Look up to the sky and listen. It’s Cosmic Boogie Mix #11.

 

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This month sees the start of a new residency for Cosmic Boogie in The Magnet (Liverpool). We will be playing there every Friday night, from 10 - 5, starting off upstairs till around midnight then moving down to take control of the fish tank. The music, as ever, will be a mixed up selection of old and new disco, funk, soul, boogie, electrofunk and everything in between.

This is the first of what will be a number of edits from Cosmic Boogie. The track chosen for Edit #1 is Handsome Man by Sparkle. It’s a tune I have liked for a long time, since hearing the Larry Levan mix of it that came out on a Salsoul Repress in 2004 (the original [...]

 

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To launch this new series, edits don Greg Wilson extends a somewhat forgotten Italian cult club classic with a mad as toast title, which was originally issued a decade before the term Italo Disco was coined. ‘Prisencolinensinainciusol’ by Adriano Celentano, with its relentless rhythm and horns, has been described as a rap release before there was such a genre. This glorious oddity found favour both on UK dancefloors and throughout Europe, following its release in 1973. It was still a choice oldie when Wilson started out as a club DJ in ’75, and he would frequently play it, as a 7” single, at his club residencies in New Brighton, the Golden Guinea, the Chelsea Reach and the Penny Farthing , during the following years.

About a month ago, I wrote an article on how to organise your MP3s for DJing. It would seem from the amount that have read it, it was found to be pretty useful. I thought that maybe following it up with a number of other Serato tutorials would be a good idea… so here is [...]

Little Dragon’s eponymous debut sways between hope and regret in a hazy dream of psychedelic Swedish soul.

Yet another impressive gathering of jazz dance workouts.

These dubs unfold a boundless sonic canvas, bridging past, present and future for an unparalleled listening experience.

A pitched down spacious affair, swimming in reverb and drenched with dub.

Cosmic Boogie Mix #10 touches down. A builder of a mix, with a more out and about selection. Tracks from Reverso 68, Herb Alpert, Akwaaba, Sugardaddy, Goat Dance and more…

 

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First in a series of many guest mixes - friends of Cosmic Boogie, DJs from the city, and CDs we happen to find lying around. This is from the afficionados over at deepsoul3, and a fine, slow bubbling, Balearic burner it is. Big love to them, and big love to you for listening in.

 

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Hope For Tomorrow bridges sound, style and culture, symbolising a humanity united in the pulse.

An Apollo Jazz limited album sampler.

The dark, daring path between techno, dubstep and breakbeat.

Download or stream ‘Beyond The Moon’, recorded live at Geisha.

 

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March has another 4 Cosmic Boogie @ Geisha dates for the diary. Same as usual; great music, free entry on the door, free cd’s given out (just come and ask us for one), and cheap drinks behind the bar for students. What more could you ask for on a Thursday?

Download or stream the eighth instalment of the Cosmic Boogie mix series, compiled with love by Gavin Kendrick.

 

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