28th Feb – 5th March

Katya Sourikova Group -”A modern jazz pianist whose narrative style favours delicate lyricism and a spacious approach to melody” The group was at Blu Jaz tonight, chilling and doing that thing they do….

and keeping it short and sweet. For all you exhibitionists out there or those with a itch to jam with other fine musicians – Matrix Jam is on this Wednesday from 8:30pm onwards @ Lounge.

No itchy fingers? But itchy scratchy feet? Join us for SWING FLING - a night of Lindy Hop with both amateurs and professionals alike – 8:30pm onwards @ Cafe.

Monster Quartet returns with Greg Lyons on sax – friends like Aya, Hiro and Darren join in the music revelry. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe. And taking up a few notches with funky beats and cool cats show off them moves – GOOD TIMES is here… last Friday of the month -right as clockwork – they be inspiring you to take to the dance floor with all sorts of goody tunes. 9:30pm onwards @ lounge.

Rounding off the weekend before we go on the lazy Sunday break is Ayaschool to keep up the good vibrations. 9:30pm onwards with great jazz @ Cafe. And in SPACE, we present: CU3: The Music – an eclectic mix of urban sounds in chilled house party style atmosphere. The CHROAM boys draw from an eclectic bag of grooves from the 70’s through to the here and now. Rare grooves, Funk, UK garage, deep soulful house, Hip/Hop you’ll find it at all CU3.

Peace Out, yo.

3rd Jan – 8th Jan

A reflection of 2010 and looking towards the horizon in 2011 – we take all that is good and allow them through our doors. As tradition goes, this is as good as it gets. Omniform performs tonight @ Blu Jaz from 9pm onwards – Greg Lyon leads this group with heart playing original compositions @ Cafe

And if the new year revelry has left you wanting for more, feel free to dance with our Lindy Hoppers on THURSDAY @ Cafe from 8:30pm onwards. It’s Swing Fling and the good people from Jitterbugs are still dancing away!

Aya is double billed this week and we LURRRVEEE it (and her) Pop by and grab a seat @ Cafe from 9:30pm onwards on FRIDAY with Aya and crew for a cool evening of tunes. But if you’re feeling twitchy and need to let your inner child come out to dance – join Good Times @ Lounge from 9:30pm onwards with some soul, funk and progressive house towards wee hours. If you’re feeling for some rock and indie, Mark Chee and friends are there to entertain. 9:30pm onwards @ Space

And its AYASCHOOL this Saturday with spicy and cool melodies. Ayaschool inspires and if they didn’t play jazz, I would say, rock out. All you have to do is be there. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe

Slainte!

29th Nov – 4th Dec

We’re heading up the spiral and speed is picking up  glorious partying involved. With a smorgasbord of events to choose from, it’s going to be coffee and redbull to see us through workdays! (Bosses – apologies in advance!)

It’s the first WEDNESDAY of the month, we be happy to announce that Matrix Jam IS happening and be you musician or singer, come on up to LOUNGE for a jam session  - hosted by George – it’s jazz, funk and soul from 8pm onwards.

Feeling the itch? You want a Fling? You GOT A fling – Swing Fling that is.. first Thursday of the month sees the lindy hoppers from Jitterbugs school, dressed to the nines and dancing the night away. New to the scene or your feet curious? Well, look for SING for the complimentary demo and then just join in the fray. 8pm onwards @ Cafe

We welcome back Pocket Sessions with Willy giving some sexy on bass on FRIDAY. It’ll be a good good night – no pop, no rock – just the smooth sounds of jazz with loads of soul. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe. The Good Times party shouts out and you have no choice but to head on up to Lounge where it’s funk lovin’ and groovin’ with DJs and live performances. Jamming. Smoking. Truly. 9:30pm onwards.

And it’s a mid-weekend party with AYASCHOOL and the SATURDAY always delivers…  fun, heart and excellent sounds – it’s improvisational, eclectic and juicy… all from 9:30pm @ Cafe. And we throw in a little of South East Asian spices with our Thai friends putting up some Thai rock @ Space. 9:30pm onwards – a stage-ful of professionals moonlighting as Thai Rock Stars at night – this would be a fun night with popular radio hits.

Eddy’s Kitch party with his DJs at 2nd floor. Anybody welcome to dance with the Belgium Power…

Enjoy and Peace Out!

2nd Aug – 7th Aug

Goooooood Morning, Singapore! It’s August and it is indeed a spellbinding month with the magic of Nature while she plays delightful havoc with the weather  bringing us sunny days as well as cool autumn periods, face upturned, reveling in the light drizzle on face and wind through hair.

