The good man and Big In Japan London resident mr.Jonathan Moore aka Leftside Wobble has put together this loving retrospective of Todd Terje Olsen productions before the party this friday. Big shame we couldn't have you on the bill JM!
The first few lucky ticket holders through the door for the Todd Terje / DSO party this friday will receive goodie bags filled with recent cosmic boogie and boogie originals releases (on vinyl), cd's (good ones) and a few other bits that we have kicking around.
Over the last few days I've been sifting through the extensive lists of essential mixes from the past nearly 20 years. Amongst others, this lovely 2 hour gem of a mix from Noman Jay (MBE no less) really piqued my interest. I've never heard Norman play a house set before, but he is well known for them.
After the UK (Acid) House explosion in the late 80s, a lot of the underground house heads moved to a smoother more garage sound to try and distance themselves from the masses. This gave Norman the perfect opportunity to play all the 80s NY garage records he'd been religiously buying on trips to NY and Paradise Garage and the sound in this DJ mix appears to be a natural evolution from that.
Nerrisa - Stars [Active] Nick Jones - Peace & Unity [Ace Beat] Todd Terry - Come Around [TNT 16A] Zest For Life - Love Reincarnation Rhythm Factor - You Bring Me Joy Xelcia - Workbaby Smith & Mighty - Remember Me [3 Stripes] Northbound - Never Gonna Be The Same [3 Stripe] Carleen Anderson - True Spirit [Circa] Black Science Orchestra - Philadelphia [JBO] Freedom - Closer [Power Music] Billie - Nobodys Business [Fleetwood] Todd Terry - Rain Björk - Big Time Sensuallity [Elektra] Class Action - Weekend [Sleeping Bag] Zig Zag - Everybody Free [Stick Man Rec] Gypsymen - Hear The Music [E-Legal] Harold Melvin - The Love I Lost [P.I.R.] House To House - Do 4 Me [Strictly Rhythm] Yoshito - Got A Feeling [Strictly Rhythm] Daphne - When You Love Someone [Maxi] Frankie Knuckles - Tears [FFRR] Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People [Positiva] Partners Inc. - Hustle Aint Over Trammps - Disco Inferno [Atlantic] Robert Owens - Ill Be Your Friend [RCA]
Garden Festival 2011 - Couldn't have been better! Was great to hang out with good friends and new ones at the Garden this year. Special thanks to the ISM crew for asking me to play Barbarella's on the wednesday night alongside Toby Tobias - what a place!
We're going for the boat next year!!
Hightlights this year had to be Crazy P and Odyssey for some seriously good live shows, Larry Heard & Robert Owens, PBR streetgang, Futureboogie, Mulletover, Yam Who?, Electric Boogie, Neo Disco Punk, Greg Wilson, Tensnake.. i could go on.
