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Click on flyer for more info. After last week's ridiculously good party at cargo, 'Free! Fridays' roll on with an even better line-up. Read up: Brooklyn's very own XXXchange brings the mashed-up sounds of electro, disco house and a myriad other things to Cargo. Boy 8-Bit has made his mark on the music scene as a producer, promoter and resident of the night Body Clap at T-Bar and Fabric hosted by himself and Touché. Thunderheist, serious 80's inspired electro-pop with heavy boom bap party funk. Girl of the moment, VV Brown, is a 24-year-old singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer. Ezra Bang + Hot Machine are a boy/girl act that are currently threatening East London, although Ezra himself hails from the ‘hood in New York. Patchwork Pirates who play hip-hop and club music with a low end lean to make you sweaty inside. And it's Free entry all night! You better believe! And not only that, you can also win a free pair of brand new Nike trainers by following the instructions here.

Just to let you know, The Death Set will be live ON STAGE at 10pm sharp. Don't miss!!

Theophilus London makes his London debut at the last ever outing of NYC/LDN, the people who brought you Tiombe Lockhart and the BLK JKS. Theophilus London is a young New Yorker whose incredible skills on the mic and on stage have already come to the attention of some of the biggest players in the music industry. Theophilus has kindly given us a taster of his music to download. You need to check this out: Theophilus London & The Lovers: TnT Official Press Release: NYC/LDN is doing one last voyage across the waters to bring over New York's take on the new pop wave/rap phenomenon crashing the shorelines. Concluding the third and last session of this series, two of New York's bravest crusaders in that downtown scene - Theophilus London and Roxy Cottontail. Theophilus London brings the future of Hip Hop to its knees. A stand out young mc straight out of Brooklyn, Theophilus London's rap style borrows influences from 80s pop, 90s R&B, and today's electro sound. Sum that up and add his energetic stage performance makes him a definite "one to watch in 2009". Theophilus's debut work Jam! is available for free download on his myspace page. Look out for a debut album next year on the same label as Jimmy Edgar- normRex/Warp Records. New York City's "It Girl" Roxy Cottontail is the new definition of Blonde Ambition. A dj, promoter, artist, magazine cover girl, street wear maven - Roxy represents the colorful side of NY nightlife. Roxy's taste making skills has been credited for making the Baltimore sound popular in NYC with breaking acts Spank Rock and Hollertronix at her popular weekly Soho club night. She is now taking her turn as a recording artist, with guest appearing on Armand Van Helden's single "Playmate." A little club schooling will be taking place when the talented young New Yorkers hand the dance floor reins over to the steady hands of London's broken beat aristocracy - Orin Walters (Bugz in the Attic) and Bopstar (Coopr8). Orin and Bopstar are currently celebrating the first release of their new compilation series - Our Music Our Culture (Muthas Inventions/k7! Records). : Buy your tickets here.

Jack Beats to replace Mujava in the first Friday!

FREE FRIDAYS "So it's happening. Cargo is having a series of open doors sessions on Fridays. And if you think that means we're just gonna stick some shit cheesy djs on you'd be very, very wrong: Nov 28th: The Death Set Team Robespierre Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Modular Djs Dj tbc to replace Mujava who's canceled his Tour Dec 5th: Boy 8 Bit XXXChange V V Brown Thunderheist Ezra Bang & The Hot Machine Patchwork Pirates Dec 12th: Chromehoof Bass Clef Ross Allen David E Sugar The Chief (3Barfire) Dec 19th: Beardyman + friends Free Enry All Night plus the chance to win various freebies on the night, mixtape giveaways, etc etc etc All Fridays are 8pm-3am. Please follow to Cargo website

