Trainspotters will no doubt note some glaring omissions, and a couple of more modern things thrown in (albeit heavily sampling or influenced by this era) . Plus there were alot of weird European electronic records which I later found out made up the component parts of much of what I liked in early House, but time was an issue and it wasn’t a sit down history lesson !

Might well do a ‘Chapter Two’ at some point, for all the ones I missed !

Anyways, hope you enjoy…what we’re gonna do right here is go back

Chris Duckenfield_History Of Acid House@Zutekh_Manchester02-07-2010 by Chris Duckenfield

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Apparently my 20 odd years on the job have made me something of an Acid House veteran !
Probably more to do with a welcome return to rawer, and less polished music working the floors again than anything else, but I’m more than happy to oblige, join a few dots and keep the spirit alive : ]

Look forward to seeing you at one of these soon

Oh, by the way Electric Elephant Festival pressure is building up nicely, I’m sure I’ve blathered on about it lots already, but it really is well worth a visit…
Here’s a little promo mix for the after dark activities, enjoy.

ONE NIGHT IN BARBARELLA’S_ELECTRIC ELEPHANT PROMO by Chris Duckenfield

Pure old school tracklist from me, I’m playing the last bit – 4-6am, ripping tracks right now, and hurtling down memory lane, all for a very good cause.

Come and show your support !

This Friday folks !
Myself and the unstoppable Leo Zero alongside grand wizard of web warbling and supreme selector Bill Brewster – Expect Disco of all shapes and sizes, House music and Lost Classics ’til dawn. This is as good a warm up gig for the Electric Elephant as you’re gonna get, so come on down !

THE POPULAR PEOPLES FRONT_LIVE_JAN09 by PPF LIVE MIX

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Been bursting to blab about this one, and now the first wave of line-up’s has been announced I can let the, er, elephant out of the bag : ]

Not sure in what capacity my services will be required as yet, but more detailed info on times and dates will be posted here as soon as I have ‘em

It really is an awesome festival, if you want to know a little more, check in HERE

While I’m here, would just like to say a big, big thanks to everyone who made it down to The Room in Madrid last Friday, and Back To Basics on Saturday. Both nights are well into their teens now, and have had their share of ups and downs, but it’s fair to say a solid team behind the scenes and a dedicated crowd continue to make them the wonderful events they are – much, much fun !

New mixes posted soon, had a few studio setbacks which have gotten in the way of all audio activity, but should be back up and running by next week

As luck would have it though, I just did a ‘Morning After The Night Before’ mix for those lovely peoples at the FEEL UP Blog…

Hope you all enjoy the Easter break this weekend, I’ll be doing a little something HERE It’s free too, so come say hello if you’re in the area !

• It’s been an action packed January in the studio, previews of all the forthcoming stuff in the post below !
• My Myspace page has had a major overhaul, including a full Discography & Remixography, mix links, chart & updated biog – so now there are two online options for staying tuned in, check it out HERE
• All new 2010 Chart action can be perused on the CHARTS PAGE
• Gigs are coming in thick and fast for the first half of the year, I’ll be continuing with my residency at SAWA in Sheffield (see previous post) and also dropping in this Saturday (Feb 6th) at the awesome FREAKIN in York.

• Finally, a mixed bag of tricks on the DJ Mix front for you this time around, with the long overdue posting (sorry !) of a bit of my l o n g set at Mad Racket’s 11th birthday in Sydney from back in October, plus (amazingly) a good chunk of the Sunday day time session the day after !

LIVE RECORDING FROM MAD RACKET’S 11th BIRTHDAY PARTY_SYDNEY_OCT ‘09:
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LIVE RECORDING FROM B SIDES @ The Beresford (the day after !)
Right after the Racket session, we bedded in for an all-dayer at the lovely Beresford boozer @ Lorna Clarkson’s ace B Sides party, here’s a slab of that Gin & Guinness soaked Sunday set:
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BONUS !
Here’s a more Discoid style session recorded live at my debut ALL EARS night:
LIVE @ ALL EARS_SHEFFIELD DEC ‘09

And I’ll sign off with more glorious Disco flavours from the latest installment in the Discolated Hip series !
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I was absolutely over the moon to be asked to get involved in a Heaven 17 Remix project, co-ordinated by the excellent Mixed In Sheffield crew.

