Zyron provided us some great music back in March 2007 so it was great to hear back from the man himself, especially as he had a spanking new mix for our ears.

Featuring a staggering 28 tracks within 100 minutes is a challenge for anyone but friend of the site Zyron pulls it off with finesse.

Zyron - Cosmic Disco Exclusive

• Holger Czukay - Träum Mal Wieder
• Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen
• Shriekback - Into Method [Planet Mix]
• Iam Siam - Talk to Me (I Can Hear You Now) [Dub]
• Fukkt - Goodhome Street
• Duran Duran - Faith in this Colour
• Per Cussion - 42nd Street Heartbeat
• David Byrne - Leg Bells
• Mike Oldfield - Incantations [Part One Excerpt]
• Godley & Creme - Clues
• Cerrone - Rendez-Vous
• Herbie Hancock - Doin’ It
• Milli Vanilli - Magic Touch
• Flash & the Pan - Hole in the Middle
• Dag Vag - Utsikt från en altan
• Level 42 - Coup D’etat
• Peter Gabriel - Exposure
• Birth Control - Gamma Ray [History Clock Re-edit]
• Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Fritz the Blank
• Logic System - Automatic Collect Automatic Correct
• Savage Progress - My Soul Unwraps Tonight
• Herbie Hancock - Junku
• Ashra - Shuttle Cock
• La Compagnie Créole - Miyo
• Godley & Creme - Love Bombs
• Floy Joy - Into the Hot
• Wobble & Marland - Love Mystery [Instrumental]
• Chic - (Funny) Bone

A day late on this one so please accept our sincerest apologies.

Right, without further ado, we are going to let the mix do the talking. It’s another installment from our excellent series of ‘Dropbox’ mixes from German DJ Torsten Schneider aka Todd Jackin’ E.

Tracklist is currently unavailable so spot away…

Todd Jackin’ E - Cosmic Disco Mix

This weekend’s guest mix sees the second in a series of exclusive new mixes from DJ legend Tom Saverese.

During his disco days, Tom had a reputation as one of the finest musical programmers around, pushing the very latest sounds to the thousands of dancers who would flock to hear him play.

With a commitment to new music still as prevalent as ever, this latest submission sees Tom produce a segment of approx. 45mins in length. If played in a live environment Tom now utilises such technology as MixMeister to insert video clips and images into the timeline of the mix to compliment and coax the imagination visually as well as aurally, projecting the artist and title onto screens behind him.

Programming is also still of utmost importance. A similar process known as ‘Remote Viewing’ Tom explains in his own words:

If I come upon a song that conjures a very specific and global image, place, object (impression) location, I go there, maybe in Google Earth, and I look around to gather more impressions and find stuff to match: more tracks, video and photography stills. I also check the astro maps to look at the position of my natal lines through that location(s). That information from the maps sort of guides me on the feelings of the locale, whether my ideas would work if I were actually there. I have always been a ‘medium’ for the channeling of music with the ability to take the power of the collective dance floor, interpreting it and sending it back out to the people. It was always the audience first, then the artist(s), and then the tracks, then me. We didn’t have video then and it was never, ever about me alone. Maybe that’s the reason I couldn’t have anybody around me when I was working? Can you imagine the power of good intention in the universe if you subliminally point people in the right direction! We could move mountains, find cures, prevent hunger and disease!

Click the image below for details of the track list and hit the ‘play in popup’ or ‘download’ buttons to listen to the latest mix from Tom Savarese. Whilst your at it follow the link to Google Earth and why not go visit Land’s End where Tom found his inspiration for this mix…

Tom Savarese - 50N53, 1W20, 2008-10-22

It’s that time of the month where we scour the finest underground parties up and down the country and our friends in the south - Late Night Audio & Electric Minds have pulled yet another stonker out of the bag for their November (Saturday 15th) party which is held at Dalston’s excellent Visions Video Bar (Low ceilings, basement acoustics fuelled by a Funktion 1 sound system!) by flying over no other than the majestic Mark Seven and the emerald isle’s John Daly.

