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I meant to write something sooner about this, but to follow on from Tom’s last post about the launch of DJHistory’s first book ‘The Disco Files’ there is a book launch party tonight (30th April) in London. To celebrate the launch of the book Bill Brewster has convinced the legendary French underground disco group Arpadys…
Our man Jacob Arnold over at the excellent Gridface blog has been doing a bang up job of digging into Chicago’s house scene past and present. Check his historical interviews with Merwyn Sanders of Virgo Four fame and Stacey Collins who worked the door at the Music Box back in the days of Ron Hardy…
Roots, dub and Jamaican funk mix…. Jonny 5 – Hard Times Dub
Lineup: Tako (Ambassador’s Reception, Salon des Amateurs, NL), Miles Simpson (Controllata/Faith), Rick Hopkins, Jonny 5, Meschi, Auton Love, Eff Bentos
Here are the first 3 radio mixes I made for Intergalactic FM channel 3. Lots ambient, vintage electronics, new wave, krautrock and anything else I feel like playing. Show 3 is a 2 hour special dedicated to krautrock from the 70s. Radioactive Radio 0001 ‘Radiation’: Download Radioactive Radio 0002 ‘Live from Europa’ : Download Radioactive…
I wanted to post about this for a while, but seeing as I’m bone idle, I never got round to it. Then I read what someone on discogs had written about it, and that finally spurred me into action. Talk about missing the point! As soon as I started to read about ‘bland and predictable…
Just a heads up on a Dam Funk interview I came across today. He talks about his influences, bringing the Funk back to the people, and future projects. Seems like a really cool guy, and I agree with a lot of what he says. I’m definitely with him on the playlists thing, DJs should be…
There’s been a major revival of African music of the 60s and 70s in recent years. Labels such as Strut, Soundway, Analog Africa, Honest Jon’s, Vampi Soul, Buda Musique, Oriki Music and others have been at the forefront of this revival. Taking multiple trips to Africa to go digging in dusty humid conditions to unearth…
Just a run down of some records I’ve picked up recently that have been doing it in my earhole, new releases, reissues and older finds. First off there’s the latest Moodymann mini-album, Anotha Black Sunday, once again released under the Moody alias. It’s not as experimental as Det.Riot 67, but is a better album overall…
Just a few words on my opinion of what’s going on in Ireland at the moment. I had intended on writing something like this for a while now, but I guess, given it was Paddy’s Day this week, that now is an appropriate time to post it. Things seem to be quite healthy regarding Irish…