PLUMP DJs bring the Breaks this Saturday

This weekend Red Rooms welcomes back nu-skool breaks duo Plump DJs. Plump DJs AKA Andy Gardner and Lee Rous, last played Red Rooms exactly one year ago this weekend and since then both the Plump DJs and Red Rooms have went from strength to strength.

Emerging from the nascent Nu Skool Breaks scene at the end of the last century, the Plump DJs are the quintessential production duo. Over the course of twenty acclaimed singles and four superlative albums, Andy Gardner and Lee Rous have become heavyweights of cutting edge club music.

The duo's first record release was a 1999 double single ‘Plump Chunks/Electric Disco’ on Finger Lickin' Records. The next year, they released their first album A Plump Night Out on Finger Lickin' and Nettwerk and its singles ‘The Push/Remember My Name’. The album stayed in the top position of DJ magazine breakbeats chart for three weeks.

They released their second artist album, ‘Eargasm’, in July 2003. It featured collaborations with Gary Numan, Eddie Bo and Louise Robinson (Formally Rhodes) of Lamb. Following the release of Eargasm, they established a quarterly night club night of the same name at Fabric in London after the popularity of their FabricLive mix CD. In July 2005 they released ‘Saturday Night Lotion’. It is considered their third artist album, due to the sheer number of original productions included on it. Soon after the release of Saturday Night Lotion, they were called upon to precide over the mixing duties of Mixmag's 'Breakbeat Annual 2005' which was to be included in their upcoming November issue.


In June last year they duo released their fourth and most highly anticipated album ‘Headthrash’. The first single to come from the album was ‘System Addict’, a beast of beats and churning bass with a distinctive central mantra: “Automatic, System Addict”. This fast became a dance-floor smash and went on to win ‘Best Single of The Year’ Breakspoll. As the year went on tracks like ‘Snake Eyes’, ‘Rocket Soul’ and ‘Beat Myself Up’ were released and went on to have more major success. Plump DJs are one of the few breakbeat acts to have songs that have broken in to mainstream radio programs.

Plump DJs play at Red Rooms this Saturday 4th April and will be joined by local Breaks DJ Jonny Boy (Decks & EFX) with support coming from Red Rooms residents Tonisi, Paco & DaCosta. Doors open at 9pm. No Effort - No Entry. For more on Plump DJs visit them at www.myspace.com/plumpdjs.

As usual the weekend starts on Thursday at Red Rooms with Pop Mental Thursdays at Red Rooms. Admission is free before 11pm and £3 after with Drinks Promotions from £1. For more information on all events at Red Rooms and the latest news visit www.redroomsderry.co.uk