Bank holiday summer madness

So you recovered from all that bank holiday silliness then? Here in Nottingham it all got a bit crazy but with the Buggin' Boogaloo party at The Canal House at the start of the month setting the tone it kind of was to be expected! Last weekend we waved goodbye to May with another storming session down at the Moog bar with guests Kev Beadle, Atjazz and Mouse. Due to the weather being a bit hit and miss we did the whole shebang inside and come early evening we got things rolling nicely with warm up sets from Mouse, Mark, myself and Wrighty (who had packed loads of Gil Scott Heron's music in tribute to his very sad passing on the previous Friday). There seemed to be so much going on that Sunday in Nottingham with various festivals and other all dayers throughout the day but we ended up having a top crowd bomb down. Thanks so much to all those that reached and of course to our guests. Special doff of the hat to the guitarist who plugged himself in and started jamming with Atjazz. Ace.


I'd never thought I'd say this but I'm kinda glad that there isn't a bank holiday for a bit as I don't think my liver could take another one. Unfortunately all plans for a quiet month will be put on the back burner as we welcome Manchester party legend Luke Unabomber to Soul Buggin' on Saturday 25th June at Moog. Luke is one half of that powerhouse DJ / production duo The Unabombers who are best known for creating one of the greatest disco dens in the UK in the form of The Electric Chair. With guest DJs including the likes of Carl Craig, Jazzanova, Francois K, Harvey, Derrick May, Osunlade, Laurent Garnier, Danny Krivit and Moodymann the club was one of the most respected in the country. When it closed it’s doors the ‘Chair’ philosophy was exported to Croatia and the annual Electric Elephant festival has become the ‘must do’ weekender of the summer with its infamous boat parties and stellar line ups. We can’t promise Luke will be sailing a boat through Moog but we can guarantee some pretty sweaty party vibes so we urge you to book your place on the hallowed floorboards early as this one could get pretty crazy.

Entry for this one will be the usual £3 before 10.30pm and £5 after and we'll be going on till 3am.

We look forward to seeing you on the 25th June

;-)

PS: Don't forget to check the cracking Soul Buggin' podcast over at www.soulbuggin.podomatic.com for plenty of fine mixes from us residents and the occasional guest.

PPS: Over the next few weeks on my weekly sunday radioshow 'The Noodle Hotpot' I'll be playing lots of Unabombers bits and pieces including some of those firing edits they've been behind on their Electric Souls imprint. Show goes out every Sunday at 2pm over on http://www.myhouseyourhouse.net and available for download here >> http://www.beane.podomatic.com

Buggin' in the sun

Jazz legend Roy Ayers once sung about hummin' in the sun but on the bank holiday just gone we decided to honour his sentiments but go one better and do some buggin' in the sun with fellow disco warriors Basement Boogaloo down at the Canal House here in Nottingham. On the back of a crazy weekend filled with royal wedding garden parties some of us were feeling pretty frazzled but as the sun shinned down bright by the canal and the tunes started pumping our disco spirits soon began to lift. With a great crowd getting their stomp on outside on the wood decking some pretty crazy scenes ensued. Over the course of the day all three of us Soul Buggin' residents played alongside local heads Alex Traska, Fran Green and ex-nottingham boogaloo bandit Olly Hewitt to a great floor that danced away to the likes of the Black Science Orchestra, Candi Staton, Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti, Ashford and Simpson, Mr Scruff, Talk Talk, Terrence Parker, Talking Heads, Deetron and a lot lot more. Maybe it's because here in England our weather is so rubbishly unpredictable that people give it that little bit extra when it comes to getting involved in some alfresco disco action or maybe just the fact that everyone has been on the pop for 10 hours and off their tits but eitherway there was some bloody silly dancefloor scenes out there!

After the madness of the of the early evening / sunset session we all bombed upstairs to The Loft space above the Canal House where Boogaloo's Ed Cotton and special guest Mark E let rip to round off the night. Many thanks to those that came down and for those that missed it, well, you'll need a sick note from your mum or your going straight in detention for being such a loser.


