Upbeat euro inspired house track with jamming vocals by Will Curry. This is the first track from my new collaboration called, Drop and Solo (aka Drolo) with Will Curry (aka Drop). We are currently in studio writing new material for an upcoming release, more news to follow shortly. We also have a site up at www.dropandsolo.com.
Drop and Solo – Never Saw It Coming
Whoever said you can’t keep a good woman down obviously had the foresight to know that Ruth Flowers was soon to be hot on the DJ scene. She spins at the hottest clubs in Paris, wears some of the freshest duds, and she’s called "Mamy" by those closest to her. See, Ruth is 69 years old…and she literally kills on the decks.
"It’s a little bit glammy…a bit over the top, perhaps. But it fits the bill, I think", the softspoken sextagenarian quips about her musical styles. Influenced by her grandson’s music she heard at his birthday party at a London nightclub. "I was dumbfound…there was such an atmosphere! It was so different from the parties I used to go when I was young. There was a real osmosis between the lights and the music, it really drove and made me feel so much younger."
Since the budding DJ was on pension, she had a lot of free time. Her grandson introduced her to a French producer and they hit it off immediately. With the help of his team, she began to book local gigs and now mans the music at hot spots throughout France. Up next for Ruth? Her debut single, Mamy Rock, is scheduled for an as-yet-to-be-determined release.
Watch part of her original web series, Behind the Decks, below. (I had no idea she was this legit when I joke-tweeted about her earlier this week.)
mp3: DJ Ruth Flowers – Mamy Rock
In anticipation of his upcoming album, The Keep, on April 19, South London’s Boy 8-Bit will team up with fellow countryman, Fake Blood, on a tour through North American. The trek kicks off this coming week in Calgary before ending the journey back in Canada near the end of the month.
Even though Boy 8-Bit, nee David Morris, grew up "listening to Guns N Roses, Metallica and a lot of heavy metal", he’s been able to carve out quite the niche for the lovers of sporadically rad dance tracks. Whether remixing big hits from La Roux or creating his own original bangers, he’s successfully made a name for himself as a purveyor of "sweaty good times".
All dates for his North American tour are below.
March 9 - Hi Fi — Calgary, AB
March 10 - Fortune Sound Club — Vancouver, BC
March 11 - Starlite Room — Vancouver, BC
March 12 - Mezzanine — San Francisco, CA
March 13 - Hard 13 @ Nokia — Los Angeles, CA
March 14 - Voyeur — San Diego, CA
March 15 - The Vault — El Paso, TX
March 17 - Republic Live — Austin, TX
March 18 - Beta — Denver, CO
March 19 - Webster Hall — New York, NY
March 20 - Sound Academy — Toronto, ON
March 25 - Hard Pool Party — Miami, FL
March 26 - Ultra Festival — Miami, FL
March 27- SAT — Montreal, QC
mp3: Florence and The Machine – Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
mp3: Little Boots – Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
mp3: Gossip – Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)
mp3: La Roux – Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
mp3: Fake Blood – Mars (Boy 8-Bit Cover)
On the heels of their wildly popular and extremely rad new release, Black Light (which is out everywhere now), Groove Armada are set to make a proper US invasion from mid to late March. If you haven’t copped the album yet, get it here, then keep on reading for a chance to win tickets to their NYC show.
Black Light is GA’s 6th studio album, and since first being laid in the ears of critics and bloggers alike, the response has been an overwhelming rush of positivity and pleasant hand claps. Considered by some to be their best and most cohesive offering to date, we can attest that Andy and Tom are on their grind with this release. From beginning to end, we give the electro synthpop album a big ol’ beastly seal of approval.
With a tour of the States set beginning later this month (all dates here including a few European dates), you can guarantee we’ll be in attendance at their March 24 Webster Hall show here in NYC. We want to see you there dancing alongside us too…so we’re tossing out a pair of tickets to the gig! Info on how to enter below.
Want to hit the Groove Armada show with a friend? If you’ve frequented the contests here before, then you’ll know we are cerifiably "twitter-crazy". So start by following us if you aren’t already…winners get notified by DM, and the only way we can send you a beastly congratulatory message is if you’re on board the beast train.
Next, simply copy and paste the below message and hit send in whatever tweeterrific application you use (we’re partial to TweetDeck ourselves…)
yo @sheenabeaston, turn up the black lights, because i’m going to dance all night long with you at the @groovearmada show @websterhall
That’s all you gotta do…easy peasy. Contest will remain open until 5pm on Friday March 19, so you’ve got two weeks to hit me with your tweets.
mp3: Groove Armada (featuring SaintSaviour) – I Wont Kneel (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Tayisha Busay have been rocking my body since I first caught ‘em live back in January. Now, I along with they, are super-pee-in-ya-pants-excited to announce the debut of their first 5 song EP, SHOCK-WOO. It’s a self-released album that the nasty trio has been fundraising for and they’ll be promoting it on a mini-tour this month.
To celebrate, these gnarly beasts are throwing an explosive dance party with live sets by Nite Club, Planet Rump, and of course they’ll get on stage and toss out a handful of cool.
Party is Friday, March 12 from 9pm-1am at Brooklyn Fire Proof East…a new venue!
To thank everyone for their support over the past year, they might even throw you a free EP, along with some pizza and hickies…but only if you arrive before complete debauchery takes over. Ad if you need any more incentive to get your butts there, watch the teaser vid below. Debaucherous, indeed.
mp3: Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (Nite Club Remix)
Ok, now we’ve got a deliciously-rad reason to smile…and dance…and tap our toes all afternoon long. Goldfrapp have unveiled their video for Rocket, the first single from upcoming album, Head First, due out March 22.
This video’s got everything we love…Allison doing her signature "peer over the hands", a massive rocket, desert dancers, a cameo from Will as a gas station attendant. Not to mention, we’re still completely infatuated with the song, and the others that have since been let out of the bag.
This video is 100% Beaston-approved…so watch it immediately! (UPDATE: seems like the below is overloaded…so if it’s not playing, jump here for the full, or here for a snippet guaranteed to work)
mp3: Goldfrapp – Rocket (Richard X Eight Four Remix)