Heads Down Video Interview Part 2

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Here’s the second part of my recent video interview for Chris Tubbs’ excellent video blog HEADS DOWN. You can hear me ramble about my influences, party manifesto and general chit chat. This was before the Smugglers Inn Breakfast Club so imagine how tired I looked 14 hours later!

Smugglers Inn Podcast 01/07/09 with Leigh Lerwill Guestmix Part 1

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I Survived Glastonbury!

I have somehow made it back from Glastonbury in one piece. Just want to say a massive thanks to Futureboogie and all at the Igloo for booking me to play in The Igloo on Saturday night and looking after me SO WELL. I was really happy with how I played and I also really enjoyed what Futureboogie, James B, Tirk, Mystic Brew and Ed from Mixmag played during the rest of the night. I had forgotten that you could rave like that! I also had a ball in The Guardian Lounge on Sunday playing between Heartbreak (who were mindblowingly good) and Tony Christie. So a big thanks to Matt, Alex and Gavin from The Agency for booking me to play there too. Too much to tell about on here but it was defo my fave Glasto so far. Despite the toughest days travel back on Monday (even worse than Munich airport after Snowbombing) I am well up for it next year already!

I met SO many cool people at the festival and it was such a positive experience. I don’t feel so clever now though lol.

Anyways… here is the latest Smugglers Inn podcast with an amazing boogie guestmix from Leigh Lerwill who is from Leeds. There’s plenty of new stuff on the show as ever so I hope you enjoy it.

Smugglers Inn 25th June 2009

1 – Natural Self – In The Morning (Paul White Remix) (Tru Thoughts)
2 – Biblio – Fire Ant (Warp)
3 – Funkineven – Mad Swing (Eglo)
4 – Deborah Jordan – Future Calling (Futuristica)
5 – Hungry Ghost – ESQ (Wax On)

Leigh Lerwill Guestmix Part 1

6 – Hipnotic – Are You Lonely ?
7 – South Bronx – The Bottom Line (Dub)
8 – The Pharoan – Pass Da Dutch (Instrumental)
9 – Executive – Celebrate Your Love
10 – Raw DMX – Do It To The Funk
11 – John Blair – Momma Said Shut-Up
12 – Ramona Brooks – I Don’t Want You Back
13 – Change – Hold Tight

End Of Leigh Lerwill Guestmix

14 – Parallel Dance Ensemble – Weightwatchers (ISM)
15 – Clyde – Roll Of The Beast (Atjazz Remix) (M8MC)
16 – Funkineven – You (Eglo)
17 – Basement Soul – Girlwatchin’ (Kat)
18 – Leandre DJ – Musique Touche (Voulez-Vous)
19 – Alphonse Peugot – That’s Right (Hverfisgotu Disco)
20 – GW – Ruff Wrap (Ruff Edits)
21 – Deborah Jordan – Get Through (Futuristica)
22 – Leandre DJ – 1984 (Final Version) (Cdr)
23 – The Revenge – Heavy Love (Instruments Of Rapture)
24 – Negghead – Getting’ So (Remix) (Wax On)
25 – Hot Coins – Chinese Electro (Autodiscoteque)

Heads Down Video Interview Part 1 and Glastonbury

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Heads Down Interview Part 1

Untracked label boss Christopher Tubbs has recently started his own video based blog called Heads Down and you can check it HERE. So far he’s interviewed the likes of Andy Blake from Dissident, Toby Tobias and Kathy Diamond and I am sure that the blog will soon assume mythical status as not many other people have got such good access to people making quality music on the underground scene.

I threw a secret party in Nottingham last week and I invited Chris up to play at it. He totally smashed it and I remember thinking ‘there’s nothing like this’ when he dropped Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads at 5.30am with sunshine poking through the much needed curtains. But before the carnage began, Chris collared me in my back garden where we had a little chat about things. I must point out that I had already lost 2 nights sleep before the interview due to early flights to and from Paris so please excuse my slightly vague state!

Glastonbury

If anyone is off to Glastonbury this weekend I will be playing on Saturday night from 11pm-midnight in the Igloo Dance Tent in the Shangri La area with The Revenge, Dave Beer and the Futureboogie boys.

