RITUALS : Andrew Weatherall and Pablo Contraband Friday 3 May, Brighton

The Line up says it all really. Andrew Weatherall + Pablo Contraband on a Friday night in Brighton with the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend to recover.

Early Birds - SOLD OUT

Advance Tickets are advised as this is an intimate 300 cap venue.

TICKETS - HERE

PABLO CONTRABAND - Ode to Maurice Fulton mix

Disco Deviant is now into it's 10th year and I am really looking forward to having one of my favourite producers and DJ's Maurice Fulton play a 3 hour set for us on Friday 20th April. It got me thinking about how many of Maurice's productions and remixes I play regularly in my sets. He is prolific and has released under various monikers including Boof, Syclops, Stress and Dr Scratch. His remixes are consistently on another level, sliding easily into classic status as they stand the test of time.

I decided to put an Ode of Maurice Fulton together. A 30 minute mix made entirely of his tracks and remixes. I could of easily made it 2 hours and feel like I left some of his biggest tracks out.

I hope you enjoy the mix and can join us to celebrate our 10th year on Friday 20th April at Hideout, Brighton.
Tickets: https://discodeviant.ticketabc.com/events/DD-10th-birthday-MF/

Maurice Fulton returns to Brighton on April 20 for Disco Deviant's 10th Birthday at Hideout.

Maurice Fulton has been a huge influence and a constant feature of so many DJ's sets. His productions are like no-one else's we can think of, perfectly fusing genres and vocals within a framework of super tight percussion and killer bass lines.

His remixes for Rhye, Roisin Murphy and Alice Smith demonstrate this outstanding ability perfectly.

We are so happy to welcome Maurice back to Brighton to play a 3 hour set and celebrate the 10th year of Disco Deviant with us all.

Disco Deviant mainstay Pablo Contraband will be joined by our newest resident and Unity stablemate Tech Support for a night of disco excess at our new favourite, Hideout.

As it's a small capacity venue (200) Advance tickets will most likely sell out. LINK to Tickets - Group of 4 deal £24+BF

Tickets are also available in Resident on Kensington Gardens, Brighton.

Install: FUNCTION ONE / MASTER SOUNDS RADIUS MIXER

PHOTO ID REQUIRED / NO PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE HEADLINER 

ALSO on sale is our offering for The Great Escape this year - Erol Alkan joins Pablo Contraband for a Phantasy Showcase featuring Gabe Gurnsey and Cowboy Rhythmbox. 

Spring Listings incl Maurice Fulton, Erol Alkan and Mi Soul in Brighton and Brixton Disco Festival

Tickets are available from Resident records and online via
DD LINK
RA LINK
Skiddle LINK

Hope for the Homeless - Friday 9th March at Hideout, Brighton

Pablo Contraband and friends, Affy Go Bang and The Juke of York are getting together to throw one hell of a party in order to raise further funds and awareness around Brighton’s homelessness epidemic.

It’s become an unacceptable situation, and one we feel passionate about and would like to take steps to help as many people get off the streets and back to a safe and stable home life. 
We’ve found the ideal spot to throw the party, Hideout is a new 200 capacity venue that perfectly lend's itself to an intimate house party vibe. They've also just had a cracking Function One sound system installed.

DJ's: Pablo Contraband, Affy Go Bang and The Juke of York 
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS: Ben Pistor (Disco Bloodbath) and Tech Support.

We are also be holding an old school raffle with loads of fantastic prizes up for grabs. 

Entry is £5 and this doubles a raffle ticket  TICKETS

Raffle Tickets are available online as well as on the night to it's really easy to show your support and help make a difference.

ALL THESE PRIZES HAVE BEEN KINDLY DONATED SO FAR:

Oral B Pro 2500N Electric Toothbrush implanted by Twenty One Dental

A Bottle of beautifully presented Champagne from Materialise Interiors

Treat yourself from the devine selection of objects d'Beard with a voucher for Mr. Masey's Emporium of Beards

A pair of Pro Passes to Brighton Music Conference.

A crate of Lazy Lizard Beer company's finest cerveza.

Winner, winner chicken dinner (for 2) at The Bok Shop

Get your paws on a crafty case of Big Hug Beer

Fill yer boots - Meal for 2 at Buddies 24 Hour Cafe / Bar and Restaurant.

A selction of err.. CD's from DJ Nick The Record

A stack of Vinyl from Luv Shack Records

AND LOADS MORE TO COME ONCE WE"VE SHIFTED x 50 Tickets
LINK https://discodeviant.ticketabc.com/events/hope-homeless-raff-3/

We're looking forward to seeing all of our friends at once!

