Every Friday and Saturday one of our rotation of excellent Dj’s play a mix of dance, soul, hip hop, jazz and funk. Contact us if you would like more information.
EVENTS PROGRAMME
DJC
LE JAZZ
MARGARET SCRATCHER
CRUMP
JANUARY 2019
Friday 4th
SWAGGER
Matt Start and Owen Chambers front the band with an impressive display of musical versatility. Both excellent singers, they compliment each other’s voices with vocal harmonies, percussion and by trading places on the piano. Owen also brings a few additional layers to the performance – modern synth sounds, acoustic guitar and the occasional trumpet solo. Matt and Owen’s energy and vocal flexibility allows Swagger to offer a much broader repertoire than most ensembles whilst still doing justice to the originals. Joe Taylor (Drums and Backing Vocals) and Tiago Coimbra (Bass) provide a solid funk groove and ensure that the blues-rocking of Vess Popov (Guitar) comes back down to earth eventually.
Entry £5
Performance 10pm
Happy Hour 9pm – 10pm
Saturday 5th
Margaret Scratcher
If you like disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Friday 11th
DJ CRUMP
Heavily influenced by legendary “anything goes” parties such as The Do Over, The Rub and The Electric Chair, Crump specialises in open format creativity, utilising dancefloor dynamite from the 1950’s to the present day.
Expect a kaleidoscopic blend of Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop / Rock classics, R&B, Reggae, US Garage, Moombahton and brass band bangers
£4 entry 10pm – 12am, £5 12am-2am
Saturday 12th
Le Jazz
After about 10 years, Pete Moore or “Lejazz” or “Pete De Vit” is still playing records at La Raza. Raised on a diet of Jungle from the age of 13 onto Jazz, Funk, Soul, Dancehall, Techno, House and anything else with an off centre vibe, Pete guarantees you will dance, cry, get angry, stop being angry and start making love whenever you hear him play. That alone has to be worth coming.
He’ll cover as many styles as possible in one evening, with the dance-floor always the number one priority. Expect something different to the rest of the music in the city.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am, £5 12am – 2am
Thursday 17th
Dopamine Jackson
If you like a chilled-out summer vibe then Dopamine Jackson are perfect for you – a laid-back groove machine of happy vibes and catchy melodies. Dopamine Jackson are a fusion of professional musicians with a common goal of creating infectious grooves to raise your vibrations and move your bodies.
Friday 18th
Margaret Scratcher
If you like disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Saturday 19th
DJ CRUMP
Heavily influenced by legendary “anything goes” parties such as The Do Over, The Rub and The Electric Chair, Crump specialises in open format creativity, utilising dancefloor dynamite from the 1950’s to the present day.
Expect a kaleidoscopic blend of Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop / Rock classics, R&B, Reggae, US Garage, Moombahton and brass band bangers
£4 entry 10pm – 12am, £5 12am-2am
Thursday 24th
Pick & Mix
Coming fresh from being on tour with Paul Young and being back and forth from L.A, the ferociously soulful singer Izzy Warner is joins Phil Stevenson (Myles Sanko), David Ferris (David Ferris Septet), and Oscar Reynolds (Georgia Van Etten) for a funk filled evening of soulful originals and covers of their favouite songs.
Its a chance for Oscar to bring together his close friends from London, Birningham and Cambridge top jazz, funk and soul scenes to get you toe tapping until the cows come home.
Free entry all night!
Happy hours 5pm-7pm & 9pm-10pm!
Friday 25th
Kontroversi
Describing themselves as Intergalactic bassline funk from two brothers from alternate universes, Kontroversi are taking the Cambridge scene by storm with their funky sets. The electrofunk duo are Mr Margaret Scratcher (Mark Sutton) on keyboards, synthesizers drum machines , and Lionclub (Leonardo Robarts) on guitar, synthesizers and lead vocals.Having known each other for many years through the music scene, they recently decided to collaborate to produce their own unique sound which they have dubbed ‘Cadillac Funk’. Imagine Prince, Parliament, New Order and Jamiroquai taking a road trip across the galaxy in a ’59 Cadillac and you’re halfway there…
Saturday 26th
Le Jazz
After about 10 years, Pete Moore or “Lejazz” or “Pete De Vit” is still playing records at La Raza. Raised on a diet of Jungle from the age of 13 onto Jazz, Funk, Soul, Dancehall, Techno, House and anything else with an off centre vibe, Pete guarantees you will dance, cry, get angry, stop being angry and start making love whenever you hear him play. That alone has to be worth coming.
