Meeeeeeooow!

Right, it's about time we gave you some details of our next party on Saturday 29th October at the Moog bar here in Nottingham. For our next shindig we've decided to invite the guys behind the well respected KAT Record label - Phat Phil Cooper and Ste Hodge.

Over the years KAT Records has featured releases from superior cut and splice edit merchants such as leading players in the game Greg Wilson, Ashley Beedle, Rahaan, Al Kent, Danny Krivit and many more. With their releases supported by every man and his dog the duo themselves have played just about everywhere so we won’t bore you with a roll call of clubs although it’s a safe bet that you’ve probably been dancing on one of their blinding boat parties if you’ve been out to Croatia’s Garden Festival in recent years. Musically they love to chuck in everything from folk, psyched out funk rock, soul, jazz funk, disco, house and hip hop into their sets and their dancefloor ethos is exactly what Soul Buggin’ is all about - if its good, it gets played. High fives all round!

Check out their soundcloud page for loads of sounds here



Usual rules apply for this one - £3 before 10.30pm / £5 after and we'll be going on till 3am. Come get some all over your face.

Let's get this roof raised!

Soul Buggin' has been asked to come down and play at the Raise The Roof festival this Saturday (8th October) at the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery (next door to the Pitcher and Piano pub). We'll be playing 11pm-1am in the cafe bar and we're looking forward to joining a massive two day line up of artists, bands and djs that will be playing across the weekend. Looks like a great charity too.

Full details about the festival, the line ups and the charity itself can be found here here


Horse Meat Disco 7th Birthday Knees Up

At the end of September we saw that unruly little creature that is Soul Buggin' turn 7 and what a great birthday session we had. With the return of Filthy Luka from the Horse Meat Disco collective as our guest DJ for the evening we'd like to say a big thank you to all those that came down to shake a leg on the Moog floorboards with us. There were some fantastic dance floor scenes being unleashed in that little rave pub. Here's some pics from the night

You know what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like this?

"Call the President!"

Well luckily we didn't have to last weekend as Soul Buggin' rolled back into Moog and showed Lo Pan how it goes down. So as the capitol put on extra nappies, worried that things were gonna kick off again at the Notting Hill Carnival, we had our own potential riot to worry about as we'd invited the Deep Space Orchestra, Andre Bonsor and Matt Rhythm to Soul Buggin' for our last bank holiday Sunday knees up. We had a great session with all DJs playing firing sets although unfortunately Matt Rhythm was unable to attend due to, erm, well we're not quite sure but we do know it involved a lot of booze and lack of sleep the night before. He sends his apologies that he couldn't make it and was properly gutted. What a silly sausage eh. Special thanks go to our guests that did play and all you lot who pilled down as well as Elmo and her 30th birthday fancy dress brigade that certainly livened up proceedings. For those who were too scared to approach me to ask about my fancy dress costume of choice I don't blame you although to be honest I think I looked less like Eddie Izzard and more like Vera Duckworth on crack.



So would you Adam and Eve it, It's only our birthday in September. Officially our seventh too if you have a count up and do the maths. Crikey. Have a search through this blog (Sept 2010) for the complete story of Soul Buggin' as last year I did a bit of a history lesson write up.

All you need to know now though is as it's a special occasion we thought what better way to celebrate than to invite back Horse Meat Disco's Filthy Luka to Soul Buggin' for a bloody big knees up. After the storming session we had with him last year we thought it only right.

The acclaimed Horse Meat Disco crew have put disco well and truly back on the map over the past few years. Whether it be their weekly Sunday night session at The Eagle in London, various powerhouse festival performances at Glastonbury, Bestival or Lovebox or even one of their parties in Lisbon or Berlin - the crew have garnered a unique reputation for amazing sessions and unmatchable sets.

We're very excited about this one, Raul (the Buggin' ambassador) is already frothing at the mouth and sorting out his hotpants and as usual when Horse Meat Disco come to town things get pretty crazy so we'd advise getting down nice and early to get your stomp on.

Doors open at 9pm and we roll till 3am. Entry £3 before 10.30pm, £5 after.

See you out on the floorboards

x

PS - Oh worth a cheeky mention. This weekend (Saturday September 4th) Soul Buggin' plays at the closing party (alongside a whole host of local djs) at Coconut Joe's Beach Bar on Market Square (10pm-11pm). We'll be sad to see Joe pack up it's coconuts as it's been a lovely replacement to the fried chicken eaating emos and goths that normally reside in the Nottingham's Market Square. Cheers for the Moijtos Joe!

PPS - And as usual for those that can't wait till our birthday party at the end of the month you can catch Soul Buggin' doing our usual 6 hour set at Bar Eleven in Hockley on Saturday 10th September 9pm-3am. It's a freemans and always a good session.

Brewster's Millions!

Sweaty arsed disco antics down at the Buggin' last month then or what!? Woooooah. We knew Bill Brewster was a legend and would not disappoint but nothing could of prepared us for that beast of a session. Arguably our busiest little knees up in Moog we were truly knocked for six the amount of people that showed up and we gotta say what a fantastic crowd you lot were. Big ups to everyone of you that got on those floorboards for the stomp and of course a very special thank you to Bill Brewster who turned in a fantastic 2 hour set consisting of bomb after bomb. It was getting silly at one point and very hot in there but when he played the Harvey Black Cock edit of The Dells "No way back" that was it for me I needed a sit down. Too much heat!


