Bangers and Mash

We love a mental night out and the more entertainment there is, the better. So an evening comprising jugglers, face-painting and lots of booze just tickled our fancy. Sarah White caught up with Emily, who runs possibly the most fun club night in the world.

Tell us about yourself and what you’ve been up to.
I run the Bangers & Mash nights at Proud Camden every Friday, the first Saturday of every month at 93 Feet East & bank holiday Sundays at The Hoxton Pony.

What’s it all about?
Bangers & Mash is a series of music-based events. We’ve been given credit for mixing new music with a perfect mash-up of everything from the 1950s to the present day, whilst bringing the key ‘fun’ element back to club nights and encouraging dress up. Prop ‘N’ Go is the motto, and if you come with your prop, you’re promised special treatment!

So far, you’ve had an impressive line up of DJs play for you; Jodie Harsh, Dirty Pretty Things, Babyshambles, what more can we expect?
We have sets from Soho Dolls, Infadels, Goldielocks Live, Mystery Jets, Trash Fashion, Robots in Disguise and much more coming up in April / May / June 2009!

You’re also a DJ, how do you fit it all in?
I haven’t managed to play for a while now – the events take up all of my time! I’ve just bought Serato, though, so get ready for some big sets from me in coming weeks!

Besides the wild dancing what else can party goers expect to find at Bangers & Mash?
Expect to see anything from live caricature and face art to kissing games & juggler dudes with fancy balls along with other free stuff!

So is it like one big kids party?
Yes!

You’ve hosted nights at two of London’s hottest joints - are you hoping for world domination?
I’d like to take it to festivals and we were supposed to do the Camden Crawl, but they couldn’t afford us!

What is it about Bangers & Mash that makes it different to any other night?
We mix cutting edge music with classics, which I think our generation of 20-somethings want to hear. We don’t just wanna hear a 6 Music play list all night! Bring on anything from The Cure to A Tribe Called Quest to Chuck Berry – diversity is key!

Sounds great!
You will smile and be entertained and will want to come back.

Sum up Bangers & Mash in a sentence.
A freestyle mash-up of disco and indie guitars, electro-sleaze to leftfield hiphop, funk and Motown with loads of surprises thrown in! Come with your props for special treats!

Interview by Sarah White