James Lavelle at O2 Academy Liverpool

Northern Empire presents...

JAMES LAVELLE + Dash + No Fakin'

Plus Northern Empire residents - Ste-J & Craig Callaghan. Visuals by Fonetics

Doors 10pm-3am. Tickets: £12 advance from O₂ Academy box office, 3B Records and online from ticketweb.co.uk 

Described once as the Hunter S. Thompson of DJs, James Lavelle’s career has spanned the last 18 years, and at 32 he remains as individual a figure in contemporary music as he was as a teenager, when he first gate-crashed his way in with the genre-shattering MoWax records.

Back then he was obsessed with early street culture, DJing with Gilles Peterson at That’s How It Is (the legendary club which lasted over 10 years), working with the visionary designer Nigo on Bathing Ape, and launching a label in MoWax. 

Now he divides time between his internationally-renowned DJ career, his UNKLE act with singer/producer Richard File, and a brand new independent set-up: Surrender-All, which combines music, fashion and art.

James Lavelle has collaborated and remixed with the likes of Ian Brown, Richard Ashcroft, Doves, Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Badly Drawn Boy, Thom Yorke and Massive Attack amongst others.

Northern Empire is excited to bring to Liverpool the man behind the MoWax label that spawned the likes of DJ Shadow, Carl Craig and of course, his own supergroup UNKLE.

Support could not be more stellar, in the shape of Liverpool stalwart Dash, hip hop turntablists No Fakin' and Northern Empire residents Ste-J & Craig Callaghan. 

With live visuals on the night from local innovators Fonetics, the stage is set for a hedonistic club night celebration of mind bending music, delivered by those who know it best.

Surrender...