Put simply, Mark Seven is one of Cosmic Disco’s all time favourite DJ’s…

Ex-pat and now Stockholm resident, Mark is responsible for buying duties at the fantastic Jus’ Wax records, where he regularly flies across the pond to pick up the finest collections from a number of legendary DJ’s & producers to bring back specifically your spotting perusal. Cosmic HQ have have spent many hours scouring Jus’ Wax ticking off tracks from our wants list to log off a good few £’s lighter.

Renowned collector/buyer/compiler & editor, Mark is certainly no stranger to the underground music scene as his involvement goes as far back as the early 80’s, from promoting parties such as ‘Bizarre’ on the then fledgling Balearic scene, in addition to being a regular at the Rampling organised ‘Shoom’ events. In recent years, Mark has co-promoted ‘The Lodge’ and NY Social parties where he has introduced the likes of Prins Thomas & Phil Mison to the US scenes.

If this wasn’t enough, Mark is also responsible for the excellent Divine Edit 12″s on Creative Use (’Higher’ being a classic ‘end of nighter’) and with further edits and original productions scheduled for release in 2009, his appearance at Visions is an opportunity to witness one of the finest purveyors of underground music around today.

LNA/Electric Minds dont do things by half. They have gone that extra yard by also booking Galway’s John Daly…

After several years producing his own music, John started Feel Music and has since had many successful releases on other labels such as Chatons Plak, Areal, Sublabel IRR and even Francois K’s Wave Music. Remix duties have been at the disposal of Compost and Rekids. On this evidence there is no doubt of John’s obvious quality. DJ wise it’d be obvious for us to state that John is a long time vinyl enthusiast who is known for spinning disco, deep house and techno in his sets.

Not only is John a regular on his homeland club circuit but he’s also had the honour of being booked to perform in clubs such as the infamous Panorama Bar in Berlin, Zukunft in Zurich with many other European bookings scheduled for 2009.

Warm up duties are provided by the excellent residents: Toby Tobias, Danny Clark and Dolan Bergin.

Late Night Audio & Electric Minds Presents… Mark Seven & John Daly w/Toby Tobias, Danny Clark & Dolan Bergin. 10pm-6am @ Visions Video Bar, 588 Kingsland Road, London E8. Nearest transport: Dalston Kingsland. Info: 07958 614 297. All ticket info from: info@electricminds.co.uk £7adv thru Ticketweb or £10 OTD

If you are anywhere near the capital on this date make sure you dont miss out on this party. Keep posted for exclusive recordings of these parties via Cosmic Disco.

The best question wins two guest list places to our December party, tea at Jenko’s, a cashmere jumper from Mark and a trip on the log flume with Wes.

Pretty good prizes if you ask me.

Get yourself over there now!

Yorkshire based producer Andrew Porritt aka ‘Sugamouth‘ first cut his clubbing teeth at northern institutions such as Hard Times and Back 2 Basics.

In addition to being inspired by the music played at these clubs, Andrew is influenced by the work of Prins Thomas, Francois K, The Glimmers, Angel Moreas, Jazzanova & (One time Manchester resident) Riton.

With tracks ready to drop on 989 Records, Andrew has already had releases on Cascabel with his production sound edging towards the tech-house end of the spectrum whereas when DJ’ing he prefers to keep to a warm up/back room style and his ‘One Too Many DJ’s’ mix is a perfect example.

Sugamouth - One Too Many DJ’s

• Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle
• Rubies feat Feist - I Feel Electric (Tiedye Remix)
• Jestofunk - Stellar Funk (Lazzaro Shoes Remix)
• Big Muff - My Funny Valentine (Francois K’s Trippy Dub)
• Uncle Bakongo - Bakongo
• Glen Phillips - Gather (SugaMouth’s Hippy House Remix)
• Simone Fedi - Sub-Space
• Fjordfunk - Let Our Spirits Go (Lindstrøm Remix)
• Lullabies in the Dark - Song For Marie & Elise (Aeroplane Remix)
• Lexx - Axis Shift
• Sumo - It’s Good
• SugaMouth - L’eclisse
• Michael Jackson - I Can’t Help It (Todd Terje Remix)
• Aldo Vanucci - I Think I’m Gonna Make It
• David Bowie - 1984

This Sunday 2nd November sees Baggy & THP (Niles is otherwise engaged in Mexico defending his Lucha Libre title belt) join Mooken and special guest; Bearfunk Gold’s Sankt Goran who is flying in from Gothenburg especially for the evening at Manchester’s coolest Northern Quarter hangout - Common Bar.

