Claude Von Stroke Bird Brain Tour

If  you haven’t done so already,  you should totally check out Claude Von Stroke’s Bird Brain tour blog on discobelle.net.  A tour blog that he lightly jokes is ‘me talking shit. It’s also cheaper and less embarrassing than visiting a shrink.’ Brilliant!  Here’s a snippet from his stop in Berlin for the Mothership and Dirtybird Party at Watergate in November:

“All i could think about was the main room at Watergate going insane to Maetrik while this old Easy Jet lady was telling me my DJ bag isn’t getting on the plane as a carry-on.

As she came from behind her desk to physically measure the dimensions of my hand luggage I totally cracked. Snatching up both my bags I very rudely said “fuck you, have fun with your ruler” and walked out of the airport. (maybe slightly drunk at this point and a little too rude.)  I got straight back in a cab back to Watergate. I walked back into the main room as Maetrik finished and got back on the decks for another 2 hours. Worth it…yes!”

Get on it here : http://www.discobelle.net/category/claude-vonstroke-bird-brain-album-tour-blog/

Good enough to eat.

Nick Chacona’s debut album “Love in the middle’ (out on Mood Music in February) has got club land licking its lips in anticipation. Check out these two delicious interviews with the eclectic house producer from Brooklyn, they’re sure to tantalize your taste buds. Bon appetite!

Resident Advisor 16th Nov.

 

Beat Port 19th Nov.



Argenis Brito & Miguel Toro interview tonight on Fritz Radio Berlin

Catch  Argenis and Miguel on Anja Schneider’s “Dance under the blue Moon” show on Fritz Radio Berlin tonight, from 22.00 – 00.00 hrs (German time).

As well as a ‘nice conversation about music, Venezuela, Crashroots,  their future plans and a heads-up on parties tonight’ they will be playing music from their live set and a selection of their released and unreleased tracks.

For live streaming visit: http://www.fritz.de/livestream/livestream.html,

-Click on the format of your choice, (Real Audio Format or Windows Media Format) -For Mac users we recommend the Windows Media Format (WMA) at the bottom of the   page.

-If you experience any problems opening the stream you might need to install this free plug-in : Flip4mac( ttp://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/flip4mac.mspx)

Enjoy! 

 

 

Weekend Music Lung

Right, time to get your blood circulating and your cardio levels rising!  Get these mixes into your ears and psyche… wax on, wax off, it’s the Weekend Lunge!

Phillip Lauer (Brontosaurus Records) mix

Niles (Cosmic Disco) ElDiablos mix

Cool in the Pool October Mix

Electric Minds, Electric Hearts, Electric Party

Phew!  So last weekend was one party-inspired affair… Blurrb was lucky enough to squeeze into the Electric Minds Halloween party which was bursting to capacity by 1am.  Big thumbs up to everyone who dressed up (1st prize for ingenius costume went to the guy who dressed up as a baby… terrifying!) and also to Dolan Bergin, the Loose kids and residents of 102eh? for playing some seriously good house and techno which got people dancing on the furniture.

Luckily for us a few trigger-happy people managed to document the night… enjoy and an especial thanks to Yuval, Christine and Kel!

Image courtesy of Yuval

Image courtesy of Yuval

Image courtesy of Yuval

Image courtesy of Yuval

Image courtesy of Kel

Image courtesy of Kel

Image courtesy of Kel

Image courtesy of Christine

Image courtesy of Christine

Image courtesy of Christine

www.yuvalhen.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/ChristineWalshy

Voodeux Brew

Label: mothership
Artist: Voodeux
Title: The Paranormal Remixes
Release date:Oct 29th. 2009

Trick or Treat??  Definitely a treat… a creepy one but nevertheless, a treat.  The Paranormal was one of the spookiest albums of 2009 and now the Grand Audio Wizard duo have released the remix pack just in time for Halloween. Lucky for us!  Ryan Crosson, JPLS, Maetrik, Wolf+Lamb are some of the other wizards who helped to brew up these remixes in order to cast a spell on our ears….

Have a listen here at the Mothership site!

Trick or Treat or Dance-Off

We’re not really sure just how and when Halloween became so popular in Europe…. any excuse for a party, right?  And party is what you’ll get this weekend around the neighbourhoods of Berlin and London.   And to help you decide where to head if you’re still procrastinating here is Blurrb’s list of where-to-goes!

**** London ****

Mulletover Halloween Special @ Saeger Storage Units

Saturday 31st: 29-31 Great Suffolk St, SE1 0NS

£20 from Phonica/Star of Bethnal Green

Lee Burridge/Simon Baker/Geddes/Horsemeat Disco/Kenny Carpenter/Dave Beer/Tristan Da Cunha

Halloween Hustle @ Horse and Groom

Friday 30th: 28 Curtain Road,EC2A 3NZ

Free Before 11 £5 afters

Bottin/Comadisco

Say Yes Horror Disco Special @The Star of Bethnal Green

Saturday 31st: 359 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6LG

Free before 10 £5 afters

Andy Blake/Nadia Ksaiba/Rory Phillips

Fabric

Saturday 31st: 77a Charterhouse St, EC1M 3HN

£18

Terry Francis/D’Julz/20:20 Soundsystem/Robert Hood/Colin Dale

**** Berlin ****

Basic Halloween Special @Weekend

Alexanderplatz 5, 10178 Berlin

7 Euros

Matthew Styles/Subb-An/Tom Craven/Ryan Hope/Frenchy

Lost.And.Found @ WMF

Saturday 31st, Klosterstrasse 44, 10179

10Euros

Henrick Schwartz/Ewan Pearson/Dave Vega

Dice Dice Baby Halloween edition@ Dice Club

Saturday 31st: Voltairestrasse 5, 10179

8 Euros

Phonique (Pokerflat)/Diringer (Spagat)/Christian Bauer/Steve K

And a few more slamming parties in other cities!!

