Edd Bateman’s West African Love Affair + Malavita / DJ SPECIAL TERRY

After 15 years of collaborating with African musicians throughout the world, British bass player Edd Bateman launches a campaign to promote his debut album.

“Edd Bateman’s in love – and he wants the whole world to know!” Scintillating kora and marimba combine with relentless soukous guitar and subtle Senegalese mbalax grooves over a captivating Cameroonian backbeat – and all underpinned by Edd’s pulsating basslines. If this doesn’t get you on your feet, bopping and swaying, after the first four bars, you’re obviously in need of an emergency groove transfusion…

SUPPORTING E.B.W.A.L.A… We have the brilliant: MALAVITA. Their genre defying sound fuses funky latin beats, heaps of percussion, soaring guitars, skanktastic bass lines, punchy horns and soulful female vocals to create a heady mixture of original, infectious feel good tunes. 8 eclectic, fun seeking musical misfits originating from Italy, France and the Deep South (Westcountry) come together to inspire you to dance, sing along and loose your inhibitions. Collectively on a mission to start the party and keep the dance floor jumping with their festival strength tropical sounds.

Later, on the decks… DJ SPECIAL TERRY brings the vibes! playing a unique selection of old school hip hop funk,disco,soul,jazz,Afro beat,breaks and other rare gems designed to keep the dance floor happy all night!