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JANUARY


FRIDAYS @ CUBE - FREAKS AND GEEKS:

SATURDAYS @CUBE – MY DAYS OF COURTING

Tabernacle Basement, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A
9pm – 2am
Free / fRee / frEe / FreE = £0


LISTINGS JANUARY – THE MONTH OF LOCAL HEROES.
THE BEST LONDON DJS AROUND INNIT.


January 1ST – 6am – 1pm (£10 special party)
Cube presents Disco Armageddon out of here - the mother of all after parties! Gucci Soundsystem, Damon Martin (Disco Bloodbath), Nathan Gregory Wilkins (History Clock), Serge Santiago and Sophie Lloyd (Arcobaleno) plus very special guests!!! 6am till 1pm.



Sat Jan 3rd - MY DAYS OF COURTING
2 manly Dans
Dan Spinney and Dan Avery play records in a manly fashion

Fri Jan 9th - - FREAKS AND GEEKS
The finest collection of femme DJs that London has to offer will be in and out each Friday.

Sat Jan 10th - MY DAYS OF COURTING
Ben Pistor (disco bloodbath)

Fri Jan 16th - FREAKS AND GEEKS
The finest collection of femme DJs that London has to offer will be in and out each Friday.


Sat Jan 17th - MY DAYS OF COURTING
Nathan Greggory Wilkins

Fri Jan 23rd - FREAKS AND GEEKS
The finest collection of femme DJs that London has to offer will be in and out each Friday.

Sat Jan 24th - MY DAYS OF COURTING
Arcobaleno residents special with serge santiago, ben rymer(gucci soundsystem) and sophie lloyd.




FRIDAYS ARE FREAKS AND GEEKS: EVERY FRIDAY:

The finest collection of femme DJs that London has to offer will be in and out each Friday.



SATURDAYS ARE MY DAYS OF COURTING: EVERY SATURDAY:

Crispin Dior and Ben Rymer, the pair behind legendary London party Druzzis, reunite to launch a Saturday night with the finest Disco and leftfield dance DJs that London and the world have to offer.






Cube
Tabernacle basement
55-61 Tabernacle Street
Shoreditch
London
EC2A 4AA
Tel 0207 253 5555
Thursday – Saturday
9pm till 2am
Always Free Entry

www.tabernacleshoreditch.com

RESIDENT ADVISOR END OF YEAR POLLS

Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink and Radio Slave etc in TOP DJs:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=1000

REKIDS in top labels:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=994

STRUMMERVILLE IN THE TIMES

It was front page of the music section in the Time on December 19th, but check the link here... expect MUCH more from strummerville in 2009..

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5365722.ece

Serge Santiago mix on TSUGI.FR france

one of the best dance magazine's of France has done a proper disco podcast from serge santiago.

go here:

http://www.tsugi.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=795&Itemid=39

disco like it was made.

STRUMMERVILLE CHRISTMAS CHARITY BENEFIT GIG - SUNDAY 21ST DECEMBER

Strummerville - Christmas Benefit Party
** Joe Strummer foundation **

Sunday 21st December
@ The Tabernacle
Powis Square, London, W11 2AY
Admission: £10
Doors: 6.30pm






Live:
The Rotten Hill Gang // The Riff-Raff // Dan Smith // The Savage Nomads
DJ:
Jaguar Skills // Oscar The Punk // Fang // James Smith


London calling to the underworld…


Strummerville does Christmas at The Tabernacle in West London on Sunday December 21st, bringing a night of excellent music to your festive ears… On the eve of Joe Strummer’s death we celebrate Christmas in a way he would have loved – with Live Bands and DJs.


Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls…


www.myspace.com/officialrottenhillgang - The Rotten Hill Gang
www.myspace.com/therealriffraff - The Riff-Raff
www.myspace.com/danielsmithsmusic - Dan Smith
www.myspace.com/thesavagenomads - The Savage Nomads
www.myspace.com/jagskills - Jaguar Skills
www.myspace.com/oscarthepunk - Oscar The Punk



This is a benefit gig with proceeds going towards the Strummerville Foundation



About Strummerville:

Set up by friends and family of Joe Strummer in the year after his death, the Strummerville charity seeks to reflect The Clash front-man, Joe Strummer’s, unique contribution to the music world by offering support resources and performance opportunities to artists who would not normally have access to them.



