Bam Bam Sound Again?!

Thats Right, As ever on the 1st Friday of the month those two chancers that have been knocking about as long as we have will be gracing the 1′s and 2′s.

Self described pair of...

Digby Returns to BCB

Digby, Mixmag’s disco editor and part of the Mixmag Allstars is back at The Big Chill Bar tonight!.

Expect the odd rare disco 7″ moving into mellow future beats that are currently the staple of the Mixmag office stereo.

Digby, who also curates the Mixmag...

£100 Bar Tab Competition Is Back This October!

Were feeling rather generous again over here so, This month we will be running another competition to win a £100 Bar tab at the Big Chill Bar & House!

Get your glad rags ironed and ready, we will have a photographer at both venues every Friday & Saturday this month....

Catch Up! Dom Servini

The Wah Wah 45s head honcho takes you on a trip from 8pm tonight!

Check out Dom Servini’s five for the Big Chill below!

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Catch Up! Mixcloud

We have an all night back-to-back collaboration featuring two Big Chill faves, Count Chocula (Bridging The Gap/Five Easy Pieces) and DJ Sketchy...

Mixmaster Morris’ 10 Hour Set

Mixmaster Morris will be doing an incredible ambient ten hour set from 2pm at the Big Chill Bar on...

Catch Up! Social Monster

Social Monster DJs Tropical Jeremy and Ruf Dug will be spinning slow-mo disco...

Catch Up! The-Monitors

The-Monitors are all up in the Big Chill Bar from 7pm tonight!

Listen to their latest podcast here!

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Glowing Palms DJ Set

Listen to a live DJ set by Glowing Palms from the Big Chill House here!

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A Hard Days Night: Social Monster

Social Monster, a loose collective of friends including head honchos Mooken, Cornelia and guests Eclair Fifi,...

Big Chill Bio: Simon

Name: Simon Guy Prendergast (the first)

Relation to the Big Chill Bar / House: Bartender/nuisance

Loves: Whiskeeeyy

Hates: Conservatives

On my i-Pod: Don’t have one, though...

Big Chill Bio: Sarah

Name: Sarah

Relation to the Big Chill Bar / House: Bartender

Loves: 90s hits

Hates: Kitten heels. Horrific.

On my i-Pod: Brandy, Ashanti, Eve, Rye Rye, Christina Milian....

Big Chill Bio: Magnus

Name: Magnus Satterstrom

Relation to the Big Chill Bar / House: Head bartender Big Chill House

Loves: Summer

Hates: People with loud music on the bus

On my i-Pod: Miike...

Big Chill Bio: Attila

Name: Attila

Relation to the Big Chill Bar / House: Supervisor

Loves: Harry Potter

Hates: People who hate Harry Potter, and Tottenham

On my i-Pod: Aerosmith

Best moment of...

Catch Up! Rough Trade

Noreen from Rough Trade Records will be DJing at the Big Chill Bar from 7pm tonight!

Check out her top five below!

1. Dan Deacon –...

Terrace Playlists

The Terrace playlists for the rest of the summer have been curated by The More I Get The More I Want, Oli D.A.B, Bruno Schmidt, Paddy Disco Shed and Oliver Night!

Check them all out on the Big Chill...

Catch Up! Count Chocula

Count Chocula goes toe to toe with The Fat Controller tonight from 8pm, another third of the Bridging The Gap Collective. They will be feeling fresh from their trip to
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Catch Up! Flomotion

Big Chill favourite and airwaves manipulator (Resonance FM/Flomotionradio.com) Nick Luscombe returns with his eclectic...

Catch Up! Globetronica

DJ, music aficionado and trans-global luminary Pathaan of Globetronica will be in the Big Chill Bar from 7pm...

Rompa’s Reggae Shack

Rompa’s Reggae Shack will be at the Big Chill House this Saturday for a night of all things reggae!

UK-based live...

Brick Lane Music Festival 2012 Preview

It’s all going off at the Big Chill Bar this weekend folks!

