Category Archives: Events
Makin’ Moves & Friends – Elephants release party @ BBE Store – Sunday 13th April
Makin’ Moves x Rehab_London Saturday 8th March @ Brixton Jamm
Makin’ Moves and Rehab London kick off 2025 with an exciting collaboration taking place at Brixton Jamm on Saturday 8th March,a venue with a state of the art Martin audio sound system and wooden dance floor to get down on. The event spans across two rooms featuring some serious spin sisters across two rooms! Both brands have a long standing history of putting on quality deep house nights in London building foundations around their residents while also hosting the cream of International talent including Glenn Underground, Ron Trent, Timmy Regisford, Crackazat, Kai Alce, Jihad Muhammad and Jimpster.
As International Women’s day falls on this date we’ve put together a special line up featuring some serious female talent across two rooms! Flying in for this gig and headlining in room one alongside Makin’ Moves residents Matt and Jamesey will be Ash Lauren a lady that needs no introduction as one of best female underground djs on the planet. Her passion for music has led her across the globe, from her past residencies in Atlanta, Expressions, and Deep South, to gigs at Nowadays in New York, Panorama Bar Berlin, and Printworks London. She’s played with musicians such as Joe Claussell and Moodymann and at renowned festivals like Afropunk, Dimensions, and Flow Festival Helsinki and we look forward to hearing her on the 8th!
Also, featuring on the line up in the main room will be Rehab head honcho Davide Del Vecchio one of the most respected djs in London and Europe fresh from his infamous House of Groove events at Blue Marlin. In room 2 you’ll find more quality sounds from LEV and Faro, who have been craving out a niche as two of the djs to watch playing regular stints at We Out Here Festival, Southport Weekender, Glitterbox. Also, joining the talent will be Lauren Thompson who’s been tearing things up lately with her sets at Fabric and Blue Marlin recently, not forgetting Rehab new talent Arlyss and Dan Cluskey.
Saturday 8th March 2025
Makin’ Moves x Rehab
@ Brixton Jamm
DJs
Ash Lauryn (Detroit, USA)
Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves)
Davide Del Vecchio
LEV
Faro
Lauren Thompson
Arlyss
Dan Clusky
Doors: 10pm-4am
Nearest Tube: Brixton
Limited £10 tickets available via RA, Dice & Skiddle
BUY HERE - https://ra.co/events/2098813
For more info check: www.makin-moves.co.uk / www.brixtonjamm.org
Makin’ Moves Xmas Party @ Kizuna – Saturday 28th December
4TTF x Rehab x Makin’ Moves Presents Expressions After Party Saturday 7th December @ The Shoreditch Basement
Three of London’s premier house promoters come together for one final finale to end 2024 with bang! 4TTF, Rehab & Makin’ Moves join forces to bring you a special day and night event on Saturday 7th December. In the day join djs playing at the all day free event at BBE Store in London fields from 3pm!
Then from 9pm we move over to the after party at the awesome Shoreditch Basement venue with excellent sound and dance floor to keep you moving till the early hours!
Very limited £6 tickets available from RA more on the door
4TTF x Rehab x Makin’ Moves Presents Expressions After Party
Saturday 7th December
@ Shoreditch Basement
145, Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JE
DJs Davide Del Vecchio (Rehab_Ldn) Sweetnight Joe (Sweetnighter) Djsoulprovyder, Kengo & Eddie Boi (4tothefloor) Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin’ Moves) Housemotion (Greece)
Makin’ Moves presents Connections Friday 18th October @ BBE Store
Makin’ Moves take over the marvellous BBE store in London Fields on Friday 18th October for a totally FREE event to showcase future music forthcoming on the label featuring residents Matt and Jamesey alongside some of our close friends in the London house music scene.
Following a top set for us in May down at Grow, we welcome Kojay from a busy summer ! Also, flying in from Edinburgh for an exclusive set will be Powdersoul! Finally, last but not least Joe Brown joins us from Toronto for a one off London apperance!
We’ll have some special 12′ purchases available to purchase plus merchandise aswell, grab a hoodie for winter!
Makin’ Moves & Friends
Friday 18th October
@ The BBE Store
Arch 376, 10 Hensley Place
London E8
DJs Matt L-S & Jamesey (Makin Moves)
Powdersoul
Kojay
Joe Brown
Doors: 5pm-11pm
Entry: Free
Makin’ Moves x Indahouse Friday 4th October @ Market House with Coflo (Ocha Records)
Following our incredible last collaboration back in June, Makin’ Moves join forces once again with London dance collective Indahouse for another jam on Friday 4th October as we head south of the river to Market house in Brixton, a venue we are familiar with as our good friends over at Mi Casa have had some great nights there, with its wooden floor and state of the art sound system.