Click on flyer for tickets and more info Man o Man. We've got a show for you. Beyond the real deal is the unreal deal, and therein waits the band RTX, which is Jennifer Herrema, with pelts and furs attached at all times (in case she needs a friend, she says), and four unflagging shredmen, whose fingers tap out the sort of ultra-speed telemetry patterns that used to beam down from Soyuz capsules in the 60s. The band skilfully plays tuff-stuff metal of the kind they used to make good cars from, using instrumental acrobatics-by-increment that punish knuckles and dissolve paragraphs of rote scholastic memories. On tour, they’ve had bands demanding apologies by about day four. At home, they are as sweet as pie. They aren’t the last of a rock music genre, as the press likes to say; as far as can be discerned, they are the first of something else. LIVE: RTX + THE SUZUKIS 7-1 £10 adv

Click on flyer for tickets and more info You know the Foreign Beggars are the best live Hip Hop all-stars from our shores. Well they're back and they're crazier and better than ever. No word of a lie... Check them out for sure!! Unmissable. 'I Am Not for Sale' (Fat City Records) is the culmination of over a decade of tireless work from one of Hip Hop's most slept on MCs and all round renaissance man – John Robinson aka Lil Sci. Many of you will know J.R from the stellar output of his own Shaman Work label. John's unique voice you may recognize from a host collaborations with Madlib, Count Bass D, Rawkus Records, MF DOOM, Daedelus, Ammon Contact, Dwight Trible, Jneiro Jarel & Flying Lotus. Last but no means least... The London crew. The glue. We welcome back our special guest resident Charlie Dark for another blow-up set, Si Armstrong brings the beats and Kwasi the vibe... BOOM! 8-3 £10 adv

Click on Flyer for tickets and more info Rubies. Danceable folk, homemade Disco, and lost love laments are just a few facets of Rubies. The poised and dynamic range of the songs they write keep the listener excited by offering fresh and honest versions of future dancefloor and living room classics. Simone Rubi (lead vocals, keyboards) entices the crowd while Terri Loewenthal (bass) keeps them dancing. Add some shimmering guitar, the harmonies and beats provided by machine or borrowed man, and try to resist. You can download a track from their lovely LP here. Cargo Shop / Ticketweb / We Got Tickets LIVE: RUBIES + GUESTS 7-1 £8 adv Hard tickets are available from Phonica, Rough Trade East and Pure Groove.

The mighty Toy Selectah is playing around London at a few selected venues as part of his Dia de los Muertos Tour. Toy Selectah fuses traditional Mexican music with contemporary rhythms and has been courted by artists as diverse as Diplo, Manu Chao and Shakira. Expect nothing but HEAT on the dance floor as toy Selectah deploys his devastating sonic arsenal including swinging cumbias, playful reggaeton and more than a few surprises!! What's that? You think we might be exaggerating? Ok, fair enough, then judge for yourself and stick this Toy Selectah mix on (NSFW). myspace.com/toyselectahdj 31st Oct 08 – 9pm @ Market Place with lll Commotion Collective 1st Nov 08 – 5pm @ Big Chill Bar with Flevans 1st Nov 08 – 10pm @ Camino with Clem George 2nd Nov 08 – 8pm @ Cargo with Tetine + Sonido + Callejero + Cal Jader Camino Venue Cargo Venue Marketplace Venue Big Chill Venue

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Click on flyer for tickets and more info B) Sneaky Sound System! Their single ‘I Love It' had the longest chart run in Oz history, their debut album has gone twice platinum and at one point they had four singles in the Top 40. They played the Antipodean Live Earth concert, supported Robbie Williams, and cleaned up at the Arias, the down-under version of the Brits. Yet Sneaky are not a hard-touring rock band or a manufactured pop act. They're certainly pop and proud of it, but their background lies in their country's exploding dance scene. Sneaky Sound System are Sydney trio Miss Connie, Black Angus and MC Double D, three very different characters bonded by a riotous sense of fun. Their origins lie in the hugely successful club night Sneaky Sundays, thus they make music imbued with frolicking nightlife energy but also flecked with sing-along radio-friendly 1980s electro-pop. DJS: SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM + NICK MATTHEWS 6-12 £3 adv

