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Mmmmm Belgium bier planet 🍻
I didn’t realise I’d already heard it until you played Post Malone, (good track)
Shots fired!
Thread ends, apologies for clogging up your timeline, could’ve been a Substack piece, but can’t do that on the train !
& that man @wrongtom.bsky.social on Ike Yard: daily.bandcamp.com/features/ike...
Also excellent Bandcamp piece on Mutant Disco: daily.bandcamp.com/lists/mutant...
Friedberg supported when I saw them, this really great piece of Goth Pop was in loads of early versions of the mix: friedberg.bandcamp.com/track/my-bes...
You know Working Men’s Club - again more UK stuff in that lineage (& they supported LCD on the 2nd week of the residency)
That Ian Dury song is a pig to mix out of, heard Madmadmad on the radio & they fit the bill - London live mutant disco business, the EP’s out in a couple of weeks & they’re on tour soon: madmadmad.bandcamp.com/album/run
Ian Dury & The Blockheads had to be included, they’re definitely in that post punk disco tradition (Pig Bag another very good candidate) but mostly because this is the first pop song I remember really liking when I was a nipper (Bleaching Agent worth checking too: bleachingagent.bandcamp.com/music)
Fcukers are another pretty recent NY act carrying on in the lineage from the 80s to now - good set at Glastonbury & extra kudos for the Black Flag t-shirt: youtu.be/Su_Z_Ai41ck?...
So good!
& as you may know Keith who founded that label is very unwell - this fundraising comp is well worth checking out: thedarkoutside.bandcamp.com/album/ilx-an...
Then there’s Theus Mago & Curses, this is a 2025 Optimo release - had to include a track from that label: store.dfarecords.com/products/no-...
So after that we have Soulwax & you know about them & tiny bit of Moroder, mostly because of The Clash sample on the DJ Pierre remix. Next is Man Power remixing Queen, a great producer from the North East who releases on DFA, but works in all kinds of modes & is always excellent
Thanks very much!🫡
Anyway if you haven’t heard it already this Crooked Man re-visit of one of those tracks is the absolute mutts nuts: youtu.be/wWlVyfNKASg?...
The next one is LCD & you know about them - after that is Crooked Man who is a consistently fantastic producer & has released on DFA. What I didn’t know was he was also part of “The All Seeing I” who had some big chart hits at the back end of the 90s. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_See...
The next track is by Pixeltan, who were a NY 3 piece with 3 EP releases on DFA in the 00s Drummer in Pixletan Hisham Bharoocha seems to have done all sorts, including drumming in & directing this performance by The Boredoms: youtu.be/Vjk01Wo-aEs?...
My first art reveal. I always thought these were pretty silly (and this one is no exception) but once I had the idea for this I couldn't not make it. #art #artreveal #collage
cool! (will send it on to one of my pals who's a major madge fan)
That's great! (nb Is it on youtube?)
😂 Oh excellent, I'll get stuck into this (and i'd just looked up Ike Yard, I like them!)
It sounds like it's schrodinger's scene! (and how did you end up intervewing Ike Yard? i'm looking them up now)
Ha! That's a fair point, I defer to you on this, but as you say Madge was definitely in and around it and the Breakfast Club were on ZE weren't they? (admitedly long after she left) (and they seem to have done a version of Drive My Car too, substantially worse than Cristina's!)
Thanks Captain! 🫡
Train journey thread ends
Here’s the original Cristina track youtu.be/4le9RBAhfhY?...
Madonna was also a part of the “no wave” movement & the main record label was ZE records. @wrongtom.bsky.social is, of course, where I got much of this info & this is great listen on ZE & No wave: www.mixcloud.com/wrongtom/ze-...
That movement was a direct influence on the NY DFA dance movement that came 20 years later (along with Optimo & French Touch et al)
NB opening track is by Cristina, who was part of the “No Wave” movement in New York in the late 70s & early 80s that fused disco & punk en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristin...
Opening in October, the @victoriagallery.bsky.social will be hosting a fantastic photographic exhibition, 'Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe’ telling the story of the Black musicians of the 50s & 60s whose influence reached The Beatles and beyond. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/04/u... #MusicSky
One last punt for this ICYMI (since the sun’s out here)
G’s final finish line. Thanks for everything 🫡 #ToBm
Today from 2pm at the fantastic @thatbeerplace.co.uk ..... Lysergic Beats to Trip Hop and of course a bit of the usual Magic Roundabout magic!!! 🍻🎵 Can't make it?... Tune in on the equally brilliant @circl8radio.bsky.social to hear the full set! @shitchester.bsky.social
Absolutely, a might have to dig it out too - new album info - www.stereogum.com/2305144/delt...
Such a great album, and a new one on the way apparently!
Impeccable 5 hour session from Phat Phil Cooper: www.mixcloud.com/NuNorthernSo...
Ministry ? Arguably all of their stuff is semi related to religion (Stigmata, Faith Collapsing & then into the 90s with Jesus built my hotrod)
humanoidhistory: A classic Bruce Pennington illustration on the cover of Yugoslavian science magazine Galaksija, August 1976.
So this is all great & this track...🕶️🔥 drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/track/swing-...
I was going to share this tomorrow for the 15th anniversary of Duppy Writer, but i just realised it's Bandcamp Friday, so grab an instrumental Duppy outtake in dub while it's hot (it'll only be live for about 24 hours) rongorongorongo.bandcamp.com/album/decayi...
Here you go! manpowermememe.bandcamp.com/album/talent...
