[BIRMINGHAM] Makeshift present Chris FInke

[ampassasinbirmingham]

Makeshift Presents Chris Finke (Flux, Atomic Jam)

Sat 26th September
@Lord Lucan's / Formerly the Old Bier Keller, Birmingham



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Main Room : Straight up House & Techno
Chris Finke (Flux, Atomic Jam, The Drop)
Jake Conlon
Jonny Costello
James Griffin

Back Room: Electro Breaks & Dub
Subcitizen (Resistor records)
Nocturnal
Greyground

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As you can see, we are doing things a bit bigger this month. We have got a brand new venue at Lord Lucan's, formerly the old Bier Keller, and we have booked international Techno artist and promoter, Chris Finke to set the party off with an almighty bang! Step up what eh?

Musically we are business as usual. Quality but danceable house and techno in one of the city centre's best new indipendent venues.Makeshift residents and Bleep Bleeps Jonny Costello are on board to warm things up and Chris Finke will treat you to a fabulous 2 hour set. At £3, you couldn't be getting better value for you money. Makeshift is indeed bringing back the party!

Chris is a world class DJ by all accounts and has played in clubs as far as Tokyo Moscow and New York. You really are in for a treat guys! See below for a full bio...

In the back room expect to hear all sorts of wrongness from Resistor records Subcitizen Alongside Nocturnal and Greyground.


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9pm - 3am / Free entry B4 10.30
Becks & Vodka Mixer only £2! Bottles of becks £2
Lord Lucan's, 11 Exeter St, B1 1NH

Directions: Formerly the Old Bier Keller, two minute walk from the Radison Hotel, right next to the Texaco garage.

http://makeshiftmusic.co.uk/

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Since the early 90's, Chris has forged a successful career in both Dj'ing and promoting, starting by mixing hip hop and then later moving onto house and techno. Chris has always concentrated on the technical side of DJ'ing and his appearance at the UK DMC championships in 2001 is a fine example of his undoubted talent at the decks. After 2003 Chris made DJ'ing his full time occupation after being recognised as one of the most technically gifted DJ's on the scene. This has won him international acclaim and coveted residencies at Atomic Jam (Birmingham) and Decadence in Ghent (Belgium).

In 2001 Chris launched 'Flux', a series of London parties and a record label that would play host to big name DJ's such as Underground Resistance, Slam, Stacey Pullen and Octave One. This lead to a number of guest slots at techno nights across Europe which also helped him build his career as a DJ. In 2003, Chris and Andi hooked up with Ben Sims to form Split. Together they ran parties that shook up the capital and arguably kickstarted the techno scene in London again, booking a huge list of international artists like Derrick May, Dave Clarke, DJ Rush, Mark Broom, and many more, and gaining all time record crowds at Turnmills and The Key.

Chris has also been ever present as a radio broadcaster, an interest which developed early in his career. He hosted the Split Radio Show with Ben Sims for 3 years which gained worldwide popularity and 2009 saw his new radio project - a monthly show called 'The Drop' which he presents with Rebekah. This popularity and talent has lead to him playing sets for Radio 1, Galaxy FM and Power FM in Ireland. He is also about to be the face of Eq TV as their on-screen presenter.

Chris is keen not to attach himself to a particular style or sound and this is reflected in both his DJ'ing and production. As well as using his Flux imprint to release material for other artists such as Paul Woolford, Joey Beltram and Mark Broom, Chris has also used it as a platform for his own techno productions which have earned him recognition from a variety of DJ's around the world. Over the last year he has grown more prolific and is now a sought after remixer after his impressive reworks of 'Blown Your House Down' by a Guy Called Gerald and 'Got Me Working' by Mark Broom. He has a list more eagerly anticipated releases in the pipeline.

www.myspace.com/chrisfinke
www.chrisfinke.co.uk/facebookfan

Here's some random DJ feedback for Chris's new EP "The Riot House" out on Flux on 28th September:

Paul Woolford - "'Shut The Door' for those festivals thanks!"
Laurent Garnier - "Raaave.. i like bit of Raaaave!"
Luke Slater - "Shut that Door both versions .Really nice evolvers.Will air it in Germany this weekend."
Len Faki - "Full Support on Shut That Door!"
i-DJ Magazine - "This is exceptional! Loads of funk, not half as scary as I'd thought, but still with attitude in spades."
Sir Terry Wogan - "Never Heard Of Him"

[Jake Conlon]

It's a nice new venue!

A former beer keller or summat. Big black room up top and a nice low ceiling in the smaller room downstairs.