babble collective soundsystem

14th August – Shivoo – Atlantis 1 Wellington St, Leicester. Debs plays a guest spot alongside Da Sunlounge from Myna Music – promises to be a quality night.

17th July – Bustin Loose – Atlantis 1 Wellington St, Leicester. Deep house music for your soul at this friendly venue, Damien and Bov will be on duty…

10th / 11th July nr Ely – Free Party – Legal Site – Return to Smilie Fields get yer dancin boots out, deep house action outside this weekend courtesy of SAS, the mighty Positive Sounds will also be in attendance. click here for flyer.

Well, I haven’t posted for a while so here’s a few words to let you know we at babble hq are still alive… first off a big thanks to Andy and Laurence for making the last babble club night until the autumn the best of the season… if you were lucky enough to be there you’ll know they absolutely rocked the place! Great to see the dancefloor absolutely full and bouncing.

Hope a few of you made it out to the free party the next day, thanks to all who helped make it happen, you know who you are. Sorry there wasn’t more advance notice on the website but since the old bill seem to be fairly on the case of free fun (boooo) at the moment we couldn’t advertise what we knew until late on… the party got shut down around 4am but did continue in a smaller, more cheeky fashion for the rest of Sunday (hooray!).

Thanks also to the Doji / BWPT boys for a day of “music and fun” (hee hee) at the Ship Inn on the monday… lived up to its billing!

If you’re interested here’s a few photos from Smokescreen last Saturday.

Last but not least watch out for Bustin Loose this Saturday coming (19th June) featuring our own damien (babble), tom (smokescreen) and theo tag @ Atlantis 1 Wellington St Leicester.

Friday 28th May @ Havana Yeoman St. Leicester (map) 10pm – 3am. This month we’re featuring some Deep House Joustin with the Inland Knights. We’re really looking forward to having the Drop music boys back at babble, as its been a couple of years since they last kept the dancefloor full for us – always a treat! Our very own Damien and Debs will be serving fat slabs of chunky house on the side. This will be our last club night until the autumn, but keep an eye on the website or sign up for free party news 😉

Thanks to everyone who came to the MWD40 gig, and big love to Dave and Kelly for hosting far too many post babble revellers!

Update: free party action – call the SaS number for details 😉

Friday 30th April @ Havana Yeoman St. Leicester (map) 10pm – 3am. This month we’re playing host to the talented MWD40 crew, including 2mDave, notWill and markNotBob… babble dj’s mono and rob forreal complete the line up to provide another night of deliciously chunky underground house sounds.

Thanks to all who came out to play last month. Sorry about the drastically increased security policy, it was as much of a surprise to us as it was to many of you! We have discussed the issue with the club owner and are hoping things will be more relaxed next time round.

Friday 26th March @ Havana Yeoman St. Leicester (map) 10pm – 4am. We’ve negotiated a special late finish for this extra special guest, DJ Rasoul (Soulfood), all the way from sunny San Francisco. We’re proud and honoured to have him come and play for us, as we all rate his productions as among the best. We babble boys and girls are almost bursting with excitement about this one – don’t miss out, should be a blinding night of luscious grooves. We’re anticipating a full house, so get down early. P.S. Rasoul can be pronounced Ra – soul, but we prefer “Russell” and will be making jokes about bushes all night. Indulge us, yes, we have lost it, but only slightly, and in a nice way 😉

Friday 27th February @ Havana Yeoman St. Leicester (map) 10pm – 3am. We’ll be at Havana on the last friday of every month for the forseable future, after the great turnout we had last time – thanks for coming down! February sees babble playing host to the Alpha Dogs (DiY recordings) – should be a wicked night again.

If anyone lost a duffle coat at the last night, or a or a hoodie at my house afterwards, let us know!

Friday 30th January @ Havana Yeoman St. Leicester (map) 10pm – 3am. babble blasts into 2004 with our second date at Havana. This new venue seems to have gone down well with you lot, judging by the folk I babbled to during / after our first gig there last month, so we’re gonna do it all over again. If we get as good a turn out as last time it will become a once a month fixture, so get down and get groovin! Tunes will be spun for your aural pleasure by Lee Topham (Underground Rebellion) and our very own Rob & Debs. We’ll be adding extra sound again to supply the appropriate quantity of bass-a-liciousness and Image Oven has promised to shine bright lights in your eyes for no extra fee.

