San Miguel Hidden Depths is set to return this summer with a series of five one-off music and media events held in London and Manchester.

The five events are to be hosted by some great contemporary innovative artists including Mark Jones – the founder of pioneering Wall Of Sound Records, the Belgian DJ duo The Glimmers, Giles Smith and James Priestley of the wonderful Secretsundaze house/underground techno parties, New York/Montreal electro-funk duo Chromeo and finally, one half of Lemon Jelly – Fred Deakin.

Kicking off at London’s Soho Revue Bar on Thursday, 26th June, San Miguel Hidden Depths promises to provide curious guests with a rare insight into the musical and visual inspirations of its diverse range of hosts.

Each unique event will be curated by a different guest host. Full details of the artists and musicians invited by the hosts to perform will not be revealed until the nights themselves but we can announce the host line up as follows:

26th June
Mark Jones and Wall of Sound
Soho Revue bar, London

10th July
The Glimmers
Joshua Brookes, Manchester

31st July
Secretsundaze
T-Bar, London

21st August
Chromeo
The End / AKA, London

18th September
It’s Pop It’s Art / Fred Deakin
The Amersham Arms

Mark Jones and Wall of Sound

Mark Jones is the founding father and visionary behind alternative, independent record label Wall of Sound – the label that has brought us acts as diverse as The Propellerheads, Black Twang, The Bees, The Wiseguys, Royksopp and Les Rythmes Digitales.

Wall of Sound started out producing electronic music genres such as big beat and ambient, but has now diversified to include some indie and hip-hop artists with a revised roster of acts including artists Soulwax, Mogwai, Laurent Garnier and Reverend & The Makers amongst others.

The Glimmers

The Belgian DJ duo The Glimmers will be heading to Joshua Brookes in Manchester on 10th July to host the second event in the series, with rumours already circulating of a legendary hip hop pioneer making a special appearance on the decks.

Giles Smith and James Priestley (Secretsundaze)

San Miguel Hidden Depths then returns to London for the remaining events. Giles Smith and James Priestley will be taking a break from hosting their infamous Secretsundaze parties to bring their trademark underground techno, house and disco sound to T-Bar in Shoreditch on 31st July.

Chromeo

Next up, electro-funk duo Chromeo will be leaving their respective bases in New York and Montreal and inviting their friends and inspirations to join them at The End / AKA on 21st August. Chromeo earned rave reviews supporting Bloc Party on their British Tour and recently  played a sold out gig at London’s Koko.

Fred Deakin (It’s Pop It’s Art )

The final event for this year will be held at The Amersham Arms on 18th September. With a line up led by It’s Pop It’s Art – a unique collaboration between DJ and designer Fred Deakin’s design company Airside and EMI Records – guests can expect an audio visual treat, as It’s Pop It’s Art has been responsible for creating visual cover versions of some of the most important songs in pop music.

Domino Records has released a retrospective compilation of the seminal early 1980’s cult New York punk funk quartet, Liquid Liquid.

Slip In & Out Of The Phenomenon is a compilation from Liquid Liquid’s 3 EP’s plus live and previously unreleased material – 23 tracks in all.

Though Liquid Liquid never made a commercial splash they have been cited as an influence to many dance artists and genres.

The music is an experimental and raw jazz funk fusion with post punk influences and similar to other groups experimenting with percussion, punk ethic and funk rhythms of that era such as 23 Skidoo and A Certain Ratio at their most experimental; and Sal Principato’s vocal chants are reminiscent in parts of The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart.

Liquid Liquid have now received cult status. There is a Glasgow club named after one of their tracks, Optimo. And Cavern includes the most famous bassline of all time, courtesy of a sample for the hit single White Lines by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.

Slip In & Out Of The Phenomenon will be a great retrospective for 40-somethings that wish to add a Liquid Liquid compilation to their CD collection or a perfect introduction to an important, if not somewhat overlooked, genre of punk and funk fusion from the early 1980’s.

Listen to Liquid Liquid