Thursday, December 10

Sleazy C



Heads up folks, the inaugural Sleazy Beats Recordings 12" has just dropped from our man across the Atlantic Eddie C, and it's rather braw ;)

Check it out here on Juno.

Friday, December 4

House Your Father


A nice house feature in German music + clothing shop HHVs mag with MCDE, Trus'me and myself. Also featuring Dam Funk, Hudson Mo and more.

HHV

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!

Cyberjamz


A new Craig Smith mix recorded live from Ross Hutchison's Cyberjamz radio show ...

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 Ohta

Thursday, November 26

Muletide Greetings


The new thang I laid down for Japanese label Mule Musiq ...

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

Mister Saturday Night


Tommorow night for the funk.

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

Tuesday, November 17

Dogcast


Delusions Of Grandeur have set up a new podcast series hosted by the mysterious Norm De Plume. The plot thickens ...

Deep Space Orchestra Mix


Deep Space Orchestra have done an exclusive DJ mix for Cosmic Microwave ahead of their debut Glasgow gig in early December. It's a reassuringly deep-filled selection.

Download (right-click-save-as)

Monday, November 16

Shit



Domu's finished with music. Gutted.

Domu's Final Blog Post

Thursday, November 12

Art Deal


Our mates over at Fine Art gave us a heads up on some swag at their online store. The last few hand-stamped copies of their balearic bubbler "Rumshack" by Disk are good for 20% off if you're quick.

Just make sure and use the discount code 'ooft' when you checkout.

You can preview the track here ... and buy it here.

Some kind of Karizma

Quick interview to sort out the men from the boys...

Friday, November 6

(I can't wait for the) Weekend (to begin)




You can catch both of us for a rare back to back 4 hour set at Mamasan in Glasgow tonight from 11pm - not done one of these for a good couple of months so should be good fun ;)

On Saturday I'll be doing a 2 hour OOFT/L.E.S.S. Productions showcase in the flagship Apple store also in Glasgow from 3pm, then its off up the road to Aberdeen to play at Korova for Esa (of recent Ruffjamz fame) & Fuad's "Frankly" night.

Roll on...

Thursday, November 5

Wireless


A little autumn mix I did for Steve O'Connor's Ministry Of Sound radio show recently ...

Tuesday, November 3

Finalleee ... It Is One After Three


IOR004 is out this week (at last), sitting nicely alongside a great package from Under The Shade which has some top drawer mixes by Mark & Pete.


As a bonus ... Here's a link to an unreleased instrumental version of the IOR Night People track for the heads. 320kbps for 14 days.

Friday, October 30

RJA08 : ALIOOFT



Next up in the series is a live recording of yours truly at the September Sunday Circus event in Glasgow.

The mix contains several recent edits posted on our blog, plus the usual cast of mid-tempo and deep house bizness, all mixed live the way we like it.

Tracklist :

Intro FX
Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain (OOFT! Edit)
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (The Revenge Rework)
6th Borough Project - Nights Over Memphis (OOFT! Bootleg Edit)
Cottam - Cottam 1B
OOFT! - Moovin'
Mark E - Freakin' & Shreakin'
Lillo Thomas - Your Loves Got A Hold On Me (OOFT! Edit)
Acid Pauli - Marvin
OOFT! - Ride Into The Red Zone
The Revenge Ft. Paul Joseph - Leave Your Mind
Deep Space Orchestra - Riding In My Imaginary Jeep
Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie
Ilija Rudman - Night People (6th Borough Project Love Rub)
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (Theo Parrish Space Cadet Remix)
Mark E - Give It Up For Love
Mood II Swing - Move Me

RJA08 : ALIOOFT

Versionitis


Just got a few promo test press CD's done for the L.E.S.S. Productions CD compilation. We'll have final artwork in the next 14 days with a full tracklisting and info on availability. There'll be one track from each of the previous 9 discs included + a bonus track. 500 copies worldwide.

