Neil Scotts pick of the week.

JAMES CURD-OPEN UP YOUR MIND (FEAT. DEVIN BYRNES)

  "Great disco-not-disco-nu-disco. Proper tackle! "

Having been attending Chicago house nights and spinning tunes since he was a mere nipper (15 years old!) and producing music as half of Classic Records favourites Greenskeepers since he was 19, James Curd is steeped in a house music sound that works both the dancefloor and the head.  Following in teh footsteps of his DFA outing "We Just Won't Stop", "Open Up Your mind" is a great electro-funk inspired house track for which James is famous for. An infectious driving boompty disco-house bomb, the track features Devin Byrnes on the mic, who delivers a killer spoken word vocal that will stick in your head like chewing gum under a school desk.There's also an instrumental version on the flipside.

you can listen and but from Piccadilly Records here.

Sunday Roasters

Darwin's Theory - Keep On Smiling

Caroline Crawford - Riding On Your Love

Permanent Vacation - Zuckerhut (John Talabot Remix)

Permanent Vacation - Zuckerhut (John Talabot Remix)

War - The World Is A Ghetto

Absolutely loving this massively extended instrumental version of "The World Is A Ghetto" by War. Delicious, funky, slow-cooked disco groove on this. Tight.

War - The World Is A Ghetto (Special US Disco Mix)

Derrick May Mix -New Years Eve 1988.

Derrick May 1988(ish)

Came across this the other day and it's just insane considering when it was made. I mean, the trickery and the tracks; it all seems well before it's time and still sounds fresh today. I have managed to find a tracklisting for this although i'm not 100% sure how correct it is.

2:10 Hardhouse – Check This Out
4:00 MDEmm – Get Acidic
5:30 Adrenalin MOD – Ecstasy (Wherever You May Be)
6:15 Mix Masters – House Express
8:08 Liaisons Dangereuses – Peut Etre Pas
10:00 Lil Louis – Music Takes You Away
10:30 Chip E – Time To Jack
13:00 Rhythim is Rhythim – Feel Surreal
32:00 Bam Bam – Where’s Your Child
37:00 R Tyme – Illusion
40:00 R Tyme – R Theme
45:00 K Alexi – Vertigo



Anyway enjoy... and if anyone can figure out anymore of the tracklisting, feel free to leave them in the comments.

Any Which Way; March 4th @ Coffee Evo (Huddersfield)

AnyWhichWay means pretty much what it says on the tin. It's a night where art & music are put first and ego and fashion are put on the backburner. The night is run by creative duo Tom & Kano who decorate the bar (downstairs) in plain backing paper as well as planting other surprises in the vacinty for the night.

Tom & Kano

 The last A.W.W you could write yourself a letter to God. Honestly, this night is as fun as they come in a very surreal surrounding including huge visuals on the windows, a huge light box which you can draw on as well as a retro computor console in the corner. As for the music up stairs they have a seclection of creative/experimental bands on. One band even breaking boundaries on stage by breaking his own leg (he carried on too).




While downstairs us here at Slow Cookin' will be playing a selection of our favourite beats all from wax. This is a free event and drinks are cheap so no excuses to not come down if you're local.

The basement at AWW

AnyWhichWay
March 4th
Coffee EVO
7:30-LATE
FREE!

Sunday Roasters

9dw - Stone and Fruits (Hatchback's Asteroid & Canteloupe Mix)

Gray - Drum Mode (Paul Mogg Version)

Neil Scott's Pick of the Week.

DISCO PLUMBER HOUSE TRAP VOL. 1




RELEASE DATE: 21 Feb '11

Housewives' favourite and Sonic U-Bend Specialist the Disco Plumber makes his debut on Foot and Mouth delivering an extraordinary two track of pure class. Over twenty years Rob has released over 100 singles in various guises and still produces something as amazing as this. These two absolute gems are a couple of prime time corkers.

The A Side “I Can’t Help Myself” cleverly makes us of a recognisable vocal but from a obtuse source, whilst the driving bass-line, elated strings, and incessant hooky staccato keyboard top line are guaranteed to clear your pipes! After the heart-stopping drama of the A-side, Rob delivers a deeper more electronic infused B-side with “Fantastic Plastic”. A monster groove underpins the tweaked French vocal and bubbling synth lines, whilst gasps of vocal joy punctuate the rhythm to great effect. A superb release, and a welcome addition to the Foot & Mouth stable.

You can listen and buy it from Piccadilly Records.

Cutloose: Phil South & Anton Esteban TOMORROW

This Friday, Balearic disco duo Phil South and Anton Esteban host Manchester's favourite basement club for another monthly injection of discoparty at the Roadhouse. The Cutloose brand enjoyed a lot of success in 2010 bringing names such as Theo Parrish, Idjut Boys, Rahaan and Moodymann to the Manchester faithful.