Do you have the EP? The Suzanne Vega version is really great too
Never misses, whatever style he’s doing!
Excellent happenstance! 😃
Mutant Disco for the weekend?
It is Bandcamp Friday! Tapes, CDs, Vinyl & Digital : drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com Some deadstock Mr Guder T-shirts from 20 years ago : mrguder.bandcamp.com/merch Library music delights: olympiccycloneband.bandcamp.com I’m standing by to take your orders. #bandcampfriday #tshirts #tapes #records
It’s our 35th Birthday this week 🍰Throwing it back to our first ever release: Zen Breaks Vol 1. by Bogus Order. The record was music from an alias of label founders Coldcut.
#Armani youtu.be/LP-7-W70qXs?...
Mutant Disco mix, has a very high cowbell quotient, artwork by 3DJ & tracklist for the Bluesky crew, listen in! www.mixcloud.com/funkdub/disc...
Never mind that, RICK ASTLEY has the chance to do the funniest thing. Crowdfunder starts here!
War Ensemble is pretty much exactly 1/2 speed - 10 mins instead of 5 - loads of doomy fun
Nb this EP of slowed down Slayer versions is great (HT @brassneckrecords.bsky.social ) heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/slower...
When I was at Anglia TV about 25 yrs ago, a girl in our office sent out a team email that said, “It’s been a crap Monday, who wants to come to my flat for a smoke?” Sadly she sent it to everyone in ITV. Melvyn was one of the first to reply with “That sounds lovely but sadly I’m filming in Newcastle”
Here it is then: www.mixcloud.com/funkdub/disc...
Coming up this Wednesday/Thursday night. An hour’s mix from me, including a track or two from my new album.
THE OILY MANIAC (Ho, 1976)
One more after hours groover from Mark Pritchard: #RaveyardShift youtu.be/H_-e31Q1V84?...
Made a trip up to the racks: youtu.be/_mFXQTVCpcs?... #RaveYardShift
Got it on vinyl 🤣 what a fabulous record, thanks for the reminder #raveyardshift
There it is 🔥🔥🔥 overmono.bandcamp.com/track/if-we-... (HT @thequietus.com )
Thanks pal! Very similar - marked in the calendar & then forgot & remembered today & ❌! Not looking promising, have cast around amongst people who may know people & tried twickets & nothing doing, but something could turn up last minute !
Made a last minute today decision that we fancied the Sugarhill Gang @futureyard.org tomorrow & as they warned it’s sold out 🤦♂️ - if anyone sees this & can point me in the direction of 2 resale tickets give me a peep!
Part of my unified theory of football is that sudden death penalties should be all 11 players, then managers, then mascots
Ruin a book by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title Tom Clancy’s The Bible Tom Clancy’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Tom Clancy’s Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October, by Tom Clancy
“Dr. Octagon, paramedic foetus of the East”
Pretty sure that’s right - no ITV & only live on TNT as far as I know (although at least highlights on Quest is something)
WARNING: If one of the snakes says "take me in oh tender woman," keep walking.
If the writing's untidy, it's because the Bacardi is cheap.
ambient fans when the chord changes after 10 minutes
On Fridays we dance 💃🕺🎶
Voxpop: the state of Britain today 🇬🇧
Ha! Love it! 🤣 (do like it when that happens, heard a Lindstrom remix last week, thought that’s good, not heard that - turned out I’d bought it 20 years ago!)
Love that one - nice Moodyman / Kenny Dope remixes a few years back too - sunpalaceofficial.bandcamp.com/album/rude-m...
It’s a crackerjack, well worth blocking out enough time to watch them back to back
Something that did not occur to me for years and years and years: Cars, a massive number one hit single that only lasts three and a half minutes, has no vocals whatsoever for the last two minutes.
🤯
Absolutely incredible video too!
Troutyeswecan
(& if any followers who do radio shows etc would like 40 mins of NY type mutant disco as a guest mix give me a shout, otherwise will put it out on the Funkdub Mixcloud at some point in the next few weeks or so I imagine)
Usually takes me ages to record DJ mixes & I’m always sober when I do - had a glass of wine tonight & did it in one take flat - #tuesdayvinoFTW
📸 | Dusk in the Georgian Quarter 🌆 Photo by Simon James
🥁 A Guy Called Gerald x The Jungle Drummer 🥁 Don’t miss this rare chance to see one of the UK’s most visionary producers alongside one of its most electrifying live performers! LIVE at @futureyard.org on Friday 5th September. Presented by Events 471. TICKETS: futureyard.org/listings/a-g...
*feel free to DM that should say!
Ta pal - mind you I was mostly trying to leg it & was followed, so wasn’t too brave & there was no talking to some of them! But if people are civil it’s got to be worth an attempt (even if it was completely doomed)
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😃 Added ramblings about it (with apologies if you’ve seen this already) open.substack.com/pub/junglist...
Bug Powder Dust! youtu.be/ZMJDoSmkFOc?...
I suppose this is the point when I should say again that: the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined* what this country is really good at is producing culture
M/A/R/R/S !
Huge line up, couldn’t make it, but Souls Of Mischief in Liverpool tonight, so can’t complain too much !
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Yep yep yep
As would Goldie! youtu.be/NvHtYLWMUKU?...
🐱This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘Welsh art and artists’ to celebrate the exhibition ‘From the Collection’ opening at Oriel Môn this weekend. What better artwork to share than ‘Cat’ by Pembrokeshire-born Gwen John! #UlsterMuseum #Cat #Cath
