Disco Noir

GARETH CHESHIRE - DISCO NOIR CHART (SEPTEMBER 2010)

2010-09-04T10:55:00.000-07:00

01. Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love (Tensnake Remix) [Permanent Vacation]
02. Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Original) [Permanent Vacation]
03. Kaine Featuring Kathy Diamond - Love Saves The Day (Soul Clap Remix) [Needwant]
04. Trickski - Pill Collins (Original) [Suol]
05. Iron Curtis - Rawls [KolourRecordings]
06. Quarion - Treats Volume 2 [Retreat]
07. LTJ XPerience - They Call It Edit (Album) [It's A Small World]
08. It's A Small World Disco - Depth of My Soul (EP) [Small World Edits]
09. ? - Time Is Running Out (Ashley Beedle Edit) [KAT]
10. Bohannon - Summertime Groove (Shoes Dub Mix) [Unsigned]
11. Mark Duffin - The Redheaded League [Bored Audio]
12. Mark Seven - Swept Away (EP) [Endless Flight]
13. Jacques Renault - Dancing In The Sky [Private Release]
14. Timmy Thomas - Africano (Deadstock 33's Edit) [Unsigned]
15. Maxwell - Sumthin' Sumthin' (J's Really Deep Sumthin') [Unsigned]
16. Idris Muhammed - Could Heaven Be Like This? [Leftside Wobble Edit) [?]
17. No Requests - So Many Ways / The Love [Unsigned]
18. Ron Trent - Altered States (Carl Craig Remix) [Prescription Classic]
19. TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos - Tranentrekker [Compost Label Black]
20. Tornado Wallace - Paddlin' / Swimmin' [Delusions of Grandeur]

SATURDAYS AT THE MAGNET, LIVERPOOL

2010-07-20T06:02:00.000-07:00

I recorded my set at The Magnet on Saturday (the main juicy chunk can be found below). You can find me playing there every weekend from now on.

01. FLYING LOTUS - DO THE ASTRAL PLANE
02. A FOREST MIGHTY BLACK - ??
03. COSMIC BOOGIE - CATCH 22
04. ARMENTA - I WANNA BE WITH YOU (INSTRUMENTAL)
05. LOOSE FIT - CHUG (GREG WILSON REMIX)
06. NEUROTIC DRUM BAND - NEUROTIC ADVENTURE
07. MIDNIGHT MAGIC - BEAM ME UP
08. AEROPLANE - WE CAN'T FLY
09. MARIO BASANOV - DO YOU REMEMBER? (THE REVENGE DRAMA MIX)
10. ROMAN RAUCH - BIORHYTHM
11. WAGON COOKIN' - I'M GONNA MAKE YOU DANCE
12. HATCHBACK - JETLAG (FAZE ACTION REMIX)
13. MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE - RAW CUTS 5
14. LAUER - MTX9 SD BETA
15. JOHNNY DYNELL - JAM HOT (TENSNAKE REMIX)
16. MOODYMANN - THE DANCER
17. ROBERT HOOD PRESENTS FLOORPLAN - FUNKY SOULS
18. ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT - CHUNK (6TH BOROUGH INSTRUMENTAL REMIX)

GARETH CHESHIRE - THE MAGNET (JULY 2010) by Gareth Cheshire

SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER

2010-07-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

Is the real sound of Detroit showing signs of a rebirth from both inside and outside of the cities borders? I certainly hope so, especially if it puts an end to a lot of the music that has been passed off as techno in the past couple of years.

I mentioned Space Dimension Controller (or Jack Hamill to his mates) briefly last week and one of his tracks also features on the Digi DJ's Podcast.

I would love to hear a collaboration between SDC and Motor City Drum Ensemble. I'm sure they'd come up with some great tracks together.

Here's two brilliant remixes to check out.