Roots Manuva‘s tour DJ, DJ MK,...

Catch Up! Big Chill Bristol Takeover featuring Western Soul

Big Chill Presents Metronomy Interview & Signed Vinyl competition!

For your chance to win a copy of the signed LP head over to our Facebook page HERE and share the image below!

Catch Up! Bam Bam Sound

Bam Bam Sound will be smashing it in Big Chill Bar from 8pm tonight!

They’ve put together an exclusive Youtube playlist especially for us, check it out below!

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September Cocktail of the Month: Autumn Breeze

This month Liam guides us through the September Cocktail Of The Month, the Autumn Breeze.

Catch Up! DJ Khalil

DJ Khalil will be in the Big Chill Bar from 8pm tonight!

Check out his Soundcloud page here!

Brick Lane Music Festival

The Brick Lane Music Festival will be hitting the Big Chill Bar on the 15th and 16th of September 2012!

The Ill Commotion crew will be taking over on the Saturday, and they’ve got all bases...

Big Chill Bio: Joseph Nelson

Name: Joseph Nelson

Relation to the Big Chill Bar: Pet Northerner

Loves: His Mum

Hates: John Terry

Catch Up! Jstar

Catch Up! Slipped Disco

Big Chill Presents Necessary Mayhem

What a night we had on Saturday! Check out some of the photos via our Facebook Fan page HERE and get a taste of what went down from Necessary Mayhem’s CURTIS LYNCH...

Catch Up! Smooth Sailing

Smooth Sailing will be in the Big Chill Bar from 2pm until midnight today!

Take a look at their top five here!

1. Roisin Murphy – ‘Simulation’ (Mano Le Tough Remix)

“Great to hear Roisin Murphy back on the dancefloor. Vocals and dance music...

Catch Up! Udio

Udio residents are taking over at the Big Chill Bar from 8pm tonight with every intention of ruining your Friday morning!

Expect a barrage of acid boogie bombs, disco bumps and hip hop doughnuts to soundtrack the evening and give you aural pleasure!

Take a look at the top five Udio...

Catch Up! Edward Adoo

Catch Up! Rough Trade DJs

The legendary record shop (and our next door neighbours) send in the Rough Trade DJs to takeover once again. As always, expect the unexpected!

Catch them from 7pm until midnight tonight and in the meantime listen to their top five favourites at the moment below!

1. Baltic...

Cocktail of the Month August ’12: How to make a Gin Fizz

Every month, we pick a different and unique tasty cocktail to be our ‘Cocktail of the Month’ at both Big Chill venues.

For August, we’re loving the Gin Fizz. Like gin, lemon juice and soda water? Then this one’s for you and here’s how to make it...

Business as usual!

Catch Up! Mo Fingaz of Digga Squeeze

Week 2: Irish House 2012

Week 2 at the Irish House has been nothing short of spectacular! This weekend we have Karen Ryan traditional Irish session, DJ sets from Arveene & Famous Eno, Irish Mist – legendary Irish balladeers singing your favourites, plus lot’s more!

Highlights this...

Big Chill Bar: Work Up Mix

Catch Up! Ren Rox

Catch Up! Earl Gateshead

Big Chill Bio: Mimmo Maltese

Name: Mimmo Maltese

Relation to the Big Chill Bar: Glass Collector

Loves: Smoke, cycling, Gold Tequila and playing my bass guitar.

Hates: Vodka Red Bull and the Spice...

Big Chill Bio: Zaccy

Name: Zaccy

Relation to the Big Chill Bar/House: Bartender

Loves: To party with my mates in the SUN!!!!!

Hates: People that hate Beyonce.

On my i-Pod: BEYONCE.......

Introducing – Fred

Long time DJ at the Big Chill House Fred now makes his debut at our East London venue the Big Chill Bar tonight, expect a myriad of musical treasures from the alternative vaults and party vibes a...

