Monday, 24 September 2007
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
EDIT
electronic disco
Yes, Im still alive! I've started my own monthly party night, hence JAM has been put on the backburner for now...
Anyway, the night is called EDIT and is held on the 1st Saturday of every month in The Prince bar, Brixton. In this great venue I will be spinning and scratching with Electro, Jacking House and 80s Disco with partners in Crime DISKOBOXX and another special guest. The first night was a massive success. The re-edit is on October 6th, 9-4am - with DISKOBOXX and BELGIQUE ELECTRONIQUE.
So Don't be shy, give EDIT a try.
www.myspace.com/editclublondon
electronic disco
Yes, Im still alive! I've started my own monthly party night, hence JAM has been put on the backburner for now...
Anyway, the night is called EDIT and is held on the 1st Saturday of every month in The Prince bar, Brixton. In this great venue I will be spinning and scratching with Electro, Jacking House and 80s Disco with partners in Crime DISKOBOXX and another special guest. The first night was a massive success. The re-edit is on October 6th, 9-4am - with DISKOBOXX and BELGIQUE ELECTRONIQUE.
So Don't be shy, give EDIT a try.
www.myspace.com/editclublondon
Monday, 30 July 2007
fresh talent
CSS / Let' s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Marvel Rocks Remix)
electro/electronica
Marvel Rocks is the collaboration between brothers DC Sux & Il Capitan Spavento, both of whom also produce seperately. This joint effort plods along nicely, with a driving synthline and a lots of added percussion giving an introspective take on the original track.
CSS - Lets Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Marvel Rocks Remix)
Check out their MySpace pages below for more music and keep your eyes peeled for more remixes and productions...
MARVEL ROCKS
DC SUX
IL CAPITAN SPAVENTO
CSS / Let' s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Marvel Rocks Remix)
electro/electronica
Marvel Rocks is the collaboration between brothers DC Sux & Il Capitan Spavento, both of whom also produce seperately. This joint effort plods along nicely, with a driving synthline and a lots of added percussion giving an introspective take on the original track.
CSS - Lets Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Marvel Rocks Remix)
Check out their MySpace pages below for more music and keep your eyes peeled for more remixes and productions...
MARVEL ROCKS
DC SUX
IL CAPITAN SPAVENTO
Thursday, 26 July 2007
classic track II
D-Ran / When You Work Your Beat (1988)
house
More and more old school sounds are being heard on todays dancefloors so it seemed appropriate to dredge up this dark horse from the Chicago House vaults. This track, on the Warlock label (that launched Todd Terry's Career*) has a real thumping, jacking beat and lots of crudely produced and comical samples of some girl in the throws of passion. True, this is one of a huge glut of similar late 80s House tunes, but this jacking, 2-steppy sound still sounds fresh and makes me want to move.....I'd play it!
Enjoy.
D-Ran - When You Work Your Beat (9 to 5 Mix)
*cheers Discogs!
D-Ran / When You Work Your Beat (1988)
house
More and more old school sounds are being heard on todays dancefloors so it seemed appropriate to dredge up this dark horse from the Chicago House vaults. This track, on the Warlock label (that launched Todd Terry's Career*) has a real thumping, jacking beat and lots of crudely produced and comical samples of some girl in the throws of passion. True, this is one of a huge glut of similar late 80s House tunes, but this jacking, 2-steppy sound still sounds fresh and makes me want to move.....I'd play it!
Enjoy.
D-Ran - When You Work Your Beat (9 to 5 Mix)
*cheers Discogs!
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
I will be DJing at
Adventures Close To Home
@ the Old Blue Last, Friday, 27th July
The brilliant guys at ATCH are taking me under their wing this Friday at the Old Blue Last. Expect to hear lots of House, Electro and 80s Disco as I rip up the decks with resident Ill Will on the top floor!
Performing on stage will be
Sharing Sheaths
The Real Heat
The Cock N Bull Kid
Adventures Close To Home
Adventures Close To Home
@ the Old Blue Last, Friday, 27th July
The brilliant guys at ATCH are taking me under their wing this Friday at the Old Blue Last. Expect to hear lots of House, Electro and 80s Disco as I rip up the decks with resident Ill Will on the top floor!
Performing on stage will be
Sharing Sheaths
The Real Heat
The Cock N Bull Kid
Adventures Close To Home
Monday, 23 July 2007
review I
Bugged Out! 21/7/07
I should start by saying that it was a Bugged Out! night at Cream in Liverpool in 1998 when I first fell in love with French dance music. While all my mates were through watching Dave Clarke I stayed in the smaller room - my ears glued to the looped up Disco madness DJ Falcon was playing. I remember I had just bought Music Sounds Better With You thinking it was a one-off...a sort of novelty record. How wrong could I have been!
With a a lineup that included Erol Alkan, Feadz, Crookers and Riton, Bugged Out! at The End on Saturday was predictably great night. Despite the tedious smoking ban (especially tedious at this venue, where it involves queuing up for 20 minutes only to be herded into a space the size of a cot!) and long drinks queues, the DJs delivered to the max. My first highlight has to be Feadz - it was the 3rd time I'd seen him and he didn't disappoint. He has a real frenetic energy behind the decks, mixing old House with new Electro, and playing about 2 minutes of each track, all of which were bangers. He's also got a knack of making everything he plays - including favourties like Show Me Love and One More Time - still sound fresh. I think Feadz is the best DJ from the Ed Banger stable (along with Justice's Xavier).