Supporting: The Clock Tower Sanctuary, Off The Fence and GalvaniseBH: Sharing for Change

 
 

Disco Deviant Promote Diversity Special: No Crime, No Punishment - Friday 6th September, Audio, Brighton

House music sure isn’t the answer to everything but when Disco Deviant’s Pablo Contraband and DJ Kate Wildblood and artist Karol Michalec of Brighton Supports LGBT Russia got talking about the abominable situation Putin’s anti-gay propaganda laws are creating in Russia today, they knew they wanted to do something in Brighton clubland to help create awareness and raise much needed campaigning funds for All Out. Alongside nightclubs across the globe including Berlin’s Berghain, New York’s Output and Munich’s Harry Klein, Disco Deviant’s Promote Diversity Special: No Crime No Punishment will be making a defiant noise courtesy of some of clubland’s finest DJs including global superstar and Big Love head honcho Seamus Haji, Southern Fried and Up Yours wonder Hifi Sean and Jon Pleased Wimmin, whose ventures at clubs including Taboo, Sacrosanct, the Mud Club, Pushca, Back To Basics and Miss Moneypennies have made him a true clubland legend.

Disco Deviant’s Promote Diversity Special: No Crime No Punishment will be an All Out fundraiser, delivering a club night where regardless of who you love, you too can stand beside the Russian LGBT community and say ‘nyet’ to the anti-gay legalisation, ‘nyet’ to hate crimes, nyet to gay teen suicides and nyet to Putin. Its time four to the floor showed homophobia the door.

‘As a gay man I feel duty bound to bring these Draconian goings-on in Russia to people's attention. It's easy for us in the West to take our equality and progress for granted. The world simply mustn't be allowed to move backwards.’ Jon Pleased Wimmin

‘I am getting involved with Disco Deviant’s Promote Diversity Fundraiser simply because human rights are being attacked in Russia in an immoral and barbaric way, right now, in the year 2013. If we don't do something now and make our voices heard then what future lies ahead of us all?’ Hifi Sean

"I'm amazed that in this day and age gay people are still fighting for equal rights. I've played all over Russia for many years and the people I've come into contact with have never appeared to be anti gay and in fact, many of the clubs are mixed so there's a strong gay element. Mixing with the new generation in the music world I find they are fortunately much more open minded than some of the older generation or more conservative, younger generation. Music has always brought people together and knocked down barriers so I am very honoured to be asked to play in support of the protest" Seamus Haji

Disco Deviant Promote Diversity Special: No Crime No Punishment

Jon Pleased Wimmin

Seamus Haji

Hifi Sean (Beyond / Orange)

Pablo Contraband (Disco Deviant)

Kate Wildblood & Queen Josephine (Wild Fruit / DSD)

Hosted by Karol Michalec

Audio, 10 Marine Parade, Brighton Friday 6^th September

£7 Adv /£10 Door (All profits to All Out and their continuing work in promoting diversity and defending the rights of those now under attack and facing criminal charges in Russia) https://www.allout.org/

For hi-res DJ press shots / flyer go to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cco5e6i3e3rm1e1/Lf8fdGIlAd

For further details on Russia’s anti-gay legislation http://www.policymic.com/articles/58649/russia-s-anti-gay-law-spelled-out-in-plain-english

https://www.facebook.com/BrightonsupportsLGBTRussia

https://www.facebook.com/discodeviant

Disco Deviant podcast #4: Groove Motion - Catch them at OHSO Brighton on Sat 17 Aug

Disco Deviant podcast #4: Groove Motion by Pablo Contraband on Mixcloud

The Groove Motion guys seem to roll out a constant supply of our favourite 80's/90's tracks craftily touched up for today's dancefloor. We currently program and play a weekly slot down at OHSO on Brighton beach where myself, Fingerman, Local Zero & Dom Ashton play 80's and 90's remixes and re-edits all night. There are always a lot of Groove Motion bits in my sets and I know the other guys have picked up on them too so it was only fair we invited them along to play themselves.

Here's our 4th Disco Deviant podcast from Groove Motion guaranteed to get you into their sound and give you a taste of what's to come this weekend.

