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12-02-10

JAAR JAAR JAAR

Its no surprise that we’re massivly info Azari & III but fast becoming another of our favourite producers is Nicolas Jaar. This remix of the aforementioned Canuck’s latest single has got to be close to perfection… this is a serious contender for the top of the tree when it comes to a lot of people’s tracks of the year…

What’s more the lovely people at XLR8R are giving it away free… so grab it up from the link below.

Azari & III Into the Night (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
FREE DOWNLOAD

12-01-10

PICTURE HOUSE GOT THE LOVE

Picture House just sent us this tasty little nugget, that as you’d guess from the title is a cover of the ubiquitous Candi Staton number of the same name. I cant help but think there’s been a little Christmassy influence in here, well at least that or he’d been glugging a few Gluehwein’s whilst putting this together, because although the original remains true as a stout underbelly there’s a festive ping alongside the acidic pop twist that he’s created.

Check it out for yourself, i think you’ll rather like it, and while you’re here why not get involved in his recent mixtape as he gets down and dusty with a collection of his favourite records from all over the place recorded live… yeah live, on them spinny things.

Picture House – You’ve Got The Love (Picture House Mix)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2jkpln

Mix:
http://soundcloud.com/picture-house/playing-favourites-podcast-vol-1

1. Joey Negro presents Kola Kube – Why (Hot Toddy Club Mix)
2. The Temper Trap – Rest (Picture House Remix)
3. Trujillo – Baby You’re Still The Same (Social Disco Club Sexual Flashback mix feat. Lucy Walker)
4. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music (The Revenge Rework)
5. Bonar Bradberry – Siula Grande (Pete Herbert Remix)
6. Space Ranger – Costa Verde
7. Ilija Rudman – See (Martin Brodin Remix)
8. Runaway – The Fire Below (The Revenge Remix)
9. Tornado Wallace – Twirl & The Beanstalk
10. Jacques Renault – Pleasure
11. Soundstream – Live Goes On
12. Kim Ann Foxman – Creature

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12-01-10

DECEMBER MIXTAPE

Scott Yeah back at the helm and rounding things off for 2010 with blissfull mix of dreamy pop, cosmic disco and chugging house to warm those wintery toes and get the blood throbbing through those veins again… Enjoy!

1. Aeroplane – Without Lies (Breakbot Remix) [Eskimo Recordings]
2. Maserati – Inventions (Justin Vandervolgen Remix) [Temprary Resistance]
3. Dual Shaman – Ocean Breeze [Wltd]
4. Dj Godfather – On Da Flo’ (Djuma Bootleg) [Get Physical]
5. Azari & Iii – Into The Night (Prince Language Remix) [Scion Av]
6. Brass Connection – Happy People [Pol_on Edit]
7. Stopmakingme – K & Big V (The Deadstock 33s Remix) [Kill ‘em All]
8. Maxxi Soundsystem -criticize [Maxxi Soundystem]
9. Caribou – Sun (Midland Edit) [Domino]
10. Siriusmo – Blaue Sonne [Monkeytown Records]

Mixed By: Scott Yeah

DECEMBER MIXTAPE by ContortYourself

Itunes Podcast:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/contort-yourself/id335159744

Alternative Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8336059192382042/

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11-26-10

LEGGINGS

If you dont know about BOWSKI get to know cos he’s doing BIG things. Signed up to Fake Bloods imaginatively title “Blood Music” label his EP nestled in resently and has been making some serious waves. We’ve got no idea where to put his sound, it just new and fresh, which in todays climate is no mean feet. Im not gonna waffle on anymore if you waanna read more there’s the official word from the aforementioned label boss, but check out what all the fuss is about and pick up his EP from the link below and a cheeky bonus remix of one of our favourite tracks of the year.

Pick up the EP here: http://boomkat.com/downloads/344569-bowski-leggings-talkbox

BONUS TRACK:
Caribou – Sun (Bowski Remix)

Read more…

11-25-10

YOU DONT HAVE TO THINK TWICE… TWICE!

The lovely people over at Traveller sent us a promo of the latest Kojak Giant Sounds EP from Brighton’s Maxi Soundsystem on which the lead track “Criticize” is an absolute corker. The more astute of you may have realised that its a edit of the monster Alexander O’ Neal club jam of the same name, but dragged kicking and screaming up in to a 21st century disco, complete with a throbbing 80s power bassline,  housey keys and punctuated by those trademark soulful vocals. We’re so into this it hurts so expect it to get a serious wheeling out at the Mega Mega Mix next weekend.

