The original bashment/reggaeton party keeps moving forward with its unique blend of quality Caribbean sounds and urban Latino flavas. Brought to you by innovative dancehall DJs/remixers Heatwave (Punchline Records) and Lubi Jovanovic the Reggaeton Don - we can honestly say there's nothing like this The hottest sounds from Jamaica to Puerto Rico, Trinidad to New York City. Two rooms of big tunes, nice vibes and culo-shaking bass with special guest PAs from a stellar line-up of the top female dancehall, reggaeton and grimey garage artists in the UK.

Press release below and attached. Pictures from previous events at www.scandalbag.com/gallery.html

Cheers

gabriel - Heatwave

07890 371 079 / gabriel@scandalbag.com

what Heatwave vs Mas Fuego!

where The Rhythm Factory (Whitechapel)
when Friday 20th May 2005
frequency 3rd Friday of the month - June 17th, July 15th etc

Jamaica meets Puerto Rico Uptown in East London! - LADIES' NIGHT

· 2 rooms of Caribbean & Latino Flavas, nice vibes and culo-shaking bass!

· Dancehall/bashment, reggaeton, R'n'B, soca, Latin hip hop, reggae & zouk

· Live PAs, Guest DJs, MCs and dancers

SHORT BLURB

2 rooms of the finest Caribbean and Latin sounds from Jamaica to Puerto Rico and Trinidad to Cuba, this month featuring an all-female line-up! PAs from top vocalists Lady Chann (Suncycle - dancehall/bashment), Criola aka Gemini (Latin Clan - reggeaton/R'n'B) and No Lay (Unorthodox - grime/garage) plus guest DJ Lexy Lu (Rethink London).

LONGER BLURB
Two rooms of the finest Caribbean and Latin sounds from Jamaica to Puerto Rico and Trinidad to Cuba: dancehall/bashment, reggaeton, R'n'B, soca, latin hip hop, reggae and zouk. After consistently seeing female MCs sidelined or ignored in the macho mic stakes, we've got the girls to step up and show us what time it is! Live PAs from the UK's toppa top female dancehall artist, the First Lady of Latin hip hop and reggaeton and the new Queen of grimy garage. Representing dancehall and North West London: Lady Chann from England's premier bashment group Suncycle. From South London's Unorthodox crew, No Lay is going to show exactly who's running it on the grime scene. Keeping things Latina: rapper and producer Criola aka Gemini, collaborator with London's undisputed kings of Latin hip hop, Latin Clan. Plus the finest reggae and dancehall around courtesy of selector Lexy Lu (Rethink) alongside resident DJs Heatwave (Punchline Records), Lubi (Nascente Records) and MDK (Twice as Nice).

Check the website for more details and photos: www.scandalbag.com

THE DETAILS

Friday 20th May 2005 @ The Rhythm Factory

16-18 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1EW

Tube: Aldgate East / Whitechapel

Buses: 25, 205, 254, N25, N106, N205 & N254

9pm-4am > £5 before 11pm/NUS > £7 otherwise

heatwave@scandalbag.com > infoline 07890 371 097

www.rhythmfactory.co.uk > 020 7375 3774

BIOGS

Heatwave vs Mas Fuego!

Heatwave have been keeping dancehall events in London and beyond since 2001 and Heatwave vs Mas Fuego! has been going from strength to strength since its launch in January 2005, with fresh selections and exclusive live PAs. So far Yungun, Riko, The Bug, Warrior Queen, Suncycle, J Star, Latin Clan and Sidestepper's Rubi Dan have passed through to do their dancehall/latino thing.

Lady Chann (Suncycle)

One of the leading members of the UK's top dancehall act, the Harlesden-based Suncycle crew. Established in the late 90s by CEO, MC and producer Dolamite, Suncycle's three self-released albums Brokwile: Levels 1, 2 and 3 led to a deal with international publishing/management company Jamdown. The video for lead single Somebody off 2004's I Am Somebody album received heavy play from UK cable music station Channel U. Other members include Gappy Ranx, Vigilante and Redman UK. Chann killed it alongside Gappy and Vigilante at the Heatwave vs Mas Fuego! launch party back in January 2005.

