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When WANARB Met: Daniel Bortz

Posted in Club Night, Deep House, Interviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 11, 2012 by rachaelwilliams

Daniel Bortz plays the Suol Showcase at Tief

The man on everyone’s after-party playlist, Daniel Bortz, returns to London town this weekend as part of a much hyped showcase for his current label Suol. WANARB favourites Tief, have brought key members of the label over to coincide with the end of the Suol World Series that saw Bortz in Brazil, Fritz Kalkbrenner in China, Tricksi in Mexico and Chopstick & Johnjon in Europe. We caught up with him ahead of his set at Corsica Studios this weekend to find out about the scene in his hometown of Ausberg in Germany, how he goes about creating his tracks and what he’d save in a fire…

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When WANARB Met: Fur Coat

Posted in Club Night, House, Interviews, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 1, 2012 by rachaelwilliams

Fur Coat

After breaking the news last January that the tune about cocaine and ketamine you were all so desperately after was by Venezuelan duo Fur Coat we thought it only fair to pin them down for an in-depth chat. And what better time to do so than just before they’re due back in the UK to play Return To The Future 4 for some bank holiday weekend madness. With big-hitters like Seth Troxler and Tale Of Us also on the bill, it’s truly time for Fur Coat to cement their growing reputation here in the UK…

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When WANARB Met: French Fries

Posted in House, Interviews, Techno, Warehouse Party, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 4, 2012 by rachaelwilliams

French Fries plays London's dirtybird BBQ

This Saturday sees famed San Fran based record label dirtybird in town for the London leg of their Spring tour which sees them visiting city after city with a variety of artists from their stable. Our lucky lucky city has hit gold however as we’ve managed to blag the biggest line-up but a BBQ of Meatwagon no less.

Appearing will be core members of the dirtybird crew Claude Von Stroke, Justin Martin, J Phlip and Christian Martin under his new alias Leroy Peppers plus key acts like Eats Everything, Catz N Dogz, Breach and a whole load more. We caught up with one of the newest recruits, young Parisian whippersnapper French Fries who’s currently a name on a lot of lips thanks to the success of his ballroom hit Yo Vogue…

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Dirtybird’s London BBQ

Posted in Club Night, mix with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2012 by rachaelwilliams

Dirtybird's London BBQ

You’re probably wondering why we’re about to tell you all about a SOLD OUT event. It’s not because we’re mean and we want to rub your faces in it. Oh no, no siree. We’re here to tell you that you CAN still go to the ball… er we mean BBQ. We’ve done our research and found you a few ways you could still go! But first, let’s take a gander at that eye-wateringly magnificent line-up… Read more »

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Less than 2 weeks ’til Society, tickets selling fast

Posted in 80's, Acid house, Chicago House, House, Society, Warehouse Party, We are not a rock band with tags , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 by Knockturnal

Less than two weeks to go until our biggest party yet. On Friday 10th February we’re flying over from Chicago, USA the inventor of Acid house; DJ Pierre to play a one-off set of Acid House at an amazing London warehouse location. Tickets have been flying out the door for this one and second-release tickets are about to sell out. Get yours now for £12.50 before they rise in price.

Also playing this event : Criss Angel (Energy/Centreforce FM), Jamie Blanco (Live 808 set), Citizen, SOCIETY residents Class of 808 DJs + more DJs yet to be announced!

Expect a night of true Acid/Chicago House plus original artwork created for this party, VHS projections, smoke, lazers, a booming sound system and the best atmosphere this side of 1989. If you haven’t seen it already, check out the video for a taster of what to expect:

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When WANARB met: Ali Love

Posted in Hot Creations, House, Interviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 12, 2011 by rachaelwilliams

London based Ali Love, has up until recently been known for a more disco sound with 2010′s album Love Harder drawing comparisons to Heartbreak and Cut Copy. This year however, has seen him ally himself with dance music’s big-guns: the Hot Creations crew headed up by Jamie Jones and Lee Foss. His latest project, Infinity Ink, with Luca C, has been getting notable attention with latest track Games appearing on mixes by anyone worth listening to, including both Maceo Plex and Art Department. Fitting then, that he should be performing a live PA this Friday 16th December at Return To The Future, sharing the bill with Hot Creations/Creche Alexis Raphael, Supplement Facts Bill Patrick and Art Department themselves. We caught up with him to chat about Infinity Ink, working with Jamie Jones, shooting David Guetta and ermm, turbans.

