DC La Rue Reworks

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

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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)

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 ;)

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

RJA05 : Chamboché

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.

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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?

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)

RJA04 : Scott Udberg

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)

Tomorrow's Festivities

If anyone in Glasgow or London is heading out tomorrow you can catch The Revenge at Craig Richards & Jamie Jones' new night "Shoplifter" at the new T Bar down in the big smoke.

Locals can catch AliOOFT at the Sunday Circus all-dayer at the Courtyard in Glasgow city-centre.

Best have a good breakfast methinks, as it'll be a long day!

Part Four

Ilija Rudman has provided the ammunition for number four in the Instruments Of Rapture series due out at the end of September. There's a Revenge mix and a 6th Borough Project mix too.

We'll have some more info in the next week or two.

(Com)pressing Matters

I was on a short holiday over the weekend and picked up a copy of the new issue of Sound On Sound magazine for the flight to Viva Espana. It turns out it was a good thing I did as the main feature was a great article on the use of audio compression, which is always seen as a bit of a black art to anyone (such as myself) who has never had any formal audio training.
So if you've every wondered about what compressors to use in a specific situation, or worried about messing around with attack/release times and the like grab yourself a copy now. Article taster link below...

Sound On Sound Audio Compression Article

Proton Radio Mix

A little mix I did recently for a new show on Proton Radio. The mix from one of the hosts Zhino is up here too ...

The Revenge Proton Radio Mix

Zhino Proton Radio Mix

RJA03 : Harri

This one just missed the beginning of our podcast series and I figured it would be a crime not to give it more exposure as it was received so well. So here's the man like Harri doing what he does so well ...

RJA03 : Harri

UTS002

Mark's new one is just out on Under The Shade ... it's a belter.

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The Weekend : London / Dundee

Craig Smith will be holding it down with an extra special set at Soulful Beats Summer Party Part II tommorow from 9pm until midnight at the Garden Bar, London W10. The party kicks of in earnest at 2pm with BBQ and support from DJs Matt Hughes, Neil Maclean, Mickey Blanco and Powdersoul. Expect carnage ...

I'll be venturing north to Dundee for the infamous Autodisco party tommorow night. Support from the Disco Deviance massive in the most excellent Reading Rooms.

Soulful Beats Summer Party Part II

Saturday 22nd August

Garden Bar

41 Bramley Rd

London, W10 6SZ

020 72291111

Autodisco

Saturday 22nd August

The Reading Rooms

Blackscroft

Dundee

DD4 6AT

You Tell 'Em Jeff

The Jazzmaster himself extolling the virtues of Ableton in this video, and who are we to disagree?

Jazzy Jeff Video

RJA02 : OOFT!

Part two of our new weekly Ruff Jamz podcast is available now. It's a live recording of us at Solar Disco last weekend. No tracklist I'm afraid.

Ruff Jamz

Beyond Senses

Harri and myself put together a remix for "And If" on Rebirth Records in Italy recently. All handclaps, string bits and boingy bass. There's a tasty Dave Pezzner workout on there too. Out today and ROTW at Piccadilly ...

Piccadilly

4Trac Reggae Specials

Our buddy, DJ 2Three set up his own limited 7" project 4Trac recently. The first release received Piccadilly's Record Of The Week last week. Check it oot ...

Piccadilly