The Backpackers Hostel Blog

Sat 31 May

10pm at Espacio Movistar. Portal del Coneixement (C/Pascual i Vila s/n)   25€   Buy tickets

Fatboy Slim is an English big beat musician. He started a punk fanzine titled Peroxide with his neighbor Andrew Thomas and art student Ian McKay (formerly Laidlaw). Contemporary with his publishing activities, he played drums in Disque Attack (a British new-wave-influenced rock band) for which he later performed lead vocals.

A lot of fans around the world consider him as the the best DJ at the moment.

Awards

• 1999 three MTV awards for the video to “Praise You” - for best direction, best choreography and best breakthrough video.

• 2001 Fatboy Slim’s video for “Weapon of Choice” received six prizes at the MTV Video Awards, the most given to a single winner that year.

• 2007 Ivor Novello Award for his “outstanding contribution to British music”.

(Taken from www.20minutos.es and www.wikipedia.org)

Tue 27, Wed 28 May

9:30pm & 11:00pm at Jamboree (Plaça Reial) 12€ Buy tickets

Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug Group featuring Mark Turner recorded this album in February for release on Fresh Sound Records. Three young creative musicians meet one of the most influential and in demand saxophonists on today’s jazz scene: Mark Turner. The music consist of originals written by Mikkel and it’s both melodic and challenging. Besides Mark Turner on Tenor saxophone, Sean Carpio (IE) is on drums, Jeppe Skovbakke (DK) is on bass and Mikkel Ploug (DK) on guitar. (Taken from www.freshsoundrecords.com and http://farm3.static.flickr.com).

Thu 29 May

7:30pm at Sala Bikini (Diagonal 547) 14-17€ Buy tickets

Porta is the new sensation of the Spanish hip-hop. From Barcelona, this young rapper managed to raise a great expectation with its first models, attracting a good number of visitors toward its place in MySpace and adding more than 5 million downloads of its themes. Later the contract arrived with Universal Records, that has given rise to its flaming record début recently published. (Taken from http://a7.img.v4.skyrock.com and www.ticktackticket.com)