Free Mix Thursday

With a change to our regular billing of "free mix friday".....

Milton Jackson Mix For Sceen.FM Discotising by miltonjackson

Vogue Sessions 13th Edition(30th March 2011) Mixed By Infinite Boys by Infinite Boys

DSoH #358 1st hour by Lars Behrenroth

Vocal Booth live, 24.3.11 by andyward

This Weekends Activities

Dj Sneak @ East Village, Friday 22nd.

Line Up


DJ Sneak (3 hour set )

Stuart Patterson

Junior Richards




Time: 9.30pm - 3.30am
Venue: East Village, 89 Great Eastern St, London, EC2A 3HX
Cost: £8 before 11pm, £10 after


We Fear Silence present Deviation 3rd Birthday Special Pt 2 @ Cable London, Saturday 23rd

Line Up

Theo Parrish
Kode9
Benji B
Alexander Nut
Nonsense
Moxie


Time: 10:00pm - 06:00am
Venue: Cable London, 33 Bermondsey St, London SE1 2EG
Cost: £8 Early Bird / £10 Advance & Students OTD / £13 OTD


Soul Heaven @ Ministry Of Sound, Saturday 23rd

Line Up

Box:
Kenny Dope Gonzalez
Phil Asher
Andy Ward

103:
Frankie Feliciano
Neil Pierce
Sy Sez
Aaron Ross

Loft: The Mixshake Party
Moreno and Jose Luis
Bruce Wayne
Hugo & Kaan

Baby Box: Nu House
2 Good Souls
Matt Early & Tj (Live)
Mark Radford
Carlos Renn & Ryan P
Chill
Kinz

Time: 23:00:pm
Venue: Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6DP
Cost: £20 Advance / £10 from 4am / Students £10 All Night

Music Monday + Pharrell Inspiration Interview...

Now I know this isn't House and yes its an interview to inspire kids BUT I think alot of adults could take heed from this knowledge.....



DaveVJ ft Sinclair - Think About It (At One Vox) by At One

Vocal Booth live, 15.7.2010 by andyward

Housecall EP#18 (15/07/10) by Grant Nelson

Set from Rick Wilhite's party by KaytroniK

Review: Castlebed feat Durand Ross - I Can Do Bad

01. Andy Ward Remix

02. Andy Ward District 9 Dub Rework

03. Original Extended Mix

04. Uncle Milty Lake Shore Drive Remix

05. Funkstramental Dub

06. Andy Ward Acapella

Released yesterday on Andy Wards label Sounds of the Booth, this six tracker is one to go get..... With a classic sound to all the tracks the Ep commands respect!!

Stand out track of the Ep for me is Andy's 'District 9 Dub Rework', as everyone knows I love a dub but this one is especially nice an gritty with a host of intricate sounds merged together and a stab that is potent. Im also feeling the "Extended Original Mix" hot stuff..... Also in there is Uncle Milty from the windy city Chicago, with a bass driven adaption from the original.

Castlebed is actually Rustin Davis, an experienced music man out of Florida who has several releases over the last decade under his belt, who has teamed up with vocalist Durand Ross who has a classic smooth sound about him.

Andy said "Durand Ross has been contacting me for a few years now, constantly sending me songs for consideration to work on a project with him.. as soon as I heard “I Can Do Bad” I knew this was the track for the label. A fantastic talent with a promising songwriting career ahead of him, he is a rare commodity who prefers to shun the limelight and let his words do the talking."

This Ep is definitely full drive an finesse and in my personal opinion it has a definite Mood ii Swing/K.O.T feel and will be receiving full support from myself and I'm sure a whole host of others.

Go get your copy now.........
Castlebed feat Durand Ross - I Can Do Bad (Inc Andy Ward and Uncle Milty Remixes) - Traxsource.com - the best House Music WAV and MP3 downloads

Soul Heaven & House Dance Review

Ok So where do I start, first off I am overly pissed off with Imovie & youtube hence the lateness of the review but what I will say is I had a wicked weekend and really had fun..... :-)

Soul Heaven Review

Right so I pitch up at ministry around half 12 - 1 ish and everything is in full flow, as I enter in the bar you had Dj Garphie heating things up and Neil Pierce in the main room warming the crowd for Joey Negro and Louie Vega. Now usually I would go into detail about each person etcetera etcetera but today I am just going to give you the notetables and the low down.... Why because I wasn't overly impressed with it!

