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.
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
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
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!
Well it's been a little while since the last newsletter, Spring is here and WOW! we have some news for you.
We've
been busy plotting and planning some parties and line ups and I must
admit I'm impressed. So I've listed everything nice and neatly at the
bottom of the post for you. I'm not gonna go on about it all for too
long but DJ Garth and Adam Freeland playing together cosmic, deep and
disco all night long. Rare that DJ Garth is in the UK so we've nabbed
him for the night of Friday May 4th and we're taking it to The Loft.
Tickets will be in the shops soon - Rounder & Resident
A Love from Outer Space visits for a Brighton edition on Friday
April 20th. The Chairman will be in charge along with Brother Johnston
and Pablo Contraband . The ALFOS tour has been going great guns with mad
reviews and Mr Weatherall is currently putting an compilation album
& mix together for Ministry of Sound's 'Masters' series which will
showcase the ALFOS sound in full effect. Tickets are going well all the
early birds went pretty quick GRAB yours from R$N or from Rounder/Resident I expect this will be a busy one.
OK so also in the offing are the Summer Secret Rooftop parties with
special guests booked including the brilliant Kid Who in May and Ethyl
in June. Guest list only for these and the location is kept under wraps
til the last moment. Friends and their friends only no messing.
Make sure you email your names across soon as possible as space
is limited in May (150 capacity only) and we'll make sure you are on the
list for entry: contrabanddjs@gmail.com
There's more I could go on about including Huxley and how good I
think he is and the quality of the tracks that are included in my recent
mix, however I'm not gonna bother. Here's a link to the mix
Have a great day and if you want to join us for a bit of fun on
Friday night (16th March) we're celebrating Kate Wildblood & Neil
Duffie's birthdays Above Audio with my Dutch friend Douwe jumping on the
Amsterdam easyjet to come and play for us. Cocktails are £5 a pop and
they are probably up there as the finest in Brighton.
We're headed for a massive night at The Loft in less than 2 weeks time. The Big Love Inn features a great line up of talent who've all got on board in aid of Brighton's Clocktower Sanctuary, a charity helping homeless and vulnerably housed young people between the ages 16-25.
We thought it would be nice to hear from the DJ's involved and find out more about them and what makes them tick.
Seamus Haji has been pretty much at the top of his game for the last 7 years or so, remixing a plethora of high profile artists as well as scoring his fair share of chart success with his own productions and releases on his Big Love label. However his DJ career started long before he hit the big time and his passion for music has been a constant feature of his life.
We asked Seamus to put us a 7 track playlist together and tell us a bit about each of them.
Lovebirds - I Want You In My Soul
Been around since Summer last year. It's produced by a friend of mine Basti
from Germany who's also been part of Knee Deep along with Toddie for
over 10 years or so. Basti has struck on his own under the Lovebirds
guise and gone into a deeper direction and gone from strength to
strength. This has a great soulful vibe that's crossed over to different
scenes from the Soulful house heads to the Nu-Disco kids.
I
love this. Reminds me of Tom Tom Club from the early 80's with it's
slightly cheesy rapping but it's good fun and this is a brilliant remix. I
love the surprise section at about 4 mins in when a heavy bassline drops
in. Hold onto your hats!
Laura Jones - Love In Me (Maceo Plex Remix)
That
man Maceo Plex does it again. Gotta love that bass sound he gets! He's
been coming up with quality tracks and remixes for a while now. This is
definitely his time.
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Leo Zero Remix)
An
amazing singer/songwriter with a voice that's way beyond her years.
She's almost like a female version of Jonny Cash. I love her stuff and
she's easy on the eye too! It took a few plays for me to get used to the
way that the vocals have been re-jigged on this remix but now I'm sold
and it's an extravaganza stretching over almost 12 minutes of sublime
Nu-Disco.
Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love (Tiga Remix)
The
original has been around for a couple of years now and it's still
bubbling away and now comes with brand new mixes. I was taken by this
Tiga Remix. I've been a fan of his since he dropped "Pleasure From The
Bass" which I use to play regularly. He's done a great job on this remix
and made it his own.
Laid back - White Horse
The
Danish post-punk group released this in the early 80's which became a big track
on the New York dance scene and went onto be revived during the Acid
rave explosion in the UK in the late 80's. It's gone on to inspire many
and those that spring to mind are Hot Chip and Chemical Brothers. It
still sounds relevant today
Retro Grade - Moda
This
came out a few years ago and was only released on limited edition vinyl
at the time. It's produced by Serge Satiago & Tom Neville. Serge
used to be involved with Stompa Funk at The Funky Buddah Lounge in
Brighton many years ago. This track is basically based around a hooky
synth riff and builds & drops over 10.30 mins. Lots of energy to
this track!
7 questions with Seamus Haji
Q: Pablo Contraband
A: Seamus Haji
1. So what have you been up to this past month or two?
I recently got back from a tour in Argentina. I love it out there and along with Brazil they have one of the best club scenes at the moment. I've been busy as ever in the studio remixing Jakwob, Rebecca Ferguson, Niki And The Dove and Scissor Sisters. In fact, Jake from Scissor Sisters liked my remix so much he's asked me to produce a track for their album which I'm very excited about. I've also been working on some of my own productions so you can expect single called "I Love The Music" from myself & Cevin Fisher on Strictly Rhythm end of Feb and another track that's out now from myself & EDX called "Love Express" on Sirup Music. Just been getting back into the swing of things after taking time off over Christmas and things feel good!
