THE
SHELTER THIS SATURDAY THE 6TH JULY
THE
BOOTIE SHAKE
SOUND
SYSTEM
INTRODUCING
ARVEENE, DJ SCOPE
WITH
MC’S POETIC
AND LITTLE TREE
PLUS MOVES
AND SHAKES FROM
TML B-BOYS
& THE BOOTIE GIRLS.
The
Bootie Shake Sound System
comprises of a group of hard working music lovers led by Arveene's trade mark style of electro,
breakbeat and hip hop with lyrics and freestyle from Dublin's own Third Eye
Surfer member MC Big AL, MC Little
Tree (the ragga specialist), Scratches and cuts from DJ Scope, breaking from the TML B-boys and a whole lot of shaking from
the Bootie shake girls.
In
1997 a new sound was emerging from the Detroit scene. It was a sound based
around parliament style funk, Kraftwork's electro weirdness, heavy bass
frequencies and lyrics associated with the Miami Bass movement. It incorporated
all these sounds and fused them together to form a new wave of music, Ghetto-Tek
or Booty music. Pioneered by the likes of DJ Assault, DJ funk and Disco D. this
music was born out of the inner city for the city. Around the same time Arveene was working in a record store when
in one of the deliveries was a box full of this new sound. No body really knew
what to think of it but he embraced it with open arms and soon found that it
crossed the barrier between straight techno, Chicago house and hip - hop. He
incorporated this sound with his breakbeat and hip-hop style It was then that
the bootie shake sound system in its current form started to shape.
Arveene
had an Idea of putting on a party like no other. The vision was clear to bring
together different forms of entertainment. Booty dancers (Shaking ass and bouncing
around the stage), break dancers
with the razor sharp skill of Kung – fu legends, pulling power moves left right
and centre. A scratch master, with precision cuts and timing. An
MC with the lyrical flow of
ancient poets and the dirty tongue of the ghetto. The sweet soulful voice of a
reggae toaster and last but not least a DJ playing tough booty minded rhythms
and sounds to an ass shaking crowd.
The
origins of the bootie shake stem from the mutual feeling of the group as a
whole. They were tired of going to the masses of lame clubs with boring dj’s
playing boring music to a board crowd. It was time to push the boundaries out
and follow a new direction. The idea behind the booty shake is simple; they feed
off each other’s talent and skill. Every one involved gets inspiration from one
another which intern gives them the feel to display their own personal
gifts. To Quote Arveene “When I watch Bon from the TML Crew pull off one of his killer heads
spins it gives me that special energy to rock the club, its an amazing
feeling”.
So
far the bootie shake have dropped their bomb on WITNNESS EVENTS at the Storehouse along
side Leeroy (flightcrank/Ex
prodigy), Jazzie B(Soul2Soul) and
Groove Armada at the WITNNESS Launch Party. “ That’s one of the
freshest vibes I’ve seen for a while” Tom –
Groove Armada. They also headlined the Ali G after show party at the Ambassador.
The
thing about the bootie shake is that it brings together music, art and dance
under one roof giving you a full spectrum of entertainment. It's a modern take
on the roots of these art forms. Collectively it fuses to give you a new
approach to a tired format at a time when things in club culture need a new take
on reality, thus bringing the clubber to a new level of thinking and mind state.
Breaking boundaries and opening the mind to new ideas is one of the mottoes that
this movement stands for. The bootie shake is fresh, ready and thoroughly alive.
Be prepared, for the bootie shake
has arrived.........
THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE UP THE BOOTIE SHAKE SOUND
SYSTEM
ARVEENE
Having
grown up in and around the music industry, Arveene is one of Irelands most talented
and prodigious DJs. As voted by the public Arveene is currently Ireland's NO. 1 DJ on
the Clubbing.com website's DJ Chart. Combining Booty Shakin' Electro with
Hard Jackin House Music, Arvo (as
he's known to his friends) has been rockin' clubs like Dublin's POD and Kitchen
since he was 16. Now a days Arveene is starting to rock the world
(Glasgow, South Africa, New York, Poland…) Following many high profile support
slots for the likes of Ian Brown, DJ Premier, Daddy G (Massive
Attack), Nightmares on Wax, Tom Middleton (Cosmos),
Freddy
Fresh and Rennie Pilgrim amongst
others. Arveene has just finished
a tour of new york and a Red Bull Music Academy tour of Germany and Poland. Day
to Day Arveene Works in
Dublin's trendiest record shop "Carbon" records which is a division
of the ultra cool London Label of the same name. Not satisfied with just Djing
Arveene is also a founder of
Dublin Distribution, one of the country's leading distributors of House and
Techno. During the summer of 2000 Arveene took part in the annual
international music conference, "The Red Bull Music Academy". As well as playing
the Witness festival in 2000 and 2001 Arveene's current Dj residencies include,
Choice Cuts@Mono, Witnness @ the Store
House and Ultra
lounge - Morrison in Dublin as well as Monthly
residencies in Cork, Limerick, Sligo and Galway. The most important thing
to know about Arveene is that he
rips up any dance floor with a smile on his face and a damn good heart. He's
young and he's hungry, you'll be hearing about him for a while.
