Chef's Specials for week ending 10th May 2009

Greetings folks, i trust you are all well rested after a rather monumental bank holiday weekender. I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who made it along to City Cafe on Sunday evening to what turned out to be a rather splendid wee party. Watch this space as i may be organising some more wee soirees down there in the not too distant future.

Anyway on to this coming weekend....

FRIDAY 8TH MAY 2009

Aztech presents Mr No Hands @ The Caves, South Niddry Street Edinburgh

If thundering funky breaks and shoot from the hip electro-boogie is your bag then you could do a lot worse than get your ass down to The Caves this Friday for the last Aztech party till October. Yes the city's Jack, Queen and King of breaks are about to embark on their summer holidays once again so they're throwing another beast of a break-fest to say thanks for all the support and to help them out in their quest they have enlisted the extraordinary dj talent that is MR NO HANDS.

"Scouted out at 2008's Glade Festival by Team Az, his reggae and funk-tinged sounds seemed to tempt the sunshine further out from behind the clouds and soon we were being bombarded with so many big dubby basslines and grooving breaks that we didn't know what had hit us! With influences taken from disco, electro-funk and hip-hop, and a strong link to cartoon and skater culture, Mr No Hands is bound to be full of surprises and will no doubt get us all bouncing right through spring and into summer before you can say Sneaky Az!

Residing on the prestigious Air Recordings label, Mr No Hands enjoys a DJ residency at Air @ London's Matter, and also edits and writes for Mixmag."

Support as always from RE:TOX, SIREN AND AL MAJIK


Entry on the night will cost £7/6 members
Doors 10.30pm - 3.00am

Fiasco presents Steph @ The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow

If solid, bumpin, jackin house is more your thing then head out west to Fiasco country in Glasgow. As a wee precursor to their massive, upcoming secret location party the Fiasco lads Ed and Frazer have drafted in long time friend The Steph to help them out with this residents party which is sure to be another raucous affair. Steph has decided to leave for pasture new and is
emigrating to New Zealand next month so this Friday they are setting him loose on the hallowed Fiasco turntables to show off his skills which he's been honing since the late 90s. Expect heaps of classic jack tracks and a smattering of the freshest in bump 'n' swingin house.

Entry costs just £6 all night

Doors 10.30pm - 3.00am

Mid May Mix Bizzle to treat your MP3 player and your ears.

Here’s a few of the mixes which have been tantalising my audio taste buds these past few weeks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have….

Starting with this rather fine down tempo affair from Baker Street recordings Jacob

Jacob Baker Streets Saturday Night Sunday Mornin Mix

1.West Cost Drive - Harri Edit
2. Astro Travellin - Andy Ash
3. Fun Thing - Amplified Orchestra
4. Shine On - Black Cock
5. The Pop - Good Kidz
6. We Be Groovin - Engin
7. Moody Bang - Ajello
8. Latin Vibe - Kevin Yost
9. 123 Yeah Yeah - Willie Graff
10. Cant Get Enough of Your Love - Simphona (with added vinyl crackles at the end)

Next up a mix of pure, bonafide disco classics put together by Eric Cohen aka DJ Strobe. This has rapidly become one of my all time favourite mixes and features some of the best loved disco tracks ever recorded, many of which spawned my favourite ever house tracks too. The most smile inducing mix of all time? Perhaps!

DJ Strobe's Loft Disco Classics

Dexter Wansel - Life on Mars (1976) Philadelphia International Records
B.T. Express - Does It Feel Good To You (1980) Columbia Records
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (1980) Salsoul Records
First Choice - Love Thang (1979) Salsoul Records
Brass Construction - Movin' (1975) United Artists Records
D-Train - Keep On (1982) Prelude Records
Cloud One - Disco Juice (1977) P&P Records
Joe Bataan - Rap-O Clap-O (1979) Salsoul Records
Freeze - Southern Freeze (1981) Streetwise Records
Carol Williams - Love Is You (1977) Salsoul Records
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body Down To The Ground (1978) Epic Records
Chic - Everybody Dance (1978) Atlantic Records
Chicago - Street Player (1979) Columbia Records
Eddie Johns - More Spell On You (1979) Intercord Record Service

This next one is a promotional sampler from the Jam The Box DJs, Jammiwam, Jimmy “Jammin” Thomas and Marmalade Maslin. Recorded in their usual club style of two tracks each and completely spontaneous track selection this is a good taste of how the guys play at their highly regarded clubnight here in Edinburgh. They were going for a two hour set but unfortunately a stylus died half way through so they were forced to wrap it up. I’m assured that the second hour will be recorded soon so I’ll post here as soon as I get the link.

Jam The Box May Mix Sampler

Chip E - Time to Jack (Trax)
Armando Gallop ft. Sharvette - Don't Take It (Let's Pet Puppies)
Andonis - Rocking Down the House (Trax)
Armando - 100% of Disin' U (Warehouse)
Reggie R - Get Up (Real House Records)
Derrick L Carter - End of the Line (Classic)
Chow Daddy - Batman (Moxie)
Education - Housezilla (D1 Limited Editions)
Dukeyman - Doggystyle (Baltimore Club Classics)
Andrea Parker - Early Days (Touchin Bass)
Ramon Tapia & Maxim Lany - Some of us Claim to Think About Music (We Play House)
Len Faki - My Black Sheep (Radioslave mix) (Len Series Figure)
Mitch Igan - Windy City Theme (Windy City)
John Arnold - Universal Mind (Fragile)
Johnny Fiasco - The Message (Control Records)
Matzo & Pauli - Drama - Cyberdance
Tony lionni - 5th Gate - Aesthetic
Tactic - Track 2 (Dress 2 Sweat XXX)
Limited Edition - The Light (Go Bang! Records)
MXN - Dislok8ted Science (Ampart)
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Todd Terry - A Day in a Life (House Party)
Cajmere - Percolator (Cajual)
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Finally a taster of Toronto’s finest dj export, Jason Hodges. This set was recorded last month at Fiasco in Glasgow and is one of Hodges’s finest sets for a while. Absolutely impeccable mixing and outstanding track selection, showing why he’s one of the very best in the business right now.

No tracklisting for this one unfortunately.

Jason Hodges live at Fiasco April 09

Enjoy folks...