Hello folks, and welcome back to your favourite weekly round up of all the best clubbing previews. How was last weekend for you? I had quite a chilled one for a nice change, the highlight of the weekend was Moodymanc's set at Metro Soul on the Saturday night. Way better than i'd prepared myself for. Mixing up tough and often tribal beats with lovely jazzy and soulful melodies and vocals plus the odd proper crowd pleaser. Definately one of the best Metro Soul events i've ever been to. Really great, up-for-it crowd who were going mental most of the night. I was really impressed and very glad to see Metro Soul doing so well.
This weekend things seem to be hotting up again. There are lots of excellent nights on right across the country with a couple of new ones also popping up on my radar so are you ready to take a peek at my top picks???
THURSDAY 20th MAY 2010
Slo-Mo
@ The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow
Thursday night kicks off the weekend in style with an allstar resident line up at Slo-Mo. Yes our intrepid band of disco jockeys will once again be diggin deep in their crates to thrill your ears with some of their damn fine cosmic grooves. From classic funk and boogie to reworked disco and mid tempo house music.
Holbeck, Gardiner, De Party and Firth are rapidly gaining respect across the city for their exquisite taste in music and their abilities in the dj booth. At just £2 entry, this wee weekend warm up session is well worth a look for those of you who like the deeper, soulful side of the house music spectrum but don't have to work on Friday morning. Doors 11pm-3am.
FRIDAY 21st MAY 2010
Danny, as his parents know him, has been one busy boy over th.e past few months releasing a string of awesome productions on various well respected labels such as Tirk, Untracked, Home Taping is Killing Music and Shift. Many of his original works, edits and remixes, recorded under his Hot Coins alias, have been finding their way into the record box's of electic pioneers such as Rob Da Bank, Gilles Peterson, Greg Wilson and Jazzanova amongst others. He proved to be a huge hit on the UK's summer festival circuit last year with appearances at Bestival, Big Chill, Glade and Glastonbury, his ability to fuse jazz, house, techno, garage, disco and hiphop seemlessly made him very popular. He hosts a fortnightly radio show on internet station MyHouseYourHouse which is constantly breaking new artists as well as pushing some of the best in underground dance music from around the world. You can find previous shows hosted as podcasts on his website The Smugglers Inn.
The Vinyl Club
On Leith 98.8FM (9pm-11pm)
On the Vinyl Club this week John Gerrard and co have a cracking guest mix from Nottingham based DJ/Producer/Remixer extraordinaire, Red Rack'em, ahead of his set at Forever Cookin' Presents here in Glasgow on 28th of this month.
His tastes in music cover many many styles, as do his productions, from the blissful deep housey business of In Love Again to the techier slightly cosmic sounding Underground, then there's A Late One which is more on a bumping Chicago house tip and Night Shift which is a cross between all three. For more examples of his stunning back catalogue please check out his Soundcloud page.
In the second hour of the show, F Sonik takes over for another installment of the Flow sessions.
Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.”
It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could teach me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."
Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.
F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik. Additional acknowledgement of being on the right path was the fact that they won Vonyc’s remix competition for Kanzyani’s Nueva York which will be re-released in 2008 with some great new remixes.
As a very dedicated member of SDJF ("it only matters there's a party") initiative that is directed in helping local artists with their first steps and development of club scene in the local community, time is not a luxury when it comes to F.Sonik. But he is dedicated, he has his vision and knows how to persue his dream.
Phonic Launch Party
@ Ad Lib, Hope Street, Glasgow
This week sees yet another new night launching here in Glasgow.
Phonic is a new project put together by Paul "Peebee" Bendoris, Steven Headspeath and Eddie Cointreau, mixing up as many different styles of electronic music as they see fit. From classic house and techno to experimental electronica and deep and funky machine music.
They also plan to keep things fresh by hosting regular live sets both from the residents and from many of the guests whom they already have lined up to play. This week local dj producer, The Wasp (Monox), drops in to warm up the turntables. Doors 11pm-3am, entry is £4
Ooft!
@ Mamasan, Bath Street, Glasgow
DJ/Producer and fellow blogger Ali Herron supplies the funk, soul, and deep housey business at Bath Street's faourite speakeasy, Mamasan, on Friday.
Ali is one of the city's hardest working underground soldiers, running the hugely respected Ooft Music blog page as well as djing in most of the city's coolest nightspots and creating some of the finest funk and soul re-edits both on his own and with his production partner Graeme "The Revenge" Clarke. A familiar face on the city's disco and deep house scenes, he's been a resident at Mamasan for a good while now and he knows how to get his regular friday night crowd in the mood for some serious groovin. Entry is free all night and Ali's on from 11pm.
