The Chef's Special for Week Ending 27/07/09

Top of the morning to you people and a very happy Friday as well. Can I just take this opportunity to say thanks for all the really positive feedback i've been recieving about The Chef's Specials. It seems that there are a lot of people out there reading this blog and most of you seem to really enjoy it. Its always great to hear from people who share my interests and appreciate my efforts so a big heartfelt thanks going out to all of you.

This weekend is shaping up to be another cracker with plenty good stuff happening both here in Edinburgh as well as over in my-soon-to-be-new-home, Glasgow. Yes folks the Chef is getting ready to leave the scottish capital for good and is heading out West to soak up the culture and the passions of Glasgow. After 11 years of living here i've decided its time for a change of scenery so in the next few weeks myself and the missus will be uppin sticks for pasture new. Exciting times ahead me thinks.

Anyway on with this weekends Specials which include some more elctronica and techno from those pioneering lads at Leith FM plus news about a new Leith based soul party, Club For Heroes last ever party at The Wee Red Bar plus another new clubnight launching in Glasgow on Saturday night. I'll also be throwing in another batch of wicked new mixes for you to treat yer lug holes as well cos i know you guys love dat sheet!

FRIDAY 24th JULY

The Vinyl Club and R.S.I Radio live and direct to your front room from 9pm - 1am via Leith 98.8 FM

This week on The Vinyl Club host Gerry kicks things of with a set of tech-house and electronica before passing the headphones to special guest Robert Babicz aka Rob Acid. Polish born but Germany based Robert has been a key figure in the european tech house scene for over a decade having released 5 albums and a crateful of 12"s on labels such as Force Inc, BPitch and DJ Rush's Knee Deep. Robert is very excited to be playing for The Vinyl Club and we can't wait to hear him in action.

Robert Babicz Myspace

R.S.I Radio this week features a half hour mash up of the wonkiest bassline and dubstep and breaks from one of the most forward thinking DJs in the country. Martin Sweeney aka Absolute Chancer aka Beads has been blowing minds and tearing up dancefloors for years with his outrageously energetic dj sets. Always at least 2 years ahead of the pack this guy need s to be seen to believed never mind heard. With a truck load of the most intense, brainmelting dance music around and some ridiculous turntablism he's looking forward to blowing up your stereo tomorrow night.

If there's anything left of your wireless by the end of his set please stay tuned for another belting guest mix from Glasgow's Jace Syntax. Jace has been heavily involved in Glasgow's tech-house and techno scenes for nearly two decades now and has been a key player for most of that time.His night Syntax ran for almost a decade in Glasgow and featured sets from such luminaries as Blake Baxter, Justin Berkovi and Pure Science. With a handful of his own releases as well as some excellent remix work under his belt Jace's future is looking brighter than ever.

Jace Syntax Myspace



Jumpin' A GoGo with Yogi Haughton and friends
@ Bond No 9, 84 Commercial Street, Leith. 9pm - Late.

Jumpin' A GoGo is a brand new project put together by "Scotland's most important DJ," Yogi Haughton. The project was set up to bring some well needed soul and boogie music back to the heart of Leith. Situated in a newly refurbished bar on Commercial Quay Yogi plans to run the night as a fortnightly excursion showcasing some of the best in old school soul, funk, boogie and rare grooves as well as some of the freshest soul sounds around. Yogi is widely regarded as a true pioneer of black music and owns one of the largest collections of black music in the UK. He's a regular spinner at the legendary Southport Weekenders where he often jams alongside friend Norman Jay OBE. He's been credited with bringing the whole acid house sound to Scotland back in the 80s and is still one of the best loved DJs in the country. Entry is completely free. No tax to hear the trax!

Jumpin-A-Go-Go on Facebook

Club For Heroes presents Dollskabeat live

plus Firecracker/Prime Numbers Recordings Allstars

@The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College Of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. 10.30pm - 3am

This month sees the end of an era for "Edinburgh's loveliest disco" as this will be the last ever Club For Heroes at The Wee Red Bar. Yes Jetlad and co are abandoning their monthly friday slot for a weekly Thursday one at their new home at The GRV from August. So in true Heroes style they're gonna go out with a bang!

