Category: culture

Over on BBC’s Radio 1, on Giles Peterson’s Worldwide program, there’s currently a great Roy Ayers special to celebrate the release of the ‘Virgin Ubiquity’ album on BBE with the big man himself talking to Giles. And don’t forget, Giles will be in town for the Good Vibrations Festival coming up.

An interview with Jeff Mills over at absorb.org.

Update: Oh yeah, sorry. Its an old interview (that I hadn’t read before). Judging by the order of the articles on absorb.org, it’s probably from 2001. Bum.

Pump up the jam
Pump it up
While your feet are stompin’
And the jam is pumpin’
Look at here the crowd is jumpin’

Pump it up a little more
Get the party going on the dance floor
Seek us that’s where the party’s at
And you’ll find out if you’re too bad

I don’t want a place to stay
Get your booty on the floor tonight
Make my day
I don’t want a place to stay
Get your booty on the floor tonight
Make my day

Make my day
Make my day
Make my day
Make my day

A cute comic from Diesel Sweeties on blogs.
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Last night I caught Peaches at the Hyde Park Barracks. A great show. Perhaps not a great as last time, but that could have been that last time around, I’d never heard of her and didn’t know what to expect. She was so out of leftfield. So much attitude, that I didn’t know what hit me. I still find it amazing that a girl and a drum machine (mostly) can pull off such an awesome show.

Looks like kitsch 80’s retro-60’s band The B52’s are set to hit the Hordern in Sydney in March. I can’t wait to dance this mess around!!!

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Word on the street (and apparently this weeks 3D World) is that F-Communications of France and Soma Records of Scotland are starting up a monthly night in Sydney at the Bourbon (formerly the infamous Bourbon and Beefsteak). Apparently the lineup for the coming months are as follows:

• February – AlexKid and Hipp-E
• March – Llorca and Master H
• April – Funk D’Void and The Youngsters Live
• Sometime – SLAM and Laurent Garnier Live

After the finishing of Tech-Ni-Kal 2 weeks back, things were looking a bit grim in Sydney. But perhaps things are going to be good this year.

Kai Alce , who has released music on labels such as Track Mode, Mahogani Music, Divine Recordings and Late Night Essentials has a fantastic mix over on the Deep House Page. Download part 1 and part 2 in real audio format (no mp3 available).

The dates for Theo Parrish have been confirmed. They are as follows:

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27TH 2004 – MELBOURNE (MISCHIEF PARTY)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28TH 2004 – SYDNEY (MISCHIEF PARTY)
FRIDAY MARCH 5TH 2004- NEWCASTLE
MARCH 07th 2004 – ADELAIDE
MARCH 10th – ADELAIDE as part of the WOMAD festival

I think I’ll have to hit up both the Sydney and Newcastle parties for this one.

Goddam, I’ve been busting to say something about this for ages! Don’t you know how damn hard it is for me to keep a secret?!? Anyway, apparently he’ll be playing at the Bourbon on Saturday 28th February presented by Mischief (a house night put on by Melbourne’s illustrious Honky Tonks). Lets just hope it doesn’t fall through like all the other times. But atleast this time there has been some sort of official announcement, instead of unfounded rumour.

Wow, Frigid is coming back again. Good one guys!

We can finally announce it… FRIGID IS BACK FROM THE DEAD… after leading surgeons have worked on the corpse, like a Haitian voodoo zombie, it is back. With a few sneaky twists… FRIGID starts again weekly on SUNDAY FEB 29. The best news is that it will be a return to plush loungeroom surrounding not seen since the heyday af the Dendy (1997-8) and it is FREE ENTRY, and that it will be in NEWTOWN! At the newly refurbished @Newtown (the old Newtown RSL). There will be a full first six weeks of lineups available shortly, and some extra special surprises for Easter…

Honestly, we all thought it Frigid wasn’t coming back… but somehow it has – on terms that everyone will like – FREE, Newtown, excellent sound system, lots of comfy seating, dinner and food available, well priced RSL drinks… And everyone is excited and energised. Its just like 1996 all over again… and not only Frigid is back, Club Kooky is coming back too (to the new Club 77)! But it will now be known officially as “Not Kooky”… amazing isn’t it.

Think – if its really 1996 all over again – then we may be so lucky as to have a regime change this year as well in the USA and Australia.

Word seems to have gotten around now about Warp Record’s new digital download service Bleep. Their entire back catalogue is available for download at quite reasonable prices (about US$0.99 a track). Wicked. Also of note is two labels that make their music available for free; Irdial, who embrace a free music philosophy and Thinner who make all their releases available for free download.

An interview with James of Drexciya before he passed away. He talks about the concept behind the name, the majors, the underground, music appreciation, his health, leaving Detroit and other stuff.

From Peacefrog:

Kenny Larkin – The Narcissist
The Narcissist: Debut album on Peacefrog from Detroit legend Kenny Larkin, set for release 1 March 2004.
11 tracks of some of the finest electronic soul music around, the making of a definite future classic.
A worldwide tour is being scheduled for the time of the album release. Details will be posted soon.
Also look out for a private pressing and 12-inch single in the coming months.

It also looks like they’re going to hit us with a new Moodyman LP and also a new Marco Passarani EP. Bring it on!

I’ve been completely digging the new mix CD of Daniel Bell’s called “The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!”. An awesome mix of minimal house and a fantastic followup to the “The Button Down Mind” released on Tresor a couple of years back.

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A nice domu mixtape is online featuring the likes of j-live, Rima, Theo Parrish, Joni Mitchell, Nico Marks and 4tet.

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There seems to be quite a few nice DJ sets over at these two sites. [1,2]