Proper Heat - Just A Little Bit

Lost and Found At The Tube This Saturday Night

Lost & Found @ The Tube on Saturday 21st January

Affy co hosts with Neal from Schutmm

Guests this time round are Legendary Children

House music realness is the plan down on Brighton Seafront

BOYF_ Rework Number Three

New reworking by BOYF_
Mid tempo acid bubbler business

A Brief History Of The Brighton Groove Based Scene Caught On Camera

What this passage is hoping to achieve is to give an insight into the beginnings of our musical scene that occurred in Brighton around 2008 onwards

To aid things along there's some pictures, video (coming soon) and links to information on those that made things happen at that time so please take a look around if you need to find out a little more

Lets start

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR MORE IMAGES

The above link in capitals contains a small yet fairly healthy selection of first hand images that nicely capture the initial stages of The Brighton Groove Based (or Disco) Scene taking shape around the later stages of the first decade of The Naughties and into 2011

Sadly there's no documentation past 2012  so we'll have to leave that part of the story to someone else as far as documentation is concerned

There's a slightly more comprehensive visual history available via the links below if you wish to get really stuck in to looking at the places and faces connected

Follow these links below or take a look around this blog under the "Straight Outta Brighton" section where we've posted lots of information bespoke to Brighton as time has progressed onwards from 2008

Brighton Groove Based Scene on Flickr - 2008-2011
Brighton Groove Based Scene on Video - 2008-2011 (coming soon)

The pictures and videos that have been taken aren't a definitive collection by no means, however they do cover the period from 2008 onwards when things began to take shape across our city

The links provide plenty of crowd shots caught on camera depicting the events that were building around the bars throughout 2008 onwards alongside the later inclusion of images taken from various local club spaces once the producers, record labels and dj agencies that came out of this short but energetic era took things to the next level beyond 2010

I must mention that sadly there are developments which occurred before 2008 which aren't shown due to their random, infrequent or extremely niche nature however I intend to put something together or at least investigate a little deeper over the course of time to give this documentation some greater depth

From memory these developments included

Brighton's first Nu Disco club night called 100 Watt at The Hanbury Ballrooms back in 2002/3, Greg Wilson's very first Brighton visit after 23 years in 2007, Heavy Disco and Broadcast Loft Parties that were operating in Brighton in the early Naughties and The Brighton Frequency Festival that included a handful of the scenes early players that are listed lower down in this passage

Disco Diaries which was DJ Charlie Brown's night also gets a mention as do the Soft Rocks parties that were held out in a recording studio in Portslade also get special mentions as precursory nights run by early exponents of the Disco / Groove Based Brighton Scene

In 2008 this blog was set up to spread the word about the groove based sounds that were emanating across the city on a local underground level through the efforts of many local bar djs scoping their sonic landscapes outside of club land at this time

Shortly after the initial posts on this blog appeared the need to bring all the separate factions together that were combining on Brighton's early scene which were namely the bars djs and the increasing numbers of interested dancers became a reality and immediate necessity

Facilitating this need to combine both factions into something that was accessible and also very much true to the roots of electronic dance music culture that the scene pays it's respects to was achieved through 3 annual Go Bang Brighton festival months held in May each year that not only helped to cement what people listen and dance to now but also crucially acted as a meeting point for all connected (all be it very loosely in those initial 3 years from 2008-2010)

Coincidentally the formulation or want of a better word "promotion" of the scene was very much aided by the increased use of social networking for which all those driving the awareness about what was going on used to great extent

Without Facebook for example the scene itself would probably of taken far longer to grow or remained the preserve of those lucky few in the know or members of  DJ History.com

Moving forward to today, we have now seen successful club nights established, music producers gain worldwide notoriety and some great music labels that support groove based dance music set up

Additionally, major players across The UK that come to visit Brighton as DJs or stand alone club nights now find a scene here that is very much clued up on the music and has a proud history all of it's very own

However times do change and as such the focus of this blog has slightly shifted into documenting occurrences associated with Brighton's groove based scene as apposed to promoting it's long past secret attributes and the music associated with it (disco, house and boogie)

Thankfully new and exciting music still comes through alongside the unearthing of the long lost gems as well as news on what's still happening out there, so at least for now there will be an equal measure of historical and also up to date content on here

Long may the dancing and music continue and thank you for reading as always

Hope You enjoy the selection of pictures that were taken over a 4 year period in Brighton when the cities slightly more experienced dance community kept the fires burning to the sound of groove based dance music