Devil Disco Club
@ The Bongo Club, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
Over in the east the Trouble boys are looking forward to bringing London's Horse Meat Disco crew back for another raucous set of energetic disco, italo and full on cosmic campness. Horse Meat Disco helped to launch the Devil Disco Club back in August last year so this looks set to be a grand reunion party.
After 5 years of weekly sunday sessions in their native London, Horse Meat Disco has become an almost global institution. Originally dreamt up by Jim Stanton and James Hilliard, HMD aimed to return to clubbing's golden age, when parties were just parties, full of likeminded souls who just wanted to dance and listen to great music, who didn't care about race, colour, creed or sexual orientation. An alternative party which was heavily inspired by the past but remained focus on the future. This formula was to prove a massive success and over the past 5 years, the resident djs have been invited to dj at gigs all over the world ,while at home they've had guests as diverse as Prins Thomas, Derrick Carter, Cosmo, Rub N Tug, James Murphy, Tim Sweeney, Miss Honey Dijon and Lady Miss Kier and Dimitri from Paris. They've also proved to be a big hit on the UK's summer festival circuit with regular appearances at the likes of Bestival, T-In The Park, Big Chill and Glastonbury. They will be supported on the decks by Eric Da Viking, Hobbes, Kris Wasabi and Simonotron.
Also on this week's bill, Edinburgh's very own electropop 6 piece band RBRBR will be looking to get the crowed pumped with one of their very special live sets which have been the talk of the town of recent months. They've just released their debut ep, Euphonios and have been touring all over central Scotland promoting it. Their wacky stage costumes and props coupled with some excellent musical talents and quirky songs have given them an edge against there peers. They're quickly becoming one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the city in years and they can't wait to show you why.
This looks set to be another massive night for the Devil Disco Club and at only £7 after midnight or £5 before, this will be excellent value for money as well. Doors open 11pm-3am
SATURDAY 22nd MAY 2010
Saturday Safari
@ The Halt 2, 160 Woodlands Road, Glasgow.
As usual myself, Dribbler and Anton will be hosting our weekly adventure into house and techno music and all the building blocks its derived from on Saturday afternoon. Expect bits of jazz, funk, soul, boogie, disco, house and deepend techno. The barstaff will be preparing some more of their awesome bloody marys as well so if you're feeling a bit ropey after Friday night get along to the Halt and we'll give you just the Tonic to put you right back in the game. Party starts from 2pm till late and entry is free all day long.
Tronicsole
@The Admiral 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow
On Saturday Tronicsole welcomes one of its prodigal sons , Milton Jackson, back to the fold for what is sure to be another awesome event.
Milton Milton as the most exciting thing to happen to UK
By 2006 he'd formed a new relationship with Jimpsters Freerange label where he teamed up with another deep house supremo Shur-i-khan. together they released "I Want It" and "Special Powers". Further eps followed from the likes of Tsuba, Crack And Speed, Silver Network and Icon.
2007 saw the release of "Cycles", a deep driving and beautifully melodic track. It was voted a top ten track of the year by listeners of the Buzzing Fly Radio show. It was at this time that his dj gig schedule really started to get busy as bookings started coming in from all over the world, from Tresor in Berlin to Womb in Tokyo , from Anzu in Brazil to 360 in Dubai and a very special live performance in front of 7000 people at Sonar in Barcelona
In 2008 he released Ghosts In My Machines. his most successful single to date which became a huge hit at the Miami Winter Music Conference that year. It was the years biggest selling deep house track on Beatport and won him Beatport's Best Deep House Single award. He was ranked as the third best deep house producer on the planet after Jimpster and Dennis Ferrer. His second album Crash which came out on Freerange gained him even more plaudits. It was described as "darkly, tech edged, deep house, adding judicious samples of exotica and sci-fi effects to laudibly clean, moodily funky effect." by uncut magazine and "Reinvents house music for the future / where electronic house music melts into the darker machinations of the techno spectrum." by DJ Magazine.
2009 saw him win the best deephouse dj in the DJ Mag Awards. 2010 sees his schedule still packed full of globetrotting dates. He's also just started working on another LP for Freerange which looks set for a release early next year. He's also busy with a new label which he and Shur-i-khan have started called Dark Energy.
