In Brian De Palma’s classic ‘Scarface’, Al Pacino’s character Tony Montana is sitting in the bath and sees a hoard of flamingos appear on TV, to which he says: “Hey Manny, look at the pelican fly, come on pelican.” The term became hip-hop jargon for ‘being completely wasted/skyhigh on something’ and thereby the perfect name for the label Pelican Fly from Brussels, which has rapidly become a high-flyer in the wonderful world of bass/beats music since ’11.

With releases by wonder-boys and -girl Cashmere Cat, Sinjin Hawke, Lucid and Zora Jones, the buzz around the label of DJ Slow, Richelle and Mister Tweeks, also suppliers of the better beat work, has been growing exponentially. Result: a resident night in the überhip Parisian Social Club and big-ups from the entire electronic music world. Be sure to check out the recently dropped EP ‘Feathers’, an exceptionally successful summary of the flamboyant sound-spectrum in which the label deals.

Clearly these innovators also deserve a label-night in hometown Brussels! Hereby… An evening with Pelican Fly @ Ancienne Belgique featuring:

Cashmere Cat

Behind this otherworldly cat you will find 25-year-old Norwegian producer Magnus August Høiberg who presents his clever mix of r&b, hip-hop, electro and disco versus warm bass beats to the world from out of homebase Oslo.

His first release ‘Mirror Maru’, on Pelican Fly, amassed thumbs up from producers like Diplo, A-Trak, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Brodinski and Baauer and since then his telephone has been running hot with remix requests. He's had his hands on Miguel, Drake & 2 Chainz as well as Lana Del Rey and this list is sure to soon become longer.

The industrious tomcat spins, vinyl to be sure, cheerfully through Europe this summer but in the AB Club you'll still be able to stroke and pat him in an intimate setting.

Richelle (live)

From clarinet and saxophone via drums and on toward electronic music. Brussels-based Richelle can turn his hand to anything and that seeps through into his hip-hop laced club beats. He sought a way of getting his own music onto the market and decided to do it himself, together with partner-in-crime DJ Slow.

The first release on Pelican Fly, EP ‘Mascotte’, was from his own hand and it set a very high standard for Pelican Fly, right from the start. His second EP ‘On The Track’ was extremely well received by the renowned designer Rick Owens, who promptly proposed that Richelle write a soundtrack for his Spring 2013 fashion show. You see, Richelle can turn his hand to anything…

DJ Slow

Head-pelican DJ Slow, in real life: Brussels' Thomas Duval, mixes American urban club music with house, techno and UK Grime, and soars new heights with it on the European club circuit.

Aside from kicking in doors and breaking new ground with his Pelican Fly label, he is also the only Belgian performer (together with labelmate Sinjin Hawke!) to receive an invitation for the fifteenth edition of the world famous Red Bull Music Academy, that this year heads to The Big Apple. Things are going fast for busy boss DJ Slow.

Mister Tweeks

Mister Tweeks’ love for electronic music gradually grew in the eighties, with his roots in Brussels and his heart in hip-hop and r&b (PipOlation Crew). He released two EP’s, ‘Numéro 7’ & ‘Neva Change’, via Pelican Fly and provided the track ‘Rave Land’ for the label's latest release ‘Feathers’, a song that regularly turns up in DJ sets by impressive acts like Brodinski, Sinden and Club Cheval.