And we serve you our little picker upper for the start of the work week: Omniform plays TONIGHT @ Blu Jaz and that means you’ll be basking in music glory brought to you by our 13 member group. 9pm onwards @ Cafe. But if you think the next 9 hours are a pain to get through – I’d recommend dropping by yr favorite cafe (like duh) @ 11 Bali Lane for a great lunch set, served to you by Aunty Betty for that extra comfort touch!

Swing Fling presents itself @ Cafe this first THURSDAY of the month, complete with tappers, swingers, flingers (not) and they beckon you over with open arms. Join Sing or Brian for a demo if you’ve not tried Lindy Hop before from 8:30pm but just join the Jitterbugs Dancers on the floor if you just need a dance jam!

Before you know it, the long weekend is upon us and Greg Lyons’ Quartet holds court with snazzy note and crisp playing, weaving soul and joy together through sensational jazz tunes. 9:30pm @ Cafe. If you’re hankering for a groovier beat, it will be hard pressed to find one better than GOOD TIMES - found at Lounge from 9:30pm with a great mix of funk tones and ragin’ hip hop just for you to get your moves on the dance floor. Mix it up with some tribal as we’ve got Lila Drums @ Space with some African drumming from 8pm onwards.

To round off OUR weekend-no one by Ayaschool deliver the punch to our sweet spot with a great concoction of music, heart, soul of joy and passion. It’s a deffo stupendous set of jazz, funk and a little of everything else. 9:30pm @ Cafe

WE ARE CLOSED ON 9th AUGUST- NATIONAL DAY

Happy Birthday, Singapore!

Peace Out!

31st May – 5th June

And if you felt the long weekend come to a fatal crash, you would do well to join in the revelry of a pleasant week with us. We offer you a haven of good thoughts and lurvvee.

MONDAY
No, we don’t have pillowtalks – though the shrink might be in the house if you seek a listening ear – we have Pillowphilia and Ouránia@Space from 8:30pm onwards – fresh tunes!

WEDNESDAY
For all musicians with a yearning to play their own – join us for MATRIX JAM @ LOUNGE - from 8:30pm onwards. As the name implies – it’s a JAM session – so no rules ‘cept your professional courtesy… let’s take turns and play nice!

Grooveworks continues to pull out great sets with earnest (and naturally talented) musicians under the tutelage of Greg Lyons. 9pm onwards @ Cafe – expect.. Jazz. what else?!

THURSDAY
Swing Fling @ Lounge. Say what? Swing Fling. You know, a gathering of lovely people lovin’ Lindy Hop – we give the freedom (and Jittebugs give the tunes) to try out, or for the more experienced – strut their stuff. It’s a dance night. Every Thursday. 8:30pm onwards.

FRIDAY
Indeed, it’s GOOD TIMES again and we present, well good times – which comprises GREAT music, people, fun and – yes  you! If you’ve not killed of the end of month pay check, drop on by for a drink or two. Even if sobriety has no effect on the great times you have since these DJs spin out spot on tracks,  a drink or many others wouldn’t hurt! 9:30pm onwards @ Lounge

SATURDAY
Ayaschool’s beebop may be on halt but her weekend gigs still promises to be a homecoming of sorts. Join us for her live sets for that perfect feeling! The music will blow, as always and it’ll wrap up nicely – the weekend that is. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe.

Peace Out!

24th May – 29th May

HAPPY SHORT WEEK! Well, applicable to those within four walls from 9 – 6 but we are here for you. We are OPENED as usual so drop by, unwind… and maybe get happy.

It’s Greg Walsh today @ Cafe and it’s cool, it’s funky and it’s utterly enjoyable. Live! from 8pm onwards.

And for those who like their regular dose – we have…….. Grooveworks on Wed @ Cafe from 9pm onwards, bringing you all sorts of great tunes with love and DJ Divine spinning right no with those reggae mixes @ Lounge from 9pm onwards.

This THURSDAY is the final of our inaugural AYASCHOOL BEEBOP night. Be there for it would be a loss not to have experienced a night of greatness of great jazz from 9pm onwards. And once again, Swing Fling is onnnnnn, boogie on up to Lounge for a taste of Lindy Hop where dancers go wild for the night. 8pm onwards

Pushin’ ON stomps our grounds with great tunes and happy energy. The last Friday of the month signifies PARTY! 9:30pm onwards @ Lounge AND SPACE. comme d’habitude, messieurs and mesdames! And if you’re not quite warmed up to funk, soul yet, join Greg Lyon’s Quartet @ Cafe for some smooth jazz from 9:30pm onwards

And rounding off the week, we see AYASCHOOL on stage @ Cafe from 9:30pm onwards. Our crazy conspirators are Mohd Noor on drums, Leo Mendoza on Sax, Mr Casey Subramaiam on bass and of course, the very lovely Aya on keys.

