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Makin’ Moves Saturday 11th March @ Cafe Koko

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After a number of successful parties at Cafe Koko in Camden we head back to this great intimate space on Saturday 11th March for our next lounge session where you can catch our residents playing not just exclusive upcoming releases but quality music across the dance spectrum.
Joining our residents Matt & Jamesey for this event is one of our favourite DJs, Craig Smith! Craig’s career spans 30 years, starting out as resident at Audio Deluxe in his home town of Edinburgh to regular Southport Weekender/Suncebeat appearances as well as numerous gigs and radio appearances across the globe.
He cites his initial influences as boogie, jazz funk, soul it was a natural progression into the modern production techniques and sounds of dance music.
In the studio, Craig’s work has always been met with great critical acclaim. Releases are produced under his own name and various guises such as The Soul Renegades and Sound Signals, and of course his most we known moniker The 6th Borough Project, we look forward to welcoming him on the 11th!
Also on the night we will be celebrating Janet’s 60th birthday one of the London scene friendliest faces!

Makin’ Moves Lounge Session 
Saturday 11th March 
@ Café Koko
DJs 
Matt L-S and Jamesey (Makin’ Moves) 
Craig Smith (Soul Renegades) 

Cafe Koko 74 Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TP 

Doors: 9pm – 3am 
Free tickets available from RA https://ra.co/events/1654180
or e-mail info@makin-moves.co.uk with names 


Makin’ Moves Lounge Session Friday 24th February @ Cafe Koko

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Following our successful Xmas party event at Cafe Koko situated behind the awesome Koko venue in London’s Camden Town, we return there on Friday 24th February for our next lounge session which sees us playing music across the dance spectrum to an intimate dance floor.

Joining our residents Matt & Jamesey for this event will be Patrick Steele and Greg Gauthier from Dance Culture in Paris. Long standing DJ and producer Greg Gauthier; is a highly respected figure on the underground circuit for running one of the French capital’s longest running House and Garage parties and radio shows, Dance Culture and handzonradio. You can also catch him appearing regularly at the Southport Weekender and Suncebeat in Croatia! 

Patrick has been an integral part of the London dance scene for over 20 years and a big champion of the vinyl scene, Patrick runs “BYOV – Bring Your Own Vinyl”. Patrick’s show won listeners choice for the soul/funk genre on Mixcloud in 2018 and he can be heard playing at many guest spots around london. We look forward to welcoming back of them to Cafe Koko on the 24th!

Makin’ Moves Lounge Session
Friday 24th February
@ Café Koko
DJs
Matt L-S and Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
Greg Gauthier (Dance Culture, Paris)
Patrick Steele (4 Directions)
Cafe Koko 74 Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TP
Doors: 9pm – 3am Free tickets available from RA / or e-mail info@makin-moves.co.uk with name



Makin’ Moves x Shapes present a night of Cheap Thrills and Loose Morals @ The Marquis, Stoke Newington – Sat 29th October

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Saturday 29th October sees us join together with Shapes and Global Warming for a quality night of music across two floors (both equipped with Funktion One systems) at the newly refurbished Marquis in Stoke Newington.

We’ll be hosting the ground floor on the night with Matt and Jamesey on deck duties. Our special guest on the night will be DJ KarlaInTheMix from Paris for her first gig in London. The rising star hailing from Helsinki via France, has been bringing her exclusive fusion of deep house and afro sounds and getting the attention from those in the know on the club/festival scene this past summer.

Ground floor hosted by Makin’ Moves

Matt L-S Jamesey
Karlainthemix (Djoon, France)

Basement hosted by Shapes Festival & Global Warming

Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas)
Saku Sahara
Malcolm
Frank is Franck
Doors: 8pm-3.30am
Nearest overground: Dalston Junction & Dalston Kingsland

Limited £10 tickets here - https://ra.co/events/1593794


Makin’ Moves 10th Anniversary Part 2 @ 93 Feet East – Saturday 10th September 2022

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Following the amazing part one of our 10th anniversary party at 93 Feet East with Atjazz and Jimpster back in May where they both guys tore the house down, and left people asking “when’s the next party guys?!” we head back to our favourite London venue for part two on Saturday 10th September!

For this special event, Matt and Jamesey will be joined by Crackazat and Fényan in the main room. Crackazat absolutely smashed it the last time we hosted him back in 2020 and we can’t wait to welcome him once again as he brings that unique energy with his dj sets and live keys! He’s had a very busy year dropping his superb “Evergreen” album on Freerange Records plus some hot new exclusive remixes for us on the MM label so you’ll have to be in the house to catch a glimpse of those for the first time! Our second main room guest is Fényan who will be making his London debut and aren’t we excited to be bringing such a talent to Makin Moves! This man is different class growing up learning his trade firstly as a house dancer winning global acclaim but more recently he’s turned his hand to djing and producing working with the likes of Toy Tonics. His sets will have you hypnotised as he creativity works live elements over his unique beats!

Getting the show moving early on in the courtyard will be Frankie J (indahouse) and Davide Delvecchio who has recently been making a lot of noise with his Rehab events as a dj in his right. Frankie is one talented dude!! Where do we start.. This man is probably the best house dancer in the UK, taking his talents around the world showcasing and teaching, but as a DJ this guy is certainly one for the future as he showed us all at Colours in Hoxton last summer when he took the roof off! We look forward to welcoming both guys to Makin’ Moves for this very special event!

