OOFT Music™: April 2010

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 ...

Just a short newsflash from OOFT towers ... We've noticed a couple of white-label 12"s of some of the Versionitis edits kicking about. They are not connected to us - this was a limited CD release only and we have no link to these in case you wondered ...

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

Finally the finger has been pulled out and Instruments Of Rapture will be available digitally through Juno initially, then other outlets afterwards. Vinyl will still see an advance release date.

IOR Digital

Thursday, April 8

RJA17 : Jamie Thomson

Glaswegian party stalwart and consummate spinner of records Jamie Thomson lays down our latest episode.

Having enjoyed a long association with the Traxx night whose feet were firmly rooted in Detroit, Jamie now DJs all over Glasgow and can be found spinning at the citys premier Disco night Melting Pot on the regular. For the mix he keeps it deep and trucks through gems from Eddie C, John Daly, and Floating Points amongst others. Set phasers to pitch-down ;)

RJA17 : Jamie Thomson

Tracklist

It's A Small World Disco - Vibes
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