Ultragroove with Cooly G @ Cabaret Voltaire, 19 Mar

Hyperdub’s Cooly G joins Ultragroove for their second March party on the 11th at Cabaret Voltaire. The Brixton producer and DJ will be bringing her own brand of UK Funky to the established Edinburgh house night alongside resident Gareth Sommerville.

Mostly a London-centric sound, UK Funky has been something of a recent phenomenon, mixing up dubstep and garage with house orientated sensibilities which has captured the imagination of both sides of the genre, as well as getting significant media coverage since its inception in the late noughties. Cooly G herself has had recommendations from both the Guardian and the Independent newspapers, for her single and as a ‘one to watch’ respectively.

Cooly G’s take on the genre is distinctively bass heavy, interspersed with her own r’n’b style vocal snippets. Her appearance at Ultragroove will showcase the new sound and one of its most promising rising stars. Support will be provided by Sommerville, and Default & Picasso will be playing some soul and funk in the back room of the Cab all night long.