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07-28-10

OLDBOY TOP 10

OLDBOY treats us to what’s currently floating his boat this month with a round up of his top 10 tunes… Judging by the Disco heavy selection he’s been digging deep for his forthcoming appearance at FREITAGS this Friday. Get down to Common on Edge Street form 9pm and show your love…

Martin Brothers – Steal Drums
Jamie Jones – Ruckus
Robin S – Show Me Love (Todd Edwards Remix)
Hot Chocolate – Cadillac (The Revenge Edit)
Spandau Ballet – True (The Revenge Rework)
Electric Jones – Nasty’s Party
Big Boi – Back Up Plan
Richard Dinsdale – Boom Boom
Gyptian – Hold Yuh (Major Lazer Remix)
Gepy & Gepy – African Love Song

PEACE.

07-26-10

TWEEK-A-HOLIC

All round smasher and NUMBERS boss Jackmaster just dropped this slice of dirty euro disco pop decadence the other day on the Numbers Podcast. It’s been going down a treat at COYO headquarters so we thought we’d share it with you lot. While we’re on the subject you should keep an eye out on his twitter ( @iamjackmaster ) as every now and then he jumps on board USTREAM and just gets oiled up and just plays out some of the tunes that he’s into, exclusive promos, re-edits and forthcoming tracks from a whole host of red hot labels. If you’re hooked up you can follow his station here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jackmaster-radio, if not just keep them peeled… oh and he’s coming back to Manchester, albeit on a school night playing Hit’N'Run on the 25th Ocotber so stick that one in your diary! Until then get stuck into this mix:

Tracklisting
Fatima Yamaha – What’s a Girl To Do
Pointer Sisters – Automatic
College Club – College
Rhythm talk – City Street
Todd Terje – Eurodans
Klein & MBO – Dirty Talk
Loud-E – Roboterwerke Edit
Ralphi Rosario – You Used To Hold Me
Alexander Robotnick – Problemes D’Amour
52nd Street – I Can’t Let You Go
Joyce Sims – All And All
Rick James – Ghetto Life
Sir Mix A Lot – I Got Game
Shannon – Let The Music Play
Colonel Abrahms – Trapped
Two Sisters – B Boys Beware

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD HERE

07-18-10

MEGAMIX RETURNS

THE MEGAMIX IS BACK!!! I’m sure you all know the drill by now, but for those of you new to the concept here’s how it goes:

Each Night/DJ gets a 30 min slot to burn out the purest heat, all killer no filler, sweep the floor and get the party juiced in good style. The final hour results in an every man for themselves, Back 2 Back, No Holes Barred, All Holes Plugged…Megamix!!!

We’ve lined up another cracking night filled with Manchester’s premier disc jockeying power:

NAÏVE MELODY: This year has been epic for NM, with some bookings that can only be described as that of “legendary” status…. Smagghe, Weatherall, Twitch & Wilkes, Baldelli, ooooft! Anyone putting together parties like this knows what’s up so we don’t need to tell you that they’ll crush it proper!

EAT MY BEAT: Batty Bass, Wonky House, Tropical Techno, whatever you want, these boys can bring it… if there’s a party that needs starting they’ll be sure to do the job reeeeeeaaaaaaaaal nice!

TRAMP!: Tramp was one of our favourite Manchester Nights ever, but since its death William has gone on to make a name for himself in his own right as one of the best djs in Manchester, and deservedly so. Regular bookings alongside the biggest boys in the business has seen him tearing into the biggest clubs and even taking over the reigns of the world famous OPTIMO for the night and also warming up for some guys called 2ManyDjs!?

NOWWAVE: These boys know their stuff… they’ve put on pretty much every band that is cool and even those that didn’t even know they were cool yet. They’re so far ahead of the curve one of them once managed to high five an apparition of himself from 2 weeks in the future? Needless to say they can handle themselves behind the wheels of steel, (Especially when asked to stand in for Scratch Perverts on the main stage of Parklife?!?) so get set for some serious party throbbers.

STOP MAKING SENSE: Every time I see these lads play they smack it… Tropical Dubs to Spaced out Techno to Pumping Disco, these boys’ will be heating it from the depths of their collection for you dancing pleasure.

CONTORT YOURSELF: Yeah that’s us… we’ll be going in strong and fast jackin’ out the house party rhythms and durty disco thumpers.

