Notts Family Launch | Dusty 4 Track | Loud Planet Records & More

Notts Family Launch Party & Live Showcase

Saturday 17 October | 6pm-11pm | FREE ENTRY/Pay What You Feel

Notts Family celebrates its official launch with a night bringing together live music, fashion, art and Nottingham's independent creative community.

Built around the idea of 'The Outlaws of Design', Notts Family is a Nottingham-born clothing brand and creative project drawing inspiration from the city, its heritage, music, people and culture.

Born from four years of photography and videography across Nottingham, what started as documenting the city has grown into a clothing label and creative platform. Each drop is rooted in local culture, taking inspiration from the iconography, streets, architecture, venues, characters and scenes that shape Nottingham's evolving creative landscape.

More than a clothing brand, Notts Family is a space for collaboration. It exists to work with and spotlight local artists, musicians and creatives, bringing together different parts of Nottingham's culture and giving them a platform.

The launch party brings that ethos to life, with an eclectic line-up of Nottingham artists performing throughout the evening alongside a Notts Family pop-up shop, projections, lighting, photography and videography transforming Laceworks for the night.

Welcome to the Family.

Dusty 4 Track Nottingham duo Dusty 4 Track bring together Will Jeffery and Benjamin James, creating their own distinctive take on alternative blues and folk, built around storytelling, bluesy riffs, soulful musicianship and a sound made for a live room.

After years of gigging across Nottingham, the duo released their debut album, How Did I Get Here?, celebrating its vinyl release with a packed-out show at Rough Trade Nottingham.

Reviewing the launch for LeftLion, editor Sophie Gargett said

"Will Jeffery's whiskey-and-honey soaked vocals, which I would happily eat straight from the jar with a spoon if it were possible."

She recommended the band to fans of Tom Waits, C.W. Stoneking and J.J. Cale, describing how their songs conjure up "arcane cinematic narratives" and praising How Did I Get Here? as "one of the most interesting albums to come out of Notts in a long time."

From the sun-soaked Metronome and soulful Stay to the rip-roaring Get Down, Dusty 4 Track are storytellers with plenty of grit, character and soul.

We're incredibly excited to have them playing for the Family.

Loud Planet Records: LVNDLXRD, Jimmy Rocket & Vandal Savage Representing another side of Nottingham's music scene is Loud Planet Records, an independent Nottingham collective rooted in hip-hop and 140-influenced sounds.

Producer LVNDLXRD has formed a long-running creative partnership with rapper and MC Jimmy Rocket, with the pair releasing music together since at least 2020. Their Bespoke Verses project helped establish the partnership, with Vandal Savage among its collaborators.

Jimmy Rocket is a Nottingham rapper, MC and DJ whose work crosses hip-hop, rap and club music, while Vandal Savage is a Nottingham MC known for his direct lyricism and underground hip-hop output.

Together with LVNDLXRD, they represent a distinctive strand of Nottingham's independent music scene. Expect beats, bars and bass from three artists firmly rooted in the city's underground.

Nobody One of the night's more mysterious acts, Nobody has been working with Notts Family behind the scenes, providing unreleased music as the soundtrack to the brand's videography and creative content.

A Nottingham-born producer with bass music in his veins, expect serious energy, electronic rhythms and sounds drawing on 140, dubstep and jungle influences.

This is a rare chance to hear some of the music that has helped shape the sound of Notts Family, brought out of the studio and into a live setting. Heavy, energetic and designed to have you hooked.

Nobody is definitely not anybody.

SJ Bravo We're blessed with a DJ set from one of Nottingham's finest musicians. SJ Bravo is a producer, DJ and musician who'll be guiding us through the night with the sounds of French house and beyond. Expect everything from Justice and Daft Punk to plenty of unexpected turns along the way.

Fresh from smashing a set at Rough Trade Nottingham, and one of the driving forces behind the organisation of New Currents Festival, SJ Bravo is firmly embedded in Nottingham's independent music scene.

A musician, producer and selector with serious energy, SJ Bravo is a great addition to the Notts Family.