Twinkle Fingers (Shane McCourt) is so named due to his ability to irrepairably change tracks, software & hardware for the greater good in this world with the push of a button, or the flick of an enter key ... and Uberbeard (Gawain Morrison) uses the power of his beard and it's magnetic field to disrupt computers, software & hardware, but usually when no-one is about to verify that it wasn't him, but a rip in the space-time continuum!!
Influenze
Orbital, ninja tunes, a bit of the Crystal method, krafty kraftwerk, the moomons from mooman valley, hendrix, morcheeba, breeders, all things science, video, film and abstract art, a sprinkling of chemicals and of course red armbands and lets not forget captain corelli's mandoline running in the 3.45 at the curragh
Men In Speedos are a Belfast based double-act and some say have similar powers to The Incredible Four or The X-men, except there are only two of them....
With a soft spot for film samples, the tracks have a definite sound track quality, some with dance floor appeal. We thank kindly all the various record stations & DJs round the globe who've played our music ... and for those who've said they loved it, the bottle of whiskey is in the post.
Our style is very diverse, and remarkably difficult to pinpoint in terms of genres, so just listen to it, and enjoy!
A 2CD limited edition of the classic debut album 'Immigrants, Emigrants and Me' containing all 14 original tracks plus the debut “A Little Piece of God” ep and various b-sides, will be released on 1st March 2010. Pre-order @ One Hundred Percent Music
Monkee Platez next offering is the OUT NOW 'Fulltilt EP' from Glasgow outfit Mr Hajika.
4 slabs of groove driven tech house...
Fulltilt original is a chugging, bass heavy track with a subtle musicality that develops throughout. Dr. Bergers remix is a stripped down deeper edit, with an infectious flow that maintains the essence of the original. Similarly to Dr. Berger, Alex Fiction strips back the layers to uncover an electronic soul which builds into an intelligently emotive interpretation, if slightly twisted. Completing the package is 'Nitemoves' which shares the big sound of Fulltilt, but with a more progressive, melodic vibe."
Hey, check out this brand new exclusive podcast from Franco Cangelli, Franco Cangelli [Mowar, Seventh Sign, Persistencebit, Aesthetik, Sushitech]
Franco Cangelli stands for an uncompromising quality punch, spiked with motorcity soulfulness, Chicago jack while still gently pushing the envelope. Feel free to call his music deep techno, Detroit techno, deep house… he doesn’t really care about monikers anyway.
Hailing from Gent Belgium, he made his debut with the successful 2005 release Spectre on Belgian imprint Toys For Boys. Since then he went on to release on various labels such as Sushitech, Aesthetik, Seventh Sign, Persistencebit and his own imprint Mowar.
Psycatron - Directions/Tipping Point Out Now On Beatport!
Charted by John Digweed at No.6, Plays from Dave Clarke, Dubfire, Fanciulli, Zabiela and Christian Smith and many more
Firstly thanks to everyone who came down last month, twas a great wee gig and the place was jumping to old skool jungle til the wee early hours.
We’ve got our second credit crunching, barrack busting dance off on Saturday the 6th June. Tuneage on the night will come from Homespun and Rudimentary resident Chuck bringing some of his latin & broken beat flava to the Apache rig, and we’re glad to have Belfast turntablist & producer John King back again this month to bring some serious deck skills to the table. Finishing of the night will be Apache residents Jayuu and Jim Morton dropping some soulful dnb rollers til late in the night.
The paltry fee of a 5er will get you entrance and as per usual it’s a bring your own event. Things will be kicking of around 9.30pm at Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road (across the road from the Church)
COOKIIE / MELZ / STEPHEN GARRETT / JASON RODWELL /
Adm - £12/10nus [£7 after 3:30am]
Doors 10pm - 6am ____________
This month sees Moon Harbour label head MATTHIAS TANZMANN join us at KALEIDA / RESONATE, this promises to be an amazing showcase of some of the best deep house and techno out there at the moment...
From the beginning Matthias' musical output has revolved around more than just functional club music. Combining subtle arrangements that ride the deep vibes that lie between House and Techno, yet never forgetting the drive for the dance floor- that is what Matthias Tanzmann’s music is about.
If you seen this guy in action at the now infamous Circo Loco Parties at dc10 terrace in Ibiza you wiill know that it's not to be missed...
Also on the bill is one of Belfast's most in demand DJs, SEÑOR G, with his slick blend of jackin' house cuts...
This is one of the strongest line-ups we've put on and we hope you can all make it down to kick things off in 2009...
We always promised to showcase local talent and this month we have not one, not two, not even three.....but FOUR of our countrys best playing for us this Friday 8th August 2008:
Available now the release number 004 from Jayco Records "DISCOBELLO" by "CHARLIE BROWN & PETER WAG”. Discobello conteins: Discobello – Charlie Brown & Peter Wag Kojack – Joy Kiticonti Like This – Roy Alone – Jay High & Fabrix Take a look into www. myspace. com/jaycorecords you can listen to the tracks. Good Music.