Criola aka Gemini (Latin Clan)

The UK's first lady of latin hiphop & reggaeton! MC, musician and producer Criola is a long-time collaborator with Latin Clan, London's undisputed kings of Latin hip hop. Only 23 years old, performances to date include the Jazz Cafe, Latin Splash Festival and the 1st London Latin Hip Hop & Reggaeton Festival - where she battled freestyle against 20 Colombian, Cuban and Venezuelan MCs! The only female MC on stage that night and holding her own! Criola is currently collaborating with Courtney Pine's pianist Alex Wilson (of R'n'B Latino fame), as well as her own productions, which have appeared on a number of compilations.

No Lay (Unorthodox)

The newly-crowned Queen of UK Grime/Garage, No Lay's biggest tune to date, Unorthodox Daughter, featured on the first major grime compilation Run The Road, released on the 679 label (home to The Streets and Kano). After starting out as a drum & bass/jungle MC at the tender age of 12, No Lay now heads up the South London garage collective Unorthodox (also featuring Silver, G-Kid & Don Gully). Releases like Flows On Lock and the unusually politically-aware No Help, No Handouts have got radio play from the likes of Kiss, BBC 1xtra and Choice FM, while No Lay has smashed it at a whole heap of raves including Sidewinder, Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival, Fabric and i-D live @ Cargo.

The Heatwave DJs

Holding it down for over three years with their crunked-up dancefloor blend of dancehall/bashment, R'n'B, reggae, soca and reggaeton which has earned them numerous guest slots alongside the likes of Buju Banton, Suncycle, Robbo Ranx, Tubby T, DJ Vadim, The Bug, Yungun, Warrior Queen, Coldcut and Ross Allen.

Heatwave's residencies at 333, Momo's and Herbal and recent appearances at big nights including Champion Sound (Cargo), Fidgit (Plan B), Bristol Carnival, Wwwhut!? (93 Feet East) and the Non-Stop label launch party have earned them praise from the likes of Time Out: "the most exciting new luminaries of London's burgeoning dancehall scene".

Also responsible for a glut of remixes on the bootleg 7" imprint Punchline, notably a refix of Trick Me by Kelis featuring Beenie Man & T.O.K. and a Super Cat vs The Pharcyde cut on the evergreen Stalag riddim. These have been rinsed on radio and in dances alike by Gilles Peterson, David Rodigan, 100% Dynamite/Soul Jazz, Daddy G (Massive Attack), DJ /Rupture, Blood & Fire, The Bug and more.

A couple of Heatwave mixes available to download here www.xiquet.net. More soon. The Heatwave DJs also write the monthly dancehall round-up and charts for Undercover Magazine and www.musicalbear.com

The Mas Fuego! DJs

Lubi Jovanovic has been pushing Latin music for over 20 years, DJing all over the UK and Europe and writing the Latin Lowdown for StraightNoChaser magazine. Not to mention releasing a string of hit compilation CDs for Nascente Records, shifting upwards of 100,000 units and counting of titles such as Urban Latino, Beginner's Guide to Cuba and the upcoming Mas Fuego! - 100% Reggaeton. More info at http://members.lycos.co.uk/djneil/files/lubi_el_slavoloco.htm

DJ MDK is Twice as Nice's official European tour DJ, with a summer-long residency at Twice as Nice in Ibiza. He plays a tightly-mixed set of dancefloor R'n'B, Jamaican bashment, French Caribbean dancehall, reggaeton and zouk.

UPCOMING GUESTS
Klashnekoff (Terra Firma), DJ C (Mashit) , Latin Clan, Dave Stelfox (Breaking Ranks), NoRequests, El Moreno (Bar Rumba), DJ Deoh (Rumba FM), Macka Diamond, Sidestepper Soundsystem, Mr Thing (Scratch Perverts), Daddy G (Massive Attack), Spoonface (Faada) and much more