I met up with the band A Man called Adam last week and after buying me a lemontop at Pacitto's told me about their residency at mima.
They are running a series of Sunday events over the summer at the Middlesbrough art gallery (possibly elsewhere too) and they want to celebrate the Teesside music legacy - and they need your help in particular regarding two legendary venues, Club Bongo International and the Rockgarden.
Here's what they have to say to you..
This summer we take up a Sunday Residency at MIMA (12.30-15.30, see dates and info on flyer below). We have a gorgeous audio, DJ and vinyl set-up in Gallery 4 and we wanted to use the events celebrate the Teesside music scene, past and present. To that end we wanted to ask you all a favour…
a) do you have favourite tracks from either your Rock Garden or Bongo Club days? (We’d like to compile some Spotify lists for each club and source the music that you remember and love so we can play it at the events).
b) do you have images, photos, footage and memories, anecdotes etc from either club that you can share with us? (We have a screen in the gallery and could compile these to add visual elements, or we could even make a little zine with them if we get enough).
c) Me and Steve have good Punk and Reggae collections and will be DJing in the space but we could set some time aside to listen to your vinyl at the events if that’s something people would enjoy?
We’re keeping the whole thing quite fluid until we’ve seen how it works in the Gallery space but we’ve love any contributions or ideas from people who attended or worked at either venue.
We’ll also be doing a few off-piste events in August too so we hope to see you at MIMA and/or those, come say hi, we’d like to involve everyone who cares about Teesside and its music scene.
With Love Sally and Steve (A Man Called Adam) x
If you wish you can contact them direct at amca.contact@gmail.com
They are running a series of Sunday events over the summer at the Middlesbrough art gallery (possibly elsewhere too) and they want to celebrate the Teesside music legacy - and they need your help in particular regarding two legendary venues, Club Bongo International and the Rockgarden.
Here's what they have to say to you..
This summer we take up a Sunday Residency at MIMA (12.30-15.30, see dates and info on flyer below). We have a gorgeous audio, DJ and vinyl set-up in Gallery 4 and we wanted to use the events celebrate the Teesside music scene, past and present. To that end we wanted to ask you all a favour…
a) do you have favourite tracks from either your Rock Garden or Bongo Club days? (We’d like to compile some Spotify lists for each club and source the music that you remember and love so we can play it at the events).
b) do you have images, photos, footage and memories, anecdotes etc from either club that you can share with us? (We have a screen in the gallery and could compile these to add visual elements, or we could even make a little zine with them if we get enough).
c) Me and Steve have good Punk and Reggae collections and will be DJing in the space but we could set some time aside to listen to your vinyl at the events if that’s something people would enjoy?
We’re keeping the whole thing quite fluid until we’ve seen how it works in the Gallery space but we’ve love any contributions or ideas from people who attended or worked at either venue.
We’ll also be doing a few off-piste events in August too so we hope to see you at MIMA and/or those, come say hi, we’d like to involve everyone who cares about Teesside and its music scene.
With Love Sally and Steve (A Man Called Adam) x
If you wish you can contact them direct at amca.contact@gmail.com