Fabrice Lig : Digital Forest (Space Dimension Controller remix) by fabricelig

Anthony Shakir - Detroit State of Mind (SDC's Pulsating Alien Mass Mix) by spacedimensioncontroller

DIGICAST PODCAST

2010-07-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

I was recently given the opportunity to mix the first volume of the new Digi DJ's Podcast. I posted a stream of the set last week and its now downloadable from the website.

You can find more information on the collective at the Digi Electronic DJ's Facebook Group.

Thanks for the nice words Craig!

01. BRIAN FERRY - SLAVE TO LOVE (ZAMBON REWORK) [KUKABARA]
02. MARK E - YOU [MERC]
03. LOOSE FIT - CHUG (GREG WILSON REMIX) [JOIN THE DOTS]
04. TORNADO WALLACE - SWIMMIN' [DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR]
05. JOHNWAYNES - HIGH (JUST JOHN MIX) [ENDLESS FLIGHT]
06. THE BEATDOWN SOUND MACHINE - GROOVE IS ON MY MIND (LTJ X-PERIENCE MIX) [SLEAZY BEATS]
07. SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER - JOURNEY TO THE CORE OF THE UNKNOWN SPHERE [ROYAL OAK]
08. SOUL MEKANIK - FORCA MOSTAR SARAJEVO [WONK]
09. HATCHBACK - JETLAG (FAZE ACTION REMIX) [THISISNOTANEXIT]
10. TORNADO WALLACE - PADDLIN' [DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR]
11. MARK E - GET YOURSELF [MERC]

GARETH CHESHIRE - PEACOCK MIX PART II (02/07/10)

2010-07-12T13:16:00.000-07:00

This is the last half an hour from the second set I played at Peacock earlier this month. If you are used to listening to my disco mixes this might come as a surprise!

I'm playing a full on techno set at the Hoofer Doofer Festival next month with Captain Johnson. We'll be recording both sets so look out for them on here in the not too distant future.

GARETH CHESHIRE - PEACOCK JULY PART 2 by Gareth Cheshire

GARETH CHESHIRE - PEACOCK MIX (02/07/10)

2010-07-06T14:00:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd hit you up really quick with the stream of my new mix for the Digi DJs Podcast. It was recorded at The Peacock, Liverpool this past Friday. I'll do a further update when the file is downloadable.

Thanks to Mr. Paul for having me down there.

01. BRIAN FERRY - SLAVE TO LOVE (ZAMBON REWORK)
02. MARK E - YOU
03. LOOSE FIT - CHUG (GREG WILSON REMIX)
04. TORNADO WALLACE - SWIMMIN'
05. JOHNWAYNES - HIGH (JUST JOHN MIX)
06. THE BEATDOWN SOUND MACHINE - GROOVE IS ON MY MIND
07. SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER - JOURNEY TO THE CORE OF THE UNKNOWN SPHERE
08. SOUL MEKANIK - FORCA MOSTAR SARAJEVO
09. HATCHBACK - JETLAG (FAZE ACTION REMIX)
10. TORNADO WALLACE - PADDLIN'
11. MARK E - GET YOURSELF

GARETH CHESHIRE - PEACOCK (02/07/10) PART 1 by Gareth Cheshire

Disco Noir Recommends... ANDREW CLARKE

2010-07-06T13:03:00.000-07:00

Burnley's Andrew Clarke drops an hour long mix that starts off in laid back fashion before progressing into peak time disco territory. Featuring tracks and remixes from Prins Thomas, Beatfantatic, Archie Bronson Outfit and (I'm sure I've heard this name before) Escape From New York.

You can catch a double dose of AC in Brighton on:

Friday 16th July - The Fishbowl with Black Lodge

Saturday 17th July - Black Lodge at The Globe with Local Zeros and Residents Black Lodge / Anthony Cox

Andrew Clarke - No Thought Mix by Andrew Clarke

Native Instruments MASCHINE

2010-07-05T04:34:00.000-07:00

I've gone for a pretty big upgrade in the studio (in fact I'm just waiting for it to be delivered)! I hate the pads on my Korg Microkontrol and I've been looking at means of introducing a more 'live' element into my Ableton Live DJ sets.

