJ Zinc's freestyle set and the Rogue Element.... details in the events section.....
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:: YOUNGBLOOD and MALAKAI :: |
[posted: 03/10/2007] |
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| Youngblood Brass Band return to Bristol Fiddlers on Wednesday October 10th for another stupendous blast of their riot jazz. Also on the bill, Bristol supergroup Malakai making their debut performance - don't miss this one!
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:: DJ Yoda is coming! :: |
[posted: 30/08/2007] |
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| Friday September 28th - the world's favourite comedy-influenced turntabalist steps on board the good ship Thekla for a spellbinding set of jaw-dropping skills and novelty breakdowns. Plus BP residents downstairs and party chaos from M.A.N.D.A.T.E. and Pure Respect upstairs.... |
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:: Back on the boat with Freestylers! :: |
[posted: 07/08/2007] |
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| After the electro-riot that was Alex Ridha's set last month, BlowPop's back on Friday August 24th with our old friend and BP veteran, Matt Cantor (Freestylers), alongside Freestylers' MC, SirReal, for a session of crushing breaks, hypnotic basslines and ridiculous drug noise. Works for us! And of course all the BlowPop residents too, and We Don't Play on the top deck..... |
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:: BOYS NOIZE at the Thekla :: |
[posted: 19/07/2007] |
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| After skipping last month due to Glastonbury Festival, BlowPop's back on the boat for July with Berlin's Alex Ridha - otherwise known as BOYS NOIZE. Full residents downstairs, with upstairs looked after by JUST JACK's Tommy Rio and Dan Wild.
Rock and Rave! |
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:: Ozomatli back in Bristol :: |
[posted: 29/06/2007] |
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| BlowPop and Hustler are very pleased to say "Ozomatli are back". Tuesday July 10th. They are, simply, the best live band in the world.... |
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:: BlowPop in June :: |
[posted: 01/06/2007] |
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| Due to our regular monthly date at the Thekla coinciding with some festival in Somerset, we won't be having a June BlowPop on the boat. So to compensate, we've got together with afterparty kings Just Jack for a huge one-off at Motion Skate Park on Saturday 9th of June, with Krafty Kuts, Serge Santiago and a load more....
Three rooms plus a barbeque on the terrace, 10pm -6am. Tickets are on sale now - £9 in advance.
p.s. We're back on the Thekla at the end of July with Boys Noize.... |
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:: Thekla May Show :: |
[posted: 02/05/2007] |
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| On May 25th we host our biggest show yet on the boat - with Simian Mobile Disco playing live alongside Erol Alkan. Upstairs we have a psychedelic session with the Rizla Invisible Players featuring Andy Votel and Pete Fowler. Support from BP residents as usual - best to get tickets very early for this one as demand will be huge! |
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:: May madness! :: |
[posted: 02/05/2007] |
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| After a successful return from the Stanton Warriors at the end of April, we've got a couple of fantastic shows in May. On the 4th, we head down to Fiddlers Club for a show with the Canadian turntable-and-cartoon genius Kid Koala on his 'Your Mum's Favourite DJ' tour, then on Friday May 25th it's back to the Thekla for our biggest show yet on the boat....
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:: 11th Birthday Update :: |
[posted: 26/03/2007] |
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| Advance tickets for the Circus of Horrors show at the Thekla have almost sold out...but we are keeping a guaranteed 100 tickets for the door. 50 of these are for the first 50 people, and 50 are being held for the first 50 people dressed in circus or horror clobber...so if youve missed out on a ticket you know what to do!!! And even if you have a ticket its still going to be worth the effort. |
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:: BlowPop's Birthday! :: |
[posted: 27/02/2007] |
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| BlowPop shifts to the last Friday of March to celebrate our 11th Birthday with the Plump DJs. As always, BP's birthday is an excuse for us all to dress up and act even more stupidly than usual - this time the fancy dress theme is the 'Circus of Horrors', so get zombied up and join the party..... |
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:: BlowPop January 007 :: |
[posted: 03/01/2007] |
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| A big thanks to everyone who made our NYE event a truly memorable occassion - and hearty congratulations to SWEB for successfully providing continuous power for 6 hours.
Our next party will be on 26 January at the Thekla. Joining BP's usual crew will be Brighton's special breaksheadz, Evil Nine... |
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:: Power Cut! :: |
[posted: 23/12/2006] |
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| Last night (Friday December 22nd) there was a local power cut due to a fault in the substation which affected the Thekla, River Station, Severnshed and a few other places. We were told by SWEB that it would be fixed by 11.30pm, but in the event it took longer. Luckily we managed to move the night to the Warehouse and most people came over and had a great night.
Thanks to everyone who bore with us while we tried to rectify a tricky situation - and special thanks to the Warehouse people for letting us take their venue over at about ten minutes notice, and the Thekla security for coming over and working on the door.