This will be a closing party of almighty proportions as acompanying the "Moustachioed Marvel" on the ones and twos this evening will be no less than 4 of the most super-talented dj/producers this city has ever spawned. Firecracker/Prime Numbers Recordings allstars House Of Traps, Linkwood, Fudge Fingas and Discreet Unit have been wowing heads all over the world with their exquisitely packaged and impeccably produced tracks of late and if you're a regular reader of The Chef's Specials you'll know that dj teams don't come much higher recommended than these chaps. Their soul heavy grooves straddle the realm of deep techno with quirky, jazzy melodies and a good pinch of humour. With notoriously hard to please djs such as Kenny Dixon Junior giving them high praise you know there vibes are gonna be of the highest callibre. I was fortunate enough to witness the jawdropping damage that two of these guys unleashed upon the Jam The Box dancefloor a couple of months back so i'm proper shaking with anticipation of this event.

As if all of that wasn't enough the incredible Dollskabeat will also be popping in with her full live Dollskaband to showcase some of that electro-pop-a-disco sound with which she's creating waves of fascination and admiration in equal measure. Her debut single "Zodiac Rising" released on the Optimo label has been described as " a sumptuous dancefloor anthem in the making with traces of Italo-electro and early eighties no-wave crafted with a heightened pop awareness." Dollskabeat loves to dance and play vintage synths and drum machines. She plays with her fourpiece Dollskaband and the result is an extrovert show of sound shapes and colours.

Entry to this veritable smorgasboard of crazily good music and entertainment is a very wallet friendly £5.00 all night with a concession for students. Drinks are also very cheap so you'll be very hard pushed indeed to find better value for money clubwise this evening.

Club For Heroes on Myspace

Firecracker Recordings on Myspace

Dollskabeat on Myspace

SATURDAY 25th JULY 2009

Metro Soul Launch Party @ Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow

If you're looking for some funky, jackin house beats to shake your tail feather to this Saturday night, look no further than Metro Soul launching at Pivo Pivo. Chicago House FM.com's Craig Hamilton and Ryan "Soulfunkcity" have teamed up to create a lively party for heads and feet in this excellent venue situated not 5 mins from Central Station. Craig runs the infamous Flatpack Traxx record label renowned for its high quality jackin', swingin house beats favoured by the chicago house djs such as Dj Sneak, Phil Weeks, Jason Hodges and Hector Moralez. He is also one of the hosts of the Flatpack Show which can be heard every Monday night from 9pm on Chicago House Fm. Ryan is the host of the Soulfunkcity Show on the station which precedes the Flatpack show on Mondays from 7-9pm. Both of these lads are conneuiseurs of dope house beats so this is a launch party sure to go off. Doors open from 10.30 and tax is just a fiver so no excuses.

For a wee taster of Craig Hamilton in the mix see this weeks Ear Candy section below.

Flatpack Traxx

Soulfunkcity

SUNDAY 26th JULY 2009

The Marina Dalglish All Dayer & BBQ Classic House Special

@ The Gate Bar, 62 Trongate, Glasgow

This monthth's Marina Dalglish All Dayer is a Back to the Future style time warp of sorts with 7 djs plus Live percussionist going back to the old school with a selection of some of the finest house tracks from 1988 to 2004. Some of Glasgow's finest old school djs are getting together for a musical nostagia trip to raise money for The Marina Dalglish Cancer Foundation which helps to give support to victims of breast cancer and their families. This month's line up includes Davie Gilmour, AJ (Liquid Cool), Paul Rea, (Common), Scot Granger, Sean Roberts (TLC), Woody and Deejay Fiona as well as live percussion from the very talented Iain Thomson. The Gate promises plenty of drinks promos for the thirsty and some tasty BBQd disco burgers for the hungry. Donations will be taken for the charity at the door so please give generously.

Ear Candy

Here's another bunch of the mixes that have kept me dancing the streets of the nations capital whilst on poster patrol this month.