So with two bank holidays in quick succession the last thing your poor wrecked body needs to read about is another big bank holiday party but don't worry, this one is a few weeks off yet but read this you must as it's pretty damn special. Last year we had both Kev Beadle from the legendary Southport Weekender and deep Derby super producer Atjazz come and play at Soul Buggin' on separate occasions and almost immediately after each party we said to ourselves they simply must return after playing firing sets way back when we used to do our old friday night sessions. Well, come Bank Holiday Sunday 29th May they are both coming back to play on the same bill as we're putting on a huge 11 hour party at the Moog bar. We'll be starting from 4pm in the afternoon with a BBQ (weather permitting) up on the roof top complete with dj sets from the Soul Buggin' residents and local dj/promoter Mouse from the ever excellent Cult club night who promises us one of his special eclectic beats-style sets. Then as the sun sets we'll all be pilling downstairs to kick off our evening session where we'll be welcoming Kev Beadle and Atjazz to the decks. Entry for this one is free before 9pm, £3 before 10.30pm and only £5 afterwards so for 11 hours of bank holiday raving it's a bargain.

We look forward to shaking a leg with you at the end of the month!

x

Some other dates where you can catch some Soul Buggin' flavours throughout May

Saturday 7th May @ Sounddhism @ The Bodega Social, Nottingham alongside Simbad, Beane and Wrighty, Natalie Duncan and The Junkyard Scientists. 8.30pm-3am. Tickets £6

Saturday 14th May @ Eleven, Hockley, Nottingham 9pm-3am. Wrighty & Beane all night long 9pm-3am. Free Entry

Attack of the Phlash

Since the last post on here in February things have all gone a bit crazy in the world and we were truly shocked to see the horrific footage of the recent tsunami that swept over the eastern coastline of Japan few weeks ago. A scary reminder that mother nature still has us held firmly by the goolies and despite Japan being one of the most technologically prepared countries in the world it suffered terrible destruction to it's coastal towns and villages with the death toll in the thousands. While we may be helpless to stop such natural disasters from occurring one thing we can do is to do is to our bit towards helping the Japanese people recover from this devastating disaster over the coming months and years.

Here at Soul Buggin' HQ we decided to turn our March party into a bit of a fund raiser and despite being only a small night (we're the first to admit we might not be able to raise Comic Relief style millions!) we still wanted to do our bit so chose to donate all our profits made on the night to the British Red Cross relief fund. As well as our guest Phil Asher who came up from London we added Matt Rhythm from super group Rhythm Plate to the line up. With a great crowd come down both djs played superb sets and with you lot getting right on it we suddenly had a fantastic party on our hands. I guess it must get quite boring to read me constantly banging on about 'the vibe' but after all these years I still buzz my tits off when a small room of about 100 enthusiastic like-minded people create a magical atmosphere on a dancefloor. It is sometimes overlooked just how special this particular quality is in a party and all the promoting, flyering, spamming or shouting cannot guarantee those moments but when they do happen they are indeed special. Not all nights can pull this off and we love the fact that you lot make the effort to leave the mentalism of town on a Saturday night and come and get on the good foot at Soul Buggin' in a small pub in rough old Radford. Anyway, I'll stop rambling like I'm rushing in Ibiza circa 1988, just check out some of the great pictures that Nick Clague shot on the night. A massive thank you to Phil and Matt for coming down to play - you both rocked it - and all the cheering at the end had us beaming from ear to ear. Japan - we partied hard for you!


For our next party we've got something pretty special lined up with a change of venue for a one-off all dayer as we team up with fellow disco cohorts Basement Boogaloo at The Canal House on Bank Holiday Sunday 1st May. We love our bank holiday all dayers like Willy Wonka likes chocolate and we had toyed with the idea of doing a bigger event down there last year but now with the Boogaloo crew by our sides we can't wait for this one. As well as both sets of residents from the two nights we've also asked local web radio extodinare Alex Traska who runs the popular myhouseyourhouse station as well as Fran Green from the glorious Wild Honey Soundsystem. Heading up this gang of reprobates will be be Merc Recordings main man Mark E. Limited early bird online tickets are now available for this outdoor session from http://www.residentadvisor.net and are priced at £6 (and then £8 for standard tickets) so make sure you pick one up as they've already started selling fast (otherwise it'll be a tenner on the door). Getting a ticket also guarantees you entry to the limited capacity after party upstairs in the loft that rocks on till 4am. Things all kick off at 3pm in the afternoon outside on the decking so get down early as we'll be doing a BBQ too.

