More East Coast pressure is supplied by Edinburgh spinner Carina Ramos with a classy 80's boogie selection.
Gracing the East Coast with her presence over recent times, Carina Ramos can often be found playing the backroom at Edinburgh's long-running and prodigious "Ultragroove". She is a familiar face across the Capital and is regularly invited to play at other venues across the country. The mix itself features many faves including belters from Gwen McRae and Kenny Loggins plus a stone cold OOFT classic in BB&Q Band's Dreamer. Enjoy.
RJA24 : Carina Ramos
Tracklist
Lette Mbulu - Nomalizo
Premium Economy - Can't Wait
Richie Rome - Deep
Kenny Loggins - This Is It
B B & Q - Dreamer
Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life
Winans - Let My People Go
The Detroit Experiment - Think Twice (Mark E Pressure Dub)
GC Cameron - If I Love You
Unlimited Touch - Searching For The One
Gwen McRae - Doin' It
Steve Arrington - Feel So Real
Brainstorm - We're On Our Way Home
Wednesday, October 6
RJA24 : Carina Ramos
Tuesday, October 5
Thursday, September 23
RJA23 : Fabio Della Torre
Florentine DJ and Bosconi Records man Fabio Della Torre brings the funk in the latest episode.
Resident DJ at the legendary Tenax club in Florence, Fabio flexes his DJ muscles on this diverse but fluid mix which flows from pitch-down Mark E jams through to nu-acid house and even a sprinkle of Uk Funky. Great stuff. Be sure to check out his label Bosconi Records' new release from none other than Japanese house don Rondenion too.
RJA23 : Fabio Della Torre
Tracklist
Club Utility - For Dj's Only [Fusion Groove Records]
Urban Tribe - My First Mistake [Rush Hour]
UR - Find Your Friends [UR]
The Mole -Last Ditch [Musique Risquee]
Mark E - Christo [Merc]
Cos Mes - Dfg (Featuring Dr. Nishimura) [Esp Institute Of Music]
Fudge Fingas - Ghost House [Prime Numbers]
Nick Chakona and Anthony Mansfield - Slow N' Low [Redux]
Gerd - Friendly Fire [Royal Oak]
Conforce - Pretty Far From Here [Modelisme]
Third Side - Goddes Of The Night [Restoration]
Disco Nihilist - Everythang [Love What You Feel]
Jordan Fields - Textures [Headphonique]
The Oliverwho Factories - Night Lights [Planet E]
Altered Natives - No Mortage [Bosconi]
Ramadanman - Work Out [Swamp]
Karizma - Groove A 'K' Ordingly [R2]
Dj Duke - Can You Feel It [Live At Robert Johnson]
Moodyman - Ol Dirty Vinyl [Kdj]
Rondenion - In One'S Mind [Bosconi Extra Virgin]
Club Utility - For Dj's Only [Fusion Groove Records]
Wednesday, September 22
Tuesday, September 21
Bonus Dub
A little free unreleased bonus dub of Craig Bratley's "Birdshell" to celebrate the digital release of IOR006. Limited to 100 downloads ... absolutely no re-post (incase you wondered).
Monday, September 20
Strait Editing
That young whipper-snapper from Newcastle Geoff Leopard has very kindly given us this tasty chop of Dire Straits to give out to all our blog-heads. Geoff is part of Last Waltz DJ collective and can be found running the DADA events in and around Geordieland, booking guests such as Ashley Beedle, Pete Herbert, Tiefschwarz, Rahaan, Magda, Felix Dickinson, Greg Wilson, Ivan Smagghe and Ewan Pearson.
Dire Straits - Follow Me Home (Geoff Leopard Edit)
Monday, September 13
Thursday, September 9
Friday, September 3
Thursday, September 2
Tornado Wallace Dates
Friday, August 27
RJA22 : DJ Sandra
Muscovite selector DJ Sandra is at the controls for our latest episode.
