
For those not in the know, Royal House is in fact the alter ego of one house legend Todd Terry . Back in 1988 Todd Terry was somewhat of a disco chef, taking ingredients not only from old tunes such as the Jackson 5 but also Malcolm X speeches and then grabbing fresher beats from Run DMC , Mantronix and more to create "Can You Party". In fact over 10 tracks were sampled, some of them classics in there own right. However he got there, in [...]
Last week we gave you the heads up about The Pastel Project, a cool Las Vegas music festival going down at The Royal House on Friday, Mar. 23 and Saturday, Mar. 24. Playing on Friday, The Album Leaf, Le Butcherettes,...

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine is vying to be only the latest Goldman sleeper agent at the US Treasury. For the last year, Jon Corzine—former Goldman Sachs CEO and US Senator—has been leading MF Global, which saw its shares surge when it became public Corzine could possibly obtain for himself a post in the Obama administration (with Goldman Sachs, MF Global, and Corzine's other alma mater as clear beneficiaries). The most likely loft perch? Secretary of the Treasury, of course. What other [...]

Time for Deep Heat 4! (Oh god.) This one starts off the same as the aforementioned Warehouse Raves with Starlight's Numero Uno, although in a slightly neutered radio edit chopping 2 minutes from the end of the track. The Deep Heat compilations started off with a statement to the effect of full 123 versions on disc on and 73s on disc 2, but by this time that has been dropped in favour of fitting as many tracks into the space as possible. In this case, there are 32 different tracks across the discs. I'll skip over [...]