Since 2004 Polaroid has been at the forefront of pushing new electronic dance music in Leeds, operating out of the intimate surroundings of the Wire club. The venue’s basement feel coupled with its brickwork arches, metal furnishings and custom built Funktion One sound system give the night a true underground feel in a unique party [...]
It’s been an extremely busy year so far for Kid Who since the release of his tip top 12″ on Mindless Boogie. It doesn’t seem to be slowing down either with remix requests and original work due to be completed soon. Kid Who has just remixed Sheharzad’s Yalla Yalla for the Jens Loden ‘Worx’ compilation [...]
Along with Rayko, Rotciv and a handful of my other favourite producers sharing their music via Soundcloud, The Dead Rose Music Company published one of their ‘may contain samples’ edits this week. Plus the potential first release for their newly established forthcoming label Taikomochi. There’s an air of secrecy surround who The Dead Rose Music [...]
This week a wonderful flurry of mixes have landed in my inbox with some exceptional music contained within them. First up is from Tiago Miranda who’s been treating us with his releases and remixes on labels such as Italians Do It Better, Disco Devil, Ene, Hands of Time, Rong Music, Eskimo, Claremont 56 and many [...]
On Saturday Legends [ a night club in the North West of England ] celebrated 20 years at the Mersey view where original DJ Darren Noguerol showcased over 8 hours worth of music. The guys at the club recorded the night which will be available at some point to share. In the mean time founding [...]
Freshit recordings debuts with the release of Stealth by Philippos N, a journey through bass, funky guitar licks & atmospheric synths. Philippos N is top dog and creative force behind London’s newest music label Freshit. Moving from his homeland of Greece to study sound engineering i1 Philippos soon found his feet in London’s underground and [...]
I’ve been completing chart returns and listening to new music whilst watching Spain beat Germany in the semi final at the world cup. There’s a queue of mixes ready to go live on the site with some absolute crackers ready to drop! Here’s one of the fine selections that landed in my inbox from Herbee [...]
This Thursday Tramp! and Now Wave stage an excellent collaboration featuring Holy Ghost [ LIVE ], SBTRKT [ LIVE] and Sampha [ LIVE ] at the Deaf Institute in Manchester. Holy Ghost are bringing their brand of live electronic space disco to Manchester for the very first time! With remixes of songs by Pheonix, MGMT, [...]
Yep that’s right. Cosmic Disco is 4 years old today. The blog has evolved in so many ways since the day I posted the words “Hello Disco” back in July 2006. Over the years Cosmic Disco has continued to share and source music from across our beautiful planet. Past contributions from Baggy, Niles and myself, [...]
In the summer of 2008 along with two friends I started a night in Manchester called Cutloose. The first party was in September with Theo Parrish guesting all night long. For our October party we wanted to change direction musically and bring back Beppe Loda and Loud E. Beppe had played in Manchester previously when [...]