I will also be playing in the Guardian Lounge on Sunday from 6.30-7.30pm oddly sandwiched between Italo boys Heartbreak and Amarillo man Tony Christie. Please come and say hello if you are coherent!

Smugglers Inn Radio Tonight 7-9pm GMT with Leigh Lerwill Guestmix

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Tonights Show

Broadcast live from 7-9 PM GMT @ http://www.myhouse-yourhouse.net

I was in Leeds playing at the ace Mystic Brew night a month or so ago and after the club had finished I ended up at the house of Leeds record dealer and all round nice guy Leigh Lerwill for a little soiree. I quickly noticed that the music being played on his stereo was loads of wicked 80’s boogie. It turned out that he had just done a new mix entitled ‘Breakdown Boogie’. Despite being a little worse for wear I managed to bag his permission to broadcast is on the Smugglers Inn – so expect to hear part 1 tonight. The second part will be aired in a few weeks.

Elsewhere on the show we have loads of new stuff as ever..

- Private press disco stuff I picked up in Paris last week – hot, only 100 copies and not in the shops!

- The ace new Clyde single Roll Of The Beast with remixes from Atjazz, Christo and Tim Scott

- Brand new Jimi Oh hotness coming straight out of Leicester

- Yam Who has started a new label called IZM music – I will be playing the ace new singe from that tonight..

- The next Instruments Of Rapture from the hardest working man in edits The Revenge

- brand new digi-hop from Hungry Ghost

- ace new space funk on Eglo from Stevie J aka Funkineven

- Brand New Greg Wilson tracks on Ruff Edits number 3

- ace new Paul White remix of Natural Self

- A preview of the hot new Deborah Jordan album out soon on Futuristica

- new Biblio tracks from his forthcoming album on Warp

And loads loads more………

As ever the podcast will be available from http://www.redrackem.com in a few days or search the itunes store for ’smugglers inn’

P.S – Glastonbury

If anyone is off to Glastonbury this weekend I will be playing on Saturday night from 11pm-midnight in the Igloo Dance Tent in the Shangri La area with The Revenge, Dave Beer and the Futureboogie boys.

I will also be playing in the Guardian Lounge on Sunday from 6.30-7.30pm oddly sandwiched between Italo boys Heartbreak and Amarillo man Tony Christie. Please come and say hello if you are coherent!

Smugglers Inn Podcast 15/06/09 with Crimson Guestmix

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Here’s the latest podcast with an ace deep beatdown house mix by Budapest DJ Crimson, who the house and techno buyer for Deep Records (one of the best shops in Hungary), part of the Lick The Click crew and one of the most respected deep DJs in Hungary. Other highlights include some ace Greymatter reworks, brand new Sa Ra cuts, hot new Solid State madness, amazing new Weirdo Police from the forthcoming Bear Funk comp Hibernation and a preview of the next single on Autodiscoteque which is by moi.

Smugglers Inn June 15th 2009

1 – Sa Ra – Spacefruit (Ubiquity)
2 – Colonius – Fogged Spacesuit (Ubiquity)
3 – Eddie C – Days Like These (Cdr)
4 – Sa Ra – The Bone Song (Ubiquity)
5 – Solid State – Philly 0206 (Cdr)

Crimson Guestmix

6 – Juju & Jordash – Blue Plates (Real Soon)
7 – Frank Booker – Who’s Next? (untracked)
8- Jayson Brothers All My Life (Raw Cuts)
9 – Kez ym – Caravan (Yore)
10 – John Talabot – Naomi (Permanent Vacation)
11 – 6th Borough Project Just A Memory (Instruments Of Rapture)
12 – Tensnake – Holding Back My Love (Running Back)
13 – Touch Sensitive – Body Stop (Future Classic)
14 – Das Volt – Fantasy Instrumental (Late Night Audio)
15 – Victor – Go On Do It – 1984 original mix (Unclassics/Environ)

