This event is part of Bongo’s 25th Anniversary Season.
SNO aka Selina Nongi Oliphant is a South African born, Manchester-based DJ, with residencies at Manchester’s immense Warehouse Project and on the esteemed airwaves of NTS radio.
SNO plays a 2 hour vinyl set in the main room, while upstairs we welcome local legend DJ Dribbler to hold down the cafe. Dribbler is an original selector from Edinburgh’s mythical PURE club night and currently resides in Ibiza where he holds down a coveted residency at Pikes Hotel, , Cafe Del Mar, on Ibiza Sonica radio and more…
Residents Astrojazz, Geez Wax and Just-Arch will be on warm up duties.
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Hailing from the township of Bophelong in South Africa, SNO, born Selina Nongaliphe Oliphant, has always seen music as a beacon of strength and hope to the marginalised as her formative years were in the country’s apartheid era. Currently a resident of Manchester, she is woven very tightly into the city’s dynamic music scene. She has been a resident at the acclaimed night, Banana Hill, the megalithic Warehouse Project, and currently hosts a monthly show on NTS Radio Manchester.
Her record collection completely annihilates any modicum of genre specifications or classifications as she has been seen to be utterly comfortable both behind the booth and on radio in a myriad of genres, including Jazz, Hip Hop, Footwork, Latin, boogie and at times the electronic side of things. Her exceptional knowledge of African Music is what endears her to the music world. SNO can travel musically from Cape to Cairo almost pedantically but certainly enthusiastically. This is evident in her presentation consistently, akin to an apt sonic depiction of the Continent that is as rich as AFRICA musically. She has shared diverse and decent stages with luminaries such as Bonoobo, Caribou, Mr SCRUFF, Awesome Tapes from Africa, Gilles Peterson, Midland and Azymuth – only creating fans of her peers every time she plays.
Disco Makossa takes the dancefloor on a funk filled trip through the sounds of African disco, boogie, house, acid, kwaito and techno – strictly for the dancers.
Location
The Bongo Club
66 Cowgate
Edinburgh
EH1 1JX