First person on the list was Neil Pierce who played a blinder of a set, a perfect warming vibe showing true knowledge of house music so props to him (p.s happy birthday lol). Next Andy Ward, who also played very well, keeping the bar bubbling and vibe rolling through.

Now unfortunately the crowd didn't really understand or get what Joey Negro was doing with the house and disco edits but I thought he played very well none the less.

Where as again I was unimpressed by Louie Vega, I though he could have done alot better and this was reflected in the fact that the crowd upped an left!! Not to go home though, they were in the bar where Sy Sez was playing, who had the the crowd eating out of his hands, playing alot of deeper/soulful/techy grooves that kept the crowd bubbling and wanting more (full props to Sy a very good set). Now to mine and the crowds disgust they closed the bar early to get people back in the main room to listen to Louie, nuff said....



House Dance Review

Now this is a party for everyone to enjoy, I only found out about it recently and this was my second time going to this weekly event but boy was it a good night, if you like House and dancing this is the one for you, big up Jimbo Robins and Phil Asher for showing me the light on this one.

I got there early doors with the mrs, about 11 and just bubbled all night You had Jimbo and Bopstar throwing down grooves, plus a surprise PA from Zara McFarlane and some wicked dancers in, Shay Normann, also two of Japan’s rising stars in the Jazz Dance world Maki & Tamayo, London’s very own Diva La Funk bringing you a Freestyle Vogue & Wacking performance.

I dont need to say anymore check out these videos and see for yourself.

This Weekends Activities

Joey Negro @ The Westbury Bar, Friday 28th May.


Line Up

Joey Negro

Time: 8pm - 3am
Venue: The Westbury Bar/ 34 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn
Cost: Free before 10pm, £5 after 10pm.







Soul Heaven @ Ministry Of Sound, Saturday 29th May.

Line Up

Box:
Louie Vega
Joey Nergo
Neil Pierce

103:
Sy Sez
Garphie
Aaron Ross
Andy Ward

Loft: Delice de Phunk
Andrew Doran
Holly Bee
Layla Hay
Laura Miller
Timo & Steve Young

Baby Box: Soul’d Skool
2 Good Souls
Saxadelic (on Live Sax)
T J Parker & A Moore
Pete Batin
Mark Radford
Ed Smoove

Time: 23:00:pm
Venue: Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6DP
Cost: £20 Advance // £6 from 4am // Students £10 All Night

House Dance UK presents 'LOVE SUPREME', Sunday 30th May.

Line Up

DJ Jimbo
DJ Bopstar

Time: 10:00pm - 03:00am
Venue: Madame Jojo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1 0SE
Cost: £8 all night, £5 for Groove Sanctuary & D-Lo Members.

Music Monday

Havana Cultura: Remixed // Gilles Peterson Bonus DJ Mix by gillespeterson

Sounds of love by sasha3001

2 anos despue (A Retrospective Mix) by ezel

Housecall EP#14 (20/05/10) by Grant Nelson

Vocal Booth live, 20.5.2010 by andyward

LIVE DJ set @ Push.. Fujisawa, Japan 23rd Jan 2010 by KaySuzuki

restless soul Music by restless soul

Review of Deep Cover @ Dex Club, Sat 20th Mar

Ok so i turned up abit late due to other commitments, I step into Dex and immediately could tell the vibe was building nicely courtesy of PowderSoul. Playing some wicked classic house trax and opening nicely for Phil Asher.


Then came Phils turn, as always a solid performance from the machine that is Phlash, playing some serious new pressure and some oldskool heat which had the crowd eating out of his hand setting a good stead. Phil played through his two hours with a solid performance as always and really worked the crowd up to hear Andy Ward building the pressure brick by brick in the house.

Also I have to mention the crowd was excellent, a nice mixture of people all there for the love of house music, Just like it used to be, so well done the Deep Cover lads for making that happen.

So Andy Comes in and immediately turns up the pressure playing some serious new heat and afro pressure, check out the little video of Andy getting 'em going.....