Maxxi Soundsystem – “Criticize” by Kojak Giant Sounds™

Due for release before the end of the year you can pick up this and a load more over at Juno Here.

And for those of you not familiar… the original:

11-24-10

HAVE A NICE DAY

We’re big fans of Keytars & Violins and this new mix that they posted up the other day is an absolute corker!

Tracklisting.

1. Hardway Bros – Relaxer
2. Rah Band – Clouds Across The Moon (Kasper Bjorke Intergalactic Dub Version)
3. Matt O’Brien – The Gauntlet (KiNK Remix)
4. Hunee – Like That
5. JR Seaton – Azklementyne (JR Seaton’s Humdrum Dub)
6. Awanto 3 – I Am Cumming Baby
7. Soundstream – All Night
8. Mag & The Suspects – Erection
9. Dorisburg – Mima
10. Relict – Digital Curved Sky
11. Adam Marshall – North At Night
12. Recloose – Land Of The Lost Dance
13. Chicago Damn – Hold On
14. Cisco Cisco – If You Want Me (Jay Shepheard Remix)
15. Michael J Collins – Relaxtion Electric
16. Kelpe – Age Concerns

go check out their blog… its lots of fun: Keytars & Violins

11-23-10

A HOYA THERE MATIES!

Now i know most of you probably ran out to Piccadilly Records the day this bad boy dropped and scooped up a copy for every member of your family in an “Getting all my Xmas shopping done early” frenzy, but for those of you that dont own one of them spinny things its now been released on digital through Boomkat.

Here’s the blurb: “Manchester’s Illum Sphere and Jonny Dub present the debut release on their newly minted Hoya:hoya imprint named after the much acclaimed Manchester club night of the same name. By far the highlight of the release is Lone’s ‘Let The Music Play’, a unique sounding disco track with a thumping kick drum and distorted vocals layered to great effect before a rugged synthline takes everything down a notch. Illum Sphere, meanwhile, deploys a killer slowed down take on UK Funky which starts off with a trademark ambient wash and thudding drums before a synth reminiscent of his recent Titan 12″ on 3024 takes over and the whole thing collapses back in on itself. Rounding off the twelve is Krystal Klear with a very 80s sounding piece of modern boogie complete with handclaps and those apt crystal synths. A seriously heavy twelve and a perfect start to what promises to be a label to watch.”

at £1.95 for all 3 tracks you might as well treat yourself even if you got the 12″

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11-23-10

GETTIN’ DOWN AND DUSTY

Lifelong Contort Yourself friend, all round nice guy and co-founder of Charity Shoppe; John & On has just dropped somewhat of a bomb on our laps. After putting together a mix for a friend that strictly adhered to the CHARITY SHOPPE MANIFESTO he thought it only right to share it with the rest of us. The mixtape is very synthpop and kind of darkwaved-tinged and, as you’d expect, done live on a very shoddy mixer with plenty of crackling and buzzing to boot.

THE CHARITY SHOPPE MANIFESTO:

• ALL RECORDS PLAYED MUST HAVE COME FROM A CHARITABLE OUTLET, FLEA MARKET OR FOUND FORLORN ON THE STREET.
• ALL RECORDS PLAYED MUST HAVE COST THE OWNER NO MORE THAN TWO ENGLISH POUNDS.
• ALL & SUNDRY ARE WELCOME TO BRING ALONG THEIR OWN CHARITY SHOP GEMS TO BE PLAYED (SUBJECT TO A LAX VETTING PROCESS).
• CHARITY SHOPPE IS AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITIES EVENT, NO GENRES OF MUSIC ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
• MARVIN GAYE IS GOD.