Strummerville Calling – a window inside:




For more information about our current work and future projects
www.strummerville.com

Strummerville Registered Charity Number: 1104165



Strummerville - Christmas Benefit Party
Sunday 21st December @ The Tabernacle
Powis Square, London, W11 2AY
Admission: £10 / ADVANCE TICKETS: 0871 271 5151
Doors: 6.30pm
Live: The Rotten Hill Gang // The Riff-Raff // Dan Smith // The Savage Nomads
DJ: Jaguar Skills // Oscar The Punk // Fang // James Smith

Banana Man

Amazing:

DJ PIERRE ON BEATPORTAL

here!

http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/feature-dj-pierres-enduring-acid-influen
ce/

JOSH WINK TO RELEASE 'WHEN A BANANA WAS JUST A BANANA' - FOURTH ARTIST ALBUM

Josh Wink ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ (album)
Released February 2009
(CD = mixed / Vinyl = unmixed / Digital = unmixed)
Ovum Recordings

Josh Wink releases his fourth studio album ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’.

“In a nutshell, it speaks really of the loss of innocence of music. Music was just music when I was growing up. Nobody was ridiculed or had views of ‘I only listen to this one kind of music’ - I grew up listening to everything! Today, so many people tend only listen to one style of music with a strong opinion of why... I miss the innocence of how it was... Like when you were younger, ‘A Banana Was Just A Banana’.” - Josh Wink

Philadelphia born and based, Josh Wink, is one of the true pioneers of techno, house and allied styles - blurring the definitions as a Producer and DJ. More than 20 years have passed since Wink first came into public conscious via the electronic music explosion and he still takes trends, makes trends and breaks trends; unafraid to walk the border between stylistic boundaries as he experiments and gets you under his influence.





Rewind to 1989, aged 19 and a budding young DJ on the underground ‘rave’ scene, Wink’s first ever EP ‘Tribal Confusion’ came on Strictly Rhythm, under the moniker E-Culture. More releases followed and in 1994 he formed his own label ‘Ovum Recordings’. In 1995, Wink released three hugely influential tracks ‘Don’t Laugh’ ‘I Am Ready’ (as Size 9) and ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’, pioneering in style and still played today. He released his debut album in 1996 ‘Left Above The Clouds’ (Nervous) and followed with his second Long Player in 1998 ‘HearHere’ (Ovum) - working with pioneering vocalists; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Caroline Crawley of 4AD fame, and local Philadelphia artist Ursula Rucker. Wink’s huge mix compilation ‘Profound Sounds Volume 1’ (Ovum) was released in 1999 and due to the success and integrity of the series, is now up to Volume 3 and still going strong.

Wink's releases have the unique quality of being revered and championed by the most underground to the mainstream, creating memorable songs that have no time or genre restraints; sparking fads in production techniques and generating innovation worldwide.

Continuing his staple releases into this decade, in 2000 he sampled Lil Louis’ ‘French Kiss’ to create the international player ‘How’s Your Evening So Far?’ (FFRR/Ovum), following with ‘Superfreak’ (Ovum), ‘516 Acid (Ovum), ‘Oakish’ (Ovum), ‘Swirl’(Ovum), ‘Have To Get Back’ (M-Nus), Thick As Thieves’ (Poker Flat) and Wink’s third artist album ’20 To 20’ (Ovum).

Remixing is something that Wink is very aware of and is asked to have his production hand involved in many projects, yet has chosen to be protective and accept only few. Over the years he has crafted remixes for the likes of Radiohead, Dépêche Mode, Slam, Moby, Dave Clarke, Ladytron, Chicken Lips, Lenny Kravitz, Gus Gus and Radio Slave.





In March 2008, Wink unleashed the first single to be taken from ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ - ‘Stay Out All Night’ defied the current music trend and was immediately made ‘Essential New Tune’ by Pete Tong on his Radio 1 show, where he classed it as “the biggest dance record in the world right now”, as well as huge DJ support from Dubfire, Laurent Garnier, Steve Bug, Loco Dice and many more.

In February 2009 comes the full Long Player. ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ is presented in three formats, the CD format is in a continuous DJ mix style, whilst the vinyl and digital formats are unmixed and perfect for DJs and dancefloors.

