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MANCBETH launch: Rowetta, DJ Jon Dasilva, Maria Uzor & Friends

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Saturday 14th September 2024
7:00pm til 12:00am
Minimum Age
18+

MANCBETH launch: Rowetta, DJ Jon Dasilva, Maria Uzor & Friends

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Sharon Marie Worsey

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16 September 2024

Great value for money, as the show packed loads in. Standout performances were Means of Production, and Rowetta putting her own spin on Joy Division classics.

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Callum Coates

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16 September 2024

Great acts, great interaction, great night.

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Matt Stubbs

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16 September 2024

Mancbeth was excellent.

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Martin Andrews

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16 September 2024

The Mancbeth launch event at Band on the Wall 14.09.24 was quite spectacular. Such an array of talent on display from the excellent mutant electronic vocal style of Maria Uzor and the acid house sound and visual treat of Means of Production. This was followed by an outstanding set by Shadowplay who were joined on stage by Rowetta from Happy Mondays who raised the roof with the power of her vocals that brought another dimension to Ian Curtis's lyrics. The evening culminated in a bonkers set from Octavia Freud all about the fictional character Macbeth owning a rave club in early 90s Manchester. They brought great energy, originality and ear worm songs and visuals. Rowetta treated the audience to a final set of club hits and the night finished with the acts dancing on stage together for a final connection with the audience as legendary Hacienda DJ Jon Dasilva played his headline DJ set to a really warm and appreciative crowd. Special mention to the sound tech and Band on the Wall staff who were all lovely. Best night out in MCR for a long time. I'm looking forward to the next Mancbeth party.
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MANCBETH launch featuring Rowetta, DJ Jon Dasilva, Maria Uzor & friends

Two legendary names from Manchester’s music scene, Rowetta from Happy Mondays and DJ Jon Dasilva will be performing at the launch night of Mancbeth, a new Shakespeare meets 90’s rave electronic musical experience.

Rowetta will be performing an exclusive personal selection of Joy Division tracks with the Peter Hook endorsed band Shadowplay. Rowetta will also perform a couple of her own current club bangers and a beautiful version of ‘You Got The Love’ to complete this celebratory evening of Manchester’s musical history.

Jon Dasilva, one of the original resident DJ’s at the legendary FAC51 Hacienda club who is credited with introducing the sound of acid house to the UK club scene will be the special guest DJ playing a mix of his current favourite tracks and Hacienda classics to close the night.

Mancunian electronic producer Octavia Freud & The Weird Sisters will be performing live electronic bangers from his hit debut album Mancbeth. He is joined by the vocal talents of Emma Hunter, Mila Todd, The Bobo, Cate Debu and Pet Twin. The Mancbeth concept album is based on Mancunian David Lemberg’s original screenplay, which updates the famous ‘Scottish play’ 400 years to the early 90’s rave years by setting it in a Manchester acid house club called Glam-iz; loosely based on The Hacienda.

“A glorious kaleidoscope of electronic music. ‘Mancbeth’ is a triumph.” Nightshift magazine

“Playful, subversive and tongue-in cheek amidst all the necessary darkness it is encased in warped disco, house and techno. The whole work is rife with electronic oddities and treasures.” OMS magazine

“An extraordinary project marrying cutting edge machine music, Mancunian spirit and Shakespearian psychodrama” Jon Dasilva

Maria Uzor will bring her vibrant dark-wave mutant vocal post-punk style for a highly anticipated support slot that will include a set of blistering electronic songs taken from her current critically acclaimed album, ‘Soft Cuts’. Electronic duo Means of Production open proceedings with their impressively tight acid house grooves and live projected brutalist visuals set. The Glam-iz resident DJ for this unique immersive musical experience will be electronic producer Tiger Mendoza. Actor Brian Gorman will recreate the Macbeth’s fictional nightclub Glam-iz by being MC for the evening. He will reprise his role as Factory records boss Tony Wilson from his hit show, ‘New Dawn Fades’ to introduce the acts and describe how the euphoric Madchester years came to a bloody end under the Macbeth’s reign.

www.mancbeth.co.uk

Artists on stage: 7.30pm
Curfew: 12.00am
Stage: The Venue

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