ALL MUSIC, GOOD AND BAD, WAS LOVED ONCE BY SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE

To find out more about CHARITY SHOPPE check their Facebook Page

1. Tomita – Somersaults in Space (Debussy – Snowflakes are Dancing)
2. Yazoo – Winter Kills
3. Japan – Life in Tokyo (Theme)
4. Techno Twins – Donald and Julie Go Boating
5. Soft Cell – Facility Girls
6. Human League – Being Boiled
7. Landscape – Shake the West Awake
8. Heaven 17 – Come Live With Me
9. Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease
10. OMD – Georgia
11. Yazoo – State Farm
12. Visage – Mind of a Toy
13. The Fun Boy Three – Summer of ‘82
14. Bow Wow Wow – El Boss Dicho!
15. Magazine – About The Weather
16. Heaven 17 – Are Everything
17. Erasure – Don’t Dance
18. Blancmonge – See The Train
19. Bronski Beat – It Ain’t Necessarily So

Download the Mix HERE

11-22-10

MEGA MEGA MIX

Not only will this be the last Contort Yourself of 2010 but it also heralds the last Contort Yourself in our current format… With the New Year on the horizon, we’re taking a brief sabbatical over January returning back in Feb 2011 (same dates, same venue, don’t worry) but in an altogether different guise. We’ll leave it at that for the time being, but be sure to watch this space for more info early in the new year… so to celebrate the end of this year we though it only right to get stuck into everyone’s favourite the MEGA MIX, but with a little added MEGANESS!

The best Djs from Manchester’s Most awesome nights weren’t available, so we scrabbled together this bunch of idiots to get a bit too drunk and play totally awesome music right down your listening holes.

Dan English (Naïve Melody)
Oscar Wildstyle (Everywhere)
The Countach (Jupiter Rooms)
Benjamin Yourself (CoYo / Freitags)
S’il Vous Plait
Oldboy (Eat My Beat / CoYo)
Natalie Esquire (Murkage / Super Super)
Scott Yeah & GezMagus (CoYo)

We cant think of a better way to see off the end of the year and this chapter of Contort Yourself, so we hope you can join us for what will prove to be an unforgettable night!

SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER
11PM-3AM THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER
£4 b4 11.30 / £5 Adv or Flyer / £6 After.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

11-17-10

HAPPY WEDNESDAY

Thank the lord we’re half way through the week already.

Roll on Saturday for our boy Tamer’s club night Eat My Beat on Saturday with the wonderful Mosca.

EAT MY BEAT WITH MOSCA
The Roadhouse, Saturday 17th November

Mosca has smashed it this year, his fusion of bashment, grime, house, garage and techno making waves across various scenes. He featured on the first Night Slugs release, then later with his own Square One E.P, r…emixed Four Tet and Foals,featured on Fabric’s Elevator Music CD and put together countless mixes for the likes of BBC Radio 1, Fabric and many more.

“Mosca’s tracks are primarily built to power dance floors, but they are also deceptively sophisticated. They demonstrate an understanding of post-dubstep bass science while echoing the structures, textures and general sense of hedonistic abandon that characterised first generation hardcore”
ResidentAdvisor.net

Mosca Fabric Mix
http://soundcloud.com/fabric/mosca-fabriclive-promo-mix

Mosca Interview
http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/introducing-mosca

Mosca
http://soundcloud.com/deejaymosca
http://www.facebook.com/deejaymosca

£3 advance available from Gaffs

£5 DOOR
11pm-3am

£2 beers
£3 double and mixer
£1.50 shots..

11-12-10

SO SAD SO SAD…

Jacques Greene is an incredible hot new producer / dj / performer from Montreal. At the tender age of 20, he is raising the bar on the net level of club, house, dance music with mind blowing productions and a super slick style. The awesome “(Baby I Don’t Know) What You Want” has been doing the rounds for a little while now and see’s a full release on Night Slugs next month.

However his Debut release THE LOOK EP drops next week (16th Nov) on Lucky Me and is seriously worth checking out! To wet your appetite check this little preview mix with snipits of all 4 tracks:

LM007 – JACQUES GREENE – THE LOOK by Jacques Greene

But yeah i know you want something for free right… well cop for his mix he dropped exclusively of original material for Dazed Digital.

http://www.mediafire.com/?j3e2c56r2tq7fql

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11-11-10

JUSTIN MARTIN

As you know we love a good bumpy beat here at Contort Yourself, and as bumpy beat purveyors go they don’t get much bumpier than Justin Martin.

Feeding off the energy of the San Francisco underground and mentored by fellow super producer Claude VonStroke, Justin was intrinsically involved with the development of dirtybird records, appearing on its first four releases. Justin was soon ready to take flight, releasing a string of solo EPs which flaunted a very unique sound and garnered still more respect among fellow DJs and heavyweight’s of the scene.