‘Airplane Electronique’ begins the ride, inspired from when Wink played the ‘Piknik Electronik’ festival in Montreal - “a mixture of house and tech with a twisted feel”. ‘Counter Clock’ is up next (to be released in February with a remix from Chris Leibing) - “I was listening to a set of (DJ) Dixon and noticed how slow and groovy most of the set was, which influenced me to make an equally slow track, yet keep a heavily twisted and intense feeling”. ‘What Used To Be Called Used To Be’ is an acid groover based on Wink’s un-released remix of Someone Else’s - ‘Lowdown Brittle’. ‘Jus Right’ - with the original at 17 minutes in length, is a perfect summer release: “Reminds me of some old French 80’s disco house sounding thing, which I'm a sucker for! It’s not what people expect from me, but at the same time it is - deep and pumping”. ‘Dolphin Smack’ - “To me it sounds like a dolphin on heroin, hence ‘Dolphin Smack’. If I get the right crowd, this breakdown is magical, as it's very OUT THERE. I’m very excited to finally release it.” ‘Minimum 23’ - “Marries the various sounds of USA style house and my electronic-tweaky-ness of production, gets insane response on the dance-floor- Jackin-House Tech!” ‘Everybody To The Sun’ - “Hypnotic. No bass-line here, but the bass of the drum every four measures gets the ladies hips going.” ‘Hypnoslave’ - “Hypnotic as hell!” And finally, ‘Stay Out All Night’ - “I was listening to a lot of 90's NYC and Chicago house (which I'm very influenced by) when I made this track. I had a lot of fun bringing a bit of jazzy rhodes lines, jackin house beats and a deep ass bass to my sets. I played it for Matty B (Ovum) and he thought it would be a great idea to leak it out at the 2008 WMC. We gave it to 15 people and the magic started there...”

‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ (album) is released February 2009 on Ovum Recordings

‘Counter Clock’ (single) is released February with a remix from Chris Leibing

CD Tracklist
1) Airplane Electronique
2) Counter Clock 319
3) What Used To Be Called Used To Be
4) Jus' Right
5) Dolphin Smack
6) Minimum 23
7) Everybody To The Sun
8) Hypnoslave
9) Stay Out All Night

www.myspace.com/joshwink
www.myspace.com/ovum-rec
www.ovum-rec.com


For more press information contact: Kim Booth
E: kim@rebelbutterfly.co.uk

Josh Wink previous videos

for a little something else...


DON'T LAUGH - 1995



I AM READY (SIZE 9) - 1995



HIGHER STATE OF CONCIOUSNESS - 1995


ARE YOU THERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ugrP_7PcE&feature=related

SUPERFREAK


*SUPERFREAK Played at DC10


LIQUID SUMMER

JOSH WINK TRACK DESCRIPTION FOR 'WHEN A BANANA WAS JUST A BANANA'

In February 2009 comes Josh Wink's fourth album. ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ is presented in three formats, the CD format is in a continuous DJ mix style, whilst the vinyl and digital formats are unmixed and perfect for DJs and dancefloors.

Check below for some track descriptions from Josh Wink

1)  Airplane Electronique-
"This was first started June 2007, after playing the Piknik Electronik party in Montreal. Kind of got an idea of the track with style of music I was playing at the event. A mixture of tech and house with a twisted feel. Started the groove and got back to finishing the track in October 2007. The name came from Flying back from the party... But the spelling of Electronique is more french (montreal style) than the name of the party."

2) Counter Clock 319
"Was originally called '319 Acid', similar to '516 Acid', but it was called 319 as I started this on March 19th 2007. After playing around with ideas, and effects, I  had created a panning motion in the track which when listened to in headphones travels in a 'counter clock'wise fashion.  I was listening to a set of (DJ) Dixon and noticed how slow and groovy most of the set was, which influenced me to make a twisted, intense track that was in the same tempo range."

3)What used to be called used to be
"This original track was based on a rmx i did for my friend Someone Else (Sean O'neal) in October 2006. This was the groove and acid line used, but Sean and I agreed that a different rmx was needed, which I did and was released on his label "FoundSound" in 2007. I asked him if I could change things around with my rmx (as all the music except the vocal samples were from his track) and perhaps release it on Ovum, and he said 'sure' . So, I've been playing it out since then with great reactions, and had to release it! Acid Baby..."

