By tubbs | Published:
February 10, 2013
Richie Culver Interview // Allsaints Basement Sessions from AllSaints on Vimeo. Please excuse the long absence from the blog, my wife and I have just had a beautiful, bouncing, disco-loving baby (seriously). If I neglected my child like I neglect my blog I would’ve been carted off by the authorities weeks ago. Anyhoo, here’s my […]
By tubbs | Published:
November 10, 2012
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 and dropped me squarely into the more esoteric world of London’s […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, ashley beedle, ballistic brothers, black music, black science orchestra, blog, christopher tubbs, clubbing, Disco, dj, heads down, heavy disco, house, producer, run the track, x-press 2 |
By tubbs | Published:
October 31, 2012
Massimiliano Pagliara interview – AllSaints Basement Sessions from AllSaints on Vimeo. Massimiliano Pagliara is without a doubt one of my favourite new producers of the last few years. Immaculate analog-soaked production chops matched to a very musical take on modern disco: it’s an approach that resonates strongly with me. His ‘Focus For Infinity’ debut LP […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, berlin, blog, christopher tubbs, Disco, dj, focus for infinity, heads down, house, massimiliano pagliara, producer, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
September 28, 2012
This international drug smuggling counterculture icon needs no introduction (what twenty-something didn’t read Mr Nice in the last fifteen years?). I interviewed the man recently for the Basement Sessions, and he was an absolute gem: as charming as you’d expect, as intelligent and quick-witted as a man would have to be to evade the law […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, blog, christopher tubbs, cocaine, drugs, ecstasy, hash, heads down, howard marks, marijuana, mr nice, smuggling |
By tubbs | Published:
August 31, 2012
Steffi interview – AllSaints Basement Sessions from AllSaints Spitalfields on Vimeo. Ah Steffi. As much as she balked slightly at me calling her one of Europe’s “queens of house” (pretty cheesy on my part, but there you go), that’s very much what this Dutch, Berlin-residing DJ and producer is. Coming to prominence in the last […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, berghain, berlin, blog, christopher tubbs, Disco, dj, eclectic, fashion week, heads down, house, panorama bar, resident, steffi, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
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, balearic, berlin, blog, boogie, broken beat, christopher tubbs, derwin, Disco, heads down, hip hop, ibiza, jazz, jazzanova, nu jazz, prommer & barck, sonar kollektiv |
By tubbs | Published:
March 2, 2012
We’d been going back and forth with these guys and their management for a while at the Basement Sessions, so I was subsequently surprised and stoked when it happily eventuated. I had tentatively high hopes for their LP ‘Be Strong’, but as I’m very used to be colossally let down by seemingly promising dance artists […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged 2 bears, album, allsaints basement sessions, balearic, be strong, blog, christopher tubbs, dfa, Disco, heads down, house, joe goddard, london, raf daddy, southern fried, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
February 14, 2012
DJ Harvey – Interview – AllSaints Basement Sessions from AllSaints Spitalfields on Vimeo. Well here it is, perhaps the biggest interview I’ve posted on the blog so far. Me and the Basement Sessions boys got flown to LA to interview the man himself, ensconced at the Mondrian hotel, allowed to put EVERYTHING on the […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints, balearic, basement sessions, blog, christopher tubbs, Disco, dj harvey, heads down, house, la, locossolus, techno, Venice beach |
By tubbs | Published:
January 4, 2012
Six months later and here, finally, ashamedly, is part two of my Kris Needs interview. I would wear you down with numbingly predictable excuses, but because it’s Christmas I’ll generously refrain. To remind you: I went to see the infamous music journo and raconteur to talk to him about part one in his amazing ‘Watch […]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged 1980's, alt rock, blog, christopher tubbs, compilation, Disco, dj, heads down, jazz, journalism, kris needs, kris needs interview heads down, music, new york city, nyc, part one, Post Punk, producer, watch the closing doors |
By tubbs | Published:
November 8, 2011
vimeo Direkt Tensnake (aka Marco Niemerski) is a German producer and DJ who, let’s face it, has had a rather power-packed sixteen months. His single ‘Coma Cat’ was a smash with everyone from Optimo to the likes of Radio 1’s Annie Mac. I have to admit it never did much for me as I thought […]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints basement sessions, bestival, blog, christopher tubbs, club, coma cat, Disco, dj, heads down, house, music, nu disco, producer, tensnake |