As well as his formidable arsenal of original productions, Justin is now equally known for his collaborations with his brother Christian as The Martin Brothers, producing such hip-hop influenced hits as ‘Duckface’, ‘Stoopit’, ‘Dum’. Justin has also made his mark remixing such bona fide classics as Radiohead’s ‘Nude’, Marshall Jefferson’s ‘Mushrooms’, and TG’s ‘Revox’, firmly establishing himself as the man to make big tracks even bigger.

As well as being a genius, he’s also mighty generous. If you head over to his Soundcloud page there’s a veritable cornucopia of sonic delights including classic tracks and mixes including his stellar Bedroom Music sets.

Here’s a trio of bangers for you to be getting on with.

Justin Martin feat. Nav Tha Shah – Chicken Tetrazzini

Justin Martin and Claude Vonstroke – Beat That Bird

Radiohead – Nude (Justin Martin remix)

11-11-10

CRYSTAL CASTLES / ROBERT SMITH

If you’re not signed up to MP3 of the day from teh lovely people at RCRDLBL then i would strongly recommend you do… who doesn’t want free music straight to your inbox every day??? Not everyday to i get involved but todays offering got my juices going.

When i first heard “Air War” i literally shit. At that time it was possibly everything i wanted. Crystal Castles not only sounded the part, but they looked it too, the graphics, the attitude, the style, they were the full package. So a few years on this little number has somewhat rekindled my love for these guys. The best comment of their sound i read once was that it was like “Listening to children’s nursery rhymes played backwards on Gameboys, while being showered by acid rain”. Cant say i agree more, although this ones got that funny bloke with the big hair from that band the cure sigining on it… its time to get involved.

11-10-10

KINGDOM KINGDOM

KINGDOM’S WORLD TOUR KICK STARTS TOMORROW!

Pretty gutted there’s no Manchester date but hey ho, I’ll be in full effect at the Night Slugs All Stars compilation launch at Counter Culture on Friday moving my booty back and forth to Ciara like it was made to. FROM DUSK TO DAWN! Not much can fuck with that line up son…

BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990
GIRL UNIT
KINGDOM
JAM CITY
DEEP TEKNOLOGI
LIL SILVA
plus OFF MODERN hosting room 2 w/ Greenmoney, Tomb Crew and residents…

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FRIDAY 12th NOVEMBER
10pm – 6am @ brand new venue COUNTER CULTURE
7-9 Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW

£5 Earlybird.
£8 Advance,
£10 On the door

AV IT!

11-10-10

IF YOU KEN WHIT AH MEAN?

Numbers on Friday with James Blake, Girl Unit and Joker was just as I thought it would be….MENTAL. Some bright spark (or some bright sparks cigarette) set the fire alarm off during in Joker’s set and we saw someone get whacked around the chops with a belt buckle. Then we got complimentary chicken nuggets in McDonald to soak up all the Bucky. Glasgow, you dreamboat.

Anyways, here’s a nice new mix from the one they call Jackmaster straight outta the Numbers camp with a tracklist to boot. Ranging from Ludacris to T. Williams and Untold, this one is sure to get all those eclectic tastebuds a ring-a-dinging.

Jackmaster Mix by Pigeon Promotions

Track list:
Ludacris – Girls Gone Wild
Cowbell Edit
DJ Sneak – Move Your Butt
James Fox – New Jack Swing (Unreleased)
Bounce Camp – Big Dancin (Top Billin’)
Pearson Sound – Blanked (Forthcoming Hessle)
T. Williams & Breach – The Bees (Unreleased)
Untold – Stereo Freeze (R&S)
R1 Ryders – ???? (Unreleased)
Horsepower Productions – Mexican Slayride (Forthcoming Tempa)
Joe / Ludacris – How Low Claptrap (DJ Orgasmic Blend)
Hudson Mohawke – Thunder Bay (Unreleased)
Alias – Gladiator (4×4 Mix)

11-09-10

UM OK, WELL STOP MAKING ME THEN

We got dropped this killer FREE track and mixtape from Stopmakingme to share with you guys… its a churning cosmic banger and, yeah, you should be! We couldn’t be arsed writing anything because we also got sent this lovely blurb that tells you pretty much everything you want to know about him and this forthcoming EP… read on if that’s what floats your boat or just pillage the goods linked at the bottom, but anyway im off brush up on my gully creeper and dutty wine, so i’ll leave you with this:

“Stopmakingme is well known for his residency at London institution Fabric as well as regular appearances at nights such as Bugged Out and Durrr. Now his star is set to rise further as Erol Alkan has hand picked him to be the resident DJ for his Phantasy Sound label, hosting their radio show and helming their new club night.

