BLACK SOUND SERIES

Taking place at Contact from Thursday 30th September to Saturday 2nd October the Black Sound Series is a celebration of Black Music culture and it's influence on the UK at the opening of Black History Month 2010. Attractions include the best in Spoken Word Poetry, Live Music, Contemporary dance, DJ’s and a photographic exhibition.

Contact in association with Culturehub NYC and ADAD present a special curated Mixed Movement. Dancers from Manchester and New York jamming in real-time across a digital space to celebrate the diversity of Black Dance!
The event is hosted by DawN Crandell - creator of Mixed Movement, and also features two incredible showcase artists: Lati Saka and Manchester’s premier dance troupe ‘ Shockout’. 

DANCEAFRICA & REMEMBA FELA - A night dedicated to the legend of Afrobeat FELA KUTI and a celebration of contemporary Afro influenced Dance music. Expect to hear the best in Afrobeat, Deep House, Broken Beat and Afro -tech brought to you by COMMUNITY & CONTACT. All hosted by London hip hop artist TY.

Photography by LadyLuck aka Problemchild (click for my new blog bitches :)

Chimpo remix of Window seat

CHIMPO EXCLUSIVE

http://www.mediafire.com/?xmvfeiwymnm

Chimpin aint easy!

My latest promo shoot was with Dubstep master Chimpo.

He has worked with artists such as Zed Bias, Broke'n'English, MRK 1, Dub Phizix and Fox.

Click here to download a mix by  Chimpo & Hatcha on Kiss FM (220709) 

Grown Man Business

DRS album cover by LadyLuck and designbyname

                                            

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

 

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis are a three-piece band comprising the teenage siblings of the Durham family. Their music is influenced heavily by R&B, swing, jump blues, country and Western, blues, Hawaiian and rock 'n' roll. They are all multi-instrumentalists playing guitar, piano, banjo, lapsteel guitar, harmonica, double bass, ukulele, drums, trombone, xylophone and accordion between them.

Kitty Durham (16) is the youngest of the group and primarily sings and plays drums, harmonica, ukulele, banjo, trombone and guitar. Daisy Durham (21) is the eldest of the group, who primarily sings and plays drums, piano, accordion and xylophone. Lewis Durham (19) is the middle child who sings and plays guitar, piano, banjo, lapsteel and drums. He collects and plays/DJ's 78rpm records and has built a home studio for the band to record in. It consists of 1940's and 50's recording equipment such as 8 track tape machines and vintage BBC and RCA microphones. Kitty, Daisy and Lewis do not use computers or any digital format during the recording process. They live with their parents in Kentish Town, north London. Daisy and Lewis have already left school, while Kitty still attends Acland Burghley School and is currently (2009) in her final year of GCSEs.

 They have supported artists such as Jools Holland, Mika, Billy Bragg, Mark Ronson andRazorlight at London's Earls Court Arena. They will be touring with Coldplay around America in July and August 2009. 

When performing live, their parents, Graeme Durham and Ingrid Weiss play guitar and double-bass. Graeme Durham is a founding member and mastering engineer at The Exchange recording studios in London, and Ingrid Weiss is the former drummer of The Raincoats and was encouraged to play the double bass by Kitty Daisy & Lewis.

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The Golden Kid

The Golden Kid Shoot 

Goldfinger from UK Grime/Dubstep collective Virus Syndicate

Photography and Styling by LADYLUCK

Super Super Magazine intern

In April 2008 LADYLUCK  left the rainy city to intern at Super Super Magazine.

I interviewed Elijah Wood's band Heloise and the Savoir Faire.

See Super Super issue 12

Mistletoe & Grime

Thursday 29 November 2007

I was very excited to be stylist and fashion designer alongside Sasha Foster, for the Contact Theatres christmas production Mistletoe & Grime. 

This Christmas, Contact is pleased to be presenting a very alternative seasonal offering. ‘Mistletoe & Grime’ is a production that shows you what happens when Grime meets Burlesque. The result is a darkly humorous piece of devised theatre that has been produced by Contact Young Actors Company.

Following extensive workshops with Manchester based Grime musician Fallacy, and contemporary artistic performer Belle Besame, the show will feature aerial choreography, MC’s, contortionists, Hip-hop, and eclectic dance performances, alongside DJ Chimpo playing live chop ‘n’ screw versions of the Christmas ‘classics’ - and a giant snow globe.

A massive thank you to Fallacy x

http://www.contact-theatre.org/news/view/120/christmas-at-contact.htm