Acapulco

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ACAPULCO continues to highlight / showcase artists and music that knows no
boundaries or limitations both technologically and in spirit . ELECTRONIC 
music for the mind , the heart , not forgetting the feet . Electronic -
based jazz (futurejazz) , minimal , stripped down house (micro-house) as
well as the dubby end of 
techno (dub-techno) . 

October sees a live set by one of the most interesting as well as exciting
producers of electronic based music ; Portable ; in between d.j sets by
Lakuti and Portable .

PORTABLE emerged out of the ruins of a post-apartheid era . He grew up in
the in the impoverished  Cape Town township ; Bonteheuwel , ironically
renamed , "Beverly Hills" . As a teenager in the late eighties ; he would
spend time at makeshisft 
shebeens (illegal bars) that doubled as clubs . At these shebeens , D.j's ,
despite apartheid sanctions , managed to find tracks such as "Dub Love" by
Master C+J ,
The Housemaster Boys' " House Nation" , Adonis' "No Way back" e.t.c . The
raw basement feel of  these tracks would have an impact on the music
Portable would later produce. In 1994 , Portable signed to a local label ,
Teal Trutone Records and released "Dance Freedom" ; an album specially made
to coincide with the 1st democratic elections in South Africa . The music
came from the township house
scene (kwaito) ; that was fast capturing the new mood in the townships .
 
In 1997 , Portable and his long time collaborator , Lakuti relocated to
London . Their dj sets have captured many a people who have cometo any of
the events held in locations such as an old disused wood factory , the
basement of a hairdresser , a disused fire station , clubs such as Plastic
People , Mass e.t.c. 

July 2001 saw Portable and Lakuti launch Acapulco which has seen live sets
from an international roster of  producers ,who are making an impact in new
electronica .

October sees the release of  "Patterns and Signals" on the superb San
Francisco based electronic label , Context.Fm http://context.fm/07.html
which will be followed by an album ,in February 2002 .  

Date : Wednesday 10th October
V enue : Plastic People , 147 Curtain Road , E.C.2
Nearest tube :Old Street
Time : 10 - 2a.m
Door charge : 4pounds /3 if you email :joinacapulco@xxxxxxxxx with your name
For more info ring : 07931 248 733 0r 07951010050  





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