Peace Out and have fun!

17th May – 21st May

We’re certainly missing a May Pole for the Spring Dance but we encourage everyone to let loose and boogie on at our cafe if that is your heart’s desire

MONDAY
Jazz colonies is a monthly original jazz night held on the third monday of every month at SPACE. Three groups per night will present their artistic visions. No more working for the man, we play for the people! SGD 10 at the door for the musicians! Featuring Tim O’dwyer, Free Jazz Unity Naz and the Brown Sugar.

WEDNESDAY
blinkBL-NK is a space where regular people share their expertise about fascinating subjects in a social environment. Our events are built around 15 – 20 minute talks on subjects ranging from cutting-edge issues in technology and business to quirky histories, weird science and enriching cultural experiences. Speakers may be leading experts, distinguished hobbyists or simply great story tellers. Interludes between talks are spiced up by carefully curated musical selections.  This week, we talk about Art Therapy, how to be your own Financial Guru and Reflections on 40 yrs of painting. 7pm onwards @ Space

And maybe during the interludes or if you’re feeling like some cool, chilled muzak – head on to LOUNGE from 9pm onwards while DJ Divine keeps it coming with great Reggae mixes!

THURSDAY
Ayaschool BeeBop is back – the 3rd installation of this wonderful session of creativity – jazz done bee bop style – vocal free. Come check it out! 9pm onwards @ Cafe. Featuring: Andrew Lim(gt), Aya(pn), Andrew Klein(bs) and Soh Wen Ming(dr)

And if you’re feeling a little more active, our weekly Lindy Hop session is ON @ Lounge. Headed by the good people from Jitterbugs Dance School – this is a night of true revelry! 8:30pm onwards

FRIDAY
Our crazzeeee bassist – Willy and friends are back with some jazz and soul mixture, guaranteed to move you to groove. 9:30pm onwards, we’re doing this down low at the cafe from 9:30pm onwards

SATURDAY
Ayaschool rocks their way back into our saturdays with her wonderful, kooky friends – We don’t talk about her music because it’s understood. Nothing short of greatness. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe

@ Lounge – 2 boys and a sexy penguin in a mad house making love to minimal, tech house and techno. electrocaine’s music junkies/soundaholic/hommies will help you float back down to earth. you don’t have to sleep you know, there’s no law. featuring: ej missy meddling with the the arcane subdivision of techno, she’ll be stripping all the extraneous sound so you could hear all the subtle details – shifts in tempo, melodic phrases, textural effects – magnified a hundredfold. It’s equally cerebral and physical. avneesh takes it up a notch with the techier and funkier sound of techno, he’ll elevate your mind, spreading synths and intricate beats to form patterns in your heads. get a good spot and dance to it.
artihc will continue rolling out the tougher and bouncier spectrum of minimal and techno, without making you bang your head on the wall (or each other). clean, introspective music for discerning and extroverted foot soldiers. yes, you. to make it more decadently tuneful, we’ll bring you new elements into play: delicate melodies, vocals, classical piano, jazz twangs, house tones and percussions, to create something much closer, in spirit, to the mischievous warmth of other dance music genres that you probably are more familiar with. this is your heart-felt rhythmic techno night. feel it.

Peace Out!

10th May – 15th May

Elevate mid week stress and ennui with us. We have super humourous guests visiting us this WEDNESDAY with StandUp Singapore @ Space – open mic featuring Glenn Wool, Jonathan Atherton and a gaggle of local funny-(wo)man. And if you don’t feel like a mental stimulation, go on up to LOUNGE where MATRIX will jam the whole night.

We have a MAY special for you on THURSDAYS- presenting Ayaschool of BEE BOP @ Cafe where peeps enjoy 3 solid sets of 100% instrumental Jazz. It’s a beautiful trial in every possible way, myriad of soul, love and talent. Swing Fling brings up the moves a notch as they swing on up to LOUNGE. Showing off Lindy jumps and splits, the Jitterbug dancers are there purely for the love of swing music and dance. Regardless of your level, feel free to boogie on by. Approach Sing or Brian for a complimentary demo.

Greg’s Quartet returns to Cafe this Friday with some more kick-a$$ sets and if you are liking them cool jazz sounds, stroll, drift, run on in – we don’t really care how -  to Cafe for live sounds!

And from cool jazz, we welcome Ayaschool on SATRUDAY and her very special brand of music – which is hard to predict but the promise of greatness is always there, be it electro-jazz, funk, soul or experimental. 9:30pm @ Cafe. If some cross-cultural flava is to your desire, try SPACE with our Thai friends – comprising a mixture of English and Thai radio friendly hits, this bunch will teach you more than Sawadeeka if you like to.

