Antidote Presents Doctor Dru at Cargo | 20th October
Antidote returns to Cargo after the summer break with the first of three monthly parties. For our first Autumn outing we have pulled together a ridiculous lineup. Headlining is Doctor Dru, one of the hottest properties in the Deep House scene at the moment. His recent releases with the Adana Twins have been quite literally ripping dance floors apart.
We also bring you Michael L Penman, recently signed to Richie Hawtin’s Minus12 label. Michael is fast becoming one of London’s rising stars, and on past Antidote experience he will be tearing the place apart with some funky deep tech beats. All this as well as the Antidote residents DubGraffiti and Yiannis Balkizas. We are indeed spoiling you, so Cargo watch out this is going to be a massive night!!!!
Doctor Dru
It all started, when Doctor Dru was a little boy tapping his mothers pots and pans with his drumsticks. Dru’s youth was about three things: hitting the snare, skateboarding and funk & soul music. He soon started drumming professionally throughout Europe supporting guys like R.Kelly in sold out concert halls. A crash with his skateboard changed everything. “I couldn ?t play the drums with my broken arms anymore, but I was still able to tweak a mixer.” Doctor Dru fell in love with an atari and a drummachine and started improving his production skills. His older sister forced him to spin vinyl at her numerous parties. The clubs liked that, too. Then he quit doing that for a while to begin an experimental phase of sound soul searching. He was producing and writing for a wide variety of artists e.g. Bootsy Collins, one of his heroes.But the 4 to the floor never let him go. He felt, he had some grooves to tell and got back into house music. In 2010 he found some like-minded guys out of the Baalsaal, Hamburg and founded the label JEUDI Records. Now in 2011 after ghostproducing for other DJ ?s, he came out with his own stuff.His debut EP “Ooh Gosh!” was sitting in the Top 5 of the dancecharts for weeks. He also was the mastermind behind the slow house edit “Juicy Fruit” which was a summerhit in 2011 and a great success for the new sublabel Blackjuke Box by EXPLOITED. His latest production, the “Anymore” EP” in collaboration with his buddies Adana Twins is out now on BAALSAAL records. It has already a huge feedback on the scene. So we are curious as to what is coming up next. House is the playground and the pulse keeping it together is his destiny. Listen!
Line Up:
Doctor Dru (Exploited / Jeudi)
Michael L Penman (Minus12 /Leporelo /MBD)
DubGraffiti (Antidote / Detox Recordings)
Yiannis Balkizas (Antidote / Use Your Loaf)
For guest list please email full names to reception@cargo-london.com
Tables & QJUMP call 0207 749 7841 (Mon- Fri, 10am-6pm)
Doors: 8 p.m.=
Tickets: £15 OTD