SATURDAY 7TH AUGUST 2010
11:00 till 3:00 at the Roadhouse, Manchester
£4 b4 11.30 / £5 ADV or W/FLYER / £6 After

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

07-13-10

DAFT FUNK

Bang into Social Disco Club’s stuff at the moment… this one dropped a month ago but you can still get hold of it in Piccadilly Records.

Essential.

Daft Funk – JUST IN AT JUNO! by Social Disco Club

07-13-10

SAYTEK LIVE – THIS SATURDAY!!!

In the second of our summer Co-Pro’s we’re teaming up with another Manchester institution MICRON for a one off special back in the 3rd Saturday slot! Last year we clubbed together and brought NOOB down to the cave for what was one of THE PARTYS OF THE SUMMER and this one shapes up to eclipse that!

Saytek has gained a reputation for many as the most exciting and innovative live act to emerge from the UK house and techno scene in recent times. setting himself aside from the click ‘n’ play masses, Saytek’s fully improvised live shows see him get hands on with a Roland MC909 , a Kaoss Pad , synths, a sampler, Ableton and FX to create a unique deep intelligent dance floor orientated journey that combines cutting edge grooves with Detroit soul, jackin acid and tribal percussion garnished with intricate melodies, left field jazz and Latin flavours.

His talent as a live artist Has gained him headline bookings at Fabric, Sankeys, mUmU, The Zoo Project Ibiza, Cafe De Anvers Belgium, Patent Blua Berlin as well as countless clubs and festivals across the globe .Fresh from the release of his second accliamed & massively popular Zoo Project album Saytek is working with Partner Cubism records who are re-editing and sourcing top remixers for his live work to create monthly series “Saytek Live
Remixed” the first of which is out now and already gained the support from the likes of Richie Hawtin , Anthony Collins , Steve Lawler and Laurent Garnier …

ALBUM REVIEWS:::

“Excellent” – 4.5/5 DJ Mag
“This is one all aficionados of techno and house should be reaching for, post-haste.” – 9/10 iDJ Magazine
“dieser wunderbare Live-Mix von Joseph Keevill entstanden” 5/5 Rave Line Magazine (Germany)
“Recorded at Ibiza’s legendary Zoo Project, this album shows why Saytek is one of the hottest live acts” – 8/10 Datatransmission.co.uk
“A jaw dropping insight into on the fly creativity” 8/10 Till Late Magazine

LIVE SHOW:::
“A live show not to be missed” – Manchester Evening News
“The music Saytek creates is consistently amazing dance floor gold dust” – tilllate.com
“Saytek Has gained a reputation as one of the most
exciting and innovative live acts around”– Beatportal.com

Check out his Highly Acclaimed “LIVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE” mix recorded live using a MC 909, ABLETON 8, FL STUDIO, NOVATION ZIOSYNTH, KORG KAOS PAD3, AUTOLOOP MODULE + DJM 800

SAYTEK  - “LIVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE” – ZOO PROJECT RECORDINGS (Full hardware live performance) by SAYTEK

07-12-10

DUBS OF DEATH

We’re massively excited about the debut album Generation Hexed from Drums of Death that’s dropping next month on Greco Roman, but even more so over the “Dubs of Death”. Rumoured to be dropping alongside the LP the Dubs will be even darker, more bass heavy reworks made especially for the djs designed to work the floor good and proper.

to give you a little taster of what we’re harping on about hop over to www.drumsofdeath.com sign up to the mailing list and receive “Lonely Days” & “Lonely Days Dub” for absolutely nowt… well not nowt, your email soul, but its still well worth it.

Generation Hexed promises “rave horns and love songs, ranging from blistering acid house to instrumental space hop to piano power ballads and everything in between”

Track listing:
1. Karaoke
2. Science & Reason
3. Won’t Be Long
4. Lonely Days
5. Creak
6. Everything All At Once
7. All These Plans
8. Modern Age
9. London Teeth
10. Voodoo Lovers (feat. Gonzales)

07-07-10

THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

So… French DJ/producer Brodinski was trying to decide what to put on his next mixtape when he had a minor freak-out, realizing he was presently obsessed with too much music to limit his wares. So he cut down his endless faves into two halves and gave the whole an appropriate moniker. But even presented separately, you can see how his lobes intersect—with the electro side a crushing techno coaster and the Southern-leaning hip hop side twerking mightily between scratches, clearly Brodinski is no shrinking violet when it comes to beats. – THE FADER

We highly recommend both these mixes so get downloading… full tracklists can be found here: http://best-of-everything.tumblr.com/

BEST OF EVERYTHING – ‘The Hip Hop Side’ by BRODINSKI & DJ ORGASMIC by brodinski-boe

BEST OF EVERYTHING – ‘The Electro Side’ by BRODINSKI by brodinski-boe

07-01-10

HOLY GHOST

HOLY GHOST Finally hit manchester for their live Debut thanks to the hunks at TRAMP! and Now Wave. What’s more there’s another rather tasty addition to the bill in the form of everyone’s hot tip for this year SBTRKT!

