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“Last year SW4 was a lovely day with a really good festival energy. It’s amazing that from 2.30 in the afternoon the place is completely rocking which is fantastic to see and obviously in the heart of London it’s easy to get home. The fact it’s in London, the energy of the place, the talent playing and that it’s really well run makes it very enjoyable to play at. All the kind of things you look for from a festival.”

Layo & Bushwacka are one of electronic music’s most esteemed duos. They are comprised of Matthew ‘Bushwacka’; a percussionist in the London School Symphony Orchestra who was converted into a member of the infamous Rat Pack after a warehouse party in ‘88 and Layo Paskin; a North Londoner immersed in the acid house scene, who met Mr C at one of the legendary Clink Street parties in 1988, before together setting up their world renowned night club, The End. It was via their mutual friend Mr C that Layo & Bushwacka! first met, while Matthew was working at his studio. By the mid 90s the two had started writing music together. Over a decade later, the partnership has yielded three artist albums, three mix albums, internationally renowned club residencies and a superb record label. Their first album ‘Low Life’, announced the arrival of the duo as a force in electronic music. It brought together electro, house and breakbeat, fused with blues, dub and down tempo, all underpinned and informed by their collective experience of underground culture. This inclusive and open-minded approach to sound became the blueprint for their future work. Their End residency, known as ‘All Night Long’, became one of the capital’s most revered nights with Layo & Bushwacka! taking the club through an enlightening tour-de-force of electronic music. Their famous DJ sets were and to this day, are inspirational, educational and all encompassing, slaloming through all manner of house music without missing a beat. Layo & Bushwacka!’s reputation as two of the world’s foremost DJ duos is rock solid. Three artist albums have proven them remarkably talented producers, capable of mixing styles, tempos and genres to create enduring and engaging electronic music. Their trio of mix albums and international club residencies have shown they are masters of the turntables, sonic connoisseurs who can guide a dance floor on an epic journey through the many facets of their sound. Their label Olmeto meanwhile has become a bastion for quality, a label that, much like its figureheads, has become a rubber stamped seal of class. We are simply thrilled to welcome this undeniably sensational duo to this year’s SW4.

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