Makin’ Moves Bank Holiday Special Sunday 27th August @ Grow

Bank holiday Sunday in August is always a key time in the UK music calendar for us and we’d love you to join us as we head down to the awesome Grow in Hackney Wick for this year’s bank holiday special on 27th August!

We’ve put together an exciting line up of quality djs for this one as we kick things off outside on the Regents Canal from 6pm with soul, jazz and soulful house delightfully served by DJs LEV and Dan Tenor-city. LEV is slowly craving a niche as one of the djs to watch and this summer has been extremely busy playing at Glitterbox, Up on the Roof and Suncebeat in Croatia  aswell as holding down her radio show on Balamii Radio. Dan Tenor is another busy man about town, always supplying quality music at guest spots at One Hundred Shoreditch, The Standard Hotel, and We Out Here festival this summer and look forward to welcoming both on the 27th!

Then as the night moves in we head inside the club where our residents Matt and Jamesey will be joined by Rap Saunders and Dennis Christensen from Soulmates who have been an integral part of the London deep house scene for over 20 years. They will be providing their unique deep house sound, bringing with them one of the friendliest crowds with them!

Limited £7 tickets available from Dice.fm, so grab them quick!

DJs

Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
Rap Saunders & Dennis Christensen (Soulmates)
LEV
Dan Tenor (Local Talk, 4 to the Floor, Soho Radio)

Grow Hackney
Main Yard
98c, Wallis Road
Hackney Wick
London E9 5LN
Doors: 6pm-2am
Free b4 9pm / £6 after / £8 after 10pm
Limited £7 tickets available www.dice.fm
Nearest tube: Hackney Wick
For more info check www.makin-moves.co.uk / www.growhackney.co.uk



Makin’ Moves @ Grow Hackney – Friday 11th August

Following our successful May event at Grow, the Makin’ Moves team head back to Hackney Wick for our second summer series event on Friday 11th august.

Come join us straight after work on the amazing Regents Canal and then when things get dark we head inside the club and up the vibes on their state of the art sound system.

Matt and Jamesey have had a really busy summer playing at gigs all around town and joining them for this special event will be DJ Amir from New York for an exclusive London date!!

Residing in Berlin, via Boston and Brooklyn, DJ Amir has been immersed in the world of music for three decades. In 2011, Amir launched his own 180-Proof, an acclaimed label which owns the music rights to Detroit’s Strata Records. This has seen him continue to partner with BBE to release reworks and remixes of Strata’s stunning catalogue.
Whether through his extensive work in A&R, in the clubs or on the radio with his monthly show on Worldwide FM, DJ Amir is revered by his peers and a true student of music, educating others everywhere he goes.

From his wildly successful NYC party ‘I Love Vinyl’ which ran for 9 years to Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide festival to opening for Q-Tip and to the finest clubs and unique locations, DJ Amir has graced the decks across the globe and we look forward to welcoming him to Makin Moves on 11th August!

Makin Moves @ Grow
Saturday 11th August

@ Grow Hackney
98c, Wallis Road, London E9 5LN
DJs

Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
DJ Amir (Strata Records, USA)

Doors: 7pm-2am
Tax: £6 from 9pm and £8 from 10pm

Limited £7 tickets available from dice.fm



Josh Milan Live @ Jazz Cafe – Saturday 12th August

Catch Matt and Jamesey at the famous Jazz Cafe in Camden on Saturday 12th August as they warm up the dance floor before Josh Milan hits the stage!

After an electrifying sold-out show in 2019  which Makin Moves was involved in, Josh Milan’s long-awaited return to the jazz cafe takes place this August for what will be an unmissable showcase covering three decades of music.

With ties to gospel music, the Grammy Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist, producer, and CEO of Honeycomb Music tackles each project with a level of spirituality and inventiveness uncommon in modern music.

Josh’s phenomenal “Shapes, Color and Magic” EP, 2021, explores some of the most innovative jazz and dance music rhythms ever released on the label. In this latest project, Milan pushes the boundaries and challenges our beliefs around danceable jazz music. As with his “6.9.69” LP, this EP is very jazz influenced, improvisational and timeless.

