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, interview, music, producer, tensnake |
By tubbs | Published:
May 8, 2011
vimeo Direkt Well, it seems I’ve sorted out the technical issues that have been dogging me for the past month at Heads Down (I won’t bore you with the mind-numbing details) so it’s on with the show… Not so long ago those lovely chaps Toby Tobias and Danny Clark from Late Night Audio kindly got [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged acid, analog, balearic, blog, brennan green, chinatown records, christopher tubbs, deep, digital, Disco, heads down, house, interview, lindstrom, new york city, norway, techno, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
March 29, 2011
I’ve been rather fascinated by Ivan Smagghe since I heard his first co-mix for Kill The DJ at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, whilst speeding along the waterfront to Nice in a convertible beamer at 3am with someone who SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DRIVING (long story). Anyway, it struck me in my addled state [...]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged a few things from ivan smagghe, all saints, allsaints, basement sessions, blog, borderline, christopher tubbs, dalston, Disco, heads down, house, interview, it's a fine line, ivan smagghe, kill the dj, london.techno, paris, Post Punk, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
March 1, 2011
I interviewed the Idjuts for the first time a year or so ago, and it was great fun. Unfortunately it was on a very lo-res format and it’s like watching an interview with two cartoon bubble men made out of Tetris blocks (or something). Anyway, My work with the AllSaints Basement Sessions has luckily allowed [...]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged acid, acid house, all saints, allsaints, balearic, basement sessions, blog, brighton, christopher tubbs, claremont 56, cosmic, cottage, deep house, Disco, droid, dub, eclectic, harvey, heads down, house, idjut boys, kings cross, krautrock, larry levan, lcd soundsystem, london, modern disco, moist, noid, Post Punk, press play, remix, smalltown supersound, soundsystem, techno, the cross, the popes, tonka, underground, ustar |
By tubbs | Published:
May 4, 2010
Most records coming out under the so-called ‘Nu Disco’ banner are unimaginative, uninspired and will soon (as in next year) sound terribly, terribly dated. There, I said it. Unfortunately there seem to be a gaggle of producers who continuously genre-hop with the seasons, bringing their crappy plug-ins, questionable taste and horrible sunglasses with them. They [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged album, balearic, christopher tubbs, Dance, Disco, ethnic, heads down, ichisan, Ichisan & Nakova, leftfield, nakova, nang, tarantela, tempo, yugo |
By tubbs | Published:
April 29, 2010
Even if you don’t know the name Pete Herbert, it’s highly likely you own at least one of his productions. As Reverso 68 (with Phil Mison) he became one of the most prolific remixers in the UK music industry during the last two years. He’s known for his multi-alias collaborations: Bushflange, LSB with Baby G, [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged atlas, baby g, bushflange, christopher tubbs, Disco, frontera, heads down, house, interview, london, lsb, maxi discs, pete herbert, phil mison, records, remix, reverso 68, techno |