The EP is culmination of all things he loves about the dancefloor and influences he’s absorbed from London life. Arpeggiators and analogue synths; oddball Italo Disco big enough to work in main rooms; rolling Krautrock basslines and current bands like Factory Floor who have helped resurrect them; Hot Mix 5 hand claps; pulsing electroclash with camp vocals; the simplicity of ESG and every other early Factory Records release as well as the modern day electro he’s grown up on like Simian Mobile Disco, The Chemical Brothers, Erol and Tiga, all of whom he’s had the chance to warm up for, hands shaking uncontrollably every time.

Dan’s love for Trash, Optimo, Soulwax and older references like The Paradise Garage all come through in his DJ sets where electro and techno sit alongside updated post-punk, huge disco, mutant new wave and perfect pop choruses whilst no momentum – or any dancefloor – is lost.

He also co-runs the hugely successful Kill Em All club night with the Filthy Dukes, championing new music made by live bands as much as electronic artists. It’s a place where “an amazingly exciting new live act could blow the mind of a techno kid whilst an indie band in the corner think of how quickly they could sell their guitars and buy samplers when dancing to Boy 8-Bit.” In the odd spare moment, Dan also writes a regular feature for Dummy Magazine where he interviews others within his scene (as well as a few heroes.)”

Stream Full EP:  http://soundcloud.com/stopmakingme/sets/wrapped-in-plastic-ep-kill-em-all-records

Download: K & Big V – The Deadstock 33s Remix (MP3 192) / Discuss (MP3 192)

Mixtape: http://soundcloud.com/stopmakingme/stopmakingme-autumn-2010-mix

11-02-10

THE RETURN OF BASSLINE?

Just found this bad boy on the Mixpak Records Blog. DJ Pantha with some stealth new bassline track called ‘Candy Shop’.

‘WHEN YOU WAS SLEEPING…I SAID I WAS CREEPING’

I think the majority of people hated bassline, but I enjoyed the MC’s with Huddersfield accents and dancing like this…

11-01-10

TILT SHIFT

We posted the new Mosca track, ‘Tilt Shift’ on the blog a few weeks back…and now Manchester’s own from Swing Ting boys Samrai & Platt have gone done a killer remix of it for your aural pleasure.

Mosca – Tilt Shift [swing ting remix] by Samrai
The Tilt Shift EP is forthcoming on Fat City this autum/winter.

If you like what you hear then Mosca plays at The Oldboy’s night, EAT MY BEAT, on 20th November. It’ll be way into Movember so I expect to see the porn taches in full effect by then.

11-01-10

SHAKE A LETTUCE

Positively laughing out at the In The City show when someone in a crowd thought Shake Aletti were called Shake A Lettuce. And I think it was someone flashing an official pass…aren’t you supposed to know about music?

A

11-01-10

FLEX YOUR BICEP

With the stench of Halloween still thick in the air our guest at this weekends rave BICEP dropped us over a dastardly mix to get things warmed up. Its part of their 3 hour Marathon Halloween mixtape. The last third being devoted to us and their forthcoming show, specially sliced off neatly into an hour chunk for your listening pleasure. This darkness was compiled over the past year from scored film soundtracks, dusty vinyls and anything we have recorded. Bicep take you on a journey though all the sounds that have shaped their favourite time of year…

Brian Bennet – Chain Reaction
Master C & J – Face It
Gino Soccio – There’s a Woman
M – Pop Muzik (Todd Terje Remix)
The Immortals – The Ultimate Warlord
Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder (Fast Eddie Mix)
Lime – On The Grid)
Shakedown – At Night (Alan Braxe Mix)
Hard Ton – Flawless (Lowlow Flow Mix)
Inner City – Big Fun (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
Quando Quando – Love Tempo (Remix)
Blackbelt Andersen – Sondag
Actor One – Popcorn
Soft Rocks – Light Bulb / Yello – Angel No
Oni Ayhun – OAR003 – B
Isolee – My Hi-Matic
Smoky N Mirrors – Trippy Disco
Musique – Summer Of Love
A Number of Names – Shari Vari

DOWNLOAD THE MIX / GET TICKETS