Saturday night action for us this weekend. We're doing all night downstairs at East Village for the infamous Sweatshop.
Thursday, March 11
Wednesday, March 10
Sun Is Shining
Interesting Vid-yo from a few of the beatsy LA guys having a little sampling competition...
Thursday, March 4
Travelling Man
Trying out the new soundcloud widgets with the B-side to a new OOFT! EP due out on Traveller Records in a couple of months. I need to get a life.
Monday, March 1
Roll Up Roll Up
Get your pre-orders here!
Some awesome words running through the google translator from a Japanese blog:
"The Revenge of the project and Ali Herron (OOFT!, Instruments of Rapture, LESS Productions)'s new. Popular Peoples Front of Rieditto British Special Ops will be released in two series of limited vinyl as bullets."
Pop Your Funk
Another recent live recording is up on the Pop Your Funk podcast straight outta San Francisco. This one is my warm up for MCDE at Tronicsole at the end of last year.
Pop Your Funk
Tuesday, February 23
RJA14 : Dicky Trisco
Scotland's very own disco don hits us with some funky firepower in this episode.
Finding time to DJ all over the world in between running a plethora of awesome record labels including Disco Deviance amongst many others, Dicky Trisco knows a thing or three about how it should be done. The mix itself is jam packed full of disco edit goodness that'll have you bopping from start to finish. Be sure to check out his new Disco Deviance release on the rinse with Pete Herbert. Alternatively find out more at the links below:
Disco Deviance Soundcloud
Disco Deviance Facebook
RJA14 : Dicky Trisco
Polarpod
Recording of my Leeds gig @ Polaroid a couple of weeks back up on their website.
For anyone round those parts they've got some hefty guests lined up over the next couple of months including Jay Shepeard & Mark E ;)
Its Jazzy
Grab myself and Telford's housed up reworking of the Jazzanova jam over on the soundcloud page.
Downloads limited to 14 days only.
Soundcloud
Monday, February 22
Thursday, February 18
Wednesday, February 17
Get The Tea & Biscuits Oot
This has been around for a while but it's a good hour's viewing if you ain't seen it.
Download Video
Tuesday, February 16
Instruments Of Rapture & Reagenz
The Instruments Of Rapture crew will be venturing to Horst Kzbrg in Berlin this Saturday night to play alongside Move D & Jonah Sharp's Reagenz project. Looks like it'll be a helluva party.
Full lineup :
Reagenz (Live)
6th Borough Project (Instruments Of Rapture)
Ali Herron (OOFT!)
Deep Space Orchestra (ART/ Winding Road)
Check this recent Reagenz set : Reagenz Live Mix
Monday, February 15
Part Five Soon Come
Sometime in March we'll have Part Five on Instruments Of Rapture available. It'll be released in conjuction with our first official 6th Borough Project gig at East Village in London on March 13th 2010.
Tracklist :
A1 : Slow Down Baby
B1 : Closer
B2 : Stratus Quo
Friday, February 12
Fabric This Weekend
Playing alongside Tim Sweeney, Rob Summerhayes, Craig Richards, Reagenz (Move D & Jonah Sharp) (LIVE), Lawrence (LIVE), Levon Vincent, Slam, Terry Francis.
Thursday, February 11
Wednesday, February 10
Monday, February 1
Rude Call
Doubling up on the releases this week - this one's also got the Night People instrumental. Pick up the phone.
Thursday, January 28
Wednesday, January 27
Tuesday, January 26
Studio
Been working on some new OOFT material at The Revenge dungeons today, can you tell which one of us is which?
Just kidding, Mark E posted this on Facebook. Kyle Hall is a legend!
What You Can Find
Another great find on my Irish adventure. House music's very own tourist, Flukey, from Whatyoucanfind.com has a nice mix up here plus a few other nice bits and pieces.
Stevie G Podcast
Here's a great selection of podcasts (with killer tracklistings) from our man Stevie G in Cork. Well worth downloading a few of these for your collection.
Monday, January 25
Session Victim Dogcast
The latest Delusions Of Grandeur podcast by Norm De Plume is up now. There's a tasty guest mix by Session Victim (who's upcoming DOG release is a belter).
LESS010
We've had a lot of fun with this limited series of edits since we started. We had no aspirations for these versions, other than to bring a new element to our DJ sets and give something special to the diggers who still relish the hunt for little independent projects like this.
This collection explores some of our favourite undiscovered tracks from the series plus one previously unreleased track. Of course, we couldn't have done it without the original artists, editors and supporters. For this, we are forever in your debt. Thankyou.
** Available with limited L.E.S.S. badge for first 50 orders through Five20East store. This CD is limited to 500 copies worldwide with no repress. Available through Piccadilly, Phonica and Juno late next week **
Monday, January 18
RJA13 : OOFT!
To celebrate the 10th and final release on L.E.S.S. Productions, OOFT! have created this mix of memorable tunes from the L.E.S.S. vaults.
