Stu Robinson
Stu (Cosmic Boogie) has been playing with sound for around ten years now, everything from early house to drum and bass, and then back to disco, soul and funk. This is born from a passion for music that was pretty insatiable, and a thirst for knowledge of the origins of many of the samples, loops and rhythms that make electronic music what it is today. He has played alongside the likes of Theo Parrish, Ashley Beedle, Trus'me, Chris Duckenfield, Greg Wilson and Optimo, helping run the successful archive night in Liverpool. Musical Influences range from Talking Heads to Roni Size, Roy Ayers to Emperor Machine, The Undisputed Truth to Leftfield, and DJ influences from such legends as Ron Hardy, Chicken Lips, James Murphy, Larry Levan, Marcus Intalex and Gilles Peterson to name but a few. Stu can be found mixing and writing for his blog Cosmic Boogie, on web radio, guesting in fancy and not so fancy nightclubs, and maybe, just maybe...on a few of edits in your record collection. collective@cosmicboogie.co.uk
Mixes
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Galaxy Radio Tonight…
Its been a while since I did an update, mostly because I am a useless bastard. So this week will see three – thats right, three new mixes from people I have met on my travels of late, all the different shades of disco and house represented, of course. Tonight though its my turn, with a mix on Galaxy Radio going out sometime between the hours of 2am and 6am.
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Warsaw Rocks…
I was asked to go out to play in Poland by the Strictly Business crew (J-son and Funkoff – known to friends as Rafal and Jaromir) last weekend (28th November), and I just thought I would take a minute to reflect on a great trip, meeting cool, knowledgeable, talented and hospitable people at every turn.
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Music Played In Discotheques
Now online, ‘Music Played Played In Discotheques’ By Greg Wilson For The Tate Liverpool – available to download or stream in its full length two hour glory, or as two CD length one hour parts:
http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson
Clips from the Tate event can be viewed on YouTube:
Finale:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJJLH3aAWg
Soul Clapping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Max9GnpaBao
Shame Shame Shame:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr8a9IHPR3kMUSIC PLAYED IN DISCOTHEQUES
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Cool in the Pool
I was lucky enough to do a mix for Cool in the Pool and an interview a few weeks ago, and, as Its been up for a little while I thought I would link to it from here. The mix was a more uptempo affair than usual, on purpouse. I try to play as many different things as i can (as many different things as I like), however, don’t expect a genre mish-mash of everything going – just the usual groove based affair.
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The Tropical Space Machine
(Mix and Interview)Last week (last Thursday to be precise), I was asked to do a mix and interview for the Tropical Space Machine show on deep frequency radio.
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The mix for the Slabs…
Ive been so busy, I nearly forgot to post up that the return leg of the Mix for the Taberacle was sent to them on the final day of January with only moments to spare (or something nearly that dramatic), and that you can find it for download over at the excellent Slabs of the Taberacle website. I wont put it up here because the mix was crafted for them, but here is a tracklisting for those interested…
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The archive mix
A mix, not necessarily reflecting what will be played at the archive night, but certainly with the vibe that I hope will be around – an influx of style and sound constricted only by the DJ, not by anypreconceived ideas of what should or shouldn’t be played. This is a mix of disco “based” stuff I suppose, but really, its just a collection of tracks that I like. Hope you do too.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #14
Our latest mix was recorded live at Mosquito last month, was the soundtrack to many a tent party in Croatia, and has finally made it here. Enjoy!
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The Lonely Hearts Club Mix.
The Lonely Hearts Club is a monthly night in Manchester run by people who know how to promote and throw a party. Situated at the very cool Purple Pussycat, the music is a throw down of disco, funk, pop, cheese, soul, boogie and electro. Pretty much anything as long as its good. Cosmic Boogie were invited over to play on Friday 27th of June
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Boogie at the Disco.
We are great friends of Cosmic Disco over here. There are some things we don’t like about Manchester *cough, Ronaldo*, but Cosmic Disco is certainly not one of them. Not only is the blog an inspiration, its a virtual catacomb filled with musical treasures. Without these three aficionado’s this blog wouldn’t exist, and I bet countless others wouldn’t either. So its a real pleasure to have a Cosmic Boogie mix hosted by them.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #13
With those warmer days and hazy nights just around the corner, here comes Cosmic Boogie Mix #13: ‘Summer’s Coming’.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #12
A very good friend of mine came to DJ with me at The Magnet last week. Id pretty much say that he was responsible for putting me in touch with the side of me that yearned for more musically. This mix is a slow burning cosmic funk mix that is just about that music.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #11
Look up to the sky and listen. It’s Cosmic Boogie Mix #11.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #10
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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Cosmic Boogie Mix #9
Download or stream ‘Beyond The Moon’, recorded live at Geisha.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #8
Download or stream the eighth instalment of the Cosmic Boogie mix series, compiled with love by Gavin Kendrick.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #6
Do you Love Disco? We do – this mix was created by Stu Robinson for a Valentines night hand out last week – and now it gets passed on to everyone who couldnt make it down. Tracks from Goldie Alexander, Firefly, David Joseph, Sugardaddy, The Bionics and a few more – all the tracks have “love” in the title, just to show how in touch we are.
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #5
Download or stream the fifth Cosmic Boogie mix, compiled by Gavin Kendrick. With music from Reverso 68, Makossa and Megablast, Frankie Knuckles and more…
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #4
Download or stream Cosmic Boogie Mix #4 – a very disco affair. All the different flavours of disco you could hope for, recorded live in the home studio by Stu Robinson. Featuring Uncle louie, Eumir Deadato, Gwen Guthrie, The Earons and Jimmy “Bo” Horne…
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #3
Download or stream the third Cosmic Boogie mix, recorded live at Geisha with music from Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson, Mr. Fingers, Daft Punk, DJ Genesis, Osunlade, Kutiman and more…
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #2
Download or stream the second in a series of Cosmic Boogie mixes from Gavin Kendrick, featuring Coyote, Escort, Prince, Dennis Parker, Chaka Khan, Kathy Diamond and James Parker (full tracklisting to come soon)…
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Cosmic Boogie Mix #1
Download or stream the first in a series of Cosmic Boogie mixes from Stu Robinson, featuring Elektriks, Ray Mang, Reverso 68, Vince Montana, Emperorer machine and Moton to name but a few…