Expect a night of ambient-techno and serene electronica from the three members of A Mountain Of One whose music has already been tagged by Vice magazine as “future Balearic classics”. Mo Morris, Leo Elstob and vocalist/pianist Zeb Jameson will be presenting an exclusive live showcase of new material from the forthcoming EP & album. Early-70s fetishists, their songs, often 10 minutes long, are slow and meanderingly melodic and their ambition is to make the 21st century Dark Side Of The Moon - they have already been compared to Arthur Lee, Santana and Pink Floyd. One half of Rub N Tug Thomas Bullock was once pumping beats into the heart of New York City's underground scene is a purveyor of seedy, risqué, hell-bent indulgence. The Time and Space Machine is a new project from Richard Norris, one half of Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve. This freak beat outfit counts influences from sunshine, outer space, quantum mechanics and wah wah pedals. Expect spaced-out Balearic AV craziness. The New Electric Hi-Life is AJ Holmes’s unique blend of West African Highlife music and British Electronic Pop. Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria starting in the 1920's - a hybrid of African and European music styles. LIVE: A MOUNTAIN OF ONE + THE TIME & SPACE MACHINE (A/V SHOW) + AJ HOLMES: THE KING OF NEW ELECTRIC HI-LIFE DJ: THOMAS BULLOCK 8-3 £10 adv, free b4 9, £12 after

Click on flyer for tickets and more info Discovered in the 80s by producer Joe Boyd (Pink Floyd, Clapton, Nick Drake...) at a Bulgarian village wedding party, Ivo Papasov was already a legend at home. The Gypsy King of Wedding music, he'd been thrown into a Communist jail for playing non-approved (‘Gypsy') music, and had to change his name, from the more Turkish ‘Ibrahim'. Boyd signed him to Hannibal and brought him to the West. Now Papasov is on the road again. After winning a BBC Award for World Music in 2006, he brings his high-energy band to Cargo. The intensity and fury of this intuitive group, playing fast and loose with traditional Bulgarian tunes, has been compared to Motorhead. "clear a space for the nearest available floor and be prepared to get up and dance" (BBC Music) Support from Koby Israelite Band Leading on accordion, Koby Israelite's music has been described as "Naked City, Zappa, Taraf de Haidouks and Fantomas all rolled into one". With three releases on John Zorn's Tzadik label, Koby Israelite defies categories + Club Zigana DJ sets. LIVE: IVO PAPASOV + KOBY ISRAELITE DJS: CLUB ZIGANDA 7-1 £15 adv

Click on flyer for tickets and more info This is an afrobeat extraveganza celebrating Fela Kuti's birthday - he would have been 70. Although many people know Fela's recording from the 1980's and beyond, this night is about Fela at his funkiest - the 1970's. There will also be an exclusive exhibition showing 70 (keeping with the theme) original Fela Kuti vinyls, as well as never-before-seen photographs and some Fela inspired art. If you love afrobeat, and love Fela you should come pay your respects the only way he would have wanted - singing and dancing to afrobeat. LIVE: DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA + EXTRA SPECIAL GUESTS 7-1 £8 ADV, £10 DOOR

LA based sonic experimentalist Alfred Darlington - aka Daedelus, makes a rare London appearance at The Big Chill House, showcasing material from his recent 'Love To Make Music To' album. Don't miss this opportunity to see one of the most exciting producers in electronic music. with support from PLUME Flying in from Nice, Plume is a one woman trio, looping up piano, guitar, percussion and vocal harmonies to create warm and fuzzy pop melodies. Singing in French, English and Italian, her music cannot fail to win your heart. TUESDAY 7th OCTOBER Big Chill House - King's Cross - London 7PM - 12AM FREE ENTRY