I did consider some of the range from the AKAI MPD collection. However the more I looked and read up on Native Instruments Maschine the more it made sense.

Just one immediate possibility of its application - like sampling the last track of the previous DJ's mix and then incorporating that into the beginning of my mix is a mouth watering prospect.

Another scenario is if I'm playing a CD based set (I'm finally learning to use CDJs, I jumped straight from over 10 years of vinyl to Ableton Live) having Maschine as a standalone live accompaniment is really useful.

Obviously I realise both of these instances can be created with other hardware samplers but its the clever mix of hardware and software that I'm really looking forward to getting to grips with. Never mind the million and one other things it can do (like MPC emulation, DAW control, step sequencer...)

Anyway... I don't need to rabbit on about how good it sounds. I'll leave it to Carl Craig and Kelvin Scholar to explain:

GARETH CHESHIRE - DISCO NOIR CHART (JULY 2010)

2010-07-05T03:42:00.000-07:00

I had the chance to play an early set at Peacock this past Friday which I recorded for a forthcoming Digi - Electronic DJ's Podcast (link shortly). A number of the tracks on the mix are featured in my July chart.

01. SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER - JOURNEY TO THE CORE OF THE UNKNOWN SPHERE [ROYAL OAK]
02. TORNADO WALLACE - PADDLIN' [DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR]
03. MARK E - YOU [MERC]
04. KING DJ - ATTACK OF THE KILLER MONKS [BEAR FUNK]
05. LOOSE FIT - CHUG (GREG WILSON REMIX) [JOIN THE DOTS]
06. JOHNWAYNES - GET UP (JUST JOHN MIX) [ENDLESS FLIGHT]
07. HATCHBACK - JETLAG (FAZE ACTION REMIX) [THISISNOTANEXIT]
08. LAURENT GARNIER - GNANMANKOUDJI (EMPEROR MACHINE REMIX) [PIAS]
09. AJELLO - 2000 LIGHTYEARS FROM HOME [MAD ON THE MOON]
10. SAN SODA - ODE AAN DE VERKEERDREMPEL [WE PLAY HOUSE]

Keep an eye on Space Dimension Controller AKA Jack Hamill. The 20 year old from Belfast recently played a live set at Sonar Festival in Barcelona.

The rather long titled 'Journey To The Core of The Unknown Sphere' sounds like it was produced in Detroit in the mid 80s before jumping into a DMC-12 and smashing into modern day slo-mo disco / house. Great Scott!

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - SAVE OUR LOVE (GARETH CHESHIRE EDIT)

2010-07-05T03:07:00.000-07:00

I haven't done a complete re-edit that I've let loose on SoundCloud for a while. I felt I needed to come back with something good, I really love this track and extra care was taken with it so as to not destroy the feeling of the original.

When people create edits (I feel) a lot of the time they seem to lose track of why they're editing the track in the first place. Instead churning badly warped loops that take away, rather than enhance the original work.

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - SAVE OUR LOVE (GARETH CHESHIRE EDIT) by Gareth Cheshire

It's been picking up some great support and feedback, thanks everyone!

More on ENFY: DISCOGS / YOUTUBE (ORIGINAL VERSION)

VERSATILE EP

2010-06-23T13:23:00.000-07:00

I know I've been neglecting the blog of late. However there is a valid reason - I've been concentrating on getting some music together!

Above The Clouds:

GARETH CHESHIRE - ABOVE THE CLOUDS [UNSIGNED] by Gareth Cheshire

Time Is A Consequence:

GARETH CHESHIRE - TIME IS A CONSEQUENCE [UNSIGNED] by Gareth Cheshire

I'll be starting work on the final track for this EP in the next few weeks.

LIVE FROM THE PEACOCK (27/05/10) PART II

2010-06-23T13:21:00.000-07:00

Here is the second (shorter) set I played later on in the night.

