Summer Boogie

So with the UK pretty much trying to recreate scenes from Noah's Ark this summer we're not letting the doom and gloom of grey old blighty get us down as we power on into July and welcome Cosmic Boogie to our little monthly get down at The Bodega Social Club. Be sure to grab your multi-colour cosmic pencil and block out Saturday 28th July for some serious foot movement.

Cosmic Boogie is the pseudonym of Liverpool based DJ and producer Stu Robinson, and the name of one of the record labels he currently runs (the other being Boogie Originals with Andy Ash). He has released and remixed for Disco Deviance, Bedmo Disco, Whiskey Disco, Deep Space Orchestra, Frank Booker and Tal M Klein (amongst others). A string of further releases and remixes are lined up for 2012.

On the back of the success of his productions, record labels and remixes, Cosmic Boogie has become an in-demand DJ, with regular dates across the UK and Europe. Over the past 12 months he has played headline slots everywhere from Helsinki and Warsaw to London and Budapest – as well as his home town of Liverpool.

This is one of the last few times he will be DJing as Cosmic Boogie as he is returning to his real name as he is making music under other names including Little Creatrures. To help with this new start he will be bringing a lot of Cosmic Boogie giveaways with him

Also joining us is local Nottingham DJ Elmo. Elmo is a Soul Buggin' regular and connoisseur of good music as well as being an excellent selector.

We run from 10pm - 4am for this one and entrance is £5

Support comes from resident Wrighty as he returns to the UK fresh from flying the Soul Buggin' flag over at Croatia's "Electric Elephant" festival.

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Right, let's have some chart action, it's been bloomin' ages.

Beane's Wet and Wonderful Summer Top 20

01. Sir Own - Hooked | Basic Fingers 12"
02. System Status - Nightsweats 2 | CDR
03. Mind Fair presents 21st Century Fox - Serious love | Rogue Cat Sounds 12"
04. Various Artists - Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes Part Two | Harmless LP
05. Emile Strunz - Last Waltz / Shields | World Unknown 12"
06. Crooked Man - Preset | Crooked Man 12"
07. General Zod & The Cougar Man | Golden Hole 12"
08. Psychemagik - For Your Love / Aldeia De Ogum | Psychemagik 12"
09. Board of Directors - Hanging' tough / Happy | Record Symphony 12"
10. Jamie Finlay - Black eyed soul | Stilove4music 12"
11. Ashley Beedle - Yardism | CDR
12. Begin - Next Image / Day happens | Begin 12"
13. Herbie Hancock - Thrust | Columbia LP
15. Various - Magic Wand Volume 5 | Magic Wand 12'
16. Policy - One last time | Rush Hour 12"
17. Jimmy Edgar - Let yourself be | Hot Flush 12"
18. The Invisible - Wings (Floating Points remix) | Ninja Tune 12"
19, Luke Solomun - Say something (Ashley Beedle Live at the Wash House mix) | Bear 12"
20. Odyssey - Native New Yorker (Ashley Beedle's Big Apple Uptown Story) | ISM 12"
21. Manmade Science - The Blues 1997 | Philpot 12"
22. Todd Terje edits 655 | Unknown 12"
23. IG Culture - Soulful Shanghai | Rush Hour LP
24. GB Presents The Abstract Eye - Analogous | Eglo 12"
25. Lindstrom - Quiet Place To Live (Todd Rundgren Remix) | Smalltown Supersound 12"
26. Smith &Mudd - Sauna Love / The Surveyor | Claremont 56 12"
27. Sinkane - Runnin' | Phonica Special Edition 12"
28. MonoMono - Dawn Of Awareness | Tummy Touch LP
29. Radiance - You're My Number One | Are N B Records 12"
30.  Scrimshire - Grandma's hands / Southern Man | Wah Dubplate 7"

There may be Trouble ahead...

Well that Ashley Beedle session was just a bit good wasn’t it? Anyway in the tradition of Soul Buggin’ we’re now looking forward to our next party on Saturday 30th June at The Bodega Social Club where we'll be bringing you The Legendary Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson and we're just a little bit excited about this one.

So here's a little bit of the 'Trouble' story. Get a brew ready.