Groove Sensation @ Climax-institutes

Saturday 31st: 25 Calwer Strasse, Stuttgart

Mike Monday/DJ Clash/Housecrack Sandro

Just Jack Halloween Circus Freak Boutique @Motion Skate Park

Sat 31st: 73 Avon St, Bristol,10-6am

£10

Andrew Weatherall/Disco Bloodbath/Four Tet/Joy Orbison

Weekend Music Lunge

Not the usual Weekend Music Lunge offering this week… instead, Blurrb would like to suggest that you tune into Deepfrequency.com.  They have an archive of radio shows you can stream… hours of listening available with a click of your mouse!  We recommend you check out the  Mr Chingas Tropical Spacemachine mix with Brennan Green – it is particularly enjoyable on the palate!

Probably the best halloween costume ever

 

 

Dancefloor Black Magic

In homage to all you ghastly and ghoulish party ponies, Blurrb has shortlisted our favourite 10 tracks to inspire murder on the dancefloor this All Hallow’s Eve.  Enjoy the countdown with some black magic techno voodoo, disco gorefests, eerie rhythms and macabre beats, creepy house, a dash of comedy-horror and some slightly disconcerting,off-kilter action….

Just A Spoonful - Voodeux

Zombie – Methusalem

Tenebre - Goblin

Suspiria – Goblin

Horror Disco – Bottin

Thriller – Hindi Version….!

Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

Lost Again – Yello (Greg Wilson Remix)

Warriors Theme – Les Edits Du Golem

Hurt – Teifschwarz feat. Seth Troxler (Jamie Jones Remix)

Electric Minds – A Tribute To Arthur Russell

Artist: Various

Title: A Tribute To Arthur Russell

Label: Electric Minds

Format: 12”

Cat no: EMINDS013

PURCHASE AT: Juno

The future of creative media may be paved in digital but there is – and hopefully always will be – a staunch and unwavering group of music lovers who covet and desire the sound and feel of vinyl.  Which is why when an independent record label reaches it’s 10th vinyl release, it is a noteworthy occasion as well as a cause for celebration.

London based Electric Minds has indeed reached this milestone and has dedicated their 10th release to the work of Arthur Russell.  Arthur Russell is a ‘name’ – a name that is known and revered by music heads.  Like so many artists who’s outlook, ideas and creations during their time were ahead of the curve, Russell was relatively unknown whilst alive.  Twenty-five years on, he has left a musical legacy that is highly regarded in the context of today’s dance music;  how it emerged, evolved, to the renascence of Disco during the last few years and it’s subsequent spawning of new sub-genres.

Factoring in the significance of Russell’s work, it is both refreshing and highly commendable that A Tribute To Arthur Russell has not one re-edit or remix in it’s midst.  Instead, the project offers up-to-date and original tracks, interpreting the key elements of the original compositions with love and respect, adding relevant modern twists and taking care not to lose the original magic. Big gun names involved with the project include Faze Action, Yam Who?, Mark E, Andy Spence (New Young Pony Club), Ilija Rudman, Lil Tony and Pocketknife.  Samples of some of the tracks can be listened to here:

Arm Around You – My Tiger My Timing (Prod. by Andy Spence)

Get Around To It – PocketKnife feat. Joe Worricker (Mark E remix)

In The Light Of A Miracle – Faze Action feat. Yam Who? & Mary Moore

The 12″ sampler with Mark E, Pocketknife and Faze Action is available NOW to purchase at Juno with the next release coming out on the 16th November.  12″ Go Bang remixed by Yam Who? is due for release early 2010.   In the meantime, here’s a web-exclusive freebie as a special friday treat, Get Around To It (Ray Burst remix).

And least but not least, for those who are going to be located in London on the 27th November, Electric Minds have collaborated with Hot Box (the new monthly party produced by Lovebox) for their Arthur Russell Tribute launch party.  The party will taking place at The Garage in Islington.  Kicking off the proceedings, there will be a screening of Matt Wolf’s “Wild Combination”, a docu-movie about Russell at 7pm.  The film will be followed by live  music from My Tiger My Timing and Killer Whale.

Then a 3 room party extravaganza will commence until 4am, with a line-up to die for including Maurice Fulton, Yam Who?, Faze Action, Dolan Bergin, Lovebox All Stars (feat Tom Findlay of Groove Armada), Max Essa, Severino (Horsemeat Disco), Stuart Patterson, Bill Brewster as well as East London party kids The Cosmic Truth, Loose and 102eh?.

Tickets can be purchased in advance from RA… buy them now or regret it later!