Soulshot – Saturday Night Shakedown
Posted on 5 March 2010 | No responses
Due to the success of our Thursday night’s at the Gramaphone bar, we’ve been promoted to Saturday night party hosts (at last!).
Matt Cox will be joined by the full Carnivalism (Matt & Dom) and Monkey Tennis (Matt Ralph + Larry) crew to warm up your mind, body and soul.
Expect the best edit disco, classic disco and end of night jackin house.
Plus it’s free all night!
Nearest tubes are Algate, Algate East or Liverpool St:
Free Thinking Minds
Posted on 12 February 2010 | No responses
Tomorrow night the Carnivalism boys are back at.
Come join us, Al Mackenzie and Johnny Freeman for a loved up extravaganza of disco, house, and anything random that we care to find. See our listings page for more info.
Carnivalism Podcast No. 16 – Hello 2010!
Posted on 30 January 2010 | No responses
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Hopping genres like they were privet hedges, we have 1 hour 45 minutes of delving through the Carnivalism record shelves (and hard drives) to see you into the new year for you this month.
TRACKLISTING
- Do It Nice & Easy (With Love) (GW Edit)-Disco Deviance
- Sunlamp Show (Disco Bloodbath Remix)-The Aliens
- Holding Back (My Love)-Tensnake
- Marvo Ging-The Chemical Brothers
- Fools Gold-The Stone Roses
- Get in Trouble (Crazy P Remix)-Snax
- Casualities [Morgan Geist Remix]-Phonique Feat. Erlend Oye
- Baby Can’t Stop (Aeroplane Remix)-Lindstrom & Christabelle
- Panorama-Tucillo
- Get Yourself Together (Hercules & Love Affair Hercbump Mix)-Chaz Jankel
- Happy House-Juan Maclean
- Back When (Original Mix)-DJ Spen
- Armed-Pryda
- Whole Life-Oxia
- Emergency-Faithless
- Get Em High (Featuring Sway)-Stanton Warriors
- The Click (Original Mix)-Slyde
- Takin’ Over-Ralph Robles
- Doing Shows-Floppy Sounds
- Hustler-Simian Mobile Disco
- Minimal (Toca Discos Sunday at Space Mix)-Pet Shop Boys
Norwegian Good
Kings of Convenience star Erlend Øye adds vocals to Phonique’s “Casualties”. Oye is known for singing over his DJ sets and have given his distinctive voice to the likes of Royksopp and Ash. His melancholic tone is suited equally to down-tempo acoustic and livelier indie-disco in which he is represented in his latest band project the band Whitest Boy Alive.
Rules was released last year and is The Whitest Boy’s second album. Check out their nicely illustrated albums and tees at their website.
Interesting fact; Jarvis Cocker directed the music video for Erlend Oye’s 2004 single Sudden Rush.
Good To Know Chaz
Chaz (or Charles) Jankel has been around the (ahem) block a few times in his musical career teaming up with Ian Dury in the 70’s and going on to be part of his group Ian Dury & the Blockheads.
Chaz’s credits during this period include co-writing some of the groups biggest tracks “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”, “Spasticus Autisticus”. His solo career continued through the 80’s and is now enjoying a revival, being rediscovered by a younger audience.
Tirk Records have wisely taken Chaz into their fold ensuring that some of that some of his best work gets another time around, while promoting his newer productions.
Breaks Slyde back in
Matt’s penchant for breaks has been a little neglected in podcasts of late so it bears no suprise to see Finger Lickin’s Slyde muscling into proceedings.
Robin 12 Tree & Jason Laidback have been at it (musically) since childhood and finally crossing paths in 2002 with the track ‘Flow’. That track featured on one of the most memorable dance compilations of the time, Notting Hill Carnival’s institution Sancho Panza and their album “Float”.
Interesting fact; Jason was Kylie Minogue’s scratch DJ on her ‘Fever’ tour.
Jerry Fuchs R.I.P.
Brooklyn based drummer Gerhardt Fuchs tragically died last November. Jerry played percussion for the likes of LDC Soundsystem, Maserati, Moby, MSTRKRFT, Holy Ghost, Turing Machine, !!!, and is included on this mix by means of Juan Maclean of which he accompanied for live sets. In a world of digital music it is easy to forget what a difference the presence of live drums have on dance music and with the tireless velocity that Jerry played, he leaves a big hole on the New York music scene.
Radio station WNYU’s Beats in Space host Tim Sweeney paid a heartfelt tribute to Jerry that you can hear on his weekly podcast.
Juan described Jerry as “one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter.”
You can see Jerry in action below with a live rendition of “Happy House” by The Juan Maclean.
The Juan MacLean – Happy House (Live @ The Double Door) from The Belmont Sessions on Vimeo.
Teddy Pendergrass R.I.P.
Posted on 27 January 2010 | No responses
Sad to hear that Teddy Pendergrass passed this month after struggling with colon cancer.
