Woody’s Roundup

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Minnie

Party season’s started, and this weekend there’s a veritable banquet of club nights to choose from. Tonight our favourite Kill Em All returns to Fabric, with Filthy Dukes, Stopmakingme, Jack Beats, Crookers and Style of Eye. Miguel Campbell is playing at the Horse and Groom for Coconut Ritz, and Lovebox are putting on a Bang The Box night at the Kentish Town Forum, with Modeselektor, Boy 8 Bit and Siriusmo.

Tomorrow Fabric comes up trumps again with Rebel Rave, with Damien Lazarus, Maceo Plex live, jozif and Art Department. VERY nice. Julio Bashmore‘s at Plastic People for Warm, and Mylo, Breakbot, Monarchy and Maxxi Soundsystem are at XOYO for Scandalism.

Then on Sunday keep yourself going with Creche‘s The Big One, with a 3 hour set from Jamie Jones on the Ministry of Sound terrace, and a 4 hour set from Kerri Chandler inside.

Here are a few freebies from this week:
Clubfeet – Last Words (The C90s mix)
Toro y Moi – All Alone (MANIK edit)
Tyson – After You’re Gone (Joe Goddard Remix)
Convaire – The New You
Simone Fedi – Bitter Devotion (Ewan Pearson BandAPella)
Hannulelauri: Europa (Dub)
Cadillac – Make you feel (Marcos Cabral Remix)

Heretic

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Minnie

James Murphy said on the Part Of The Weekend Never Dies Soulwax documentary, “Every DJ should be forced to be in a punk band for a year.” He’s put his finger on an important ingredient in what I’ve been trying to describe as my ultimate favourite sub-sub-sub genre for years now; it’s indie-electro-tech-rock with or without a bonus helping of post-punk vocals. Oh, and don’t forget the rave.

I think there are a few people out there understand what I mean (basically, that people who like rock, indie and punk make great electro). The Kill Em All crew for one, and the Wax:On label for another. That influence of another genre: rock or indie when we were teenagers or further back, whatever our dads played us on the old record player when we were kids. This manifests itself in electro productions as a dark grinding industrial sound that I just love.

Tim Clerkin off of Eskimo Twins is one of those people who keeps his rock influences at the forefront when making records, and it shows in heavy metallic bass and thumping beats. His partner in crime Nathan’s been travelling for a few weeks and Tim’s put down a couple of tracks under his Heretic moniker. Hopefully you can see what I mean below: perfect industrial electro with clear rave roots. Pretty good on any dancefloor.

Program / Yourself by HereticUK

Orbital – Chime (Heretic Rework) by HereticUK

Shadow Dancer

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Minnie

I was really doubly extra pleased to see Shadow Dancer on the lineup for the next Kill Em All at Fabric on 20 May. I’ve been meaning to write something about them since the title track from their Murder Room EP exploded across dancefloors, then Tiga reminded me to buy the whole EP by dropping Parallax at the beginning of his 6 Music show.

Brothers Paul and Alan Farrier have also remixed a couple of my all-time favourites, including Chromeo‘s Needy Girl and Chilly Gonzales‘ You Can Dance, both of which add just enough dirty-dirty to funk them up further without ruining a great. After album Golden Traxe came out on Boys Noize Records in 2009 (very fitting as they so encapsulate the Boys Noize sound) they kept things ticking over until a resurgence of new material this year, with the forthcoming Macid EP also on BNR, and track Silver on the Boys Noize Presents Super Acid compilation.

Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Shadow Dancer Remix)

AND in a perfect link-up to last week’s Beyond The Wizards Sleeve post, they start this vintage podcast for XLR8R with the BTWS remix of Franz Ferdinand‘s Ulysses, which is effing great. There are newer mixes a-plenty on their Soundcloud page, I just really like this one.

