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DJ History Podcast #39

2009-11-06T04:06:00.000-08:00

Hello there, happy campers. Friday morning, must be the DJ History Podcast, merrily uploading into the Clouds of Love as we speak. BTW, we've got another blog page now for our stellar parties, Low Life, and obviously you should check it out especially if you live in London and Fun is your middle name (actually even if your middle name is Mildred you should still check it out). Low Life >>

Here's the tracklisting for this week's show:
JAMIE LLOYD - The Wolf's Sun (Future Classic)
BENT - Swollen (Ben Watt Remix)
DETACHMENTS - Circles (Weatherall Disco Dub) (TINAE)
HARDTON - Music (CD-R)
LOGG - (You Got) That Something (JM After-Session M&M Mix) (BBE)
PLASTIQUE BERTRAND & NATHALIE - Stop Ou Encore (Claremont 56)
KABUTO & KOJI - Yes Kidder I See You (Supernature)
XDB - Gate (Wave Music)
C-SOUL - That's The Way We Do It Now (Bounce House)
JOY MACHINE - Novak

The Furtive 50

2009-11-04T04:24:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's arrived again, the DJH Annual poll to find the favourite tunes of the past year. And because it's also the end of the decade we're canvassing your opinion on the best tune of the decade, too.

What do you have to do? Easy. We need you to nominate your favourite three tunes of the year, in order, and your album of the year.

And, if you've got time - and let's face it anyone who's got time to scan this blog or faff about on Facebook, clearly has plenty of it - give us your fave tune of the decade.

Go and VOTE HERE >>

Or else ;)

Bill Brewster on Heads Down blog

2009-11-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

Christopher Tubbs from Heads Down came to interview Bill about DJhistory, Low Life and various other stuff a few weeks ago. The first two parts of the interview are now live.

You can check them out here >>

Incidentally, Mr. Tubbs is one of the chaps behind the Low Life classic, We Are by Atlantic Conveyor >>

DJ History Podcast #38

2009-10-30T07:36:00.000-07:00

Busy, busy this week. Half term, Low Life, playing in Dublin tonight, it's all go on Planet DJH.

New Friday, new podcast. Tracklist here. Over and, indeed, out.

1. JOY MACHINE - Novak (CD-R)
2. VIRGIL HOWE - Someday (3 Bar Fire)
3. GICHY DAN - On A Day Like This (Hey Theo edit by Todd Terje) (Strut)
4. ELEMENTAL - DeepChord (Runtime)
5. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Bodies (Aeroplane Mix) (EMI)
6. ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ - About This Love (Crazy P Remix - Vocal)
7. KASABIAN - Underdog (Sasha Mix) (Columbia)
8. SyMptoMs - Pissing In Sinks (Mordant Music)
9. MAGNUS INTERNATIONAL - Goober (Marius Circus Remix) (Full Pupp)
10. WOLFMOTHER - New Moon Rising (Fontan Mix) (Modular)

Boy's Own launch party: LIVE recordings

2009-10-28T04:43:00.000-07:00

Well, the Boy's Own book is now out on the streets and busily menacing small children for their pocket money at the school gates. You can buy it here >>

To celebrate the book publication we had yet another party in one of our fave record stores Pure Groove with a great line-up of DJs: Milo, Terry Farley, Pete Heller, Plug, Stripey and Rocky. Milo kindly recorded it and he;s also hosting it on his own excellent blog, but we thought we'd edit it down to three parts and make it available here.

Part One >>
Part Two >>
Part Three >>

DJ History Podcast #37

2009-10-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

Here's the tracklisting for this week's show.

AKABU - Sax My Bitch Up (Joey Negro Club Mix) (Zedd)
MAJOR LANCE - Rhythm (BBE)
CLASS ACTION - Weekend (JM After-Session M&M Mix) (BBE)
BEAT PHARMACY - Ghostship (Deadbeat Mix) (Wave)
SHACKLETON - (No More) Negative Thoughts (Perlon)
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - Bye Bye Bayou (DFA)
RADIOHEAD - Reckoner (Jonny Miller Remix)
LIL TONY - Employee Only (Running Back)
ULYSSES - Latin Combo (Wurst)
SPACE - Prison (D-Pulse Remix) (Nang Records)

DJ History Podcast #36

2009-10-19T06:32:00.000-07:00

Another week, another show. Check out these puppies.

