Lasal at Arenys de Mar is one of the finest chiringuitos on the Catalan coast, with the most creative music policy when it comes to booking artists. It has a history stretching back to 1993, and they have featured some of the best DJs on the funk, jazz, soul and hip-hop scene: Quantic, Vadim, Jimi Tenor, Seiji, Coldcut, Zero db & The Herbaliser just to name a few.

Now the Lasal crew bring their expertise to the brand new Marula Café in the heart of Barcelona, a beautiful new venue with a fine sound system, run by and catering to genuine music lovers.

First off, Lasal presents Alexander Barck, a producer and DJ from Germany’s finest Nu-Jazz collective Jazzanova. In the ten years since they began, Jazzanova have remixed a great many artists, such as Masters at Work, Azymuth, 4Hero. In 2005, the legendary Blue Note jazz label invited them to remix their favorites from an extensive back catalogue, which resulted in the much-loved Blue Note Trip album.

Last year Jazzanova finally released their second album, which was definitely worth the long wait. Of All The Things (Verve / Sonar Kollektiv) is a beautifully deep and soulful record, with some excellent guest vocalists such as Jose James and Ben Westbeech.

So expect from Alexander Barck a DJ set brimming with soul and jazz, guaranteed to move your body and mind. Now if only some enterprising local promoter would make a move to bring the full Jazzanova Live Band to Barcelona… then that would be another great day.

October 15th at 12am

Free entry until 1.30am. €10 after 1.30am.