30/09/2008
The Smirnoff Electric Cabaret is hitting Manchester on November 27th.
Sorry. Did I lack enthusiasm? Okay, I’ll try again. SMIRNOFF ELECTRIC CABARET IS HITTING MANCHESTER ON NOVEMBER 27TH!!!
There, now I’ve got your attention.
The Original Nights event returns with a host of cutting-edge tunes, from some of the most cutting-edge artists, alongside some of the most cutting-edge cabaret acts.
In other words, its proper cutting-edge.
Here’s a run-down of who’s going to be performing.
Sam Sparro: He may look a bit like a lady-boy, but you can’t help but wiggle your buttocks like a cat when you hear his tunes. You know? When they’re trying to be all sexy and start rubbing against your legs and stuff like proper little tarts. Sparro’s debut album, Black & Gold, was dubbed the ‘disco anthem of the year’ and it’s easy to tell why.
Pat Mahoney: He’s the guy nominated for two Grammy’s as part of electronic, dance-punk shebang, LCD Soundsystem. At the Smirnoff Electric Cabaret, Pat will be teaming-up with DFA Records label-mate Juan Maclean, for a super massive, bangin’ great, Acid House revival set - paying homage to the Roland synthesizers that revolutionized the power of the dance.
Now try saying that with a whole Ikea hot dog in your mouth. Hard isn't it?
Das Pop: The three-part Belgian, one-part Kiwi electro pop outfit, will be making just about everyone (which could/should include you) jump up, take notice and dance like a bandy-legged giraffe on forty cans of Red Bull and three dozen Es. Providing an equally formidable dance sensation will be Devil’s Gun, whose incorporation of everything from breakbeat and electro, to house and clunky synths, have gained them plaudits the nation over.
As per-usual there’ll be a whole host of cabaret acts performing, although details are currently sketchy and acts are TBC. We know that previous cabaret acts included ‘man-becomes-6ft-balloon’. The clues in the name; the appropriately named Bruce Airhead literally becomes a 6ft balloon.
Anyway, Smirnoff will carry on the tradition of a free drink on entry and invite revelers to choose a drink by scent, using a special ‘snifter’. Which is basically a hand-blown glass nosing tube. Oh and you’ll be invited to delve into a fancy dress box and transform yourself for the night into whatever is available. A horse? A prince? A massive donger? Who knows?
We do know that the Smirnoff Electric Cabaret will definitely be a good’n. It always is.
Smirnoff Electric Cabaret
27th November 2008
Manchester Academy, Oxford Road,
Manchester, M13 9PR
8.30pm – 2am
Cabaret Acts: TBC
Tickets: TBC
Visit the Smirnoff Original Nights Facebook page for further updates and details.
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