Warming up for big birthday scenes...

Down at Soul Buggin' so far this year we've been blessed with some cracking sessions that have seen the likes of Maurice Fulton, Chris Duckenfield, Phil Asher, Joey Negro and Sam Redmore grace our decks. With great crowds, superb vibes and all round top notch music going down we still have to pinch ourselves that we're only in July. Those heads that reside in Nottingham will no doubt realise that now sun has beamed down it's lovely warm rays on us all this fine city quietens down for the summer as all the students bugger off back to mum and dads and us older folk go on holiday so we've decided to take a short break to recharge our batteries, refocus and start planning for the autumn and what a party we've got for you when we return.

Diaries at the ready, get the babysitters number quick, cancel everything. On Saturday 28th September we'll be returning to The Bodega in Nottingham to have a big old dance for our 9th birthday and to help us raise a glass we're very excited to announce that we've invited Andrew Weatherall to join us. To say that we're a little excited about this is a rather large understatement indeed so we hope that you can join us to celebrate. Normally on this blog we'd like to give you a run down of our guest djs history, discography, jaunts and warehouse adventures but with some people their legacy is so damn long we literally wouldn't know where to start. Andrew Weatherall is one such character. Whether it be in the form of a dj or producer he is one of the most well respected talents within the scene so it is with a great honour that he will be bestowing his sonic wonders onto our dancefloor.

The buzz on this one has been bubbling for a few weeks to the point that all the early bird cheap tickets we announced via our facebook page have now sold out before we even started to advertise this party. If you missed out on the first batch of tickets released then worry not, full price £10 tickets are now available to buy directly from The Bodega or The Music Exchange on Stoney Street and we strongly advise you purchase some.

As per usual the Soul Buggin' residents Wrighty, Beane and Mark A will be on warm up duties as we open the doors at 11pm and go through till 4am.

See you on the 28th

:)

Soul Buggin' Facebook Group

The Bodega Website

The Music Exchange Facebook Group

Buggin' in the sun

Well what do you know - it looks like summer's finally gone and turned up. We were getting a bit worried if truth be told but now the buggers arrived its time to get your alfresco face on. Here at Soul Buggin' towers we're planning on throwing an outdoor all day terrace party up at Rocket @ Saltwater. Kicking things off around 4pm we'll be pumping on through till around 2ish and we've invited down dirty old grizzlers Basement Boogaloo to bring the disco filth. It's a free session all day and children are welcome till 7pm so no excuse for the mums and dads who get loose.

The terrace at Saltwater is one of the nicest outdoor spots in the city. It's not just us who think so, those swanky guardian people think so too http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/aug/07/uk.bars

Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/403414843104485/?fref=ts

As for our monthly sessions at The Bodega, we'll be taking a short 2 month break for the summer but we'll be back all guns blazing in September.

Hold onto your livers - we got a residents throwdown incoming

So riding off the back of our massive spring line up we're getting back to basics in June and wrestling the decks back for a big ole residents special.

 

Last September was the first time we did a residents special to celebrate our 8th birthday and it turned out to be one of our favourite parties of 2012 which is saying something considering the calibre of guests we had come down so expect loads of Buggin' anthems, classic and current, with lashings of brand new gear all pumped out over a big system.

Doors 11pm-4am

Entry £5

Far... far beyond

Oh my giddy aunt what a night. Last Saturday saw our decks blessed with the one man party machine that was Joey Negro and when it comes to electric nights this one has to have been up there with some of our best. A fantastic crowd came out in force to The Bodega and proceeded to hammer the life out of those floorboards as Joey Negro slammed down a killer 3 hour set of old school boogie joints, classic disco, proper house and all manner of soul-flavoured dancefloor nuggets from yesteryear. A heaving dancefloor all night ensued with people still wanting more come lights on time at 4am. We left with big beaming smiles on our faces and a warm fuzzing feeling inside. Huge thanks for all those that came to last weeks party and made it such a memorable night and of course to our special guest Dave Lee aka Joey Negro. Here's a few pics from the night courtesy of our roving eye Nick 'The Photo' Clague.

Far Beyond

Continuing with our Spring big hitters we at Buggin' Towers are pleased to welcome one of the true legends of the UK dance music and club scene Joey Negro.

So where do you start with Joey Negro aka Dave Lee aka a trillion other aliases? We're not even going to attempt it on this blog as his discography is huge but we urge you to check out his fine back catalogue of productions, remix work and fine compilations as a starting point.

http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/artists
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Joey+Negro
https://soundcloud.com/joeynegro

For this night night doors open at 11pm and we'll be going on till 4am as per usual. All residents representing at this one in the form of Wrighty, Beane & Mark A

Entrance on the door is £8.

We'll see you down the front

:) 

Fulton Fire

Was great to finally welcome Maurice Fulton over to Soul Buggin' last week. We've been big fans of his music for many years now so it was a true to honour have him grace our decks. What was supposed to be a 2 hour set turned into a monster 3.5 hour boogie-thon of killer grooves, classics and special Fulton productions. Many thanks to all those that came down and got on the good foot

Boof!

We're sitting here still basking in the glow of another excellent Soul Buggin' night where Chris Duckenfield showed again why he is one of our favourite DJs. So what do we have to match up to that, well we've only gone and booked the rather bloomin' excellent Maurice Fulton.

Having been looking at booking him for ages we're rather delighted to be bringing him as part of our big spring line up. There is already a buzz about this one and we are selling advance tickets for this, so make sure you pick one up to avoid any disappointment.

Maverick production genius Maurice Fulton is a man of few words, who is more inclined to let his music do the talking. We know for certain that he comes from Baltimore in the USA and has been DJing since his early teens. Starting on Hip-hop and then moving on to House and Garage at various residencies across the US he played under his nickname Dr Scratch.

Maurice began playing organ in church and drums in high school. So when he put his talent to making music it wasn’t long before he was using his skills to produce tracks with The Basement Boys and Ultra Nate. His most famous work was heard on Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters, one of the most successful house tunes of the early ‘90s.

Maurice went on to become highly prolific in his production work releasing tracks on various labels through the 90’s including Nuphonic and Warp in the UK. Often linked to contemporaries like Carl Craig, Derrick May and Frankie Knuckles, his textured sounds and complexity of production astounded many and grew him a loyal fan base. Some called it weird house others arty disco, his left of centre productions was always on the money.

In his more recent years he has been working for Tirk, Kathy Diamond, DFA and Running Back. Maurice likes to be known first and foremost as a producer, though for those in the know Maurice is also an extremely accomplished DJ. His sets are firmly routed in Loft and Garage classics that gave New York City its clubbing heritage. These tracks are often quietly edited to perfection by his own hand, and presented and eq’ed to maximum effect on the floor.

Maurice Fulton is one of house music’s true originals and his enviable back catalogue will live long in a modern world of disposable downloads.

http://www.rbmaradio.com/people/maurice-fulton

We run 11pm - 4am

Advance tickets are £8 (available from The Bodega)

Residents are Wrighty & Beane