www.cargo-london.com/event/broad-castingburaka-som-sistema/ One drop, to drop, three drop, four... it's the sound of Kuduro knocking at your door! After driving massive crowds insane at Glastonboury, Lovebox and Bestival this year, and with scheduled appearances at the electric proms, this is a unique opportunity to catch the much talked about Buraka Som Sistema in a more intimate setting and with a proper soundsystem. Mixing traditional Angolan Kuduro music with European techno sounds, Buraka Som Sistema sound like grime on amphetamines. In support, Bass Clef will be dropping basslines and jaws in equal measure and testing our turbo sound to the limits. The live Bass Clef experience is not to be missed, with live trombone, pirate flags, improvised arrangement and a maelstrom of hand-percussion flying about. BOOM! This one is going to go OFF so get your tickets early to avoid disappointment! LIVE: BURAKA SOM SISTEMA (FULL LIVE BAND) + BASS CLEF + SOUNDSPECIES DJ: KAREN P 8-1 £8 adv, £10 on the door

Found in Orlando by none other than Domino´s Ross Allen and subsequently signed to Diplo´s Mad Decent label. SRC are Dennis 'Dow Jones' Shaw & Alex G and they gave the world riddims like: Clappas, Red Alert, Bionic Ras, Chinkuzi, etc. They have also produced Dancehall´s biggest artists including Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Bounty Killer, Capleton - the list goes on. Bringing what has been titled Electro-Dancehall, you got to hear this! From 1982 to present day The Ragga Twins a.k.a. Flinty Badman & Deman Rockers can be found ripping up dancefloors on sound systems around the world. In 1990 they hooked up with Shut Up & Dance and thats when The Ragga Twins were truly born. Tonight expect it all. A celebration of their new collection of total classics ´Ragga Twins Step Out´ released recently on Soul Jazz Records and available at fatcity.co.uk The rest was simple... Irish Mash from the unstoppable Hot Milk reggae collective in Manchester, Frankie Francis giving us his Carnival mash-up and of course ye man Kwasi... For that vibe! Info & Tickets Here

Click on flyer for tickets and more details After an extended summer break searching the furthest corners of the globe for that elusive new sound the Furthur Project is back with a vengeance and a slight twist! Bringing you the fattest techno and tech-house to propel you gently into the autumn months London’s finest Sunday session is now at Cargo, one of the city’s most revered venues. This time hosted exclusively by our very own birthday boys – Strutt & Ignorant Fairy – this promises to be an event not to miss… so book your Monday off now! •Spectacular audio-visual presentation from London based tech gurus Basedrift (Thirdeye Technologies) in the bar. •Delicious food stall. •Lush courtyard | smoking area. •Look out for exclusive competitions, interviews, mixes and free promo tracks available by joining our mailing list or facebook group in the build up to the main event. LIVE: GEORGE DELKOS DJS: 4D + IGNORANT FAIRY + STRUTT VS. ERSKINE + ARCHIE HAMILTON VJ: MAGIC LANTERN 4-12 £6.50 adv, £10 on the door, £7.50 Conc/NUS

http://www.cargo-london.com/event/urban-cookout/ Launch of: Urban Cookbook: Creative Recipes for the Graffiti Generation King Adz, published October 2008, Thames & Hudson 6.30 FREE FOOD & ART & FILM · King Adz' Jerk chicken and Rice'n'Peas · Live street art by Hush and Asbestos · Screenings of Urban Cookbook film · Book signing 7.30 PM - 1 AM MUSIC AND MAYHEM DJS: DANNY RAMPLING + PAPA HALF-PINT + JOHN TAYLOR + HELEN NOIR + TOM BAKER MC: DEVLIN 6.30-1 Free Entry

