All Hail The Glory! East London’s famous creative hothouse, LGBTQ+ performance venue, nightclub and curators of major events and festivals. Proudly owned by iconic London drag queens Jonny Woo and John Sizzle, plus legendary party-starter Colin Rothbart. We proudly present LAW ABIDIN CITIZ3N, promoting his debut album ‘SCUM: Self-Centred Urban Male’, The album launch show.
SCUM: Self-Centred Urban Male is available everywhere now.
Essentially a dance album, albeit one which is revelatory in its mixture of house beats, hip-hop, ambient electronic, throw-back samples and its celebration of the 80's and 90's rave culture.
From mixing Nigerian tribal chants echoed around the sweet cries of 'Fade to Grey' by Visage on SCUM's opening track 'Mother Mary'. Sampling a favourite erotic movie intertwined with Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game' subset over thumbing tribal beats on 'Breathe', or a cheeky 90's Moby esque hip-hop ambient trip girl-power anthem urging his fellow 'self-centred urban males' to put female pleasure a priority in the bedroom by sampling The Spice Girls - 'Who Do You Think You Are' on 'Giving Is Good'. A Linkin Park construct hip-hop tribal beat sampling Ru Paul's 90's smash 'Supermodel' refutes his lovers claims that he is 'bitter' by exclaiming "From dreams I have awoken, you call me bitter as if for life is sweet and I am liquorice and not heartbroken". Jefferson Airplane inspires 'Chasing Rabbits' which is written from the purported shoes of how his parents view him and see ABIDIN's life playing out. 'Levitation' samples 'Sweet Harmony' by The Beloved and 'The Power of Goodbye' from Madonna and William Orbit's legendary 90's Ray of Light album.
You do NOT want to miss this debut Album Launch gig.
Thursday 18th January 2024: 8:20pm
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Linktree with all relevant links, including music streaming is here: https://linktr.ee/lawabidincitiz3n
Get to know the album before hand and stream for free on YouTube Studio: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mF022uNqo9lonJMNtj_BZVqDgKF8h30-A&si=t8YFJ6rAxlmx1F1A
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Where Is The Glory?
The Glory is located in Haggerston, close to where Kingsland Rd crosses the Regent’s Canal, close to what has been tongue-in-cheek named ‘The Haggerston Riviera’.
The Glory is just a 2 minutes walk from Haggerston Station, or a 10 minutes stroll down from Dalston or up from Shoreditch. (Some people refer to this whole area as Shoreditch)
From Liverpool St station both the 242 and 149 heading north stop right outside the pub (Laburnum Rd stop)
Alternatively you can take a leisurely stroll or cycle along the canal from London Fields or Angel.
281 Kingsland Road
London E2 8AS
tel: 020 7684 0794