Monthly reggae disco in North-East London. The night is named after sadly departed MC Earl Anthony Robinson, the voice behind classic deejay tunes such as "Drunken Master".
A very special pre-Carnival warm-up session for August - we're enormously excited to welcome back the mighty GLADDY WAX to Walthamstow, a Notting Hill Carnival and sound system legend, if you know you know. Last time he played it was a roadblock. You're strongly advised to get down early to guarantee entry, and also catch the support set from up-and-coming selector SKANKING STAR, all the way from India!
Born Gladwin Wright in Jamaica in 1951, Gladdy spent his formative years between the countryside and Spanish Town, where his mother held weekly sound system dances at her grocery store and bar; one of his uncles was a guitarist at Studio One, the renowned recording facility often referred to as Jamaica’s Motown. Gladdy moved to the UK as a teenager, settling in Birmingham before moving to London in the late 1970s.
Active in the business for over 40 years, it's impossible to sum up all his achievements in a few sentences, but he's done it all, from managing reggae superstars such as Dennis Brown and Gregory Issacs, hosting a popular radio show on BBC Radio London, running the Gladdy Wax Unlimited record shop in North-East London, cutting records as a singer, DJing for Bob Marley (!), he was even in the Air Force for a short time. His is the definition of a life well-lived.
Pavan Karkala aka Skanking Star cut his teeth playing on Monkey Sound System, straight out of Hyderabad, India, before moving to London where he can be found regularly playing with the Streetlight Sound System crew in Stockwell and beyond.
Come and listen to some of the greatest music ever made, played by a master of his craft, in a beautiful old school club.
Tickets on the door only, slightly higher prices for this month only:
£7 / £5 if you'e a Trades Hall member
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