Now Wave & Tramp! are extremely proud to present an awesome packed line up featuring:

HOLY GHOST! (LIVE)
http://www.myspace.com/holyghostnyc

SBTRKT (LIVE)
http://www.myspace.com/subtractone

SAMPHA (LIVE)
http://www.myspace.com/samphamusic

As well as full dj crews from Now Wave & Tramp!

8 JULY 2010 @ THE DEAF INSTITUTE
Doors open 9PM with DJs til 2am!

TICKETLINE: http://tinyurl.com/33mkfwp
SEE TICKETS: http://tinyurl.com/2e2nyjr

Here’s some of my favourite new joints from the main acts to wet your whistle!

06-28-10

GARDEN VIDEO

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden from TEED on Vimeo.

Great video for the recent Single “Garden” From Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs… we’re big fans.

06-25-10

TEHRAN CAN DANCE!

no words are needed here

06-11-10

FREITAGS PRESENTS JUSTIN ROBERTSON TONIGHT!

Yes Yes… FREITAGS chief Seb Matthes worked a bit of crafty arm twisting and has pulled out a peach for tonight’s soiree. Hot after his performance at the IAN BROWN thing at Platt Fields JUSTIN ROBERTSON speeding across town to treat us to an intimate jump off at our favourite watering hole Common. What’s more is that Im playing at it too… Great stuff!

Here’s the deets:
9 – 2 @ Common, Edge Street, Manchester
Free entry before 10pm, £2 After (Bargain)

See you there…

Benjamin

06-11-10

BENJAMIN YOURSELF MIX FOR COSMIC DISCO

The lovely people over at www.cosmicdisco.co.uk asked me to put together a fresh mix for the launch of their spanking new site… so i did. Kind of not sure where i was going with it so i just jumped in feet first and just bundled loads of new and old stuff that im into right now and this is what came out… a mishmash of chuggy house, throbbing techno and dirty disco!

Here’s the Tracklist
1. In The Dark Of The Night (Clap Rules Remix) – Michoacan
2. Dr. Burner – Tiger & Woods
3. On Board Feat. The DFA Celestial Choir – Holy Ghost!
4. Business Acumen – Original Mix – In Flagranti
5. Payama – Glossy
6. Don’t Sleep – Zepp 001
7. Yes Maam (All Night Long) (Trentemoeller Remix) – Visti & Meyland
8. Dirty (Unabombers Remix) – Rüf Dug
9. People, Places, Thoughts & Faces (Ajello Remix) – Luke Solomon
10. Reckless With Your Love – Azari & III
11. Daddy – Populette
12. It’s What We Do (Kink & Neville Watson Rework) – Donnacha Costello
13. Hide You – Makam
14. Time – Tiger & Woods
15. Coma Cat – Tensnake
16. Use Me Again (Original Mix) – Tom Trago
17. Louvre For Yo – In Flagranti

And to download jump over to their blog:
http://www.cosmicdisco.co.uk/2010/06/contort-yourself-manchester-cosmic-disco-mix/

Benjamin Yourself AKA HumanMan

06-10-10

IN FLAGRANTI CLASSIC TRAX!!!

As you may or may not know, we’re Teaming up with the transcendent JUPITER ROOMS for the next rave, and it is with great pleasure that we welcome IN FLAGRANTI back into the bosom of the rave cave for another shift of sleazy disco, filthy house and down right mucky techno.

We’re HUGE fans of these guys and have been HAMMERING their tunes for a long time, so without further ado i give you some of my favourite picks from their back catalogue.

SATURDAY 3RD JULY 2010
11:00 till 3:00 at the Roadhouse, Manchester
£5 Advance / More On The Door

ADVANCE TICKETS:
http://www.skiddle.com/events/11376470/

HUmanMan

06-10-10

CLAP CLAP CLAP

Benga’s “Baltimore Clap” nice little ridim, AMAZING video… cheers to Matt from BEATS (Preston) for pointing it out!

HumanMan

06-07-10

PARADISE FOUND

Copson Street & Pumping Iron team up to bring you a sizzling sleazy tropical disco party at Hula Bar in the Northern Quarter this Wednesday evening…come rain or shine we’ll be raising the temperature and enjoying coca cola ice floats all night long.