This week, Golf Channel's Phil South and Anton Esteban jet in to emulate the No Ordinary Monkey parties of NYC, and if all goes to plan we're in for a corker of a night. As well as this, we will be treated to the warm up by the Cutloose residents who have softened the dancefloor for the likes of Theo Parrish, Moodymann and Felix Dickinson amongst others. Check out Paul Jenks' mix for testpressing.org below.

For 2011, March sees the welcome return of vinyl connoisseur Mark Seven (check out his Slow Blow mix, posted last month) and in April, deep house don Theo Parrish makes his way back to the Roadhouse (and if last years was anything to go by, it'll sell out quick so DO NOT sleep). On top of all that, in May, Portuguese maestro Tiago (ESP Institute, DFA, Golf Channel) makes his Cutloose debut. Also, keep your eyes peeled for some extra-special-secret-hush-hush-Cutloose goings on involving some VERY SPECIAL GUESTS, watch THIS SPACE. Check out their website for ticket details.

 

In the meantime, check out the mixes below from Cutloose resident Jenks for fellow blog Test-pressing, plus mixes from South and Esteban. A special promo mix by Wes from Cutloose coming soon...

Paul Jenks - Waterlog mix @ test-pressing

Golf Channel - RA Label of the Month Mix

Phil South & Anton Esteban: Love from the Rooftop Part 1/Part 2 @ test-pressing

A mix by Cutloose resident Wes coming soon....

R & S Records Showcase in Leeds this friday...

This Friday R&S records comes to Leeds, for a a full label showcase all night in Wire.


The hype around the label and its artists at the moment is huge, and the buzz around the city for this party is massive....I believe it is the first time that SDC will have played in leeds and after the resident advisor mix and a year of solid release's he's picked up some pace and with a solid undercard too. Expect this to be contendor for "party of the year"(i know so early in the year too eh)...

Here's Pariahs set recorded from the Boiler room and Get me party last week:

'Live From' - Tiger Beer x Get Me! - Pariah by BOILER ROOM

There are still a few tickets left at resident advisor.

This will be a roadblock too so if your going and don't have a ticket get down early as there is not much room on the door and it will be £10 in...see you at the front.

There is also an interview with R & S Records employee...Andy Whittaker

You can also read up on R & S Records here

Sunday Roasters

oOoOO - Hearts

40 Thieves feat. Qzen - Don't Turn It Off (Brennan Green Mix)

Neil Scott's Pick of the Week.

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DR. DUNKS / BASTEDOS




"Eric Duncan keeps Keeping it cheap with vol 3 of this edits imprint. This time with a cutup from Felix Dickenson (Bastedos) as well as Eric himself. Both killers."

Eric Duncan (of Rub 'N Tug fame) drops number three in his Keep It Cheap series - this time inviting underground UK disco hero 'Foolish' Felix Dickinson to take care of B-side duties. Head and shoulders above the glut of edits out there, these dig much deeper and are purpose built for sweaty club use, rather than tantalizing bedroom bloggers (although these edits will do that too!). "Romanticos" rides the Brit-funk wave, slapping that bass through Modern Romance's 1982 post-punk disco gem "Best Years Of Our Lives". Want something less obvious than Haircut 100, Wham, Spandau's "Chant Number One" or the Clash "Rock The Casbah"? Here's your (not) secret (anymore) dancefloor weapon! On the 'Foolish' Felix side Mr Dickinson does that cosmic disco thing of re-recording a track at the wrong speed - we're talking slow here - making for a treacle-covered slo-mo electroid avant disco affair, again with a hint of new wave. Both sides rock! As with the cult COMBI series, we expect these to sell out in a matter of days - 300 copies only.

Pick up a copy from Piccadilly

Catch up with Jon Woodall.

Jon Woodall - January Mix by jonwoodall

For the regulars down at Basics, Jon is a fixture and a well known/well liked lad down there, always seen behind one of the booths either playing or partying. Forever smiling, full of positive party vibes and cheer. Jon has now been made a resident down at the Basics institute, released the first EP alongside Buckley on the re-launch of the label and even has a helping hand in the bookings. He has a busy schedule ahead with dates such as MUSTACHIO! ...All Over Your FACE @ Rainbow(Birmingham) and regulary does the afters for Basics in the black box  alongside James Barsnsley which lead to him going back to back with Kerri Chandler at the BacktoBasics 1000th party (EPIC)....With Andrew Weatherall on this weekend and Jon doing the afters, I don't think i'll be getting a rest and niether will my bank account!

We sent Jon a few questions over, as we do here at Cookin', and this is what we got back;


Easy jon hows things?

All good thank you...

First of all tell us a little about yourself? where your from? What got you into house?