Thursday, October 29

Boo!


Throwing some frightening jams down for Halloween in Tokyo on Saturday if you're in the sc-area.

Monday, October 19

Friday Night Session Mix


Our very own 'Cisco kid Mike Battaglia hosted a new OOFT mix on his show Friday Night Session last week.

Get wired in here

Saturday, October 17

Fabric 10th Birthday


Pretty hefty line-up if you're about tonight or tommorow. Think I'm on sometime Sunday evening ...

Friday, October 16

Future Disco Party


The Future Disco Vol. 2 launch party is tonight @ The Queen Of Hoxton in London. If you're in the area it'd be silly to miss it as it's a ridiculously good line-up.

Queen Of Hoxton
Curtain Road
Shoreditch
10pm - 4am

Sleazy Beats Special


Craig did a special mix and interview for the Sleazy Beats blog recently. Check it here ...

Thursday, October 15

Dog Five


And more canine action ... I knew my love of dogs would manifest itself in a musical sense one day. Soultourist + OOFT remixes.

Wolf Three


A nice package here from the Wolf chaps ... Just out.

Buzzin' Fly Guest Mix


A guest mix I did for Ben Watt's Buzzin' Fly's radio show last week with some new and forthcoming bits and bobs ...

Tracklist

1. Eddie C - My Woman - Wolf Music
2. Kenneth Bager - Fragment One (The Revenge Remix) - Music For Dreams
3. KZA - トラック - Mule Musiq
4. Joey Negro - Beyond The Dance (The Revenge Remix) - Z Records
5. Mark E - Borneo - MERC
6. Zwicker - Who You Are (Junior Boys Remix) - CDR
7. OOFT! - This Sound - Instruments Of Rapture
8. Space Ranger - Keep On Edit - CDR
9. Ryo Murakami - Untitled (The Revenge Remix) - Dessous
10. Gatto Fritto - Bursting The Bubble - Electric Minds
11. Chris Duckenfield - Music Don't Stop - Home Taping Is Killing Music
12. DC - Riot - Drumpoet Community
13. Tony Lionni - Better Change - Mule Electronic
14. Acid Pauli - Marvin - CDR

Monday, October 12

RJA07 : Esa



Glasgow's resident South African house aficionado Esa mixes up a decades worth of 4/4 gold in tribute to his late father.

In the short time he's been living in Glasgow Esa has got stuck right in to the house scene and put together several Red Bull workshops with dons such as Linkwood and Josh Wink, as well as bagging himself a resident spot at our favourite local night Subculture. His dad Mervin used to DJ in S.A. back in the day, so to mark a decade since his passing he's delved deep into his collection to put together this blend of some mighty fine classic deep house, fittingly titled "A decade of dedication Mervin Granger Williams '99-'09".

Sorry - no tracklist

RJA07 : Esa

Saturday, October 10

Elephanting

Peeped this vid of a rather healthy looking UB's boat party at the Electric Elephant Festival this year. And wait a minute - thats our mate smiler right in the middle with the white t-shirt on! A regular face down at the Sub Club ever since we've been going to see our favourite DJs Harri & Domenic, he's branching out into the worldwide clubbing community these days ;)

Tuesday, October 6

RJA06 : Leftside Wobble


Leftside Wobble, aka Jonathan Moore hits it for six.

For the last 12 months or so, Leftside Wobble has been joining the dots between dub, funk, disco and house on his blog through a series of re-edits and themed mixes that he's made available as free downloads. A veteran of London' music scene, Jonathan has manned the decks at various establishments in the capital. This mix gives an insight into the soundtrack for those nights. Check his blog for more info http://leftside-wobble-blogspot.com

Tracklist :