Catch Groove Motion this Saturday 17th August at OHSO, Brighton beach, 9pm - 2am - FREE


Tracklist:

01 Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name (Groove Motion Edit)
02 Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (Groove Motion 'Show That We Can Do This' Edit)
03 Young MC - Know How (GM Re-Beef)
04 Unique - What I Got Is What You Need (Edit Of An Edit Mix)
05 Moon Boots - Love Strong (Original Mix)
06 Bassomatic - Fascinating Rhythm (GM's In The Tunnel Update Edit)
07 Chic - I Want Your Love (Holic Aftermash Edit)
08 Alexander O Neal - Criticize (Groove Motion Update Edit)
09 Degrees Of Groove Motion - Do You Want It Again Right Now (GM Mix) 10 Axwell - I Found You (Deeplomatic Remix)
11 D Train - Youre The One For Me (Shield Your Eyes Edit)
12 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running (Groove Motion Re-Edit)
13 Boris D Lugosch Feat Roisin Murphy - Never Enough (Ricky Mattioli 80's Blend Mix)

Here's their Soundcloud page which is packed full of good stuff : http://soundcloud.com/groove-motion

Also go show them some love on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GrooveMotion

Bank Holiday Belter: Greg Wilson, LNTG, Fingerman & Pablo Contraband at Terraces, Brighton - Sunday 25 August

Tickets: Buy yours here

Late Nite Tuff Guy, Rayko & Pablo at The Loft on Saturday June 1st + Electric Elephant ticket competition

Looking forward to next weeks party at The Loft. The stage is set for another quality night with Late Nite Tuff Guy & Rayko joining us for a big fat disco session in one of our favourite night spots.

We have a rather excellent competition open to all advance ticket holders, A PAIR of Electric Elephant festival tickets are up for grabs!

So if you fancy dancing on the Adriatic coast in the sunshine courtesy of Disco Deviant then all you need to do is get yourself an advance ticket for our party on June 1st - if you already have done you are already in the running. Please note this competiton is open to advance ticket holders only.

Electric Elephant, July 11-15 in Tisno, Croatia - Frankie Knuckles & Carl Craig are on the bill alongside Weatherall, LNTG, DJ Rocca, HMD, Miguel Campbell and many more.

We will announce the winner on the night and then confirm by email on Sunday June 2nd.

Grab yourself tickets here

RA - http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?470104

R$N - https://www.rsn-tickets.com/event/disco-deviant-with-late-nite-tuff-guy-rayko-pablo-contraband/976/

Good luck, see you on the dancefloor

Disco Deviant: Late Nite Tuff Guy, Rayko & Pablo Contraband at The Loft, Brighton on June 1st

Australia's Cam Bianchetti had already established himself as a bit of a legend on the Techno circuit many moons ago as DJ HMC.

However his recent incarnation as Late Nite Tuff Guy, a disco centric editor and DJ has captured the attention and imagination of many and the news has travelled far and wide. He continues to gain fans via his Soundcloud which bears testament to his prolific production rate.

He has been somewhat selective with his releases and keeps much of his work back for his own DJ sets and to share with a select few; Greg Wilson has been a big fan of his work for a while and his sets often feature a handful of Late Nite Tuff Guy tracks.

Speaking recently to RA, Greg neatly summed up his skills as a producer; "Cam has the knack of picking the right track to edit, which is an ability you've either got or you haven't—an instinctive thing, not a learnt one, he knows how to take something from the past and put a contemporary spin on it, making it more DJ-friendly in a modern context, without losing the essence of the original version, which was what made it a great track in the first place." - Greg Wilson

Disco Deviant has the pleasure of hosting LNTG's UK debut in Brighton on Saturday June 1st - which also marks the start of a three month European Tour for LNTG.

Also on the bill another leading light of the modern disco scene; Rayko will be flying in from Madrid for the occasion, before commencing a tour of Asia, a further continuation of his Worldwide Boogie Crusade.

Disco Deviant's very own Pablo Contraband will be putting his own slant on the dancefloor with the disco-house hybrid he has become known for.

The scene is set for another excellent night under the disco ball in sunny Brighton. Tickets are £10 each available from Resident Advisor & Ran$om Note 

FURTHER INFO:
LNTG: http://www.theunityagency.co.uk/portfolio/late-night-tuff-guy/
RAYKO: http://www.theunityagency.co.uk/portfolio/rayko/
PABLO CONTRABAND: http://www.theunityagency.co.uk/portfolio/pablo-contraband/

Late Nite Tuff Guy, Rayko and Pablo Contraband play Brighton on Saturday June 1st

A new pure LNTG dj mix available for DL at www.lntg.co Grab yourself a copy. European Tour kicks off in Brighton with LNTG, Rayko and Pablo Contraband playing at Disco Deviant on Saturday 1st June at The Loft. Early Bird Tickets are just £8 each available HERE 

 Tour>Europe+UK June-September 2013
paul@theunityagency.co.uk

SOUL MIX 4 TRACK LIST:

01. You Abandoned Me
02. Computerize
03. Don't Wanna let U Go
04. I'm Hot!
05. Sugar Free
06. I Love Ya
07. That's The Way
08. Nobody
09. Lovely Day
10. Reality

All edits by Late Nite Tuff Guy.
 

