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
Belgium's maestro of all things disco Dirk De Ruyck conjours up an exquisite Balearic mix for the next installment in the series.
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
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.
Newcomer Craig Bratley brings us some slo-mo electronic bizzle with
remixes from 6th Borough Project and Burnt Island Casuals.
Tuesday, June 29
Wednesday, June 23
This Saturday @ Unit Tokyo
The guys from Pangea are celebrating their 6th Anniversary and have made one of the coolest flyers I've seen for the gig - like little 7"s.
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).
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
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)
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
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
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
New out on Popular People's Front Special Ops, the new OOFT! single on a house tip ...
Saturday, April 3
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) ...
Tuesday, March 30
Saturday, March 27
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
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
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
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...
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
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