Today, a selection of funk…..

Earth, Wind & Fire – Sweet Sweetback’s Theme

This is taken from the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peeble’s seminal 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song though I first heard it on some blaxploitation funk comp I got from Borderline Records in Brighton that soundtracked my early university days. It’s a lovely piece of laidback instrumental funk, knee deep in hand claps and woozy trumpets and is far removed from the Disco I formerly knew Earth Wind & Fire for.

You can buy the DVD of Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song here and grab the OST here

The Rebirth – Evil Vibrations

This track is taken from volume 4 of the Rewind series released on Ubiquity and has remained in my record box since its release. The Rewind series which has current artists reinterpret old songs can be a bit hit and miss, a is the nature of covers, but this Rebirth version of the Mighty Riders hits the spot perfectly.

Peeps in the US can buy the Rewind series direct from Ubiquity here and UK based reader can get their stuff here

The JB’s – More Peas

I love this track sooooooo much, for me the finest example of James Brown and his friends messing around and having fun with their instruments. it makes me wish I saw James Brown and the J.B.’s in their prime as opposed to watching James Brown grunt and leer at his backing singers on a rainy sunday at Glastonbury in 2004.

You can get a whole rack of James Brown & the JBs stuff from Fat City

Kashmere Stage Band – Scorpio

This is taken from the 2cd anthology of this amazing school funk band from texas that was recently released on Stones Throw off shoot Now Again. I’m not gonna try and overflex my journaslistic abilities by attempting to retell their story, instead I suggest you go here to listen to a interview with the Kashmere Stage Band Master Conrad Johnson and Now Again label big cheese Egon.

You can purchase this excellent release right hurrr

Debonair new wave art school lasses Dead Disco release their cool pop rocket Automatic on the 11th of September and are having a party at Coco in Leeds the same night to toast this fact. They’ve invited along Manchester based Parisian oufit The Clerks and Heads We Dance to share the champagne rider. Those of you who live up north should certainly go along.

London heads can catch Dead Disco perform at the 333 on the 15th September

Buy Automatic Here (when its released)

Check the rather splendid video on Youtube

I would post Automatic for download but it’s already been up innit 

My fellow Destroy All Monsters cohort, Stas Werno, has just unleashed his production alter ego, Damian Phostle on Myspace.

check out the noise here – man even manages the impossible, making me like a Queen track!! And check the 5 minute Destroy All Monsters minimix he did for some clever ish

Spank Rock – Bump (Switch Remix)

Obese Props to Discobelle!! It’s a monster

Van She – Kelly (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)

A continuation of my love of all things Modular

Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancing (Erol Alkan Carnival of Light rework)

I feel slightly dirty posting up a scissor sisters track, but this really is a very good remix by Mr Alkan, probably his best so far.

Incognito – Out Of The Storm (Carl Craig remix)

Carl Craig is currently king of the remix castle (check Tape for his new Xpress 2 remix) so I thought I would post up one of his older re-versions to show how long he has been on point.

Nirobi & Barakas – Bunjee Jump Against Racism (Diesler Remix)

Love this Diesler remix – proper party track, the original was a bit moody

Death From Above 1979 – Blood On Our Hands (Justice remix)

Nothing new here, but I saw some footage of the recent Ipod Battle Championship in Paris (well done Radioclit for slaying the competition what what) this remix came on and reminded me how much I love it – possibly my favourite Justice remix

I spent Bank Holiday Monday at the Electric Souls Carnival All Dayer and I’ve only just recovered enough from all the fun to write a glowing if somewhat short review of the evening. The Elektriks family rarely venture down south to London Town, so when they do its always a bit special.

Benji B‘s set was probably the highlight of the evening for me, had me throwing shapes on the Metrolitan dancefloor for the entirety, particular highlights were Oliver Cheatham’s Get Down Saturday Night into Timberlake’s Sexy Back into Dj Technics Mr Postman and signing off his set with Pepe Bradock’s Deep Burnt. I would comment on the Unabombers set afterwards but my memory gets a bit wonky after they begun with The Beatles Here Comes The Sun (drinking Red Stripe all day does this to you)

So instead of me trying to scratch my head and remember here’s some Pepe Bradock and Dj Technics for your listening pleasure

Pepe Bradock – Deep Burnt

DJ Technics – Mr Postman

Luke Unabomber photo by rikmoran.