Fascist Groove Thing was a chart topper way back in 1981, in the midst of the hideous Thatcher years, which I remember clearly, if not fondly. Sadly the same themes which undoubtedly inspired the original seem to be topical again, racist bigots like the BNP winning political seats and a chinless brigade of privately educated and out of touch idiots about to take over at number 10, some things never change.

It’s always a tall order tampering with such well-loved music, but I think I managed to strip this 150 bpm synth-pop classic back to it’s steely Sheffield core.

HEAVEN 17_FASCIST GROOVE THING_DUCKBEATS SO-YO DUB

Next up we have the debut release on a new label venture from my good friends over in Croatia, Burek will kick off soon with a sterling release from the ever on-form Kink

KINK_YAKO_DUCKBEATS DUB

Another timely Acid drenched number from the legendary Back To Basics resident Buckley & studio partner Jon Woodall, soon to be released on the revived Basics label, aciiieedddd !

BUCKWOOD_HALF INCH JACK REWIRE

Last, but by no means least our new & decidedly epic Extended Play release is almost ready to go, it’s another collaborative affair with my label partners The Jet Project and sounds a little bit like this:

JP & DB_ASCENSION (DUCKBEATS DUB)

JP & DB_ASCENSION (JET PROJECT VERSION)

Well, it’s been quite a few years since my last steel city residency at the celebrated SCUBA night !

So, it’s with no small amount of excitement that I commence a long overdue monthly slot in the city’s newest, most bijou and certainly loudest venue – SAWA.

The mission to provide the perfect Saturday night soundtrack for Sheffield’s underground freaks starts here…
Live recordings from the monthly will be posted on the ALL EARS @ SAWA Facebook page & of course here, for your ‘listen again’ pleasure – Amen

TAKE ME TO THE HALF INCH JACK TRACKS ALREADY !

‘And jack had a groove, and from this groove came the groove of all grooves….’

]]> http://www.chrisduckenfield.com/?feed=rss2&p=369 0 http://www.chrisduckenfield.com/?p=356 http://www.chrisduckenfield.com/?p=356#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:05:22 +0000 Chrisduck http://www.chrisduckenfield.com/?p=356 Heading off to a land down-under for the 11th Birthday celebrations of the best party in Sydney ! MAD RACKET.

Really looking forward to this one, and a couple of other parties in the neighbourhood (Including some post-Racket Sunday weird & wonderful wonkyness at the Beresford for the excellent B Side)

Also done 50 copies of an exclusive after-hours CD, which I’ll be dishing out at Racket as a thankyou to the wonderful Racketeers who make the party so special

Here’s a snippet of some recent Warehouse action to warm those legs up a little:

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As luck would have it our good friends The Popular People’s Front are also in the area this weekend, so be sure to check them @ the Good God Small Club for some Discolated debauchery ’til dawn !
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Their first release (on their Myspace page linked above) is a monster from THE REVENGE, with new material from Eddie C also in the works.

With a current return to raw, no frills sample-house, it seemed fitting to pay homage to some masters of the genre like Prescription Underground, Natureboy & Mood II Swing. So, the plan is to release these three tracks across two 12’s, with the fantastic ANDY ASH on remix duties for ‘Loni’s Groove’

DUCKBEATS_HOUSE BACK HOME PART ONE

MUSIC (DON’T STOP)

REPEAT PRESCRIPTION

DUCKBEATS_HOUSE BACK HOME PART TWO

LONI’S MOOD

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OK, back in the Steel City this weekend for the WARP20 shenanigans. Kicking things off in true ‘89 style with a secretive warehouse party deep in the former industrial heartland of the city.

