A special St Patrick's Eve POGO with Bodytonic favourite and 2010 POGO resident Andrew Weatherall performing one of his chuggin sets in the Basement.

Up on the Stage in proper festival spirit will be Paris' excellent Samba-Reggae band Muleketu who are over to partake in the St Patrick's Day parade, so like last year we have nabbed em for a pre-parade club show. Support on the night comes from Global: A World of Beats with Mike Black, Tom Beary and percussion by Jonathan De Andrade (Dende Com Pimenta). Expect an eclectic mix of Soul, Jazz, Samba, Salsa, Afro, Bossa, Broken and Drum & Bass.

ANDREW WEATHERALL

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Initially a freelance music journalist (using both his own name and the pseudonym "Audrey Witherspoon"), Weatherall's first studio work was alongside DJ Paul Oakenfold on the Club remix of "Hallelujah" for the Happy Mondays. Other remixes followed, including "World in Motion" by New Order and "Loaded", a hit remix of Primal Scream's earlier track "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have". He joined fellow scenesters Terry Farley and Pete Heller to form Boy's Own, initially a magazine commenting on football, fashion, records, etc. They also did parties, and had a record label under the name of Boys Own Recordings (which went on to be called Junior Boy's Own in 1992 upon Weatherall's departure). Along with engineer Hugo Nicholson and singer Anna Haigh, they released two singles as Bocca Juniors on Boys Own Records, "Raise (53 Steps to Heaven)" and "Substance".

He formed the electronic music trio The Sabres of Paradise in 1993. He has promoted the Bloodsugar and Sabresonic club nights. In early 1996, after shutting down Sabresonic, Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood became Two Lone Swordsmen, signing to Warp Records label and setting up Rotters Golf Club for their own dancefloor-orientated work. Weatherall has cited humour as an important component in his musical ideology

He has produced such artists as Beth Orton, Primal Scream and One Dove, and has remixed the work of Björk, Siouxsie Sioux, The Orb, The Future Sound of London, New Order, Manic Street Preachers, My Bloody Valentine, Saint Etienne, James and many others.

In late 2006, he released his debut solo single "The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice", followed by his debut solo album "A Pox On The Pioneers" in 2009. Both were released on his Rotters Golf Club imprint.

MULEKETU

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Formed in 1998, Mulêketú are widely regarded as the best samba reggae band outside Brasil. Based in Paris, with over 50 percussionists, they have brought the heartbeat of Bahia to the streets of Paris for over a decade. Fusing samba reggae, maracatu, funk and the drum throwing acrobatics of the famous Pelourinho drummers (Olodum, Ile Aiye)

This will be their 3rd POGO show to date, a rare chance to see a Samba band in action in a club, and of course see the Stage room turned into a proper carnival-esque session!

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