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Beyond the Book Club

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Richard Norris has been quietly responsible for a lot of my musical education. Not only his more well-documented work with Erol Alkan as Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, but also bringing to my attention on the Re-animations album greats such as Chemical Brothers – Battle Scars, Goldfrapp‘s Happiness and Tracey Thorn‘s Raise The Roof. He wrote the official biography of Paul Oakenfold, he is one half of The Droyds (go and look up their take on Duran Duran- Girls On Pills. If you don’t know it, you should) and to top it all off, alongside Soft Cell‘s David Ball he is one half of The Grid, whose Swamp Thing was my first taste of techno. Most recently he’s been developing his psychedia and ‘freakbeat’ for The Time & Space Machine, and released the self-titled album on Tirk Recordings in March 2010.

Richard is out on the town this weekend, and this Thursday he’s playing for our good friends at The Book Club, alongside Leo Zero and Guilty Pleasures‘ Sean Rowley. Disco and party tunes at their best. See the event page here.

Here’s a little taster of what you can expect:
Richard Norris Minimix February 2011

Hercules and Love Affair- My House (Leo Zero)

Retro/Grade

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Not long after supporting Groove Armada on their recent tour, Retro/Grade are in town again. Tomorrow they join headliners Delphic as well as Filthy Dukes, Sound Pellegrino, resident Krysko and Mumdance on the bill for the Warehouse Project’s first attack on The Big Smoke.

Retro/Grade are Serge Santiago and Tom Neville combining their vast experience in the music game. The blend of the downright dirty electro you hear in Pulsar to the italo-disco ringing through in Escape Sequence partnered with the linear laser sequence of two guys crossing the contours of the globe, and only the symmetry of their Mac Books and cheeky nodding heads on show, makes a night with them a memorising spectacle to remember.

Last year their track Moda won support from many a big player on the clubbing scene, with their new single Escape Sequence dropping just the other week on Deconstruction Records and a series of gigs lined up, including December’s Goldfrapp tour, there’s a lot more in the pipeline yet…

Escape Sequence by Retro/Grade

Retro/Grade sets come at you hard and fast and certainly aren’t for those unaccustomed to sensory overload. If you’re keen, you can grab your free copy of 2009’s Moda here and we’ll see you down the front at Ewer Street tomorrow.

Here’s a sneak preview of what’s in store: