Inaugural Beardo Disco Party (with Sorcerer!)
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Yet another night of DiscoHorror debauchery is upon us just next Wednesday, October 21st when we welcome our special guest DJ Dan Judd A.K.A. Sorcerer to our new night at the amazing 222 Club in the Tenderloin. We’re keeping it simple this time and calling the night ‘Beardo Disco’, as that will be exactly we’re playing there, because we love it so. You can undoubtedly expect some curveballs from Judd, as evidenced on his recent ‘Midnight Mixx‘ which runs the gamut from eccentric indie like Stereolab and Yura Yura Teikoku to laid back gangsta rap from Compton’s Most Wanted and even a few balearic tunes for good measure. The mix has been posted on Soundcloud for a month or two now, but take a listen anyways and be SURE to check out the event on Facebook!
Next we will finally share some much-needed new music, a fresh remix of Grackle A.K.A. Speculator‘s “Desert Acid” by German duo Musiccargo. The vinyl release is being handled by reliable European imprint Supersoul Recordings, and features another excellent cosmic/new-age version by Sombrero Galaxy aka Tako and Johnny Nash (of current DH-faves Discossession). But the Musiccargo remix is another thing entirely- a vaguely kraut-influenced slow-burner of a dance track with some lovely bell tones and catchy German-language vocals that I haven’t stopped playing since I got the 12″ in the mail a few weeks back. You may recognize Musiccargo from a track featured on Prins Thomas’ epochal ‘Cosmo Galactic Prism’ mix- which is a very esteemed honor around here- and the group also released their debut LP ‘Hand in Hand’ in July on Düsseldorf-based Amontillado Music. I’ve yet to track down a copy of the full-length but this remix is more than enough to hold anyone over in the meantime.
