By tubbs | Published:
December 15, 2012
Now considering my last post was LN-CC based (in fact it referred to the release party for this very record) I know it might appear as though I’m some kind of Dalston shill, hungry for fashion love and a free Yohji jacket or something (actually, I wouldn’t mind that) but nothing could be further from [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged blog, christopher tubbs, Disco, heads down, jazz funk, listen now, phil manzanera, psychedelic, records, remix, Velvet Season And The Hearts Of Gold |
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, balearic, blog, christopher tubbs, dalston, Disco, event, heads down, house, london, phil manzanera, records, remixes, techno, theo parrish |
By tubbs | Published:
November 7, 2012
This looks great- I’ll definitely be getting my shabby ass down there. Maybe I’ll even don a caftan in Claussell’s honour. Or not, as the case may be. Go here for RSVP.
Posted in Cool Stuff, Parties | Also tagged blog, body and soul, christopher tubbs, heads down, house, joe clausell, london, machine, november, party, Post Punk, redhead |
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 balearic, blog, chill out, christopher tubbs, esp institute, heads down, jonny nash, kyle martin, land of light, london, new york, soundtrack, yohji yamamoto |
By tubbs | Published:
July 19, 2012
Here’s a little heads-up at Heads Down on some degenerate audio porn that’s just landed at the emporium of all things covetable- LN-CC. They’re proper record nerds down at the Dalston mothership, and that, evidently, doesn’t stop at rare and crave-worthy vinyl. They’ve just received an arsenal of super high end styli, headphones and conductive [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff | Also tagged audio, christopher tubbs, dalston, equipment, grado, heads down, hi-fi, nagaoka, phonon, stereo, styli, stylus |
By tubbs | Published:
May 2, 2012
It seems psychedelic, cosmic and Balearic are three words that get bandied around quite meaninglessly these days: they often get used to describe the wishy washy drivel on a million ‘Spirit Of Ibiza’ compilations and concurrently anything with a heavily delayed guitar and tabla. Music lovers are suffering while incense retailers are living in gold [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged a mountain of one, balearic, blog, christopher tubbs, cosmic, Disco, heads down, mo morris, psychedelic, wild honey, written in dust, ZSOU |
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 acid, bad passion, balearic, Disco, house, idjut boys, 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, acid, afro, balearic, christopher tubbs, dalston, Disco, heads down.blog, house, jazz, london, nick the record, party, pop-up, records, store |
By tubbs | Published:
July 18, 2011
To be honest I first became aware of Swedish DJ Mark Seven through his totally brilliant CD compilation released as part of the ‘Originals’ series on Claremont 56. The contents of that compilation have, I’m ashamed to say, become ‘heavy-rotate’ down at my Caravan residency in Exmouth Market (especially Stars And Bars by Stars ‘N [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Parties | Also tagged balearic, blog, christopher tubbs, claremont 56, cosmic, cutting edge, dalston, Disco, fashion, heads down, house, july 21, jus wax, london, mark seven, nightlife, online store, originals, pop-up, thursday |
By tubbs | Published:
May 13, 2011
DJ Harvey to you lot probably needs no introduction. If you are unaware of the surfer-cum-DJ-cum-producer then here’s your wakeup call. Harvey seems to live one of the most male-aspirational existences on the planet; after being landlocked in the States due to visa issues (in Hawaii- feel his pain), he now tours the world in [...]
Posted in Competitions, Cool Stuff | Also tagged album, balearic, blog, christopher tubbs, competition, Disco, dj harvey, hawaii, heads down, house, international feel, limited edition, locussolus, techno, underground |