Sam and the Womp – Bom Bom (Official Video)

Big Chill House & Camino regulars Sam & The Womp dropped their latest video today, a jaw dropping party soundtrack to the summer festival season!

Sam & The Womp letting it all hang loose NYE at Camino...

Irish House 2012 – Week 1

So the first week of the Olympics is over and what a week it’s been down at the Irish House, check out the photos below to see whast’s been happening!

We opened our brand new Roof Terrace, where we’ll be growing our own produce!

Dougal from Father...

Catch Up! Digby (Mixmag Allstars)

This week we catch up with Mixmag’s disco editor Digby ahead of his set at the bar tonight.

Digby is king of the interview over at Mixmag hosting their legendary DJ Lab series he has interviewed some of the world’s best DJs and producers. Here are his top 3 favourite...

The Monitors Podcast 11 – A Big Chill Bar special

THE IRISH OLYMPIC HOUSE GETS READY FOR LONDON’S BIGGEST PARTY

Running from the 27th July until the 12th August, the Irish Olympic House has unveiled its first ambassadors, who will be lending their support to the Irish team during the Games and making appearances at the Irish Olympic House itself.

IRELANDS BEST COMEDIANS & ATHLETES
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Introducing – The Wobble Squad

The finest crew of underground beatfreaks and skaters London Town has to offer and they certainly know how to get the booties bouncing on the floor.

The Wobble Squad massive cater for all...

Big Chill Bio: Artur Ragipi

We caught up with head bartender Artur down at the Big Chill House to film our latest cocktail of the month (check this month’s newsletter for the lowdown), while we were there we thought we would...

A Hard Day’s Night: Mixmaster Morris

We’ve had great fun catching up with our regular DJs at the Big Chill Bar & House for our series of Hard Days Night videos: eating Pho at Mixcloud HQ, playing football with Bleep.com & The Boiler Room and even rooting through Jonny Trunks vintage adult movie poster...

Big Chill Presents Mixcloud...what you missed!

Big Chill faves Mixcloud took over for another Big Chill Presents last month and what a night it was, with silicon roundabout battling it out ipod style…check out what you missed!

Groove Armada This Weekend!

Last week we went round to Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay’s house where we caught up on all things Late Night Tales and where he...

If Big Chill Residents Were King / Queen For The Day...

It’s been hard not to get caught up in the Queens Jubilee celebrations especially when it means we have a 4-day weekend…SCORE!

So we thought what if some of your favorite Big Chill residents were King or Queen for the day, what would our gracious country be like?!...

A Right Royal Bank Holiday Weekend!

We’ve got a 4-day weekend coming up, hooray!

The Big Chill Bar will be open all weekend… on Saturday we’ve got the Ill Commotion crew here to get the weekend started the right way and...

Style & Swagger Mix

Big Chill Party Promo Mix by
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Calm Down it’s just Ghostpoet, Ossie, My Panda Shall Fly, Mizz Beats for FREE!

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RBMA at Big Chill Bar – What You Missed!

On 16th April Red Bull Music Academy descended on the Big Chill Bar for an intimate night with Benji B and
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Cocktail of the Month May 12?: How to Make a Hendricks Bramble

Every month, we pick a different and unique tasty cocktail to be our ‘Cocktail of the Month’ at both Big Chill venues. For May, we’re loving Hendricks Bramble, Like gin and lemon? This ones for you and here’s how to make it yourself!

Irish House Kicks Off This Saturday with Big Chill Live

We’re very excited with the Olympics fast approaching and even more excited since we announced we will be the Official Irish House over London 2012.

Big Chill Live is kicking off the...

Late Night Tales return with Groove Armada

Last month the wonderful Belle & Sebastian launched their brilliant Late Night Tales compilation here at the bar. Missed it? Check out...

Bank Holiday @ The Big Chill Bar

Even if summer hasn’t started yet, we won’t let that spoil our May Bank Holiday! Celebrating the fact we have we won’t have work the next day will be Disco Shed Soundsystem on Sunday; beats...