End of Crimson Guestmix

16 – Eddie Henderson – Kudu – Greymatter Rework (Cdr)
17 – Solid State – If You Love Me (All Out War)
18 – Red Rack’em – Place For Me (Autodiscoteque)
19 – Steve Marshall – Maintain (Dopebrother)
20 – Arthur Russel – In The Light Of The Miracle (Edit) (Talking Loud)
21 – DJ Sprinkles – Grand Central Pt 1 (MCDE Remix) (Talking Loud)
22 – Weirdo Police – Ghost Boat (Bear Funk)
23 – Klic – Karaoke (Unique Uncut)
24 – Azymuth – Carambola (Greymatter Disco Stepper Rework)(Cdr)
25 – Red Rack’em – Pressure 1 (Cdr)

PS… Just want to remind anyone in or around Nottingham that I am doing a Smugglers Inn secret event on the evening of Saturday 20th June. It starts at 2am and finishes at 7am (technically sunday morning). It will feature Chris Tubbs from Atlantic Conveyor, Alex Traska from myhouse-yourhouse.net, Red Rack’em/Hot Coins plus a special secret guest who is vey good! We will have Funktion One sound and it’s fully licensed until 7am. All for a £2 donation towards the soundsystem and security. If you would like more info about the event please contact me – danny[at]redrackem.com

Smugglers Inn London Excursion Tonight with Jakattak

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After last months smasherooni from Ulysses 82 and Louis Finch, it’s time for another foray darn sarf. The Smugglers Inn London Excursion returns to Vibe Bar, Trueman Brewery, Brick Lane, Shoreditch, London tonight from 8pm until 1am. It’s £4 to get in or free before 8pm.

Jakattak

This month my special guest will be Jakattak who is a highly experienced underground party DJ with an amazing collection of house, disco, soul and broken beat. No online mixes or myspaces with this guy – he’s all about the music..not the marketing.

Jak used to live in Nottingham and played at nights like Basement Boogaloo and also rocked a few Smugglers Inn parties in his time. He now lives in Leeds and has quickly established himself there as a DJ to watch. Jak is a Southport devotee so he comes from quite a soulful bumpin’ angle so I am really looking forward to hearing what he plays on Friday..

Plus Resident DJ Red Rack’em – Smugglers Inn/Tirk/Untracked etc

Nottingham DJ Danny Berman aka Red Rack’em is well known for his Hot Coins disco project, beatdown house and remixes on labels such as Tirk, Untracked and Society. His fortnightly Smugglers Inn podcasts are also very popular with lovers of upfront underground music. Look out for his rather large Hot Coins remix of Joubert Singers Stand On The Word which is out now on Tirk and also his Picnic EP which has just come out on Deep Freeze, complete with a hot Revenge remix…

Rack’em will be joined each month by respected DJs and producers from various scenes.

Expect to hear the finest hip-hop, disco, cosmic, electro, punk funk, proper house, broken beat, jazz, funk and wonky beats.

Picnic EP Now Available Digitally from Junodownload

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The Picnic EP came out on Deep Freeze about a month ago complete with a quality remix by The Revenge and it has now been released digitally. It’s exclusively available from Juno Download HERE. The vinyl has been really well received so far with loads of interest all over the world due to it’s straight up housey nature. There’s also a nice review of the EP on the excellent Random Circuits site HERE.

Smugglers Inn Radio Tonight 7-9pm GMT With Crimson Guestmix

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Well I don’t know where to start today! How am I going to fit it all in….

Tune into http://www.myhouse-yourhouse.net from 7-9pm GMT tonight for a severe slice of audio heat.

Crimson Guest Mix

I am really pleased to finally get a guestmix from David Crimson who is one of Hungarys most respected deep DJs. Crimson is part of the crew who are behind the famed Budapest minimal/house night Lick The Click. As part of the IKZ crew (along side fellow David Chrom) he is the guy they call to support people like Carl Craig and Henrik Schwarz in Budapest. His is also the house and techno buyer for Deep Records which is one of the best record shops in Hungary.