Last night I went down to hip venue Bardens Boudoir in lovely Dalston to see The Presets and Oh No Not Him (aka Michael J Coxx) play with dj support from young turks Skull Juice at Delete Yourself.

We got there a few songs into On No Not Him’s set but I was immediately impressed by the bass heavy crunchy hip hop beats coming out of his laptop – The kid has quite a stage presence too, not at all flustered by the gathered masses awaiting The Presets, he even took to some crowd baiting during songs which was most amusing. Particular highlights were You’re Just a Dick, Masculine Hygiene and his finale, a smart rework of a well known r n’ b song that escapes my memory right now.

Check On No Not Him on Myspace and also read his amusing blog

(I’m hoping to get a interview with Oh No Not Him, so check back for future biggles ups)

After a brief hiatus, The Presets took to stage amidst rapturous applause from the assembled slutty fringes and skinny jeans. Having only heard their 2003 EP Blow Up, I wasn’t sure what to expect from them live. Certainly I was not dissapointed, their spazzdancefagrock translated perfectly to the intimate basement venue. The Australian duo put on a extremely sweaty performance for well over an hour, even working a touch of Da Funk into one of their songs.

SkullJuice took to the decks to see the night out, laying down some dancefloor heat, unfortunately It was past my bedtime so I had to leave

Props to Modular Records and Alt-Delete for putting on a good show what what!

Oh No Not Him releases his debut single on the 2nd of October on Natural Shy Records

The Presets are currently on some rather large tour in major cities throughout the world, check their myspace for details and get their debut album Beams here

Presets Download

My favourite track from the Blow Up EP

Get The Fuck Outta Here

Presets photo originally uploaded by noisehead.

I figured it was about time to spread some mixtape love on Slutty Fringe

Recloose – Throwdown Mix Vol. One

Mark Rush Hour kindly passed this rather excellent mix on to me after Recloose djed in Amsterdam recently. Throwing down a lovely blend of hiphop, funk, disco, broken beat and techno, this is undoubtedly one of the finest mixes I have heard for quite some time. No semblance of a tracklist, but there is some tracks you know, some you recognise and plenty that you wish you knew.

Hot Chip – Mixture 2

Hot Chip mix cds are some mad limited pressings (sell out same day they are put on sale in phonica mad limited) the first one passed me by but I managed to snag a copy of the second one. A barometer of their dj sets, it includes lots of music I have no clue about.

Edan – Quick Party Mix

For some reason Edan’s music does very little for me – I do however like his mixtapes. Both the Fast Rap and Funky Drummer mixes were nicenice and the Quick Party Mix is just as good,with loads of old funk, rock, breaks and party tunes expertly cut and blended perfectly.

Shepdog – Recorded Live and Tipsy Mix

Freestyle Records Manager Shepdog kindly passed on this mix recorded live – a generous slice of hiphop, beats and funk. Shepdog also recommends this from some mysterious types as a guaranteed party banger - HEAT

Sum other Mix Ish

Discobelle has a rather tasty Dj Ayres (The Rub) mix posted up which is on some nice Disco/House/Electro tip and I’m sure they have plenty of other excloosive stuff to delight your ears too (in fact they’ve only bloody got two other rather nice looking mixes up!!!)

Upside Down Stupid Hat bring the mixtape rawness each and every monday and this weeks heat was especially warm – the seminal David Holmes Essential Mix broadcast from 1997 and an excellent Cap And Jones mix cramming in generous portions of B’more, hip hop, disco and electro (Best be quick though cos these particular hotcakes only be up for a few days more)

Mr Wyse – Salv40 Mix

I feel the need to spread the word on Mr Wyse’s Salv40 mix – it’s been a fixture on my ipod for a couple of months now. The mysterious Mr Wyse put it together especially for a friends 40th birthday. Words can’t really do it justice so i’m jus gonna post the link and check the tracklist here

August bank holiday in London town is traditionally crammed full of stuff to do and the 2006 edition is no different…..