Shadow Dancer – XLR8R Podcast, February 2009

Tracklist (42 records in 50 minutes)
01 The Parallax Corporation – “Whore of the Floor”
02 Franz Ferdinand – “Ulysses (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)”
03 Grace Jones – “Williams’ Blood (Aeroplane Remix)”
04 John Carpenter – “The End (Part 1: Disco Version)”
05 LFO – “You Have to Understand”
06 Joe Smooth – “Promised Land”
07 Prince – “Controversy”
08 Elecktroids – “Future Tone”
09 Rainer Werner Bassfinder – “Minimal Scarf Fuckers Drown!”
10 Zapp – “More Bounce to the Ounce”
11 Telex – “Moskow Diskow”
12 Nightmares on Wax – “Sal Batardes”
13 Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring (Extended Mix)”
14 The Paradise – “I’m in Love with You”
15 The Cars – “Candy-O”
16 Herbie Hancock – “Rockit”
17 Luke Vibert – “Propertronics”
18 Shadow Dancer – “Together”
19 Fantom – “Faithfull”
20 The Bucketheads – “Whew!”
21 Zoot Woman – “Living in a Magazine (Paper Faces Remix)”
22 Octave One – “Black Water”
23 Friendly Fires – “On Board”
24 Jedi Knights – “Public Funk”
25 Hashim – “Al-Naafyish”
26 Chromeo – “Needy Girl (Shadow Dancer Remix)”
27 Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – “Intro”
28 Infiniti – “Game One”
29 The Plan – “Escapism”
30 Clark – “New Year Storm”
31 Carl Craig – “A Wonderful Life”
32 Giorgio Moroder – “From Here to Eternity”
33 New Order – “Perfect Kiss”
34 Mr. De’ – “Superugly”
35 Silicone Soul – “Right on 4 Tha Darkness”
36 Ric Ocasek – “Jimmy Jimmy”
37 Superdiscount – “Fast Track”
38 Bandulu – “Weak Heart”
39 Clor – “Good Stuff”
40 Underworld – “Born Slippy”
40 Visage – “Frequency 7″
42 Daft Punk – “Superheroes”

Lock Tav

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Minnie

Sunday rave up? See you down the front.

Say Yes To Another Excess

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Minnie

As usual, we had to be dragged away from Kill Em All at Fabric kicking and screaming this weekend. Amazing sets from Filthy Dukes, Punks Jump Up, Shit Robot and Stopmakingme, including some greats such as Tyson, Lykke Li, Dekker and my new favourite Ado.

Stopmakingme’s given us a little reminder of how good his set was, in the form of this mix for Boris Dlugosch‘s radio show:
Stopmakingme – Mix for Boris Dlugosch’s Radio Show (Feb 2011)
Tracklist
The White Stripes – Good To Me [XL Recordings]
Jennifer Delano – Amsterdam (Logo Remix) [Kitsune]
Jimmy Edgar – New Touch (Jimmy Edgar’s Hard Makeover Mix) [K7 Records]
Stopmakingme – Big Finish [Kill Em All]
Detachments – Audio/Video (Stopmakingme Remix) [Thisisnotanexit]
Tense – Belle II [Desire Germany]
Midnight Savari – Rimshots [Death Strobe Records]
Remute – Meow (Remute Remix) [RemuteD]
Cocknbullkid – Asthma Attack (Stopmakingme Remix) [Moshi Moshi]
Say Yes To Another Excess – Say Yes To Another Success (demo) [Bang Gang]
Annie – Better (Justin Robertson’s Unreleased Dub) [CD-R]
Motorcitysoul – Ushuaia Night [Simple Records]
Volga Select – Transe [Kitsune]
DJ Harvey presents Locussolus – I Want It [International Feel]
In Fields – Silverback [Kill Em All]
Naum Gabo – Theme For Great Cities [Optimo Music]

Woody’s Roundup

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Minnie

Fabric’s delivering another ridunkulous line-up tonight, with Room 1 hosted by Jack Beats, joined by Breakage, Brodinski and Drop the Lime, Room 2 by Kill Em All – Filthy Dukes are joined by Aeroplane, Shit Robot live, Stopmakingme and Punks Jump Up, and Room 3 by Greco-Roman Soundsystem with Joe Goddard (Hot Chip).
Punks Jump Up did a little mix to get you in the mood:

Punks Jump Up – Fabric Live x Kill Em All Promo Mix
Tracklist:
Vandroid – Master & Slave (Van She Tech remix)
Mickey – Farfalle (Relish)
Tyson – Die On The Dance Floor (Headman remix) (Relish)
Sideview – New Toy (Version 2) (Faucet Music)
Jesse Saunders – On & On (alt version) (white)
Xinobi – Hawaii (Work It Baby)
In Flagranti – Hollow Discourse (Codek)
Glimmers – Killing Jokes (Gomma)
Giorgio Moroder – The Chase (Martin Brodin dub) (MB Disco)
Shadow Dancer – Cat Moves (Deadstock 33’s remix) (BoysNoize records)
In Flagranti – Worse For Wear (Punks Jump Up remix) (Codek)
Lavinia Claws – Washing Machine (C90’s remix) (Bang Gang)
Casco – Cybernetic Love (Punks Jump Up Percussive Love version)
Remute – Cowbell Mania (Remute)
Say Yes To Another Excess – Say Yes To Another Success (Bang Gang)

It being the first weekend of the month, there’s a number of options for your perusal this weekend.

