THE COSMIC LOFT

Alas, in January one of the founders and longest serving resident of the Cosmic Loft will leave.

What a time we've all had there. Great food, amazing music, and memories to treasure forever. We've had guest appearances by many past Cosmic Truth guests (Moonboots, Balearic Mike, Danni Crazy P), and many of the wider disco fraternity (Eric Duncan and Lee Douglass to name a couple).

It's been a magical few years having that as a base - and quite fitting that we recently found out an interesting fact concerning the history of the building. No, its not built on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground (that we know of). Lowlife had their first UK party in the premises! We'll let Bill and Frank explain...

Hot Blood

Tonight, Lovebox and Electric Minds join forces to pay tribute to one of the true legends of modern music, Arthur Russell. A man who made his mark in downtown NYC in the mid 80s with pioneering music that was often as eerily avante garde as it was vibrant and energetic. He produced some of the most seminal dance records of all time, such as Dinosaur L's Go Bang, and Loose Joint's All Over My Face, as well as pushing sonic boundaries, and exercising his love for the ciello with a series of experimental, but still utterly beautiful pieces of music.



The mark he made has inspired many, and his contemparies still cite his influence to this day. One such contemporary is author and academic Tim Lawrence, who will introduce Wild Combination - a documentary about Arthur Russell - tonight at the Hot Blood event.

Following that, the event will showcase tracks from the excellent Go Bang Arthur Russell tribute compilation, with live performances from Killer Whale and My Tiger My Timing, as well as DJ sets from Maurice Fulton, Faze Action, Yam Who?, and many more, including ourselves.

To get you in the mood, here's a reworking of one of our absolute favourite Arthur Russell tracks, Get Around To It.

Pocket Knife 'Get Around To It' (Ray Burst Remix)

Mid week mini mix

Been a little quiet on the blog for a while... Sorry about that. Full details of where to catch us next coming soon, but in the time, here's a little youtube mini mix to make up for the distinct lack of friday over the past few weeks.

The mix is inspired by a request I got recently for something "slow, chuggy, and really sleazy", which definitely beats the much more often heard "got any R'n'B"!









And whilst we're on the subject of slow and sleazy, here's a rare cosmic mix from Ivan Smagghe, that our friend, cosmic family member and artistic director, Mr Samuel Muir, sent to us this morning.

Ivan Smagghe - Resonance Festival DJ Set

Paradise...

Or at the very least, Kensal Rise. We hear it's nice this time of year, anyway.

We're playing at Wandy's Heartbeat night over in the West tonight. Come along if you're over that way.