So where the bejesus do we go from there then!? Well before we even get to our big birthday bash next month we've got the small matter of our annual August bank holiday all dayer to get over first which takes place back at Moog on Sunday 28th August. You know the deal by now - we kick off at 4pm and go right through till 3am and this month we've asked some of our favourite djs to come and join us. Headlining the party we have the Deep Space Orchestra who are a fine DJ/production duo from Manchester who we were lucky to play with earlier this year at the Disconnected warehouse party and they blew our socks off. They both have serious skills behind the decks and with a whole host of their own productions released on labels such as Winding Road, Art, Five20East and their own Use of Weapons imprint they certainly know their onions.

Joining the duo will be two local guest DJs Matt Rhythm from the Bleep District / Rhythm Plate duo and local party fiend Andre Bonsor, best known for not only his marathon levels of party endurance but his stellar work as one half of Schmoov! and Master Man.

Musical back up will be supplied by the Soul Buggin' residents Wrighty, some monkey with a bag full of beans and Derby warlord Mark A.

As we kick off so early you'll be able to get in free if you come down before 7pm (worth it to grab some of Moog's lovely munch) or after it'll be £3 entry before 10.30pm and £5 after.

We look forward to having a boogie with yer!

x


PS - Also worth a mention for all those that can't wait for their Buggin' fix at the end of the month here are some other dates for August where you can catch us doing our thing

Saturday 6th August - Soul Buggin' @ Cocounut Joes, Market Square. 8pm-11pm
Saturday 13th August - Wrighty & Beane 6 hour set @ Eleven. 9pm-3am
Saturday 20th August - Soul Buggin' @ Coconut Joes, Market Square. 8pm-11pm
Saturday 27th August - Myhouseyourhouse Birthday Party @ Saltwater. All Dayer

Soul Buggin' goes to the beach...

Slashing down with rain while freezing your tits off - hurrah for the British summertime! You gotta love it. Well, not really but hold your horses all is not lost just yet. For those that can't afford to sod off abroad and are stuck here with us in blighty a slice of pure tropicana is coming right here to Nottingham this summer. A few years back the council realised that the majority of sausage roll munching folk in Nottingham were lazy gits who couldn't be bothered to go to the beach so in a stroke of genius they hatched a plan that was as bonkers as it was brilliant. Why go to the beach when the beach can be brought to you? Cue a shed load of sand, a real fun fair, ice cream shop and fully licensed beach bar dumped in our very own market square for the summer.

Coconut Joe's is the beach bar situated slap bang by the Council building and over the next few months they are hosting some great little nights. Below are a few dates when us Soul Buggers will be playing outside in the bar (including Saturday 30th July where we'll be using it as our pre-party with Mark Rayner from Wild Honey before our main session with Bill Brewster at Moog). Check out some of the other dates too where many of our friends will be playing.

We hope to see you down by the beach for some disco flavoured sandcastle nonsense over the next few weeks.

Evenings in July

Friday 22th July - Opening night with Soul Buggin'
Saturday 23rd July - Master Man
Thursday 28 July - Siesta Project DJs
Friday 29 July - Audiophile
Saturday 30th July - Soul Buggin' pre-party with Mark Rayner (Wild Honey)

Evenings in August

Saturday 6th - Soul Buggin' / Balearic Assassins of Love
Thursday 11th - Siesta Project DJs
Friday 12th - Purple Radio
Thursday 18th - Rick Donohue
Saturday 20th - Soul Buggin'
Thursday 25th - Siesta Project DJs
Friday 26th - Myhouseyourhouse 6th Birthday Party

Summer heaters in yer speakers!

Phew. It's all got a bit hot and sticky ain't it!? While some chose to roll around in the dried mud at last weekends Glastonbury, here in Nottingham things got pretty dirty too as we invited Electric Chair legend Luke Unabomber to our monthly soiree for a bit of a disco. Turning in a firing 3.5 hour set the Unabomber smashed up Moog good and proper culminating in some fantastic end of night scenes ('Baker Street' caused some serious air saxaphone blowage on the dancefloor - shout to all the dads!) Hats off to all those that made it down and a special mention must go to Alex's mate Dean who after dancing for hours, drenched through with sweat and ravenous, attempted to buy a kebab afterwards in our local take away round the corner with half a fiver claiming it was legal tender and worth at least £2.50. Skills.


So a few things to look forward to over the next few weeks here at the Buggin' HQ that need a mention. First off Wrighty and myself are hitting the road this Friday (1st July) and heading over to The Bulls Head in Birmingham (Moseley) to lay down our usual disco-inspired nonsense. We'll be playing from 12.30am till 2am and if your at the massive Mostly Jazz Festival over the road pop in afterwards and get on the good foot.

Full details are over on the Freestyle website. Oh and they also interviewed us. Have a read > http://www.bullsheadmoseley.co.uk/soul-buggin


For all those Nottingham way Soul Buggin' will be back on Saturday 30th July at Moog where we'll be welcoming Bill Brewster to the decks. It’s been said that what Bill Brewster doesn’t know about disc jockeying is probably not worth knowing and we’re not going to argue with that. Since starting his DJ career in the late 80’s cutting his teeth playing in New York he’s played all over the shop and currently is one of the heads behind the superb Low Life parties in London. Whether it be writing columns for almost every dance rag out there, penning bible-like books on the art of the DJ (‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’) or creating hugely popular websites such as DJ History.com if it’s eclecticism, surprises, amazing unique music or sheer long-haul dedication to the dancefloor, Bill’s your man. We're looking forward to this one mightly. Usual rules apply get down before 10.30pm and get cheap entry (£3) otherwise it'll be a fiver. Keep yer eyes on this blog over the next few weeks for news of a very special pre-party too.

Taa daa for now kids!

;-)

PS - For those social networkers out there hunt down the crazy motherfucker that goes by the name of Raul Soul-Buggin. He's fashionably exotic and bloody loves a good disco. More importantly he'll keep you bang up to date with all Buggin' movements and might even give you a massage if he likes the look of you.

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