Makin’ Moves 10th Anniversary – Part 2
Saturday 10th September @ 93 Feet East

Djs

Crackazat (Freerange Records)
Fenyan (France)
Jamesey & Matt L-S (Makin Moves)

Court yard

Frankie J (Red Head House Dread)
Davide Delvecchio (Rehab London)

Saturday 10th September
93 Feet East
150, Brick Lane
London E1
Doors: 7pm – 1.30am
Limited £10 tickets available from RA/ more on the door

BUY TICKETS HERE



Makin Moves x Happydaes carnival party 2022 @Notting Hill Arts Club – Monday 29th August 2022

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After two years without the infamous Notting Hill Carnival due to the pandemic this year’s event promises to be the best in many years with millions of people set to take to the streets in West London on Monday 29thAugust! As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations here at Makin’ Moves we’ve decided to put on a special event on the bank holiday Monday at our favourite venue in West London, the Notting Hill Arts Club with our close friends over at Happydaes to celebrate this occasion and showcase some of the best dj talent in house music from the UK and across the pond. Happydaes, is a boutique dj agency and collective with a whole host of fantastic dj talent on their books and we’re so excited for our first collaboration!

We’ve put together a mouth watering bill which sees Matt and Jamesey joined by three top class djs from Happydaes – including David Harness who will be flying in from San Francisco for the gig. David’s done many remixes on the Makin moves label and we’ve been dying to get him on an event bill for many years, as hes a thoroughly awesome dj! Also, joining us will be deepintosoul owner Neil Pierce who’s right up their with the best producers and DJ’s in the UK when it comes to house music with Southport Weekender and Suncebeat residencies – and with his infamous Deep Into Soul parties.

Rounding off this tip top line up is Craig Smith, one of the most respected djs in the Uk house music scene with a career spanning over 30 years featuring a ten year stint as resident at the Honeycomb club in Edinburgh. As a producer he’s craved a niche sound under the 6th borough project and the Revenge. He’ll be joining us fresh from tearing up Suncebeat in Croatia and cant wait to hear what he has in store for us!

Makin Moves x Happydaes carnival party 2022
Monday 29th August
Notting Hill Arts Club

DJS
David Harness (Moulton Music, San Francisco)
Neil Pierce (Deepintosoul)
Craig Smith (Soul Renegades)
Jamesey & Matt L-S (Makin Moves)
Notting Hill Arts Club
21, Notting Hill Gate London w11 3jq
Tickets: £10 limited advance from RA
Doors: 7pm-2am

https://ra.co/events/1563382



Open House Boat Party – Sunday 14th August – Exclusive discount tickets

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Matt & Jamesey will be playing at the Open House boat party next month taking place on the Thames on Sunday 14th August! The guys will be playing alongside residents Joe Cox & Danny T plus guests Lee Coffey & DJ Precious. Everyone loves a boat party, right?! Tickets have been selling fast and are now onto final phase. However, if you head to www.liquidspiritfamily.co.uk today you can use promo code MAKINMOVES22 and get 20% discount!


DJ Beloved “BPM Sessions” is back this Thursday!

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DJ Beloved is back this Thursday with his monthly BPM Sessions show from 8-10pm GMT! Expect lots of exclusive material fresh from the studio from one of NYC’s finest djs..

You can listen to the show via the House FM ap or via Mixcloud live (include link) (https://www.mixcloud.com/HSEFM/).

If you miss the show you can listen back via our mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/makinmoves/) or Soundcloud pages (add link - https://soundcloud.com/makinmovesuk)



Makin’ Moves 10th Anniversary – Part 1 – Saturday 7th May @ 93 Feet East

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London based Makin’ Moves present the first in a series of events to celebrate their 10th anniversary at the awesome 93 Feet East, the perfect venue with fantastic outdoor space and state of the art sound system in the club!
This first event on Saturday 7th May sees residents Matt and Jamesey joined by two of the UK’s most respected deep house dons Freerange Records label boss Jimpster as well as Atjazz, that’s true deep house royalty in the house!
Martin Atjazz runs the very successful Atjazz Record Co label that concentrates on his productions and collaborations. He has also been a prolific remixer throughout his 20-year career, reworking and partnering on releases for artists across the globe. The list of which is as impressive as it is comprehensive: Nitin Sawhney, Bob Sinclar, Gilles Peterson, Jazzanova, The RAH Band, Karizma, Osunlade, Zed Bias & Omar to name but a few (even being requested to rework Henri Mancini’s ‘The Pink Panther Returns” for EMI Records).
It’s been a big year for producer, DJ, remixer and label boss Jimpster. 2021 saw his Freerange imprint celebrate 25 years – an astounding achievement as the label and its owner further cements their legacy for a quarter of a century without showing any signs of slowing down. Odell, under his Jimpster alias, has become one of the most revered Deep House artists out there today, so it’s easy to see why labels including Sonar Kollektiv, Razor-N-Tape, Foliage, Z Records and Soulfuric were all eager to get a piece of the British maestro.
Both men recently played a unique “Back To Back” set together at Spiritland on London’s Southbank and we’re excited to reunite them again alongside Matt L-S and Jamesey for this very special event.
The event starts at 6.30pm with our good friends Mucho Soul kicking things off in style as we welcome people for some good quality pizza and cocktails  and then we move into the club and dance until the early morning.
This is the first of four special events to celebrate this milestone at the awesome 93 Feet East in Brick Lane!
DJs
Residents
Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
Atjazz (Atjazz Record Co)
Jimpster (Freerange Records)
Mucho Soul
93 Feet East
The Old Truman Brewery
150 Brick Lane; Shoreditch
London E1 6RU
Early bird £10 tickets available from RA
More on the door
Time: 6.30pm-01.30am
For more info check www.makin-moves.co.uk
Tickets – Tickets - https://ra.co/events/1516168