SAT 12TH DEC HPA @ HOLIC SPECIAL

Our next outing...

DICKINSON DÉRIVE

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AUGUST SUPER SOUNDS SESSIONS

Fri 14th Aug Dérive at The Dolphin
The Hackney Players Association all night long
The Dolphin, Hackney
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Sun 16th Aug Delirium Roofparty Alldayer
The Hackney Players Association at the Delirium Roofparty Alldayer
Dex Club, Brixton. Set time: 6pm - 8pm Info: here
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Fri 21st Aug Dérive at The Dolphin
The H.P.A + Des Morgan (Yam Who?)
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Sat 22nd Aug Cosmic Truth Alldayer
The Hackney Players Association at The Cosmic Truth party alongside Ashley Beedle, Reverso 68 and the Cosmic Truth.
Big Chill Bar, Brick Lane. Set time: 3.30pm-5pm Info: here
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Fri 28th Aug Dérive at The Dolphin
Bank Holiday Super Sounds Special with the H.P.A + Felix Dickinson (Cynic Records).

Dérive Every Friday at The Dolphin
9pm - 4:30am... Free in before midnight, £3/negotiable after

The Dolphin, 165 Mare St, Hackney E8 3RH


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Exploring Frequencies

Dérive Dolphin Summer Dates For Your Drifting....

Friday 12th June
The H.P.A + Pete Herbert (Reverso 68 / LSB)
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Friday 19th June
The H.P.A + Richard Freestone and Alex Bradley
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Friday 26th June
The H.P.A + Bobby Hands & Joe Smith (Soul Purpose)
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Friday 10th July
The H.P.A + Toni Rossano (Blackbeard & Strut Records)
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Friday 17th July
The H.P.A + Severino & Fabio (Disco Inn, Italy) and Kid Fiesta (Bloom)
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Friday 24th July
The H.P.A + Christopher Tubbs
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Friday 31st July:
The H.P.A + Matt Waites (Nightmoves)

9pm - 4am... Free in before midnight, £3/negotiable after

The Dolphin, 165 Mare St, Hackney E8 3RH


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The Deviant Italo savantes dérive into Hackney

H.P.A will have Piers Martin as a guest at the Dolphin on Friday the 22nd May. He has promised 'Bumping Italo'. Which is a reason to turn up if i ever heard one.

H.P.A's super sound for dancing will be supplied by Andy, Toru and Leon.
Disco dérive

Dub dérive part deux.

Another chapter in the H.P.A dub dérive. Another sunny day in Hackney with the music of summer dreaming. Just stick it on your music player and Drift. Walk through London fields down the canal into the park and lie in the grass of Victoria park.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nweewu

Discobox < > Dérive. Sound. Debauchery.

From the moment we wheeled the Martin system 1/2 mile down the road from the Hackney Empire, it looked like it would be special. Clues were there when we plugged in the Bozak. We watched the locals get far too excited at the drinks offered we had secured for our faithful. Climbing over people to get to the DJ booth and there was Serge 'man he was good'.

Here is the data, chopped up into CD length segments for convenient burning and listening to in your car, boat or plane....

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ziznmmyzymn/Discobox @ The Dolphin 8th May 2009 with the HPA & Serge Jazzmate pt 1.mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wm5wdgzmujh/Discobox @ The Dolphin 8th May 2009 with the HPA & Serge Jazzmate pt 2.mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/aynykamkykm/Discobox @ The Dolphin 8th May 2009 with the HPA & Serge Jazzmate pt 3.mp3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yihtngfzb3l/Discobox @ The Dolphin 8th May 2009 with the HPA & Serge Jazzmate pt 4.mp3

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Enjoy Dérive.

Dolphin Discobox Dérive

Tonight!!!!!

We will be setting up all day making sure the 70s circuitry is up to the barrage of high modulation, more groove culting depth and width, more space between the radius and better dynamics. We have Serge Jazzmate playing his first set in London.

I want Super Sound for Dancing!!! (Worry not, you'll have).

Get set for Disco diversion....