Fitting all 45 tracks that have been released on the label proved a job too far to cram into an hour-long mix, so instead what you're about to hear gives a representation of what L.E.S.S. was all about - re-imagining songs we all loved into a more DJ-friendly format. Simple. From the loose funk opening of Robert Palmer's "Work To Make It Work" through The Revenge's fixation with new jack swing and onto to percussive disco dubs, it's a fun filled 78 mintues of audio. Plus all of the tracks contained in the LESS010 "Versionitis" release are in there somewhere ;)
Tracklist:
1. Robert Palmer - Work To Make It Work (The Revenge Edit)
2. Andy Ash - Never Give You Up
3. The Revenge - Curtis
4. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (OOFT Edit)
5. Herb Alpert - Rotation (DJ Harri Edit)
6. The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (The Revenge Rework)
7. Marvin Gaye - Funky Space Reincarnation (OOFT Edit)
8. Wganda Kenya - Tifit Hayed (Cronk Family Enterprises Rework)
9. Kleeer - Open Your Mind (DJ 2Three Rework)
10. Today - I Got The Feeling (The Revenge New Jack Stack)
11. Ian Dury - Spasticus Autisticus (OOFT Rework)
12. Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (The Revenge Rework)
13. Michael Jackson - Thriller (OOFT Phazed Edit)
14. Out In The Sticks - In The Dark
15. Francine McGhee - Delerium (Chris Harris Edit)
16. 6th Borough Project - 7 Grams Of Funk
17. Bob Seger - Night Moves (The Hong Kong Micros TR-808 Mix)
18. Foo Fighters - Everlong (The Revenge Rework)
PS The LESS010 CD will be released first on to the Five20East online store a week today, Monday the 25th of January, followed by the usual haunts (Piccadilly, Phonica etc.) later that week.
PPS We'll be open to gig offers (dates permitting) throughout February, March and April to promote the release. Email for more details ;)
RJA13 : OOFT!
Friday, January 15
Thursday, January 14
Wednesday, January 13
Tool Time
Classic dubiously lyric'ed chicago house from Marshall Jefferson and Byron Stingly.
They don't make 'em like this anymore.
I'm Your Fix It Man...And Here I Stand...With My Tool...Swingin' In My Hand.
Belter ;)
Friday, January 8
Starter For '10
To kick off the posts for this year here's a cheeky little stretched version of the SoS Band's High Hopes. First spied this over on our man Touchsoul's Soundcloud page (well worth a rummage)and got a copy from him, tweaking it very slightly to fit in to our style. And here's the result - seven and a half minutes of mid-tempo finger clicking 80's soul. Belter ;)
SoS Band - High Hopes (Touchsoul Edit / OOFT! Recut)
Tuesday, December 29
G-r-r-r-e-a-t!
A mammoth 5 hour set from Lil' Tony in Helsinki to soundtrack those Hogmanay after-parties.
Monday, December 28
RJA12 : Simon Busby
Next up in the series is London-based disc(o) jockey Simon Busby, who turns in a dope mix of pitch-down bangers for your listening pleasure.
Originally crafting instrumental hip-hop mixtapes before discovering the Electric Chair whilst living in Manchester, Simon hit London in 2005 with his much loved Short Circuit night, before creating his new Glitterball events which fill interesting spaces in the big smoke with and friendly crowd and a cool mixture of disco and house. Sounds right up our street! The mix itself has plenty of high points including Mark 7, Pete Herbert, Mark E and more, so tuck in.
Sorry - no tracklist
RJA12 : Simon Busby
Wednesday, December 23
Tuesday, December 22
MCDE
About all that remains of my memory after Saturday night's shenanigans playing with MCDE @ Tronicsole. Anyone care to do the honours on the track title? Think this was about 2:30am, although I was very, very drunken by this point.
I am NEVER drinking again!
Saturday, December 19
Friday, December 18
Weekend (again)
Tomorrow night at the Admiral in Glasgow, it's Motor City Drum Ensemble till 4am (plus me warming up till 1ish). Well up for this!
Any London mutha-fuggas can catch the Revenge at Plastic People tonight alongside Todd Terje et al, and finally Manchesterites are in for a treat on Sunday as G will be doing a hush hush bar gig somewhere in the city centre.
Have a good'un whatever you're all up to ;)
Thursday, December 17
Just Be Good
Dub just out on 12" with vocals from Ms Crazy P and a tasty Ron Basejam mix. New Digital mixes coming soon.
Wednesday, December 16
Flying High
When I was Djing a couple of weeks ago and dropped the Linkwood & House of Traps jam "Barely Eagle" a guy came up to me raving about the video for the original Dennis Parker track thats heavily sampled in it. Just checked it there and it is indeed ace. That silver jumpsuit is going on santa's list. And the 'tache ;)
Dennis had it all - a day job as a porn actor with a sideline in making disco. Something we can all aspire to! Apart from the contracting aids and committing suicide bit obviously...
Tuesday, December 15
That Time Of Year...
...and so it's time to look out the only christmas record required - a Knight Rider christmas! Its a totally fake rip off song not featuring any vocals from the Hoff or anyone, but that makes it better (I think!).