A podcasting test

Some information about the podcast here, blah blah..

ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS HAVE NEW RESOURCES TO ADDRESS IDENTITY THEFT THREAT.

States News Service November 10, 2009 ALBANY, NY — The following information was released by the New York State Consumer Protection...

Big Chill Bar newsletter

The nights are getting shorter, but the parties are still going on for just as long here at the Big Chill Bar! Last month, we had the Smirnoff Black City Exchanges with Warm, an all day affair with a truly tasty line up including Alex Barck, Tim Goldsworthy, Auntie Flo and Diesel, who DJ’d...

Yusuf Islam

Yusuf Islam will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
A-Z line-up |
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Win a slot at The Big Chill 2011!

This year The Big Chill Bar Bristol will be running a competition open to any up-and-coming bands or DJs offering

them the chance to play at The Big Chill 2011. The competition is an opportunity for budding talent to appear

alongside multimillion-selling and international super...

Belle & Sebastian Late Night Tales Launch Party

Learning the Digital Way

Soldiers May 1, 2008 | Kring, Meggan; Thomas, Addison At the end of the day, when he’s completed his duties in the field, PFC James Tollefson tackles a new mission: furthering his education.

Every night he turns on his computer, logs on to Army...

Red Bull Music Academy Presents Martyn

Last month Red Bull Music Academy took over our sister venue Big Chill Bar with
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A Hard Day’s Night: The More I Get The More I Want

A Hard Day’s Night Series take an in-depth look into some of our favourite resident DJ’s across the Big Chill venues. Over the next few months we’ll be following their every move for one day only to find out what it is they get up to when they’re not DJ’ing...

Shazam Added To The Mixcloud Line Up!

This months Big Chill Presents descents on
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Disco Biscuits Courtesy of Joe Robots

Big Chill Presents Mixcloud: Joe Roberts (DJ Mag) Headlines Mix by
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Shep Dog’s Guide to Record Store Day

Record Shops…usually the enclave of obsessive, retentive collectivists who pore over minutiae such as catalogue and edition numbers, the minority few who still get a kick out of a physical...

99% Vinyl Affair with Phuture Proof

Phuture Proof duo Otis and Julz are hitting the Big Chill Bar this
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CALLING ALL IRISH MUSICIANS – YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!

Ireland has always been famous for its musical heritage and a quick look at the charts demonstrates just how important Irish music is in popular culture. From Bono and U2 to Rory Gallagher,...

Self DJs @ Red Bull Music Academy

Self DJs Sam Saywood & Josh Lake, have been working together for 3 years now, during this time they have supported the likes of N-Type, DJ Zinc, Two...

Think You Want to Be A Promoter? Stick to Bruk Out’s 10 Commandments

The Bruk Out crew return to the Big Chill House once again but this time for
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Cocktail of the Month April 12?: How to Make a “Pineapple Daiquiri”

Every month, we pick a different and unique tasty cocktail to be our ‘Cocktail of the Month’ at both Big Chill venues. For April, we have the “Pineapple Daiquiri”, watch the video and make it yourself!

Eclectic Ballroom With Zed Malik

Zed Malik is the one half of the funk, soul and disco infused club night ‘Eclectic Ballroom’, which is...

Big Chill Are You Ready for London Lucumi Choir?

Ahead of Big Chill Live presents Bruk Out this Saturday, we headed down to The London...

Discover New Music with Physically Fit

If you’re a fan of Dancehall and Reggae then Physically Fit is a night you don’t want to miss. We caught up with Why Delila from the
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Introducing Ren Rox

This Sunday sees a shiny brand new DJ in the shape on Ren Rox grace the decks at the bar and we for one can’t wait! We’re awfully nosy bunch here so wanted to find out a little bit more behind the gal before she’s debuts. Here it goes…

Hi Ren Rox!...

