By tubbs | Published:
November 10, 2012
Ashley Beedle Interview – Allsaints Basement Session from AllSaints on Vimeo. Ashley Beedle is one of the principle reasons I got into dance music. Fact. My first real dancefloor epiphany was soundtracked by ‘Blacker’ by the Ballistic Brothers; that Herbie Hancock fuelled bassline swept me away from my Premier, Pete Rock and Large Pro fixations [...]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, ashley beedle, ballistic brothers, black music, black science orchestra, blog, christopher tubbs, Disco, dj, heads down, heavy disco, house, interview, producer, run the track, x-press 2 |
By tubbs | Published:
February 18, 2011
I really enjoyed interviewing Robert; he’s an underground legend, a warmly endearing person and a fantastic artist. And as much as I loved hearing about his writing process, his collaboration with Larry Heard and the creation of his new album, what I REALLY wanted to hear about was the clubs, the atmosphere- what it was [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged art, blog, chicago, christopher tubbs, dance music, Disco, frankie knuckles, gay, heads down, house, larry heard, legend, music box, new york, paradise garage, robert owens, ron hardy, techno, warehouse |
By tubbs | Published:
February 6, 2011
Here’s the second part of my interview with the man behind that legendary voice. In this episode we talk about the message in the music and walking the road less travelled (amongst other things…) vimeo Direkt
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged atjazz, chicago, christopher tubbs, compost, Disco, frankie knuckles, heads down, house, larry heard, legend, nightlife, part one, robert owens, Tagged art, techno, the music box, the warehouse |
By tubbs | Published:
January 29, 2011
It’s competition time here again at the venerable Heads Down, and this time I have an interesting series from Harmless called Disco Discharge. It’s compiled over four packages and eight CDs (it’s freekin’ massive!) comprising of Disco Fever USA (as you’d imagine), Mondo Disco, Euro Beats (some gems here amongst the predictably dodgy gear) and [...]
Posted in Competitions, Cool Stuff | Also tagged blog, christopher tubbs, competition, compilation, compilations, cruising the beats, Disco, disco discharge, disco fever usa, euro beats, euro disco, harmless, heads down, hi nrg, mondo disco, new york, night life, rare, records, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
January 23, 2011
So, here it is, my first Heads Down post since December. My excuse is I’ve been out in New Zealand getting married, and if that’s not a good enough alibi then you’re a heartless, hard to please bunch of so-and-sos (but I love that about you). Here I have part one of my interviews with [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged art, atjazz, chicago, christopher tubbs, compost, Disco, frankie knuckles, heads down, house, larry heard, legend, nightlife, part one, robert owens, techno, the music box, the warehouse |
By tubbs | Published:
October 21, 2010
Here’s part two in my two part interview with the boys. Here they talk about the occasionally intimidating nature of dancing in clubs in the late seventies and how clubbing outside your area was akin to going to the moon. This is definitely one of my favourite Heads Down interviews! If you want to hear [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks, Interviews | Also tagged acid house, christopher tubbs, compilation, crackers, dave jarvis, Disco, faith, farley and heller, fashion, funk, happy days, heads down, house, junior boys own, london, nightlife, part 2, part two, rave, shoreditch, sony, soul, techno, terry farley, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
October 13, 2010
Last week I sat down with two men who’ve seen more than their rightful share of the nightlife; from Junior Boys Own to Faith respectively, these guys were there and in my opinion remain relevant exponents of all that is good about dance music. Terry and Dave have just released an amazingly comprehensive series of [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks, Interviews | Also tagged acid house, christopher tubbs, compilation, crackers, dave jarvis, Disco, faith, farley and heller, fashion, funk, happy days, heads down, house, junior boys own, london, nightlife, rave, sony, soul, techno, terry farley, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
October 6, 2010
That’s right my pretties, I’m taking it back to the floor (and I’ve primed some VERY upfront weapons for this malarky) on Friday at Beam Me Up at The Bathhouse in London. It’s about as far a cry from my Caravan night as feasibly imaginable; this is a late night party full of late night [...]
Posted in Parties | Also tagged bbc 6, beam me up, beatdown, blog, boogie, christopher tubbs, Disco, friday 8th, gig guide, going out, heads down, house, london, october, techno, the bathhouse, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
April 5, 2010
Over the past few years, Horse Meat Disco (alongside Lowlife) have become the standard bearers in London for all things disco and fabulous. From the music, to the people and the people’s outfits; Horse Meat Disco has established itself as the place to go if you wanna let it all go. Their reputation as the [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged christopher tubbs, compilation, Disco, gay, heads down, horse meat disco, interview, james hillard, james hillard interview, jim stanton, london, luke howard, nightlife, severino |