Teddy was in fact paralysed after a traffic accident in the 80’s and founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance a charity to help those suffering from spinal related injuries.
His musical career began in the 70’s as part of Harold & the Blue Notes of which he departed to embark on a successful solo career that saw 5 Grammy nominations, with releases right up to 2007.
Songs from both his Blue Note days and solo career included; I Don’t Love You Anymore, If You Don’t Know Me By Now, Don’t Leave Me This Way, Close The Door.
Carnivalism Podcast No. 15 – Christmas Cracker
Posted on 23 December 2009 | 1 response
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We had such a laugh at Camden last Friday that we just had to put a lot of the set on this podcast. Some real old vinyl here! Have a great Christmas everyone and here’s to a fantastic 2010!
- People (Jeno’s Stormy Weather Mix) – Rocket
- Keep on Trying – Antoine Claraman feat. Emily Chick
- Good Stuff (Culture Mix) – Mada
- Get Ya Dub On (Jimpster Remix) – Switch
- My Father – Nebraska
- Outta Space (meitz remix (dub)) – Daniel Paul
- Feisty – White Label
- You Better – The Knack
- Dance – Klatsch!
- Give it To Me (unknown edit) – Rick James
- Jackson Torpedo – Mashed Up Funk
- Electric Disco – Plump DJs
- Pop Ya Virus – Stanton Warriors
- Cosmopolitan Lover – Bumper
- Party All The Time – Eddie Murphy
- Big Tool – Chris Lum
- SOS (Skylark Vocal Mix) – A’studio feat Polina
- Just Fine (Carnivalism Breaks) – Matt Richards
- Right On – Silicone Soul
Monkey Tennis Christmas Party
Posted on 8 December 2009 | No responses
Snuggled in nicely amongst all the Christmas parties is this little number. It’s a Friday night, it’s the start of the weekend and possibly the start of Christmas for some.
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feathers!
Friday 18th December,Bay Vinyl,6 Inverness St, Camden Town,NW1 7HJ
20:00-02:00
Christmas shopping? Free thinking minds more like!
Posted on 25 November 2009 | 2 responses
Hopefully this little shindig is before you get booked up for drinking with the boss, Christmas shopping and getting stuck into the festive season. Matt returns to this East London boozer for music and mischief.
Saturday 12th December, The Britannia Pub, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT
21:00-02:00, free entry
Just Fine (Carnivalism Breaks)
Posted on 19 November 2009 | No responses
I have been working on a track over the past couple of days. A combination of two terrific tunes – Mary J Blige’s “Just Fine” & a Soulwax remix of the Gorillaz chart killer “Dare”.
I have been searching for a Jovonn remix of “Just Fine” that I heard Norman Jay playing at this year’s Notting Hill carnival. Without any joy I resorted to making my own version of this infectious track. Nothing like the deep house version that was cause of the inspiration but that’s just how things go!
I’ve got some pretty cool artwork coming up to go with the track to so watch this space.
Thanks goes to out Kataclism who has been recently showing me where I’ve been going so wrong with Logic for the past 5 or so years! You are a star hunny!
You can check out her productions on soundcloud or myspace;
http://www.myspace.com/kataclism
kataclism
Matt
A Deeper November mix
Posted on 16 November 2009 | No responses
I dusted off some vinyl and did a little mix, more minimal/electro than usual… bit creaky in places but never mind, it’s all about the music anyway! enjoy!
Dom
untitled – david hausdorf (7th bouquet)
long shadows (christian prommer mix) – pedro madeira (buzzin’ fly)
guinea pig (vocal variation with julia biel) – ben watt (buzzin’ fly)
in love with a german film star (stuck in the 80s mix) – sam taylor & the pet shop boys (kompakt pop)
lighters – king unique (junior london)
hearts on fire – cut/copy (modular)
see what we’ve become – ghost cauldron (!K7)
(this) is the dream of evan and chan (superpitcher kompakt mix) – dntel (plug research)
the happy monster – hug (k2)
insomnia (kemistry remix) – rodamaal feat. claudia franco (buzzin’ fly)
number one – eastwick and holloway (wall of sound)
Soulshot
Posted on 11 November 2009 | No responses
Thursday night sesh? Well it would be rude not too before Christmas parties take hold.
The Gramaphone has been serving eager punters from back in 2005. Time Out described the upstairs bar as “roomy and entirely lacking in trendy decor pretensions – a fine break from the weirdo art installation and beheaded Barbie doll norm round these parts”. Sounds like the perfect place to put a night on so in conjunction with Matt Cox and Lawrence Brookes (see Monkey Love Mix) we have.
http://www.myspace.com/nylondon
www.myspace.com/monkeytennismusic
Thursday 19th November, Gramaphone Bar, 60-62 Commercial Street, Spitafields, E1 6LT
19:30 ’til late , free entry.