HOBBES MUSIC 9TH BDAY PT II: SECRET STATE [AKA TOBIAS SCHMIDT], EXTERIOR, LEONIDAS & HOBBES, ME & THE DEVIL

Hobbes Music is back at the Bongo with another big line-up, celebrating 9 years of releasing music on vinyl and 25 years of The Bongo Club!

NB 4am licence tbc (pending Council approval)

Free tickets are valid for entry before 11:30pm.

Late comers for early arrival tickets are charged the standard door price (£5 before 12am / £10 after).

LINE UP:

ROOM 1:
SECRET STATE (LIVE) aka TOBIAS SCHMIDT [Tresor, Disko B]
Classic Techno & Electro
EXTERIOR (LIVE)
“Techno, electroinica with a heart and purpose” (Monolith Cocktail)
LEONIDAS & HOBBES
Techno, Electro, Breakbeat, Bass, House

ROOM 2:
ME & THE DEVIL
LEONIDAS
Italo, Disco, Wave, Funk, Soul, Brazilian, Afrobeat & More

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To date, HM has released 14 EPs and 3 LPs (with one more album forthcoming this season) – on vinyl and across a broad range of electronic music styles, designed for mind, body and soul.

Supporters include: Nina Kraviz, Levon Vincent, Laurent Garnier, Ben UFO, Avalon Emerson, Erol Alkan, DFA, Bawrut, Groove Armada, Rolando (UR), Bill Brewster, Mixmaster Morris, The Revenge, Kink, Ivan Smagghe, Horse Meat Disco, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Auntie Flo, Tim Sweeney/Beats In Space, JD Twitch/Optimo, Daniel Avery, Greg Wilson, Ashley Beedle, Andrew Weatherall, DJ Deep, Jimpster, XDB, Paul Wise, Sean Johnston (ALFOS), nd Baumecker, Red Rack’Em, Cedric Woo, Leo Mas, Nick The Record, Tony Humphries, Kay Suzuki, Ryota Opp, Domenic, OOFT, John Heckle, Justin Robertson, Kenneth Bager/Music For Dreams, Joe Morris, Krysko, Mick Wills, Alfredo, Nancy Noise, Crazy P, Dicky Trisco, Neil Diablo, Resident Advisor, Les Yeux Orange, Ransom Note, 6Music, Radio 1, Bondi Beach Radio, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Ibiza Sonica, Ibiza Voice, Electronic Sound, among many many more…

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MORE INFO:

Headlining, SECRET STATE is better known to many as TOBIAS SCHMIDT, who released a run of killer albums and singles via esteemed techno labels such as Tresor, Disko B , Telepathic and Mosquito in the late 90s and early 00s (plus Neil Landstrumm’s Scandinavia imprint and via CPU, Varvet and Blueberry more recently).

Currently working on a slew of new releases with a nod to the legendary likes of Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Planetary Assault Systems et al, he brings a live set of banging analogue techno and electro flavours in a classic/timeless mould. Expect some serious heat from this veteran of the Nineties techno scene.

EXTERIOR returns, having brought down the walls at the HM event at Hidden Door in June and Bongo in February and released debut album Umbilical Digital via the label in May, following his killer debut 12″ from 2019. Guaranteed to get pulses racing, as he explores tempos from 100-150pm, his music is still techno but not as you may know it. Gnarly as f*ck basically!

WATCH VIDEO FOR ORTHODOX DREAMS 

“If Steve Albini was forced at gunpoint to make an electronic album it would sound like this, like AFX meets Shellac” Steven McConnell (Benbecula Records)

LEONIDAS & HOBBES assemble once again following props for their last two EPs. Third EP Rags Of Time EP – featuring lead track Web Of Intrigue – was voted Record Of The Year (2017) by international DJs on Bill Brewster’s DJ History podcasts, while follow-up EP, Aranath, pulled in daytime and evening play on BBC6 music (Mary Anne Hobbs, Lauren Laverne’s Breakfast Show w/Nemone & Gideon Coe) and more praise, in 2021. Among a slew of other DJ & critical plaudits, the pair has had enthusiastic features from Bandcamp, Electronic Sound, Ban Ban Ton Ton, DJ, Mixmag and Les Yeux Orange for an analogue production aesthetic that embraces classic techno, electro, house, disco, ambient, dub and more.

However, DJ-wise, you can expect them to get deep, down and dirty with a hard and fast set, which will match the tempo and style of the two live acts on the bill and maintain the pressure in the main room (before potentially releasing some of it towards the end). If you caught their set at Hidden Door in June or Bongo in February (or Hobbes’ solo set at Summerhall in August), you’ll know roughly what to expect: classics and obscure bangers blended with upfront selections, including some unreleased gems and old favourites from their own studio sessions (with an upcoming debut album now due in ’23).

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ROOM 2:

ME AND THE DEVIL sees Greek duo Lysimachos & Vangelis bring the all-encompassing, party-starting flavours of their legendary house parties to the Bongo, incorporating soul, funk, italo, disco, afrobeat, and various (new/cold/synth) wave flavours.

LEONIDAS brings a second set for the upstairs space, exploring the more eclectic edges of his record bag in a well-practised style that doffs a cap to the likes of Mancuso, Levan et al, while embracing contemporary global sounds.