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Danny’s Midsommer Nights Wonk Mix

July 8, 2010

For those of you who experienced the wonderful wonkiness of ‘A Midsommer Nights Wonk’ in Stafford recently then here is a lasting reminder of the fun you had – Danny’s special Midsommer Wonk DJ Mix! For those of you who haven’t been to a Wonk party yet, why not?  This is what you’re missing… a [...]

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WHAT CAME NEXT…….Remixing, The Hacienda and Strawberry Fields . . .

June 21, 2010

After I’d made ‘This Ain’t Chicago’ I did another mix with Jon Williams, the guy from Phonogram. We did a remix of a track by Brandon Cooke featuring Roxanne Shante; the track was called ‘Sharp as a Knife’. We did an acid version of it. Basically, we thought that the original track was a load [...]

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The Hacienda Must Be Re:)Built gets it’s first DJ Plays!!

June 9, 2010

And the crowd goes wild! Hehe. We gave sneak previews of the tracks on our forthcoming ‘Hacienda’ single to some friends and got them to film the reactions it got. Below is what happened when SOS and Herman Cattaneo played it out…Nice eh? The Hacienda Must Be Re:)Built – SOS

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“T-Coy – Carino: Soul Mekanik Stage Left Version” is Essential Tune!

June 8, 2010

Check this out! We did a remix of this Acid House Classic and Pete Tong played it on his show on Friday. Everyone loved it so much he’s now made it the essential tune of the week ! Thanks guys. And just in case you were wondering why we called it the stage left mix, [...]

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The Hacienda Must Be Re-Built!

June 4, 2010

We’re not hanging around on the release front this summer, which means lots of nice new tunage for you lucky people! After we release ‘Foca-Mostar-Sarajevo’, our next single will be a track that refuses to die – ‘The Hacienda Must Be Re:)built’ which was originally released by Danny and Kelvin under their Sound 5 guise [...]

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Frankie ‘Pleasuredome’ Remix….

May 21, 2010

So……this post might not be here for long, but since Danny put this on his SoundCloud page (streaming only), he has had every man and his dog asking for a copy. Another house music download for you then! It’s not really ours to give away but we have the surreptitious blessing of a few of [...]

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Soul Mekanik release ‘Foca-Mostar-Sarajevo’

May 19, 2010

In a departure from their normal up-tempo tunage Soul Mekanik have created a very special piece of Balearic wizardry. Inspired by a trip through The Balkans, Danny & Kelvin channeled the spirit of the Bosnian Goat Herders and headed straight to the studio to create ‘Foca-Moster-Sarajevo’. Originally appearing on the promo mix version of the [...]

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Electronic Groove Podcast – Soul Mekanik DJ set

May 18, 2010

Before we left the studio at the weekend to head out here to LA ,we thought we’d do a little podcast for the lovely people at Electronic Groove. There’s a bit of Q and A and a nice new DJ mix, which we’re sure that you’ll like. Fancy a listen to what we did? Yes? [...]

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This Ain’t Chicago’s “Ride the Rhythm” – 12″ vinyl release on the cards

May 14, 2010

Good News! Good News! As you’ll know, we’re releasing a 21st Anniversary edition of Danny’s first ever record (This Ain’t Chicago – “Ride The Rhythm”, in case you’ve had your head stuck in the sand!). Well, when he heard this spectacular piece of news, our mate Little Dan, who happens to run a very cool [...]

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Acid House and how I came to make ‘Ride the Rhythm’

May 6, 2010

You might have seen from the last post that I’ve remade my very first ever record. Made when I was seventeen and just starting to find out about this new music being borne that everyone was calling ‘acid house’. I was converted. Originally I was booked into the studio to finish off a track that [...]

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