DJ Magazine

We've had a namecheck in the latest issue of DJ Mag. The article is all about the thriving disco scene in London Town, focusing on the Tropicana night ran by our dear friends Danny 'The Menace' Clarke and Neil 'Ravemaster General' Thornton. Fact fans will know the night from the weekly Sunday sessions held at the (then newly re-vamped) Horse & Groom last year, where we held a little residency. This year they have been concentrating on their 'Escape From New York' roof parties at The Queen Of Hoxton just down the road, and have showcased some great international talent including DFA darlings Holy Ghost and Chinatown's Brennan Green.

We couldn't do a post about DJ Mag without some gratuitous shots of flesh. In the name of decency, and so as not not detract from the gravely serious issue of disco diatribe, we won't upload any shots to the blog- but for those who are interested click >here< for the chance of seeing The Cosmic Truth in their speedos. Maybe.

Tropicana end of year finale!

Another bit of post-event reportage here, but better late than never...

Last Sunday, we sent off the year and saw in the Christmas season with an all day knees-up at East End sunday rave joint, Tropicana. And boy, was it BIG!

We've had a cracking time at Tropicana over the past few months (and many sore-headed Mondays) so we were delighted to be hosting the final Sunday session of the year down at the Horse and Groom in Shoreditch.

To be completely honest my memories of it are a little hazy, but I can just about remember the line-up, and I reckon this is about as good as it gets for free on a Sunday afternoon:

Phoreski, who'd just flown in from a gig in Sao Paulo with Chateau Flight, and celebrating his new release on Bare Fist.

Our long-time disco compadre, Ben Pistor of Disco Bloodbath.

Friend, fellow vinyl obsessive, good time Lowlife and Croatian whooping partner, Matthew Burgess.

International jet-setter / Newcastle ket-setter, and one-third of the Bad Passion project, Chris Stoker.

Charlie and Dave (Rik pulled a sicky - lightweight!) from those pesky airwave polluters, To The Bone.

And us too, of course... Phew. I think I'm still recovering.

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!

Club Tropicana

Leave the Wham! references aside, because who needs George Micheal when you have the electrofunk leg-end Greg Wilson, plus the veritable duo of Danny Late Night Audio Clark, andd Neil Lasermagnetic Thornton.

The fun and laughter (sorry, I couldn't resist) begins this Sunday at 4ish, down at the Horse and Groom in Shoreditch.

Credit it to the sunday roast re-edit.