This event kicks off at 11pm-3am and entry is £7/members. There will also be a preclub party at The Courtyard on West Nile Street hosted by Stevies Sole and Coyle.
Men and Machines
@ Stereo, Renfield Lane, Glasgow
Another of Glasgow's disco-techno parties, Men And Machines reaches its second birthday on Saturday and they will be welcoming two rising stars from the electronic music world to help them celebrate.
Serge Santiago is one of the hottest dj/producers in the UK right now. Since his career started as a resident at Brighton's Stompa Phunk night, he has developed his production skills, released several original tracks, each of which gained him a little more respect amongst his peers, teamed up with production partner Matt Edwars to form Radio Slave and created some of the most amazing remixes for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Goldfrapp, Fischerspooner and Tiga. His unique electro sound which is heavily influenced by his passion for italo disco has helped him leapfrog much of the competition and pushed him right to the forefront of the UK's electronic scene. His re-edits series which were released in low key, single coloured sleeves became indispensable sonic weapons and found homes in many of the worlds leading djs' boxes.
Last year as Retro/Grade with Tom Neville he realeased one of the biggest dancefloor smashers yet with Zoid, a re-edit of Automat's italo anthem Droid from 1978.
Beats in Space show:
http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/314
Resident Advisor Podcast:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=11
Electronic Beats Radio Show:
http://www.electronicbeats.net/Radiomixes/Serge-Santiago-Serge-Santiago-for-Electronic-Beats-Radio#menu=3&uuid=cc3846f90d2f3fb3fb2a37d0a813d57c
Check his stuff here:
http://soundcloud.com/erdbeerschnitzel
http://hypem.com/search/Erdbeerschnitzel%20mark%20e/1/
Entry to this party is£7/5 but if you have a ticket for Stag and Dagger its free. Doors open 11pm-4am
Well that about wraps it up for this week guys. Hope you have a great weekend wherever you end up. Please remember to rave responsibly and thanks again for reading The Chef's Specials in assossciation with...
This event kicks off at 11pm-3am and entry is £7/members. There will also be a preclub party at The Courtyard on West Nile Street hosted by Stevies Sole and Coyle.
@ Stereo, Renfield Lane, Glasgow
Another of Glasgow's disco-techno parties, Men And Machines reaches its second birthday on Saturday and they will be welcoming two rising stars from the electronic music world to help them celebrate.
Serge Santiago is one of the hottest dj/producers in the UK right now. Since his career started as a resident at Brighton's Stompa Phunk night, he has developed his production skills, released several original tracks, each of which gained him a little more respect amongst his peers, teamed up with production partner Matt Edwars to form Radio Slave and created some of the most amazing remixes for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Goldfrapp, Fischerspooner and Tiga. His unique electro sound which is heavily influenced by his passion for italo disco has helped him leapfrog much of the competition and pushed him right to the forefront of the UK's electronic scene. His re-edits series which were released in low key, single coloured sleeves became indispensable sonic weapons and found homes in many of the worlds leading djs' boxes.
Last year as Retro/Grade with Tom Neville he realeased one of the biggest dancefloor smashers yet with Zoid, a re-edit of Automat's italo anthem Droid from 1978.
Beats in Space show:
http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/314
Resident Advisor Podcast:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=11
Electronic Beats Radio Show:
http://www.electronicbeats.net/Radiomixes/Serge-Santiago-Serge-Santiago-for-Electronic-Beats-Radio#menu=3&uuid=cc3846f90d2f3fb3fb2a37d0a813d57c
Also on the bill is Erdbeerschnitzel aka Tom Keiling. Tom Hails from Germany and creates dreamy electronic disco and deep, techy soundscapes. Tom's first release, the Vorsprung Durch Hektik ep on Producer-Network records in 2008 signalled his arrival and gained him much respect. He's since released another string of original tracks plus a few remixes and nearly all of them in digital download format. Only "4 Months" and "Cotton" have so far made it to vinyl but in this day and age where a huge proportion of the worlds djs have gone digital this hasn't stopped him becoming a name to watch. Tom will be playing a full live set for this event so be prepared to be impressed.
http://soundcloud.com/erdbeerschnitzel
http://hypem.com/search/Erdbeerschnitzel%20mark%20e/1/
Entry to this party is£7/5 but if you have a ticket for Stag and Dagger its free. Doors open 11pm-4am
Well that about wraps it up for this week guys. Hope you have a great weekend wherever you end up. Please remember to rave responsibly and thanks again for reading The Chef's Specials in assossciation with...
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