Reggae Roast’s Guide to The Best Carribean Food In London

Since 2007 Reggae Roast have played club shows at pretty much every major venue in the UK including Glastonbury,
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Red Bull Music Academy presents Benji B, MC Judah and Om Unit

Red Bull Music Academy descends on the Big Chill Bar Monday 16th April for a very special bass session with Academy team member, Deviation host and
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Win £100 Bar Tab Is Back This April!

We’re a generous lot here at the Big Chill and love to treat our lovely patrons once in while. So, are a £100 bar tab competititon is back for the whole month of April!

So what...

Big Chill Bio: Gracie West

Name: Gracie West

Relation to Big Chill House: GM/Mother hen

Loves: My friends

Hates: My mum always told me to never use that word. I dislike immensely that at...

Belle & Sebastians Late Night Tales

The highly rated Scottish indie pop group Belle & Sebastian have returned with their second compilation in the
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Mooqees Love For Tea

A known botherer of beats and serial chart topper Mooqee is a man of many talents. Not only a DJ and producer of some note he is also...

Budvar Presents A Hard Day’s Night: DJ Rags

A Hard Day’s Night Series take an in-depth look into some of our favourite resident DJ’s across the Big Chill venues. Over the next few months we’ll be following their every move for one day only to find out what it is they get up to when they’re not DJ’ing...

Budvar Presents A Hard Day’s Night: DJ Sketchy

A Hard Day’s Night Series take an in-depth look into some of our favourite resident DJ’s across the Big Chill venues. Over the next few months we’ll be following their every move for one day only to find out what it is they get up to when they’re not DJ’ing...

BIG Tings Going Down At The Big Chill House!

Bringing a variety of musical flavours to create a BIG party at the BIG Chill House on the 13th April, when promoter Ashar Smith intends to do his bit by raising money for a very good cause indeed, the BIG Issue. Inviting a delectable selection of talent down to entertain you for the...

Hot’s Blood’s 5 Star Guide To A Top Night Out

Hot Blood AKA Jools Butterfield and Adrian Fillary know a thing or two about throwing unshakably cracking parties that leave you wanting more. With a decade worth of spinning under their belts they...

Featurecast Talks James Brown 45s & Shambhala

Sounds of The Universe: Top 5 Records This Week

The familiar faces from The Sounds Of The Universe record shop will be spinning all their favourite records to get you in the mood tonight for The More I Get The More I Want, with a broad selection of sounds from Soul, Rare Groove, Disco, Dusty House, Reggae, Lover Rocks and many more!...

Burn Baby Burn: An Interview With Burning Wheel

Born and raised in Liverpool Eoin’s songwriting fuses the melodic sensibilities of his hometown with the poetry and storytelling if his Irish ancestry. In 2012 Burning Wheel began a residency at Stoke Newington’s Jackalope club where they continue to evolve their sound,...

Booty Bouncing Bass Bangers with Wobble Squad

The Wobble Squad massive cater for all lovers of bass and are seeking to dominate UK clubland with their unique take on the bass music craze that fuses dubstep, breaks, fidget and skate culture – as long as it’s heavy, Wobble Squad will drop it and drop it HARD. This Thursday sees...

Having a Hoot with The Howling

Currently working on their debut album, The Howling is the brainchild of, Blacky ex Red Star Rebels and Rev ex The Prodigy and Towers of London. The band enjoy fine ports, loud music and new guitars, we caught up to find out a little bit more about the band.

The Howling, could you...

Belle & Sebastian Interview on 6 Music

Belle & Sebastian’s Chris Geddes had a good ol’ chinwag with Mark Stuart from BBC 6 Music yesterday. Talking all things
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Arveene Serves Up Some Bass For Your Face

Arveene along with Misk are a Dublin duo act creating some of the biggest waves in underground dance music right now. Over the past few years they’ve clocked up nearly 30 genre-busting remixes for the likes of The Prodigy, Mr.Oizo, Felix Da Housecat, Kitsuné, Zombie Nation, Ed...