Craig Hamilton's Flatpack Traxx Mix for My House Your House

Dimitri Max - Celestial Funk - Guesthouse
Lil mark - Guess Wot - Frequency Spectrum
D-t3ch - Brain Funk (Hector Moralez Remix) - Maracuja
Allen Craig - Yeah (Phil Weeks Remix) - YBD
TBF - Moonshine - The Factory
Dj Sneak - Funky Rhythm (Hector Moralez Mix) - Magnetic
Brett Johnson - Two Cents (Massi DL 1000 Remix) -
TBF - Express Yourself - Sampled
Wattie Green - Newclear - Flapjack
D-t3ch - Swingin for fences - Blockhead
Anhanguera - Time To Jack - Flatpack Traxx
TBF - Jazzy Mood - Sampled
Min + Ynk featuring Bastien Schuster - New orleans (Dj W!ld Mix) - OFF
Studio 45 pres Le Pamp Playhouse - I Like the sounds - Azuli
Troublemen - Do It - Kif

Baxter P Sunbather - No Shit Sherlock Mix

Run DMC-Run's House

Tom Tom Club-Genius of Love

Whistle-Just Buggin

Nightmares on Wax-Groove Street

Neneh Cherry-Buffalo Stance-Sukka mix

Alen Touissaint-Going Down

Derek B-Get Down

Minnie-Loop

Oui 3-Oui Love You

Oui 3-Great Expectations

Rodney P feat Benjamin Zephenia-Rong Radio

Big Daddy Kane-Ain't no stoppin us now

St Ettienne-Only Love...

Beastie Boys-Hey Ladies

LL Cool J-Rock the Bells

Sampleloop-Breakin Beatz

Rokotto-6 Million Dollar Baby

Pop Levi-Dita Damone

Eric B and Rakim-Let THe Rhythm Hit Em

Klymax-The men all pause

The Jackson's-Hum along and dance

The Meter's-Hand Clapping Song

Fern Kinney-Groove me

Michael Viner-Apache

Eddie Kendricks-Keep on Truckin

Serious Intention-Don't you know

Stezo-To the max

Rocker's Revenge-Walking on Sunshine

LoopSample-Cut n Paste 1

Hot Chocolate-So damn Funky

Ghet-to-funk-Duralcha

Hashim-Al Naaflysh

Da Boulou's Swing N Boogie Mix

01. Bear Who ? "Fuzzys on the Block" DUST TRAXX
02. Special Interests "Don't need it" GUESTHOUSE
03. Mr Patron "Happy Endings" GUESS WHO ?
04. Biboulakis "All you can eat" GUESS WHO ?
05. dj Bang "St James 1" (Derrick Carter remix) GREENSKEEPERS
06. Mike Dixon "Looking 4 Company" G SWING
07. Pointfive "Like that" GUESTHOUSE
08. KB Swing "Some like it hot" GUESS WHO ?
09. Natural Rhythm "Saturdays" (Dan X remix) GUESTHOUSE
10. Sound Republic "Get Loose" SPATULA CITY
11. KB Swing "Ritz" GUESS WHO ?
12. Stacy Kidd "Jazzy Midnight" DUST TRAXX
13. KB Swing "Swing aint That" GUESS WHO ?
14. Byron Foxx "Everybody loves the Bongo" GUESTHOUSE
15. James Curd "Dra Gan" G SWING
16. Mike Dixon "You aint Shit" G SWING
17. James Curd "Keep Quiet" G SWING
18. dj Sneak "Come back Johnny" HOUSEGUEST
19. No Assembly Firm "Influence in Numbers" DOTBLEEP


Laurent Garnier - Mix for Beats In Space Radio Show

1.White label
2. Black Pocket – Boungie – Exit
3. Freestyleman
4. David Duriez – Red Tool (Scream Bitch)
5. Luc Ringeisen – Operative System Malediction – Vinyl Club
6. Will Saul – Mbira
7.White Label
8. Jet Project
9. Radioactiveman
10. Octogen – Morpheusised – Sima
11. Suicide Commando – Suicide Commando
12. Taxi Girl – Cher Cher Le Garcon
13. Babylon Breaks
14. Tempa Allstars Vol. 3 – Tempa
15. Chain of Command
16. Break & Hydro
17. Ghostface Killer
18. High Contrast
19. Radio City – The Hop

Darren M - IDJ Magazine Raw Talent winner

No Tracklist but solid deep - jackin house mix from local hero Darren M

Right That Little lot should keep you going till i get back next week.
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