Asya Gorbacheva aka DJ Sandra is a Moscow based vinyl lover and dj who is well known for her eclectic music selection aswell as being the resident of two famous spots - Denis Simachev Bar and Solyanka. Alongside her friends Rob Dirton and Timofey she runs a very fine disco party in Russia called "Odyssey - Get Sirius" with international contributions so far by Mungolian Jet Set, The KDMS, Padded Cell, Woolfy vs Projections, The Hasbeens, Egyptian Lover, Steve Kotey, BlackBelt Andersen, and our own The Revenge amongst others. The next Odyssey night takes place on 29th August and it's their end of season party, so you'd be a Moscow Mule to miss it. The mix itself features gems from Midnight Star, Aleem, Azoto, John Ozilla, Plastic Mode, and Kongas...
Sorry, no tracklist
RJA22 : DJ Sandra
Thursday, August 26
Buzzin' Freebie
A free track from Flowers & Sea Creatures' debut EP on Buzzin Fly is available here.
Production from a certain someone not too far from these parts ;)
Tuesday, August 24
Tuesday, August 17
Vid-Yo
A good wee docco on the early New York club scene. Once you get past the "oh my god, Larry was the greatest" chat its pretty interesting stuff.
Friday, August 6
RJA21 : Lel Palfrey
Continuing the East Coast takeover we've got some 80's boogie flavours coming courtesy of vinyl enthusiast Lel Palfrey.
Hailing from Edinburgh, Lel has been nursing a serious record habit for many a year, whilst also having an envious array of rotary mixing equipment. He showcases his love for 80's disco in this set, mixing up original 12"s with more recent edited material. Get those hips swinging. Any Edinburgh Festival goers can catch him doing his thing in the backroom of the Ultragroove/Buzzin' Fly party at the Cabaret Voltaire in a couple of weeks on August 21st.
RJA21 : Lel Palfrey
Tracklist
Morgan - Wanna Love Ya - [Clockwork]
Mick Jessup - Take It Easy When You Get Down - [Starplex]
Magoo - Funktime - [Boogie Times]
William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (Onur Engin Edit) [Square]
Voyage - I Love You Dancer (KZA Edit) [Let's get lost]
Alphabet City - Lowdown - [Traveller]
D.C. La Rue - Indescreet (Popular Peoples Front Edit) [Pyramid Disco]
Groove Armada - The Girls Say (Greg Wilson Version) [GAV]
Julien Jabre & Bibi ft MC Mellow Dee - And You Don't Stop (SDC Disco mix)[OSCID]
Gene Harris - As (Onur Engin Edit) [Square]
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious (Discolexic Edit) [Discolexic Edits]
Tuesday, July 27
RJA20 : Craig Smith
The man hailing from the 6th Borough drops 2 & 1/2 hours of tuneage as only he can.
Needing absolutely no introduction, the legendary Mr Smith shows once again why he's one of the UK's most respected underground jocks. Carving up soulful pitch-down goodies with disco, house, garage and more, this ones gonna be on repeat for a while :)
Sorry, no tracklist
RJA20 : Craig Smith
Wednesday, July 21
Tuesday, July 20
RJA19 : Reset*
Hot on the heels of Dirk Eskimo's mix comes this pitch-down selection from Leeds-based knob twiddler Reset*. Be sure to check his debut release on E.A.R. Records, tis a good'un.
Having pricked-up ears over at OOFT towers due to some tracky pitch-down groovers it only seemed right to ask Reset* to provide a mix for our little podcast. Plenty of gems from the E.A.R. camp, Mark Seven, and Tiger & Woods in the mix, plus a certain Basic Channel classic to round things off in style.
RJA19 : Reset*
Tracklist
Reset* - Juicy (LTJ Xperience Remix) - E.A.R.
Burnt Island Casuals - Scotch Hop - Under The Shade
Ryan E Shaw - Lovin' - E.A.R.
TDRMC - Am Still The One - E.A.R.