Head lining tonight is the one and only Coki of DMZ fame. If you don't know about him he's the Leading dubstep dj/producer, one-half of Digital Mystikz and co-founder of the DMZ record label and club night. Nice. Next up we have Lone, of Kids In Tracksuits fame. Its his album launch tonight and he'd like you to come and celebrate it. He's a really safe guy and a talented producer so you really don't want to dissapoint him. Bullion is (although he might not dig the comparison too much at this point) like mashing and moulding the best of JDilla and Flying Lotus. Heard "Get Familiar" yet? It’s huge. Buy it. We also have Aaron Jerome representing, and after his fresh BBE release it’s going to be mad fun to see what he cooks up for tonight. Accompanying him are some secret guest vocalists (now you really do have to come!) that will round off the night perfectly. Support comes in the form of The Granville Sessions, an up-and-coming hiphop crew from London. Brap. LIVE: LONE (ALBUM LAUNCH) + GRANVILLE SESSIONS DJ's: COKI (DIGITAL MYSTIKZ) + BULLION + AARONE JAROME + NOAH, GILLA & SATIVO 8-3 £10 Adv www.cargo-london.com/events/new-bohemia-2 NewBo_Sept08_A3.pdf

A woman's work is never done. In this instance, the never ending craft of churning out songs of love pangs, self discovery and social f*ups nags the desire to constantly un-cover the offsprings of Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, and Kate Bush. In walks Stephanie McKay with pen and fight in hand - true fashion of those past musical heroines. On Stephanie's latest release "Tell it Like it Is" (Muthas of Invention) she takes the the honest song writing techniques of the 60s and places the 70s freedom for funk to create a vivid new album that has something bigger to say. The album is packed with classic gems from the feel-good joy of lead single 'Jackson Avenue' which reminisces over the early days of hip-hop and life in the Bronx to the outrageously funky, horn-fired groove of 'Kinky.' Karima Francis runs far away as possible from loose limb compositions with her mighty sonants. The Blackpool singer/songwriter began her career playing drums for numerous local punk and metallic bands, until a move a few years ago to Manchester unveiled a deeper aptness that even surprised the young twenty-something to much a veil. Karima's soulfully expressive, unique vocal style is utterly bewitching, couple with a clutch of sensational songs and you would find it almost impossible to believe that she has only in fact been playing and writing seriously for a little over 3 years. Her debut album off of Kitchenware Records (home of Editors) is slated to be release the beginning of next year. LIVE: STEPHANIE MCKAY + KARIMA FRANCIS 7-12 £8 adv, £10 on the door www.cargo-london.com/stephanie-mckay/

http://www.cargo-london.com/flyer/lockupyour_web.jpg[/img] Click on flyer for tickets and more info Lock up your daughters... it's the Northern Quarter! We're going back to school. Fresh pencil case, itchy jumper and ready to make some new friends! Afrikan Boy (M.I.A's Zig Zag Records) is the most exciting thing to happen to the grime scene this year, fresh and funny, he can teach us how to shoplift in Lidl too! Riz MC is the popular kid in class. An actor, poet and a pretty hot MC. Riz MC for Head Boy! Santogold's Martelo is gonna be throwing all the parties, proper trouble! Caspa may be the joker of the class but be ready, because this boy's got seeeerious bass. Finally, class defect Si Armstrong repped us at the festivals and is back for re-sits, he aint going anywhere. Summer may be out but now the fun can really begin! LIVE: AFRIKAN BOY + RIZ MC + MARTELO DJS: CASPA+ SI ARMSTRONG 8-3 £10 adv, £6 b4 9, £12 after

Seun Kuti is Fela Kuti's last son. Seun's father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was Nigeria's most beloved popular musician and most acerbic social critic until his death in 1997. Like father like son, Seun started learning to play saxophone and piano when he was eight, and not a year later he was already performing in front of live audiences. He began his career as support band for his father's band, Egypt 80. It is with this same band that he now performs; meaning that Seun is just about the youngest in the band; all of whom have performed with the legendary Fela Kuti on stage. Having packed out The Barbican Seun Kuti will now perform in a more intimate setting, where you can move your feet to the sounds of the true heir to Fela Kuti's throne. Cargo Shop / Ticketweb / We Got Tickets 05 and 06 Oct - 08 LIVE: SEUN KUTI & FELA'S EGYPT 80 7-12 £18 adv Visit The Cargo Website

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