DAM MANTLE (LIVE) & DOLBY ANOL AT KNOCK KNOCK
23.02.2011Knock Knock is a weekly club at The Art School. It is a stage for the most innovative bands, live acts and DJs and a space for explorations in light, form and design.
The night is presented by Synergy Concerts and TAKTAL; a unique collaboration between promoter and visual arts label. Synergy will be joining the dots between the most exciting touring bands and the best of home-grown talent; while TAKTAL will be providing the creative direction and working closely with Art School students, tutors and graduates to curate a night of visual splendour.
Admission is £3 in advance (limited tickets available) or GSA Students and £5 for everyone else after 11.30pm
MJ COLE
Mixed Bizness & Glasgow School Of Art…
MJ Cole (UK Don) Hint (Tru Thoughts) Benny Boom (Solid Steel)
Moving images by Visual Aids
Friday 18th February Glasgow School Of Art
11pm - 3am £3/5 GSA students free before midnight /£3 after
A Royal College of Music graduate who has released some of the most important UK dance records of the last ten years, MJ Cole's intricate, heart-wrenching garage productions did more to link the abstract, avant-garde tendencies of the sound to the exploding mainstream scene than any other artist’s work.
Releasing Sincere in 1998, an era-defining single that was both one of the biggest influences on 21st century British dance music, and an overground hit, MJ Cole went on to sign to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud label where he put out Sincere the album; one of – if not the – defining garage full-length, and one that spawned the massive single ‘Crazy Love’. It was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
While he never lost his touch with underground British club music MJ Cole's releases on his own label, Prolific, including the recent Riddim EP, remixes for Mad Decent, Primary 1, Drop The Lime, etc and his production work with Wiley and Example among others show a man deeply committed to the search for emotive, smart and brave club music.
Joining MJ Cole is our very own Hint from Tru Thoughts. He makes and plays 'forward thinking awkward dance music, brimming with genius'
Following global success with the seminal “Portakabin Fever” on Ninja Tune, Hint decided to pursue a more club-friendly direction on Tru Thoughts. One album and 5 EPs later, confirmed Hint as one of the men of the moment in electronic music, with support coming from all corners – ranging from club DJs like Toddla T, J Da Flex, DJ Food, Zinc and Ben UFO to the likes of BBC Radio 1’s Giles Peterson and Rob Da Bank.