It’s the second Bang the Box night at XOYO tomorrow, and it’s the turn of Night Slugs to provide the music, bringing Bok Bok, L-Vis 1990 and Egyptrixx to a sweaty east London hangout. Dollop host their third party in the Citipost Warehouse tonight, and Potty Mouth Disco bring their party to a new Hoxton Basement venue at 12 – 18 Hoxton Square, with Sei A and Tape to Tape.

Tomorrow it’s the Queen of Hoxton’s 2nd Birthday, with a rare live appearance from disco legends Odyssey. We’ve got two guest list tickets to give away, email Freya@mothershipgroup.com and the earliest birds will receive an email from the Queen of Hoxton.

Ewer Street car park sees some action with 20 years of Planet E, with Carl Craig, Radio Slave and Francois K, Seth Troxler‘s at Fabric for Visionquest, Ben Watt and Prins Thomas head to Cable for Buzzin Fly, Ewan Pearson‘s at Corsica Studios for Trouble Vision, and Theo Parrish plays Plastic People. Phew!

Here are some tracks as you’re flying around London from party to party. First off, Stopmakingme’s Rattle EP is out today on Bang Gang. BUY IT!
Stopmakingme – Rattle (Bumblebeez ‘Homeboiz’ Remix)
The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness, I’m so happy to see new stuff by The Strokes
Fenech Soler – Contender (White Version), part of the White Versions EP, given as a free download
Munchi ft Mr Lexx – Shottas (Crookers Remix)
Demis Roussous – I Dig You (Todd Terje House Mix)
When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Socalled – Richie (Derrick Carter Remix)
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Woody’s Roundup

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Minnie

Kill Em All! Kill Em All! Kill. Em. All.

Yup, it’s Kill Em All tonight at Fabric, and everyone’s who’s anyone is on the bill. Erol, Filthy Dukes, Django Django live… Yes please! I love those butterflies in the stomach on a Friday when it’s hard to concentrate on work. Bournemouth’s Big In Japan are hosting room three and resident Tosh Ohta has given us a little taster mix, which he tells us was mixed live in using two 1210s, a CDJ1000 Mk1, a DJM600 mixer, 17 records and one CD, and which I’ve been loving this week.

On Saturday it’s well worth braving the cold to head to XOYO for Snap Crackle and Pop, soundtracked by Zombie Disco Squad, Deepgroove and Joe and Will Ask. I’ve always enjoyed Snap Crackle and Pop nights, they always seem to turn out to be a whole heap of silly fun.

AutoKratz – The Opposite of Love (North Lights ft Perseus Remix)
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love (The Pinker Tones remix)
Storm Queen – Look Right Through
Lovebirds & Vincenzo – M.U.S.I.C. (Fred Everything Remix)
The Bees – Winter Rose (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Moullinex – Love It Is, Then
Senor Stereo – I Am The Beat (Treasure Fingers Remix)
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Tosh Ohta Fabric Mix
Tracklist
1. Snax feat G Rizo – Tired of Talk – (George Demure remix) / defDrive
2. Ivory Boy – The Holy One /It’s A Small World Disco Edits
3. Jamie Lidell- Little Bit Of Feel Good (Mr Oizo Remix) / Warp Records
4. Matthew – Dear Dog Days (Acapella) / Spectral Sounds
5. Kreeps- All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts (Mungolian Jet Set Mix – Sean P’s Club Edit) / Output
6. Science 2101- Now Phreeq / Science
7. Supercollider- Darn Cold Way of Loving (Harvey’s Collision Course Mix) / Loaded
8. Andy Blake- Cave Paintings 2Y / Cave Paintings
9. Gemini- Where Do I Go? (1997 Mix) / Cyclo
10. Malibu- Burnski & Robert James / Hot Creations
11. Moxie- Holy Invasion / Moxie
12. Aural Yaw – Send / RVNG
13. Irene Cara- Break Dancing(Rayko Edit) / Kojak Giant Sounds
14. 3rd Face- Canto Della Liberta / Dirty
15. Jennygoesdirty- Amoureux Solitaires(Aswefall remix) / Kill The DJ
16. The Sugarcubes- Leash Called Love(Tony Humphries Mo Nu Ride Mix) / One Little Indian
17. Lennie De Ice- We Are IE / Reel 2 Reel
18. Andrew Weatherall – You Can’t Do Disco Without A Strat / Rotters Golf Club
19. Matthew Dear – Dog Days / Spectral Sounds

