¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! New Years Eve Party @ Neon Cactus til 6am - Free Entry/Gratis!

¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!

New Years Eve is taken very seriously in Mexico, like us they love a party at any excuse but this is a biggie for our amigo's accross the Atlantic. Their street food and parties have inspired us since our opening and we hope to do em proud with some serious tequila slamming, dancing and maybe even the odd piñata and firework!

As it's a street party we'll be bucking the New Years trend to charge in and be keeping it Free Entry (or Gratis for our Mexican friends) and we'll be welcoming our banging residents Dr Rockwell, Ali Valium & if you're lucky maybe one of our most famous record spinners will be popping in to work the dancefloor!

Early Evening 'til 6am!

Free Entry

* We'll be encouraging one unusual Mexican New Year tradition too involving underwear. According to our wise Mexican hombres the color of a woman's panties at midnight help decide her fate in the New Year. The Mexican woman is ensured love if she wears red ones and a good job and financial health if she wears yellow. White panties denote good health and green underwear will bring money (this also goes for flowers in the home, but we care less for that!) Feel free to let us know your ambitions for the new year!

Feliz Año Nuevo!

Club Mariachi - end of year roundup

This Wednesday 8^th December marks the last Club Mariachi of 2010. So we thought we’d ask our Mexican brethren about their favourite records of the past year so see what they might be playing for us at the Cactus. Here’s a rough translation of what they said:

Roberto Miguel Sanchez, aka “Rob”:

Caribou – Swim, a magical record from the best live band playing tropical dance music. The perfect soundtrack to a sunset cenote party.

Flying Lotus – Cosmogramm, an epic journey through 14 intense tracks of acidic futuristic hiphop. The big beats and slick synths of this cosmic cacophony will take you on a 21^st Century Fear & Loathing esque trip.

Gorillaz – Plastic Beach is a marvellous mix of hiphop, pop and electronica. Add in a tastey selection of influences from around the world, and a massive guestlist of contributing stars, and you’ve got one hell of a record.

Emilia Isabel Campo, aka “Emma”:

Breakbot has undoubtedly been King of the dance floor and his track “Baby I’m Yours” is one of my favourites of the entire year. Although he hasn’t released a full album, hit backlog of smooth disco remixes and EP releases are sizzling hot and will definitely be dancing me into the new-year.

Aeroplane’s “We Can’t Fly” album is another smooth-operator. It isfull of sexy, 80’s electronica-inspired cosmic disco tunes that are both soulful and upbeat. They have also produced some awesome remixes.

Ratatat’s latest album also comes to mind. “LP4” is an energetic fusion of slick electro-pop and hip hop; full of catchy hooks and quirky beats that are polished off with crisp production.

Cristóbal Jesus Batista, aka “Chris”:

Born out of a period of musical exploration in the Swiss Alps, this is Henrik Weber’s third album as Pantha du Prince. It’s a melodic maze of sound, including a guest appearance from Panda Bear. 70 minutes of earthy, psychedelic techno goodness!

Plenty of feel good vibes from this L.A. supergroup. With strong African influences and indecipherable (mostly Hebrew) singing, it’s hard not to dance to Fool’s Gold.

It might be the end for LCD Soundsystem, but they certainly went out on a high. Well done señor Murphy.

You lucky readers can stream all these albums on a Spotify playlist HERE (apart from Flying Lotus which is unavailable on Spotify)

The final Club Mariachi of 2010 is this Wednesday 8th December at Neon Cactus, Call Lane, Leeds. Entrance is free, as always.

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