NYE Masked Ball - EZ Rollers - Laid Blak - Dr Meaker
This year's NYE event promises another musical kaleidoscope celebrating some of our favourite music genres. Earlybird tickets are £20 (+BF) from Bristol Ticket Shop and full details of the event can be found by clicking here. Make sure you wear your masks and your dancing shoes. The more creative the mask the better - you may even win a prize for your efforts...
About the artists
EZ Rollers
Jay & Alex go way back, having been friends since their school days and DJing long before they formed EZ Rollers.
Formed in 1994 the E-Z Rollers released their first single Believe / Rolled into 1.
Singles include Walk This Land which appeared on the soundtrack of Brit-flick, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Back To Love featuring a Roni Size remix.
Albums include Storm from the East and Weekend World, Titles Of The Unexpected and Conductor.
Currently the Rollers are working on new DnB releases for 2010/11 with Tali, Darrison and Sian from Kosheen.
Following a break from the DJ circuit they are now taking bookings exclusively through Tania at UMC.
Laid Blak
Laid Blak represent 'good vibes' music. The latest addition to Chris Blackwell and Tricky's new label Brown Punk, Laid Blak has been brought up on Marley, roots, carnival music and soundsystem culture. They mash it all up and what comes out makes hips move and spines tingle.
Created through the partnership of Bristol producer DJ Bunjy and MC Joe Peng, these two veterans of the jungle scene earned their stripes rocking the biggest sessions through the 90's rave scene. As they've grown, their musical direction took a course that led them to seek out some of Bristol's finest musicians. What started as a studio project became the acclaimed live act - Laid Blak.
MC Joe Peng shares front of stage with the vocal rocket launcher that is Flex. Flex has the voice and stage presence to grab any audience and devour them. The live set is centred in urban reggae, but touches on jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop. No one ever forgets a Laid Blak performance; the charisma and musical dexterity of the band leave a lasting impression. This is dance music aimed at getting you moving. The 'good vibes' shine through all the songs and they always steal the show at festivals, one review noting them as 'the essential festival band'.
In Laid Blak's journey so far they have supported heavyweights Julian Marley, John Legend and Desmond Dekker. They have rocked crowds at festivals like Glastonbury and Ashton Court Festival and made waves at In The City Urban.
Dr Meaker
A seven-piece DnB, soul and dubstep group from Bristol, led, co-written and produced by Clive Meaker.
Band members include (Ben Wood), keys (Clive Meaker), drums, guitar (Nigel Fulcher), bass (Rob Childs) and an vocalist (Lorna King) plus occasionally an mc.
The record All For You with Yolanda Quartey on vocals was used at the end of the television programme Skins Series 2, Episode 5 on the international version of the DVD. This garnered them support from Latin America as well as Australia and other release territories including the UK.
CarnyVillains
Anyone who has been exposed to the Invisible Circus will know the CarnyVillains - their upbeat gyp-hop promises to lead you dancing your socks you into the new year with a fantastic and unique stage presence that cannot be missed.
Junkyard Scientists
Junkyard Scientists are a ten-piece funk and soul outfit, born through a mish-mash of friends, broken bands and chance encounters around the thriving music scenes in London and Reading. With a passion for live performance and a do-it-yourself mentality, Junkyard have honed and fine-tuned a stage show that has risen the bar wherever they've played.
Subplate
Stepping it up now for a seriously heavy dose of ragga-infused drum'n'bass. Expect the Trinity to get torn up by his rough, tough beats and in your face bass.
DJ Read
Bristol Sound Selector Read Jones provides floor-filling rhythms from the finest musicians on the planet. Resident DJ at Trinity, The Living Room, Bath's Back To Mine & The Bell, Read's first-class shows are packed with soul, funk, reggae, ska, d&b, calypso and much much more.