By tubbs | Published:
August 23, 2012
Now, I don’t know much about Siafu or Bokhari Records, which in this era of media information saturation seems very much the zeitgeist (see Tusk, not to mention my own now defunct Untracked Recordings), so I like the cut of their jib. Vinyl-only, 300 copies; these are concepts that inspire allegiance and anticipation. Their first [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged balearic, blog, bokhari, christopher tubbs, chugger, Disco, heads down, house, mark e, records, siafu, slow-mo, slunk dub, techno, vinyl only |
By tubbs | Published:
April 20, 2012
What’s this? A 12″ featuring an original and a remix from two of my favourite contemporary artists? Massimiliano Pagliara (with the excellent Discodromo) and the constantly surprising Soft Rocks are in FULL effect on this release, ably assisted by trusty deckhands Cos/Mes and Kid Who who also represent on the remix front. I’m a huge [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged balearic, christopher tubbs, cocktail d'amore, cos/mes, Disco, discodromo, heads down, house, Italo, massimiliano pagliara, max essa, samba imperiale, soft rocks, vinyl only |
By tubbs | Published:
February 29, 2012
I’m posting about this for two reasons, those reasons being the two exceptional sets of people involved. The Bad Passion boys are, you guessed it, endlessly passionate about their music and incredibly serious about the less-than-serious business of throwing a wicked party. The Idjut Boys are absolutely sensational on a good night, and nothing less [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Parties | Also tagged bad passion, balearic, Disco, house, idjut boys, ln-cc, london, march 17th, party, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
December 5, 2011
Nick The Record is one of those names that has been buried deep in my London musical consciousness since the early nineties (he was a regular player at DJ Harvey’s Moist night in Covent Garden), his name is almost a byword for record lust, obsessive collecting and an uncynical love for spreading the (near) perfect [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Parties | Also tagged 2011, 8th december, afro, balearic, christopher tubbs, dalston, Disco, heads down.blog, house, jazz, ln-cc, london, nick the record, party, pop-up, records, store |
By tubbs | Published:
May 8, 2011
vimeo Direkt Well, it seems I’ve sorted out the technical issues that have been dogging me for the past month at Heads Down (I won’t bore you with the mind-numbing details) so it’s on with the show… Not so long ago those lovely chaps Toby Tobias and Danny Clark from Late Night Audio kindly got [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged analog, balearic, blog, brennan green, chinatown records, christopher tubbs, deep, digital, Disco, heads down, house, interview, lindstrom, new york city, norway, nu disco, techno, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
March 1, 2011
I interviewed the Idjuts for the first time a year or so ago, and it was great fun. Unfortunately it was on a very lo-res format and it’s like watching an interview with two cartoon bubble men made out of Tetris blocks (or something). Anyway, My work with the AllSaints Basement Sessions has luckily allowed [...]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged acid house, all saints, allsaints, balearic, basement sessions, blog, brighton, christopher tubbs, claremont 56, cosmic, cottage, deep house, Disco, droid, dub, eclectic, harvey, heads down, house, idjut boys, kings cross, krautrock, larry levan, lcd soundsystem, london, modern disco, moist, noid, nu disco, Post Punk, press play, remix, smalltown supersound, soundsystem, techno, the cross, the popes, tonka, underground, ustar |
By tubbs | Published:
May 15, 2010
This week I traipsed up to Shoreditch to talk to Stevie Kotey: member of world-famous production outfit Chicken Lips, owner of Bear Funk Records, and main man behind Kotey Extra Band. We chat about Chicken Lips’ upcoming album, his origins and his inspirations, as well as fitting in a quick behind the scenes look at [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged advice, album, bear funk, chicken lips, christopher tubbs, Disco, dub, funk, gold, heads down, house, interview, kotey extra band, lip service, max b, music business, record label, steve kotey |
By tubbs | Published:
January 15, 2010
Hello everybody, and welcome back to the snug, reassuring geekery of Heads Down. I have been down (and am still down) with a cruel bout of chicken pox, so I’ve not been tending to this particular garden. I get sent a pretty much continuous stream of bilious crap from record labels, so imagine my surprise [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged carl craig remix, christopher tubbs, detroit, Disco, heads down, hot chip, new, one life stand, parlophone, Post Punk, punk funk, remix, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
December 12, 2009
Christopher Tubbs presents another hour of post punk excursions, cosmic rock, jazz futurism and 21st century disco. Check out the new Red Rack’em on Untracked and the Ron Hardy edit of Jamie Principle… Badness! Tracklisting: 1. The XX ‘Basic Space’ (Jamie XX Space Bass Mix)(Young Turks) 2. Nite Jewel ‘What Did He Say’ (Italians Do [...]
Posted in Heads Down Radio | Also tagged christopher tubbs, cosmic, Disco, heads down, Heads Down Radio, house, jazz, november, podcast, rock, techno |