For full event details join up to the Technicolour Facebook group which you can find by clicking here. It’s freeman-hardy-willis, on from 8pm till midnight so if you fancy joining us don’t forget to RSVP!

To wet your taste buds we managed to get a great mix from the guys and fired a few questions in Goran’s direction before he touches down in our rainy city:

Cosmicdisco: We read that before you got into the dance sound that you were more into pop music. What were you (And other Swedish teenagers) listening to whilst growing up?

Goran Dahlstrom: I really don’t recall all the commercial stuff surrounding me when I grew up. I didn’t really pay all that much attention so couldn’t say what other people were listening to. I guess I was more of a classic indie-kid. Loads of Smashing Pumpkins, Suede, The Cure, some of your beloved Morrisey oriented stuff, The Charlatans and so on… We also, and still have, many good Swedish pop bands, some even more famous abroad. The more and more I listened to the electronic stuff that I got from my older brother Jonas (aka JohnnyTooBad) such as The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Kraftwerk and so on the more I got into this type of sound.

Cosmicdisco: Ahh, those older siblings have plenty to answer for! So did you pick up any instruments and play in any bands as an angst ridden indie loving youngster? If so, what was your weapon of choice? Also, what is your current studio setup? Editor Note - J2Bad has previously supplied an excellent mix for us, which you can find by clicking here.

Goran Dahlstrom: Yeah, we had a band, sort of a rock oriented, ska outfit. We would wear lots of make up and had a sort of horror show thing going on. It was fun and I played the trombone. I studied at the local music school when I was really young but as the band came along I left the school and went bananas without the notation. It’s safe to say the trombone doesn’t feature in my studio today! I’ve got a Juno 60, Korg 800DV, some midi keyboards, one lousy M-Audio sound card, NEar 08 speakers, guitar, bass, amps, percussion, all of which I cannot play! I’ve also got a computer of course. A recently upgraded Mac, which is pretty much the industry standard.

Cosmicdisco: You eventually moved from your hometown of Falun to the bright lights of Gothenburg. What prompted this move and what were you doing professionally and recreationally at this time?

Goran Dahlstrom: When I moved I’d just finished school. I was 19 and didn’t know anything. Mostly I moved to Gothenburg as my brother already lived there. I also have a number of relatives there and Gothenburg is the only place to live if you didn’t want to be in Stockholm, which I didn’t. My first summer in Gothenburg found me working in a bingo hall calling out the numbers and selling tickets. Myself and my brother started a house night that pulled maybe 20 people a week and it was a good start. Well, sort of…

Cosmicdisco: What records were you playing during this period and can you give us any idea of the local underground club scene? Where were you hunting for records?

Goran Dahlstrom: I mostly played stuff on the soulful side of it all but always had the approach of mixing it up with disco tracks. At the time this was not considered to be the way to play house music on the Swedish scene. I think mostly myself and my brother got the idea of playing in this style from DJ’s like Tel-Rok at Club Mecca and Nefertiti in addition to the pioneering DJ Mark Seven from Stockholm. Mecca was the only club that I really cared about at the time, it was always packed! Nefertiti was also to the max and played everything from hip-hop and mid tempo disco to deep house and Detroit techno. Hey, they would never hesitate to drop some drum ‘n’ bass, it was just great fun! After another year or two we started listening to a guy called Crinan and his fantastic disco sets that were always on the more leftfield side of things and I guess I got stuck there. I was always broke at this time so went shopping at the flea markets and second hand stores but still managed to pick up some great records. Once I had money I started to order from Juno and Piccadilly Records in addition to purchasing lots of vinyl from Recordmania in Stockholm.

