Hidden Depths Hits Manchester

Hidden Depths invites artists to curate their own individual night, bringing a collection of guest performers who have inspired them both past and present. These bespoke events offer more than just a great line up as they aim to reveal a little more about today’s most intriguing artists.
Following a highly successful launch in 2007, San [...]

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Stu - Cosmic Disco Mix

He was the last resident dj to spin at Casa Musica.
He’s starred in a string of Hollywood blockbusters including Godzilla and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
He’s Stuart Burnell, friend of Cosmic Disco and top notch balearic dj.
The tracklisting wasn’t too easy to get off him but it was worth it. Tuck in to this beauty of [...]

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Niles - Costa Caleta

Hola! Sun-kissed holiday influenced vibes on this months mix from myself.
With tracks from Spain, Peru, Italy and Australia this is a downtempo mixed bag of a mix which goes beautifully with a back garden, deck chair and glass of something cold and tasty.
Simon’s away to Portugal this week so expect more summery goodness on his [...]

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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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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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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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Grand Theft Auto IV - Soundtrack

After myself and THP had ‘accidentally’ shot each other for the 50th time on the new Grand Theft Auto online Multiplayer I jumped in a vehicle and turned on the radio to hear Juliette Lewis playing Cosmic Disco friends and favourites, David Gilmour Girls’, remix of her band’s track ‘Inside the Cage’.
Massive praise to the [...]

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Muxtape

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

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I Wanna Rock You

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 [...]

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Chips with Everything present Ebony Bones LIVE

The infamous Chips With Everything returns on Friday 29th February at Grosvenor Street’s Deaf Institute, having been in hiding in London for the past year following the nosedive of some of Manchester’s best venues.
This month Chips is proud to welcome Ebony Bones, who’ll be playing her first ever Manchester show, complete with a full band.
A [...]

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