Believe it!!!
The
Scratch Master –
DJ
SCOPE
one
of the best young talents on the hip-hop scene, his cuts are fresh and his beats
are deadly. Scope has been spinning vinyl for the past three years and in that
time has established himself as a cutting edge DJ who never fails to move the
crowd. In essence the Scope style incorporates a wide genre of music, with a hip
hop philosophy at its back- bone. You can hear everything from beat driven soul
and funk breaks through to hard-hitting Hip-Hop classics both new and old. His
scratch routines have earned him much praise and accolades such as 3rd
place in the Irish DTF Battle 2000, 1st place in UCD Battle 2000, and 2nd
place in Inter College Battles 2000.
Spending
a lot of time scouring the east and west coast of America looking for the
perfect beat, Scope became a regular in and around the East Village Bar scene in
New York holding residencies in joints such as SOLAS (David Holmes favourite gig in New
York and a place where the legendary Frankie Knuckles has graced the decks on
many an occasion) Cachettes, Drop
the bomb and The Beat Down. Scope returned to his home town (Dublin) to run his
own night, CHOICE CUTS every
Friday at Mono, which has been attracting large crowds who loyally attend to
catch Ireland’s premier hip hop fraternity spin and cut the finest beat
orientated music around.
At
the end of the day Scope is a true soul brother who believes in his music, his
philosophy is one that never settles for anything but the best and this is what
makes him stand out from the crowd. He is a true pioneer that believes in
following one’s own path this becomes very clear when you hear him play his
wide-ranging sets and he drops that tune that makes you lose
control.
MC
LITTLE TREE
The
LITTLE TREE started sprouting in london, playing in bands at many venues
including the rock garden, the venue, the marquee and the town and country,
touring numerous times the length and breadth of the uk`s club scene. finding no
solid roots, little tree moved to Dublin, growing branches with bands feeding
off r`n`b, soul, funk, hip hop, rock and lots of reggae and ragga. Having played
the irish club circuit including Heineken
Energy Festivals and jazz
festivals in Dublin, Cork and Galway including a support to Jools Holland at the Olympia, little tree
began mc-ing and playing percussion with a variety of dj`s on the Irish club
scene.
An
Irish tour and several shows with Johnny
Moy supporting the likes of DJ’S Dave Clark and David Holmes and a show at the point
supporting Carl Cox culminated in
a single `roots` being cut with
Johnny Moy, producer Leo Pearson and U2`s engineer Richard Rainey shortly to be released.
mc-ing regularly at Guinness storehouse events little tree has sung with much of
the cream of Irish, Uk and continental dj`s including Jazzie- b and Groove Armada with future recording on the
horizon. A recent Dublin show saw little tree teamed up with Polish Dj Krime supporting world DMC plus one.
Little
Tree has also set up a roots drumming experience `the bongo trees` with two other Irish
percussionists who are currently enjoying playing events around Dublin more
recently including ALI-G`s Dublin
film premiere party at the Ambassador theatre and Guinness storehouse events.
The
MISSING LINK CREW
Exciting
times lie ahead of Irish B-BOY Champions the TML crew, their sucessful
trip last November to the World Break dance Championships the Battle of the
Year (www.battleoftheyear.de) in
Germany, has seen them qualify for the Urban Games being held in London this
September. Currently their time is consumed by training and maintaining their
high standard as being the first crew since the Belfast City crew in the early
ninties to represent this Island .The crew represent all the elements of
breakin' as each breaker has his own unique style.
BON is the power
mover of the crew who started breakin' in Germany where he took 7th place in the
World Championships and is now the reigning Irish National Champion. With his
speed and variety of moves including head-spins, mills and flares he is a jaw
dropping experience in action.
B-INSPECTA, with his
amazingly fast, almost impossible combos and freezes is a truly spectacular
breaker representing another pivital asset to the H.T.L.
crew.
KUMI from china,
adds an oriental flavour to the crew. Witnessing KUMI do his 'elastic band', is
to see freaky, strange and original moves as part of a dance
routine.
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