HEAVENLY BODIES FT. Bok Bok

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Bok Bok
HVN (1)
Chinelo
Ard1n

Dancing For Heaven and Body2Body presents ‘Heavenly Bodies’.

Hot off Heavenly Bodies inaugural event at NYC’s Rash, The party returns home to Toronto for a special showcase of legendary London based DJ, producer, remixer and director of the incendiary Night Slugs record label Bok Bok.

DJing since 2004, Bok Bok started to make their name on London's underground scene around the time Grime music was first emerging from the capitol's tower blocks, and for the first years of their career they played little else. The unique inventiveness and raw energy of that music has remained with Bok Bok ever since those early days, as they discovered the wider world of club music, seeing many parallels between the homegrown music of London and House music from Chicago to South Africa, Techno, Baltimore/Jersey/Philly Club, 80s funk and a myriad other music styles across many eras. For Bok Bok, all these musics came together to form a seamless timeline, all complimenting, echoing and supplementing each other.

This pan-genre, time-irreverent mentality was the foundation of the Night Slugs movement. In 2008 Bok Bok would join forces with like-minded producer and DJ L-Vis 1990 to form Night Slugs (NS), initially a club night in South London. From day 1 the ethos was fiercely open-minded and DIY, as Bok and L-Vis dedicated themselves to club music. Through the events series and their DJ sets around the UK and Europe, the duo cultivated a unique sound, cross-pollinating ideas from their various influences until a distinct community of producers crystallized around them.

In 2010 Night Slugs re-launched as a record label. Since then NS has been a non-stop source of ambitious, cutting-edge music for the club, launching the careers of artists such as Mosca, Jam City and Girl Unit and providing a context-rich platform for like-minded producers such as Kingdom, Egyptrixx and Lil Silva. The label's sound may be diverse but it's FEEL is distinctive, injecting the crews diverse influences back into the UK soundsystem heritage that inspired Bok Bok way back in their early days as a Grime DJ and FWD>> raver. In the process, Night Slugs has become a truly cult label, with a reputation for quality and innovation rivalled by few others and with a fan base as globally spread as Bok and L-Vis' inspirations.

Bok Bok plays a key curatorial role in the Night Slugs project, having input into everything from the label's music and art-direction to engineering and mixing releases.

In May 2011, Bok Bok released the ‘Southside’ EP on Nightslugs. The EP featured 5 instrumental tracks, including the break out club track ‘Silo Pass’ and in October 2013 their productions featured on the mixtape ‘Cut 4 Me’ released by sister LA label Fade To Mind with vocalist Kelela.

Bok Bok collaborated with Dutch producer Tom Trago on the Night Voyage Tool Kit EP released by Sound Pellegrino in 2011. Since then Bok Bok and Tom Trago have founded the label Night Voyage to put out their collaborations. 'Get Me Want You Want' was released in Dec 2013 and the latest installment 'Pussy Track / Silent G Safari' was released in January 2014.

They have toured extensively in the US, Australia, Japan and Europe including stand out sets at institutions like Sonar / Holy Ship / Fabric / Berghain.

Join Bok Bok alongside local taste curators Chinelo, HVN & ARD1N at the infamous grotto that is Bambi’s for a night of expansive sounds and grooves.

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