Paul started off DJing in the early Sound System days, and was also a soundman, who followed the Chicken, Scrap Iron and Fat Man Around systems around and Paul’s uncle ran a reggae sound that converted into a soul sound, called Troublefunk and this is where he acquired his stage name ‘Trouble’.

At this time he meet DJ pioneer and one of the founders of Kiss FM radio, George Power, who asked Paul to play alongside him at the legendary jazz funk sessions at Crackers. Paul was the first black DJ to play in Soho in 1979 and he then went onto blaze a trail in the London music scene, developing highly acclaimed seminal sessions of early electro, boogie, jazz dance, hip hop, soul and any new dance sound at what became historic clubs such as Crackers, Spats, The Embassy, Global Village and the Electric Ballroom. He played the best tunes during the rise of each genre: Reggae, Soul, Funk, Jazz-Funk, Disco, Electro, Hip-Hop and then House.

During the late 1980s Acid House era, Paul was head-lining at the massive Sunrise, Biology and Back to the Future raves, and was also resident at Love at the Wag, Solaris and Enter The Dragon at the Park. Paul was the first UK DJ to play in Italy, and was the regular resident at Angels of Love (Napoli, Italy)

Paul was one of the founders of Kiss FM, London’s first legal dance music station, and during this time he launched and nurtured amazing residencies at legendary clubs such as Trouble’s House (Legends) and The Loft (HQs, Camden Town - London’s best mid-week club which ran for 10 years with special appearances from DJs Tony Humphries, Louie Vega, Kerri Chandler, CJ Mackintosh, Marshall Jefferson, and singers Jocelyn Brown, Adeva, Loleatta Holloway (RIP), Joi Cardwell, Jean Carne, Crystal Waters, Kenny Bobien, Gerideau, Arnold Jarvis and Leroy Burgess.

Paul’s musical achievements include compiling Classic House Mastercuts 2, remixing Nomad’s No 1 hit, ’Devotion’ and Junior Reid’s No 1 in Jamaica, ’One Blood’ as well as remixes for Blaze, Pet Shop Boys, Soul II Soul, Thelma Houston, and Byron Stingily, and a Live Mix “Trouble’s House” album on R2 Records 

"He is without doubt one of the Best DJ’s in the world’’ Norman Jay


"Throughout his career Paul has always been about busting out high quality tunes and didn’t need other people to tell him something was good or had a buzz on it to get behind it - he was definitely a leader". Joey Negro



"I used to play upstairs at the Electric Ballroom and I would sneak out whilst playing a long jazz record and go and listen to Paul playing early electro tunes. He is one of the most important people in London club culture, and Soul II Soul and all that stuff came off the back of Paul Anderson and lets not forget that. He’s an original boogie man, playing material that’s very dirty, very bouncy - real shuffle, and the girls love it and boys feel good around it." Gilles Peterson



Musical back up supplied as usual from the Buggin' residents Wrighty, Beane and Mark A.

£5 entry all night

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 Doors open at 11pm.

Beedle goes Ballistic!

Ouch. Sweaty scenes at our last party with the mighty Ashley Beedle with all sorts of disco tom foolery going down. Here's a few pics.

Black Science incoming...

It was way back in February last year when invited the legend that is Ashley Beedle to our Soul Buggin' party and we had such a monster session we thought we just had to get him back again to lay down some of that black science magic at our new home The Bodega Social Club.

Ashley Beedle is one of the UK’s most prolific DJ/ Producers with an enormous body of work under various guises and production monikers. He has remixed and produced an astonishing number of major artists including Elton John, Bob Marley, Horace Andy, The Rolling Stones, The Streets, Mick Jagger, India, Masters At Work, Mika, Sade, Bent, Jamiroquai, Candi Staton, Lily Allen, James Blunt, Gabriella Cilmi, Femi Kuti, Blaze, Armand Van Helden, The 2 Bears and that's just off the top of our heads!

DJs from all over the globe ranging from Greg Wilson, Gilles Peterson, Kenny Dope, Francios K, Ross Allen, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Laurent Garnier, The Unabombers and Andrew Weatherall all champion his extensive back catalogue of remixes and edits and music collectors with any clout have at least one of his records in their collections.

