Well, throughout the last few years Ive been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to make tunes, and how to make them sound great. Slowly but surely I think im improving, and with the help of a few collaborations was able to give the good folks at We Love a mix of tracks Ive/We’ve been doing over the last year.
To download the mix visit here
Here’s a few bits im playing this month featuring MK, Scuba, Soft Rocks and many more…
After the success of our opening party with Cottam et al. We’re back this autumn this time in the cozy confinements of the Dens backroom, the Kitchen, with young upstarts Bicep. This is there first trip to the northeast so we hope to make it a special one indeed.
BICEP (Throne of Blood)
Ian Blevins (We Love/ Future Disco/ T.O.C)
6th Finger (Warm/ T.O.C)
Bicep – Biography
Bicep are a duo that hail from Belfast, brought together through a common obsession with all things analog. Their blog, Feel My Bicep, has grown to be the first port of call for those searching for cutting-edge and hard-to-find disco (nu and old) / chicago-house / detroit techno / italo / edits and the like. Growing with an amalgamation of jazz, rock and funk helped Bicep form an obscure approach and understanding of music. After each picking up a pair of Technics turntables in their early teens, Andy and Matt set about collecting records and experimenting to find their own style. Skip forward several years and countless DJ gigs and they realized they needed to make their own brand- succumbing to, as Bicep describe it, “80s inspired analog house“
Their first 12″ on Citizen Kane’s Ghost town records sold out within a week gaining worldwide support, whilst their debut on New York’s Throne of Blood records, was among the most downloaded tracks on xlr8r.com (currently still highest rated) topped the charts on boomkat.com, and also made Tim Sweeney’s Favorite LP’s and Singles list over at Beats In Space!
In addition to a busy schedule producing original tracks (look out for Bicep’s EP2 coming early 2011 on Throne of Blood, and forthcoming releases on Mystery Meat and a host of other labels), remixing, and DJing around Europe, Asia, and the US, Bicep along with their co-pilot Rory find time to update their, FEELMYBICEP.com, providing a window into the singular aesthetic that is Bicep.
www.feelmybicep.com
Facebook event
Here’s some recent mixes by the boys
LOUCHE PODCAST
http://www.feelmybicep.com/2011/08/25/louche-podcast/
HOT TUB JAMZ MIX
http://www.feelmybicep.com/2011/09/05/bicep-hot-tub-jamz/
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The Den
8, Neville Street, NE1 5EN Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Den-Newcastle/161690517178710
The Kitchen is the 2nd room of the underground club, The Den, which is in the heart of Newcastle. For this special night, we are not opening the main room, but looking for a more intimate party.
The Kitchen would not look out of place in Berlin, London or Leeds. Just like Public Life in London, the kitchen is an unique venue which is small but perfectly formed atmospheric room which has 3 redlights and the decks set up on a Fridge.
Ticket info
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Tickets go on sale Friday 9/09/11 at 10:00am
£10 plus booking. LIMITED TO 150
This is a part recording of the set I played mid Monday afternoon in an excellent villa surrounded by good people, good weather and a good booze. Think we missed an hour or two off either side but who really knows. Best guesses don’t really matter here. All that matters is the music we did record.
Ive roughly wrote down a quick tracklisting so Ill tidy or add to the tracklisting as I go. I forget a few of the tunes, so if anyone can help me remember them then drop me a message, otherwise. So, here’s just over 3 hours of what we recorded. Hope it helps the folk who were their bring back some memories, and to those that weren’t, I hope you enjoy.
actress – maze
barrabas – on the road again
2 Bears – The Church
Swayzak – Stronger Love
DJ Ageishi – Rain Parade
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Harmony – Cant let you go
Temptations – Smiling Faces
Matthew Herbert – The audience
4Hero – Les Fleur
Andy Gibb – Shadow Dancing
Matt Dear – ? [Nico Jaar remix]
1.04 – ??
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Ibex – Jericho
Russ Yallops – Crossroads
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KOT – Fade II Black
Levon Vincetn – Love Technique
Wild Geese – The Runner
Julio Bashmore – Batty
Culoe De Song – Webaba
Closer Musik – ?
Time marches on
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity [Francois k mix]
Russ Yallop – I never
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2.29
Patrick Cowley – Do you wanna funk
Love BIzarre remix
Prince wanna be your lobster
HOt Chocolate – Put your love in me
2.59 – ?
Murphy Jax –
Neal Howard –
3.11 ?
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Bit late on the update for this one here, but first off we’d like to thank all that came down. It was a fabulous first night, and we hope to build on that with more parties in the months to come. Keep 1st October in your diary 😉
Here’s a few pictures from the night taken on the terrace. Ta!
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After buying this 45 in the winter, i fancied knocking up a little edit that spliced the a and b sides on one convenient tune. the bog standard extensions and a little kick drum, and its sounding nicely in some of my recent sets. here ye go. whilst you’re here, have a search for other bits by the intruders and purchase some nice vinyl.
[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/20986946"]Here’s a stream link to a mix i did for the We Love that features on Sonica Radio every saturday. Enjoy
Augmented Ibiza is a application that tells you everything you need to know when you’re in the island. It monitors all the action on the island as everyone checks in and rates where they are to give you a live feed of what’s on, when things are getting hotter, and where you need to be at that moment, from a superclub to a party in a cave. As well as this is contributions from top DJ’s such as Sascha, Carl Cox and little old me.
http://www.augmentedibiza.com/
http://www.augmentedibiza.com/download
http://www.facebook.com/AugmentedIbiza
Featuring the likes of Mark E, Midland, The Bears and Recloose……
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ianblevins/top10?chart=77718
At We Love opening I was wearing clothes from the newly formed mydragonfly label. A good label for a very worthy cause. Check out their website here for full info. www.mydragonfly.co.uk.
Here’s a video by co label founder, Garry McManus capturing some moments from the night.