Cop a hold of this free taster mix via Soundcloud!

Copson Street Presents SLEAZY TROPICAL DISCO DANCE by Copson Street

TRACKLISTING
Missy Elliot – The Rain (Douster Tropical Mix)
Sade – Soldier of Love (Kastle Remix)
Iyaz – Replay
SWV – Right Here (Human Nature Remix)
Pras – Ghetto Superstar
Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing
Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – I Wonder If I Take You Home
Little Jinder – Youth Blood
Vampire Weekend – Ottoman (Bass ill Euro Remix)
Jay-Z feat Pharrel – Excuse Me Miss (Mano Remix)
Midnight Star – Midas Touch
Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off
Pase Rock – So Fucking Disco
Krystal Klear – Tearing The Back
Uffie feat Pharrell – ADD SUV (Armand van Helden Remix)
Felix Da Housecat -Ready 2 Wear (U-Tern’s Evening Wear Edit)
Carmen – Time To Move
Ignition – This Love Is War
Fergie feat Ludacris – Glamorous
Egyptrixx – Everybody Bleeding (Kingdom Remix feat Shyvonne)
Rupert Holmes – Pina Colada
HeavyFeet feat Jenna G – War (Kastle Remix)
Olive – Not Alone (Synamatix Remix)
LTJ Bukem – Atlantis (I Need You)
Peshay – Piano Tune

05-27-10

NOT MAD

Europe! Jubilee incoming! The First Lady of Nightshifters is coming to grace our fine shores for a month long European tour around some of the EUs most live-o cities. Yeah we may be balls deep in a economic meltdown/political shitemare…(I’ve got more credit cards and overdrafts than a street cats got fleas) but we’ll never lose our right and might to party! We know how to do it right….specially when it’s Jubilee’s blend of tropical, rnb tinged, non-stop dancefloor pumpin percussive and bass combinations.

JUBILEE EUROPEAN TOUR 2010 DATES
May:
28 Berlin – MAGNET
29 Munich-ERSTE LIGA

June:
4 Madrid-STARDUST
5 Barcelona-RAZZMATAZZ
9 Berlin-NIGHTSHIFTERS PARTY @ JACKIE TERASSE
10 London – Party w/ Night Slugs Crew
16 Berlin-MAGNET
17 Paris- PARIS SOCIAL CLUB
18 Oslo-JUICY
24 Liegue- FORMA.T
26 Tübingen – CROWD CRUSHERS

Check out this fine-as-fuck mix tour warmup mix…BQE…Brooklyn Queens Expressway and you’ll catch my drift.

DOWNLOAD:JUBILEE – BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY MIX (YSI)

BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY TRACKLISTING
1. Nina Dioz- Boom Bap (Rob Threezy Remix)
2. Diamond K & Al Ripken Jr.- Hands in the Air (Bok Bok Remix)
3. Blondes-Spanish Fly (Brenmar Remix)
4. Dj Mike Q-Let it All Out
5. Girl Unit -IRL (French Fries Remix)
6. DVA-Ganja
7. Lil SIlva-Night Skanker
8. Sunny Beach Happy Slap Madri Gras-Mamacita (Bambounou Remix)
9. NGUZUNGUZU-EL BEBE AMBIENTE
10.The Boogaloo Crew-Nice Up The Function
11. Black Point Feat, Sensato Del Patio- Watagatapitusberry (Toy Selectah Mexmore Remix)
12. LOL Boys-123

See you on the front row. I’ll be wearing my starchy white ten sizes too big tall tee and dancing like crackhead going cold turkey.

05-25-10

BABBADABBA

Renaissance Man’s new EP dropped this week and has been getting HUGE plaudits from all over the musical world:

Fader Magazine: This is like Billie Holliday making a house record using cut up drums from a Shellac record. This is like Biz Markie in 1986 when he lost his weed and had to be clean for a week and happened to meet the drummer of Slayer at Rick Rubin’s acid house Bar Mitzvah.

Joe Roberts (DJ Magazine/Time Out): Basically… I love Renaissance Man, I love Made to Play and I didn’t think anything could make this beautiful day better. Then this arrived. Thank you! 5/5

IDJ (UK) Editor/Dave Jenkins: “Love It!” 4/5

Jimmy Asquith (Super Super Magazine): Sick EP. Bump ‘n’ coconuts from the Renaissance men! 4/5

Christian Martin (dirtybird) – this shict is scrazy!!!!