Cosmicdisco: It sounds as though you and your bro are pretty tight. How did you guys start on the Hermanos project and how did you go about laying down tracks? Also, how would you say you have developed from creating your early tracks to your current production style?

Goran Dahlstrom: Me and Jonas never actually made any tracks together. Hopefully we have time for that in the future but in regards to my own productions it all started when I wanted to make house music the way I liked to hear it best - deep and melodic. Although I didn’t really end up making my sound come out quite as planned it ended up some strange sort of cosmic, bumpy disco stuff that people seemed to like. It became sort of my sound but I’d say I’ve developed my skills a bit more which ironically means I’ve gone quite retrospective in terms of a basic house sound. I guess I can come closer to the ideas in my head nowadays. Jonas has always been the musician in our family and he quite recently took up producing his own material and it sounds awesome so be on the look out for that one!

Cosmicdisco: You’ve had a release on the hugely influential Bearfunk Gold imprint with ‘Back2Back/Angel Babe The Tin Man’ #BFK028Gold, which we loved. Can you tell us how you hooked up with Steve Kotey and crew? Do you have any upcoming releases on BF we should be looking out for?

Goran Dahlstrom: I just finished my Back2Back on my old PC in the fall of 2006 and for Christmas I sent it out to some people I admire as a gift. Stevie wrote back and straight up said he wanted it for the gold series. It was more than I was hoping for. After finishing ‘Angel Babe’ it took a long time before it came out. I had some plans on making an album for BF but I came to realize that an album is not the thing for me, even though it was fun work to do it. Still, I wanted to continue to make dance music, in or out of the cosmic box. I’ve got no releases planned for BF at the moment but it would be cool to do something with them again someday…

Cosmicdisco: So what is keeping you busy at present? It looks as though the DJ gigs are piling in…

Goran Dahlstrom: At the moment I am working on a number of remixes. Gotta get one done for a Swedish artist called Kleerup. Also one for up and coming Club Silencio from Milan. Also got some work for Mad Bros. records in Paris and hopefully I’ll have the time to finish some new Sankt Goran tracks as well. Till they are done I hope to get a peice of Maelstroms label - Solar Disco with a nice remix on the flipside. If house is more your bag then you should check out Neoboys who are me and Hird. This will be out on My Sonic Mountain records and Philarmonix new label in Hamburg.

Cosmicdisco: What are your feelings on the current trend for the influx of re-edits (Especially of cosmic/disco tracks) available on the market? Do you see them as a good or bad thing?

Goran Dahlstrom: I think that it’s great that good music gets picked up and gets the attention it deserves. Whether it’s a super rare track that only a few people in the world have found or really well known anthems that get a new package as lengthened extended mixes for DJ use or totally re-arranged as new tracks, it’s always a good thing. I guess it’s the universal rule when it comes to music - The more the merrier! What I mean is that you can still decide what to play, you don’t have to play them if you don’t like them! As I see it, editing and re-releasing tracks has been going on for quite some time. When house music came along or the euro sound was big, you could get hold of ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Country Roads’, ‘Jungle Fever’ and ‘Over Like A Fat Rat’ in flashing new 128bpm remixes on one 12″ single. Probably not an accurate example but you know what I mean…

Cosmicdisco: So, what’s getting heavy rotation on your play list at the moment?

Goran Dahlstrom: Franck Roger, Workshop 02, L.S.B, The Barking Dogs, Mark E, Jacob Korn, Van Morrison, Sade, Fabric Lig, Basic Soul Unit, Subliminal Kid… Gosh, I’ve got no clue!

Cosmicdisco: OK Goran, we are almost finished Can you tell us your top 5 records of all time and what you consider to be your most treasured piece of vinyl?

