Some albums ask you to listen differently.

For Nights Like This, The Listening Room heads to Shoreditch for an evening with two records connected by groove, intimacy and a refusal to sit neatly within genre.

KAYTRANADA, BUBBA
The Internet, Ego Death

Two albums that helped reshape the space between electronic music, R&B, soul and dance.

We'll experience both records in full, giving them the time and attention they rarely receive in everyday listening.

Between the music, Reconnect founder Sam Bonsu will guide the room through conversation around the ideas, influences and emotions connecting both records.

Then the format changes.

Once the listening is finished, the room opens up. The conversation continues, the DJ takes over and the records we've spent the evening exploring become the starting point for where the night goes next.

Listen first. Move later.

This isn't a club night.

It isn't a traditional listening party.

It's a room built around great records, good drinks and people who came because they genuinely love music.

Why these albums?

KAYTRANADA transformed dance music through restraint, rhythm and space.

The Internet brought a new intimacy to alternative R&B and neo-soul.

Both records reward repeat listening. Both blur genre. Both understand that groove doesn't have to shout to move a room.

And there's another connection sitting right between them: KAYTRANADA appears on The Internet's "Girl", making the relationship between these musical worlds tangible rather than something we've invented for the pairing.

What to expect

BUBBA experienced in full
Ego Death experienced in full
Guided conversation between the albums
An intimate Shoreditch setting
Cocktails available throughout the evening
A DJ-led closing session
Space to listen, talk, meet people and eventually move

Running order

7:00 pm
Doors, cocktails and conversation

7:15 pm
Welcome to The Listening Room

7:30 pm
Album One

8:25 pm
Interval

8:45 pm
Album Two

9:45 pm
Open conversation

10:20 pm
The room opens up, DJ session

00:00 pm
Close

Who is this for?

You don't need to know every track.

You don't need to be an audiophile.

And you absolutely don't need to arrive with someone else.

Come if you love KAYTRANADA, The Internet, R&B, electronic music, soul, great albums, or simply discovering music differently.

Come alone or bring someone you'd like to share the records with.

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