By tubbs | Published:
March 28, 2011
Well, without any further ado, here’s the much-requested tracklisting to Mr Beedle’s absolutely wonderful OUT THERE!!! ‘Afrikanz On Marz’ mix. 1 Mark Ayres – Crash landing 2 Funkadelic – Eulogy And Light 3 Herbie Hancock – Nobu 4 Kano – Holly Dolly 5 Jean Luc Ponty – Wandering In The Milky Way 6 Hugh Masekela [...]
Posted in Competitions, Mixes | Also tagged afrikanz on marz, ashley beedle, black science orchestra, blog, christopher tubbs, competition, cosmic, dj, funk, heads down, house, leftfield, mix, out hear audio, psychedelic, space, techno, the ballistic brothers, tracklisting, x-press 2 |
By tubbs | Published:
March 23, 2011
Those of you who shamble upon this blog regularly will know that Ashley Beedle is seen as a bit of a ledge around these parts. So when he offered me a mix exclusively for Heads Down, not only did I spill my kedgeree in my lap (no that’s not a euphemism) and victory punch the [...]
Posted in Competitions, Mixes | Also tagged afrikanz on marz, ashley beedle, black science orchestra, blog, christopher tubbs, cosmic, dj, funk, heads down, house, leftfield, mix, out hear audio, psychedelic, space, techno, the ballistic brothers, 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, clubbing, dance music, Disco, frankie knuckles, gay, heads down, house, larry heard, 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, clubbing, compost, Disco, frankie knuckles, heads down, house, larry heard, nightlife, part one, robert owens, Tagged art, techno, the music box, the warehouse |
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, clubbing, compost, Disco, frankie knuckles, heads down, house, larry heard, nightlife, part one, robert owens, techno, the music box, the warehouse |
By tubbs | Published:
May 18, 2010
As you may or may not recall, Heads Down was a key partner at this year’s Red Bull Music Academy. This was a total coup, as it gave/gives me access to an Aladdin’s cave of video footage from the last ten years of the Academy. Here’s a wee edit I did of the Danny Wang [...]
By tubbs | Published:
November 27, 2009
Here’s part two of the Greg Wilson interviews: we talk edits (crucially), reel to reel (it’s a veritable geek buffet!) and his unique DJing set-up. vimeo Direkt
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Atlantic Conveyor, christopher tubbs, credit to the edit, dance music legend, Disco, electro, electro funk roots, greg wilson, greg wilson interview, heads down, history, house, re edit, reel to reel, the north, wigan pier |
By tubbs | Published:
November 17, 2009
Greg Wilson is someone about whom much has been written. From the heights of his Eighties electro fame to his seemingly bizarre early retirement leading to his phoenix-like return to prominence… It’s a brit-flick in the making. I’m not going to ramble on about the usual well documented history: you can read about that here, [...]
Posted in Interviews, Parties | Also tagged christopher tubbs, credit to the edit, dance music, Disco, electro, greg wilson, greg wilson interview, heads down, history, wigan pier |
By tubbs | Published:
October 22, 2009
Recently I had a phone conversation with Red Rack em (see my interview here at Heads Down) whereby he was raving about (he’s usually raving about something) some legendary DJ mixes by a mysterious eighties Danish Italo DJ named Flemming Dalum . He told me I should call Ali Renault (he of Heartbreak fame) and get [...]
Posted in Mixes | Also tagged ali renault, boogie down, dance music, Disco, dj, dj mix, dj mixes, firenze, flemming dalum, Italo, magic waves, milano, Mixes, rimini |