Chaos In The CBD

Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, brothers Ben and Louis Helliker-Hales are Chaos In the CBD.

These days the duo – Louis and Ben (aka Beans) – are part of the tight knit Peckham dance community, but the chill summers of New Zealand’s North Island still hold a place in their fertile imagination.

Their move to London, however accidental, couldn’t have been timed better if they’d tried. They met local DJ/promoter Bradley Zero on a train, the week they arrived. “I said, ‘That’s the guy from Boiler Room’,” recalls Louis. “Beans went to say hi and Bradley said, ‘I’ve actually got some of your records.’ And we were like, ‘You got to be kidding. This is crazy.’ He told us about Rhythm Section and the parties and we became regulars.”

That fortuitous connection became part of their new network in the buzzy, emerging Peckham, with Bradley later releasing the vaunted breakthrough EP, Midnight In Peckham. Beans’ job in Yam Records, round the corner from Peckham Rye station, closed the circle. They might have funny accents, but this was now home.

Having played at Stealth since 2013, they absolutely smashed their sold out headline set with us for Boiler Room – and we have been itching to find a date for them to return ever since!

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Friday 13th March 2020

CHAOS IN THE CBD
+ D’lex
+ Nikki O
+ Peach Fuzz DJs

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