Archive for August, 2008
Niles – Stop:Reject
Posted on 31. Aug, 2008 by niles.
An uptempo ‘party’ mix for you this week.
Featuring tracks from all the kids’ favourite genres of the moment there’s some Nu-Disco, some Italo, some Fidget/Wonk (really, I don’t make these genres up), some Disco, some Electro, some Acid and some Techno. There’s even a few cosmic disco re-edits.
The tracklist is in order in which the [...]
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Electrospective – Manchester Pre-Rave 82>88
Posted on 28. Aug, 2008 by baggy.
Highly recommended event taking place this Saturday, 30th August at Islington Mill, Salford.
There’s no charge for attending the daytime sessions then it’s a measly £6 for the evening party which kicks off from 10pm. Get your tickets from Fat City, Piccadilly Records or online at Quay Tickets.
Here’s the spiel:
Manchester District Music Archive present a special [...]
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Conrad Schnitzler Rare Tracks 1979-1982 Re-edited
Posted on 26. Aug, 2008 by baggy.
We’ve been keeping our eye on this one for a while and it’s release is finally upon us.
Conrad Schnitzler is widely considered as one of the figureheads of European, avant-garde electronica as a member of both Tangerine Dream and Cluster, predating not only Kraftwerk but DAF and at 71 years of age is still making [...]
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DJ Enne Guest Mix
Posted on 25. Aug, 2008 by baggy.
Heavily influenced by the sounds of the Cosmic Club, DJ Enne started DJ’ing in Innsbruck, Austria as the first resident of the legendary club – Galaxy, where (Like Cosmic & Typhoon) they specialised in the sounds of Jazz, Funk, Electronica, Dub, Afro and Space Disco.
Having remixed and produced tracks on labels such as Compost and [...]
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Makin’ Music – August 2008
Posted on 17. Aug, 2008 by baggy.
Mark aka Bucky aka THP joins this month’s podcast after what has been far too long an absence.
The focus is strictly on Mark as not only is he spreading his wings with a new club project involving some of our other friends – Cutloose, he manages to provide the studio space for this month’s [...]
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Dan English – La Discoteque Rocks
Posted on 15. Aug, 2008 by thp.
Some Friday mixage from our good friend Dan English.
This is the first mix I’ve done in a while due to not having much of a home setup for recording mixes. I chose old and new tracks that I’m into at the moment while also trying to fit in a wide variety of genres.
Though the mix [...]
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Jonny 5 Guest Mix
Posted on 15. Aug, 2008 by baggy.
Cosmic Disco is very pleased to welcome Gak Foundation’s Jonny 5 who provides this week’s Cosmic Disco guest mix.
A respected member of the (Sadly now defunkt) Cybernetic Broadcasting System and DJ History communities Jonny is an aficionado of all things Italo, Cosmic and Disco.
Gak Foundation is a veritable smorgersboard of mixes for the connoisseur and [...]
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Pirate Robot Midgets – It’s my beat now
Posted on 11. Aug, 2008 by thp.
Pirate Robot Midget, an Italian French electro rock outfit based in the heart of trendy Amsterdam is the latest signing to hotly tipped new label, Hell Yeah Recordings. Bred on a steady diet of distorted basslines and twisted punk rock riffs, the boys have finally created a sound distinctively their own. Drawing inspiration from the [...]
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Rare 1920’s or early 1930’s disc jockey dual turntable
Posted on 10. Aug, 2008 by thp.
Yeah, I’m losing my edge.
I’m losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I’m losing my edge.
I’m losing my edge to the kids from France and from London.
But I was there.
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Sorry John
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Best of The Big Chill – Gong Gong
Posted on 08. Aug, 2008 by baggy.
After returning from our very first Big Chill we thought we’d contact the artists who made the biggest impression on us over the weekend and start a new feature in the process – ‘The Best of The Big Chill’.
Put simply, we asked half a dozen artists to provide us with a compilation/mix of material that [...]