More info on Crimson is here – http://www.myspace.com/crimsondavid

Brand New Ace Music Tonight…

Expect to hear…

- new Greymatter edits and OGs

- previews from the new Sa Ra album out soon on Ubiquity

- New Socia Disco Club and Maia on Bear Funk

- serious upfront disco business from Solid State

- broken 2 step from Brighton producer Klic

- new deep pressure from the Juju and Jordash album out soon on Dekmantel

- beautiful jazzy disco from Steve Marshall courtesy of the Dopebrother

- new Red Rack’em stuff from the next Autodiscoteque EP

- new afro latin house from Atsushi Yano out soon on Airtight

- new hip hop from Jisco badboy Eddie C

- ace new slo mo house from Negghead

I could go on but we only have 2 hours…

Smugglers Inn 02/06/09 With Greg Wilson Guestmix Part 2

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First up – massive apologies for being so frickin late with this. I had a much needed social weekend (heaven forbid eh) and enjoyed the sun. So I have been a bit slow on the upload as quite a few people have noticed. BUT here at last is the latest show with part 2 of the ace Greg Wilson guestmix and loads of new stuff gathered on my trip to Amsterdam and the usual fine fare of pre release heat that people have kindly sent in for me to play.

The Smugglers Inn Podcast 01/06/09

1 – Al Green – Everythings Ok – Ashley Beedle Edit (Cosmic Boogie)
2 – Souleance – Le Fille (First Word)
3 – Danny Breaks and DJ Adlib – The Sound (Rush Hour)
4 – Dam Funk – Killdatmuthafu*ka (Stones Throw)

Greg Wilson Guestmix Part 2

5 – Loose Ends – Hanging On A String (Frankie Knuckles Mix)
6 – Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (Danny Krivit Edit)
7 – Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Mix)
8 – Blondie – Rapture (6ms Edit)
9 – Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go (Blunt Edit Re-Touched)
10 – Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper

End Of Greg Wilson Guestmix

11 – Floating Points – Truly (Eglo)
12 – Atmosfear – Dancing In Space – Greymatter Rework (Wolf Music)
13 – Ulysses 82 – Untitled (Cdr)
14 – Altz – Olympia (Bear Funk)
15 – Dicky Trisco– Come To Me (Disco Deviance)
16 – Rondenion – Carnival Time (Rush Hour)
17 – Rick Wade – Rickys Groove (Laid)
18 – Discodeine – Tom Select (La Horse Remix) (Dark & Lovely)
19 – Mr Scruff – Cat & Mouse (Ninja Tune)
20 – Allez Allez – She’s Stirring Up (Scalp Records)
21 – Daniel Wang – Dancing With The Best (Rush Hour)
22 – Sal P – No Dis-Re-Speck (Tiago Edit) (Skylax)
23 – Ramboiage – Ain’t No Dub (Cdr)
24 – Haruki Matsuo – Geisha Dance (Rush Hour)

Smugglers Inn Radio Live Tonight With Greg Wilson Guestmix Part 2

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Smugglers Inn Radio Live Tonight @ http://www.myhouse-yourhouse.net from 7-9pm GMT

Hope everyone had an ace bank holiday weekend.

Its time for the last Smugglers Inn show in May and tonight we have part 2 of that fantastic Greg Wilson guestmix plus shedloads of cool new music.

I have just got back from Amsterdam with some fresh goodies from Rush Hour and I am currently downloading about a million files to play tonight so plenty of new bits including…

- brand new amazing Floating Points heat. This one is even better than Love Me Like This!

- an amazing dub of Ain’t Nobody by Portugese producer Ramboiage

- new massive Greymatter rework of Atmosfear on new Southampton label Wolf Music

- new hot Revenge remix off the same EP

- a preview of the next Bear Funk compilation ‘Hibernation’

- brand new Disco Deviance from Dicky Trisco

- ace new Rick Wade going even deeper and darker

- hot new Dam Funk LA robofunk tish

- more aceness from Portugal courtesy of Tiago on Skylax records

- new Japanese beatdown heat from Rondenion

- a preview of Daniel Wang presents Balihu which is coming soon on Rush Hour

and loads more……

You Can’t Pray For Your Repress…

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Hot Coins – You Can’t Pray For Your Soul/Christmas Day on Untracked Records Limited Repress

Due to phenomenal demand (lol), this tasty little EP of Detroit tinged fun and games has been repressed and is now languishing at Juno awaiting a new home.

