Afro-Scottish Connections Club Night
Tue 28 Oct, doors 9.30pm | Bongo Club, 37 Holyrood Road | Tickets: £8
on door, £6 conc. or in advance (from Filmhouse or
Bongo Club, or
Tickets Scotland | Special Offer: £6 entry with ticket stub for
As Old as My Tongue
The AiM film festival is three years old and to celebrate will be
hosting a unique night of Afro-Scottish music at the Bongo Club. The
prestigious line-up will include legendary Afro-beat DJ Rita Ray,
NorthernXposure's female MC Sweet-E and Senegalese musician Samba
Sene.
Rita Ray is one of the most prominent DJs on the global beat scene
today, and is a leading authority on Afrobeat - the combination of
hi-life, rock and reggae from Nigeria pioneered throughout the
1970s. Through DJ-ing and producing nights at the Mambo in Brixton,
Rita has played a big part in revitalising the African music scene
in London and Rita's own club
night, the Shrine Sessions, combines DJ sets with live bands, poetry
readings and rapping, and has rocked London venues including the Royal
Festival Hall, the Jazz Café and the Barbican.
Rita Ray on MySpace
As part of the AiM film programme at Filmhouse, Rita Ray will also
be taking part in a discussion on As Old As My Tongue,
a documentary
portrait of Bi Kidude, a living legend of Zanzibar music, a film for which
Rita was a producer and interviewer. The film is screened on
Tue 28 Oct at 6.00pm.
Opening the evening's line up, Sweet-E, Scotland's No.1
female MC, is a founding member of Hip Hop crew NorthernXposure;
renowned for their unique sound and socially conscious lyrics they
have achieved international acclaim playing venues across Europe and
America. Sweet-E has performed alongside high profile artists such as
Estelle and Amy Winehouse. The Skinny regards NorthernXposure as, 'The
major contenders to break Scottish hip-hop abroad and elsewhere in the
UK.'
NorthernXposure on MySpace
Completing the line-up is Samba Sene and his band Diwan. Singing
in French, English and his native Wolof, Samba's style is strongly
influenced by the jazzy grooves of Senegal and musicians like Baaba
Maal and Salif Keita. The Scotsman wrote of a recent gig, 'A lively
Scots-African knees-up. Things were jumping by the end of the night,
with the band's dancers and many of the audience leppin' about
enthusiastically'.
Samba Sene on MySpace