You may also be interested to know that Debs will be playing with good friend Jane Fitz (Peg) at Dizzy Funk! Friday 23rd January 2004, along with host Sean + Andy & Iain (SAS). Peterborough also plays host to DiY’s Digs and Woosh on 17th Jan, courtesy of SAS @ The Verve.

Lastly a few words of thanks… big love to everyone who turned out last time, and thanks also to Mr Webster who did us proud. Kisses to MWD40 who hosted a fantastic New Years bash, I had a ball playing for you, as always, thanks for having me!

Friday 12th December @ Havana Yeoman St. Leicester (map – the club is at the halford street end, next to the lap dancing place(!)). We’ve found a new club and babble are proud to announce that we will be playing host to deep house dj and producer Charles Webster. Can’t tell you much more about it right now cos I’m dashing off to play in Czech (Brno on the 28th and Prague on the 29th) with Bov and Damo, but hopefully I’ll see you all on the 12th. Big thanks go out to everyone who made the boat party such a special, sparkling and spectacular occaision… one love!

Update: right then, I’m back from Czech.. for more info on this new night check out the BBC’s interview with Deb.

22nd November 2003 Boat Party on the Thames

Update… Map: for those of you not coming on the coach, here’s a map – boat leaves at 9pm sharp. A couple of other things I should bring to the attention of all who sail on the good ship Miyuki Maru:

1. the coach company don’t want anyone boozin’ on the bus, so no cans or glass bottles please – be discrete 😉
2. the boat people are really strict about not allowing anyone to bring alcohol onto the boat – if they catch you they may not let you on, or worse – their terms state: “Any contravention of this policy will result in the function being terminated immediately at the nearest pier without refund”
3. anyone found enjoying themselves too much will be made to walk the plank

Ok, so I made up number 3. Just remember to be respectful to the captain and his crew and if you must be naughty, don’t get caught!

P.S. No more tickets left – sorry if you missed out, we’ll be doing another night soon – watch this space, or sign up for the mailing list.

Original posting: ohmygoodness I’ve been wanting to be able to announce this for weeks… after many hitches glitches and false starts we have finally found a boat we can celebrate babble’s 10th birthday on. We’re into double figures now and a troublesome adolescence is only just around the corner, so come celebrate with us while we’re still flushed with the excitement of youth!

The babble boat parties are the stuff of legend – if you’ve never been on one before, don’t miss out! I met my girlfriend on one 5 years ago… I can’t guarantee you’ll find one as nice as mine, but love will be abundant, as will the chunkiest, funkiest house music, supplied by damo, debs, mono and rob… and, if you’re really good, we’ll ask uncle bov to spin some tunes too.

The boat will be sailing from Swan Pier, near London Bridge on the Thames, at 9pm sharp on Saturday 22nd November, returning at 2am. How am I going to get there I hear you cry? Why on the beautiful babble bus I reply! There are only 140 places available at an all inclusive, bargainous price of £20 (thats just 20 quid for a return bus leicester – london and admission to the boat), so get ’em quick while you can, they’re sure to go very quickly. Bus leaves Leicester from outside The Showrooms bar, Charles Street at 6pm sharp. We also have a limited number of tickets (60) available for those who don’t need transport at £15 sold out.

Tickets are available now over the web with a credit card… or from one of the babble members… they will be available from Blink Clubwear, Odeon Arcade (off Market Place) from 21.10.2003, either in person or over the phone: 0116 2625820.

A big thanks to everyone that came to Dave and Jax engagement bash. You all made it a first class night. If anyone out there has photographic evidence of the event, please send us an email to info@babble.org.uk,
so we could maybe get some copies as a keepsake for the happy couple.

Our next outing will be on Saturday September 13th 2003 kicking off the Autumn season with a free party @ the charlotte, Oxford Street Leicester. Arrive early, ‘cos its an early finish – 9 til 2am. And afterwards our good friends Doji will be providing a free after party including babble dj’s dishing the tunes!

Don’t forget, this November is babble’s tenth birthday, so keep your ears to the ground for a very special birthday celebration….