Here's some nice things that people have said about us and our stuff:
From http://www.piccadillyrecords.co.uk
David Astri : Dancing Digits (Soft Rocks)
This track has been on the lists of Harvey disciples for yonks and now its finally available on 12" courtesy of Soft Rocks. This obscure 80s Balearic disco soundtrack features an lengthy electric guitar solo that recalls Tangerine Dream and Wang Chung soundtracks with its dreamy ethereal beauty. The Soft Rocks remake effortlessly manages to combine jazzy keys, prog and P-funk into the already brilliant tune and comes away with an Idjut friendly vibe. You need this...
Soft Rocks: Kahuna Dream / Are You Out There Cyclops? (Soft Rocks)
Much delayed due to heinous pressing problems, Brighton's Soft Rocks fellas finally present their third EP of left-of-centre grooves (and I think the tracks might still be ID-ed incorrectly on the label). Anyway, side A houses a jazz-touched 4/4 odyssey with flashes of Innerzone Orchestra and Art Ensemble trumpets. The B-side is a glorious Balearic stroll with sunburnt guitar vibes, nudging antique synths and a convenience store doorbell!
House record of the week.
Soft Rocks : Purple Rinse / Inside The Wave (Soft Rocks)
Warehouse find or limited repress, this brilliant disco booty 12" first appeared briefly in 2002. Re-editing "Just As Long As We're Together" from Prince's first album "For You" (1978) into an extended Minneapolis funk odyssey with special FX overload, it's the latest in a long line of unofficial 'tributes' to TAFKAP. The B-side entitled "Inside The Wave" is a bonkers jazzy disco instrumental, with cowbells and mad electric funk that just keeps on getting even more insane by the minute. A special piece to add to your collection of anonymous dancefloor tunes. The second release on this label was David Astri's "Dancin Digits".
Soft Rocks : Disco Power Play (Disco Powerplay)
We cherish those Soft Rocks 12"s round our way, so nothing could have made us happier than to receive a fresh batch of records from the anonymous group of disco fiends. The sleeve is good enough reason to purchase one on its own, but just wait until you get the record on the platter! Yeah, they're re-edits alright, but God knows what of and the originals have been sufficiently twisted and reconfigured enough to disguise them. "Welcome To Our World" is a wonderfully wonky, tripped out blast of interstellar Italo, laser-guided arch-synths and disturbing bleeps taking your brain into another dimension. Over on the B-side "The Crazy Frog" is a jive talkin' French disco of the lunatic variety and "Futura" takes Supermax's "Future Time" to a drum festival. As with previous releases, there are only limited quantities manufactured, so don't sleep in...
Disco / italo record of the week.
Soft Rocks - Disco Powerplay 2 (Disco Powerplay)
The Soft Rocks lads return with a second volume of "Disco Power Play" re-edits to knock your socks off. Miles better than your common or garden disco edits, the Soft Rocks seal of approval vouches for a certain level of obscurity. "She's A Machine" gets things off on the right foot with a slow, off-centre loping groove while "The Devil Made Us Do It" combines some real energetic disco with a bit of Rinder & Lewis style electronic jiggery pokery. Lastly, "Double Gepardeu" makes up for Greg Kihn's previous crimes against music with a superb track based on his 80s hit "Jeopardy".
Disco / italo record of the week
Soft Rocks - Chocolate Love EP (Chocolate Love)
New Soft Rocks offshoot release features three whacked out edits, including a vamped-up, (apparently alternate 7") version of DC LaRue's "Cathedrals". The first track on side two is a monster funky as hell disco funk crossover (possibly Greg Diamonds Bionic Boogie - "Bionic Boogie"), which will heat up any late night basement. And last but by no means least an edit of "I Like What I Like" by Everyday People last seen on Danny Krivit's Grass Roots LP.
Disco / italo record of the week
From http://www.djhistory.com
Soft Rocks, born of well-girded loins in fair Brighton town are enigmas on top of mysteries, on top of scandals, on the top deck of a double decker bus. They are a collective, they are calm and collected, they are collectible, and possibly even contemptible. Who knows? We don't. Anyhow, we asked them to do a mix, through a masked intemediary, Sussex's own Zorro. He said yes (or was that the man from Del Monte?). Here it is.
