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MOVEMENT 33
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MONDAY we’re reaching. Back in the ofﬁ ce after lunch I always have my chicken soup
This is always my favourite day of the week. Most people hate Mondays, start and two festivals (sweet dumpling in the shape of a penis) and will get to
of the week and all that, but that’s why I personally love it. Always an early work on some more line-ups for months ahead and Movement parties
start for me, hit the ofﬁ ce about 9am, which for a drum & bass professional across the UK and even abroad. Wednesday tends to be the best day for
is almost unheard of, check all emails, Facebooks and MySpace, get the A-to banking, so this will also be done.
the-I-to-the-M on and then give my Dad some stick about Chelsea scraping
another lucky draw with another harsh deﬂ ected goal. Then get to work. THURSDAY
Pest list day! This is the day the phone doesn’t stop ringing for guest list.
First thing I usually do, is my weekly Movement press release. I do a small Movement have always been very generous with guests; industry and
write up about who’s playing at the club this week and mail-out to our punters, it’s what gives us that family and intimate feel. Thursday is the
database. Then send it to Nick my right hand man, Daddy Shutdown and exciting, but anxious day for obvious reasons. Everyone in jungle worldwide
Isabel who will put it online. knows that Thursday is Movement day. Me and my Dad spend a lot of time
working on getting balanced, interesting strong line-ups together and with
I then send off any guest list requests for any events at the weekend the promotion that goes into the night fully believe that every Movement will
approaching, so my ﬂ yer team are sorted for entry and can bombard be successful one – attendance and vibes. I generally arrive there at 7.30
everyone with Movement ﬂ yers, as they stagger out of the clubs. I may give to set up (ﬂ yers on tables, put posters up, get the decks out for the small
the Bar Rumba a call and run through anything either of us needs to know bar, sound check for the main room, grab something to eat and warm the
about regarding the coming months. muscles up in my mouth for my work smile). Shakayra, one member of my
street team will hit Leicester Square, luring people with the incentive of good
vibes, good people and good music. My night will be a mixture of running
TUESDAY the till, dealing with guest list, making sure those who we know and love
This is usually my out-and-about day. I’ll come into the ofﬁ ce to check my gets drinks, keeping my soundman happy and just generally making sure
email and post, but be out and about by 11am. I’ll either do my shop run, at everyone is having the night of their lives.
Soho or Brick Lane; those are the two main areas, because they have a high
concentrated amount of people and shops. I’ll go with my iPod, Nutrigrain WEEKEND
Bar and a rucksack full of posters and ﬂ yers and hit every record shop, Flyer. Flyer. Flyer. My team and I will be outside The End, Fabric, Herbal,
clothes shop and bar in those areas. It can be quite tiring, but essential Ministry of Sound, or SE1 over the weekend handing out ﬂ yers. This in
nevertheless. I make my way back to the ofﬁ ce to do some more admin. I’ll theory should be party time, but it never is as I try and get out and about
send banners, ﬂ yers and posters off to be designed by Carlos (S.P.Y.) for the to as many parties over the weekend as possible. I try and check out the
following months and arrange for Leila or one of the photographers from other successful ones like Hospitality, Playaz, Ram and Innovation to keep
Get Pic’d to come down on Thursday and get their snap on. For some reason in touch with what’s going on, who’s the new hot s**t, what crowds are
I always seemed to get hit up by DJs and MCs on Tuesdays for gigs at the coming to see who and just make sure Movement is on top of its game.
club. Weird. So I’ll spend a lot of time calling people back and discussing
possible dates (or not if I don’t rate them). Movement would like to thank all the people that have made Movement
possible over the 11 years. You’re not forgotten.
WEDNESDAY
Generally the same morning as a Monday. By now I’ll have set times for the Movement takes place @ Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Avenue, WC1, every
artists for Thursday and I let them or their agents know. I’ll hit up Ben at ‘I Thursday.
Love London’ (big time student promotion team) and may, if needed, hook up www.movement.co.uk
for a meeting to discuss new methods of reaching the student market, give www.myspace.com/movementparties
him some posters and ﬂ yers for halls and campus’ and generally keep each facebook; movement @ bar rumba
other informed with what’s coming up for Movement and how many students For guest list email jordan.movement@gmail.com
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