I can't remember if this flyer was the first Kinky Malinki where Addiction and Club Fiction joined together or the second.  Club Fiction was my party started in 1996 and Addiction was Paul's party.  We brought our crowds together to ultimately form Kinky Malinki.

I remember the first time I met Paul, thinking, wow he's loads younger and has a passion and drive you don't often see in people his age at the time.  I really was so impressed by him.  At first we didn't know if it would work, and that's why the flyer was a these guys present party.  But it did work, and the old parties were quickly dropped.

In the beginning we had three rooms and a diverse music policy.  I was always pretty underground.  My love of house started in 87 and I played underground progressive house at Labyrnth in 93'.  Paul brought DJ's with more energy than myself.  Most memorably Matthew Anthony.  I absolutely loved him from the off.  His mixing was Sasha good on vinyl and his sound was uplifting, pumping and energy.  As a new party we already established a unique sound that was different to most and varied too. There just wasn't a sound. It was many sounds and genres.

That carried on for a few years.  Different rooms with a different sound in each.  I tended to play in the harder room, though I've always loved all genres and I've had so many of the Kinky DJ's influence me over the years.  I was obviously biased, but I never enjoyed the music at any other night I went, the way I did at Kinky. 

This mix is my homage to the Kinky sound.  It's soulful, vocal, funky, housey, deep, jacking and  in parts pretty twisted too.  There's a few Jay Friction classics too from 2002, 2006 and 2009, from The Lawnchair Generals, Dennis Ferrer and Tim Green.  

Kinky has always been about great house music.  You can't pigeon hole the night.  If you take a look at the list of DJ's that have played over the last 25 (or 27 years) you'll see exactly what I mean.

Most of all, the night was ALL about the resident DJ's.  Some of the best DJ's and nicest people I've met have played alongside., They all built Kinky into what it became.  

And I have all the confidence that Paul is going to do something very special again. You can't keep a good man down as they say. And in my opinion he is one of the most experienced in the game.. I'm proud to have been a part of it in the early years.

If you like this mix then please buy a ticket before it's too late.

https://www.kinkymalinki.com/

It's gonna be a banger.

Made with love ❤️x 

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Frictions Funk - A Homage to Kinky Malinki

Barcelona-based DJ/Producer & Label Manager at @StayWildLabel

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Salut! J aime la danse le ciné les voitures  le jardinage et la montagne etc..  la musique vous reflète!

It all started for me at around 13 years old as a secondary school boy, when I became fascinated with Electronic Music. I was a big Depeche Mode, Yazzo and Tears for Fears fan, so I liked modern bands using technology. I used to go to Trax Records in Greek Street with my best pal at the time Charlie,  and we'd spend the day in Soho Record shops, and listen to the music they played. One of the first tracks I bought was the beautiful Balaeric classic, 'Song for Denise' by Piano Fantasia in 86' when I was just 13 years old. From then I was hooked and passionately in love with this new electronic sound with a beat.

I'd scraped money working in the school holidays to buy my 1210's and a vinyl addiction continued.

I got my first DJ residency in 93' at Labrynth,which was all down to my new friend at the time Vinyl Matt (a resident DJ at the club). It was filled to capacity every Friday and Saturday at the infamous Four Aces club (orignally a Reggae venue) in Dalston Lane and ran by the enigmatic Joe Wieczorek & lovely Sue, who I idolised at the time. 

A rave club at heart, however having house music secondary rooms where I played my first sets. I used to also visit all the record stores within the M25 making sure Joe's Labrynth flyers were stocked up. and giving out the free comps he'd give me for store managers and owners, picking up obscure but brilliant music along the way.  I was in heaven during this period of my life!

After finishing at Labrynth, and missing DJ'ing to a crowd badly, I started putting on my own parties in 95'. These were small local nights, hiring restuarants and bars and filling them up with friends and their friends. some of my pas played at various London nights such as Release the Pressure and Just Can't Get Enough. I also managed to get CJ Mackintosh play for me as he was a lifetime friend of a pal of mine ar the time. 

After moving upwards with bigger venues, I took the plunge in 98' and hired a proper club with a bigger capacity, Imperial Gardens, and Kinky Malinki was born. 

I had to lie blatantly to Raymond at Imperial to even hire the club as I had no big venue history at all.  These were the days before social media existed.  It was sacks and sacks of letters getting franked at the post office and lots of weekends without much sleep giving out the 60,000 flyers we'd had printed.

Together with co-promoter Paul, we put on nights at Imperial Gardens., The Glasshouse, Aquarium, The Ministry of Sound, The Cross, Turnmills, El Divino and my favourite parties at our monthly residency at Pacha London (where we were the longest running residency). 


We were also guests around the UK at some of the most popular nghts of that era, such as Ultra Vegas, Eye Candy, Hotdog and many, many others.

I stepped away from running the parties years ago for personal reasons, but the passion for house music never, ever fades. 

I'm still as in love with the music 35 years later, as I ever have been ❤️ My music? it's underground baby!

Kinky Malinki 25th Anniversary Part 2 30.11.2024 at 93 Feet East 

Details of all Kinky Malinki events at www.kinkymalinki.com