If the electricity people (SWEB) had been able to give us a better idea of when their fault was going to be fixed, things would have been a little less hectic, but these things can't be predicted... |
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:: DECEMBER SHOWS :: |
[posted: 02/12/2006] |
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| This December we've set up a Christmas double header at the the Thekla, in conjunction with Shoestring and The Blast.
First up: FRIDAY 8TH with THE SCRATCH PERVERTS. Then two weeks later, on the final friday (22nd) before XMas - a night known for excess - we welcome back the STANTON WARRIORS. Tickets are available from all usual outlets and after seeing many disappointed because they couldn't get in to hear Erol Alkan, we recommend getting them in advance...
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:: BlowPop 24 November :: |
[posted: 24/11/2006] |
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| We welcome back the wonderful Erol Alkan to the Thekla.
Advance tickets for this show are now sold out, 100 will be held back for the door but get there early if you want to get on board.
LATE NOTICE: Due to record company commitments, Simian Mobile Disco are not able to make tonights show - they have to finish an album! However, we are pleased to announce that Riton will be taking their place. Check out: www.myspace.com/ritontime.
If this is not your cup of tea and you were only coming for SMD we will refund your ticket at the door. |
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:: Youngblood Brass Band :: |
[posted: 05/09/2006] |
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| The Mid-West's answer to the Roots are back to shame us all with their hyperactive pure party music made with breath and brass - and, of course, the sousaphone!
Thursday 7th September at Fiddlers |
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:: RADIO SOULWAX AT THE ACADEMY :: |
[posted: 30/08/2005] |
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| NITE VERSIONS LIVE
2 MANY DJs
SUPPORT: WHO MADE WHO (LIVE) & JUSTICE
Wednesday 28 September 8pm-1am
Advance tickets £14 from usual outlets or www.ticketweb.co.uk |
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:: BLOWPOP ASHTON COURT AFTERPARTY :: |
[posted: 30/06/2005] |
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| SATURDAY 16 JULY 10.30PM4.30AM
The longest running unofficial official Ashton Court festival afterparty is back, officially!
Our line-up includes Orbital\\\'s Phil Hartnoll, as well as emerging new stars the Breakfastaz, and Australia\\\'s number one DJ Kid Kinobe.
Once again we have lobbied the dark forces at the council and secured a late drinking licence for festival afterparty crew.
Advance tickets are £8 / Door price is £10. |
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:: MELLE MEL & SCORPIO, SCRATCH PERVERTS, KRAFTY KUTS, PHIL KEIREN TICKETS ON SALE NOW! :: |
[posted: 16/05/2005] |
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| SCROLL DOWN TO WIN TICKETS!! |
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:: WIN! WIN! WIN! :: |
[posted: 10/05/2005] |
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| IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WIN TICKETS FOR ANY OF THE BLOWPOP SHOWS IN OUR EVENTS LISTING SECTION THEN SIMPLY TELL US WHY YOU THINK WE SHOULD GIVE YOU A TICKET AND EMAIL YOUR ANSWER ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND THE EVENT YOU WISH TO ATTEND TO........
info@blowpop.co.uk.
There are four pairs of tickets available per event! |
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:: LONDON ELEKTRICITY & FINGATHING LIVE :: |
[posted: 22/04/2005] |
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| SATURDAY 14TH MAY @ BRISTOL ACADEMY
More info soon |
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:: TREVA WHATEVA (NINJA TUNE) * WIN TICKETS!!! :: |
[posted: 18/04/2005] |
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| FRIDAY 29TH APRIL @ LEVEL, PARK ROW. £5 ADV
TREVA WHATEVEA PLAYS HIS FIRST GIG IN BRISTOL FOR BP. THIS SUMMER SEES THE RELEASE OF HIS LONG AWAITED FIRST ALBUM "MUSIC MADE OF MEMORIES" AND HIS AWSOME NEW SINGLE "WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY". TO WIN TICKETS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION -
Treva Whatevea's long time friend and DJ cohort is Andrew Carthy. What is Andrew's DJ name?
send answers to info@blowpop.co.uk |
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:: Sat 9 April - WIN! WIN! WIN! :: |
[posted: 06/04/2005] |
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| For those sick of chocolate eggs, we recommend the all new BP Nutkins Diet. Freestylers' Matt Cantor and MC Sir Real, Resin Dogs (Aus) and Nextmen join BP's residents to help shed that unwanted flab.
10pm - 4am at the Bristol Academy.
