CARGO TV – Wonky Pop
July 29, 2008
Here’s a brief glimpse from the last Wonky Pop night. The next installment sees Mr Hudson and The Library, Cock&BullKid and MissOddKid taking the stage. Click here for more info and click here to buy tickets…
Oscar’s Dish of the Month – 20% off
July 28, 2008
Each month, one of the beautiful waiting staff in the restaurant recommend their favourite dish on the menu. For the month of August, Oscar, the great bearded waiter from Mexico recommend Cargo’s refreshing Watermelon Salad…
Yo Oscar, What do you like about the watermelon salad?
Watermelon, mixed leaves, feta cheese, a nice refreshing salad especially on a warm day. Plus it has the colour of my country flag, red, white and green… So when I’m eating the salad it reminds me of back home.
What’s your favourite food to eat?
Mexcian Calbrone!! Pozole is my favourite, corn in a spicy sauce, meat, lentils, lime, chilli, salt, avocado. It’s huge and it’s hot and it’s the best thing if you’re hungover.
That’s an impressive beard… how long have been growing it?
About 3 and half months now, the trick in growing a beard is, everytime you want to cut it all of… don’t.
Wise words indeed and a wise choice of a light, cool, refreshing salad for summer. It’s such a good choice that for the next 2 weeks, we’re giving 20% of the salad to everyone who mentions ‘MEXICAN FLAG’ when ordering…
Hot 8 Brass Band Free Download
July 22, 2008
To celebrate the fact that the mighty Hot 8 Brass Band play Cargo on Thursday 31st July, Tru Thoughts has given us an mp3 to giveaway from their album ‘Rock With The Hot 8.’ Simply right click on the link below to download it.
To buy tickets to the night, click here.
Neon Neon: Review
July 13, 2008
It’s the little things that make all the difference.
The Lex Records event ‘Crush’ that took place at Cargo last Sunday night (originally scheduled to be at Hearn Street Car Park, then because of a licensing mix up got moved to the arches) was a little different.
You knew it was going to be good when you walked up to the entrance of Cargo and saw that Marty McFly himself had turned up to party.
yeah, ok, so the Back To The Future reference is very obvious but this iconic car was the star of the night. Neon Neon’s ‘Stainless Style’ album, that the superband played almost in it’s entirety tonight, is a concept album based around the DeLorean’s creator, John Z Dolorean and his life, so it was only right that one of the 9,000 editions of the ill-fated automobile made an appearance early on.
Support came in two forms. First Heartbreak, newly signed to the Lex label and managed by Piers ‘Vice Magazine’ Martin, and are one of those bands who are so intrinscially linked with this ‘scene’ that you doubt they ever went through the rigmorol of shopping a demo, which of course makes you instantly hate them. It’s only by the end of their blinding set of over-the-top disco blips and fierce showmanship that they’ve won you around. It’s actually disco done good. I think the big wigs here were taken with them too, they’ve booked them for the next yard party.
Wille Ilz was run of the mill. There’s nothing worse than being a big hip hop fan and watching decent tunes being murdered live by a half arsed delivery, muddy mic and no onstage presence. This wasn’t as bad as that, but it wasn’t too great either.
But tonight was all about Neon Neon, the supergroup of Gruff Rhys, Boom Bip, Har Mar Superstar and Cate Le Bonn, and the 80′s inspired, synth led, bashment dipping, swirling melody fused music that they create.
Boom Bip synth’s authenticity was the key to creating a geniune 80′s soundscape without making it sound like a pastiche or cheap. Gruff’s ease as frontman is un-nerving, it helps having played infront of millions and millions I guess, but his relaxed banter and effortless singing makes you draw you to the songs and the visuals. (Gruff obviously really wanted us to focus on the visuals, prefering to bend down or sit, rather than slightly obscure the massive screen with his head.
Har Mar superstar is the complete opposite. A ball of trying, groin thrusts and sweat, the freaky little pornographic gump is completely off-putting, whilst at the same time being very very endearing. I can’t really get my head round it but I can’t think of better person to belt out Naeem Juwan’s filthy raps.
But again it’s Boom Bip and The Furries frontman’s songwriting that really pulled focus, with translation from record to the live stage bettered by the visuals, the showmanship and ease in performance. Neon Neon made you realise that you settle for a lot less when seeing a band now adays, and it’s only when you see a really good band, like this superband, that you realise every band should be this good. And don’t derserve your applause if they’re not.
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THANKS TO CLAUDIO AND ED FIELD FOR THE PHOTOS
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Oliver Winconek – “heavily on colour”
July 8, 2008
this month on Cargo’s third wall, a complex, dark and eerie piece was put up with Oliver Winconek, a upcoming painter, who’s hand-crafted stencils and attention to detail has been garnering head turns from everyone who walks in the yard and from some rather big name artist agents as well…
How did you end up producing art?
I have always had a strong interest in art, even from an early age I have always visited galleries and exhibitions. It has just become a way of life for me now, I work long hours but its something I’m very passionate about so it’s worth losing sleep over. I have always created work on canvas but in the last couple of years have started experimenting with different surfaces and techniques, hopefully I am always learning, evolving and moving forwards.
Your new piece is very striking and detailed… What’s your method of painting?
I am primarily a painter although not in the traditional sense, I like to use acrylics and lay them down in a very smooth, almost graphical way to give a very clean end result. I frequently combine this with stencils and spray paint to create a piece, sometimes I will use only the one medium but more often than not its both. I don’t like to tie myself down to one technique and prefer to play around with things to get the desired effect. I am lucky that I have a strong traditional art background that has taught me to draw well so I don’t have to rely on computers to create a piece.
How did you get into stenciling in particular
Stenciling and street art are things that have always fascinated, I love the idea of taking art away from designated spaces and stenciling is a great way to do this. It always fascinates me how many hours of painstaking stencil cutting translates into what might only be a couple of minutes of painting yet the results can be stunning. Stencil art is heavily in fashion at the moment and so many Artists are picking up a spray can for the first time, its an exciting time but it is getting harder and harder to be original, I rely heavily on colour to set myself apart from others.
Where’s your favourite place to be?
Nowhere in particular, I do love to be in a big city, I love the buzz that only a big city can exude. As nice as it is to get away to the country or the sea I just always find myself yearning to get back. You can almost feel a heightened tension as you get closer to somewhere like London or New York, it’s incredibly exciting as an artist to pick up on that.
Any upcoming exhibitions or other cool stuff that you want to bump?
A well as being represented by Castle Arts in Canterbury I have just been taken on by OPUS Underground in Newcastle, I am involved in a group show alongside C215, Hush, Jef Aerosol, Pure Evil and the London Police. I will be doing some live painting on the night of the private view alongside some of the other guys. I have created some brand new work for the show so it will be great to show it off and see what people think
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To get in touch with Oliver hit: mail@oliver-winconek.co.uk
and check out: www.oliver-winconek.co.uk
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