Peace Out, Ya’all

3rd May – 7th May

The fun continues while we transition from warm to hot. If you’ve got a music craving tonight, do swing by as OMNIFORM will be strutting their sheets of music – all originals – composed by Greg Lyons. Let this night set the mood right for the rest of the week. 9pm onwards @ Cafe

AYASCHOOL will start Bebop Jazz sessions this THURSDAY @Cafe. The best for the first gig featuring Shawn Letts (Sax), Jojo Martinez (Bass), Darryl Ervin (drums) and her Majesty Aya Sekine.

And if some dancing is what you’re looking for, Jitterbugs Dance school and Blu Jaz bring you Swing Fling every THURSDAY where songs of early 1900s can be heard in our lazy corner while the Lindy Hoppers dance the night away. 8:30pm onwards @ SPACE

It’s like Birthday Week @ Blu Jaz- celebrating it on a THURSDAY @ Space is our wonderful handsome Monsieur Ben – the go-to guy for Blu Jaz Events. (go on up to Space to say hi!) AND for our great partner in music – Good Times are taking the three floors to blow the candles this FRIDAY from 9pm onwards. Expect nothing but good tunes but if you really need the specific: it’s funk, hiphop, mashups, electro, dubstep and dnb with DJs Krumbs, J-Stylez and Syafii G from Bedsty, DJs Rough, DJ Darren Dubwise. and guest DJ: DJ Platurn from USA.

And I did say Birthday! 44 Beatz takes charge of both Lounge and Space on SATURDAY and turns ONE!  Throwing the mother of all Birthday Parties, they’ve got, spinning alongside residents Clark & Raeburn J,  great friend and long time collaborator Reiki (Breakin Asia). She was there when they started so its fantastic to welcome her back! From a familiar face to a new one Justin Jh (Coup) joins us for his Soundscapes debut, no stranger to Blu Jaz it’s a pleasure to have him on board. Lastly and without question by no means least Soundscape is once again privileged to have X’ho back amongst us. Musician, producer, poet and host of Lush FM’s Clubscape this man is without doubt a custodian of Singapore’s electronic scene. Essentially starting off chilled, sophisticated and relaxed before pushing the tempo and ending up in a hot, trashy, fever-pitched mess. JOIN US!

If you aren’t quite feeling the Mother of All Parties but still feeling a fevered and crazzeeee, head on down to Cafe on Saturday from 9:30pm onwards with AYASCHOOL. Always awesome, always fun.

Peace Out!

12th April – 17th April

One hopes that the weekend provided sufficient fun and rest and while the rest of us drones head on back to the 4 walls where our income is generated, our friends are certainly planning a swish, a swoosh and a bang for us this week @ cafe. While we do not have any programs planned for the public today and tomorrow, you’re more than welcome to drop by for an unwinding session with our mojito or a chat with our colleagues working the tables. And then, there is the rest of the week:

WEDNESDAY
It’s a full house this mid-week where you can choose to hang with Grooveworks @ Cafe from 9pm onwards for some seriously fun jazz OR head on up to Lounge with Matrix Jam if you’re a musician. Jam session is opened to all jazz loving players (or vocalist) but of course, be polite, give a shout out to George – our organiser for the night. 8:30pm onwards. But if you’re feeling chilled without them rhythm and blues vibe, go right up to SPACE to greet DJ Divine and his lovely REGGAE sets. 9pm onwards.

THURSDAY
It’s another SWING FLING @ Cafe with the crrrraaazzzyyyy Lindy Hop dancers from Jitterbugs. No, tis not a performance but a chance for you to join in this delightful fray. Never mind, if you can’t dance – you just have to ask Sing or Brian for a complimentary demo, make some friends and you can groove those feet along for the night. 8:30pm onwards

FRIDAY
Step into cafe this Friday with Greg Lyons’ Quartet on stage with some cool sounds. One of our resident jazz band and they be one of them best. You’d be wanting one of them martinis too…. any which way you like them. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe

Head on to Space if you’re feeling some independent spirit because we have Closeapart and Indus Gendi in the house with their own brand of music. Two Bands. No Door Charge. Open your mind a little. 9pm onwards @ Space

SATURDAY
WOOT! Ayaschool is back – rested, rejuvenated and I’m sure some wild mixes up their sleeves. This time, DON’T sit down, but dance off instead from the good vibes coming through. The adjective – great – right before music is understood. Completely. 9:30pm onwards @ Cafe

For those who are craving for some exciting electronic sounds, COUP delivers with a wide array of EDM leaning towards the deep and edgy side of things. It’s a bit of everything with elements of deep house, minimal, progressive, trance, tech house, techno, drum and bass and dubstep. 9:30pm onwards @ Lounge.

Peace out, ya’all

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