Friday

Stars of Safari – 93 Feet East, Brick Lane innit.

7 in the pimms till 1 after bed time. Free before 9pm £5 thereafter

Furthur promotions launch their new label Stars of Safari with a live performance from hotly tipped band Bussetti and dj support from Big Chill favourite Burt Latino and Furthur head honcho John Power. In the exotically named Pink Bar, Jesus Creepers provide the baying masses with a heady mix of northern soul, house and party classics. Splendid!

Furthur will also be laying on a Milanese album launch party at Plastic People on September 21st with live sets from Milanese and Clark, a Zilla laptop set and a Dj Distance Dj set – speshul!

They’ve also got Bonobo playing at the Luminaire on the 26th but thats all SOLD OUT and ting

Saturday

There’s some big corporate shenanigans going on in King Cross that you may have heard about but theres still some other runnings worth checking

KeepUp! - White Horse, Brixton Hill, Brixtonia

9pm – 3am Free All Night

The KeepUp! kids have been making sure Brixton doesn’t sleep on its left side for a few months now – in their own inimitable words:

“We’re starting to feel quite athome in the Whitehorse. The crowds are friendly, the bar is welcoming, and the dance floor is smoldering. When we get going, we don’t stop, and
many a missed night bus has resulted in our sessions lasting till the small hours. We’ve even had a few antipodean celebrities join us for the ride.”

Teens of Thailand Secret Shoreditch Shenanigans

Teens Of Thailand seem to be asking why bother with TDK?

Sunday

KeepUp! Locktones @ The Canalside Bar

Canalside Bar, Lock 17, Camden

5pm till 2am – Again with the freeness

This one is a bit special – Spent many a drunken sunday here, the fools even let me play records once or twice! This weekend sees the last Locktones at Lock 17 and bank holiday Locktones are always mad drunken splendid *insert keepup mailing list blurb*

“So it’s the end of an era for Keep Up! as this weekend sees us packing out the Canalside Bar in Camden for our last ever Sunday session there. After almost two years of Monday morning hangovers, we’ve decided it’s time to take Sunday’s somewhere else, and we figured there was no better weekend to end on than our favourite weekend of the year.

So this really is your last chance to make it down. If you’ve been saying you would for the last god knows how long, then after this weekend you can either clear your conscience or damn your tardiness, you decide!

But before we face our final curtain, we’ll be doing something a little bit special. If the weather permits (and we’ve not been lucky before), from 5pm till 9pm instead of being downstairs in the Canalside, we’ll be upstairs on the Terrace bar, working our way through some summertime classics and hopefully ending with a special sunset, erm, set.

If the weather betrays us, and after 9pm, we’ll be back downstairs in our usual spot, with perhaps a misty eye, but definitely with a bag full of floor fillers.”

Monday

The last bank holiday monday of the british summer I personally will be spending at the Electric Souls all dayer at Carnival – It is my bold suggestion you do similar cos it looks lively and ting

Last thursday I agreed, for my sins, to play records at Front Magazine’s 100th issue party at NotEvenOnTheAlphabet celebrity haunt Cafe De Paris (the promise of pole dancers and a free bar was too much for a fool like me to turn down)

Despite it being a very poorly organised evening, my fellow DJ Duncan and I did mange to have some fun. Disregarding the last minute request to play commercial pop and crappy rock for the most part, we managed to get away with playing some rather wonky and nasty music.

One particular track that Duncan boomed out I really liked and knew absolutely nothing about was Puzique – Thomas on Boys Noize Records. It has some mad Oizo style synthy noises and a killer breakdown which sounded great on a big soundsystem.