He’ll cover as many styles as possible in one evening, with the dance-floor always the number one priority. Expect something different to the rest of the music in the city.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am, £5 12am – 2am
FEBRUARY 2019
Friday 1st
SWAGGER
Matt Start and Owen Chambers front the band with an impressive display of musical versatility. Both excellent singers, they compliment each other’s voices with vocal harmonies, percussion and by trading places on the piano. Owen also brings a few additional layers to the performance – modern synth sounds, acoustic guitar and the occasional trumpet solo. Matt and Owen’s energy and vocal flexibility allows Swagger to offer a much broader repertoire than most ensembles whilst still doing justice to the originals. Joe Taylor (Drums and Backing Vocals) and Tiago Coimbra (Bass) provide a solid funk groove and ensure that the blues-rocking of Vess Popov (Guitar) comes back down to earth eventually.
Entry £5
Performance 10pm
Happy Hour 9pm – 10pm
Saturday 2nd
Margaret Scratcher
If you like disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Thursday 7th
THE FUNK JAM
Come on down for your monthly dose of funk at Cambridge’s only Funk Jam!
Run by Shake Your Tail Feather and always free entry, great players, a friendly vibe and plenty of dancing 🙂
Doors open 8:30pm. House band will kick things off then open up to jammers.
Happy hour for all from 9 – 10pm and students get 25% off food and drink all night with the La Raza & Tabouche Remix Card.
Sign up on the sheet on the night if you’d like to play; if you’re not a player you’re a dancer!
Follow the Funk Jam @ www.facebook.com/camfunkjam.
See you there funksters!
Friday 8th
Kontroversi
Describing themselves as Intergalactic bassline funk from two brothers from alternate universes, Kontroversi are taking the Cambridge scene by storm with their funky sets. The electrofunk duo are Mr Margaret Scratcher (Mark Sutton) on keyboards, synthesizers drum machines , and Lionclub (Leonardo Robarts) on guitar, synthesizers and lead vocals.Having known each other for many years through the music scene, they recently decided to collaborate to produce their own unique sound which they have dubbed ‘Cadillac Funk’. Imagine Prince, Parliament, New Order and Jamiroquai taking a road trip across the galaxy in a ’59 Cadillac and you’re halfway there…
Saturday 9th
Le Jazz
After about 10 years, Pete Moore or “Lejazz” or “Pete De Vit” is still playing records at La Raza. Raised on a diet of Jungle from the age of 13 onto Jazz, Funk, Soul, Dancehall, Techno, House and anything else with an off centre vibe, Pete guarantees you will dance, cry, get angry, stop being angry and start making love whenever you hear him play. That alone has to be worth coming.
He’ll cover as many styles as possible in one evening, with the dance-floor always the number one priority. Expect something different to the rest of the music in the city.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am, £5 12am – 2am
Thursday 14th
Dopamine Jackson
If you like a chilled-out summer vibe then Dopamine Jackson are perfect for you – a laid-back groove machine of happy vibes and catchy melodies. Dopamine Jackson are a fusion of professional musicians with a common goal of creating infectious grooves to raise your vibrations and move your bodies.
Friday 15th
DJ CRUMP
Heavily influenced by legendary “anything goes” parties such as The Do Over, The Rub and The Electric Chair, Crump specialises in open format creativity, utilising dancefloor dynamite from the 1950’s to the present day.
Expect a kaleidoscopic blend of Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop / Rock classics, R&B, Reggae, US Garage, Moombahton and brass band bangers
£4 entry 10pm – 12am, £5 12am-2am
Saturday 16th
Margaret Scratcher
If you like disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Friday 22nd
DJ C
DJ C brings his own blend of Soul, Funk, Afro-House & R&B to La Raza.
Heavily influenced by the sounds of New York City, expect an eclectic selection of beats, breaks & classic vocals alongside the a mix of modern jams.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Saturday 23rd
DJ CRUMP
Heavily influenced by legendary “anything goes” parties such as The Do Over, The Rub and The Electric Chair, Crump specialises in open format creativity, utilising dancefloor dynamite from the 1950’s to the present day.
Expect a kaleidoscopic blend of Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop / Rock classics, R&B, Reggae, US Garage, Moombahton and brass band bangers
£4 entry 10pm – 12am, £5 12am-2am