pecknam blog – adventures in SouthEast London

{friday, 7th dec} – needleandthreads big-ass chrimbo shindiggery..

8pm till 4am, £6/£5 NUS, or £4 before 9pm!

the mighty BAD SCIENCE are headlining this festive knees up, and will be bringing their usual dance-floor wrecking dubfunk-skahop-ery, frontman DISRAELI’s BBC national poetry slam winning lyricism, and the same horn section that helped them rip the festivals to shreds!

support is from the sublimely stompy HEADJAM, bringing their own brand of consciously-lyricised, metallic south london dub-funk..

QUEENS ENGLISH will be clocking in with some (very well-pronounced) hiphop, conscious lyricals, heavy beats, and a bouncy stage presence providing all the elements..

local singer-songwriter, ELLY JACKSON will be starting proceedings, with an eye-wateringly good performance of her latest pieces..

dj DARK- providing uplifting roots, and reggae with culture..

dj RINSE – closing the night with a classic oldschool junglist flex..

SCHEME BOY – Effortlessly juggles enriching melodies with fiercely edited gabber breaks. He is a founding member of the Adverse Camber collective and has released on Ninja Columbo and Bang a Rang…

MULLY – Part of the infamous Wrong Music crew from Brighton, Mully is a purveyor of rave tinged techno and dancefloor shaking acid grooves…

SYMMETRIK – Long time promoter and dj, Symmetrik spins the latest and greatest in electro breaks. As a dj he is prolific but of recent note is his residency for Baselogic and his performace at the hugely successful Bloc Weekender earlier in the year…

PATSCAN – Plays with complex rhythms and bittersweet melodies in techno flavoured electronica. He has recently released on Concrete Plastic and Rednetic…

UNCLE SMUTFIST – This audio pervert has a sound that dances between distorted dubstep and battered breaks…

NOUVELLE CROIX – your friendly neighbourhood gypsy warlords are back, opening the festivities, swing-jazzing their way round the bar, with django style strummery…

wowser..