Right - that's all for now folks. Fancy some sounds? Well to coincide with last Sundays Japan fundraiser I did a 2 hour Japan mix of some of my favourite producers and records labels on my weekly Noodle Hopot radioshow. You can listen again here >> http://www.beane.podomatic.com

Sunday 27th March 2011 Tracklisting - A Japan Special

01. Jazztronik - Now or never | Counterpoint
02. Grooveman Spot feat. MC Invisible - Who's this? | Planet Groove
03. Breakthrough feat. Bembe Segue - Green like the sun | Pantone
04. UFO - Labyrinth (Enter at own risk) | Talkin' Loud
05. Similou feat. Yukimi Nagano - Supernova | White
06. Martin Gang feat. Insight & Dagha - Got skills galore (Grooveman Spot remix) | Jazzy Sport
09. Bakura - Thinking about (DJ Mitsu The Beats remix) | Especial
10. UFO - The planet plan | Talkin' Loud
11. Yoshinori Sunahara - Love beat (Nicole Conte remix) | Bungalow
12. Jazztronik - Pathways | Especial
13. Soil & Pimp Sessions - AIE | Brownswood
14. Yukihiro Fukutomi feat. Ellen Mcillwaine - Born under a bad sign | Routine Jazz
15. Hajime Yoshizawa feat. Face - Keep it moving | Especial
16. Shuya Okino feat. Navasha Daya - Thank you (Replayed by Sleepwalker) | Especial
17. Mondo Grosso - MG2SS | Virgin Japan
18. Makoto & Kez YM feat. Takumi Kaneto - Chameleon | Mukatsuku
19. Shuya Okino feat. Navasha Daya - Still in love | Especial
20. Calm feat. Spiritual African Nova - Unfortunately unknown | React
21. Kyoto Jazz Massive - Eclipse | Compost
22. Yukihiro Fukutomi feat. Liane Carrol - Play back | King Street
23. A Hundred Birds - Blackwater | Wave

If you build a disco they will come

Ah springtime. Can you feel it? Maybe I'm being a bit premature but I can feel it tickling me in the rude bits what with these lighter nights slowly starting to tease us. We've got lots lined up over the next few months here at Soul Buggin' but before we get into any of that let's break down the beast that was last Saturday night. Now we've had many djs come and play for us over the years and all of them I've admired for various reasons, whether it be their stella productions that I've bought, legendary dj sets or brilliant club nights they've run around the country but the guest dj at our last party just gone was for me pretty much up there as someone who I have the upmost respect for. Ashley Beedle has been an artist I've been following for a good 16 years or so now, collecting twelve after twelve of his fantastic remixes and collaboration projects and he has been a huge influence on my record collection ever since I first heard his Radio One Essential mix in the nineties. To have him come and play at Soul Buggin' was a huge honour and one that I still had to pinch myself was actually happening as the night began.

As soon as we opened the doors we had a great crowd begin to filter in from the get go and come midnight when Ashley took to the decks I think we must of been pretty much at capacity with the joint heaving. Ashley played a great set of new bits, special unreleased exclusives and a few classics (when he dropped one of my favourite Black Science Orchestra records in the form of 'New Jersey Deep' I nearly lost the plot) and over the next few hours he had the place literally jumping. A big thank you to all that made it down, boogied, drank, wobbled and got on the good foot with a special big up to the guy who was loving it so much he started CRYING while dancing. A very special night indeed with a top crowd! The few pics above are courtesy of local roving photograpaher Nic Clague.