Goran Dahlstrom: Top 5 tracks are: 1. Sister Sledge - We Are Family 2. Moodyman - Forevernevermore 3. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 4. Suede - Dog Man Star 5. Studio - West Coast. I think my most treasured record would be Inner Life’s - I’m Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair) LP, mainly because it’s the one I paid most money for.

Cosmicdisco: For those that will be coming down to hear you play at Common on Sunday, what can they expect and in turn what are your expectations of Manchester?

Goran Dahlstrom: Of course, I don’t really know the venue but I’ve been mostly looking forward to doing quite a basic disco set topped with some contemporary, more deep electronic stuff. It’s been a while… It’s been a lot of house gigs recently. I just got a proper shipment of plastic so definitely expect some new stuff in addition to some recently unearthed dusty weirdies.

Cosmic Disco would like to thank Goran for taking the time to answer our questions in addition to providing us (Also Mooken!) with the below mix.

If you are anywhere near the vicinity of the Northern Quarter then pop in from 8pm to no doubt hear some great music…

Technicolour - ‘Giving you a chromatic pinch and a polyphonic punch.’

Roland Appel Flyer

THP, Wes and Jenko are getting reading for their next installment at Spektrum and making his Manchester debut will be Sonar Kollektiv’s ROLAND APPEL. If you heard Roland play then you’ll know he’s able to seamlessly combine the influences of Detroit Techno, Jazz, House and Disco keeping the vibe underground.

It’s all set to be one hell of a party with like minded individuals in what can only be described as an intimate 350 capacity club featuring one of the best light systems we have seen and a mighty Phazon/Funktion 1 sound system.

ROLAND APPEL – SONAR KOLLEKTIV

Friday 7th November
10:30pm – 5:00am

£8 advance
£10 on the door

Spektrum
Radium Street
Manchester
M4 6AY

0161 236 5444

How to buy tickets

You can buy advance tickets online from Skiddle

http://www.skiddle.com/events/11253400/

Roland Appel – Sonar Kollektiv

Roland Appel is no newcomer to the world of music production. He started spinning records and producing music in the early 90s as a member of Fauna Flash with long-time partner and friend Christian Prommer. They made their name with 3 full-length albums, numerous 12″s, remixes and appearances on renowned labels such as Compost Records, G-Stone Recordings and !K7.

Last year Roland’s “Dark Soldier” made a huge splash within clubs all over the world – what started out as a secret hit at the 2007 Miami Winter Music Conference, found its way into the record bags of the likes Laurent Garnier, Tiefschwarz, DJ Hell and Gilles Peterson amongst others.

With such an extensive discography and such a high profile Roland has toured around the world and played in clubs such as Fabric in London, Cielo in New York or Yellow in Tokyo. He also had the opportunity to be on stage at the biggest music festivals such as Roskilde festival, Electric Elephant, Sonne Mond und Sterne, Sunflower, Big Chill Festival, 10 days off and Montreux Jazz Festival.

Welcome Roland Appel.

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This week’s guest ‘Dropbox’ mix comes all the way from Sofia, Bulgaria.

Selected and mixed by 24 year old DJ Clipper, he first started to appreciate electronic music through the Bulgarian parties of the late 90’s and as a direct result began to DJ in 2004, heavily influenced by Gigolo artists in addition to spending summers in NYC where Clipper attends as many parties as possible, picking up on the sounds of cosmic disco, italo, detroit house and indie-dance.

After securing his first residency at club ‘Hide’ in 2005, Clipper started to work on his sound after having the opportunity to seriously work a crowd on a weekly basis. Now playing different locations around the capital you can find him DJ’ing every Friday at ‘Butchers’, where you can expect to hear the sounds Clipper has chosen to feature in this mix.

Clipper - Carnival in Space

• Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Wetherall Mix)
• Reverso 68 - Especial
• The Popular People’s Front - Cellophane Lover
• Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain’t Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version)
• Bazooka - Alive
• Alex Valentini - Beautiful Life (FD Moustach Edit)
• Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whispers
• Still Going - Still Going Theme
• The Juan Maclean - Happy House
• Disco Devil - Now Dance
• The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord