Azalea Arts Christmas Variety Show at The Vortex

Azalea Arts Christmas Show at the Vortex in Dalston - Art Literature Music and Dance - Join Us for this Special Event on December the 9th 2022 at the multi award-winning Vortex jazz club in Dalston

This is not specifically a jazz night but a multimedia platform filled with a range of entertainment and artistic expression to suite a range of creative interests.

A chance to make new discoveries and be inspired by imaginative people, carefully chosen for quality and expressiveness.

Should you wish to showcase your creativity from musicians, artists, actors, comedians, dancers to poets then please contact the creative director Blousey on 07583 730540 or email jade@azalea-arts.com to discuss further details

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Compare for the evening is Aalex, born and bred in London, is a high energy, uplifting observational comedian.

6pm

Gen
is a guitarist from Rome he started playing blues jazz rock with bands and singers than he started to tour Europe for many years organising shows with great musicians ,and once in Andalusia he learned flamenco and gipsy style and created his own solo fusion guitar repertoire influenced by different genres and inspired by the experiences of life that ttouched him during his travels and tours playing with a deep spiritual approach and mixing modern and ancient guitar techniques blended naturally .He s currently in UK playing his catchy show in many venues and clubs and he s recording his own album that will be out the end of summer.

18:30pm
Megana da vie will be enacting a ritual of transformation , a call for humanities rising and liberation , to the unique power of sovereignty. Often merging different art disciplines together ,she is interested in meetings of consciousness that aim to empower and liberate in the presence created in improvisation. She is focused on mystery plays that use poetric storytelling with vocals and dance to reconnect us to nature . to educate in abstract ways that can open solutions to humanities current conundrums.

7pm
Purple peaches a young spoken word artist from London, is here to delight you with her play on words

7:30pm
The Smoke Remains...
An East London Based Acoustic Rocky Folk Blues Band...guitar vocal harmonica...

8pm
Riverman
Seasoned songwriter/band member Joe Riverman from West London is currently working on a follow up to his first solo album ’The Journey’ released in July 2020. His writing and vocal style, although difficult to pinpoint, has been likened to artists such as David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and even Bob Marley. Joe’s creations lie somewhere within the triangle made by these great artists with a dash of Cat Stevens thrown into the mix. The Riverman juices have been flowing since the mid 80s through bands such as Ciao Buddha, Liana, Undersound, Slack Mammoth and Gift.

8:30pm
YVNGERROR is the latest British Indie Alternative Artist hailing from West London Middlesex. Using a fresh British Indie Rock vibe and representing the flair of British culture. His debut album "Definitely tea" will be getting released in 2023.
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9pm
Cat Elliott is a bit of a genre crossing wild card! Difficult to pigeon-hole. Quirky, with a standout voice and unique style of writing and playing songs, she can make you smile one minute with her witty lyrical observations on life, and then move you with an emotional song about love. Her original and catchy songs tell stories in a way you're likely to remember.

930
A guitarist/composer, Stelios’s music for solo guitar is influenced by classical, neoclassical and folk elements. He has been interviewed and had his music featured on BBC Radio London. Stelios has performed in the 21st Century Guitar Conference (Indianapolis, USA), Vortex Jazz Club (London, UK), Handmade & Recycled Festival (Athens, Greece) and King’s Place (London, UK), among others. The Minor7th magazine described his work as “Kyriakidis has a delightful way of creating bright, shimmering melodies that you want to hear again”. His latest EP, Agalia (Embrace), was released in September 2022 and features five original pieces for solo guitar.

10pm
"Bland is a live, real time, trial and error process of generating the feeling of happiness. Inspired by fighting off existential dread, these 2 privileged white men found a way to feel horrendous and thus have a reason to live in trying to resolve this inner conflict. This of course results in some fucking music. Just and book us already! It's going to be amazing."

10:30pm
Taro has been playing Piano since the age of 5. Although he likes to perform pieces his favorite thing is to improvise Classical style. He will be doing an experimental improvisatory session to try and demonstrate the possibilities of the Piano

11pm
Katya Kan and Hanjo
An idiosyncratic specimen of globalization, Kan was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, my father being North Korean and my mother Russian. Having caught a glimpse of the ex-USSR, she has a conflicting perception of political and cultural systems. Unable to fully assimilate into any one culture, she finds herself as an outsider with an eclectic artistic taste. The concepts, which she explores in her work, include globalization, surveillance, nostalgia, utopia and eroticism. She has exhibited at ICA London, Whitechapel Gallery, Royal Watercolor Society, NYC Untitled Space, the New York Art Expo as well as the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.

Hanjo is a fusion belly dancer, pole dancer, exotic floorwork and fire performer.

Blending bold and sensual styles of belly dance, pole dance and floor work she creates emotional performances that combine her passion for storytelling with gothic and alternative music.

https://www.instagram.com/hanj...

11:15pm

Amda Knox

"Born of personal disdain, self loathing & the desire to be loved, Amda Knox is Dougie Wratt, The Doom Lord & The Pain Bringer. Let the Dolphin speak." -