Delayed Audio EP 2

Delayed Audio follow up their debut release with another standout multi artist EP featuring music from Ejeca & Chamboche, Last Moon, Ste Waite & Anthony Mansfield…

Brighton based Delayed Audio kick started in October last year with a brilliant various artist EP featuring quality, deep electronic music from the likes of Chamboche, Session 9 & Last Mood. The record had a superb reaction with DJs such as Huxley, Norm Talley, Matt Tolfrey & James Teej all getting behind it and Mixmag describing Delayed Audio as a ‘New label to watch”.

Now the label team of Richard Harmer & Paul Budd are ready to get the new year firing with the next chapter in the Delayed EP series featuring another 3 original gems and a sterling remix.

The record kicks off with a collaborative piece from producers Ejeca & Chamboche who deliver the excellent ‘Keep the Love’, a delightfully soulful slice of house that fuses elements of disco, garage, jazz and a whole lot more to create a real winner, sublime stuff.

Next up we have Session9, who drops the superb ‘Sequence in Time’, a Chicago influenced old school house workout that is as hypnotic and emotive as you could wish for! The original version is backed up by a remix from US producer Anthony Mansfield who turns in a spacious and brooding mix that is full of intensity.
Finally Ste Waite steps up with ‘Chasing Drops’ a skipping and shuffling deep house affair that utilizes deft musical touches to create an engaging record with real character.

With this second EP, Delayed Audio have reaffirmed their undoubted position as a label to keep a close eye on, enjoy!

We will be celebrating the release with Ejeca and Delayed Audio at Warehouse, Audio Brighton on Saturday 23 February

Weatherall next, beards at the ready. Nov 2 2012, The Loft, Brighton

 
We are happy to put on a series of parties at one of our favourite Brighton venues. Sound issues had prevented us using this friendly and intimate space, but these have since been resolved and after standing in the sweet spot we signed up for a couple of parties.

Andrew Weatherall (A Love from Outer Space) has been the focus if a longstanding love affair. One that we have no intention of relinquishing anytime soon, The Governor, The Major, The Chairman are all nicknames often bandied around when Andrew is

involved.

It's a pleasure to invite him to play at the venue where Disco Deviant was concieved. Resident DJ Pablo Contraband is once again bestowed the honour of getting things underway at what can surely only be a dream gig for him. (It's also his birthday so it's a double whammy really!)

Duncan Patterson has been dying to get on the decks at Disco Deviant and get the party started for a while now so after some gentle persuasion he's been added to the line up.

We are in a smaller venue by design and our hope is we sell out in advance meaning the crowd is made up of an audience there for all the right reasons. Capacity is only 180 so buying a ticket is advisable if you want to guarantee entry.

There are some limited Early beards available at £SOLD OUT! each so get in there!

RA: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?404940

R$N: http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/ticket/the-legend-returns-andrew-weatherall-pablo-contraband/585/

Here's a recording including a track listing from the last time Andrew played for us in April 2012

Andrew Weatherall & Sean Johnston: ALFOS @ Disco Deviant by Mark Algar on Mixcloud

NYE Disco Deviant, Brighton with Rayko

RAYKO continues on his global boogie crusade and will be starting 2013 off by treating us to a night of disco excess in his own infectious and unique style.

Rayko's been all over the world this year doing his thing as well as keeping busy in the studio and releasing a lot of vinyl and digital releases. We are big fans and couldn't think of a better guest to help us put on a proper party.

Pablo Contraband & Ben Monk will be representing for Disco Deviant and have already started to earmark tracks for thei

r NYE sets. Plenty of great tracks that have done the business over the years to choose from.

We would like to keep it fairly intimate with our friends all in attendance, the capacity is only 240 and from the success of last year we're hoping to sell out again.

This is a ticket only party so get involved and invite your friends along asap.

Early Bird tickets are £7 each

 

FB Event 

Warehouse Top 10 September

New chart up from Warehouse, Brighton. 

Warehouse Top 10 September

Month ahead looking pretty good

Pablo Contraband - Roof top warm up mix

The Unity Agency Mix #35 - Pablo Contraband (08.2012) by The Unity Agency

New mix up - Warming things up nicely for the final secret rooftop party of the season. We're gonna be joined by Cosmic Boogie playing his final DJ set ever before hanging up his headphones, so I expect an excellent and emotional performance from him. Tickets are selling fast this week and there were less than 100 left this evening so don't hang about - £5 a pop here:
http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/ticket/secret-roof-party-pt3-w-cosmic-boogie-contraband-djs/466/

I recorded this last Saturday at The Waterhouse in Brighton, a rather swanky new cocktail bar and party space at the Hilton Metropole where I now hold a residency. It's pretty cool and is slowly gaining momentum. They install a nice little Mackie rig for Friday and Saturday nights and have an excellent music policy in place as well as exceptional taste evident in the interior design and the fact they are booking myself and Rich to play there regularly!