Come join us straight from work as the event gets underway at 8pm with our house dance work shop hosted by Indahouseuk, before we hit the floor later for the main event, the 2vs2 all styles dance contest which sees dancers teaming up to win the big prize of £200 + Makin Moves goodies!
Presenting the DJs playing throughout the evening, and then the after party from 11pm, we have one of our most exciting line ups to date which sees Makin Moves residents Matt & Jamesey joined by Coflo flying in from San Francisco for his debut gig in London!
Coflo Ferreira is not just a DJ, but also a dancer, and producer who was born and raised in the East Bay Area of California. Founder of Catch The Ghost Records and proud member of the Soulshifters artistry collective. Through the years, Coflo has travelled the world learning, teaching, and performing dance. He has won many international tournaments of “House Dance” and is known for his connections to the artistry collective “The Soulshifters” as well as the legendary dance crew “Circle of Fire.” As his time in the study and practice of American “club dance” has continued to mature, his love and dedication for music have also matured. Coflo began studying music theory and the arts of “house music” production. Now, some 8 years later, Coflo has had remix releases on deep, soulful, and afro house record labels: Soso Deep, Ocha Records, and King Street.
DJ’s
- Matt L-S & Jamesey
- Coflo (Ocha Records, San Francisco)
- Frankie J & Troy
Market House
443 Coldharbour Lane
London
SW9 8LN
Nearest tube: Brixton
Doors: 8pm-3am
Tickets available from RA
£15 early bird workshop, battle, and after-party package ticket available
£10 early bird after-party ticket available from RA
*After party starts at 11pm, however people with an after-party ticket can come and spectate before even if they aren’t involved in the workshop or battle.*
Makin’ Moves & Friends Sunday 15th September @ All My Friends, Hackney Wick

We’re excited to be heading back down to All My Friends in Hackney Wick for some great music and late summer sunshine on the terrace on Sunday 15th September!
Josh Milan Live @ Jazz Cafe – Thurs 4th July – Limited £15 tickets
Catch Matt and Jamesey at the famous Jazz Cafe in Camden on Thursday 4th July as they warm up the dance floor before Josh Milan hits the stage!
After an electrifying sold-out show last summer which Makin Moves was involved in, Josh Milan’s long-awaited return to the jazz cafe takes place this August for what will be an unmissable showcase covering three decades of music.
With ties to gospel music, the Grammy Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist,
Josh’s phenomenal “Shapes, Color and Magic” EP, 2021, explores some of the most innovative jazz and dance music rhythms ever released on the label. In this latest project, Milan pushes the boundaries and challenges our beliefs around danceable jazz music. As with his “6.9.69” LP, this EP is very jazz influenced, improvisational and timeless.
As you can imagine tickets have been selling fast so grab yours today!
Jazz Cafe
5 Parkway
Camden
London
Makin’ Moves x Indahouse Saturday 22nd June @ Earth Kitchen
Makin’ Moves join forces with the Indahouse crew a London dance collective for an all day and night dance extravaganza at Earth Kitchen in Dalston, a venue we are very familiar with its high ceilings, wooden floor and state of the art sound system. Indahouse comprise of three members, Clara Bajado, Frankie J and Troy, who have all been integral to the London dance scene since 2007 not only as dancers but teachers collaborating with the likes of Red Bull Dance as well as holding their own events.
The event gets underway at 5pm with Clara and her team kicking off with some house dance work shops, come and get involved and learn some moves before we hit the floor later for the main event the 2vs2 all styles dance contest which sees dancers teaming up to win a the big prize of £150!
Presenting the djs playing throughout the day, we have one of our most exciting line ups to date which sees Makin Moves residents Matt & Jamesey joined by two international star djs Kapela from Paris and Masaki Morii from Japan!
Kapela has been one of the rising stars in the soulful / afro scene for sometime. Building up a reputation as one of the top djs in Paris at the infamous Djoon club where he has a monthly Sunday residency. He’s someone we’ve wanted to bring to Makin’ Moves for sometime and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for us!
Masaki Morii also joins us all the way from Japan with his unique deep afro sound for his debut performance in London! This man’s productions have been on fire in the last two years via his M2Soul Music imprint and we look forward to welcoming him !
This event has something for everyone, with Makin Moves giveaways during the day so £10 is an absolute bargain!
DJ’s
Matt L-S & Jamesey
Kapela (Paris, Djoon)
Masaki Morii (M2Soul Music, Japan)
Event includes
Dance workshop hosted by Indahouse from 5pm!
+ 2v2 All styles Dance contest on house music later in the evening!
Winner receives £150 + Makin’ Moves giveaways on the day!
Earth Kitchen
13 Stoke Newington Rd
Stoke Newington
London N16 8BH
Limited £10 early bird tickets available from RA.co & Dice.fm