Magic City with Apricot Ballroom (UK)

We’re super thrilled to announce the second instalment of Magic City, Copenhagen’s first high-fidelity dance party. Following on from the big success of the last one, this time we’ve invited Apricot Ballroom all the way from the UK to join us behind the decks. Their party was recently voted one of the top 10 most banging club nights in the UK by Time Out magazine, up there with the giant likes of FabricLive and Warehouse Project to name a few.

With a strong focus on showcasing quality underground music from around the world, from disco, funk, jazz, rare groove, latin, psychedelic and beyond, Magic City is about pushing the boundaries of conventional club culture and presenting you music you’ve probably never heard, but most definitely wish you had.

Inspired by Japan’s culture of jazz kissa, but reimagined for the dance floor, we take the audio side seriously, with the music played through a custom-built sound system, high-end hifi components and quality records to ensure the music can sound its finest. Note, our parties may have a heavy disco flavour, but we have an open-minded music policy, with our selectors encouraged to play music from the soul no matter the genre.

Line Up:

Apricot Ballroom (UK)

Apricot Ballroom are an audiophile party, soundsystem, record label and DJ duo based out of Sheffield, UK. Made up of Joi La Frique and Nonna Fab, the best friends have been running the party together for five years, and have cemented their place amongst their city’s best cultural institutions by bringing a friendly, community-driven atmosphere to the late night dance. Over the past year, the party has begun to draw national and even international notoriety, regularly drawing attendees from all over the UK, and even being picked out as one of “the most banging parties in the country” by the esteemed Time Out magazine.

DJing together for six years, and for a combined 18+ years between them, their joyous DJ sets thread together the breadth of their musical tastes and influences, and join the musical dots between funk, soul, house, street soul, dub, jazz and more, all pieced together with a focus on high-fidelity production and psychedelic styles.

Joi La Frique, the more audio-focused head of the two, will be the one joining us for this edition of Magic City. He has devoted much of the last five years to a near obsessive hunt for better sound, adding bits and pieces to the party soundsystem over the years to bring their dancefloor community ever closer to the music that rocks their party, and carries that energy through to the ever expanding record collection that makes up his musical world.

https://soundcloud.com/apricotballroom/guestmix-for-pbr-streetgang-rinse-fm

Mokomizik (UK/DK)

Magic City hosts Elise and Hvar are behind Mokomizik Records, a record label focused on giving rare and forgotten music a new lease of life. Originally from the UK, but now based in Copenhagen, they have been residents at Alice, supporting the likes of Orlando Julius and Konono Nº1, and have been behind a number of audiophile parties in the city, including Bonbon Disco and Love Jamboree.

As avid diggers, they have amassed an impressive collection of music from across the world. Whether its obscure disco, funk, jazz, latin rarities, soca or house, their carefully curated and unique approach to their sets are always a guarantee to set any dancefloor on fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrYa5x4U0fE

Fergus Murphy (IRE/DK)

Fergus Murphy has been deeply involved in the local music and club scene in Denmark for over 20 years, Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, he cut his teeth on the bubbling Dublin club scene of the 90s before moving to Copenhagen, where he now hosts and plays at a number of events, including the long-running lightsdownlow, and All-Dayer every first Sunday of the month.

As a long-time music lover, collector and DJ, it’s all about the music and the moment when it comes to playing. Fergus’ sets present a vibrant take on new and old music from all around the world, blending the soul of the old with the new, crossing genres and styles and diving into musical wormholes.

https://soundcloud.com/joybarcopenhagen/joy-bar-fergus-murphy-04-10-2019?in=fergusmurphy/sets/mixes-by-me-me-me

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Essential info:

*Early bird and advanced tickets available on RA

https://ra.co/events/1672487

Door: 150 DKK

Address: H15 Scene, Halmtorvet 15, 1700 København V

Minimum age 23+