I'm from sunny Middlesbrough originally, there's quite a few of us in Leeds actually! As far as getting into house goes, I used to listen to those Ministry of Sound CD's when I was about 13/14, not religiously or anything, but knew I preferred that to the usual rubbish. It wasn't until I got a Roger Sanchez Global House mix off the front of Mixmag when I was 15 that I really got into it. That CD still is one of my all time favourites and from there I was hooked, I got a job glass collecting at Tall Tree's in Yarm and started saving for some decks!


We ask this everytime and it’s a typical interview question….which artists/people are your influences ?

In the early days it was the American's like Roger Sanchez, Harry Choo Choo and Derrick Carter, these day's my influences are a lot closer to home, I would honestly say that most of my favourite DJ's are my friends. Back To Basics has obviously been a massive influence and I've always thought the residents outshine the guests more often than not.
Production wise there's labels like Rush Hour, Plannet E, R&S, Hot flush, Running Back, Fear of Fying to name a few.


Your part of the Back to basics family now, and even had the first release alongside Buckley on the re-launch of the label how did that all come about?

Around that time I had a lot of free time through the week, I was doing the weekly after parties at Mint with James Barnsley and that was my only job. Buckley used to come round a couple of times a week to hang out and we'd spend a lot of time looking for new music. It was just a natural progression from there. The track wasn't intended for Back To Basics label as the idea to re-launch it hadn't even come about yet! When Dave decided to re-launch the label he took it as the first release! Buzzin!

So what’s next any more release’s in the pipeline?
Since the summer I've been working for Basics doing the bookings and promotion which has meant I haven't had a lot of time to produce, it's something I'm starting to sort out now and hopefully over the next few months get some stuff finished. Me and Buckley still have a few tracks we're sitting on too.

Your part of the wallpaper down at Basics there must be a funny tale or moment you can share with us??

There's not many of the bigger one's fit for public consumption really, little one's include dog shit in the DJ booth, bingo numbers being called over the music and taxi drivers taking the glory!


Since your working for Basics with the bookin's and promo can you let the cat out of the bag for any future bookings?


No! But, I can tell you we've just confirmed some amazing things up until the middle of April! Not to mention some of the bigger events we'll be doing in the lead up to our 20th birthday!!


In a crazy world name your pefect Basics line up across all three rooms?

I couldn't really answer this without letting the cat out of the bag for the coming months!!

Quickes….

Favourite record at the moment?

Subb-an Feat: Beckford - The Lovers Night (Spectral Sound)

Favourite snack ?

Cookies!

Top 3 fictional characters?

Don Logan (Sexy Beast)
Mark Corrigan (Peep Show)
Withnail (Withnail and I)

Slow cookin or fast food?
Slow cookin' Defo!

Cheers jon.


you can also keep up Jon on his R.A.Page

Fraser's thought of the week.....

Dj Shadow & Cut Chemist - Brainfreeze



Here at Slow Cookin' we're all about all the variety. In our consumption of tasty Slow Cookin' and also in our consumption of music. I mean you wouldn't want a slow cooked Boeuf Bourguignon every night of the week would you......sometimes you might fancy a nice Lamb Hotpot or a Spicy Chicken Casserole!!


With that in mind, this weeks thought brings you a mix that does not adhere to the norm by any stretch of the imagination. A mix that is very close to my heart and reminds me of good times from my yoot.

Brainfreeze was recorded by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist as a practice session for a show in February 1999 at the Future Primitive Soundsession in San Francisco, mixing funk and soul 45's. Initially 1000 copies were made and sold at the shows, and a further 1000 copies were made and distributed to local records stores in California and sold out very quickly. A cease-and-desist letter from 7-Eleven convenience stores—the whole artwork and styling was based on their logos and uniforms—meant that they stopped and moved on. The album was then bootlegged and it can now be found in popular record shops.

Enjoy

New Slow Cookin' Forum.....

Sorry we have not been updating the blog as much this week, but we have been working on a mini forum for the site. A place for music discussion, banter and even a little punfun board.

so get signed up and join the comunity

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http://slowcookin.proboards.com/

p.s the board still needs tweaking so just bare with us on this.

Also coming up in the next few days we have an interview with Jon Woodall(backtobasics),Dead Rose Music Company and a few mixes to stick up.

Mark Seven - A Slow Blow

This is brilliant. If you haven't heard any of Mark Seven's compilations, you are in for a proper treat. In A Slow Blow, Mr. Seven dusts off some obscure electro/disco pop rarities and blends them all expertly to create an outstanding mix. One of the very, very best.

Mark Seven is appearing at Manchester's Cutloose in March, click here for more details. 

Mark Seven - A Slow Blow

Sunday Roasters

Arthur's Landing - Love Dancing

Odyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love (Super Value Edit)

Tevo Howard - The Age of Compassion (House Mix)

Neil Scott's Pick of the Week.