Peace

ASSOCIATED VENUES - BARS
The Sidewinder
The Globe
The Three and Ten
The Fishbowl
Above Audio
The Thomas Kemp
The Full Moon
Riki Tiks (2011)
Om

ASSOCIATED VENUES - CLUBS
Audio
Life
Funky Buddha
Honey Club
The Ocean Rooms
The Loft
The Jazz Place

ASSOCIATED CLUB NIGHTS
Disco Libero
Maxxi Sound System
Disco Deviant
Schtummn
The Residents Association
Love Saves The Day

ASSOCIATED PARTIES
Contraband Presents Inside Out
Turned Up High
Disco Deviant
Schtummn
Go Bang Brighton
The Recess
The Music Box
Calabash at Brighton Pride
Balearic Jukebox

ASSOCIATED FESTIVALS
Brighton City Festival
Frequency Festival
Beachdown Festival
Sellindge Festival
Go Bang Brighton Festival
Brighton Pride

ASSOCIATED DJS
Soft Rocks
Charlie Brown - Disco Diaries
Affy Wajid - Labeija 
Ali Back / Slack Edits
John White - 100 Watt
Neal Lewis - Schtumm
Sam Watts - Maxxi Sound System / Schtumm
Senor Mick - Schtumm
Johnny Hartshorn - Jilted Juke Box
Rich Recess - The Recess
Johnny Recess - The Recess
Alex Webb - Music Box
Rob Fahey - Blacklodge / Alphabet City
Matthew Neal - Wolf Music
Johnny Rocks - Rounder Records
Steve Ellis - Keeping It Wheel
Tim Rivers - Kaladasa / The Acid House / Warm Sounds
Andy Greaves
Paul Budd - Disco Deviant / Unity DJ Agency
Jeff Daniels - Residents Association
Will Sumsuch - Latenight Lounging
Carl Faure - Warrior One
Stu Clark - Wolf Music
Greymatter - Wolf Music
The Nearest Far Away Place
Matt Seeney -COR
Gustav - Heavy Disco
Mickey Dukes - Mile Wide Smile Club
Rich Harmer - Black Key Recordings
Easy Jim
1Dan - Atmospheric Existence Records
Celia May Jones and Rowan Brisko - Xanadu
Neal Langman
Karl Davison
Sibel Lagerdahl
Daddy Marcus
Nick Titchener
Local Zero - Disco Deviant

My Love Is Underground Party In January At The Queen Of Hoxton, London - Go Bang Hosting The Ground Floor All Night

First London Party of 2012 with us booked in with The Wolf Music Crew plus Jeremy Underground from Paris on Saturday 28th January

We're hosting proceedings on the ground floor all night baby !!!

Supreme deepness in the basement from Wolf and Mr Underground guaranteed

Nice

New Years Eve Set At The Globe - Steve KIW

Taking it back by Steve_Kiw on Mixcloud

Cheers to Steve for this one

Steve hosted upstairs at The Globe with Tim on NYE this year for the second time since 2010

My Favourite Remixer Of 2011

About this time of year the internet is full of suggestions and recommendations as to who has produced the best tracks, provided the best mixes or to whom has chiseled the greatest edit of the past 12 months

Having not really ventured too far down the edit route or spent that much time listening to online mixes in 2011, my choice of celebration leaves me searching around the long list of productions that have graced many a night over the last year

Upon careful reflection there were sadly too many tracks to put into a definitive list that I felt satisfied with, however on a musical note it was the omni present sound of house music that I can happily look towards for my cues when attempting to pick something relevant as an out right winner this year

So, too many productions to chose between which leaves my choice this year with a couple of choice remixes which were delivered by the same person

The two remixes in question come from Tornado Wallace with both finished tracks being 100% winners on the dance floor for the majority of 2011 either at The Greendoor Store, The Globe or various parties across the south coast from Brighton to Southsea

The two remixes on show are slightly different with Garden Of Vangulf by The Loin Brother being a out and out groove based houser and the second choice of JD73's Into The Night being a jazzier affair that none the less appealed to house heads when played towards the middle of 2011 onwards


BEST OF THE REST

Hot Toddy - Lovebirds - Want You In My Soul
Henrik Schwarz - Omar - Feeling You
BOYF - Nebraska - Phthalo Blues


Enjoy both tracks and have a great 2012

GARDEN OF VANGULF - LOIN BROTHERS (TORNADO WALLACE REMIX)
 Loin Brothers - Garden Of Vargulf (Tornado Wallace Remix) by future classic

JD73 - INTO THE NIGHT (TORNADO WALLACE REMIX)
 JD73 - Into The Night (Tornado Wallace Remix) - 128 kbps preview by Tornado Wallace

Maurice Fulton Mix

A newie from M

Word out there is that there's renewed interest in getting Maurice to play Brightonside nice and early in 2012

Warehouse or club night ?

