Friday, June 11

DJ Broadcast Mix


New housey mix for DJ Broadcast ...

Thursday, June 10

Prosumer on BIS



Brilliant mix from the House-meister on BIS a couple of weeks back...

Wednesday, June 9

1-800-Remix


Just out on Ilija's Red Music Records with a Greg Wilson mix too ...

Croatia Warm Up Mix


Limbering up for the Garden Festival next month ...

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).

The top 3 tales will each win a copy of the CD and we'll contact you to get your postal addresses. Anyone who doesn't have a blogger account stick your email address up will ye!

PS if you can't wait that long for the CD go pick up at any of the usual haunts:

Wednesday, May 26

Yeah



New Digi-EP for Brown Eyd Boyz Rec. exclusively on Beatport for now:

Lost In MP3s


A wee heads up for the new Disco Deviance release featuring the Lost In Music edit which is due out next week. We've heard it on the grapevine that there's a few white label bootlegs kicking about of this track - the quality is questionable as these are likely ripped from mp3 and not the new remastered WAVs. The choice is yours ...

Wednesday, May 12

Ill Technique


A wee house mix for the lovely lads at Technique, Leeds who have rather large party coming up at the end of this month ...

Tuesday, May 11

Archie Bronson Remix


Our new 6th Borough Project remix for Archie Bronson Outfit has just appeared on Domino. There's a cracking MCDE mix on there too.

Re-Wansel



The OOFT! Edit re-upped for download on the Soundcloud for a limited time :)

Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain (OOFT! Edit)

New Digi-OOFT Release



New remix for Entrainment Records from Dubai.

Beatport

Thursday, May 6

Freejive + Southport


This weekend's schedule if you're in the area ...

Friday 7th May : Freejive : Bristol
Sat 8th May : Southport Weekender

Monday, May 3

Red Zone / Spanky Spanky



Up on Piccadilly for pre-order....

OOFT! - Ride In To The Red Zone

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.

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 ;)

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

Burnt Island Casuals


Fresh meat on Under The Shade ...


Monday, April 5

Umbilical Chord


New out on Popular People's Front Special Ops, the new OOFT! single on a house tip ...

Saturday, April 3

Soldier On


New package just out on Buzzin' Fly for Mademoiselle Caro & Franck Garcia ...

Thursday, April 1

Tone Control Party Tonight


If you're in London tonight you'd do well to get down to watch Craig Smith, Jose Carretas, Si Finnegan & Adeola Ranson do their thang ...

Tone Control Party
The Doors Club
217 City Road
EC1V 1JN

10pm - 6am

Wednesday, March 31

Alex Wilson Edit


This Alex Wilson edit just out on the rather tasty Arision Records (The last LTJ edit of Hudson People was a blinder) ...

12" Here : Alex Wilson "Ain't Nobody" (The Revenge Edit)

Tuesday, March 30

Endless Flight


New remix for KZA's Dig & Edit series distributed by Kompakt ...

Saturday, March 27

Beats In Space Miami


Tonight with this crazy line-up ...

Wednesday, March 24

RJA16 : Tornado Wallace



Mysterious Aussie Tornado Wallace mixes up the latest in the series.

With red-hot releases forthcoming on Delusions Of Grandeur, Sleazy Beats and more be sure to keep an eye on this guy's work. The mix itself is a delicious blend of pitch-down goodness moving into sublime house territory with a few exclusives thrown in for good measure. Enjoy.

Sorry - no tracklist

RJA16 : Tornado Wallace

Thursday, March 18

Home Sellotaping


The 2nd part of Forever In Their Debt just appeared on 12" ... with the Pitched Down mix and the Bottle Of Scotch mix bit more Detroit than Chicago.

Wednesday, March 17

Beyond The Dance


New label Surround Sounds with a beefed-up boogie cut ... (Just seems to be in Juno at the moment).

Tuesday, March 16

RJA15 : Craig Smith



Our man from the East comes correct with the hotly anticipated 6th Borough Blend Part II.

Craig’s first 6th Borough blend brought this legendary scottish DJ's take on the emerging pitch down house sound to the masses, further cementing his reputation as one of the best DJs north of the border. Now everyone is in for another treat as there's over two and a half hours worth of funked-up, pitched-down goodness to savor as part II finally drops. dopeness galore!

Sorry - No Tracklist

RJA15 : Craig Smith

Take Me Away


Tone Control Music have put together a nice package on this track featuring Adeola Ranson. Comes with a 6th Borough Project remix. Available digitally through Traxsource.

Monday, March 15

Requiem For Detroit


Good documentary on BBC I-player ...

Sunday, March 14

Herbal Cake


New remix for the intergalactic Space Ranger on Love Monk Spain just appeared on the shelf at a few record emporiums ... Nice packaging too.

Friday, March 12

Zagreb Tonight


Garden Festival warm-up party tonight in Zagreb for all those in the area ...

Thursday, March 11

6th Borough Project @ East Village


Saturday night action for us this weekend. We're doing all night downstairs at East Village for the infamous Sweatshop.

Wednesday, March 10

Sun Is Shining


Interesting Vid-yo from a few of the beatsy LA guys having a little sampling competition...

Secondhand Sureshots Video

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."

MCDE1204


Piccadilly Record Of The Week out now on wax with a tasty Grooveman Spot remix ...

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

Dogcast Revenge Mix


The new Delusions Of Grandeur podcast includes a short mix from yours truly.

Thursday, February 18

Deeper Groove



Craig Smith on the rinse for A Deeper Groove ...

Craig Smith Deeper Groove Podcast

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

Running Back To You



A deeper cut Just out on Oxyd Italy ...

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

Arnie In Rio

Wednesday, February 10

Sound as a Cloud



A couple of newish bits up on the soundcloud page ;)

aliOOFT Soundcloud

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.