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Well Stop Making Me Then!

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Minnie

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Stopmakingme. He has the rare ability to be able to turn a dancefloor into a screaming mass while still being able to cause goosebumps with his out-of-club mixtapes. His influences are vast and diverse, and it comes through in his mixing and productions. The world agrees with us, and he’s very quickly climbed to the top of his game: as resident of Fabric, running Kill Em All with the Filthy Dukes, and most recently he’s just started as Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Sound label resident DJ, playing their club nights and presenting their radio shows.

Most importantly, his Wrapped in Plastic EP comes out 22 November on Kill Em All records, and you can download two tracks below. We caught up with him to talk origins…

Obviously indie music and the Soulwax, DFA, post-punk stuff has all been a big influence on you, but was it always that way? Was that a parental thing? What phases did you get through to arrive here?
Well, I became obsessed with Michael Jackson and Prince when I was very young. Then I guess The Prodigy were the first band I really loved – I went to see them play in Bournemouth with my dad when I was eleven. As a teenager, metal and rock music (but none of the wanky stuff!) was everything to me and I still love it now, Queens Of The Stone Age and The Smashing Pumpkins remain my favourite bands. I would record Mary Anne Hobbs’ Rock Show every week on my minidisc player and it was from there I discovered her Breezeblock programme. A pivotal moment came when I found an old episode with The Chemical Brothers talking about all their influences and it opened my eyes to the way in which club music is affected by everything. The proceeding few years were unbelievably exciting as I tried to listen to as much stuff as possible from all over the place. So yes, by the time I was 18 I was a full blown indie boy who loved Felix Da Housecat and Death In Vegas as much as The Strokes and New Order.

What’s your guilty pleasure?
I don’t feel guilt about liking anything but I guess some would call Wow by Kylie a guilty pleasure. What a record, though!

What was your golden era for clubbing? I think for me it was 2006 when we were going to Trash on a Monday at The End, it always felt like an adventure…
Living in Bournemouth, we envied Trash and Our Disco so much! (as well as Fabric and Bugged Out). I was just a bit too young. I also would love to have experienced the height of The Paradise Garage, Music Box and The Hacienda. Living now isn’t so bad, though!

When you interviewed Erol Alkan he mentioned curveball tracks, and that’s something in a set that I particularly love – like Busy P dropping the Glee theme tune. Do you have one?
The best ‘curveballs’ are ones that still fit into the overall feel of a night, I love that idea of ‘club music’ which doesn’t come from the usual places. When Doves Cry and Once In A Lifetime always find a way into my sets and I don’t think I’ll ever tire of either.

In the same kind of vein, do you have a golden track or mix that you always return to for your own listening?
Tiga’s DJ Kicks is great, Erol’s One Louder CD from 2003 and the Trash sets on his podcast, Nation Of Shopkeepers by Filthy Dukes, Cut Copy and Ewan Pearson Fabric CDs, In Flagranti’s mix for BlahBlahBlah, Ladytron’s Softcore Jukebox compilation, Justice recorded live at Our Disco, the first DFA boxset… Basically anything that has an eye on more than the standard 4/4 house routine.

My favourite club track is Geht’s Noch by Roman Flugel. I could listen to that loop all day.