Andy played a solid little set keeping the crowd moving through old classics and new heat with an edge of afrocentric beats, the crowd was feeling his selection but what more would you expect from a Soul Heaven Resident??. Biggups to Andy & Phil for representing.



Blue Boy came in with some real soulful and deep house, at first I thought it was a real change and he might loose the crowd but he really got them going, getting deep and darker as the night went on. Playing a very educated house set, showing his knowledge and love for the music.




Simon Boi, well i have to be honest i left before hearing him mix, I had an overdue appointment with my bed!! But what I will say is : WELL F*CKING DONE FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT NIGHT, really giving south london a night to call its own.

Deep Cover will be receiving full support from myself and I fully encourage you to go down if you missed this one. Also I may try to arrange a discount, for all people who read this blog and stay up-to-date.... but we will see..... Hopefully there is lost to come from the boys at Deep Cover, Congrats lads.




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At One

This Weekends Activities

Ok after last weeks debauchery in music, this week has got one party and not much else!! But we all know and I STRESS its QUALITY not QUANTITY especially in house music..... An this party looks set to be a clash of the titans...

Deep Cover @ Dex Club, Sat 20th Mar


DeepCover launches on 20th March at Dex in Brixton and we have an unmissable lineup to kick things off for this spring 2010 event. The mighty ‘Phil Asher‘ from Restless Soul / SoulHeaven who is one of the last decades most prolific producers heads up the main room together with ‘Andy Ward‘ from SoulHeaven / Vocal booth who is just back from a worldwide tour and playing his first London gig of the year. We know they are excited to be playing alongside... the 'Soulful beats' producer 'PowderSoul' and the residents 'Simon Boi' and 'BlueBoy' will be laying down the foundations throughout the night.
All the £8 earlybird tickets are now sold out, but we still have £10 eTickets, dead easy - just print it out or show your phone on the night.


Taking place at Brixton's Dex Club with great indoor spaces and the best outdoor heated terrace in London. I will most definitely be rolling through this party, looks like it should be Niceness.....

Line Up

Phil Asher (Restless Soul)

Andy Ward (Vocal Booth / Soul Heaven)

Powdersoul (Soulfulbeats)
Simon Boi (Deep Cover)
Blueboy (Deep Cover / Soulfoundations)

Get your earlybird tickets while there hot by clicking the link below:
Early Bird Tickets

Web: http://deep-cover.co.uk/
Time: 9:00pm - 6:00am
Venue: Dex Club, 467-469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH
Cost: EarlyBird £8 Tickets on Door £12


Also dont forget to check out my cover show for the Altered Natives:
At One presents The Altered Natives Radio Show - 11 March 2010

Vocal Booth Weekender

Now if you cant afford to go to Miami for the WMC theres always the cheaper alternative a bit later on in the year, The Vocal Booth Weekender (TVBW) or maybe you could do both. TVBW looks set to be a smash this year with some serious headline acts, set in the sunny background of Spain.......

THE LINE UP:

ANDY WARD
CJ MACKINTOSH
PHIL ASHER
GRANT NELSON
THE FANATIX
GROOVE ASSASSIN
SCHOOLBOY
DEEP CITY SOUL
THE HOUSEBOX ALLSTARS
SOUL RENEGADES
DEEP JOSH
DANNY J LEWIS

Full information can be found at http://www.djandyward.net/vb-weekender-2010

Last/10 years of TVBW video

Support the cause Saturday.......

Ok so for a while now i have been talking on the Karizma Strictly Miami comp, well here it is on pre order........

Strictly Miami Mixed by Karizma

Also I would like to say if you like what your seeing, hearing and reading on this blog, please support the cause, share the link using the share box (top right) or post up yourself, plus i'm happy to post up all house related stuff you may have, get in contact by leaving a message in the comment box. Help me an i'll help you!!!!


Also a nice couple of mixes for you to have a listen to, from Soul Heaven residents Andy Ward and Sy Sez, the mixes features my trax. So bigups to them for the support.....

Andy Ward's Vocal Booth Live by andyward

Sy Sez Podcasts

Check Out Podcast for the 11/2/10 on both shows.......