For those who missed it the first time, here’s a wee recap of what the music sounds like…

‘You Can’t Pray For Your Soul’ is 96bpm deep chugging house music which contains quasi religious vocal samples and genuine Detroit vibes. The flip ‘Christmas Day’ was made from jazz CDs picked out by my dad on Christmas Day 2007. It’s an interesting track – it starts out on some kind of wonky cut up hip hop flex before mutating into dark jazzy house and ends on a deep note.

You can listen/buy the EP from Juno HERE

Futureboogie DJ Mix

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Futureboogie have asked me to join their very cool agency. This is great news as they represent quite a few of my musical heroes including Crazy P, Domu, Mad Mats and Atjazz. I have put together a new DJ mix for their site to commemorate this fine moment in time. As they are a pretty eclectic bunch I pretty much threw the ruddy kitchen sink in.

I have been really enjoying mashing up different genres recently again as it’s more fun to mix them I reckon. So after a disco/boogie start on here it soon slips into house/broken/afro/2 step/detroit/postpunkelectro/techno territory… the end is particularly wild – anyone for some UK garage new wave electro?

Red Rack’em Futureboogie Mix

LINK TO MIX

1 – Situation – Love In Me (Situation)
2 – Blackjoy- Mercurian (Dial)
3 – Out In The Sticks – Do It (Disco Deviance)
4 – Soft Rocks – Untitled (Chocolate Love)
5 – Roy Ayres – Fast Money (Melodic Records)
6 – Move D – Your Rolling Hills (Compost Black Label)
7 – Frank Booker – Universal Drive (Untracked)
8 – Maw Tribute To Fela – Zoe (Maw)
9 – Seiji – Raver A (Cdr)
10 – Lindstrom – Thermometer Dropping (Feedelity)
11 – Red Rack’em – Picnic (The Revenge Remix) (Deep Freeze)
12 – Main Stem – Disturbia (Cdr)
13 – Soundstream – Dance With Me (Soundstream)
14 – Solid State – Boom (Cdr)
15 – Rick Wade – Angry Pimp (Funky Chocolate)
16 – Rondenion – Eye (Aesthetic Audio)
17 – Move D – Untitled (Workshop)
18 – Alex Attias – Kenjis Walk (Dopeness Galore)
19 – Ghost – The Club (Ghost)
20 – Liaisons Dangereuses – Peut Etre… Pas (Supersound)
21 – Actress – Crushed (Werk Discs)

Smugglers Inn Podcast 15/05/09 with Barry Fell and Nick Yuill Guestmix

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(There were some technical issues with my original post – for some reason subscribers received a copy of Barrys mix (which I linked to in the original text) instead of the show – sorry about that – but hey, it’s a good mix!)

So here’s the second May podcast and another ace guestmix. Barry Fell and Nick Yuill are 2 of the most dedicated and hard working DJs I have ever met. They reside in Edinburgh but you could transfer to any discerning dancefloor in the world and they would easily hold their own. Barry is well respected for his ace deep DJ mixes and Nick is well known in Edinburgh as the man to call when people like Theo Parrish needs a DJ partner so he’s not bad on the decks either!

As ever the show contains loads of new stuff including more ace new soul from Lee Fields, wonky french stuff from Souleance, mental Italian horror disco coming soon on Bear Funk from Bottin, more Ulysses 82 heat, new old school tinged freshness from Boogie Corporation, new Domu on the housey tip, an updated Zed Bias classic and much more…

You can stream/download the show from http://www.redrackem.com or search the itunes store for ‘Smugglers Inn’

Smugglers Inn 15/05/09

1 – Lee Fields – My World Is Empty (Stones Throw)
2 – Souleance – Cool FM (First Word)
3 – Boogie Corporation – Dirty Rips (Boogie Corporation)
4 – Bottin – Bianca (Bear Funk)

Barry Fell and Nick Yuill Guestmix

5 – Amp Fiddler, Sly & Robbie – Black House (Paint The White House Black) – (Trus’me remix) (Strut)
6 – Alif Tree – Forgotten Places – (Moodymann remix) (Compost)
7 – Be – When You Left (Prime Numbers)
8 – Status IV – You Ain’t Really Down (Jazzanova’s Hey Baby remix) (Sonar Kollektiv)
9 – Frank Booker – Universal Drive (Untracked)
10 – Manmade Science – Shadowchaser (Philpot)
11 – MXM – Jazz Seducer (Philpot)
12 – Herb Lf – Fruchtalarm (Wighnomy Brothers remix) (Farsid)