2. How did you get involved with the event I'm told it's not Big Love night?
I met Paul Budd at one of his Disco Deviant nights in Brighton and I really like what he's doing…a more intimate vibe with more intimate music so they're dropping Nu-disco & Deep house cuts from the likes of Maceo Plex, Jamie Jones & Art Department. A lot of it sounds like a throw back to music I was playing 15-20 years ago by the likes of Mood II Swing and The Burrell Brothers on their Nu Groove label or really early 80's stuff that has a post disco/boogie vibe to it. Paul got in touch and asked if I wanted to get involved with the Big Love Inn and it does tie in nicely with the name of my label so I was more than happy to get involved.
3. The other DJ's playing are all known for playing nu disco, disco and deep house mainly, how does that compare to your current sound and taste? I know the massive gigs you play at demand a bigger sound?
Yes definitely. That's why I'm looking forward to playing a more intimate & deeper sound. To be honest, if I ever do play in smaller venues (which isn't very often these days) then I naturally want to play a slower, deeper selection of music. I started of on the house scene as a resident so I'm used to starting and ending nights and back then I'd always play slower & deeper during those sets.
4. Been listening to your show on Juice recently and there is a lot of the deeper and slightly more left field stuff I'm into popping up fairly regularly, I wondered if you have anything special planned for us in regard to your set?
That's why I love doing the show as I get the chance to play trax I don't normally get to play out. Obviously when you become known for a certain sound where people always expect me to play & produce peak time tracks for big dancefloors it's nice to show another side.
5. What got you started as a DJ?
The art of mixing. My best friend at school brought in a mix tape and told me how he did it and I took that idea and ran with it. I used to practice & taught myself how to mix & scratch when I was around 15. I grew up in the early '80's in South London when Soul Sound systems ruled the day playing Soul, Funk, Hip Hop & early house at illegal house & warehouse parties.
By the time I was 16 it was around 1985 and I hooked up with a sound system at a party. They had Technics SL1200s but they couldn't mix. I showed them my skills and obviously impressed them as they asked me to join their crew. Next thing I know I'm playing a big all dayers with 10 other sound systems and DJs such as Tim Westwood & Norman Jay in front of 2000 people. That's how I got started…right time right place I guess!
6.
Which DJs and producers would you say were most influential to you over
the years?
As early teenager it would have been Herbie from the sound
system Mastermind as I was really impressed by the way he mixed the
"Electro" compilations on Morgan Khan's Street Sounds label. Also,
Grandmaster Flash and then Tony Humphries when he was doing Master mixes
for Kiss FM in New York. Then, when I got more into house in the late
80's and early 90's people like Masters At Work, David Morales & Roger Sanchez as they were excellent producers and very technical DJs.
I
guess over more recent years influences come more from a production
angle so for example Chicken Lips "He Not In" when that first came out
almost 10 years ago that had a massive influence on me and led me to
taking that vibe and using it in my re-make of "Last Night A DJ Saved My
Life" and then using an electro edge in most of my productions &
remixes ever since. People such as Joey Negro, Full Intention, Eric
Prydz, Deadmau5 and Axwell in the house world have all had an influence
on me too but a lot of my main influences come from the likes of Trevor
Horne, Quincy Jones, David Byrne, Kraftwerk, Arthur Baker.
7.
What's the best movie you've seen in the past year?
I just saw "Drive"
which was brilliant so let's say that! I give it 5 stars *****
Catch Seamus Haji at The Big Love Inn at The Loft, Ship Street on Saturday February 11th alongside Chamboche, Go Bang & Pablo Contraband (Disco Deviant). There are only 240 tickets so expect a busy and intimate affair.
Tickets are available from Rounder Records, Smugglers pub or online via Ran$om Note
We are very pleased to announce Greg Wilson's next Brighton date back at the venue that absolutely rocked last February. This should be another stormer.
Disco Deviant Credit to The Edit vol 2 release party. Friday Feb 12 @ The Loft
Greg Wilson Pablo Contraband
100 Early bird tickets @ £5 each will be available shortly via RA. - The last event was a total sell out so grab yours quick.
Here's some of the feedback from last time around:
Cheers to you and Gina for a fantastic night on Friday hope you'll organise loads more everybody said it was the best night in years! We all loved it, I had mates down from Wolves and Manchester and they said they hadn't been to such a cracking do in years, especially not in Brighton, great music great people..more..more..more please!!
Hey Paul just wanted to say thanks for friday getting the extra people in for us and putting on the best night out I've had in a long time Greg blew me away will def be coming over next time he is in town a. . . Keep us posted
That was just the best ever! I had such a good time, never wanted it to finish.. Well done you two for sorting it out.
Hey Paul + Gina, thanks for organizing a great night! Greg Wilson rocked the place! Sibel and I try to follow him wherever he goes :) Thanks again.. Had a big smile on my face the whole weekend after an amazing night @Loft..
you pulled it off you lovelies, one of the best nights I've ever had, the atmosphere was like a dream. Whens the next GW appearance round these parts? I want to bring my missus next time :-) :-) :-)
wicked night Paul....nice 1 for sorting that out...sterling job :) The loft was a good choice....there was plenty of room to move around and dance.....vibe was good all night... I'll do a little write up on my blog about the night when my braincells are in shape...and put a link to your next event www.theacidhouse.com Thanks again!
Hey Guys
thank you soooo much for putting on last night . We all had a fabulous night. My hips hurt from all the dancin! I hope he never stops DJ'in ..even when he is 90.... as we can all keep on living the dream and pretend we are still back in the day. I happened to take quite a few pics last night of everyone having it. Do you want them for future promos. Let me know and ill pop em on a CD or upload them somewhere
Just issued 100 Early bird tickets @ £5 each - available online only for now.
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