Puzique – Thomas

Check Puzique and Boys Noize myspace for more info

Touch here for some photos of the Front Mag Party (liberal amounts of pole dancing shots included)

Hubba edna on plane photo provided by the excellent Last Nights Party

* Schlampen pony is german for Slutty Fringe

Soooooo I jus got in from djing at someone’s birthday party in Ye Olde Street, which went off, 3 hours of hipshaking music, and the first time I fully incorporated using cds into the whole mixing ting. And I know this week on slutty fringe has been sparse (One post with music and stuff but still..) So in my drunken stupor I’m posting a sunday bonanza of aural delights (or something)

Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods

Being a young buck, I didn’t get the chance to appreciate this band first time round, and I really didn’t see the point of Bloc Party so I never checked Gang Of Four when they were cited in the music press as a obvious influence on Kele and co. Then I heard the Optimo editon of How To Kill The DJ which is crammed full of Gang of Four and made me realise how fucking great they are and how waypastfuckingfashionableylateIwas on them – Now the excellent missingthumbs has pre-empted me and posted another track off Entertainment so I know I have to post Damaged Goods because its splendid!!

Buy Entertainment here

MSTRKRFT – Work On You

I finally got to hear the MSTRKRFT LP, it’s great buy it when it is released. Until then you can have this track which featured on the CutCopy FabricLive mix.

Munk feat, James Murphy – Kick Out The Chairs (Replayed by WhoMadeWho)

My favourite remix of the past few years – No More Needs To Be Said!

Theo Parrish – Falling Up (m4a. file)

The Carl Craig remix has been blogged nuff – and rightly so cos its proper 4amMDMA’edOffYerFaceInAClubMusic – But the original has so much more charm (check the wonky percussion) that I have to share it!

Theres been a glut of theo parrish vinyl repressed over the past few weeks – gobble it up here or here

Curtis Mayfield – (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go

I just got Curtis Live and listening to it makes me wish I had the opportunity to see the man in concert, even on some headphones you can’t help get caught up in the funk (Also, Curtis’ between song banter reminded me of Bill Cosby in the House Of Cosbys a show which is no more sadly)

Kelis Feat. Andre 3000 – Millionaire

The new Kelis album seems to be dividing opinion – those who like to shake hips are loving the tracks that are out there while others are perturbed by album credits for Will.I.Am and Too $hort – I’m slapping up a track from her last LP which was ripe for a re-edit, 3 and a half minutes was not enough running time for this slice of Slick Rick sampling genius from Andre 3000

Exchange your hard earned for Kelis’ new Album here

New Young Pony Club – Get Dancey

I have gone on at great length about how amazing New Young Pony Club are (those without social lives would have caught their performance of Ice Cream on C4′s Transmission on friday night) but I can’t stop listening to Get Dancey on the Cut Copy Fabric Mix (yes thats TWO mentions in one post)

at some point in the near future Modular Recordings will unveil some fresh New Young Pony Club tracks!

Sailor Girl provided by merkley

DFA Remixes: Chapter Two

In October, DFA Records unleash the second installment of their remix compilations. This chapter sees Goldsworthy and Murphy tackle a slightly more broader range of artists than the first chapter, what with relicks of Nine Inch Nails sharing space with Junior Senior. The vinyl release contains less tracks than the CD but replaces some of the original remixes with RARE instrumental versions.

CD Tracklisting
1. Tiga – Far From Home (DFA Remix)
2. Junior Senior – Shake Your Coconuts (DFA Remix)
3. N.E.R.D. – She Wants To Move (DFA Remix)
4. Hot Chip – Colours (DFA Remix)
5. Nine Inch Nails – Hand That Feeds (DFA Remix)
6. Goldfrapp – Slide In (DFA Remix)
7. Chromeo – Destination Overdrive (DFA Remix)
8. Unkle – In A State (DFA Remix)

Vinyl Tracklisting
A. Tiga – Far From Home (DFA Instrumental Remix)
B. i) Junior Senior – Shake Your Coconuts (DFA Remix)
ii) Chromeo – Destination Overdrive (DFA Remix)
C. Goldfrapp – Slide In (DFA Instrumental)
D. Unkle – In A State (DFA Remix)

