Catzmuzik is back. The label whose last track Straitjacket had raves from Justin Martin, the Italoboyz, Hannah Holland and Simon Baker. And the club that started with a little houseparty for, oh, 1500 across four flats off Brick Lane – which got so big that a cab rank spontaneously formed outside. Since then, Catzmuzik has held parties at Egg - the biggest free party that club had seen - and then Aquarium, with guests like Marc Romboy and the inimitable Andre Crom.

Then it stopped. The reason?

Aerobics techno.

Instructional house.

Music that wants you to move the way it wants you to move – up down, up down, cheer now, go wild.

JUST SAY NO!

Join us instead on the return of Catzmuzik for a night of non-instructional house, nonchalant techno and music with a sense of fun that's stress-tested for more than just the dancefloor. Special guest Spiritcatcher downstairs and Faith's Stuart Patterson and Cut +Shut Disco upstairs giving you a proper disco workout …

SAT MAY 23 BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AT EAST VILLAGE, GREAT EASTERN ST,
IN THE LOST UNDERWATER CITY OF SHOREDITCH

CATZMUZIK
SPIRITCATCHER (2020, NRK, FREERANGE / DJ SET)
DAN CAT
BIG DADDY (PLAYTIME / PROCESS RECS)
MARK SUN (PLAYTIME / SHIVA)

VERSUS THE EAST VILLAGE CREW UPSTAIRS
MR STUART PATTERSON (FAITH)
CUT AND SHUT DISCO

In the Catzmuzik box...

SPIRITCATCHER (DJ SET)
With influences from Quincy Jones right through to Derrick May and releases on labels including 2020, Freerange, Soma's Darkroom Dubs, and Simple, Spirit Catcher is one of the best future disco outfits around.  This groovy, deep and elastic DJ set will have to be heard to be believed - come and check it out, and also Spirit Catcher's just-released Coast to Coast comp on NRK.

DAN CAT (CATZMUZIK)
Back when the Catz were a duo, DJ mag called them “globe-trotting house/techno/minimal hotshots”. Now the Catz have disbanded, Dan's just spent 10 months out traveling, recording, remixing techno classics like Andre Crom's Notaufnahme for release on Veryverywrongindeed Recordings, and fiddling with basslines in preparation for the return of the Catzmuzik label – first track, Winterslow, out June with an amazing Max Cooper remix…

BIG DADDY (PLAYTIME / PROCESS RECS)
With raves for recent tracks from Cassius, Phil Hartnoll of Orbital, Arthur Baker, Zombie Disco Squad, Prins Thomas, Style of Eye, Luke Solomon, Rodomaal, Jesse Rose, Tenaglia and more, Playtime Records is succeeding in its mission to reinject lazy grooves, wry humour and impeccable production chops into every scene. Check out the next track, Worthy and Yankee Zulu's immense Bad Side…

MARK SUN
Mark's sound is big, live and unashamedly cinematic. Drawing as much inspiration from heavyweight film composers as his clubbing heroes, Mark's productions inject drama and emotion into the gritty minimal techno sound - allowing glitchy percussion to sit side by side with soaring Hollywood strings and live guitars.

And in the East Village box ...

STUART PATTERSON (FAITH)
Having helped start Soulsonic, Deviant, Rebel Waltz and Transfusion Records, and as part of London's pivotal Faith collective, Stuart Patterson has been at the forefront of London's cutting-edge clubbing for more than a decade. With four compilations under his belt, he's been a force for spreading proper house music (a genre way wider than most people realise) and he's continuing that today with a heavy European touring schedule, his new venue East Village, and his work with the Faith Fanzine www.faithfanzine.com.

CUT AND SHUT DISCO
A love for good music is what you need. A like-minded taste in music is an excuse to come and enjoy the fun when Cut and Shut sets up camp in any place suitable for a good night. Having now played in most dark corners of east london over the last two years, their disco, house, punk-funk and electro has become a fixture in East London's scene...