Azari and III - Hungry For The Power
Syndromes - The Hit (Pete Herbet and Pablo Contrband Re-Work)
Outmode - Dark Journey (Toby Tobias Mix)
M - Pop Musik (Todd Terje Mix)
Sugar Daddy - Love Honey (Greg Wilson Funk Mix)
Florence and The Machine - Drumming (Seiji Dub)
Ajello - Dolphy (Bass Interlude)
Joey Negro and The Sunburst Band - Far Beyond (Recloose Mix)
DTrain - Music (Bedmo Disco Dub)
Pink Monkey Flower - Rolando A Carmen (LSBMix)
Move D - Heldelberg Gals (Parts One, Two and Three)
Matt Flores and Tyree Cooper - Shining Lights (Channel F Mix)
I:Cube - Oblivion (Dixon Edit)
Christian Prommers Drumlesson - Rudiments
Markus Enochson Feat Cornelia- Take Me Away (Eva Be Mix)
Wigald Boning - Kobra Dance (Joris Vorn dub)
Don Froth - 10,000 CC's
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble Edit)
Bangkok Impact - Premature Ejaculation
Seiji - I Can't Let It Go
Cottam01 - Side B (Erikah Badu's Bump It re-rub)
Floating Points - Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub)
Carl Craig - Home Entertainment (Combo Re-Edit)
Social Disco Club and Maia - The Way You Move (Diskjokke Mix)

Monday, October 5

Mastering : The Movie

Ilija Interview

Nice little video interview with Ilija for Brazil's D-Edge.


Competition : HTIKM


New House imprint, Home Taping Is Killing Music, is just about to launch with a double 12" single from myself (with a supadeep Red Rack'em remix on the first one) and follow up material from some top notch producers (I've heard Chris Duckenfield's ... and it's a belter).


We've got one test pressing to give away to the first person to answer this completely unrelated question correctly ... (remember to include your email address with your answer).

Q : Name the dog from Fraggle Rock.

Friday, October 2

Weekend Man Hoovers




Tonight (Friday) you can catch Ali at our brand new monthly in Glasgow. Head over to Mamasan on Bath Street where he'll be kicking out the jams until 3am.

I'll be in Leeds for Technique tonight at The Northern Light with Carl Craig, Simon Baker, Charles Webster and a few others and then onto Hamburg on Saturday for I Feel This @ Baalsaal.

Wednesday, September 30

Avon Calling


A nice little edit of Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" just up on Mash's Compact Disco site.

Tuesday, September 29

HTIKM


A wee heads up ... We'll be running a competition on Monday 5th October to win a test pressing of the debut release on new imprint Home Taping Is Killing Music.

Dedicated to that H.O.U.S.E. sound we all love, the label kicks of with a Revenge release as a Part One / Part Two (including a double-extra deep Red Rack'em remix).

DC La Rue Reworks


The beginning of a new series of remixes of legendary disco / house producer DC La Rue commissioned for wax ...

Thursday, September 24

The Weekend



This Friday is the launch of Prins Thomas' Full Pupp party @ Corsica Studios in London with Mark E, Blackbelt Anderson, Bjorn Torske, Warm Residents and yours truly.

Saturday is a Glasgow affair in The Glasshouse with the iguanas and orchids at the Wee Chill - also with Thomas and a whole bunch of other folk.

The weekend culminates in Glasgow's Courtyard at the Sabbath's infamous house party, Sunday Circus, where Ali will be taking care of some OOFT business.

Dexter



Been messing around with a classic! Some say you shouldn't but I guess most of you will see what I was going after with this one...

400 D/Ls - no reposting as always

Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain (OOFT! Edit)

Tuesday, September 22

Calling all Glasgow Heads...



Heads up... We're going to be holding down a monthly residency at the Mamasan late-night Bar/Club from next Friday October 2nd, and then the first Friday of each and every month after that.

Part of the Saint Judes Boutique hotel on Bath Street, it's a rather nice place to lay down some beats and will give us the chance to explore all the various sounds we've been punting on the blog for so long over each 4-hour set. So if anyone local is kicking about that end of town, on that particular date, at that particular time then pop in - its free entry. And if you ask nicely there may be some free muso-goodies too ;)

Monday, September 21

RJA05 : Chamboché



Chamboché brings home number 5 in our Ruff Jamz series.