HAWKE - These Combinations Have Not Been Heard Before (Eighth Dimension)
COLOURING IN - Intergalactic Romance (Radio Edit) (PITS)
WALTER JONES - I Am Loved (Permanent Vacation)
MAGIC DRUM ORCHESTRA - Ragga Samba (Lion Head)
DENNIS FERRER - Hey Hey! (Objectivity)
SHACKLETON - Mountains Of Ashes (Perlon)
ABE DUQUE FT BLAKE BAXTER - What Happened? (Abe's Original Mix) (Process)
JAY SHEPHEARD - Year To The Day (TJ Kong And Nuno Dos Santos Remix)
GRIPPER - Zombie (Crowhead Mix) (Atic)
20TH CENTURY STEEL BAND - We've Got To Work Together (Mr Bongo)

DJH presents.... The Original Mods

2009-10-12T07:12:00.000-07:00

DJHistory presents... The Original Mods
Horse & Groom, 26 Curtain Road, London, EC2
Thursday November 12th, 8.30pm
Entry FREE
They were the original working class rebels, post-war Britain's first dandies. The mods (derived from 'modernists') had their roots in the 1950s and, arguably, grew out of the coffee bar beatnik scene driven by a significant Jewish cadre. The mods of public infamy came later, and were more associated with ska, soul, parkas, scooters and scrapping in Brighton. We'll be discussing their origins, the fashions, the music and where it all went wrong (and right).

To help us discover more about the mods, we've drafted in a stellar cast of dandies to help us sift through the crap to get to the truth and hopefully get a few tips on how many buttons our suit should possess on the way.

THE PANEL
Paul Gorman, author of the brilliant book, The Look, will be hosting the panel (he also runs the fantastic Rock Pop Fashion blog).

Jeff Dexter was a south-London mod before most, was banned from the Lyceum for doing the Twist and became one of Lonndon's most celebrated DJs at Tiles and, later, Middle Earth. He's the nattiest dresser we know.

Lloyd Johnson worked in the rag trade for decades at places like Cecil Gee before opening his own shops, Johnsons, in Kensington Market and Kings Road. There are few who know more about street fashion than Lloyd.

Mickey Modern was reputed to be the first mod in south London and is still more stylish than the rest of Southwark put together.

There will be a discussion, followed by questions from the audience, followed by vigorous dancing to the finest the 60s had to offer. Alcoholic refreshments will be on hand to aid the evening's entertainments.

Downstairs we have our residents to help us through the night:
Jonny 5
Benoit and Namedrop

DJ History Podcast #35

2009-10-09T03:46:00.000-07:00

This week's podcast tracklisting is brought you with a nice sleep-deprived hangover after last night's inaugural DJHistory quiz, which was won by Dissident, who just pipped Future Flash to the post. Apparently the questions were really bloody hard (who knew?). Next time we'll make it a bit more gettable.

Anyhow, here's the tracklist for this week's show.
1. DJ YELLOW - Mindz Theme (Freerange)
2. RIVER OCEAN FT INDIA - Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochun) (Junior Boys Own Super Dub)
3. SOFT ROCKS - Leave Your Earth Behind
4. LUCKY ELEPHANT - Reverend Tilsley & His Magic Lantern (Sunday Best)
5. KIDDA - Doo Whot (Parker Mix)
6. DAN GHENACIA & DJEBALI - Eightball Deluxe (Freak N Chic)
7. SIMPLE MINDS - League Of Nations (Balearic Biscuits 3)
8. RAYKO - Transfer (endless melody edit)
9. GENE CHANDLER - I'll Make The Living (If You'll Make The Loving)
10. THE EELS - That Look You Give That Guy

DJ Flicks: Brighton, Fri Oct 23rd

2009-10-06T08:13:00.000-07:00

DJ FLICKS is a simple idea: watch great dance music documentaries, then dance the night away as legendary DJs recreate the era you’ve just seen on screen. After a series at London’s Curzon Soho we have a one-off in Brighton on Oct 23rd.

