Atata Xmas Special

South Bermondsey experimental label ATATA is throwing a Xmas party with a line up of local talent, interweaving 4 live and 4 dj sets all night long (((live))) Adam Christensen is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is primarily realised through music, film, installation and textiles. Adam's music is an uncompromising emotional journey that departs from blues and feeds from niche sonic explorations characteristic of the experimental and avant-garde. Using voice and accordion as a lead, cathartic pop tunes are released through guttural singing and melodic playfulness. Avel Mismo is an experimental producer whose music occupies a wide, unpredictable space - moments of tender ambience sit alongside industrial textures, left-field pop moves and abstract noise. His work plays with mood and dislocation: familiar elements warped, pitched, glitched, recombined. Cliché Toupee is a musician who sonically explores themes of deterioration and decay in her music. After years of experimenting with alternative and experimental sounds, she has recently shifted her focus toward rhythmic and dance-oriented forms of music.  During the late noughties Crystabel Efemena Riley toured Japan and Europe using drums, electronics and make-up in power-noise trio Maria and the Mirrors. This was the start of her interest in patterns on skins — human and drum. An interest in dimensional patterns existing on (and off) different surfaces has continued to evolve through exploring the idea of 'care and uncare' of various skin surfaces. 

 (((djs))) Dj Drinkwater is an emerging producer dedicated to making only-bangers. His music exist in a reimagined hardcore universe helping itself with jungle, acid and trance motives in order to deliver rave tunes that make any dance floor bounce and drink plenty of water. West Yorkshire dj Esmé crafts beautiful mixes branching out jungle, electro, breaks, acid and beyond. The vinyl enthusiast demonstrates an uncanny ability to unite purveyors of all time signatures and why she has become a staple in Manchester’s bass music community. Paul McGann has played a key role creating hybrid venues in London combining clubs and gardens that have seen local music scenes thrive for the last decade. Currently the head of Avalon Café and caring hand of Galleywell Nature Reserve, Paul's dj sets have an organic approach to blending house, disco and its many derivates on a continuous thunder rumble of pumping and colourful records. Sou Varine is a music connoisseur and the mind behind Discogs Diaries. Her dj sets bring an upbeat tenderness and intensity to the dance floor, each one honing in on a particular genre or era, turning the sets into a study of the ebbs and flows of underground club music both past and present.