Discobox present Serge Jazzmate..
Dolphin,
Mare Street,
Hackney. E8 3RH
9pm - 4am.
Free B4 12, £3 after.
Drinks promotions between 9 - 11.

Directions:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=e8+3rh&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&z=16&iwloc=A

Blearyica.

There has been alot said about all this Nu Bleary Ka Kak. I found this tape by Graeme Park from 89. Now alot will argue that this aint the Balearic. The nostalgia is mythical as i can only really remember the likes of Tony Wilson (South Londons finest, Fascinations) only dropping into what Ebay calls Balearic classics at the start of his night. He would of got lynched if he started dropping Soho Hippychick half hour into a £25 pound yellow callie.
Enjoy.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/35jvti

Dub Dérive @ The Dolphin.

Two weeks ago at our weekly night at Ze Dolphin. I was approached by a character called Shaqqy who does house clearances and had acquired some vinyl and asked "did i want it?" "Of course" was my instant retort although visions of Seekers and various brass & accordian players ran through my head. The collection I was given brought to mind very real ghosts of Hackney past. He walked through the crowd peering over the top of 90 or so Dub 12s dating from 1978 to 1981. All in mint condition apart from the classic DJ vandalism of scratching out Song titles and President Hi-Fi scrawled in permanent ink on the covers. My knowledge of this era has never been that good. I used to deal in some reggae vinyl in my record stall days in Camden but tended to concede defeat to the dub hounds that used to fleece me every Saturday morning for 12 years. So i did a bit of research and the only sound system i could find similar was Sir Bigga the President from Hornsey (Papa D). I did find an interesting list of the reggae sound systems round my way from back in the day.

"Fatman Hi-Fi - North London Baddest (Tottenham)
Sir Does Hi-Fi - Champion of Tottenham
Sir George Hi-Fi from Tottenham (Cubies resident)
Seven Seals (Tottenham)
Nationwide of Tottenham
Ital Force (Tottenham)
Tippa Sound (Tottenham)
The Mighty Youth Of Zion (Bruce Grove)
Count Shelley - Heavyweight Champion of the North (Tottenham / Stoke Newington)
Sir KP's Hi-Fi - Stoke Newington Heavyweight Champion
Papa Eastman International (Stoke Newington)
The Mighty Prophets (Stoke Newington)
Imperial Zion (Stoke Newington)
Emporer (Stoke Newington)
Jah Spirit (Stoke Newington)
Sir Fray Hi-Fi (Dalston)
Serge Hi-Fi of Dalston (Four Aces / Cubies resident)
Liberator Esq (Dalston)
Joshua Hi-Fi - Kingsland Entertainer
North Star Hi-Fi (Highbury/lslington)
Kendra the Young Lion (Archway)
Sir Bigga the President (Papa B) of Hornsey
Mighty Intrepid Sound of Finsbury Park
Roots Rocker (Finsbury Park)
Progressive Sound (Turnpike Lane)
Saxon (Wood Green)
Count Marshall from Edmonton
Count Cozie Cool the Trojan (Hanwell)
Tokyo the Monarch (Leyton)
Unitone of Leyton
Imperial Youth (Leyton)
Sir Wayne (Leyton)
Captain Ken Big Panasonic Sound - North London No.1 Musical Brain
His Majesty Jah Whitey - North London Humble Lion
Jah Tubby from North
Count Reggie Hi-Fi (North London)" source unknown.

Anyway with my limited Reggae knowledge i compiled a mix from the cache of vinyl:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/147hpr

Enjoy, Dérive.

Dérive

'One of the basic situationist practices is the dérive, a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiences. Dérives involve playful-constructive behaviour and awareness of psychogeographical effects, and are thus quite different from the classic notions of journey or stroll.' Guy de Bord.

The notion of the dérive is an essential part of the idea of Hackney Players Association. Well, we seemed to hook up with a common grounding theme of dancefloor music and had reached similar conclusions through very different paths. We are not exclusively Disco or Dub or House or Punk but an amalgamation of them all.

Come drift with us...