You can find out a bit more  HERE &  HERE

Myself, DJ PIpes and Maurice Fulton will be dropping warehouse goodness from past, present and future. Sure to be road-blocked, red hot and proper !

‘LOVE DUB’ is the first of many collaborative efforts from label founders The Jet Project & Duckbeats and is a sonic journey into the early morning dancefloor undergrowth !

On Remix duty we have the classically trained Berlin B-Boy Siopis (check the releases on Get Physical, amongst others), and the rather wonderful Sei A (who has delivered a belter)
All that sits happily next to the hefty original and a warrior charge dub from yours truly…

You can rush over and buy it now from Beatport.

AND, being as you so regularly support our occasional output, here’s a big fat one hour slab of free DJ mixage, courtesy of the Jet Project, recorded live at their Stiff Kitten residency in Belfast

JET PROJECT_DJ SESSION_BELFAST_AUG09

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More original material and exclusive remixes on the way. Play on !

Coming up on Saturday the 8th August, I’ll be heading to the fantastic Big Chill Festival in Malvern, to do that thing I do in the Rizla tent, round about 11 until close. Kind of a late edition to proceedings, so not much of a heads up I know, but very much looking forward to taking it all in down there !

I know I’m pretty slack at updating this little blog/site of mine, and I’ll spare you the excuses (although parenting and record distribution are incredibly time consuming !). By way of apology, here’s a snippet from a recent gig for the crew over at Subject in Dublin:

SUBJECT BIRTHDAY MIX

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MAD RACKET !

Yes yes ! Last bit of news for this post – I’ll be heading over to my second home; Sydney, for the last two weeks in October.
A few tasty gigs lined up, including my favourite place to play in that hemisphere or any other, Mad Racket who’ll be celebrating their 11th year of party throwing par excellence, can’t wait !

More detailed gig info, barbeque ideas and didgeridon’ts in the next update…

A very big thank you to the Unabombers and The Garden festival team, not forgetting Pytzek, Sergej and the crew at Porat for an unforgettable Adriatic adventure last week.
Managed to get in a club gig, amazing Electric Elephant launch party (on a beautiful boat) and a very extended set in the second room in Porat.
All in beautiful surroundings, with a belly full of fine seafood and ale…It’s a hard life !

You still have time to get your Electric Elephant tickets for the end of August, last year was amazing and the line-up’s this year are serious !

The fantastic, indeed legendary WARP label are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, true to form they’re doing it in fine style, not only by throwing some huge parties in Paris, New York and Tokyo, but also by finishing the whole thing off in Sheffield, their hometown.

I’ll be playing and getting involved at some of the several events planned in the city throughout September, more details coming soon.

In the meantime, you have another week or so to pre-order one of the seriously tasty looking anniversary BOX SETS which, amazingly – given the calibre of their back catalogue – features a little track we did for the label back in ‘95 under the RAC moniker. Raucous Electro business…I always thought ‘Nine’ on the flip was one of the best ones we did, but there you go…here’s a blast from the past_RAC_Double Jointed:

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It’s a cracking new cut from the Jet Project boys, and features mixes from the ever on form Worthy, Darius Syrossian & Nyra and Duckbeats !

You can rush over and buy it now from Beatport.

EP 3 is underway, and will be a collaborative effort from myself and the aforementioned Jetsters, oh and be sure to check their excellent debut album coming soon on Darkroom Dubs.

Late posting peoples, but I’m heading over to Leeds on Saturday the 6th June for some sweaty, no holds barred HOUSE MUSIC action alongside exteemed residents Buckly and Burnski….they’ve certainly nailed the legendary Basics vibe in their current home at My House so if you’re in the area, you know what to do !

In case you need to wet your, er…ears
Here’s a session from Sirup in Zagreb a couple of weeks back:
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