End of Barry Fell and Nick Yuill

13- Fancy Beat – Funk In (Telepazio Remix) (Rebirth)
14 – DJ Q – We Are One (Filter)
15 – Ulysses 82 – Untitled (Cdr)
16 – Dana Bergquist and Peder G – Loveshine (Downtown Party Network Remix) (Discoteca)
17 – Das Volt – Gestures (Latenightaudio)
18 – Ulysses 82 – Don’t Speak French – (Cdr)
19 – Zed Bias – Neighbourhood 2009 (Cdr)
20 – Solid State – Boom! (Cdr)
21 – Souleance – La Monde (First Word)
22 – Domu – Raw Baby (Cdr)
23 – Even Tuell – Thanden Strakk
24 – Beckett and Taylor – Ain’t Got No Wood (Spandex Remix) (Hand On The Plow)
25 – Club Silencio – Is The Night (Cdr)

Smugglers Inn Radio Tonight with Nick Yuill and Barry Fell Guestmix….

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Barry Fell and Nick Yuill are 2 stalwarts of the Scottish deep music scene and I had the pleasure of meeting them properly over the festive season pretty much straight off the plane in Edinburgh late in 2008. Within an hour we were deep into a massive Detroit music session and I immediately lodged a request for a guestmix. I have been a real fan of Barrys amazing DJ mixes for a while now and Nick has supported the likes of Theo Parrish so he’s no slouch behind the decks either. These guys have got a deep appreciation of quality music across the boards and I am really pleased to get a guestmix from them…

As ever the show will be broadcast live tonight from 7-9pm @ http://www.myhouse-yourhouse.net and the podcast will be uploaded to http://www.redrackem.com from friday or search itunes for ’smugglers inn’

We have also got the usual hot stuff as well on the show…

- more new Lee Fields soul
- more new Domu
- more from the ace Hand On The Plow crew
- new Fulgeance on One Handed
- ace new beatdown from Club Silencio
- some robo punk funk from Telespazio remixing Fancy Beat
- amazing new french beat from Souleance
- brand new Ulysses 82 heat
- more Eddie C new stuff….
- brand new Horror Disco on Bear Funk from Bottin
- and loads more….

London on Friday 8th May and Leeds on Saturday 9th May….

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So I am off on my travels again. It’s back to London on Friday 8th of May for The Smugglers Inn London Excursion with special guests Ulysses 82 and Louis Finch.

Friday 8th May Info

Music from 8pm – 1am

Smugglers Inn London Excursion @ Vibe Bar, The Trueman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Shoreditch, London

Entry – Free before 8pm/£4 after

Ulysses 82 – http://www.myspace.com/ulysses82

Ulysses 82 are a secretive production team who attend a lot of events but prefer their work to remain in the shadows with CDRs being handed out to a trusted few. They make hydraulic electro boogie music and are both blinding DJs. I featured one of their tracks in my set at the worldwide awards and some notable disco DJs were soon sniffing round these guys for some of that Ulysses heat. So expect a dynamic set from these guys.

Louis Finch

Louis is one of those rare DJs who prefers to let his blinding selection and skills do the talking. As a resident at the infamous Boogiejuice night in north yorkshire hippy haven Hebden Bridge he regularly gave guests like Derrick Carter, Andrew Weatherall and Chris Duckenfield a run for their money behind the decks. Nowadays he tends to avoid the spotlight so I am really pleased that I have persuaded him to play at this event.

As ever I will be playing some tunes as well so expect the usual mixed up fare.

Entry is free before 8pm and £4 afterwards. Get in contact if you want to be put on the guestlist.

Venue info – http://www.vibe-bar.co.uk/

Then on Saturday I am off up to Leeds to play at Mystic Brew – should be an ace night! Previous guests have included Recloose, Atjazz, Bill Brewster and James Holroyd so I can play it a bit all over the place I reckon.

