As part of the northern special i had promised this is a slice of "e" fueled baggy balearic madness by London based dance outfit If?.This is the killer mix by Mr Monday which elevates the track to heaven.
Great documentary on the Manchester scene for Granada TV.A lot of classic,a lot of oversized pants,a lot of bandwagon jumpers,a lot of factory,rave on,a lot of e,Shaun Ryder and the gang Stone Roses juts like angels,Grand Central Design,The Traitor Bar.Maybe bit dated but everyone who claims that never wore a pair of pants that looked like a bag is a liar.You can find the rest parts of the documentary by pressing
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This is the poster for this Friday's party at 6 D.O.G.S. that i mentioned on the previous post.I gave you an idea of what is all about so i won't get into anymore details.If you are living in Athens just put his on your calendar.
This post marks the beginning of a massive special section dedicated to the sound of the north.Music,videos,info,articles and more on the sound that was forged in the industrial north of England.Based around the manchester scene we are gonna be taking a trip going round the chicago house influences,the acid flashbacks,the Sheffield steel,the Hacienda,the indie slackness of baggy,the productions of ''be music'',Mike Pickering,the balearic beat,Peter Saville,Gerard, and everything else that got it's way into this mixture we consider the sound of the north.The culmination of the celebration is gonna be next Friday's party a new bar called 6 D.O.G.S where we are hosting a night full of acid smilies and guitar driven rave.We are hoping to see some of the people who loved the real sound of Manchester and celebrate with us.I'm posting a really special song to set off this ''northern extravaganza''.This is ex Josef K front man Paul Haig covering Joy Division's hymn Atmosphere.Rave melancholy on a cover that has the classic stamp all over it and adds a whole new dimension on the original track.
Amazing version of Massive Attacks Karmacoma from Wong Kar Wai's ''Hong Kong by night'' masterpiece Fallen Angels.
This is a song i had posted on this blog about a year ago.I just thought it would be cool to post the video for the song featuring my teenage hero without a last name.The mysterious Mr Lawrence shows you how you can look cool wearing while singing one of my favourite lyrics ever ''I just wish my life would be as strange as a conspiracy''.If there was a title for the most esthete band in the world Felt would effortlessly win it.They were,are and will be the most spectacular band in my world.
This is a song i have been meaning to post for a long time now but today's news came as a real stormer and in a really sad way the song found it's way to the blog after all.Liam Maher,the frontman of the legendary London ''baggy'' gang Flowered Up,died this morning.Flowered Up were a band that epitomized the indie dance craze of the early 90's adding their London signature to a sound that was blooming at the time in Manchester.Flowered Up were not just a band that jumped on the ''madchester'' bandwagon like so many bands in the UK did at the time.When the ''sound of the north'' was collapsing to it's foundations Flowered Up were releasing their best material and showed the full potential they had if they were to embark on recording a new album.After the 1992 epic 12 minute hymn to the working class acid hero,Weekender the band produced almost 2 years later a 7'' single called ''A better Life'' which was a showcase of what the band was cable of doing 2 years after the tombstone of the madchester era.The single was limited to a 500 release,as the band split up just before the original release.For a guy like me who grew up recording the Weekender video on VHS from TV and idolized Liam's cockney accent on songs like It's On and Phobia it's a bit of sad day today.''Weekender just make sure what you do makes you happy''.
This is a new chilled mix i put together.Made to keep you good company during the small hours till the sun comes and reigns over.Hope you enjoy it.
