Monday, 19 September 2011

September! Dynamite-Disco All-Stars

Saturday 24th September sees another HIGH FIVE RECORDS & Broaden a new sound themed party.
I love these parties - from preparing the set to the night - they're always fun to play.

The line-up:

Matt Sutner
Corvair
Sassquatch
Data Takashi
Marc Latilla

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164847570264274

While I'm not a fan of garden variety compilation D-I-S-C-O, I appreciate that the genre broadly formed the basis for much
of todays dance music. There is this great book called LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE which offers
a pretty exhaustive history of disco and it's pioneering artists and DJs. It gave me plenty of tunes to track down and I've
found some really interesting oddities and surprises. What is fascinating is how much of the orginal disco has been sampled,
lifted or downright stolen - not just in the last 20 years but even within a couple of years of releases back in the 70s and early 80s.

This is for me is the basis of a set - playing the original versions which will sound familiar to many without hauling out DANCING QUEEN et al
and mixing it up with some disco inspired newer stuff.

Check out as an example Carol Williams - Love is you from 1977 which is better known as Groove Jet by Spiller from 1999. Nice but
to LOVE BOAT for me.

This GRUM remix of Everything Everything's MY KZ, YR BF covers disco inspired newer stuff.

As for rest, you'll have to come on Saturday! If the regular mixer is there I'll attempt to record the set on the night for a post.

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Love Is You by Carol Williams Listen on Posterous

My Kz, Yr Bf (Grum Remix) by Everything Everything Listen on Posterous

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Monday, 5 September 2011

Cover versions DJ set Sat 10 September 2011

An unusual DJ set coming up this Saturday (10th Sep 2011) in that it will be made up entirely of cover versions.
Not just any old covers...but specifically current indie/rock covers of mostly 80s tunes.

I guess indie/rock 80s tunes that were themselves covers also count (I'm thinking TAINTED LOVE, SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO or
I WANT CANDY) although these are so entrenched I could play the originals and most people would think they were the covers...like one of
my REFORM! favourites HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE.

This party is put together by the ROCKFORD folks and features the newly christened BATTLESHIP DJS (read their manifesto here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Battleship-DJs/106736979432820?sk=info), DJ BLACK TO THE FUTURE and AMPIE OMO.
Ampie played played trombone for FUZIGISH (I think??) and also backed VIOLENT FEMMES when they played SA some years ago. He
currently plays in BOO!

The party is at KITCHENERS CARVERY cnr Juta & De Beer str in Braamfontein. Doors open at 9pm with a R30 cover. Here is the FB event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187007204705837&notif_t=event_photo_change

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Hanging On The Telephone Norma by The Nerves Listen on Posterous

4-06 I Want Candy.m4a Listen on Posterous

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Thursday, 25 August 2011

Saturday night is alright for REFORM!

Our August party is on Saturday 27 Aug at the regular Kitcheners in Braamfontein.
Doors open at 9pm with a R20 cover.
 
It's been a while so super excited to drop some newly discovered rarities!

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Friday, 8 July 2011

14 July is the next REFORM!

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It's a solo outing for me this time around as Charles will be in Mozambique.
Not to worry though for the raregrooves will flow...
 
Thu 14 July
kithchener's Carvery
Cnr De Beer & Juta str
Braamfontein
 
From 9pm
R20

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Monday, 4 July 2011

Kick out the report back

Sadly no desk mix due to me forgetting the USB due partly to the rush of putting together a quick intro.
Who out of the 5 DJs playing would get to play KICK OUT THE JAMS? I thought I'd leave it to one of the others and instead
start with an intro using the classic MC5 intro. I tacked it onto David Peel & the Lower East Side's - Up against the wall
and time-stretched the ending. It's the MOTHERFUCKER intro below.
 
I also got to play two of my current favourites to a mostly packed room being the Seance on a Wet Aternoon and Crystal Stilts
which can be listened to below.
 
My Surfin Bird re-edit also got another spin. I nicked the intro from an All Leather mixtape and then extended a few sections of
the original to allow some live effects fiddling and added some reverb to the break.
 

Seánce On A Wet Afternoon by Girls Names Listen on Posterous

The Sinking by Crystal Stilts Listen on Posterous

Motherfucker Intro (Marc Latilla Edit) by David Peel & The Lower East Side & Mc5 Listen on Posterous

Surfin' Bird (Marc Latilla Re - Edit) by The Trashmen Listen on Posterous

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