The theme is acid house so we’re screening two powerful films about the rave movement, followed by a night of unforgettable Balearic music from Rocky of X-Press 2, one of the original DJs on the scene, and Neville Watson who makes great acid-influenced music as Midnight Steppers, and who has just co-produced an amazing book of photography by his brother Gavin.

FILMS
We’re screening Summer of Rave, one of the best documentaries made about the crazy rave year of 1989, followed by High On Hope, a great film by Piers Sanderson detailing the excitement of the Blackburn raves, infamous parties which drew thousands of people from all over the north, and which met with far more brutal opposition from the police than anything down south. We are also privileged to have a sneak preview of clips from Gordon Mason’s forthcoming house history, They Call It Acid.

DJs
Right after the films, Rocky (X-Press 2) will recreate the wonderfully eclectic Balearic vibes of the early years of acid house, followed by Midnight Steppers’ Neville Watson, currently making the best acid-influenced music around.

GALLERY
On the walls will be some fantastic images from Gavin Watson’s forthcoming book, Raving ’89. If you were at any of the acid parties they’ll give you goose-bumps; if you missed them they’re the closest you’ll get.

TALK
To kick off the night Neville & Gavin Watson and Rocky will talk to Bill Brewster about the heady days of 1989 and after.

FRIDAY OCT 23, 6.30pm-2am (doors open 6.30; films start 7.30)
£12/£10 NUS
Over 18s only

The Old Market, Upper Market St, Hove (off Western Rd)
TICKETS
The Old Market >>
Ticketweb >>

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Disco Discharge

2009-10-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we've been playing tracks from Disco Discharge compilation series over the past month or so and the label have given us permission to blog one of the tracks. you can download it below. There are four CDs in the series and we've also just run a competition to win all four (a deluge of entries arrived in our metaphorical postbag). We'll be announcing the winner shortly.

LUCY HAWKINS - Gotta Get Outta Here >>>

DJ History Podcast #34

2009-10-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

Blimey what a busy week that was and, in fact, still is. Trying to finish sleevenotes for an excellent new Strut compilation called Zevolution (I'll be playing tracks from it over the next few weeks or so), while getting two parties ready for next week, our Disco Files launch in NYC (see below) and the DJhistory night at the Horse & Groom next Thursday. Still trying to get a things finished so I can clear off to Bristol tonight to DJ at Freejive at Dojo tonight. Anyhow, here's the tracklisting for this week's show. That Zwicker is TOTALLY AMAZING. A must-buy.

Tracklisting
1. ROLAND APPEL - SchooldayZ (Compost Black)
2. HUMAN EGG - Onomatopaeia (B-Music)
3. BE. - All The Thrills (Wolf)
4. ZWICKER -Oddity (Pilooski Remix)
5. MIDTOWN COMMITTEE - I Cant Believe It's True (CD-R)
6. DUCKBEATS - Repeat Prescription (PPF)
7. ICHISAN & NAKOVA - Pionir (Nang Records)
8. CELESTIAL - Shake Up
9. HERMAN'S ROCKET - Space Woman (B-Music)
10. THE REVENGE - Curtis (Wolf)

The Disco Files New York launch party

2009-09-29T04:32:00.000-07:00

Join the disco underground for a night you'll never forget as we pay tribute to scene's founding diarist, Vince Aletti, at the launch of his stunning new book The Disco Files.

Music by:
Danny Krivit
Tony Smith and friends

Santos Party House, 90 Lafayette Street, New York
9pm onwards
$5 in advance/$10 on door

Raving '89 video now on Youtube

2009-09-25T11:57:00.001-07:00

This week Skegness, next stop Cannes.

DOWNLOAD A FREE SAMPLE PDF HERE >>

DJ History Podcast #33

2009-09-25T06:09:00.000-07:00

I finally found an hour or so to go through the interview I did with Alan Jones the other week, so I've included some bits from it in the latest podcast, which means less music, but more stories about how many cans of ale you could get up your arse at the Anvil in New York (I think it's worth losing a bit of music for such salaciousness).

