Louche & Cognosco Freshers Warehouse Party - Delano Smith, Praslea & Jozif - At The Loft

Louche & Cognosco

Freshers Warehouse Party

Sat 25th September

@ The Loft (Top Floor, 2 Rooms)

Delano Smith (Mixmode, Third Ear, US)

Praslea ([a:rpia:r], Circoloco, RO)

jozif (Wolf + Lamb, UK)

Louche, Cognosco & Mono_Cult Residents:

Josh Tweek (Louche)

Brinsley (Louche)

Marsden (Cognosco)

Dan Hare (Cognosco)

David Hulme (Cognosco)

Matthew Roche (Louche)

Tom Frank (Louche)

Matt Long (Mono_Cult)

Paul Kaminski (Mono_Cult)

Brad Mercer (Mono_Cult)

James Pollard (Mono_Cult)

Nocturnal Leeds Heavyweights Louche and Cognosco get together this September, in a joint enterprise to welcome back students old and new to the city, in what promises to be one of the biggest parties of the year. With three headliners on the bill, all making their debut gigs in the city, in a scarcely used but much loved warehouse style venue, this party is sure to go off with a bang.

Born in Chicago and raised in Detroit, Delano Smith represents one of the last of a rare group of Detroits first house DJs. Inspired and mentored by Motown's first DJ - the late great Ken Collier, Delano began to perfect the art of DJing in the late 70's, playing disco in various underground clubs around the city. Then in the early 80's, house music emerged from down the Interstate 94 in Chicago, which quickly caught Delano's attention and would become the focus of a lifelong musical love affair. Thirty years later his sound is deep, groovy, sophisticated and aimed straight at the dancefloor. Praise and press has been heaped upon him for releases on London's highly respected Third Ear and his own imprint Mixmode. Exclusively jetting over from the States just for us, don't miss out on a true house music hero in action.

From electronic parties in his native town Sibiu, Romania, warming up for the likes of Zip, Hawtin and Loco Dice, Praslea has had an amazingly fast ascension. The young Romanian, who is close friends with compatriots Raresh, Pedro and Rhadoo, now has worldwide gigs including DC10 and Tenax under his belt, as well as production work on A:rpia:r and Moon Harbour. Audiomatic Net Radio is another of Praslea's projects; an online DJ broadcast that he does with buddy Raresh. His accurate technique and refined musical selection make Praslea one of the most promising artists of the young Romanian generation, and without doubt he is one of the finest underground DJ's out there.

Talented Londoner Jozif has been immersed in music and inspiration his whole life. Growing up in a musical family, with access to an endless record collection, Jozif has shaped his unique sound to fit perfectly into modern house music. His intense blend of juddering tech house and rich minimal grooves have earned Jozif gigs at benchmark clubs Fabric and Space, Ibiza. 2010 has already seen the acclaimed 'Chicago EP' drop on New York imprint Wolf + Lamb, a low-slung groover of a release that turned heads the world over. His conceptual, limited edition collaborative label project with Fabric musical director Craig Richards - Fist or Finger - is due for launch imminently, as are releases on Leftroom and Woolford's Intimacy imprint. Quirky, charismatic and thoroughly electronic, it's a pleasure to present Jozif to Leeds for the first time.

To round the party off we have a specialist tailor made Funktion One system being brought in to power the sound, support in The Box coming from local house dons Mono_Cult and an exclusive after party in the basement of the venue. Cognosco and Louche have treated the people of Leeds to some great great parties over the years; Cognosco downstairs at the Loft, and Louche at their three year home The Mint Club. Come and join us as we get together to throw our first joint party, that will almost certainly not be the last...

This party is dedicated to the late Matt McKeown, co-founder of Cognosco and friend to all of us, who is sadly no longer with us. We wish you could be here for it mate, and it would not have been possible without you.

PRE PARTY: At Distrikt Bar from 9pm - 1am with residents and guests, get your self down!

AFTERPARTY: We shall be having an exclusive afterparty on the bottom floor of the venue. You will only be able to attend this afterparty if you came to the main event. Spaces are very limited. News on advance tickets to the afterparty and entrance for it will be released nearer the event.

TICKETS: As you know already, the majority of our events sell out and reach capacity on the night. Please get tickets to avoid disappointment. As usual tickets will be the easiest and cheapest way to gain entry. Entry numbers are capped to avoid overcrowding so move fast to get your tickets!

Delano Smith (Mixmode, Third Ear, US)

Praslea ([a:rpia:r], Circoloco, RO)

jozif (Wolf + Lamb, UK)

Louche, Cognosco & Mono_Cult Residents:

Josh Tweek (Louche)

Brinsley (Louche)

Marsden (Cognosco)

Dan Hare (Cognosco)

David Hulme (Cognosco)

Matthew Roche (Louche)

Tom Frank (Louche)

Matt Long (Mono_Cult)

Paul Kaminski (Mono_Cult)

Brad Mercer (Mono_Cult)

James Pollard (Mono_Cult)