Eclectic Ballroom & Queens Head Present New Year's Eve Party with A Skillz & Boca 45
Join us for what is sure to be a blockbuster event, the location is The Queens Head Peterborough, two master turntablists, fusing Hip Hop, Funk, Disco and Soul, at breakneck speeds, creating a vibe perfect to bring in the new year. So join us on 31st December.
Event Details
Time: 9pm - 3am
Last Entry: 11:45pm
Address: 10 Queen St, Peterborough PE1 1PA
Entertainment
A.Skillz
Is a true party rocker behind the turntables, captivating crowds with his ability to embrace all aspects of music that he takes inspiration from and mash them up into a unique cocktail, infused with his own signature flavour of funk.
With his DJ bookings taking him to the four corners of the world, he has appeared on stages big and small and no matter what venue or style, he brings the house down.
Having clocked up over six million + plays on his Soundcloud page, his records have gained the support of the biggest names in the industry, from Jazzy Jeff to Pete Tong, Annie Mac to Zane Lowe, whilst his DJ mixes have won over an army of supporters and resulted in him being commissioned by Radio 1 to put together a special DJ mix for their Beatles tribute night, that even had Paul McCartney tapping his feet.
His James Bond mini mix is the only ever mix to be played on every daytime show on Radio 1 in the UK, whilst his production shave appeared in films, TV adverts and many a computer game. His label Jam City has released, alongside his own work, tracks from the likes of DJ Yoda, Doorly, the Cuban Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa, Jungle Brothers, Nightmares on Wax, Mica Paris to name just a few, whilst his production Shave Seenhim collaborate with a selection of some of the industry's finest including; Kurtis Blow, Dr Luke, Nasa, Krafty Kuts, DJ Numark, Beardyman, Nick Thayer and Z trip.
Here is a little taste of what to expect link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqu3yIfa5Gc&t=36s
BOCA45
Bristol (UK) NativeBoca45 (Scott Hendy) immersed himself in all things Hip Hop from a young age and has been unleashing funky gemstone productions upon the world for years under his various guises. He formed Dynamo Productions with Portishead’s acclaimed resident DJ Andy Smith in the early 00’s & they found a new place musically, fusing the best elements of Hip Hop, funk and beats.
The duo quickly picked up a residency at Fabric live and took their new sound across the globe. Following hot on the heels of Dynamo Productions’ great success, the debut Boca45LpPitch Sounds(2004) was delivered on Manchester’s Grand Central records to huge acclaim.
Boca went on to record another2full LPS Vertigo Sounds(2006) & Dig Eat Beats Repeat(2015) Collaboration has always been an important factor of Boca’s DNA and along the way further Collaborative projects continued to develop “The Bee Keepers”(with Parker) on Jalapeno Records, “BocaWoody”(with2time world champion DJ Woody), “Malachai”(with singer Gee) on Domino Records-which was named Zane Lowes hottest record of the week & gained HUGE critical acclaim across their3LPs.There was also a string of vocal collaborations including with"The Heavy" (Ninja Tunes)lead singer Kelvin Swaby. Boca45 is also obviously a DJ of some renown having taken to the stage across the world's clubs and festivals.
Banksy personally requested him to Dj at the opening party for Dismal Landin2015and he can also include Serge from Kasabian, Geoff Barrow (Portishead),Huey Morgan & Craig Charles at BBC Radio6as part of his large group of fans. “Bombs From The Vaults ”was released late in2017viaBomb Strikes. An Anthology of all things Boca spanning the many years he has been delivering the musical goods!
The compilation was packed with classics, forgotten gems and also some new exclusive music in the form of the amazing ‘Hand Of God’ and ‘The Bear Pit’(a Collaboration with Bristol Funk outfit-Mohawkestra) which is named after an underpass in Scott’s native Bristol where men would fight with Bears as a form of entertainment! The LP was #1in the Juno sales chart. Scott Boca also heads up the hugely successful45Livemovement with partner Pete Isaac which consolidates a crew of 45 Vinyl slingers such as DJ Format, DJ Food (Ninja), John More (Coldcut) & many more to host club nights & festival areas all over the Globe (Board masters, Masked Ball etc) where only45RPM singles are played. Onto 2018 and Boca is showing no signs of slowing down, none whatsoever!
This year he’s releasing his Bocas Club Donuts series which is a7’’/45vinyl single every other month aimed squarely at the the Dance floor. BCD01 was released in Feb this year & quickly disappeared in under a week. They sold like HOT Donuts (excuse the pun)! It also had countless plays on Radio Worldwide including BBC Radio6where“Fat Back Boys ”was made single of the week..
Watch the man do his thing in the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZouBb5zh0w