As you can imagine tickets have been selling fast so grab yours today!
General tickets are priced at £25 or if you want to eat in the restaurant its £35 - https://thejazzcafelondon.com/event/josh-milan-2/

Jazz Cafe

5 Parkway
Camden
London
NW1 7PG



Kindred Presented by Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa Es Casa Saturday 10th June @ Omeara

We are pleased to announce that following a storming debut Kindred event at the stunning Omeara venue back in April and amazing feedback from all the people that went that we are indeed returning for part two on Saturday 10th June!
Kindred is a new concept from the Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa family seeing two rooms of quality music taking you on a journey through house music to eclectic vibes with a hand picked selection of djs from the UK playing deep/soulful house through to soul, boogie and broken beats!
In the house room we’re very excited to welcome Good Vibrations label boss and all round top producer Sean McCabe to headline. Sean has got lots of great new music to showcase including his fresh new remix of Looking Glass which is out now on Makin Moves Records! Which leads us nicely onto Matt and Jamesey who will be in the house fresh from their much talked about closing set at Grow in Hackney Wick!
Taking things a little deeper on the night we welcome Stuart Patterson from Faith, who’s been at the forefront of London’s cutting-edge club scene for the last fifteen years. From DJing, promoting club nights, fanzines, mix compilations. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the London House music scene and revered by his peers and we can’t wait to hear what he’s got in his box for us on the 10th!
Making up this incredible lineup is David Bailey who has been craving niche for himself in the London house scene for sometime now with guest spots at Deep into Soul and now elevating to Suncebeat and Southport Weekender.
This time around the eclectic room is hosted by the seminal broken beat pioneers CoOp, who are currently ripping it up at their monthly residency at Town Of Brix! DJs supplying the sounds on the night will be Afronaught and Mark Force from Bugz in the Attic. Also, we are blessed to have Patrick Forge one of the UK’s pioneers of soul music kicking things off supplying soulful goodness from all angles as he knows best!
This all looks set to be an even bigger one last last time out so make sure you grab your tickets ASAP!
Limited £7 tickets are available from RA now https://ra.co/events/1707052 ! 
DJs House Room – Hosted by Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa
Sean McCabe (Good Vibrations)
Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin Moves)
Stuart Patterson (Faith)
David Bailey (Southport Weekender/Suncebeat) 
BongoManFlex on Percussions
Eclectic Room - Hosted by Coop
Afronaught (Bugs in the Attic/Coop)
Mark Force (Bugz in the Attic/Coop)
Patrick Forge (Inspiration Information)
Kindred Presented by Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa Es Casa 
Saturday 10th June 
Omeara London 
6 O’Meara Street, SE1 1TE 
Nearest tube: London Bridge 
10.30pm – 4am (doors close at 2am) 
Early bird tickets £7 in advance from RA.co / £20 on the door 


Makin’ Moves Friday 12th May @ Grow Hackney – Limited £6 tickets available

The Makin’ Moves team kick off their series of summer events down at Grow in Hackney Wick on Friday 12th May! We’re very excited about our first event at this venue because of its location with outside space for the summer evenings looking out onto the Regents Canal and then when things get dark we head inside the club and up the vibes on their state of the art sound system.

We’ve put a special line up together for this event, alongside our resident Matt and Jamesey fresh from their storming set at Omeara last weekend!

Man of the moment Laroye will be kicking things off outside from 7pm on the outdoor terrace. Laroye has released music exploring a variety of different genres from broken beat through funk and boogie on labels such as Local Talk, Midnight Riot, Glitterbox.

We then move inside where Lars Behrenroth will take centre stage! Hes flying in exclusively for this gig and last played in london over 5 years ago. Lars has played at world-renowned clubs like DEEP (LA), Distillery (Leipzig, Germany), Motor City Lounge (Detroit), Stereo (Montreal, Canada), Queens (Paris, France) and in the recent years enjoys a massively growing fan base in South Africa.

This year his highly acclaimed, award-nominated and respected weekly two-hour radio show, “Deeper Shades of House” is celebrating its 18 year anniversary. The show can be heard on many radio stations worldwide (FM, Satellite, DAB & online), is featured on iTunes as an essential music podcast and reaches over 1/4 million listeners each month and we can’t wait to hear what he has in store for us on the 12th!

There’s a very limited number of tickets available for this event so get them fast otherwise get their early!

