We have four Teachers coming to Hülly Blues this year !
💜 Kelsy & Damon Stone and Elise & Hadrien💜
Do you instantly get in a party mood when you hear the words “New Orleans Funk”? We sure do! Which is why Gumbohead will be with us this time 🎺
DJ Discount Basie
Discount Basie is the DJ alter ego of Michael from our organizers’ team. He’s been the music-selecting guy at parties since he was 14. Back then with prepared mixtapes, in the 2000s and 2010s spinning vinyls and CDs in clubs and bars, playing punk, northern soul, indie-rock, funk, hip-hop and a lot in between.
Being a swing dancer and an event organizer naturally led him to play music for dancers as well.
Some of you might have heard his sets at the “Stay-at-home Blues Dance Parties” that became a virtual social place to be for blues dancers all around the world during the pandemic.
His love for blues music started in the early 90s with artists like John Lee Hooker and B.B. King and now for a few years, he keeps digging deeper into the topic and into the history of blues as an original form of African-American art. You can expect a mix of old and new recordings, mellow and groovy songs with a few rough stompers thrown in.
Our team is made up of Blues enthusiasts from the North of Germany. From left to right: Eléna, Henrike, Henning and Michael.
Hülly Blues is a non-profit event that is made possible by the hearts and hands of its organizers, team and … participants! … So when you register, consider signing up as a helper and volunteer and/or get a discount.
Musicians
The Sky is Crying
The Sky is Crying from Göteborg, Sweden will play live for us on Friday and Saturday night.
DJs
DJ Spicy Ginger
DJ Spicy Ginger’s got the Blues. In her blood, her moves, her pocket. Her music will take you back to the Juke Joints, to Chicago and to the Savoy Ballroom. She’ll serve you a hot mix of different styles of Blues music, well seasoned with a pinch of modern artists – because the Blues is alive!
DJ IzzieQ
Izzie is a Swing and Blues Dancer from Germany who discovered dancing as her passion during her 1-year stay in Cambridge in 2012. Having had to return to Bavaria to finish her teaching degree she didn’t want to stop dancing and therefore decided to build her own little Swing dancing scene in Würzburg, a small student city in Bavaria. She’s been teaching and DJing there and when the passion for Blues took her over (which obviously happened in the blink of an eye) she then also started teaching and DJing Blues, first locally and then also internationally and lives in Berlin now.
She loves the freedom and creativity Blues enhances and is all about connection. Not only to your partner but also to the music. Most of all she loves playing slow and low energy music towards the end of parties and see how differently dancers interpret the music on the dancefloor.
Dara‘s got the key to the highway – and he shakes like jelly on a plate!
Dara´s love of dancing started with moving to the latin rhythms growing up in the Caribbean, but he fell in love with Lindy Hop in the frozen north of Scotland, in 2009, and fell in love again with Blues at a workshop just 6 months later.
Dara comes from a dancing family; doing yoga at age 3 with his mum (in case you’re wondering how such a tall man can be so bendy); three of the brothers dance, teach and organise dance events around the world. Co-founder of “Crash! The Blues Festival”, Delft, and Safer Spaces point person at many events, Dáire loves to contribute in the dance community – you’ll usually find him doing something behind the scenes at every event he attends.
Dara has been teaching Lindy Hop and Blues since 2011 and lived out of a suitcase as a travelling man for 5 years; moving between scenes, teaching and DJing workshops around Europe. In 2017, he relocated to Valencia – finally back in the warm climate he enjoys – to join forces with Leigh and cook up some special sauce for some of the biggest blues events in Europe.
Dara teaches Blues Dance, Lindy Hop, Authentic Jazz, blues DJing and blues history both in his home scene in Valencia, Spain; and at international blues events.
http://www.leighanddaire.com/dara.html
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DJ Discount Basie
Discount Basie is the DJ alter ego of Michael from our organizers’ team. He’s been the music-selecting guy at parties since he was 14. Back then with prepared mixtapes, in the 2000s and 2010s spinning vinyls and CDs in clubs and bars, playing punk, northern soul, indie-rock, funk, hip-hop and a lot in between.
Being a swing dancer and an event organizer naturally led him to play music for dancers as well.
Some of you might have heard his sets at the “Stay-at-home Blues Dance Parties” that became a virtual social place to be for blues dancers all around the world during the pandemic.
His love for blues music started in the early 90s with artists like John Lee Hooker and B.B. King and now for a few years, he keeps digging deeper into the topic and into the history of blues as an original form of African-American art. You can expect a mix of old and new recordings, mellow and groovy songs with a few rough stompers thrown in.
Massage Therapist
Depending on the Covid situation in autumn, we might offer a massage service (Classic, Thai, other).
You’ll be able to book an appointment after arriving in Hüll.
Organizers
Our team is made up of Blues enthusiasts from the North of Germany: Henrike, Henning and Michael.
Helpers
Hülly Blues is a non-profit event that is made possible by the hearts and hands of its organizers, team and … participants! … So when you register, consider signing up as a helper and volunteer and/or get a discount.
Contact
blues@swing.farm
+49-151-58571695 (Henning)