So were do we go from there then? Well the guest we've got lined up to come and play at our next party on Saturday 26 March at Moog here in Nottingham has in many ways a shared history with Ashley. As well as being long time friends they have also collaborated on various projects over the years and when it comes to listing some of the unsung heroes of the UK dance scene few can deny that Phil Asher doesn't deserve his place in the history books. With over 200 production credits to his name the Phlasher’s records have been smashing up dancefloors for the best part of two decades now. As one of the founding members of killer outfit Restless Soul he’s forged an impressive back catalogue that has also included various collaboration projects such as Phlash and Friends which drew together a collection of artists such as Mark de Clive Lowe, Dego from 4 Hero, Karizma, Orin Walters, Zed Bias and Benji B. Having djed in every corner of the globe since the early nineties he has also been instrumental in setting up firing club nights Co-Op and Inspiration Information right here in the UK.

He doesn’t really come up here much so this will be one certainly not to miss. Oh, and it’s one of the Soul Buggin’ resident’s birthday so expect some serious party flavours to go down! We kick off at 9pm and go on till 3am and if you get down before 10.30pm you can get in for a mere £3. After it'll be a fiver.

For those wanting to brush up on their Phlasher history I'll be putting together a 2 hour tribute show of some of my favourite productions and remixes that I've collected over the years which will be broadcast on my Noodle Hotpot radioshow on Sunday 13th March 2pm-4pm on
www.myhouse-yourhouse.net . I'll also upload the mix to my podcast page over here www.beane.podomatic.com soon after.

;-)

Well that's Janaury smashed...

Hurrah! January, universally known the world over as the 'bastard month of the year' due to the fact that, well basically it's a right horrible bastard, is over at last. Here at Soul Buggin' we almost contemplated taking a short break for the month and focus our attention on February but we came up with a better idea. Why not side-step the usual Buggin' format in January and do another Fun Your Ear Midlands party instead and bloody hell I'm glad we did. 13 djs all came down from as far a field as Hastings and Manchester to lay down an eclectic musical soundtrack which created an evening of music you'd be hard pushed to hear elsewhere. The format was simple - each dj gets 30 minutes to do what the hell they like and all in all it turned out to be a blinder. Despite the ropey sound issues at the start we ended up having a right old knees up and reminded me why FYE is still pretty damn special. There were so many great selections from the djs that it was pretty impossible to pick out a favourite but I really did genuinely enjoy all of them. From Orsi's heavy seven selections to Elmo's latin bangers (Orchestra de la cruz - massive! And then playing Carl Cox! Wtf?! Only at FYE people!), Cyclonix's bruk up (the Simbad remix of Afronaught was a new one to me!), Tony chucking Moonstarr on slayed me at the end, Fire and Skill's balearic madness, Rare Colours firing drum and bass selections (that track on Holistic was huge), the mighty Ade P pulling them out big time, Pickering getting his 80's groove on, the Jazzchoppers upfront Deep Space Orchestra CDR material (the new shizzle sounded great), Jimi Oh bringing heat to the table.... arrrrgh it's starting to blur into one now as I try to recall the music but you get the idea. You can see exactly what was played over on the www.brownswood.co.uk forum where all the djs have posted up their tracklistings. Here's a few pics.









Big thanks to all those that made the journey up (or down) and hats off to all the djs - you rocked it. With 3 parties under the belt now for the midlands, this has got to be a yearly date on the calendar.


So if that's how we start the year how the hell are we going to end it? I'm not quite sure but one thing I do know for a fact is that we are proper pumped up like Macho Man Randy Savage in a blow up sumo suit for our next Soul Buggin' party on Saturday 26th February at Moog. Regular attendees of our parties should see a pattern emerging here regarding the guests we invite down and it is no overstatement to say that Ashley Beedle is pretty much up there as one of our favourite producers and djs. So where the hell do you start with this man?! There aren’t many people knocking about who can claim to have had as much influence on the UK’s dance music scene as Ashley Beedle and most people into good music will have at least one record or compilation of his in their collection.

To try to list his back catalogue of musical productions is nigh on impossible but his work as X-Press 2, Black Science Orchestra, The Ballistic Brothers, Black Jazz Chronicles, Mavis, Darkstarr, Africanz on Marz, Disco Evangelists or the London Heavy Disco Revue (to name but a few!) is pretty jaw dropping. He's worked with, produced or remixed a wide range of artists as diverse as Elton John, Bob Marley, David Byrne, The Streets, Bent, Horace Andy, Lily Allen, The Police, Nuyorican Soul, Candi Staton, First Choice, Lambchop's Kurt Wagner - oh this is just silly, we haven't got enough space to make a proper list but you get the idea.

