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Glitterball XIII: Speaksleazy

Glitterball — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:43:01 +0000

Residents Special, 31st May 2013, Designersblock Studios, 32 Cremer St, E2, £TBC (It’ll be as cheap as possible)

Glitterball XIII: Speaksleazy

Glitterball — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:28:29 +0000

Psst. Hey, wise guy… you lookin for a good time? just come outta the clinker? What's that in yer pocket, a dime and a smile? Fixin' for some good times around the joanna? We got dames, games and enough moonshine to turn you blind. Password is "Günter".

Just read around the anachronisms 'cos we're heading back to the glamour and decadence of prohibition-era New York.

Uncle Sam has clamped down on booze so you gotta be quick if you wanna get slick, and we've got just the joint for a sneaky gin or three.

Marcos Valle – Estrelar

Glitterball — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:15:56 +0000

This killer piece of Brazilian Boogie from Marcos Valle holds the much-coveted accolade of my favourite record this week. If only his mother knew. She’d be mighty proud. By all accounts, Marcos had a long and varied music career, working his way through pretty much every genre of Brazilian music, and on to psychedelic rock and disco. He was also the go-to-man whenever one of the Brazilian soap operas’ needed a musical score. So on one hand he’s a hard-working and highly creative musician with some amazing output, and on the other he’s some commercial sell-out who sold his soul to the TV stations. Judging by the look on his face in the album artwork I don’t think he gives a shit what your opinion on the matter is. Either that or he’s concerned about the ridiculous number of cocktails he has to work his way through. Drink up Marcos…

Glitterball XII: Pagan Ritual

Glitterball — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:01:07 +0000

Special guest: Gatto Fritto

10th November 2012, Bar 512, London

Glitterball XIIslit the artery of religious tomfoolery and scattered its blood over the walls 'neath a moon of silver and dangly pentanglys of EVIL.

Stone Henge was missing a few rocks, Druid Marcus was missing a few marbles, and Gatto Fritto played a spellbinding set that unleashed heathen-like orgasms 'pon the dancefloor.

The The – GIANT

Glitterball — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:08:53 +0000

What an appropriate name for a record. I was reminded of this gem on Facebook recently when the ever generous Rob J had another of his infamous late-night youtube musical spam-fests where he divulges record after record of pretty reliably awesome music. I think its far to say that, as far as uplifting 80s records with more than a hint of *gag* Balearia go, The The‘s GIANT ranks pretty high on the list. Mention of “sun” in the lyrics? Tick. African-esque chanting? Tick. Undeniable groove? Tick. It may not be the rarest choice but goddamn it’s a solid one.

Gregory Porter – 1960 What (Opolopo Kick Bass Rerub)

Simon — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:52:05 +0000

Ok I’m not going to lie. I co-opted this from a Four Tet website article where he was listing some tracks what he liked. But it’s great, and he doesn’t own it, so BACK OFF. A moving slice of jazzy dancefloor nearly-house that will rightfully position you as a chin-stroking auteur of the finest degree when you pop it on the decks in the middle of a house set. And in the fickle world of DJing, there’s nothing better than throwing people into a trance-like fit of “WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??”. Also it drops recognisably trendy placenames like “Motor City”, which techno, jazz and soul luvvies will recognise as another name for “Detroit” and shoot their trouser-cream over because really all you need to be a true techno/jazz/soul head is to go nuts over place-names. Right gang?? Go nuts.

Yo Yo Honey – Groove On (DJ Pierre Dub)

Marcus — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:11:34 +0000

Feel the pump. DJ Pierre delivering a remix that is EVERYTHING A HOUSE RECORD SHOULD BE in a classic wild pitch style. Pumping bassline? Tick. Vocal about being taken? Tick. Drama? Oh yes, by the bucket load… It’s one of those rare records that somehow manages to be both soft and soulful, yet utterly nasty at the same time. Can’t get enough of it.

vtothed – We See Cool Babes Dancing In Water

Marcus — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:10:08 +0000

This slice of late night house music has just made its way to the Tube, so I thought I ought to post it up as it’s had a lot of airplay round mine recently. I’m glad someone has posted it to youtube, mainly because it’s helped me figure out how to pronounce the name (vothed? tothed? ftothd?) V to the D makes much more sense… Trying to pick a favourite track from the EP is tricky, as they’re all great. Proper deep, trippy house for the time of the night when things start to get a little bit weird.

Strategy – Dub In My System

Marcus — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:09:27 +0000

Picked up this 7″ the other day and have been listening to it quite a bit since then so thought I’d to the honorable thing and spread the word. ZamZam Sounds is a rather fine little record label from Portland, Oregon who have just had a great run of new 7″ dub releases – a label well worth checking out. Anyhow, both sides of this 7″ make me think of outer space (which is always a good thing in music as far as I’m concerned), and for some reason Hardware Dub makes me think of washing machines, which is quite peculiar and probably more to do with me than the actual music.

Harmony Cats – Harmony Cats Theme

Marcus — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:26:10 +0000

This is Brazilian disco funk at it’s very best. The Harmony Cats were a Sao Paulo based female quintet who mostly did disco covers of rock songs and movie themes, and apparently were fairly successful in their native Brazil until the group disbanded in the mid-80s. Harmony Cats’ Theme is one of their earlier recordings and rather than being a cover of some second-rate pop song it’s original material. Apart from the odd MFSB-style vocal stab it’s pretty much an instrumental record, and what an instrumental it is! A killer groove, lush stings, guitar licks, flutes… you name it, it’s in there and all wrapped up in a tropical dose of Brazilian sunshine.