Headlining my monthly shindig at 93 Feet East this month is Demetrios Boogie (Mookie) along with fellow DJ/Blogger Push Music (pushmusic.co.uk ) & the usual suspect residents. As usual we kick things off at 7 and go through until 1am and it's free entry all night. Next door, Deathwish Disco have Calvertron, Wizard and Heavy Knights. Check out the Facebook event for full details.
Jim Sharp's back again with some extended and tweeked edits to add to your summer mixtapes. Get in quick for the limited mp3 downloads. Also be sure to check out his Soundcloud for more treats. Crosstown Edit (The Jimi Sharp Mix) by Jim Sharp I Forgot To Be Your Lover (Jim Sharp Edit) by Jim Sharp [...]
Follow bloggers You Can Call Me Pelski are teaming up with Berlin based agency Jackmode to host a stage at this years Gottwood Festival on June 30th - July 3rd. They will play host to the likes of; Round Table Knights, Matanza, Monkey Safari, Eldoko, John Marshall, Darkly, Pelski, Sharkbait, Timmy P, Seka and Croz on their stage alone. For more info on their stage at Gottwood plus tonnes of free mp3s from their headliners head here . The festival also packs a hefty lineup featuring the likes of; Mr Scruff, Jamie XX, [...]
Image: BRWAX Great mix from the Softwar boys they recently put together for a Sydney restaurant . Quite an uplifting mix considering, but when there's char grilled octopus & crisp pork belly with watermelon, roast chilli & black vinegar on the menu I'm sure there's every reason to feel good. Long-Groin by softwar
On Friday 17th June Too Hip To Be Square returns to it's monthly staple at 93 Feet East, Brick Lane. This month we have the quite frankly amazing Ali B. As well as a weekly show on Kiss FM, you can catch Ali B hosting Saturday nights at West London's 'Paradise' where his legendary 5 hour sets seamlessly take in everything from blues and funk to rock, soul, dub, disco and beyond, captured on his ever popular series of 'Oh Shit!' mix tapes and weekly 'Airpod' podcast. Check out Ali's recent mixtape below. Also we have the J&D [...]
Next month the Bastard Measure design collective (myself included) will be exhibiting some artwork from our recent Issue 3 newspaper at the Made Up popup shop. As well as being able to buy a copy of said paper there will also be a whole host of hand made art & craft for sale so come down for a browse, beer & boogie on Thursday June 16th. Exhibition runs on from June 17th until June 19th so you've gotta be quick!
Image: Prismcell Zimmer is back with another amazing mixtape to cruise you gently into the weekend. Zimmer - Half Moon Bay | May Mixtape by Zimmer
Paul Mcartney - Let Em In Released: 23/07/76 Is it me or does the "D the I the D the D the Y" chorus in P. Diddy's track D.I.D.D.Y sound like the percussion & flute section (from about 1:26) in Paul Mcartney's Let Em In? P. Diddy ft. Pharrell - D.I.D.D.Y Released: 10/07/01
On Friday 20th May we return to our monthly regular at 93 Feet East, Brick Lane hosting the bar with Deathwish Disco next door in the main room. This month we have the wonderful talent of DJ Matman (UK DMC champ '05/ Droppin' Science), DJ Ch!co ( FBBB/ Cirque Du Soir/ Jet Black), plus the usual residents Aluri, Fade In Fade Out & myself Oh-Death. As always we kick off from 7pm and go on through until 1am. Free entry all night. Check out the Facebook Event for more details & RSVP. [...]
Jim Sharp is back again with yet another tight mixtape and this little beauty of an edit. This is for everyone who's tried and failed to beatmatch Common's The Light with the originally sampled Open Your Eyes by Bobby Caldwell. It's all about a key change. Thanks Jim! The Light (Jim Sharp Edit) by Jim Sharp I'ma Put You On Mixtape by Jim Sharp
This Friday 13th, Alruii and myself will be taking the Too Hip To Be Square party to The Albert & Pearl, Islington for a Friday night frolic from 9 until late. Since we're always doing the early warmup sets at our regular at 93 Feet East we're gonna be flexing our DJ muscle that little bit more and showing you what we can really do when we have the decks to ourselves. Pop by the DJ booth to say hi and pick up a free mix cd or two. Free entry all night! Check out the [...]
