Awale + DJ Jamie Renton, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen 14 3 12

[Jamie Renton]

Awalé -launch party for their acclaimed debut album Just Have To Grow

Featuring live on stage: Awalé + Special Guests
Taking Afrobeat to a new dimension

On the decks: Jamie Renton (Chilli Fried/Shout Collective)

8PM – 12AM, Wednesday 14th March 2012
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

Tickets: £6 advance: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/142383
£8 on the door

Awalé play horn-driven dancefloor filling Afro-funk with a global twist and a distinctly urban sensibility: talking in Afrobeat, North African, Congolese, Ethiopian, Latin Jazz and Balkan grooves. Tonight they’ll be welcoming some very special guests to the stage of Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, to celebrate the launch of their already acclaimed debut album Just Have to Grow.
Formed in London in 2009, Awalé reflect the capital’s multiculturalism, with members from Tunisia, Cuba, France, Slovakia and England. They have been feted by the likes of Lopa Kothari (BBC Radio 3), Cal Jader (Movimientos) and the late, great writer and broadcaster Charlie Gillett. Their album was co-produced by Nick Page (Dub Colossus/Syriana) and offers a refreshing 70s funk influenced take on the Afro-Global sound.
On the decks: DJ Jamie Renton (of the legendary Chilli Fried sessions) will be taking your feet on a globe-spanning tour of beats and pieces, starting in Africa and moving on to everywhere.
2- 4 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU
020 7613 0709/ http://www.hoxtonsquarebar.com/

[Jamie Renton]

Awale's album launch is this Wednesday if you fancy it. The band are very interesting, Afrobeat but with a Tunisian singer + musicians from Cuba, the Balkans and beyond.

Hope to see some Forumistas there!