Hope you enjoy the dreamy selection of tracks in the mix.

Our Final Secret Roof top of 2012 & Greg Wilson mix

Quick heads up re: our final secret rooftop party of the summer on Bank Holiday Sunday 26th Aug. Cosmic Boogie is booked to play his last DJ set ever for us! Really looking forward to a proper party to make the most of the last Bank Holiday weekend.

As ever the venue is kept under wraps until the weekend of the event so you'll need a ticket to get the venue details.

Tickets are £5 a pop and available only on Ran$om Note - LINK TO TICKETS.  Sorted some drinks deals including £20 bottles of Champagne for those of you who love bubbles.

Here's a mix from Greg Wilson recorded at last Friday's excellent Early Doors session Above Audio - thanks going out to all of you that made it along, thoroughly enjoyed that!
Greg Wilson @ Disco Deviant 'Early Doors' - Above Audio

DISCO DEVIANT @ ABOVE AUDIO BRIGHTON 27.07.12 (greg wilson live mix) by gregwilson

A nice way to say thanks for your support - Greg Wilson, Toby Tobias & Pablo Contraband

 

We have been pretty fortunate over the past few years to have such a great set of people attending our parties. These wouldn't be so enjoyable without your continued support and the vibe you all bring with you. We would like to say thanks and have got an extra special event coming up.

On July 27th the Olympics open and no doubt the ceremony will be screened in HD direct to millions of homes worldwide. We bet it's probably gonna be a bit crap compared to what we have on offer.

GREG WILSON (early set at 7pm)
TOBY TOBIAS
PABLO CONTRABAND

AUDIO TERRACE/ABOVE AUDIO
5.30pm - late.

FREE ENTRY: BY GUEST LIST / INVITE ONLY

HOW'S THAT FOR A THANK YOU?!!

You can jump on the list by emailing full names to contrabanddjs@gmail.com this will be a first come first served basis and we're limited to 250 spaces.

That's it for now some additional news will follow as the list gets busier we will issue 30 VIP passes in person at The Waterhouse on Thurs July 12th.

Contraband DJ's / Disco Deviant 

FUTURE DISCO BOAT PARTY LONDON 01.06.12 (greg wilson live mix) by gregwilson

GREG WILSON @ FUTURE DISCO BOAT PARTY LONDON 01.06.12

1. Imagination / Missy Elliot gotts keep workin’ it (gw mash-up)
2. Gwen Stefani rich girl (gw edit)
3. Led Zeppelin whole lotta (v’s dub edit)
4. Duff Disco crazy for duff
5. Sister S living ecstasy (norinton remix)
6. Valentine Brothers money’s too tight to mention (sir vinyl instinct edit)
7. The Commodores machine gun (situation edit)
8. Indeep last night a dj saved my life (a guy called gerrard edit)
9. The Phenomenal Handclap Band 15 to 20 (glimmers mix)
10. Late Nite Tuff Guy dance shout
11. Late Nite Tuff Guy holiday
12. Garbage stupid girl (peza edit)
13. Elijah Collins & Tee-J j funk

Secret do part two! Special guest Ethyl

The second installment of this season's roof terrace parties... As promised, we're really ramping things up this year and it gives us great pleasure to announce that we have a very special guest headlining our second party of 2012: Ethyl (Freerange / Secretsundaze / Saints & Sonnets)

Ethyl is a name that we've had our eye on for some time now, and it was only a matter of time before we snapped him up for a Brighton Debut. Ethyl (aka Tim Hopgood) has been making serious waves on the deep house scene of late, since his debut EP on Jimpster's Freerange imprint in 2009, with production partner, Flori. More recently Ethyl has releases on Huxley's new label, Saints & Sonnets, plus a superb remix on Brighton's own Black Key Records. Listen here:

We're very excited about this one and we hope you will be too...

Entry to this party is by TICKET ONLY, which are priced at £5 each and are available EXCLUSIVELY HERE:

Ethyl will be joined by residents Contraband DJs and Andy G.

Venue details will remain a secret until a couple of days before the party, but all all tickets holders will be notified, by email, in plenty of time.

We've got a great venue lined up, sea views with a large indoor capacity, so we'll be partying in Sunny Brighton come rain or shine...