ULYSSES-ACID REFLUX - INC. PRINS THOMAS DISKOMIKS

                                                              Released 7th feb

                                                   


Ulysses is not only about party promotion, however, and a close look at his diverse musical career will quickly shatter this misconception. Although a long-time advocate of obscure Disco and classic Techno, Ulysses is currently best known for the Piano House anthem “Robotic Hypnotic Adventure” from his Neurotic Drum Band collaboration with John Selway. In addition to the NDB Ulysses collaborates with Thugfucker’s Holmar Filipsson as Filipsson & Ulysses, who are releasing soon-to-be classic EPs of emotive electronic disco on Internasjonal and Bearfunk Records. Ulysses still continues to chart his own musical path with an incredible EP of dark Pop for Internasjonal Spesial in the works, as well as some new club-friendly dance tracks on Wurst and his solo debut for Throne of Blood. The "Acid Reflux" EP represents the diversity of Ulysses’s talent, from banging acid tracks to moody downbeat and grooving electronic house.To round things out Ulysses recruited Prins Thomas to deliver a nine-minute rerub of “Acid Reflux” that preserves the original’s 303 groove but injects a heaping dose of cosmic atmosphere and live instrumentation into the mix. Essential!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Acid Reflux
A2. Implanted
B1. Acid Reflux (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
B2. Lullaby


You can listen to and purchase this from Piccadilly Records here

Fatnecks u.s garage mix(part 2)

Our good friend Jamie "Fatneck" Low has sent us over the follow up to his U.S Garage mix.

Tracklist

PM Dawn - watchers point of view (accapella)
Overweight Pooch - I like it (red zone dub)
Robert Owens - I'll be your friend (mo mo beats)
Robert Owens - I'll be your friend (original def mix)
Lisa Fischer - Save Me (red zone dub)
Pet Shop Boys - So hard (Eclipse mix)
Pet Shop Boys - So hard (red zone mix)
Rodeo Jones - City life (hurley's house mix)
Blind Truth - Why cant we see? (hubba dubba mix)
Underground Inc. - Magie Noire (Rick Lenoir Mix)
Blind Truth - Why cant we see? (debbies blind date mix)
Urban Rhythm - Get your thing together (84 king st. dub)
Basscutt - I'm not in love ( Satoshi Tomiie remix)
MK - Burning (Vibe mix)
Gypsymen - hear the music (def mix)
Underground Resistance - living for the night
MG - there 4 u (timbling mix)

DOWNLOAD.

Just a quick one this week. Not much that needs to be said about this record. A stone cold classic!!

Throwback @ The Loft.

The future line up for Throwback.

Death on the Balcony - Throwback Vol.1 by Death on the Balcony

If you like house music, Leeds is a city offering a rich vein of parties at the moment. When you’re out, it’s often the case that there’s so much choice, be it DJ bloody Happy Knacker or DJ chuffing crumpet muncher or this, that and the other, and you end up going to the club night you’re more familiar with. Welcome Throwback. It all started 11 months ago by Leeds based collective Death on the Balcony and Mr. Hawkins. Throwback is a night  of electronic grooves and eclectic delights with past guest appearances from people such as Mark E, Soul Clap, The Revenge and Pete Herbert.

Death on the Balcony - Throwback Vol.2 by Death on the Balcony

For 2011, Throwback have switched from the regular Friday night soiree to entertaining punters on a Saturday night. With this change, the Throwback lads are aiming to create a new vibe. A party for your average vinyl junkie, disco student and house connoisseur. In March they celebrate their 1^st Birthday and have invited disco don Jacques Renault to man the decks. Expect more to come in Twenty-Eleven, great guests and great parties. This is where the who's who of the leeds scene hang out on there night off too.


Death on the Balcony - Throwback Vol.2 by Death on the Balcony

This Saturday they welcome a blistering combination of house, powerful-soul and all things disco in the form of Session Victim, Manchester’s up and coming party throwers The Treehouse lads, and as always, the very steady residents Deathonthebalcony. This is set to be one hell of a party, DO NOT MISS.

Death on the Balcony Mix for CVFM Radio Show by Death on the Balcony

Click here to read a Session Victim interview on fellow blog Join The Dots.

To purchase tickets, click here

DJ Buck-Live at Focus

"Playing from New York to Beijing to Jakarta, from The Hacienda and Ministry of Sound to Fabric and PS1; Dj Buck wears his 20 years in music well. Spreading the message "something old, something new, something me, something you," is indicative of the fact that anyone can find his or her niche in his music. Come one, come all and dance 'till you fall"

This is  a DJ set recorded live at Focus (with mic'd up crowd) in Orange County, California. play mix 

We don't have a tracklist for this so feel free to identify them in the comments section..