24 License On NYE 2011 at The Globe Confirmed

All tickets are now sold out for the NYE Party at The Globe

The license at the venue covers 24 hrs so if you haven't been able to get tickets that guarantee entry before 12.30 am on New Years Day feel free to swing by early on in the morning to see if there's any room in the pub for an after party

Naturally the door team will only be letting in people that fit the vibe and as usual we'll be keeping a steady hand on making sure the vibe stays cool for everyone all night long

Looking forward to seeing You all in a couple of weeks time for the end of year social again

x

Andromeda Orchestra - Sensitive

Big disco freak out number with Peter Herbert doing the damage on the edit

RAINBOW TEAM -- Bite the Apple (Massimo Berardi Re-Edit)

Yes please !!!

1982 release updated into a heavy slice of edit niceness

Looks like there's still plenty of action going on down the discotec still to be had

Going to post a few more of these as we head on in towards our annual sign off in Brighton for the year

A Big Thank You To Dance2 In Brighton

Just wanted to pass on my gratitude to Dance2 in Brighton for repairing our sound system recently

One of the speakers blew after years of faithful support and the guys at Dance2 totally sorted the poor thing right out

Great service, excellent repair and very friendly as well

Dance2 rocks - now for that water logged cdj ?

New BOYF Edit

We welcome BOYF

Now residing just south of the capital after relocating from north of the border BOYF has a love of all things disco, deep house and boogie

The source material BOYF has taken his cues from is from one of our favorite producers on the scene namely NEBRASKA who specializes in quality deep house and techno vibes for the music enthusiast who likes things slightly more laid back and tracky

Catch BOYF at The Queen Of Hoxton in London early in 2012 as well as some tidy parties across the South East throughout the coming year

Future BOYF music coming your way via this blog soon(ish)

Signing Off For 2011 At The Greendoor Store

Closing off 2011 in the warehouse

Just wanted to pass on our thanks all those that have come and danced at The Greendoor Store in Brighton this year

We've had a fair few classic nights in your company since taking on the party in February after receiving a tip off regarding this "mysterious new warehouse venue" from our friend Trevor

Looking back over these last 9 months its safe to say that without your continued good nature on the dance floor and open minded musical approach we wouldn't be sat here now thinking about what next year brings

The message is definitely thank you for being a wonderful crowd and for enjoying all the music we've played for you, be it the staples of boogie and disco or the increasing influence of groove based house which featured heavily on not just ours but also our guests play lists this year

We all now appreciate 2011 has been a tough year for a lot of people. We've had our fair share of friends that have had to of dealt with some challenging situations themselves

However through all of the tension and stress you kept on coming back to dance time and time again in 2011 regardless

This commitment supports the belief we've held for a long time in the value that many still firmly put on combining social activity whilst checking out dance music and pulling a few shapes at the same time

What ever happens, this belief will always be the driving force that keeps us going hopefully for many years to come no matter where the music takes us

Speaking about music, at The Greendoor Store we've been blessed with some great guest DJs this last year

As this post is being written we would of just finished our season with our final party on a Saturday night in November (which was a blinder btw) with COR from Southsea who brought us their 5 man approach to djing

COR now join a list of names that have graced us this last year including Tim, Maxxi Sound System, Toby Tobias, Paul, Andy, Steve, Celia, Rowan and Soft Rocks

A small percentage of the above names have gone on to bigger picture scenarios such as production or European and worldwide appearances so we may not get chance to see them for a while

However for the vast majority of occasions our guests are very much local enthusiasts that know how to rock a party and with that firmly in mind we shall be once again looking towards home for DJ talent that will come your way in 2012

That's it, we're back at The Greendoor Store in March 2012 for more of exactly the same

Thanks to all the staff at the venue that enabled us the opportunity to keep such an important aspect of Brightonian culture moving onwards and of course, all of You for making it all happen month in and month out

Bests

Affy, Ali and Matt

Brighton Warehouse Party

Our final one before we get back on it in 2012

We're shipping across our friends C-O-R to join in the pre festive fun with us on Saturday 19th November in Brighton

Email gobanginvite@hotmail.co.uk for details on events planned in for 2012 details plus information this years NYE session