Toby Tobias - Macasu (Motor City Drum Ensemble Loft Party Remix) - LateNightAudio
MCDE - Raw Cuts #6 - MCDE
Tomas Malo - Nobody Loves You - Architech Records
The Revenge - Lost In Music - Disco Deviance
Mark Seven - Pillow Talk - Endless Flight
Mark Seven - Swept Away - Endless Flight
Tiger & Woods - Love In Cambogia - Editainment
Tiger & Woods - Dr. Burner - Editainment
Vincenzo - Young Mountain - Mobilee
Zev - Forget The World - Wolf+Lamb
Round Two - New Day - Main Street Records
Givin' It Away
The kind chaps from Death On The Balcony have given us this cheeky little nugget for y'all. Clocking in at 118bpm it's a bit of a 80s Disco chugger. Nice ;)
If you're in the vicinity don't forget to check out their monthly Throwback nights in Leeds with some stellar guests lined up over the rest of the year.
Downloads will be limited as usual to 14 days.
Friday, July 16
RJA18 : Dirk De Ruyck
Dirk has been one of the main players in his homeland for many a year. Whether running his world-renowned Eskimo and Mindless Boogie labels or DJing in the just-as-famous Culture Club, he's responsible for digging up most of todays superstar editors. Next on the hit list is building up his new label Abracada, so keep the eyes peeled. The mix itself comes across like a lost hour on the white-isle. Roll on summer ;)
Sorry, no tracklist
Wednesday, July 14
IOR006
IOR006 out at the beginning of August.
Tuesday, June 29
Wednesday, June 23
This Saturday @ Unit Tokyo
Monday, June 21
Wow
Turns out the house uber-producer Kink doesn't use any hardware (or recognisable software) to make his pounding chi-town beats.
Read on over at Resident Advisor
Thursday, June 17
New Rework Comin' At Ya
Yip, we've not posted up any new edits for a long time, mainly because we've been busy on original material. Anyways, I had a half finished version of this Melba Moore rework in my crates for a wee while which I was just keeping for personal use but since everyone is using it for samples these days (Tiger & Woods, Reset* etc...) I thought I'd update it and give it out :)
The original is great; with Kashif twiddling the knobs in the studio it came out a bit like The Evelyn Champange King track that Mark E sampled for RnB Drunkie.
Weekend party action ;)
Usual script, downloads will be for a limited time only.
Melba Moore - Love's Comin At Ya (OOFT! Rework)
Monday, June 14
Out Now (Finally)
After some slight delays the new OOFT! EP is available in most stores as of now :)
Juno
Phonica
Piccadilly
Rubadub
Friday, June 11
Thursday, June 10
Wednesday, June 9
Friday, June 4
Are People Real?
Here's a new mix for the Are People Real podcast. Previous guest mixes have included Runaway, Crazy P, In Flagranti, Allez Allez and more so it's in good company ;)
itunes link: Are People Real Vol. 54 - OOFT
PS the OOFT mix starts around 25 mins ;)
Thursday, May 27
Disco-tition Time!
To coincide with their first non-vinyl release, those lovely chaps over at Disco Deviance have given us three copies of their stonkingly good new compilation CD to give away. It's a mixture of tracks from their first five 12" outings plus a couple of new exclusives thrown in too, all digi-mastered for maximum fidelity.
So to get your mitts on one we'd like to hear some anecdotes of disco deviance that you've either partaken in, witnessed, or simply heard through the grapevine. Nothing too graphic (i.e. fisting tales from the Berghain) just stuff that'll give the rest of us a good ol' chuckle :) Post your tales in the comments section within the next 7 days and we'll pick the winners next Thursday (3rd of June).
Wednesday, May 26
Lost In MP3s
Wednesday, May 12
Ill Technique
Tuesday, May 11
Archie Bronson Remix
Re-Wansel
The OOFT! Edit re-upped for download on the Soundcloud for a limited time :)
Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain (OOFT! Edit)
Thursday, May 6
Freejive + Southport
Monday, May 3
Monday, April 26
Newcastle Calling...
