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WIFEY : 5 Tracks For SOCIETY + Interview

Posted in 80's, Acid house, dj, Interviews, Old School, Society, Video, Warehouse Party, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , on August 5, 2011 by 4th level zombie

Wifey started in 2008 as one of a handful of club nights introducing bassline to London. Also known as bassline house, the scene is an offshoot of UK garage originally popular in the North and Midlands. They started to bring leading DJs to clubs and warehouse parties in east London, including TRC, DJ Q, Paleface, Dexplicit, Illmana,Wittyboy, Pantha, Virgo (Mr V) and Piddy Py.

As UK funky started emerging in and around London, Wifey embraced this exciting new sound, creating a unique style of house music influenced by grime and garage. Wifey began to book artists such as such as Crazy Cousinz, Hardhouse Banton,Funkystepz, DJ Petchy, R1 Ryders, and Deep Teknologi.

This kind of forward thinking approach to music led us to booking them for the upcoming SOCIETY party on the 12th of August. We took some time to chat to Steve, Robin and Ralph. The trio that make up Wifey and they also gave us there top 5 tracks they would be playing on the night.

Wifey’s 5 tracks + Interview

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New SOCIETY Juno Club Podcast

Posted in 80's, Acid house, House, mix, Old School, Warehouse Party with tags , , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2011 by Knockturnal

Just in time for the weekend our SOCIETY residents; Class Of 808 have dropped this new mix of classic Acid House, early break beat Hardcore and Sheffield bleep, as part of the Juno Records Club podcast series. Like what you hear? Well that’s good as all the tracks featured in the podcast can be found here.

You can catch the Class Of 808 boys along with Trevor Fung, Colin Dale, Top Buzz, Kenny Ken, Jackmaster, Chad Jackson, Rattus Rattus, Ragga Twins, Slackk & many more at our next SOCIETY warehouse party in 2 weeks time on 12th August.

For the next event we’ve joined forces with original rave promoters Raindance Jenkins Lane, for our biggest party to date, which will see us take over a 1000 capacity, 4 room Ec1 warehouse featuring : original projections, artwork influenced by the Acid House era, cinema area and our very own record store. Get your ticket today because it’s gonna be MASSIVE! Full line up is after the jump…

Class Of 808 - Juno Club Podcast – Episode 6 – Society 002

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WAVY Special Party @ The Alibi

Posted in 80's, Acid house, Bass, Club Night, House, mix, Old School, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , , on July 29, 2011 by 4th level zombie

Stuck with nothing to do this weekend? You really shouldn’t be if you are reading this and live in London. However, if you’re still clueless I can recommend that you head down to Dalston Dive bar – The Alibi – to hear a one-off special from club night WAVY!

Not heard of WAVY? It’s a very rare offshoot of Wifey, a DJ collective that has thrown some of London’s most intense nights of bassline, garage, funky and grime since 2008, hosting everyone from Slimzee to B15 Project to James Blake to Pantha and many, many more. WAVY is a whole other sound though. Best to put it in their own words, eh?

“WAVY is essentially a night to embrace the totally unexpected journey of early boogie, through the synthesizer- and drum machine-heavy sound of the 80s, to the sweat-soaked walls of Detroit electro clubs in the mid-90s“

Alongside WAVY residents S Shaw and RK will be three secret DJ’s, two of which will be from the excellent Numbers record label. Unfortunately I can’t reveal who they are but trust me you wont be disappointed. They will also be joined by MJE of old skool garage night ‘Days Like That‘ fame. This elaborate collection of DJ’s adds up to a musically intriguing night where you can expect rarely-played collections of boogie, electrofunk, freestyle, new jack swing, acid and super fast Detroit ‘jit’ electro!

To get you in the mood check out this boogie mix from WAVY resident S Shaw.

S Shaw - WAVY Sat July 30th Promo Mix

This tunage your kinda of thing? Well, you’ll get a chance to hear the Wifey crew playing at the next SOCIETY warehouse party on the 12th of August alongside legends like Trevor Fung, Colin Dale, Kenny Ken, Top Buzz and established acts like Jackmaster, Slackk and Rattus Rattus. NEXT SOCIETY PARTY INFO HERE

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Italo Anyone?

Posted in 80's, Italo Disco with tags , , , on July 24, 2011 by Montagano

It’s been a while since I posted some Italo (mainly because I’m lame and I hardly post these days), so here’s one of my fave disco tracks at the moment.

All the attention we’re currently giving to the acid house scene that emerged during late 80′s / early 90′s makes it easy for us to forget about these tunes, which were hugely popular in Europe around the same time (maybe just a little before).

I know very little about Piano Fantasia, except that they released a bunch of tunes around 1985 – this one being my favourite of the lot. Enjoy!

Piano Fantasia – Song For Denise (Instrumental mix) [download]

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SOCIETY WARM UP PARTY TONIGHT!

Posted in 80's, Acid house, Club Night, Warehouse Party, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , , on July 15, 2011 by Knockturnal

It’s just four weeks until our biggest SOCETY yet, where we’ll be taking over a four-room warehouse for an all-nighter featuring 30 DJs playing tracks from 1986-1993. We thought we’d celebrate that fact by having a warm-up party tonight featuring Ragga Twins, Uncle Dugs (Rinse), Slackk (Numbers), Rattus Rattus (Urban Nerds) and our own Class Of 808 residents in the basement at the Queen of Hoxton.

It’s gonna be going off big time so make sure you get yourselves down there, entry is just £5 but if you email your names to location@societywarehouse.com we’ll put you on our free guest list*. Now you can’t say fairer than that? Fore more details check out the facebook event here. See you tonight…

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*Free guest list is limited to the first 100 people and will be on a first come first served basis after that it’ll be just £3.