GARETH CHESHIRE - PEACOCK (27/05/10) PART II by Gareth Cheshire

LIVE MIX FROM THE PEACOCK (27/05/10)

2010-06-06T13:17:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone

Here is my set from The Peacock on Thursday 27th May. I'll put the full tracklisting up in the next couple of days.

Thanks to Mr. Paul and the rest of The Peacock gang for having me down there.

GARETH CHESHIRE - PEACOCK (27/05/10) by Gareth Cheshire

GARETH CHESHIRE DISCO NOIR CHART (MAY 2010)

2010-05-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

Today I thought I'd give you an insight into what music I'm playing at the moment. This is the first monthly chart update.

If your visiting The Peacock this Friday (21st) or next Thursday (27th) you can expect to hear some of these:

01. MASANORI IKEDA - RIBBON [FLOWER]
02. MARCOS CABRAL & SHUX - LIFETIME GROOVE [ON THE PROWL]
03. JOHNNY DYNELL - JAM HOT (TENSNAKE REMIX) [SMASH HIT MUSIC]
04. SARE HAVELICEK - DREAMS IN LIGHT (RAY MANG ATTAKSHAK REMIX) [NANG]
05. COSMONAUTS - EL TORO [DISCO VOLANTE]
06. SAALIM - SNOWFALL FALL TRIBE YIN (FEELIN' ALRIGHT) (AKOS COOLKAS REMIX) [BORED AUDIO]
07. LAUER - DELTA NRG / MTX9 SD BETA [PERMANENT VACATION]
08. TOOMY DISCO - BACK FROM COSMOS [SPACEWALKER]
09. PETE GOODING & CHRIS COCO - NIGHT DANCE (TOBY TOBIAS REMIX) [NANG]
10. THE BEATDOWN SOUNDMACHINE - GROOVE IS ON MY MIND (LTJ X-PERIENCE MIX) [SLEAZY BEATS]

I think the Masanori Ikeda release has been out on vinyl for ages but I don't care. It's such a great track!

I'll be recording my set on Friday so keep an eye out for it next week.

BEN TERRY (TIRK RECORDS) APRIL MIX

2010-05-13T13:15:00.000-07:00

Off to Ibiza this summer? Tirk Records and The Pool have just announced a monthly residency at Space for We Love Sundays.

In the coming months you can catch guests such as Steve Kotey, Bottin, Architeq, Soft Rocks and Phoreski alongside residents Matty J and Ben Terry.

Also booked to play We Love... over the summer is Aphex Twin, Prins Thomas, Carl Craig, Matthew Dear, Bill Brewster, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Joris Voorn... the list goes on and on!

You can check out Ben Terry's April Mix below:

Ben Terry (Tirk Records) April 2010 Mix by benterry

MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE... AT LAST!

2010-05-07T04:53:00.000-07:00

Danilo Plessow (AKA) Motor City Drum Ensemble touches down in Liverpool tomorrow night at Coco De Mer. To say I'm excited is really an understatement.

Since I first listened to MCDE's release on Compost Black at the tail end of 2007 I have bought and played more or less everything he has produced since.

In essence his music is a distillation of everything that is good about house, techno and jazz music. A mix between the old and the new that so few manage to get right.

I'm crossing my fingers, hoping he'll play his new remix of Zero 7 - Home at some point tomorrow.

You can check out the DJ mixes that got so many of my friends interested in him below:

BEATS IN SPACE RADIO SHOW #481 WITH MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE

RESIDENT ADVISOR PODCAST 132: MCDE by invrs

Also here's an interview with Danilo from the excellent Wunderkind blog for you to check out.

A collection of his Raw Cuts EP series was released last month.

See you tomorrow. It's going to be special.

SAALIM - SNOWFALL TRIBE YIN (FEELIN' ALRIGHT)

2010-05-02T03:42:00.000-07:00

Arriving at the end of May is the debut EP from Northern Ireland's Bored Audio. I played the Acos CoolKAs remix recently at Pigeon Hole Disco and it sounded all nice and lovely! Also featured is an excellent remix from Toby Tobias that morphs the laid back original into a heavy hitting monster.