In just over a week I return to my monthly residency hosting Too Hip To Be Square at 93 Feet East. This month we have the quite brilliant Mooqee (Bombstrikes/ Finger Lickin') along with residents Alruii , Fade In Fade Out , Pink Eye & myself. We kick off from 7pm and go through until 1am and of course as always it's free entry all night. For more details and to RSVP check out the Facebook event . Check out the man Mooqee's recent mix for a taste of what to expect [...]
Image: Devotion " Zimmer 's music is a feel good, body-warming and enthusiastic wave that goes straight to the heart and stays until the end of the night." I couldn't really put it better myself. Check out these two tracks out below from the young Parisian. Also, if the sun is shining where you are, or even if it's not, his recent mix is sure to brighten up your day. I was expecting quite a slo-mo dose of disco but this is [...]
Image: Dethjunkie Taking you back to the house scene of the 80's with this re-rub. It features a touch more hefty beat than the Greg Wilson edit a while back to keep those disco's a chuggin'. Adonis - No Way Back (Alphabet City Re-Rub) by BlackLodge
Image: Dethjunkie I recently fell upon Peter Zohdy's (aka: Sorte Slyngel) Soundcloud after a friend recommended his rework of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' and discovered a world of chuggy disco and house edits galore. What's surprising, and makes him stand out from the world of re-edits flooding Soundlcoud, is the selection of tracks he's chosen to rework. From Maze to Michael McDonald to The Who and The Turtles, Zohdy isn't limiting himself strictly to original disco and house tracks. Check out his tracks below and via his [...]
In a little over two weeks on Friday 18th March, I'll be returning to host my monthly shindig at 93 Feet East. This month, along with the usual suspects, we have 2 Bit Thugs joining us bringing with them their eclectic taste in music and DJ finesse . Check out their Half Hour Hype Mix and Data Transmission podcast for a sample of what to expect. 2 Bit Thugs - Half Hour Hype Mix 001 by 2 Bit Thugs [...]
Image: Scott Campbell Tonight is my 12th night hosting Too Hip To Be Square so to celebrate I made a quick bootleg for your entertainment. If you haven't already, make sure you RSVP at the Facebook Event . Cash Is Too Tight To Mention (Oh-Death Bootleg) by Oh-Death
Last month Arveene (Arveene & Misk) played a stormer of a set with his eclectic electronic style. This month I return to host the second room at 93 Feet East with yet another riotous lineup of DJ's to spin the musical hidden treasures and guilty pleasures spanning the past five decades you thought you had forgotten. Expect hip-hop, house, disco, electronica and rock as this months guest and resident DJ's take you back to the day's when MTV actually played music videos. Along with the usual suspects this month will be; Jim Sharp, back to make up for [...]
Image: THESE ARE HARD TIMES FOR DREAMERS Deep and grooving house remake of this Temptations classic by RIVIERA aka Violca Yryku (Fritz Helder & The Phantoms, MANSION). Free download courtesy of Kinetika Records . The Temptations-Papa was a rolling stone (RIVIERA 'Papa was a house gangsta' remix) by Kinetika Records
Image: eiknarf I've been meaning to make an edit of Dee Lite's 'Groove Is In the Heart' vs. the originally sampled Vernon Burch's 'Get Up' for a while now but, I've been beaten to the post with this tidy house re-edit of just Vernon's track, far surpassing what I had in mind. G-Lite - Vin Sol & Charles McCloud by Vin Sol
Oh Death
No Church In The Wild
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The Rains of Castamere by The National
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