4)Jus Right
"Original groove was done in 2005. I found it again Feb 2008, when I was cleaning files on my computer, and finished the track, the same month. Reminds me of some old french 80's disco house sounding thing, which I'm a sucker for. We wanted to leak this out for the summer season in 2008, as it really has a summer/sexy groove-vibe to it. We weren't sure what to do with it, as people don't expect me to release things like this. But, Matt (@ovum) said, it's you, and it's deep and pumpy, we gotta put it out. The track was originally 17 minutes long, which to me was "Just Right" to tell my story... But, several edits were completed to make it shorter and we agreed that it still had the same feeling. This was played at the WMC this past year and someone youtubed it and people are wondering who it is... So. We decided to release it."

5) Dolphin Smack
"It originally was intended for my B-side track on PokerFlat in Sept 2006. But, decided no, and left it- came back to it in October, same year to complete. It's been changed many times as I constantly get ideas on 'unfinished' tracks by playing them out. I remember playing it at my "Ovum Last Wednesday" residency in Philly, and someone came up to me and asked 'what was that track with the dolphin in the break', and the named Dolphin came about... Then to me it sounded like some a dolphin on herion, hence "Dolphin Smack".  If I get the right crowd at a gig, this breakdown is magical, as it's very OUT THERE. Excited to release it."

6)Minimum 23
"Influenced by 90's NYC house, as was Stay Out All Night.  It was started originally in Oct 06, and was finished a year later, Oct. 23, 2007. Another track that of mine that wanted to marry the various sounds of USA style house and my electronic-tweaky-ness of production. Another track that I've been playing out, that gets pretty insane response on the dance-floor- Jackin-House Tech! Name has changed too... As most of my tracks start with dates of the month. Then titles come to me later, as they don't really mean much to me. But, they're fun to make up."

7) Hypnoslave
"Started working on this when I was asked to do the "Screaming Hands" rmx for Radioslave, Nov. 2006. But, it wasn't going in the direction I wanted for the remix. I never used any of Radioslave's parts for this track... So, I worked on it a bit more, and put it away to work on another day.  I was still in my making more house versions of tech production moods... The name of the track half came from Slave as I started it as the RadioSlave remix and the other half was it was Hypnotic as all hell! I remember being in San Diego in 2007 and Dubfire was there, we found out that we were both playing in LA the next day, so he gave me a ride to LA in a rented truck and listened to each others music on the drive. Still to the day, he asks me about getting this track! I will finally get it to him!" 

8) Everybody to the Sun
"In Dec 2005 it originally based around a vocal of someone saying "Everybody to the sun".  Found it again, took the vocals out and completed it in Jan 2007. Began playing it out to great response, and I still get threats from Marco Carola and Paco Osuna who heard me play it, that they will hurt me if I don't give them a copy. My response "Ah, well, it's not mastered yet". Well, it's mastered. The version before this one went a little crazy with analog madness during the break- This version is a lot more subdued, and hypnotic. No bass-line here, but the bass of the drum every 4 measures gets the ladies hips going."

9)  Stay Out All Night
"I was listening to a lot of 90's nyc and chicago house-(which I'm very influenced by) when I made this track, and decided to do a bunch of music that were more house-tech than tech house. I had a a lot of fun bringing a bit of jazzy rhodes lines, jackin house beats and a deep ass bass to my sets. This really stood out when I was playing it for the 1st times at the end of 2007. I played it for Matty B (Ovum) and he thought it would be a great idea to leak it out at the 2008 WMC. We gave it to 15 people and the magic started there... It's great how it was played by so many diverse dj's and continued to blur the line between the new styles of tech and the old sound of house."  


‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ (album) is released February 2009 on Ovum Recordings

‘Counter Clock’ (single) is released February with a remix from Chris Leibing on Ovum Recordings


CD Tracklist
1) Airplane Electronique
2) Counter Clock 319
3) What Used To Be Called Used To Be
4) Jus' Right
5) Dolphin Smack
6) Minimum 23
7) Everybody To The Sun
8) Hypnoslave
9) Stay Out All Night

www.myspace.com/joshwink
www.myspace.com/ovum-rec
www.ovum-rec.com