One of my favourite things about you is that you and Tim (Filthy Dukes) are so enthusiastic about other people’s records, which is completely infectious on a dancefloor. Who is your ultimate ultimate musical hero?
That’s the best bit about DJing: sharing music you love with other people. Musical heroes? There are too many. Josh Homme, Kevin Shields, Bowie, Beck, Kim Deal, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk…

Before Kill Em All it was Sixty Million Postcards and we used to buy records from you at Pure Groove, so it’s obvious it’s most definitely in the blood. Was there ever a plan b? If you weren’t working in the music industry what would you be doing?
I have no idea. I studied English and Film at university so I’d probably be an unemployed publisher by now.

This is your first EP but you’ve been remixing and working on tracks for a while I think. How did Wrapped In Plastic come to be? Was it through many incarnations or a studio epiphany?
I feel quite a few things have come together, coupled with the fact that I now have access to some amazing analogue equipment. I also learned to relax! When I first started making dance music I was trying to make noisier club tracks that I thought would sell on Beatport, simply because I didn’t know what I was doing or where to start. It was a good moment when I realized I could (and should) make odder stuff that was influenced by more than one corner of my record collection.

K and Big V?
Two of my best friends (and not a drug reference)

So you’ve got Deadstock 33s on the remix package, a current favourite? Justin Roberson was great playing with you guys at The Lock the other week.
It’s a total honour to have Justin do a remix for me, he’s a legend in our world. His Deadstock stuff made me totally rethink what I wanted to be playing as a DJ. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s nice how there is lots of big club music emerging which doesn’t directly come from the standard dance world. I think the next year will be really exciting.

So I’m always hearing that you’re finishing tracks or in the studio at the moment, is an album coming, or more EPs, remixes etc?
Definitely two more EPs already lined up, some music with Mr.Robertson we’ve been working on together plus loads of remixes. There’s also a brand new project I’ve just started work on which sounds totally different.

I think it was a past interview I read with you that drew my attention to the excellent Jac The Disco, so thanks! Who are your ones to watch for 2011?
Remute, The Deadstock 33s, Punks Jump Up, Ajello, Retro/Grade, Gesaffelstein, the continuing genius of In Flagranti, the return of Chicken Lips, the new Filthy Dukes stuff, Matt Walsh, Rory Phillips, The C90s….
Bands: the new Death In Vegas record, Outer Limits Recordings, Factory Floor, Selebrities, 2:54…

Stopmakingme – Discuss (192kpbs)
Stopmakingme – Hot Pepper Sauce (192kpbs)

Buy the Wrapped In Plastic EP in its full 320 glory from Monday, and catch Stopmakingme playing at Counter Culture this Friday with Justin Robertson and Punks Jump Up.

Woody’s Roundup

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Minnie

This weekend is another one of those where we’d like to be in three different cities, and three different clubs at once, but instead we’re settling for a three day party, which will probably spill over into Monday and make pre-Halloween zombies of us all. Worth it? YES.

So it all starts tonight with On the One at Concrete with Night Flight (Jac The Disco) and Capita!, whilst over the road Made to Play are at XOYO to celebrate 5 years of the label, with Jesse Rose, Zombie Disco Squad and Idiotproof. If you’re South, Trouble Vision at Corsica sees DJ Zinc, SBTRKT and MJ Cole take to the decks.

Tomorrow The Book Club pits Mumdance against Hold Still for a soundclash, and later on Stopmakingme joins the mighty Erol Alkan and Matt Walsh for Bugged Out’s birthday at XOYO. We Fear Silence brings Theo Parrish to Cable, and Tim Goldsworthy plays for Lostbahnhof at Life. Koko has yet another epic line-up with Mr. Scruff for Ninja Tune XX.

Then Sunday our local Lock Tavern is hosting Kill Em All, with Boy 8-Bit, Justin Robertson and Filthy Dukes. New Stoke Newington venue The Nest sees the launch of Potty Mouth Disco’s Sunday Sessions with Ali Renault. These Sunday parties are free, so swap your roast dinner for a sweaty rave-up, that’s what we say.

Single for the week is The C90s Shine A Light, out today on Relish, and a fitting follow-up to the fantastic 10:01. Whoop!

A-Trak – Ray Ban Vision (feat. CyHi Da Prynce)
Siriusmo – Wow (Modeselektor Edit)
Doorly – Sausage Party Surely everyone’s favourite kind of party???
Escort – Cocaine Blues
Consistent – Ain’t No Bump
Innerpartysystem – And Together (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (Renaissance Man Bootcut)
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Bonus: Erol Alkan live ‘Ganban’ DJ mix just released on his website.

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