For those of you who don't know who Alan Jones is, check this out >>

And this >>

He's also the author of the liner notes for the Disco Discharge compilation series we've been featuring in the show lately.

Trakclisting
1. Vincent Velocette - EZ 2 Luv
2. Harlow - Take Off (Disco Discharge)
3. Companion - Living Up To Love (Disco Discharge)
4. Propaganda - P-Machinery (Polish) (Disco Discharge)
5. Mascara - Golden Years (Homophono)
6. Tal M. Klein & Anthony Mansfield - Unicorn In The Garden (Aniligital Music)
7. Black Crowes - I Ain't Hidin' (Mavis Edit)

DJ History Podcast #32

2009-09-18T06:30:00.000-07:00

Tracklisting:
JONATHAN JEREMIAH - Happiness (Quiet Village Mix)
ROLAND APPEL - SchooldayZ (Compost Black)
JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS - Almost Black (Richard Sen edit)
TIME & SPACE MACHINE - You Are The One
THE KINDNESS - Gee Up (Moshi Moshi)
MARIUS - Jet Set (Ray Mang Bonus Beats) (Maxi Discs)
ORLANDO B - Melancholy (Mr G's Mix) (Eastbound)
KANO - It's a War (Harmless) (Taken from Disco Discharge: Gay Disco & Hi-NRG)
MAIK LOEWEN - Melina (Niveous)
ZWICKER - Who You Are (Compost)

Gerrie van Noord - White Room (BB Edit)

2009-09-14T07:49:00.001-07:00

I did this track over a year ago and gave it to Connie from the Idjut Boys and apparently he's been playing it ever since. It's still not really finished, but I thought I'd let it sneak out a bit since I'm nowhere near getting round to completing it properly and it's sitting on my hard-drive looking miserably and lonely.

Gerrie van Noord - White Room (BB Edit) by billbrewster

DJ History Podcast #31

2009-09-11T03:22:00.000-07:00

Good to be back in the seat again, after a few weeks' rest. Thanks again to Neville Watson and his magic pants for sitting in for me. Some great stuff on the show this week. Obviously I'd say that cos it's my show, but it's true, guv, honest.

1. SHOVELL & THE LATIN HOOLIGANS - Soul Makossa (Drums De Makossa)
2. BEATBROKER - Pacific Break (Reverso 68 Mix)
3. TIGA -Beep Beep Beep (Its A Fine Line remix)
4. SU KRAMER- Dance Magic
5. BOCCA JUNIORS - Raise (63 Steps To Heaven)
6. ABYSS - Keep On Tripping (Christian Prommer Remix)
7. BEULAH HEIGHTS - Butterfly (Elec+909 Mix 1)
8. ACID PAULI - Marvin
9. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - 45/33 (Trus'me Remix)
10. JANIS IAN - Fly Too High

Boy’s Own - The Complete Fanzines 1986-92

2009-09-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

PRE-ORDERING NOW!

The third book of the year and we've got yet another corker in store. If you are too young to have been around in the late '80s, the Boy's Own lot were instrumental in helping kick start acid house in the south-east. As well as the fanzine, they ran parties, mouthed off, went to footie, wore some natty threads and occasionally daft trainers. They were the first to document in print the existence of acid house and, once the euphoria had died down, could also be its fiercest critics.

They were having so much fun that in six years they only managed to loose off 12 issues. But these 440 pages depict acid house culture – the slang, the parties, the tunes, the humour – better than anything, as captured in the words of Farley, Mayes, Weatherall, Oakenfold and many more key players. As well as every page of every fanzine there’s a great interview with all the Boys.

If you pre-order now, through DJHistory, you'll get a FREE 7-inch single featuring Bocca Juniors' Raise.