Makin’ Moves
Friday 12th May
@ Grow Hackney

DJs

Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
Lars Behrenroth (Deeper Shades of House, USA)
Laroye (Local Talk)

Grow Hackney
Main Yard
98c, Wallis Road
Hackney Wick
London E9 5LN
Doors: 7pm-2am 
Tax: Free b4 9pm / £6 after / £8 after 10pm
Nearest tube: Hackney Wick
For more info check www.makin-moves.co.uk / www.growhackney.co.uk



Makin’ Moves & Empire House Family pres “I’ll House You” Vol. 6 – Cypher Edition Sunday 30th April 2023 @ EartH Kitchen

Makin’ Moves and Empire House family come together for an all dayer on bank holiday Sunday 30th April at EartH Kitchen situated above the famous EartH music venue in Dalston. The space is the perfect spot to dance with high ceilings and wooden floor and state of the art sound system. This is the first time these two exciting brands have come together to bring London something different for bank holiday Sunday.
The party kicks off at 4pm with the Empire House Family residents playing their unique vibes as they warm up the floor. The party then moves up a gear as the dancers in the house come together for the “Cypher” many who would have flown in from various parts of Europe taking part in a house dance battle to determine a champion and a cash prize of £100!
While this is all going on the Makin’ Moves residents Matt and Jamesey will be taking over deck duties playing their unique brand of deep and soulful house! Headlining later on in the evening we are excited to welcome one of London’s most prolific DJ, producer, musician and true deep house don’s, Jimpster owner of Freerange Records. Jimpster is one of the true greats of deep house music and is revered for his deep and soulful productions with musicality and heavy groove. His labels Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur continue to deliver quality and consistency. He is also a world-class DJ with eclectic tastes and for this event, we’ll be going across the board from house and disco to soulful, Brazilian and Afro vibes! Limited £7 tickets are available from RA, more on the door!
Makin’ Moves & Empire House Family 
Sunday 30th April 2023 @ EartH Kitchen (Situated above EartH)
DJs Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
RickyBoom (Empire House Family)
Dat Boi Troy + Steph Be (Empire House Family)
Jimpster (Freerange Records)
EartH Kitchen
11-17 Stoke Newington Road *enter via Truman’s Road
London N16 8BH
Doors: 4pm-12am
 
£7 early bird tickets available from RA / More on the door
https://ra.co/events/1672512


Saturday 22nd April Kindred Presented by Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa Es Casa @ Omeara


Two of London’s most respected deep house brands Makin’ Moves and Mi Casa unite once again for a new event “Kindred” taking place at Omeara in London Bridge on Saturday 22nd April. When these two giants meet at the same venue back in 2018 it was a party to remember so you know you’ve got to be at this event!

Kindred is a new concept seeing two rooms of quality music taking you on a journey through house music to eclectic vibes and beyond with a hand picked selection of djs from the UK playing deep/soulful house through to soul, boogie and broken beat in room two.

In the main room you’ll catch Makin Moves residents Matt and Jamesey playing the unique brand of house music and they will be ably assisted by The Journeymen who are one of the most talked about duos’s in the scene right now. Paul Degallerie will be getting the room moving nicely from early doors!

Room two will be hosted by Soul Fuel, a collective of four very respected djs from London playing the vinyl format lead by Marcia Carr (Girlz B Like). Expect a heavy selection of soul, boogie, broken beat over 6 hours!

Saturday 22nd April
Kindred Presented by Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa Es Casa Omeara London
6 O’Meara Street, SE1 1TE

Main Room – Hosted by Makin’ Moves & Mi Casa
Matt & Jamesey (Makin Moves)
Paul Degallerie (Twisted Soul Project)
The Journey Men (Ben Coppin & Mr Miggs)
BongoManFlex on Percussions

Room 2 – Hosted by Soul Fuel
Marcia Carr [Girlz B Like]
Jerry Frempong [DOD]
PappaFunk [DSS]
Roy Westfield [Snake & Dagger]
10.30pm – 4am

Early bird tickets £7 in advance from Ra - https://ra.co/events/1658794
/ £20 on the door For more info omearalondon.com Tel: 07939 575 221 / 07961 380 926


Makin’ Moves Lounge Session Friday 17th March @ Cafe Koko

Makin’ Moves continue their series of Spring events at the much loved Cafe Koko in Camden, situated behind the famous Koko club.

Following three great parties the team head back for a special night inconjuction with Work the Floor a Waacking dance festival held in London Town on the same weekend with dancers across Europe coming together to Battle, Dance and workshops to improve their dance skills!

Friday 17th is the first day of the festival so we’re expecting an up for it crowd to hit the dance floor getting down to the sounds of MM residents Matt and Jamesey who will be joined by RickyBoom from the Empire House Family dance collective on the decks playing a section of dance music across the spectrum from soul and jazz to soulful deep house.

Makin’ Moves In conjunction wth “Werk The Floor London” Friday 17th March @ Koko Café

DJs
Matt L-S and Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
RickyBoom (Empire House, Portugal)
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 names



Makin’ Moves Saturday 11th March @ Cafe Koko

 

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

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