PRE ORDER HERE: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/Snowfall-Tribe-Yin-Feelin-Alright/390716-01/

MR PAUL & GED LEVER MIXES

2010-05-02T02:59:00.000-07:00

Another day and another two new mixes! This time from Mr Paul (Chibuku Shake Shake) and a mini-mix from Ged Lever.

Both should perfectly wet your appetite for our upcoming appearance together at The Peacock on Friday 21st May.

Peacockset2 by mrpaul7t7

Ged Lever - Mini mix by Derek El Pyro

SIMON KEAT - THE ACID DISCO MIX

2010-05-01T05:51:00.000-07:00

One of the driving reasons behind me creating this new blog is so I can help raise awareness to the high quality of DJs Liverpool possesses.

Simon Keat posted this mix on the CIRCUS Messageboard a few days ago and I thought it would be a perfect way to kick off the first of what I hope will be many guest mixes to follow.

Its a beautifully mixed selection in honour of his heroes: Ron Hardy and Theo Parrish.

Further details about the mix and the tracklisting can be found on Simon's SoundCloud Profile.

The Acid Disco by Simon Keat

DRINKING PEACOCK LAST TIME I WAS IN COCKTAILS

2010-04-30T07:42:00.000-07:00

On Friday 21st and Thursday 27th of May you can catch me DJing at The Peacock on Seel Street.

21/05/10 - Mr. Paul, Ged Lever, Gareth Cheshire
27/05/10 - Mr. Paul, Gareth Cheshire

Here's my live set from the first time I played there:

GARETH CHESHIRE - THE PEACOCK 101009 by Gareth Cheshire

ESSENTIAL MIX 500 WITH AEROPLANE

2010-04-30T06:20:00.000-07:00

Where do I start with this post?

It's taken me a week to get over the occasion and I'll be downright honest - I barely remember anything of it.

The night got off to a quiet start at my friend Sean's house. We had a mix for a few hours (on turntables no less) and downed a bottle of vodka between us in swift succession. It was during this mass vodka intake that I received a text message from another friend David telling me Daft Punk we're the special guests at CIRCUS.

Being quite drunk at this stage both Sean and I we're in shock. I contacted a DJ (who I won't name because I'm still thinking of ways of how to get him back). To find out what was going on and what followed was the biggest leg pulling incident of my entire life! I'll blame the vodka and not my idiocy... moving swiftly on...

Listening back now for the first time, Aeroplane made for excellent guests. I just wish I could relive it, without being in such a state!

Aeroplane - 500th Essential Mix (Live from Circus Liverpool) by Aeroplane (Official)

YOUSEF - CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE VOLUME 2

2010-04-23T10:06:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd post this up quick because I'm off to the CIRCUS 500th Essential Mix Party tonight!

Something different (and really enjoyable) from Yousef:

Yousef Cinematic Experience Volume 2 by yousef

Perfect for post club listening or a nice walk on a lovely summers day.

Gareth

WE LOVE... FRESH BLOOD

2010-04-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I won the 'We Love... Fresh Blood' DJ Competition.

You can download the winning mix, tracklisting and other details from the 'We Love' website:

http://www.welove-music.com/we-love-DJs/Gareth-Cheshire

GARETH CHESHIRE - WE LOVE... FRESH BLOOD by Gareth Cheshire

WELCOME!

2010-04-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome and thanks for visiting my new blog! In the coming weeks I will be adding content and changing the design (this is only temporary).

This time around the aim is to provide a more personalised blog than with my previous mix only offering 'The Downstairs Mixup'.

You'll be able to find out about mixes, productions, tracks I like, party information and lots of other stuff you would expect from a blog of this sort.

Also I get quite a few people asking me to help them out with various Ableton Live issues and because I'm usually rubbish at explaining myself in person I'll aim to cover certain subjects via this blog. I don't know much but it might be handy for someone... somewhere!

Have a great weekend.

Gareth