After hooking up with TJ Gorton (American Athlete) recently we also became acquainted with his coconspirator - Terry Hecker, who runs the excellent disco blog ‘Terry’s Musical Life‘.
Terry is also responsible for the new weekly party - Studio, which is based over in Seattle USA and has a focus on Disco, Italo and Cosmic, which [...]

[ March 28, 2008 9:00 pm to March 29, 2008 1:00 am. ] This week sees Baggy and Niles provide the lotions with a blend of Beard Rock, Wonk, 80’s Pop and White Boy Reggae.

It’s Niles’ turn to wear the Boy George outfit this week so if the sounds are not to your liking then the visuals will be.

Niles and Baggy
9pm-1am
Trof Nothern Quarter, Mcr.
PASSWORD TO GAIN FREE [...]

I think the guys over at 37 Signals say it best.

After hearing that compilation specialists - ‘Strut Records’ was to be re-launched a few months ago (Kicking off with the fantastic ‘Disco-Not-Disco’ CD release.) we waited in anticipation to see what we would be treated to next.
Over the years Strut have released some fantastic compilation albums both on vinyl and CD, unearthing rare, forgotten dance [...]

It has been described as ‘an ever-evolving wall of sound to lose yourself in. It’s drugged up & tranced out.’ and ‘Led Zeppelin meets Moroder’.
David Gilmour Girls are the fruits of the labours of Dutchmen Robin van der Kaa and Jasper Uhl and the above quote from their Biog pretty much sums up their sound. [...]

[ March 21, 2008 6:00 pm to March 22, 2008 1:00 am. ] This Friday sees El Diablo’s Social Club ‘Grande Fromage’ - Neil Diablo join your cosmic residents for an extended intergalactic, holiday session.

Schenanigans K.O. at 6pm and go right through until 1am.

As per usual there is no door tax and a selection of the finest import beers this side of the Czech Republic.

::: The Long Good [...]

228 exoplanets are known around nearby stars.
The majority of these bodies are massive Jupiter like planets beyond our solar system. The first confirmed detection of such an exoplanet’s existance was only recently in the 1990’s but since 2000 more than 15 additional planets are being discovered each year.
It’s now estimated that 10% of sun [...]

Spending your day posting comments on music forums when you should be doing something constructive for your employer is no doubt a liberty we are all more than guilty of taking.
It’s not all surfing the net until you leave the office however as the time we have spent on the super active DJ History Forum [...]

[ March 7, 2008 9:00 pm to March 8, 2008 1:00 am. ] Should it be really this cold in the first week of March? We’ll be warming things up this weekend at Trof in in the Northern Quarter with our usual Friday night live party.

This weeks selectors are Baggy and Pete Masters who will be providing a blend of Post Punk, Disco Not Disco, New Wave Electronica, [...]

When digging through crates of records these days there is one type of album that I take a flyer on no matter what.
The 70’s rock album is a fascinating thing, pompous, over-produced and with needless guitar solo’s it’s often scoffed at and ignored but if you dig a little deeper most of these ‘Dad’s Driving [...]