Makin Music Returns!

That’s right, Niles and Baggy finally manage to record a new podcast after what has been a 3 month hiatus.
No more broadcasting live to the world via Unity Studios, this edition of Makin Music was recorded live and direct from Hill Towers and there’s plenty of the usual wit and banter, news, views and events [...]

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Disco Italia - Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985 - Review

Synth comprised, futuristic space music, Italo Disco was generalised in Europe as non U.K produced dance music. The term ‘Italo’ originated from the ‘Italo Boot Mixes’ that featured Italian and German music created in 1983 by ZYX label boss Berhnard Mikulski. Prior to 1983 the music was simply referred to as ‘Disco’.
When disco musicians started [...]

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Space Race Volume 9

In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two nuclei or nuclear particles collide to produce products different from the initial particles. In principle a reaction can involve more than two particles colliding, but because the probability of three or more nuclei to meet at the same time at the same place [...]

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Sparks 21×21 - 21 albums in 21 nights!

Brothers Ron and Russell Mael aka The Sparks are set to release what will be their TWENTY FIRST album!
In an unprecedented feat they have decided that to celebrate the launch of their new album they would perform 21 gigs where on each individual date they would play one of their albums in it’s entirety. That’s [...]

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THP - I’m your relationship aid mix

It’s the weekend and I’ve got around 10 days left before I leave my current job. Thankfully a quick re-visit to deephousepage and a stock take of their amazing supply of WBMX mix tapes have helped me overcome the daily chore and battle with red tape and process.
They’ve been a precious aid in having [...]

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Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump Review

Now, as much as we love lots of different styles of music here at Cosmic Disco we cannot possibly have deep knowledge and understanding of every genre that’s out there. This is where we have been grateful to the likes of Strut for schooling us and with the upcoming release of ‘Nigeria 70 - Lagos [...]

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Toto - Africa video

Its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Theres nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

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Niles - Italo Minidisco

Prior to the Bank Holiday I got a call from the parents asking me to, and I quote, ‘clear my shit out of the loft’. A quick trip down the M66 and a shed loads of cd’s and minidiscs later I started to review the contents.
I found quite a few of the old Casa Musica [...]

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Bloggerpalooza - Futuresonic 2008

As part of Manchester’s premier multimedia arts and music event - Futuresonic 2008, Cosmic Disco will be spinning records at a special event conducted by a selection of the finest bloggers Manchester has to offer.
Bloggerpalooza will be uniting bloggers as we broadcast our sounds to a local and global audience live to the planet via [...]

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Jamie Lidell Live in Manchester

Man, what a performer.
After the critically acclaimed debut album ‘Multiply’, Lidell drops his second long player ‘JIM’ after much anticipation, if not expectation; and Baggy got himself a couple of tickets to see the man perform in Manchester last night, interested to see if this polished singers direction had developed with the potential to [...]

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