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April 17, 2013
Could it be? Is this a hallucination? Am I drunk? Nope, this is, unequivocally, the start of Spring. Bared flesh, people dressing inappropriately for ANY time of year… It’s all there. And subsequently that can only mean one thing: it’s time for the Heads Down Sessions to conjure the sunshine once again at Caravan Exmouth. [...]
Posted in Mixes | Also tagged 2013, blog, caravan, christopher tubbs, Disco, exmouth market, heads down, leftfield, may 4th, saturday, sessions, summer |
By tubbs | Published:
January 13, 2013
First heatrock of the year alert campers! This killer is part of an upcoming The Horrors remix box set, and it’s worth the price of admission alone. You can here Connan Mockasin’s Kiwi heritage in the scank; this is a record that’s going to be in the box for years to come.
By tubbs | Published:
January 3, 2013
I noticed to my profound surprise today that there are still copies of this destroyer of a comp in a couple of shops, which is baffling to say the least. The Originals series of compilations are an Aladdin’s cave of rare music, curated by some of the world’s premiere and tasteful (in a good way) [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged alex storrer, blog, christopher tubbs, claremont 56, compilation, dub, funk, heads down, house, lexx, originals, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
December 11, 2012
It was inevitable I guess; LN-CC were always going to take this step officially. Think about who works there: Jonny Nash from Land Of Light, Dan Mitchell from Bad Passion… In fact they’re all total record nerds. So, subsequently you also know that when they do this they’re going to do it with some conviction. [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Parties | Also tagged baldelli, blog, christopher tubbs, dalston, Disco, event, heads down, house, ln-cc, london, phil manzanera, records, remixes, techno, theo parrish |
By tubbs | Published:
November 18, 2012
It had to end sooner or later I suppose. Not even the most repeatedly lobotomised optimist could call my Caravan night a ‘Summer’ session anymore. Still, it’s a hell of a shame (as I so adore doing it) and we have the long dark tunnel of winter to stumble through before I start talking to [...]
Posted in Mixes, Parties | Also tagged caravan, christopher tubbs, Disco, exmouth market, heads down, house, mix, november 24th, saturday, sessions, special days indeed mix, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
September 20, 2012
I can’t believe we’ve come to the end of 2012′s titanically eventful summer, and subsequently ALMOST the Heads Down summer sessions at Caravan. Considering it’s a summer that won’t be particularly remembered for it’s Copacabana-esque weather, for some reason when it came to the sessions it was always sunny and warm. Praise the Balearic spirit! [...]
Posted in Mixes | Also tagged 2012, blog, caravan, chill out, christopher tubbs, Disco, dj mix, exmouth market, funk, heads down, house, london, mix, soul, summer, une nuit de voyage |
By tubbs | Published:
September 10, 2012
I’ve been championing Jonny Nash as a genuinely exciting talent to watch for some time now (see my post on his wonderful Cos Mes remix), so when I heard that he and Kyle Martin (he of Heads Down favourite Spectral Empire) were producing an album together I did a little wee and clapped my hands [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged blog, chill out, christopher tubbs, esp institute, heads down, jonny nash, kyle martin, land of light, ln-cc, london, new york, soundtrack, yohji yamamoto |
By tubbs | Published:
September 5, 2012
Featuring Amber Coffman from Dirty Projectors, this slice of left field Balearic pop is definitely up there in my top five (so far) of 2012. Like all the best pop it’s melodically unforgettable and sonically timely; but this one snatches the prize because it is also so prescient, so topical, so NOW. Lyrically it’s a [...]
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August 24, 2012
Alex Barck interview – AllSaints Basement Sessions from AllSaints Spitalfields on Vimeo. Alex Barck is Jazzanova’s DJ, one half of Prommer & Barck and one of the founding fathers of Sonar Kollektiv and Derwin Records. He’s also, incidentally, one of the most requested interviewees at Heads Down. I finally managed to track him down for [...]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged alex barck, allsaints basement sessions, berlin, blog, boogie, broken beat, christopher tubbs, derwin, Disco, heads down, hip hop, ibiza, interview, jazz, jazzanova, nu jazz, prommer & barck, sonar kollektiv |
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 acid, blog, bokhari, christopher tubbs, chugger, Disco, heads down, house, mark e, records, siafu, slow-mo, slunk dub, techno, vinyl only |