Detroit reactions to classic rave tune Spice by EON

The above video depicts enthusiastic Detroit reactions to the classic rave tune Spice by EON, aka Ian Loveday.

Oh, and RIP EON.

DISCO NECTAR on BBC Radio One

I was asked to do a phone interview about the night for this week's BBC Introducing with Bethan Elfyn. I also had the privelege of choosing three tunes to play which were: To London by Falty DL (Ramp), Death Tunnel by Black Meteoric Star (DFA) and Specialise by The Hidden Persuader (Bass4Bots). To have a listen to the clip, click here. It's about an hour in to the show. Hope you enjoy the tracks. If you like what you hear, come to the Disco Nectar Birthday Bash on Saturday June 20th at Undertone Basement. See you there!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DISCO NECTAR!

Celebrate with us at Undertone Basement on SATURDAY JUNE 20th with special guest, Dj Benetti!

Almost a whole year ago, a mysterious new club night called Disco Nectar emerged on the Cardiff scene bringing Clone records star Orgue Electronique to the unexpected venue of a pub function room in the city centre where scenes of uncontrollable jackin' ensued. He was followed by a string of other exciting guest Djs and artists such as Syntheme (Planet Mu), Legowelt, Dj Guy, Placid, Joe Hart and a quality acts from the South Wales scene namely Orcop, Valley Lines and the Access Tonal Communications collective. Now a monthly night at Underone Basement, Disco Nectar celebrates its first birthday with an Italo Disco special brought to you by DJ Benetti.
Dj Benetti:

William Bennett, of Experimental Noise band Whitehouse, joins us under his Disco moniker. Expect Giorgio Moroder-esque space synths, New Wave electronic drums and irresistibly infectious melodies. Having made his DJ debut under the alias Benetti at a Mafia-controlled pizza restaurant in 1980, Benetti is now renowned as one of the unsung pioneers of the Italo sound. Most recently dropping his disco diamonds an the Bloc Weekender he has played at Cocadisco (London) a record 6 times in addition to his residency at italoBLACK in Edinburgh and the monthly Disco Caligula parties, delivering magical musical odysseys that have enchanted both Italo initiates and hardcore cognoscenti every time.

UPCOMING PARTIES!

SATURDAY 16th MAY:
DISCO NECTAR vs. BODY HAMMER with JOE HART & PAUL PURGAS

SATURDAY 20th JUNE:
1st BIRTHDAY PART with DJ BENETTI (Whitehouse/italoBLACK) + DISCO NECTAR Djs

SATURDAY 18th JULY: CANCELLED DUE TO VENUE REFURB.

SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER:
DISCO NECTAR vs. Swn Festival - Line-up TBA

All happening @ Undertone Basement Bar & Club
(under 10Ft Tall) on Church Street, Cardiff.
10pm-4am

Disco Nectar vs. Body Hammer 16/04/09

This month, Disco Nectar teams up with London's almighty Body Hammer bringing you the best Electro, Acid, Jack and Disco that you'll probably ever hear.With BH resident and promoterJoe Hart having played at the launch party last year, and the two nights booking legends such as Legowelt and Orgue Electronique resepectively, it was only a matter of time before we hooked up.

JOE HART
The brains behind Body Hammer, an underground night in the real sense of the word taking place at secret late-night E2 jackin' zones and office blocks. Joe's sets are heavily influenced by the sound of WBX Radio and The Hague Electro scene. He is also a BLOC resident; you may have seen him standing in for Metro Area at this year's festival.

PAUL PURGAS
Paul is a resident at Body Hammer as well as one half of experimental techno duo, Emptyset, releasing on Future Days and Caravan. Originally from Wales, we're pleased to welcome him back to unleash some of his fine Acid House records on the citizens of Cardiff.

Disco Nectar residents:

UNDERPASS:
Lee Marshall who releases warm electronica and bassy electro on Urban Planning Records is back, but this time as a DJ.

SYNCHRONOISE
He's probably being playing records since before you were born, so listen up kids. Electrofunk, Italo, Hip-House and Acid.

C++
Former promoter of Reload and Machine Meadow, he's played at every wedding, fourtieth birthday party and village disco you can imagine but vinyl freak C++'s first true love is electro, and doesn't he know it. He might play dubstep if you ask nicely :-)

The party will happen at our usual monthly venue, Undertone Basement (uner 10ft Tall) on Church Street, Cardiff. We're open from 10pm-4am and we'll charge you a meagre £4 for the privelege.

April update

Thanks massively to everyone who made it to our last event! For those of you who didn't attend you missed a fine liveset by UNscene who played some of his best stuff I've heard to date. You may have heard UNscene bashing out bass heavy electro under his Hidden Persuader moniker, most recently supporting Luke Vibert in Cardiff. This set had quite a different sound and I was seriously impressed by this guy's genre-melding collection of tunes ranging from warm, melodic downtempo techno reminiscent of Boards of Canada, through to jerky electro culminating in some rinsed out jungle. Go Bob! UNscene was followed by our guest Djs from Bristol, The Kelly Twins (Dan and Sean) playing two hours of ace tunes back to back. This was an eclectic set, as was expected including some fine electro classics, italo disco, Acid and Chicago house . At one point, everyone in the club was dancing. Nice work!

Look forward to our next party at Undertone on May 16th.