This Saturday night I'll be railbound south to hook up with Geordie lads ONE20 as they host the backroom of Shindig's 18th Birthday Celebrations. There seems to be a good selection of folk in the area doing interesting things; ONE20 themselves, PeopleGetReal, Touchsoul and more.To give everyone a heads up here's a little Q&A with ONE20's Jason Hopper:
One20 seem to be doing good things in Newcastle, can you explain the idea behind your infamous Music/arts parties?
Well 2 of us are designers and with most of our close pals being linked somehow to design, we wanted to bring some of that creative energy to the party. This seemed to fit perfectly with what we saw as a rather stale scene and we talked about how we could fuse together our style of music & design or ‘art’.
After speaking about making this idea happen Danny & Jason hooked up with local artists and galleries to start producing the concept that is Music/Slash/Art.
In essence it’s intended to be an assault on the senses, both visual and audio… it seems to work well attracting a slightly more clued up crowd, who aren’t afraid to go nuts rather than stand around sipping red wine and pondering the artists mood in some white washed gallery!
I’m really looking forward to playing at Shindigs 18th birthday, how did that gig come about and what can we expect from a creative perspective?
Well Steven does the creative for Shindig and works closely with Scott & Neil, producing Shindigs new logo and the new branding for 18. We’ve all been friends with the guys since the early 90’s, and being local lads even got to go to the very first gigs back in the day at Club Afrika…
We’ve had Shindig residents Scott Bradford & Mark Lowry both play at our nights and they liked what we’d created and felt it would fit for the 18th celebration.
We feel really rather honoured and can’t wait to get our teeth into that room…
So come on then... One20 – what does it mean?
It’s simple really – we mostly play beats on or under 120 beats per minute… slow enough to sway to but paced just right to get your groove on if you want!
With a fair few years under your belts – how has the scene in Newcastle changed?
The scene up here has changed dramatically, there’s definitely more of a bar culture and traditional ‘clubbing’ is declining… Shindig being the exception to the rule!
Newcastle itself seems to be experiencing a renaissance in good quality music driven nights and free parties, with a healthy critical mass of like-minded DJ’s and promoters who are more interested in creating a good party, than turning a tidy profit, which is where we sit really…
What’s next for you?
We are mainly concentrating on our Music/Slash/Art parties planned for the summer with further collaborations with our friends at Shindig, Prefab 77, Electric Sheep, Tokyo, Soul Renegades, 6th Borough Project, Music by Kitt and Southport Weekender’s night, Choice.
Later in the year one20 will be releasing limited edition prints and t-shirts for Shindig 18, the collection will draw inspiration from a range of Rare and Classic Flyers, Original Art and Photography from the last 18 years.
That and drinking our combined body weight in Havana… ;)
In addition to the fun and Frolics on Saturday night, they'll be continuing as only Geordies (and Glaswegians) can right the way through bank holiday Sunday at the Ship Inn's Block Party from noon. Don't think my body's going to be in good shape after this weekend! See everyone there ;)
Tuesday, April 20
Ooh Arrr ...
Monday, April 19
Some Like It Warm
From now on the Warm agency will be taking care of all OOFT! bookings, and to mark the occasion theres a brand new OOFT! mix up on their soundcloud page. So if anyone is interested in booking either Ali, The Revenge, or both then head on over to their website.
Ooft - Some Like It Warm Mixbywarmhq
Tuesday, April 13
IOR Digital
Thursday, April 8
RJA17 : Jamie Thomson
Eddie C – The Show Is Over
It's A Small World Disco - Depth Of My Soul
LTJ – Untitled
The Revenge – Looking Up To You
Eddie C - Between Now And Then
Bryan Ferry – Slave to Love (Zambon Rework)
Riccio – Don’t Stop
Freaks – Washing Machine (The Francis Inferno Orchestra Remix)
Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie
Maze – Twlight (The Noodleman Rework)
Skatebård – Celluloid Mirage
John Daly – Morning Moon
Monday, April 5
Umbilical Chord
Saturday, April 3
Thursday, April 1
Tone Control Party Tonight