You can listen to one of our (frankly obscene )mixes here
From http://www.bigchill.net/story/1478/bigchillradiolistings.html
Somewhere far beyond obscure and eclectic lies Soft Rocks. The heavy-duty Brighton-based record collectors who have recently moved into production, dropped into the studio on a blazing hot Saturday afternoon to record a mix that took in everything from Dutch prog-rock, Italo-disco to French filth by way of a BBC B-side. If you enjoy the music you hear on the mix, dont bother looking for it, because youll never find it. And if you do find it, it'll cost you a fortune.
We've also got one up (that's what she said) at www.h-track.com.
You can check out more Soft Rocks mixes at http://www.purepleasuremusic.com
Goya take care of our distribution: http://www.goyamusic.com
Just got a call from a friend, they said they lost an angel.. Shhh, I didn't tell them where you were, because I wanted to keep you forever :) Send this to all of your True Friends including me if I am one. I sent an angel to watch over you last night, but it came back. I asked, "Why?"... The angel said: "Angels don't watch over angels!" If one day you feel like crying, call me. I don't promise that I will make you laugh, but I can cry with you. If one day you want to run away, don't be afraid to call me. I don't promise to ask you to stop, but I can run with you. If one day you don't want to listen to anyone, call me. I promise to be there for you but also promise to remain quiet. But one day if you call and there is no answer, come fast to see me. Perhaps I need you. Send this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk or how close you are and send it to the person who sent it to you. Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never will. Remember, everyone needs a friend. Twenty angels are IN Your World. Ten of them are sleeping. Nine are playing.
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thanks for the connection!
Greetings from sunny Portugal!!
wayynes
New
Compost black label 38 ! johnwaynes seaside ep. preview no available!
release date : 10 /08
A1- Seaside
B1- Nina S
B2- Glittering
+ Digital Pack
-Tears feat Hubert Tubbs
-Tears feat Hubert Tubbs ( tee s house mix )
- Seaside ( no theme mix)
check it out!
howdie troopas,, really like the stuff you played on beatsinspace..especially the 2 from 35 min,hot. ..i presume their your re-edits,..will they appear on the label? bests from espana !
BlankTON Radio Show 12.11.2007 @ http://play.fm mixed by MIKEBURNS
Ozo - Anambra - Flexx Reverso 68 - Piece Together (Todd Terje Spinning Star Mix) - Eskimo War - L.A. Sunshine - Blue Note Soft Rocks - Shes A Machine - Soft Rocks Unknown - Chico - Les Edits Du Golem Beauregard, Violetti & Ste-Claire - Ce Soir (Sonic Winnetou's Extended Edit) - White DJ Harry - Aquarium Man - Rong Ignition - Secret Sunday Lover (Greg Wilson Edit) - Love Is War Randaberg Ego Ensemble - Vestamaran (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) - Full Pupp Mock & Toof - Brownbred - DFA Phreek Plus One - New York Dolls - Compost Daniel Wang - Like A Dream - Balihu Gucci Soundsystem - Acarpenter - DFA Cerrone - Supernature - Atlantic Inflagranti - Additional Alpha Blocker - Speak The London Heavy Disco Revue - War On The Bullshit - Out Hear Bakazoo Panther - Jingo'ed - Interzone Thrills Unknown - Area 45 (Skinny Joey Edit) - Mindless Boogie Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love (Sonic Winnetou's Less Cheeese Edit) - White Rune Lindbaek - Dum Dum Delay - Noid
This coming Saturday night we go all Italian on your ass as we welcome one of Europe's hottest clubs to London for the first time: L-Ektrica from Rome.
Our launch at Bar 54 last month was one of the best nights out in London so far this year - packed out to capacity with lovely people and a amazing vibe which carried on well into the next day. This looks set to be even bigger so please get down early - it's half price before midnight!
Nodisko's Zak Frost has just emerged from the concrete bunker where he's been recording a new hotmix - and it's a belter. Download for FREE here.
Got plans for the weekend? THIS SATURDAY APRIL 28TH we're back at Herbal in East London with Italian legend Claudio Coccoluto making a very very rare UK appearance - this is gonna be a total roadblock so please get down early...
Check the preview in this week's Time Out for more info!