Never managed to find a decent quality version but head on over to the David Hasslehoff archives (!) here and grab a copy ;)
KITT The Amazing Car of the Future - A Knight Rider Christmas
Monday, December 14
Less Is No More
Here's a sneaky peak at the last L.E.S.S. Productions CD. We've picked 10 tracks - one from every CD plus a bonus track, we've tried to explore some of the undiscovered tracks alongside more obvious ones. We're currently stickering them at the moment to ship to Piccadilly & Phonica for January delivery. There'll be a few in our Five20East store before then, but we'll let you know as and when.
Our competition winners from earlier this year will get their copies before Xmas (we'll be sending emails to you today to confirm addresses).
Tracklist :
1.Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (The Revenge Rework)
2. Wganda Kenya - Tifit Hayed (Cronk Family Enterprises Rework)
3. Michael Jackson - Thriller (OOFT! Phazed Edit)
4. Herb Alpert - Rotation (DJ Harri Edit)
5. 6th Borough Project – 7 Grams Of Funk
6. Andy Ash – Never Give You Up
7. Ian Dury – Spasticus Autisticus (OOFT! Rework)
8. The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (The Revenge Rework)
9. Kleeer - Open Your Mind (DJ 2Three Rework)
10. Gwen McCrae - Keep The Fire Burning (The Revenge Need II Edit)
Thursday, December 10
Friday, December 4
House Your Father
Thursday, December 3
RJA11 : Deep Space Orchestra
We're coming thick & fast now for the rest of the year with a plethora of new mixes to get out before the xmas slow-down. Next up is a cracking mix from our Deep Space Orchestra chums from down south.
Deep Space Orchestra are Chris Barker (Jigsaw/TrebleO) & Si Murray (Cronk Family Enterprises/Jazzchops), two music afficionados hailing from the Liverpool area. With one joint release already out on our Five20East imprint you can expect to hear plenty more from these two in the oh-ten with forthcoming works on Drumpoet and a couple of others which have escaped my mind at present The mix itself is a tip-top blend of deep dancefloor workouts ranging from exclusive digital dubplates courtesy of the boys themselves through to classic chicago and detroit jams.
PS as if having OOFT DJing in Glasgow this Friday wasn't enough, the DSO boys are gracing the city with a debut performance for the Cosmic Microwave night at new venue La Cheetah too, so you're really spoilt for choice ;)
Sorry - No Tracklist
RJA11 - Deep Space Orchestra
Wednesday, December 2
Soul City & Benji
Our homies at Soul City are doing a tidy little party in their original Covent Garden basement this Saturday December 5th. Benji B, Matty Archer & Si Finnegan are on starship controls.
Boulevard, Wellington Street, Covent Garden WC2 7BD
Weekend
A quick update for the coming weekend - you can catch us both at the boutique Mamasan venue in Glasgow on Friday night for our monthly late night bar / micro club set (11pm-3am). On Saturday I'll be laying down some pre-club beats at our local favourite IVY Bar from 9pm while The Revenge gets sorted for his 4 hour set at the Horse & Groom on Sunday. Bosh!
Sunday, November 29
RJA10 : Tosh Ohta
Next up in the series is another new face - Bournemouth based Tosh Ohta. He's a medium sized anglo-japanese crate digger / enthusiast, and has been running his night This Sporting Life at Sixty Million Postcards (the infamous Lock Tavern's sister pub) for 3 years.
The mix spans 3 decades of music, taking influences from everywhere including Factory Records (Quando Quango and Mondays), 80s pop (Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac), Proto house (Mr Fingers / Psychotropic) and many other places. Tosh's night This Sporting Life has just migrated to London (debuting at the Lock Tavern on Chalk Farm Road) so keep the eyes peeled for more dates in the big smoke if you like the sound of the mix.
Sorry - no tracklist
RJA10 - Tosh OhtaThursday, November 26
Wednesday, November 25
If This Is House I Want My Money Back
6th Borough Project "McLovin" is out now digitally through Permanent Vacation - The comp is getting a full CD release soon. There's some absolute belters on it with Hunee, Walter Jones, Zwicker, Neville Watson, Precious System, Jacob Korn, John Talabot, Roots Unit and Mugwump.
Sunday, November 22
RJA09 : Hushpuppy
Resident DJ at the legendary R-P-Z Thursday night sessions at the Glasgow School of Art, Hushpuppy takes us on a cosmic odyssey of the highest order.
The mix gives an insight into the earlier hours of an R-P-Z Thursday, before guests such as Alex Metric & Autokratz (playing live at the end of this month) crank up the pressure and get the Art Schoolers brewing up to fever pitch. Selection-wise this mix is something of a departure from previous Ruffjamz episodes, so we hope you enjoy it as much as we did ;)
Sorry - no tracklist.
Friday, November 20
Wednesday, November 18
Glasgow Connection
Thought I'd give everyone this little ditty myself and Telford from the Sub Club made a couple of months back. We never did anything with it due to the samples used, but I've been playing it a lot in deeper points of a set as it's a great little mid-tempo groover. Enjoy
400 D/Ls / No repost as usual
AliOOFT & Telford - Give It Up
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