This promises to be a special session indeed so get Saturday 26th May stuck firm in your diary

Doors open at the slightly later time of 11pm and it's a fiver in all night.

Musical back up as usual comes from the Buggin' hairy layabouts Wrighty, Beane and Mark A

The return of the P!

Hot, sweaty, crazy scenes at our last party with Crazy P last month and with a big crowd in the place it was great to finally welcome Crazy P to our humble little disco shindig. Many thanks to Jim, Chris and Danielle for coming down to play and as always all you crazy loons that come to boogie. Here are a few pics for those mentalists that missed it.

Get some some disco back up yer jumpers

After a long 4 months Soul Buggin' returned with a vengeance last Sunday as we opened up our account at the Bodega Social Club here in Nottingham with a right old Easter knees up. It had seemed like an absolute ice age since our last New Years Eve party when we waved goodbye to Moog, got all tearful and packed up our bags littlest hobo stylee and hit the road. So come Sunday we were right pumped up for our party with Faze Action and Leftside Wobble and what a fun night we had. Massive shouts to all those that came down, rubbed us up funny, got on the good foot and generally let loose. Here's a few pics that have surfaced from our favourite sex photography Nick Clague.









So as mentioned a few months back our plan at The Bodega Social Club is to put on parties on the last Saturday of the month, just like we used to at Moog, so we don't want you to lose the plot but we've got another little session up our sleeve for Saturday 28th April where we'll be starting our monthly residency good and proper with a right line up. What better way to lay down our gauntlet we thought than to welcome Nottingham's very fine Crazy P Soundsystem to join us for a bit of the old good good.



Due to their rising success that has been like a tidal wave these past few years Crazy P have been playing all over the world so we're super excited to have them join us at Soul Buggin' which feels like a well overdue appearance. Regular readers and disco fiends won't need any back story from me on this blog but for those who have been living in a cave these last 15 years or so have a wander round their website here. Expect a DJ set mixed in with keyboards, a sampler and live vocals. Definitely one not to be missed!

Doors open at the slightly later time of 11pm for this one but we'll be partying on till 4am to make up for it. Oh and it's only a fiver on the door too. Aceness all round.

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Springtime Buggin' Bunny

Spring. YES. The bastards arrived at last. Lighter nights, chocolate eggs and the resurrection of Soul Buggin'. Its been almost 4 months since our NYE party and you've all had long enough with your feet up so as the warmer weather begins to tickle our neither regions we're about to rise up with a vengeance, just like that hairy jesus bloke did at Easter. He was allegedly supposed to preach 'have a bloody good un' as well so you could call this the second coming but to be honest we've had more second comings than Ron Jeremy these past few years so let's just say we're just happy to be back.


It all kicks off on Easter Sunday 8th April at The Bodega Social Club on 23 Pelham Street with our big Bank Holiday party. We've invited not one but two special guests to join us for this one in the form of Faze Action and Leftside Wobble. Entry 6 squid in on the door and we'll be going on till late and as no ones got work the next day you can treat yourself to an extra shandy. Facebook event here! Invite yer weirdo mates

Oh and be sure to check out both our guests Soundcloud pages for loads of mixes, remixes and edits to get your chops into.

Faze Action here

Leftside Wobble here


If you can't wait till the bank holiday (and who could blame yer) then why not come and join us at The Broadway Cinema on Saturday 24th March where we'll be playing at the after party for the Ozwald Boateng special gala premiere of 'A Mans Story'. The flim looks cracking and they'll be doing a Q&A afterwards too.

So we're looking forward to shaking a leg with you soon

x

Sod it - let's have a chart. Here's ten springtime chocolate eggs

01. Recloose - Magic | Rush Hour 12"
02. MJ - Shake a body (Leftside Wobble rework) | CDR
03. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse | Smalltown Supersound 12"
04. James Mason - I want your love | Rush Hour 12"
05. Flights of Fancy - Volume One | International Feel 12"
06. RK Edits - RK Edits Vol One | Bulletproofsonics 12"
07. Ramsey Lewis - Spring high | Columbia LP
08. Bintus - Corrosion Control | Power Vacuum 12"
09. Cheri - Give it to me baby (Ray Mang re-edit) | Disco Deviance 12"
10. Kindness - SEOD | White 12"