WE HAVE MOVED

We're now over on Posterous. The reason behind the move is to help facilitate more posting. Things had become a little laborious with Blogger so we've called time on this site.

In reality though it shouldn't make a huge difference as we've migrated the main URL - so going to www.thecosmictruth.com will take you to the most up to date incarnation.

Make sure to keep on checking for gigs, music, mixes, radio, pics and general rambling.

Dickie

Happy New Year

Hey there... It's been too long. Sorry.

Hope you all had a good end to 2010, and saw in 2011 with a smile. Thanks to the Electric Minds gang for having us at the 6zer0 NYE party... There are some pics about which we will post up here soon.

In the mean time, here's a couple of mixes I dug up during the Christmas holidays:

Here's What Happened When I Pressed Play (recorded in November 2010)

Slow Burning mix (from way back in Christmas 2005!)

Bestival Recorded Live

Unable to do our September radio show due to already being on the Isle Of Wight, our ingenious producer Steve O brought across some gizmo that allowed us to record our set and broadcast that instead.

For once there's no need to endure our terrible crack!

The Cosmic Truth_Live At Bestival by Thecosmictruth on Mixcloud

Oh and after looking back at some vids of the set, I spotted America's Most Wanted villain in the crowd. Clever chap - the FBI would never think to look for Osama at a UK music festival...

..and also making a surprise DJ appearance was John 'Bergerac' Nettles, standing in for Rik 'To The Bone' Moran. He told us he prefers his house music thrapry, not throddy. You heard it here first!

Electric Minds Loft Party

After a busy summer festival hopping, it feels great to be gearing up for a good old late night disco party somewhere in east London. Especially so when the party is thrown by our friends at Electric Minds, who've been putting together some of the most exciting events in London over the last year or so.

Set in a spacious, airy loft space, overlooking the streets of Shoreditch, kitted out with a hefty Funktion One soundsystem, and packed to the rafters with happy, smiley people, these parties have provided us with some of the best nights out we've had for ages. Check out the gallery from the last party, with Mark E and Move D here.

From it's inception, the Electric Minds Loft Party series has been a breath of fresh air, and a massive injection of fun, into London'd clubbing landscape. With programming that has seen local party crews paired with international guests, rising stars next to established trend-shapers, and boundaries pushed by introducing alternative sounds from the likes of critically acclaimed Commix to what can sometimes feel like a somewhat samey scene. The line up this time is no less impressive, with Innervision's Marcus Worgull joined by the excellent Christopher Rau, plus Electric Minds label boss Dolan Bergin, and our good selves!

The last few tickets are selling fast, so grab yourself one asap, and we'll see you on the dance floor!

Buy tickets here.

Check out Christopher Rau's Clubberia podcast here.

Pitch up

Thanks to Charlie TTB for this one. It's ace!

Diskjokkes

Hello to everyone we met at V Festival at the weekend. What a lovely bunch you were!

This was our last track of our set, and one of my current favourites (which I also played on our August radio show), Diskjokke, with 1987.



We're playing Leeds festival this Sunday night with the Moustache Mamas if anyone is up that way.

August Radio

Ministry_Aug_10 by Thecosmictruth on Mixcloud

Find out whether Terry Wogan is a Theo man or a Moodymann, erm, man in this, the first show of 2010 where Ricky and Bazzy are together in the studio.

Community: Plan B

This weekend we're proud and scared in equal measure (who said the Cosmic Truth were never afraid?)

Proud because we (along with our friends at LNA) have been asked to get the ball rolling at new night Community at South London hot spot Plan B. Look out for Moodymann and Floating Points playing there next month!

Scared because it's not often we venture south of the river. Toby says he'll look after us though....

Message us for guestlist.

The Big Chill (...let's pray for sunshine)

Having said that, with a line up like this, we can be pretty sure of a good weekend. We're playing Thursday and Friday on the Gaymers stage. See you there ?

House forever

The Invisible: Spiral

Check out their latest video. And look out for the familiar face...

YouTube

Invisible Blog

Instant Replay: Welcome back Nick!

Playing at Wandy's night below the old T-Bar tonight. And Nick is back in town, so lets....

Space is the place

Only at Glastonbury...

Dancing in a field to the sounds of a 40 piece orchestra, clad head-to-toe in space-age pharoah marching band attire, busting out psychedelic dub, doped-out reggae, live d'n'b, and an out-of-this-world rendition of 'Fire' by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, featuring Arthur Brown himself.

Just when we thought things couldn't get any better, the whole orchestra led a conga dance right through the crowd, to the tune of Sun Ra's psyche jazz epic 'Space is the Place'.

Jerry Dammers and the Spatial AKA Orchestra, we salute you!

Here they are performing the amazing Soul Vibrations of Man on Jools Holland.

Soulful vibez

Not often we post a hip hop mix on here, but I stumbled across this little blend by Nicolas Jaar this afternoon, and it's fitting my vibe at the moment, so I thought I'd share it.

Nicolas Jaar - Tsugi Podcast 129 - 24-03-2010 by R_co

Electric Minds @ Secretsundaze

I'm playing at this Bank Holiday Bonanza on Sunday and it's gonna be mega.

Secretsundaze bank holiday party @ Loft Spaces 1 & 2, Rich Mix Arts Complex, Shoreditch.

Sunday 30th May 2-10.30pm

Room 1 - secretsundaze with The Mole, James Priestley, Giles Smith + special guest

Room 2 - electric minds with Dolan Bergin, Rich 'Cosmic Truth' Chaytor & Minkioni.

Rich Mix has rarely been used for an event of this kind and the 2 top-floor studios have great views of the East End with long windows running along the width of each room, allowing natural light to flood in. Continuing with their new policies this summer, there will be no tickets available in advance. Admission on the door is £8 b4 3pm / £12 after.

To get on the paying guestlist please email info@electricminds.co.uk

Tirk: Ibiza 2010

Friend of ours, all round nice guy and proud parent, Matthew Johnson aka Matty J, told us if you're on the White Isle this Summer you'd be a fool to miss one of the Tirk throwdowns at Space.

I can spot at least half a dozen former Cosmic Truth guests in those line ups so reckon he might be right!

Linos

All you rave-dads out there, ever needed to downsize from your 1210s and turn your music room into a nursery?

Or perhaps you took your turntables to an east end boozer to put on a party and then left it a month to go down and pick them up, only for one of them to have gone walkies. (True Cosmic Truth story, and something I remain wholeheartedly sorry for Balfe!)

Well here is the solution...


Check for the lowdown here.

PS - Who thought this post was going to be about vinyl flooring? Aha, wonder if that's where the name is from...

Tonight: Sweatshop

We (or rather I) return to the old Go!Zilla stomping ground tonight for Sweatshop.

Young Dan Hill has consistently booked top talent for his night - recently we've been spotted on the floor there dancing to 6th Borough Project and who can forget the rammed session the week after NYE when Wevvers played a blinder in the basement.

Tonight I'm upstairs with Minkioni, Dave O (Mintvibe) and Jonathan Amplify, while electronic boogie maestro Linkwood and 'Raymond' Mang are downstairs with Danimal.

Friday Pic

I don't care if stencils are 'played' or whatever. And I'm not looking for the sub-graphical underlying meaning that the artist is subconsciously projecting. It-looks-cool-ok.