Sam Williams made his production mark recently with the debut release on new UK imprint Under The Shade Recordings. With a follow up for UTS in the pipeline, a release just dropped for Shrink Records and his residency at Nottingham's respected Stealth club allowing him to further blur the lines between house and disco, you'll be hearing more from this man over the next few months.

Tracklist :

Tensnake - The Then Unknown - RUNNING BACK
MarK E - Formed - UNDER THE SHADE
Soulclap - Conscious - WOLF + LAMB
Still Going - Untitled Love - DFA
Moscow - Throw Up - CDR
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (Padded Cell remix) - DFA
Chamboché - Ipso Facto - UNDER THE SHADE
The Mole - There's Hope - INTERNASJONAL
The Revenge - Savin' The Day - JISCO MUSIC
Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts 5# - MCDE
Soultourist - Fo Eva - DRUMPOET COMMUNITY
Craig Smith & The Revenge - The Soul Part II (6th Borough Project dub) - DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
Brothers' Vibe - Do You Feel The Vibe (Unreleased drum version) - MIXX
DJ Wild - Ahora (Kabale und Liebe Tambem remix) - SOWESO

Friday, September 11

Right On Point



Got this 12" today from one of my fave producers. Been heavily bumping the B-side track Truly for a while now (as anyone who's listened to the recent OOFT mixes will testify), but the title track trumps it - just a beautiful piece of emotional electronic dance music. Both are easy contenders for tunes of the year at OOFT towers.

Vinyl

Wednesday, September 9

He's A Crazy Mutherf*#ker!

If you think you're going a bit mental and need to get brought back to reality check out this interview with The Mole, 'cause he crazy! Who'd a thunk it eh?

Monday, September 7

RJA04 : Scott Udberg


Newcastle's Habit resident Scott Udberg provides the ammo for number 4 in our series.

Habit began in 2004 and has grown steadily to become a recognised feature in the fabric of Geordie nightlife. Guests span the spectrum of house music and have included Radio Slave, Todd Terje, Dixon, Simon Baker, Domu, Tom Middleton, Ewan Pearson ... well you get the picture. If you want to check it out in the flesh they are doing a special free outdoor party on 19th September 09 with the mighty Funk D'void (details at http://www.clubhabit.co.uk).

Tracklist :

Arnold Jarvis - Take Some Time Out
Mascara - Baja (Sweet Deal Edit)
Popular Peoples Front - Ruf Dug (Una's & Break For Daze)
Imagination - Instinctual
Toby Tobias - Acid Party
Plein Soleil - Casus Belli (The Brontosaurus Saga)
The Doves - Kingdom Of Rust (Still Going Drum Lines)
Canyons - Fire Eyes (Vox Edit)
Free Blood - Weekend Condition (Purple Prins Edit)
Cos & Mes - U>
Rub 'n' Tug - Acid Drums
Bumper - Mascara Love (Pigna People Re-Edit)
Cos & Mes - XXX
Fjordfunk - Berlin Uber Alles
Phoreski - Proud To Be A Fool
World Premiere - Share The Night (Breakdown Edit)
Gauthier & Zagba - It's Love (Rob Mello Re-Dubbed)
40 Thieves - Shake & Bounce
Redshape - Blood Into Dust
Sian - World Within A World
Global Communication - The Biosphere
Nemesi - Jurassico (Prins Thomas Miks)

Friday, September 4

One For The Weekend



Been a bit quiet on the edits front recently whilst working on original stuff and remixes, but here's a deejay friendly version of Lillo Thomas' midtempo 80s cruiser "Your Loves Got A Hold On Me" for those smooth moments in your set ;)

Lillo Thomas - Your Loves Got A Hold On Me (OOFT Simple Edit)