A Trak – Great EP, all 3 tracks are solid. The beats are harder than their previous works too… I like that.

Luke Soloman – Favourite Track: 03. Wahhagoogoo This is killer. Scared by the other two.

Joe Goddard (Hot Chip): I’m into Wahhagoogoo most… Will play.

Tommie Sunshine – how is it possible to pick a favorite out of these three perfect tracks?

to hear for yourself what everyone’s going on about check the ace promo video featuring all three tracks above… and if that still hasnt convinced you then check the video below of them tearing into some club in paris alongside Jesse Rose.

Advance tickets for the dance on the 5th June and more info here: http://www.skiddle.com/events/11369921/
Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116201985075100&ref=ts

05-17-10

FLESH / FLASH

Ed Banger are really getting back in the driving seat at the moment what with the ace Breakbot single Baby I’m Yours, new edgier stuff from Uffie, The New Carte Blanche collaboration and then this offering from Mr Flash.

I got very tired of Ed Banger a few years back when it all seemed to be about Justice and Busy P’s inflated Ego’s, everyone wanking each other off while doing high fives and getting crap tattoos, it was all hype over substance, but the kids lapped it up. “Ed Banger Records” had taken their foot off the musical gas that’s had afforded them said fame… All you have to do is look at their discography to see what im talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Banger_Records 24 releases in 2007 as apposed to the 6 that came out in 2009?! I think the only thing i’ve played out of theirs since 2007 are the Mr Oizo tracks, but that’s a no brainer?

But anyway, lets hope that they’ve all been home to their mum’s, been given a good feed and are ready to get back to making stupidly loud floor filling anthems that make you totally loose your shit. Because lets be honest, that’s what Ed Banger is all about.

HumanMan

05-17-10

RUBBER

A film by Quentin Duplex….. coming soon.

05-14-10

THE SWISS

Although we’ve reduced the frequency of contort yourself proper to once a month, this doesn’t mean we’re letting up on the party action. Moving back to once a month allows us to free up some time and get stuck into some new little jaunts, presenting lives shows, throwing one off parties, secret raves and all manor of discoid nonsense.

Its no secret that we’re close “man friends” with the now wave troupe, so it comes as little surprise to see us teaming up with them once again to present a rather special little sunday night soiree! So without further ado we present to you austrailia’s hottest new boutique disco stars… the swiss

“in a time when everyone who isn’t crookers is claiming to be a “disco act”, there is an insurmountable wash of pretenders. Adelaide trio the swiss, however, are a legit live disco band who’s existence is based entirely on flavour and good times rather than the cobra snake and fitted caps. (nerdy bit: they are a band who are getting giancarlo meo tattoos rather than looking up giorgio moroder best-of tracklists)

The bubble bath ep on modular recordings (out february 2010) is testament to what lies at the core lifestyle of the swiss: crisp and snappy drums, quicksand laser-sludge bass, dizzy pops & flourishes, melody rays and synthesised strings that glide on the thermal currents of life. It’s as much a breathy telephone call as it is a mid-range bordeaux shared between ensconced lovers. Beyond the raw and sensual output of the band themselves, the ep also comes stacked with two floor-ready remixes from facecrushers knightlife and tensnake.

Beyond signing to modular, lighting up the festival circuit, getting “bubble bath” added to national rotation on triple j, supporting ladyhawke on her national tour and readying a national tour of their own, the swiss’ journey to the centre of 4/4 has so far not gone unnoticed. Erol alkan & sinden have uttered some kind words, aeroplane are opening many a set with a swiss jam and showing the three-piece glowing chart appreciation, but most of all the kids at the shows are going señor bananas. The stars are aligning and they play drums, bass and keys in the swiss.

Harvesting hits in the studio with australian mega-producer/songwriter donnie sloan (empire of the sun) the swiss have a lot to live up to when hitting the stage; they deliver every time with a searingly hot, intensely energetic live show.”

“bubble bath by the swiss. That is all…” – erol alkan
“i’m sat alone in my living room at 3am and i suddenly want to dance” – fake blood
“bubble bath is genius!” – sinden
“aeroplane hearts the swiss” – aeroplane
“can’t get enough of this tune” – annie mac

alongside these antipodean disco mavericks we have residents from both now wave and contort yourself jostling for supremacy over the dance floor in a battle royal, with weapons of choice being jackin’ house, cosmic disco, wonky techno, un classics and leftfield pop.

Tickets are £5 available here: http://www.skiddle.com/events/11373107/