To enter our draw to win tickets for this leg churning extravaganza all you have to do is email info@blowpop.co.uk and leave details how we can contact you! |
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:: Birthday Thanks! :: |
[posted: 15/03/2005] |
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| We'd just like to say thanks to everyone who came to the Ninth Birthday Galactic Circus on the 12th of March, and especially to those who dressed up! It was an excellent night and every DJ on the bill played a blinder. Next event from us is the Good Friday show at Level with the Stanton Warriors on March 25th - details in the Events section - and we've got some pretty fine nights coming up through April and May, more details soon... |
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:: BlowPop's Ninth Birthday :: |
[posted: 08/03/2005] |
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| We're celebrating our Ninth Birthday with a Galactic Circus at the Academy on Saturday 12th March. BP legends Plump DJs are joined by the Breakfastaz, the return of Luke Vibert, and the BP debut of Evil Nine. The usual BP birthday chaos - lasers, clowns and tightrope-walking aliens - will make it a Galactic Circus to remember.... |
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:: BlowPop / Oxfam Benefit :: |
[posted: 04/02/2005] |
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| Saturday February 12th sees the BlowPop leg of the 'Crisis In Asia' events in Bristol. BlowPop residents are joined by an array of party-rocking talent to raise money for Oxfam. So far confirmed are:
Aspects LIVE
Babyhead LIVE
Boca 45 (Grand Central)
Geoff Barrow (Portishead)
James Lavelle (U.N.K.L.E.)
Queen Bee (Cosies)
with more to be announced. Tickets are £10 advance from the usual outlets, all proceeds to Oxfam, registered charity number 202918. For more information, please visit www.crisisinasia.co.uk |
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:: BLOWPOP GAS BASH 2005 :: |
[posted: 12/01/2005] |
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| Welcome to a new year of BP events! Our first date is at Level and features the one of several new faces for BlowPop and Bristol. Nathan J Whitey is a journalist, graffiti artist, remixer (Kylie, Soulwax), multi-instrumentalist and east-london habitue of clubs like Nag Nag Nag and Trash.
WHITEY LIVE (1234 RECORDS)@ LEVEL FRIDAY 28th JAN.
LP - the light at the end of the tunnel is a train - out Feb 2005
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:: BlowPop Hogmanay :: |
[posted: 14/12/2004] |
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| See in the New Year BlowPop style at the World Famous Bristol Academy. Three rooms of music from hip hop to dub to hard-as-nails breaks, headlined by Ugly Duckling, Krafty Kuts and DJ Format, with support from the full BP crew. The venue will be transformed by V-Lux, Public Enema and I-Vision - and all tickets sold come with a free mix CD from BlowPop residents Stereo 8, John Stapleton and Dr Moody. Full line-up details on the events page...and please arrive early to beat the rush! |
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:: Plantlife in Bristol :: |
[posted: 15/11/2004] |
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| BlowPop are extremely proud to present the Bristol debut show from the wonderful Plantlife - the killer new Californian funk band who've arrived to kick Outkast's ass. Already acclaimed by music luminaries from Gilles Peterson and Mos Def to the Chemical Brothers and Dangermouse, Plantlife's amazing debut album 'The Return of Jack Splash' combines hip hop with the best of Sly Stone and Prince. The mothership touches down at Fiddlers Club on Wednesday November 24th...be there! |
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:: WIN TICKETS TO ORBITAL, FREESTYLERS, DARK GLOBE AND TAYO! :: |
[posted: 23/09/2004] |
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| We are launching our Autumn season with a masive show at the Academy. ORBITAL'S PHIL HARTNOLL is joined by breakbeat superstars THE FREESTYLERS with full LIVE band, who ripped apart the Jazz Big Top at Ashton Court this year. Our second Live show of the night comes from DARK GLOBE and Mob Label boss and Kiss Fm dj TAYO ,who we think is probably the best breaks jock out there at present ,drives up from London. We are giving away two pairs of tickets for this night all you have to do is mail your answer to ed@blowpop.co.uk. The first two correct answers win a pair of tickets each!
Q. What is the new Freestylers Album called? |
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:: POMME DE TERROR :: |
[posted: 14/09/2004] |
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| Would the owner of the Potato Necklace that was confiscated by Academy doorstaff (!?Why!?) on the way in to Mr Scruff please contact the BP office.
We'd like to return this to the owner before it (i) grows eyes, (ii) gets boiled, or (iii) is involved an act of earthy violence (as predicted by the doorstaff).
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:: Stereo 8 :: |
[posted: 09/08/2004] |
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| Stereo 8 remix of Orbital's Chart topping "one perfect sunrise" has entered the breakbeat charts at NO. 1.
DJ Hyper said in DJ Mag " ...the Stereo 8 mix is great. Tough beats from the Bristolians and a massive Lush breakdown in true Orbital style and you have a memorable encounter in the name of Orbitals last studio album. You would be well advised to find this before its worth a load of money." 4.5/5 |
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:: RJD2 is back! :: |
[posted: 28/07/2004] |
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| Saturday August 14th sees the return of RJD2 for his LAST UK SHOW THIS YEAR. His last Bristol show (at Fiddlers) sold out so fast we didn't have time to print flyers! Support on the 14th comes from Manchester's FINGATHING and new hip hop outfit - also from the rainy city - BROKE'N'ENGLISH.
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