By tubbs | Published:
August 14, 2010
I recently recorded this mix for Ministry Of Sound Radio (they broadcast it after Cosmo’s show a couple of weeks ago) and it came out so well I thought I’d better blog it. It’s quite druggy and linear (sort of) which is not really my default mode. I just had a wicked time doing something [...]
Posted in Mixes | Also tagged christopher tubbs, Disco, dj, drug, elevator, guest mix, heads down, house, ministry of sound, mix, psychedelic, punk funk, radio, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
July 22, 2010
Well, here I am diligently (hand) stamping the Heads Down logo on my (ultra) limited 12″ release on my new (imaginatively titled) Heads Down Records. It’s very exciting, because I have some incredible releases to come: the first release in ten years from DFA’s Research, a new one from my other label’s (Untracked Recordings) star [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks, Heads Down Records | Also tagged balearic, boogie, christopher tubbs, dfa, Disco, frank booker, gangs of rome, heads down, Heads Down Records, house, Research, sleaze, sol invictus |
By tubbs | Published:
July 15, 2010
Do you remember back in the nineties when you used to describe a hot joint as being straight “gaaaangsta!”? Now don’t front, I know for a fact a lot of you know exactly what I’m talking about. Before you became the austere chroniclers of all things high end, collectable and beardtastic, you used to rock [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged bryan ferry, cage & aviary, christopher tubbs, Disco, gangsta, heads down, jimmy edgar, maurice fulton, Padded Cell, punk funk, remix, you can dance |
By tubbs | Published:
July 14, 2010
Christopher Tubbs presents another hour of post punk excursions, jazz futurism, cosmic funk and 21st century disco. This month we have blazing heat from Cos/Mes, Gangs Of Rome, Beautiful Swimmers and absolutely essential edits (didn’t think I’d be typing that anytime soon!) from Bottin, Luca C & Brigante and Jacques Renault. Tracklisting: Sam Sallon ‘You [...]
Posted in Heads Down Radio | Also tagged 6 music, balearic, bbc, bottin, christopher tubbs, cos/mes, cosmic, Disco, gangs of rome, Heads Down Radio, Heads Down Records, house, jacques renault, jazz, july, luca c & brigante, podcast, punk funk, sol invictus, soul, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
June 22, 2010
Seahawks are two music enthusiasts named Jon Tye and Pete Fowler (he of Monsterism fame). Couple of guys, little vinyl record label (Captains Log), a bit of gear (I’m talking about synths here, hedonists)… All pleasantly predictable enough right? But here’s where it gets interesting. Because these guys are doing something truly and identifiably original. [...]
By tubbs | Published:
May 5, 2010
Ok. I kind of feel like I’ve been neglecting my post-punk Gauloise-smoking, Supreme Vans-wearing peeps for a while, which is why I thought I should post this upfront and infectious little pop-post-disco banger on the blog. Bottin‘s obviously like family here at Heads Down (watch the interview), so when I heard the remix I thought [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged bottin, can't get into it, christopher tubbs, Dance, Disco, heads down, la, los angeles, pollyn, pop, remix, stussy, underground |
By tubbs | Published:
March 2, 2010
Recently I had a quick word or two with a flu-ridden, jet-lagged and subsequently irascible Trevor Jackson at the Red Bull Music Academy. The dude looked like he wanted out, but kindly put up with my weirdly pitched questions and inane banter nevertheless. Kudos, as they say in Nerdsville. By the way, I strongly recommend [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged christopher tubbs, Dance, design, heads down, hip hop, house, interview, output, playgroup, red bull music academy, techno, trevor jackson, trevor jackson interview, underdog |
By tubbs | Published:
February 19, 2010
James Pants makes me want to make more music, period. His productions have a level of joie de vivre and straight joyfulness that most music makers I know would give their left testicle (or ovary for that matter) to maintain. He wears his influences on his sleeve: post punk, disco, hip-hop and rock all get [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged 808, christopher tubbs, Disco, heads down, hip hop, instruction, interview, james pants, james pants interview, juno, production, red bull music academy, rock, roland, seven seals, stones throw, video |
By tubbs | Published:
January 15, 2010
Hello everybody, and welcome back to the snug, reassuring geekery of Heads Down. I have been down (and am still down) with a cruel bout of chicken pox, so I’ve not been tending to this particular garden. I get sent a pretty much continuous stream of bilious crap from record labels, so imagine my surprise [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged acid, carl craig remix, christopher tubbs, detroit, Disco, heads down, hot chip, new, one life stand, parlophone, punk funk, remix, techno |
By tubbs | Published:
November 5, 2009
Now what have we here? A Godzilla-sized pop record on the Morgan Geist owned Environ label. So I’m betting that San Serac made some kind of drunken proclamation to Morgan Geist that he could write a hit pop record “this frikkin weekend” if Morgan Geist would, in turn, put it out (I’ve made- and lost- these [...]