Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Disco Sirens Promo Video


Here's the video for Disco Sirens...
Now, normally I wouldn't go for a treatment that simply said 'Three beautiful girls dancing to your song'... but the fact it came from Seb Janiak made all the difference. He is responsible for the excellent Vanity 9 series, Daft Punks 'Burnin' and always shoots beautiful women beautifully...
And for me it's more Vogue than Nuts, a very important difference.

You may sense a slightly desperate air of me trying to justify having a sexy video and it's true I went to a Catholic primary school, and yes I can hear the nuns in the Convent tutting away.. I'm sorry Sister Concepta..





Monday, 14 April 2008

60 Minute Mix


This is a mix I did recently for XFM. 
The razor sharp amongst you will notice that the last 20 minutes is very similar to the Back Room Mix.. well done you. 

And here's a picture of some fine pencils too..
Should have been a competition prize really. 

Midfield General -   Error    Skint
Mijk van Dijk, DJ Rok 
Jack Your Ass Gigilo Records
Fiest
My Moon, My Man (Boyz Noise Remix) Polydor
Krazy Baldhead
Crazy Moth3f2ck8z (Midfield General Rx) Ed Banger
Feadz
Numanoid Ed Banger
The Subs
Airpolis Suicide Records
Midfield General
Disco Sirens (DIM Remix) Skint
D'Secret SVC
Tight Jeans (Fuck Off Radio Mix) Coco Machete
Goose
Bring It On (Teenage Bad Girl Rx) Skint
Tronik House 
We Are Back Yard
At The Drive In
One Armed Scissor Grand Royal
Vaughan Mason 
Bounce, Rock, Skate & Roll Brunswick
Midfield General
Disco Sirens Skint
Nitro Deluxe
Let's Get Brutal Cutting Records
Rah Digga
Party & Bullshit (Rekid Percolator Re-Edt) J Records
Holy Fuck 
Royal Gregory Young Turks
Late Of The Pier
The Bears Are Coming (BTWS Re Animation) Parlophone
The Corsican Brothers
Whole Lotta Disco CDR

On The Floor At The Boutique





So here is my 'On The Floor At The Boutique' mix CD. Originally released in April 2000 it was the 3rd in the series following Fatboy Slim & The Lo-Fidelity Allstars. 
I made a real effort to cram in as many of my own personal Boutique favourites and certainly had the alterior motive of showing how musically diverse the club was..

I loved the cover of this, it was a time when compilations where always adorned with beautiful club bunnies.. So we put up this picture of Scott, one of our favourite regulars.

and here's a link to the tracklisting on Discogs. I'm not being lazy, it just means you can find all the originals if you so desire.. honestly.

www.discogs.com/release/25383



Guardian Blog about Big Beat


I was asked to write a piece for The Guardians Music Blog site about Big Beat..
To be honest this scared the hell out of me, for a long time the term has haunted me... and i would recoil with revulsion if it was ever uttered in my presence. So I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to do this, however after much soul searching it turned out quite cathartic to be honest and I can look back at those days with some pride instead of apologising for what it became.. I might even put up my On The Floor AT The Boutique mix...


Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Tuesday, 12 February 2008