Saturday 9th May Info

Mystic Brew @ SMOKESTACK, Lower Briggate, Leeds
(near ryan’s vintage & wokon)
10.30pm – 3.30pm

Red Rack’em

+TOM THORPE
+KZM KZM KZM
+HORACE_JAMES
+TOM SMITH

ONLY £5

Full info for both events is on Facebook -

Friday
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Saturday
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Smugglers Inn Podcast 01/05/09 with Greg Wilson Guestmix

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So it’s May now… Bloody hell – where’s the year going? We haven’t had a guestmix on the Smugglers Inn for a while now so who better to call than the mighty Greg Wilson! I really enjoyed hearing Greg play a downtempo set at Snowbombing during the day at the Arctic Disco so I asked if he could oblige with a guestmix. He sent me a 120 minute set which I have split into 2 parts. Part 1 on this show and part 2 in a months time.

Apart from that there’s the usual fare of brand new hot music – brand new Domu heat, world exclusive Frank Booker follow up to Universal Drive, amazing new soul from Lee Fields and Mayor Hawthorne, shedloads from the wonky tech folk at Hand On The Plow, more Eddie C goodness, more from Solid States All Out War project etc…

As ever you can download the podcast here or search itunes store for ’smugglers inn’

Smugglers Inn Radio 01/05/09

1 – Lee Fields and The Expressions – Honey Dove (Stones Throw)
2 – Mayor Hawthorne – Maybe So Maybe No (Stones Throw)
3 – Gary Davis – Got To Get Your Love (Version) (Rong)
4 – Andreas Doraus – Arrividerci (Ata Tak)

Greg Wilson Guestmix Part 1

5 – Will Powers – Adventures In Success (inst)
6 – Mark E & Dragon / Rapapellas – Body Movin’ Freaks (gw mash)
7 – Eddie Drennon Do It Nice And Easy (with love) (gw mash)
8 – Situation – Pushing Alice
9 – Reactivate #1 Gotta Keep Workin’ It (gw mash)
10 – Stevie Wonder – Superstition (todd terje edit)
11 – The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian (todd terje edit)

End of Greg Wilson Guestmix

12 – Das Volt – Fantasy (Latenightaudio)
13 – Frank Booker – Rosa (Cdr)
14 – Son Of Sound – El Mal (Tirk)
15 – Solid State – Shortwave Radiation (All Out War)
16 – Eddie C – Never Let Go (Cdr)
17 – Spandex – Fourth Wall (Hand On The Plow)
18 – Stroer – Don’t Stay Till Breakfast (Flame)
19 – Spandex – Bermuda Triangle (Hand On The Plow)
20 – Seiji – Oy Voy (remix) (Cdr)
21 – Domu – Dusk (Cdr)
22 – Beckett And Taylor – Smash (Hand On The Plow)

Smugglers Inn Radio Tonight with Greg Wilson Guestmix (part 1)

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Smugglers Inn Radio – Tonight- 7-9pm GMT

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Regular listeners will know there’s not been a guest mix for a while so I am pleased to say that we have one from the mighty Greg Wilson on tonights show.

I really enjoyed listening to Greg playing at the Arctic Disco during the day at Snowbombing last month so I asked him for something similar for the show and he obliged with an ace mix of slowish grooves. As it’s 120 mins long, I will be broadcasting it in 2 halves over this and the next show in a fortnights time.

We have also got the usual load of brand new stuff – it’s proper overload this week so I will prob have to play some of it in a couple of weeks..

Expect to hear tracks from…

Domu with brand new discoteque style stuff

Mega exclusive Frank Booker with the follow up to Universal Drive

More heat from Solid States forthcoming All Out War EP

Ace new disco wrongness from Son Of Sound

Ridiculous new beatdown from Kronk Family Enterprises

Next level tech folk from the Hand On The Plough stable

Forthcoming new digi funk from Boogie Corporation

New chocolate mentalism from Gary Davis

More deepness from Rick Wade

Some ace blue eyed soul from Stones Throw fave Mayor Hawthorne

The next thing on One Handed (I think) from Fulgeance..

Quality new disco/house from Das Volt

Brand new old freeform jazz electro from Research

And plenty more…..