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SOCIETY : LOCATION REVEALED

Posted in 80's, Acid house, Old School, Warehouse Party with tags , , , , , on June 29, 2011 by Knockturnal

We’re now able to reveal the location for Friday’s SOCIETY warehouse all-nighter:

FAIRCHILD CAR PARK, Fairchild Place, Shoreditch EC2A 3EN

Entrance to the venue is on Plough Yard an alley way just off Bishopsgate on the left of the drunken monkey bar. It will be clearly sign posted.

- walking distance from Old St and Liverpool St stations – map here.

Fairchild Car Park, generally used by those grey commuters on the daily grind, looking for somewhere to store their motors… Not this Friday, that longing for the oh so short weekend is nearly over and our party crew are transforming it into an amazing venue for our SOCIETY Summer happening with none other than Acid House legend Marshall Jefferson over from Chicago IL; complete with Funktion One sound, lasers, smoke and 500 party people. Also, for the first time ever we’ll have the SOCIETY record store in effect! Bring your pennies, we’ll be selling original presses of Acid House trax and all manner of wonders and oddities that found their way pressed onto vinyl. This night will be fully licensed.

The lineup in full:

MARSHALL JEFFERSON – Chicago, IL

ANDY BLAKE (World Unknown/Dissident)
DAN BEAUMONT (Jam Factory/Dalston Superstore)
CLASS OF 808 DJs (Society Residents)
WE ARE NOT A ROCK BAND DJs (Society Residents)

Other attractions:

Funktion One sound / Original decor influenced by the Acid House scene
Projections, lasers and atmosphere straight from 1989  / Friendly security
Fans (installed on the ceiling to keep you cool) / SOCIETY record shop
Smoke Machine / Smoking Area / Cloakroom / Chill out area

**** PRE-PARTY ****

Join us upstairs at the Griffin public house, Leonard St (just 1 minute from the venue) for pre-drinks from 7pm-11pm – a pre-party meet-up like the olden days…DJs Craig E.Pierce, Neil Lion and Class of 808 DJs playing acid house, sheffield bleep, minimal electronics and new beat in a traditional boozer – come down and we’ll lead a conga at 11 to the venue! Free entry.

Need some tunes to get you in the mood? Then check out the latest Juno Records Club Podcast put together by our residents Class Of 808!

Juno Club Podcast – Episode 5 : SOCIETY

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Marshall Jefferson To Play the Next SOCIETY – 01/07/11

Posted in 80's, Acid house, House, Warehouse Party, We are not a rock band with tags , , on May 20, 2011 by Knockturnal

Yes, that’s right – our second SOCIETY all-nighter is set to feature Chicago House pioneer and all-round legend Marshall Jefferson, digging in the crates for a one-off car park party.

Check the Facebook event now. All early bird tickets sold out in less than an hour, click here to get the first release tickets priced at just £8.50. This is going to be an absolutely crazy evening.

More details to follow…

Knockturnal

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SOCIETY : THANK YOU

Posted in 80's, Acid house, Warehouse Party with tags , , , , , on April 12, 2011 by Knockturnal

Well, we’ve just about recovered from Saturday’s SOCIETY warehouse party…

A massive thanks to all the DJs and more importantly to everyone who came down and made it a party to remember – the atmosphere in that warehouse was AMAZING, and the mixture of people made it even better – from those that were there in ‘89 to those who’d never been to a rave before.

The name SOCIETY really couldn’t have been more apt – there were literally all walks of life in the Metal Works on Saturday, but it just worked, everyone gelled together perfectly to make one of the best crowds we’ve witnessed in a long time.

More pictures and video coming soon!

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BOYS NOIZE ACIIIIEED ATTACK!!

Posted in 80's, New Albums, New Music, Old School, Video, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , , , , on January 25, 2011 by haildiscordo

An upcoming release in the BNR series: Boysnoize 54 – ‘Super Acid’ is set to trouble your earballs on double 12″ vinyl at the end of this month.

For the 54th instalment of their BNR Series, Germany-based Boys Noize Records pay tribute to Acid House – one of the sickest sounds of the late 1980s. Featuring 12 squelching modern acid jams by Boysnoize Records artists and friends including Jan Driver, Housemeister, Dave Tarrida, Joakim & Krikor, Siriusmo, Strip Steve, Erol Alkan, Feadz and WANARB favourites Shadow Dancer.

Could this year see a resurgence in the Acid sound? We do hope so! For now, you can stream the preview below and pick up a copy on limited Vinyl and CD January 31st, plus digitally through Juno and all other retailers from February 14th. Track list and some classic Acid House goodness is after the jump.

BNR054 - Super Acid Medley

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Shark eats ice (apparently)

Posted in 80's, Dirt, disco, We are not a rock band with tags , on October 27, 2010 by Montagano

Ever wondered whether it was possible you could get Italo dirt? When I say dirt, I mean the type of music that makes you frown, do an upside-down smile, and have a little stomp? Probably not methinks. And even less so with early-80′s Italo, surely? Well, we have a little treat for you today kiddies, because here we have one such track. This is a very rare song with a very bizarre name – ‘Shark eats ice’. It was produced by Conrad Schnitzler – a lesser known producer who has made electronic music on and off for the past 30 years.

It doesn’t do anything apart from stomp hard from beginning to end, with abstract lyrics shouted in both English and German. I’ve been stomping around my bedroom to this for a month or two now – but so far haven’t had the courage to play it out. Will I ever?? Who knows.

Until I pluck up the courage – I’ll enjoy this little 80′s rarity within the confines of my bedroom.

Conrad Schnitzler - Shark Eats Ice

HazMat

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