FEADZ
Feadz provided the perfect entree to Erol's main course (?!) - a 2 hr extravaganza that proved once again that he is the best Electro DJ around . Starting with an odd selection of progressive House records, I got into it about 20 minutes in -- when he played what I later found out to be Justice's remix of ZZTs Lower State Of Conciousness. I heard this first in the other room when Naomi// played it, and immidiately thought 'SebastiAn!', but low and behold it is the latest work of genius from Justice, and it's f***ing amazing. People are saying that Justice are starting to sound more like SebastiAn - this is the first time I've noticed. Another one of my faves atm is End Hit by Shadowdancer on the Boys Noize imprint, another tune which Erol used to great effect. Here's a reminder to jog your memory (if you've not heard it then you're in for a treat).
Bugged Out! 21/7/07
I should start by saying that it was a Bugged Out! night at Cream in Liverpool in 1998 when I first fell in love with French dance music. While all my mates were through watching Dave Clarke I stayed in the smaller room - my ears glued to the looped up Disco madness DJ Falcon was playing. I remember I had just bought Music Sounds Better With You thinking it was a one-off...a sort of novelty record. How wrong could I have been!
With a a lineup that included Erol Alkan, Feadz, Crookers and Riton, Bugged Out! at The End on Saturday was predictably great night. Despite the tedious smoking ban (especially tedious at this venue, where it involves queuing up for 20 minutes only to be herded into a space the size of a cot!) and long drinks queues, the DJs delivered to the max. My first highlight has to be Feadz - it was the 3rd time I'd seen him and he didn't disappoint. He has a real frenetic energy behind the decks, mixing old House with new Electro, and playing about 2 minutes of each track, all of which were bangers. He's also got a knack of making everything he plays - including favourties like Show Me Love and One More Time - still sound fresh. I think Feadz is the best DJ from the Ed Banger stable (along with Justice's Xavier).
FEADZ
Feadz provided the perfect entree to Erol's main course (?!) - a 2 hr extravaganza that proved once again that he is the best Electro DJ around . Starting with an odd selection of progressive House records, I got into it about 20 minutes in -- when he played what I later found out to be Justice's remix of ZZTs Lower State Of Conciousness. I heard this first in the other room when Naomi// played it, and immidiately thought 'SebastiAn!', but low and behold it is the latest work of genius from Justice, and it's f***ing amazing. People are saying that Justice are starting to sound more like SebastiAn - this is the first time I've noticed. Another one of my faves atm is End Hit by Shadowdancer on the Boys Noize imprint, another tune which Erol used to great effect. Here's a reminder to jog your memory (if you've not heard it then you're in for a treat).
Shadowdancer - End Hit (JAM Edit)
One of the reasons I like it so much is because it samples this Prince track.
Prince - Head
You can't get much funkier than that.....Sex on vinyl! (Very scratched vinyl - apologies). I've also made a bootleg featuring Shadowdancer and Paula Abdul but I won't make you endure that just yet!
Anyway, back to Bugged Out!.... It wasn't all about the main room - young starlet Naomi// played a pretty proficient set in the other room, as did Crookers with their distinct brand of fidgety fun. As the night plodded on and the crowd started to run out of batteries, Riton provided the perfect wake-up call. I've got to say that his proggy Tech-Elec style isn't really my bag - but when he dropped an amazing Techno re-edit of Justice's Phantom II I was completely blown away. Imagine the original masterpiece, sped up to a 4am pace with lots of added percussion and looping and you're half way there. It was the best thing he played (granted this is coming from a Justice fan that doesn't really like Techno!).
RITON
We decided to call it a day at around 6 (apparently it was open til 7), stumbling back into the rain with eyes like saucers, agreeing that we'd had hours of great dance music.
Amen.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
classic track I
BT Express / Stretch (1980)
disco
This is the first of many posts where I will share a rare 12" that's being lying gathering dust somewhere - either in my bedroom or in a charity shop / second hand store. This week it's BT Express with Stretch.
Stretch is a slow-grooved Disco number with a vocoded chorus that sounds just like a Daft Punk sample. I honestly knew nothing about BT Express until I found this 12" in a cheeky little shop under one of Brixton's railway arches. On the Excaliber label, this is really funky track, if a little slow (I'll leave you to speed it up...!) Lie back and enjoy!
NB: This will only be up for a week so grab while you can and start your Jam collection!
BT Express - Stretch
next week.... Chicago House
BT Express / Stretch (1980)
disco
This is the first of many posts where I will share a rare 12" that's being lying gathering dust somewhere - either in my bedroom or in a charity shop / second hand store. This week it's BT Express with Stretch.
Stretch is a slow-grooved Disco number with a vocoded chorus that sounds just like a Daft Punk sample. I honestly knew nothing about BT Express until I found this 12" in a cheeky little shop under one of Brixton's railway arches. On the Excaliber label, this is really funky track, if a little slow (I'll leave you to speed it up...!) Lie back and enjoy!
NB: This will only be up for a week so grab while you can and start your Jam collection!
BT Express - Stretch
next week.... Chicago House
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
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