As a wee taster of the compilation you can have the knee deep in cowbell remix of N.E.R.D. – She Wants To Move

The Roots – Game Theory

The new Roots joint, Game Theory is released on August 29th. I’m not really that much of a fan of their music, but one track off the album really caught my attention. Don’t Feel Right – feat. Maimouna Youssef. The neck snapping drums, piano stabs, , chugging bass line, Youssef’s growling chorus and some subtle Ohio Players / Kool & The Gang sampling combine for some boombox hotness

The Roots – Don’t Feel Right

This has just been released as the lead single from the album – you can purchase it here

Mad Decent runnings

The latest installment of the mad decent podcast is up now – with a distinctly Parisian flavour to it. Recorded while Diplo was over in Paris recently, it’s 18 minutes of Ed Banger noise nuff said

check it here

There’s also some fresh new (and not so new ) Diplo remixes/blends out there in the internut. Hot Chip, Daedalus, Cassie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Souls of Mischief – This is music for the dj’s

Swag – Radio Tonic

Sheffield based wonky house merchants Swag have just posted up the July/August edition of their Tonic Radio show. A splendid two hour set that mixes up crunchy hip hop, funk, disco and wonky house – Check the Christina gets Spanked bit

Listen / Download current and previous shows here and check the mixes on the main site (I may upload their rather tasty While You Were Sleeping mix at one point – thats the hotsauce!)

Slutty Fringe Shout Outs to Modular Recordings and Lip Gloss PR for the kind words – thankyou!!

Tea enthusiast, Hard Fi tour dj & Phoebe Cates obsessive wrongtom (pictured above, left) kindly sent some recent remixes to slutty fringe headquarters. Which certainly was very nice of him!

wrongtom describes his remix of Distophia (label mates to Hard Fi) as “Kinda Justice meets Once Inna Lifetime meets indie kids with fucked up hair” and it definitely kicks, I can imagine the slutty fringes on the dancefloor loving this. This is some exclusive remix business for slutty fringe as wrongtom has only just finished it and it will be featuring on a 10″ not due for release until sometime this autumn on Small Town America records

Distophia – Starvation Cove (wrongtom bulimic balearic remix)

To purchase Distophia go to Necessary Records

Trojan Records have also commisioned wrongtom to remix the classic Harry J. All Stars track Liquidator. It’s a lovely bit of dubbed out echodek production

Harry J. All Stars – Liquidator (Wrongtom Liquid Rock dub version)

You can buy the EP this remix features on here it’s worth it alone for the Chairman Of The Board version

Quiz wrongtom on his knowledge of Phoebe Cates and pester him for one of his ingenious teabag badges at his myspace page

Cut Copy are undoubtedly the best thing to surface out of Australia since I caught sight of Natalie Imbruglia.

Quite possibly, the fact that they don’t churn out derivative noisey rock music (see Wolfmother, the Vines or Jet) has worked against them in becoming a commercial success on these shores. But their debut album, Bright Like Neon Love, is a 80′s soaked sun kissed gem.

And now they have completed the latest installment in the Fabric Live mix series, and it certainly is one of the best releases in the series. Leaving behind any po faced ideas of techno snobbery, it is a selection aimed squarely at getting hips shaking. And the mixing is tight, swerving between spiky guitar nose from New Young Pony Club, angular poshditch electro such as munk, soulwax and whomadewho, le hotsauce noise merchants Justice (killer re-edit of waters of nazareth by yer man erol alkan) and even finding space for a wee spot of Roxy Music.

Fabric Live 29 – Cut Copy is released later this month, I suggest you purchase it here Join the fabric first club and get them sent to you early and for less than it costs in shops.

You can purchase their debut album here

Here are a few tasters of the mix

WhoMadeWho – Out The Door (Super Discount remix)

Justice – Waters of Nazareth (Erol’s Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr Re-Edit)

fuckkill photo provided by everydayilive