Having djed all over the world he continues to be a major influence and inspiration in DJs record boxes or on dancefloors and discotheques across the globe and we're dead excited here's coming down to Soul Buggin'. As usual doors open at 9pm and go on till 3am and if you get down early you'll get cheaper entry (£3 before 10.30pm / £5 after).

Do not miss this one people!

x

Hello 2011!

So that's the first decade of the 21st century polished off, what's the next got in store for us I wonder? I dare not make any predictions if I'm honest at this point in time as my brain is still frazzled from all the festivities just past. I did hit it a bit too hard over the Christmas season so I'll need to concentrate a bit to write this, please bear with me

Here in Nottingham we decided to wave goodbye to the monster that was 2010 last month with our annual christmas Soul Buggin' party in Moog and invited along the Feel Good Phonic boys to join us for a mince pie disco knees up. With both sets of residents set to square up on the turntables (a total of SEVEN djs - 4 of them and 3 of us) we were slightly outnumbered which wasn't too bad as the combined age of us Soul Buggers is about 274. However disaster soon struck - Mark AND Wrighty were unable to make it down so it was down to me to try to fight em off with whatever bombs I could muster. Luckly I think I just pulled it off but I'd never heard the FGP boys together before and they certainly didn't disappoint, mixing up a right solid selection of dance floor nuggets with even the odd christmas anthem thrown in for good measure ("Santa Claus is coming to town" - Dave u bleddy nutter!!) Special thanks to Luke, Anthony, Mr Cross and Chopper for making it over as well as those that came down for a boogie. Was a lot of fun.



So with Christmas finally put back in it's box for another year, our bellies considerably more rotund and heads still pretty mashed up from the festive mentalism all eyes now focus on 2011. After a pretty belting year down at Soul Buggin' we're lining up loads for our monthly little sessions this year but to kick start it all off we've decided to blow off the doom and gloom that envelops us all at this time of year and do something a bit different. On Saturday 29th January down at the Moog bar we're going to be hosting a Fun Your Ear Midlands THREE party.

In 2009 we hosted 2 FYE parties in the region after previous sessions had taken place in the capitol, the North and South coast. Our 2 parties proved such a success we're doing it again down at the Moog bar. For those unfamiliar with these parties the concept has remained unchanged in 10 years. A group of djs (12 in this case) get to play for 30 minutes of whatever they want and however they want and in turn keep the night constantly fresh, eclectic and interesting. The results are always unpredictable and this is the very true essence of an FYE night. What on paper sounds like an absolute disaster waiting to happen turns out to be pretty special due to the fact the selectors tend to have bloody good record collections! Kicking off at 9pm and going on till 3am this ones a freemans so you can't ask fairer than that if your feeling the pinch .

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 29th January to dance off all that Xmas grub.

x

In the meantime, here's some chart action to warm yer cockles in this here 'orrble january

Beane's heaters for January 2011

01. Maxxi & Zeus - American dreamer | International Feel 12"
02. Lone - Emerald Fantasy Tracks | Magic Wire LP
03. Root Soul - Fuselage | Mukatsuku 12"
04. Deep Space Orchestra - Trust Skynet EP | Use of Weapons 12"
05. Fonda Rae - Touch me | Street Sounds Electro 12"
06. Tulio de Piscopo - Stop Bajon (Theo Parrish / Isoul8 & Mark de Clive Lowe remixes) | Archive 12"
07. Darkstar- Gold | Hyperdub 12"
08. Solid State - Dry Ice EP | All Out War 12"
09. Krystal Klear - Tried for your love EP | All City 12"
10. Architect - Christine | Nang 12"
11. Pointer Sisters - Automatic | 12"
12. Karma - The violence won't stop / Tout Est Conneries! | Unknown 12"
13. Mark Murphy - Stolen moments (Nicole Conte remix) | Schema 10"
14. System Status - Intergalactic Cannibalism | CDR
15. Mark E - R&B Dunkie | Golf Channel 12"