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Society DJs play The Future Now

Posted in Acid house, Chicago House, Club Night, House with tags , , , , , , on December 6, 2011 by rachaelwilliams

After hosting a brilliant Thursday night session at Dalston Superstore 2 weeks back, the DJs behind everyone’s favourite Acid House night, Society, pop up for some weekend fun this Friday. Playing at budding night The Future Now, the Society DJs join Hannah Holland, Dexter Kane and resident Warboy in room 1 at The Egg in Kings Cross.

The Egg gets kind of a bad rep as people know it used to be a bit shit, but it’s actually a lot nicer now and worth heading over to Kings Cross for. Plus The Future Now attracts an eclectic mix of people making it  fun wild-card weekend-option.

FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER
10 PM – 6 AM
EGG NIGHTCLUB
200 YORK WAY, N7 9AP LONDON

£10 BEFORE 12.30. £15 after

For the full deets on drink offers, NUS prices, entire line-up and more head over to The Future Now’s Facebook Event page.

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Durrr presents: Breakbot and Classixx

Posted in Club Night, electro, French electro with tags , , , , , , , on November 30, 2011 by rachaelwilliams

WELL DONE DURRR. We’re big fans of both Breakbot and Classixx here at We Are Not A Rockband. So putting them both on the same night is a big win in our books. Granted it’s a Thursday, but it’s also payday, and it’s also the first day of December which, as everyone knows, is the only month you can get away with being permanently drunk (or so my friends tell me).

PLUS there’s a secret live act. Who could it be?! Nobody knows! This is exciting, no?

And so because there’s never a good reason NOT to post either of these tracks, let’s pretend that you actually need convincing to come along this Thursday 1st December 2011 to Village Underground in Shoreditch but hey we both know you’re already scrolling down for the ticket link.

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 Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours feat Irfane

 Yacht - Psychic City (Classixx remix)

DURRR PRESENTS // 1ST DEC // BREAKBOT // CLASSIXX // VILLAGE UNDERGROUND // 52 HOLLYWELL LANE // EC2A 3PQ

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The Revenge remixes M A N I K

Posted in Deep House, remix/cover with tags , , , , , , on November 29, 2011 by rachaelwilliams

Culprit - M A N I K - She Watches MeI appreciate this is a bit havin’ it for a Tuesday night but I couldn’t resist this opportunity to play you all the full length version of The Revenge’s remix of M A N I K’s latest track on Culprit, She Watches Me. This definitely makes me wish it was a weekend and I was on my way out….. how many days until then again? Have a listen but don’t blame me if it makes you want to go out dancing.

Londoners are in luck because they actually can go out dancing to this on the weekend, as The Horse And Groom Presents The Revenge playing a three hour set this Saturday 3rd December. It’s only £4 on Resident Advisor as well. BOOM.

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Slowpoke Turns One

Posted in Club Night, Deep House, mix with tags , , , , , , on November 23, 2011 by rachaelwilliams

Slowpoke 1stBirthday FlyerHappy Birthday to London night Slowpoke who celebrate their first birthday this Friday with a free Hackney Road loft party featuring Inxec [Crosstown/Culprit/Leftroom] who is playing both a live set and is djing, and Puente and Rösch [No 19] supporting, plus Slowpoke residents. Anyone who gives out presents such as these on their own birthday are people worth knowing about.

For those not in the know, Slowpoke describe themselves as “a slowed down, low down journey through house, funk and techno”. They’re so fucking selfless that they even claim they “make no exceptions when it comes to sound, programming and setting the mood to help ensure no-one goes home alone.” Well. There you go kids. Shit-hot music and super-sexy atmosphere.

Previous guests have included Maceo Plex (for his UK debut no less), Droog, James Teej, Andrew Weatherall, Slow Hands, Death On The Balcony…. you get the gist.

Check out this recent set by Sishi Rösch that the Slowpoke gang posted to tempt you along on Friday. It’s a monster, mind-blowing set from what seems to be the world’s favourite nightclub, The Electric Pickle in Miami. There’s some obvious crowd-pleasers but a tonne of other tracks you’ll be desperately scouring the net for afterwards.

Sishi Rösch - Brett Johnson´s “Bang the Box” Tour @ The Electric Pickle (Miami,US) – 2011-09-23

Slowpoke is at 29–32 The Oval, E2 9DY this Friday 25 November 2011 and will be free but you must add your name to the guestlist to get in.

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