OOH WEE! CHIBUKU SHAKE SHAKE RETURN...

Every good celebrity bash has a good DJ. With a family in the public eye as much as the stars who hired him, it didn't take long before Mark Ronson was on the most wanted list for the said spot (rocking parties for everyone from Jay Z to P Diddy to Gucci to Hugo Boss, to name but a very few).

Ronson went on to bang out a torrent of dancefloor-dwelling remixes, and soon expanded to full-on production - first Nikka Costa's debut album (though if you blinked, you may have missed it), and then his own critically acclaimed LP 'Here Comes The Fuzz,' which featured Ghostface Killah, Mos Def, Sean Paul, Q-Tip and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. The LP contained the infectious 'Ooh Wee,' which quickly climbed the charts worldwide and to this day remains a staple in every conscious DJ's box. With a continual need for fresh beats and an ear blessed to spot talent, it only made sense that he'd launch Allido Records, an extremely promising label whose first signings include Chicago's Rhymefest (co-producer of Kanye West's 'Jesus Walks') and Australian superstar Daniel Merriweather. Most recently, his tune with Alex Greenwald has every dancefloor getting down to a melancholic and heart-pulling Radiohead classic ('Just'), disguised as a party starter fuelled by funk and bright horn blares. His other current projects revolve around his apparent penchant for topping the pops, working alongside luminaries such as Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera, Robbie Williams and Amy Winehouse.

As for DJing, he still surfs the air waves every Friday on East Village Radio, on top of trotting around the globe with the demanding schedule he tends. While touring, he recently crafted a live set, equipped with a full band (bass, percussion, keyboards, trumpet, tenor sax, trombone) and vocals from the aforementioned soul crooner Merriweather. After Ronson's blistering live performance at their gig in Liverpool, the Chibuku crew couldn't resist bringing him down to the Big Smoke, when they come to once again shake the walls of Fabriclive next month.

Detroit's wonderfully rousing addition to the techno scene, Recloose, made his own live debut in the echoing chambers in Room One a few months back, using a full band to rework tracks from his glittering album 'Hiatus On the Horizon.' This time around, Recloose will take to the decks with a brassy, housey, swingy sound particularly catered for Fabriclive's Room 3. Joining him will be two Chibuku residents that have a sound particularly catered for...just about anything, really. Matty J and Luke Carr only leave the house with a bag that's plenty mixed ' to simply label them as house or deep electronica DJs would patronize their eclectic styles. Matty J's work with Nuphonic has scored him gigs alongside Ashley Beedle, The Unabombers, Idjut Boys, Bugz in the Attic, The Scratch Perverts, Joey Jay and Daniel Wang. Meanwhile, Luke Carr, aka 'the Ralph Lawson of Chibuku,' has shared the spotlight with Kenny Dope, DJ Shadow, Marshall Jefferson, Gilles Peterson, Jacques Lu Cont, Dimitri from Paris, James Lavelle, Dexter and even Mr. Lawson himself.

Full lineup:
friday 04/08/06
FABRICLIVE
tickets: 08709 020 001 or www.fabriclondon.com
9.30pm-5am Ôø‡12/Ôø‡10 (NUS/Fabric First Members)

ROOM ONE:
CHIBUKU SHAKE SHAKE...
Mark Ronson (LIVE), Scratch Perverts, C2C, The Mixologists, Beat Monkeys

ROOM TWO:
CHIBUKU SHAKE SHAKE...
Pendulum, Dillinja, Ed Rush, London Elektricity, Loz, Tony S & Ali Mac
MCs Rage, IC3 & Verse

ROOM THREE:
CHIBUKU SHAKE SHAKE...
Recloose, Matty J (Nuphonic), Luke Carr

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