babble collective soundsystem

Hey groovers, get it in your diary, we’ll be back rocking the joint at Keos on the 14th of June. Looking forward to seeing you all! More details to follow…

… and here they are! Ooo blimey this one has crept up quick on me. We’ve been scurrying around like crazy things modifying and adding things to the soundsystem so it should sound even better than last time! We’ve spent some of the hard earned pennies you pay on the door for our gigs on fixing one of our old amps and buying a new mahoosive one to make the bass super wobbly.

In the house room we’ll have babble residents mono, debs, rob and damien spinning the tunes, and very excited they are about doing it too, lots of new records to seduce your dancing intentions.

The second room will be hosted again by Long Jon with his ever expanding setup, new sound there and more lights. Lobstafari will also be gracing the decks with his fishy stylings, and we’re proud to announce a return to the decks of none other than Big Al who specializes in most funksome grooves.

It all kicks off at 10pm, late license has been approved by the council so we’re good to go till 4am provided there are no last minute objections. Get down before 11pm for £4 entry, £6 after.

Fat sounds, friendly folk, fuckin’ ace night! Thanks babblers one and all for making last Sat one of the best babble nights for a long time. Lets do it again soon…

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Public service announcement – Miss S. McLaughlin left her handbag, phone, cashcard and (naughty girl) a large bottle of vodka at the club. Call Keo’s on 0116 2622929 to get it back (although I think the manager may be away on holiday for a couple of weeks now – hopefully someone will be there to give it to you if you’ve not got it already).

Happy New Year to you all! We’re back at Keo’s bar above the Music Cafe on Braunstone Gate on Saturday the 26th January 2008. Time to start dancing off all those chocolates! 10pm – 4am, £3 before 11pm, £5 after.

We’ll be celebrating life in general but also the birthdays of good friends Chris, Dave, Gail, Becs and Jackie, so get the date in your diary – don’t miss out!

babble djs damien, rob, mono and debs will be providing the deep house grooves, along with special guest Not Will from MWD40. We’ll have a second room hosted by Long Jon, Lobstafari and Dave.

Fancy dress is encouraged on an animal theme, but is optional!

Also we have some work still to do but are hoping to be using some new bass bins which should double our trouser flapping output – another reason to come down for some lovely house vibrations.

Well here we go… buckle your dancing sandals down securely, for we will be grooving the night away again very soon! The venue is Esko on Humberstone Gate, Leicester – its only wee so get down early.

Its only 2 quid to get in and the party runs from 11 till 4am.

Dj’s include babble’s rob forreal, debs, mono, damien and lobstafari, and from MWD40 you’ll get to hear notWill, markNotBob and KN Ben.

What a fantastic night! Thanks to everyone who made it such a blast. I think we had more help with the logistics of running the night than we’ve had for years, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy! Thanks to the lifters and shifters, the folk who manned the door, Daz for lending us the backroom scoops, Jon for the lights and backdrops, Owen and Phil for bringing lights and projectors down from Aberdeen and last but not least to all who turned up with a positive attitude, a friendly face and a big pair of dancing pants.

I think its likely we’ll be back at Keo’s again sometime soon; we know some things aren’t perfect but its a good size, the 4am license is a definite plus and the security were fantastic. Please click here to sign up for the mailing list if you haven’t already so we can let you know about the next one.

P.S. If you lost a black cardigan (from atmosphere) at the club or left a black jacket at my house afterwards let us know via info AT babble dot org dot uk.

Our next night is at Keo’s bar (above the Music Cafe, just off Braunstone Gate map). 10pm – 4am. £3 before 11pm, £5 after.

We’ve got two rooms to play with, and a full line up of dj’s for both! One room will be dedicated to house music, with dj sets from damien, deb, rob and mono. The second room will feature a wider range of sounds provided by lobstafari, jamie (jammy g), davo and I’m chuffed to say we’ll also have a set from one of babble’s founders, long jon.

Jon and Jayne will also be helping us decorate the place with their fantastic backdrop collection so the place should look spanking.

Its been a few months since the last outing so get yourselves down, get your dancing pants on and lets have some fun!

Happy New Year to you all!

A quick technical announcement: I’ve just moved the babble website to a new publishing system. Everything should look more or less as it did before. The main reason for doing this was to prevent spammers filling up our comments with crap about poker, sex pills and the like. They shouldn’t be able to do that now, but we’ll see how it goes.

Let me know if anything is broken with the new site.

Thanks to everyone who came to the Bambu party… it was great to see so many people out and a good time was had by most. It was great to have the rig chucking out the beats again! Sorry the security were so rude, they caused one or two problems and I’m not sure we’ll be going back there unless they have a change of staff. Thanks too to the Doji crew for hosting the after party – very hospitable as always! Respect to those who were generous with donations for the bucket, we didn’t quite cover the costs (basically the club hire plus printing a few flyers) but not too far off. The search continues for a decent venue.. suggestions always welcome, for clubs or outside venues.

15th December @ Bambu (Welford Road) to celebrate babble’s 13th birthday and Damien’s 30th we’re dustin down the rig for a shindig. The line up for the night will include all the babble djs plus Tom from Smokescreen, Damien’s partner in production under their “Special Interest” alias. Its only a little venue (100 capacity) so get down there early! We kick off at 9pm with a set from the Lobstafarian. Entry is free but donations will be very much appreciated, if we can cover the costs (about £2 a head) we’ll do it all again soon.

Saturday 15th July 2006 – MWD40 @ Outside at the Pump and Tap mwd40 + babble djs including mono and lobstafari – OUTDOOR – FREE ENTRY. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, hopefully the sun will shine… high quality house music is guaranteed at the very least! Festivities kick off at 2pm.

babble dj and producer Damien has been busy recently, head on over to Special Interest’s myspace page for samples and to leave comments…

Still doing my best to keep you informed of midlands deep house action during the extended babble sabbatical… Look out for Mo-Fi next weekend in Nottingham. I believe Smokescreen are doing a night in Oxford at the Zodiac this weekend featuring the Inland Knights… and further out on the horizon, City Fly have a new night starting at Original Four on May the 26th.

On a personal note, thanks to all the revellers who helped warm up my new house a couple of weeks back… without doubt a fully riotus affair enjoyed muchly by the host and hostess and as far as I can tell all who came. You’ll be pleased to know that the smell has nearly gone now, and the neighbours have been placated. There are photos over at flickr…