PRE-ORDER HERE >

DOWNLOAD PDF SAMPLER HERE >

DJ History Podcast #30

2009-09-08T03:03:00.000-07:00

Here's the last of the two shows that Neville Watson did for me while I was away in Croatia (nice pants, Nev). And very good it is, too. I do like that Hardton fella he's been raving about on ths show (and to me on the phone). We're going to try and bring him over to perform at Low Life.

1. Kenneth Bager - Fragment One (The Revenge Instrumental)
2. Ichisan - Space Patrol
3. Hardton- Losers
4. Gina X - Nice Mover
5. Reggie Dokes - Walk in Deepnes
6. Tom Trago - Passion (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)
7. Still Going - Spaghetti Circus
8. Twintub - Cortina
9. Nacho Patrol - Africaspaceprogram
10. Kenny Glasgow - Dance 2

DJ History Podcast #29

2009-09-08T02:56:00.000-07:00

OK, so I've been away in Croatia for the Electric Elephant festival. But in my absence, the extremely capable (and not even slightly clammy) hands of Neville Watson have been manning the tillers and decks. And a mighty fine job he's done, too. He even played Prince's The Future on this one, which I'd just - spookily - pulled out and started playing again myself. As Sting would say, synchronicity!

Anyhow, here's the tracklisting for the first of Neville's DJ History podcasts. Big up yourself, Nev.

1. Ichisan - Antanamamo
2. Rhythm Based Lovers - Control
3. Tyrell Corporation - Together Alone
4. Hardton - Time to Jack
5. 40 Thieves - Don't Turn it Off (Brennan Green mix)
6. Ichisan - Robots From Above
7. Azaris & III - Hungry for the Power
8. Matthias Meyer - Tout Va Bien (Kink mix)
9. Andrew Weatherall - Liar With Wings (Ian Weatherall & Mat Carter mix)
10. Prince - The Future

When Paul Morley Met Vince Aletti

2009-08-20T08:04:00.001-07:00

As part of the Paul Morley series Showing Off... in the Guardian this month the subject is DISCO.

As part of this, they asked Vince Aletti in to talk about his experiences documenting disco in its early years. Oh and our Bill is on it, too, as well as the lovely Luke Howard from Horse Meat Disco. It's jam-packed with juicy goodness.

Check the interview here >>

Vince's book, the Disco Files, is still on sale on our main website (we're down to the last few hundred though, so don't hang about one they're gone, they're gone forever) >>

DJ History Podcast #28

2009-08-20T06:57:00.000-07:00

Tracklisting for this week's show is now here. Come and get it. Next week, the show will be presented by Neville Watson while I go and sun myself in Croatia at the Electric Elephant festival.

1. BRUNO GAUTHIER - It's Love (No Ears Dub)
2. OST & KJEX FT. MUNG - Dirty Minds (Lunar Flicks)
3. DETACHMENTS - The Flowers That Fell (Max Moreau Mix)
4. VERONIKA FISCHER & BAND - Kirschblüte
5. PETER KRUDER -After The Dawn
6. CRISPIN J. GLOVER FT. KAY YOUNG - DJ Saved My Life (Radio Edit)
7. RIVER OCEAN FT. INDIA - Love & Happiness (Yemaya & Ochun) (Michel Cleis 'Floreo' Remix)
8. DOUBLE DISCOVERY - Thanks For Loving Me
9. RALPH UND BEEDLE - Made of Stars (Voyager Mix) (Out Hear)
10. PETER ACCIDENT - LIiving For The City

Gavin & Neville Watson on Robert Elms Show, 19th Aug, 2009

2009-08-20T03:31:00.000-07:00

Gavin & Neville were on Robert's show yesterday talking about the Slough raves and their new book Raving '89.

You can check it out here >>

Raving '89 publication imminent

2009-08-18T06:11:00.000-07:00

An amazing collection of photos from 1989, the year acid house exploded into a nationwide phenomenon. Gavin Watson captures the revolutionary moment like no-one else, with intimate portraits of mates and strangers alike having the time of their lives. It's all here: the crowds, the lasers, the villains, the crimes against fashion. With hilarious recollections from Gavin and his brother Neville.

Download a FREE PDF here >>

Pre-order book here >>