Get Diverted host another tasty roof top party to celebrate the influential label Junior Boys Own at Brixton’s Prince Of Wales on Saturday 28th June and we have a pair of tickets to give away for the occassion!
Boys Own, Junior Boys Own , Junior London, JBO or Junior, is the popular house music label initially started out in the very late 1980’s simply as ‘Boys Own’ – an irreverent ‘footy’ magazine set up by Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farely & Steve Amyes in 1986 – based on the idea of the original ‘Boys Own’ papers issued between the 1870’s to the 1960’s.
The fanzine mainly featured jokes, stuff, football no-nosense and lads fashion and club news.
Around 1989 Weatherall started working as a DJ at London club Schoom and was asked to remix – Primal Scream’s seminal club classic ‘Loaded’.
At the same time Terry Farley was remixing The Farm’s hits including ‘Steppin Stone’ – both won them great notoriety, and both productions were credited to ‘Boys Own’.
It was this initial success and the backing of London records that ‘Boys Own Records’ was set up in august 1990.
Boys Own no longer exists as the name of the label as such (perhaps due to the confusion with the Irish boy band Boyzone – with whom the buzzin’ club label would want to entirely distance themselves) – now operating under the name Junior (London) and also still using JBO (Junior Boys Own) as a logo on more commercial releases, the Boys Own team are still banging out the house & club anthems with a new breed of artists.
On Saturday 28th June, Get Diverted celebrates the label at Brixton’s Prince Of Wales and will be kicking things off on the terrace with their residents and Tim Sheridan, with Junior Boys Own taking over the club room with special guest Tyree Cooper.
Brixton boys Le Piscine will be rocking the Boudoir.
WE HAVE ONE PAIR OF TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY TO THIS BRIXTON SUMMER PARTY. TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING JUST EMAIL US THE ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION…
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL FOOTY MAGAZINE SET UP BY ANDREW WEATHERALL, TERRY FARLEY AND STEVE AMYES IN 1986?
a) BOYS ZINE
B) BOYZONE
C) BOYS OWN
Email the correct answer to us at brixtonbuzz@gmail.com by midnight on Monday 16th June and we’ll announce our winner on Tuesday 17th June.
Line-up…
Club Room:
Tyree Cooper
Farley & Heller
Rocky and Diesel X-Press 2
Terrace:
Tim Sheridan
Elijah J Collins
Samantha Blackburn
Rob Alldritt
Ollie Mundy & Aaron Dicker
The Boudoir:
Le Piscine (House Music)
Get Diverted presents Junior Boys Own Records takes place at Brixton’s Prince Of Wales, 467 Brixton Road on Saturday 28th April (4pm – 4am).
Tickets cost from £10 – £15 and are available from Resident Advisor. Check out the event on Facebook.