Instrumental Works

Ok so once again we've been pretty quiet of late.

But that's not to say we've been sat on our arse doing nothing. The opposite in fact. Last Friday we hosted a very special event that brought one of the most exciting, groundbreaking bands together with one of the most revered disco producers and collectors in the game.

On Friday 19th December (I know, I know, it was a while ago now) we battoned down the hatches of the old Hoxton Library in Shoreditch, and made our way down to the basement studio space for the night.

The headline act, The Invisible, fresh from touring with the likes of Hot Chip and Foals, played an incredible set that grooved along with echo-laden riffs and rhythms, creating multi-layered soundscapes that wouldn't seem possible from a three piece. Can and Neu! eat your hearts out... These guys are on another level.

The Richard Sen took to the helm, providing a dose of his trademark psyche disco, that kept the party going into the night.

Unfortunately we weren't able to record any of the sets but you can buy the Invisible's album (produced by Matthew Herbert, and released on Accidental records) very soon, and new single London Girl will be available with a couple of extremely hot remixes!

You can also download a mix by Richard Sen, that he recently did for Cool In The Pool Radio. Riffs and licks aplenty.

Finally, if you want more info, our friends over at Cosmic Disco were kind enough to preview the event in full! Cheers lads!

Winter...

The Cosmic Winter eh? It's upon us... I'd love to say that a blizzard of snow had created a psychedelic field around our internet connection that meant that we weren't able to blog.

Unfortunately, that isn't the case. We just haven't got around to posting anything...

Don't hold it against us though, there are a few bits and pieces to report. Firstly, our Dickie is over in South America, speading the message over in Argentina, and then Brazil for New Year, then somewhere else hot and glamorous... Git.

So Dan and I (Basil) are looking after things here for the time being. Don't worry Dickie, all will be safe and well when you return. We'll have the kettle on for ya.

Last weekend, we were down at fancy light-up dancefloor joint, Cube, giving the good folk of Shoreditch an education in proper dance music! Tune of the night was a slice of classic Chicago house... Sometimes you just have to go back to the beginning!

Then on Sunday it was down to the Horse and Groom for another Tropicana session. This week, we were joined by our old summertime Sunday sparring partner, James Priestly, sporting a very fine beard (no pics). And just in case we were starting to miss Dicky too much, the friendly, bespectacled Geordie, Wandy.

Next up, we have the Bad Passion party on Saturday 6th December at Cosmo Bar, which promises to be absolutely blinding, followed by a brief trip to Newcastle for Bread and Circus on Friday 12th December. After that, it's back to London Instrumental Works on December 19th, and our Christmas all-day knees-up on Sunday 21st December...

More on that to follow. Stay tuned!