The show should be available as a podcast here from Friday or search itunes store for ’smugglers inn’

Red Rack’em Picnic EP Out Now On Deep Freeze with Revenge Remix……

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Red Rack’em – Picnic EP – out now on Deep Freeze

I have been making a lot more house in the last couple of years and this is my first ‘official’ above 120bpm house release. Deep Freeze have been putting out a lot of disco stuff over the last couple of years but this release is kind of signaling their return to house so it’s a nice hook up all round. Also it’s a pure Scottish affair as I am from Fife, Deep Freeze is from Dundee and The Revenge is from Glesga (that’s Glasgow to you and I)…

The A side is called Picnic and it’s pretty deep – a Detroit influenced track which rolls along nicely. It kind of goes ‘doo der der’ – you will know what I mean if you check the soundclips.

First up on the B side is a remix of Picnic by none other than The Revenge – he’s hotter than the sahara right now and has turns in a really cool, deep chugger which will keep you on hold nicely.

Last up is the Gilles Peterson favourite Crowd Scene which contains live samples recorded and sourced from Detroit – oh yes – it’s defo on the beatdown tip this one with lots of cut up yelps and claps – and severe sub bass.

It’s had DJ support from Gilles Peterson, Laurent Garnier, Chris Duckenfield, Ashley Beedle, Harri, Tensnake etc..

The vinyl is available to buy at the usual outlets…

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/

http://www.phonicarecords.co.uk/detail.aspx?ID=35877

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/348266-01.htm

It will be available digitally in 4-6 weeks.

Tubbs feat Joe Dukie – New Way Of Life – Marlinspike Remix out now…

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This has been kicking around on promo for a wee while now and has now finally been released on Exceptional. Tubbs from Atlantic Conveyor meets Joe Dukie from Fat Freddys Drop and is then severely dubbed out by Marlinspike with additional vocals and saxophone from Pippa Marland.

I think all those years of my dad playing me Big Youth Natty Cultural Dread payed off on this one – it’s pretty dubby and be warned – it’s a bit of a speaker masher!

Its available digitally from Itunes here – http://snipurl.com/g829w

Smugglers Inn Podcast 16/04/09

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So here is the second podcast in April and it features quite a lot of new names and first releases on fledgling labels. So it’s looking all good for the future of our music… Well for at least another year or 2 I hope! The tracks were flying in for inclusion on tue/wed so I just want to say a massive BIG UP to all the producers and labels who contributed to this show.

In this episode of The Smugglers Inn we have Solid States new venture All Out War, more wonked out house straight out of Russia from SE62, ridiculous new beatdown from Negghead, massive new hip hop from Bullion and Rekordah, Ian Dury being put in the blender by Borderliners, ace new Juju And Jordash out soon on Dekmantle, new L.E.S.S stuff from The Revenge, new electro bruk from Seiji, new electro disco from Semte, a preview of the next Hot Coins EP on Untracked and much much more…..

As ever you can download/stream the podcast from here or search itunes store for ’smugglers inn’

Smugglers Inn 15/04/09

1 – Eddie C – Get Down – Cdr
2 – Paul White – The Hustle – Bullion Remix – One Handed
3 – Raffertie – Anti Social – Rekordah Remix – Seclusiasis
4 – The Undisputed Truth – Space Machine – Cosmic Boogie Edit – Cosmic Boogie
5 – Lone – A Ridge Between Mountains – Dealmaker
6 – Borderliners – Discology – Cdr
7 – Orlando Julius – Disco Highlife – Favourite
8 – Rekordah –Burger Sauce – Cdr
9 – Research – ??? – Cdr
10 – Seiji – Raving A – Cdr
11 – Lone – Sharpest View Of The Sun – Dealmaker
12 – Negghead – Being – Wax On
13 – Biting Tongues – You Can Choke Like That – Situation 2
14 – Bedmo Disco Revue – Moneycrazy – Cdr
15 – Semtek – Idiotland – Cdr
16 – The Revenge – Looking Up To You – L.E.S.S
17 – Solid State – America – All Out War
18 – Hot Coins – I Have Seen – Untracked
19 – Situation – Love In Me – Situation
20 – KRL – Recession Beat – Wolf Music
21 – Hot Coins – Chinese Electro – Autodiscoteque
22 – SE62 – Untitled 2 – Cdr
23 – Juju + Jordash – Deep Blue Meanies – Dekmantle