Playlist

Here's my playlist from last night (it's a slow builder as I was first on the decks). Big shout out to Team Mega Mix (loved the interview on FM Brussel), STDJs and MeMeMe. Cheers now, The Phantom.

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling towards Ecstasy (Junior Boys Mix)
Studio - West Side
Sods (Cover/Remix by Rework & Trentemøller) - Copenhagen
The Unknown Cases - Masimbabele (original '83 version)
John Miles - Stranger in the City (Pilooski Edit)
Burial - Night Bus
Rufus Wainwright - Tiergarten (Supermayer Remix)
The Black Dog - Train by the Autobahn (part 2)
Maggotron Crushing Crew - Miami Bass Express
Player Player - Think Fast (Bolt Action Five & Flawless Victory remix)
George Michael - Outside 08 (Kimono Kops Remix)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Chew-Fu refix featuring J-Cast and Substantial)
Róisín Murphy - You Know Me Better (Toddla T Nu Remix)

And then came the Teds...

New Hormones on the Beeb (and the MDMA)

Some coverage of The Phantom's New Hormones website. Here's a piece for BBC Manchester online. And here's what the Manchester District Music Archive made of it. More to follow...
Oh, and many thanks to Jon Savage for allowing use of his article on The Secret Public on the site. Respect!

Bosh, Bosh, Bosh!!!

Great to see Seb and Alax from Tapedeck on their own manor at Bosh! at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch last Friday. Check out the killer bassline on the semifinalists remix on their Myspace! Have a listen to Burmese Days too - they played live at the OBL. The band's Myspace says they sound like Orange Juice and The Smiths. More like Subway Sect and The Band of Holy Joy, I reckon. Fronted by a stick insect (think a teenage Jarvis Cocker with long curly hair). Could go places. Just like Cajun Dance Party: Thom Yorke's a fan already. A big thank you to singer (and new driver) Daniel Blumberg for going out of his way to help his big brother (the S in STDJs). Watch out for those traffic wardens!

More for FACT

A review of the Transardentes Festival in Liege. And look out for a profile of The Black Dog very shortly.

An interview with The Kills

For Fact magazine. Read what Jamie Hince had to say to my questions here.

The Phantom

The Long Good Friday - 21.03.08

Music Muziek Musique presents

THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY

Starring 3 of the UK's hottest new DJ duos

Team Mega Mix
STDJs
MeMeMe

MeMeMe say: "We like electro, bmore, house and techno... We like BASS! We've been billed alongside Sinden, Nightmoves, Crystal Castles, The Presets..."
STDJs say: "We play bass heavy dance music. We make bass heavy dance music. We've been billed alongside Erol Alkan, Switch, Digitalism, Chromeo, Bondo do Role..."
Team Mega Mix say: "We don't take anything too seriously. Originally our outfits got us bookings, but now we can make any night good. We'd never play anything by Tiësto, trance, Trash Fashion or shite indie bands." Team Mega Mix have played alongside Tapedeck, Partyshank, Punks Jump Up, The Coconut Twins...

www.myspace.com/musicmuziekmusique
"a little bit more than a hot dog"

The New Hormones story

The Phantom's complete history of New Hormones, the first indie record label, is now online. Click here to read more, or here to see an article about the new site.

A night to treasure

Thanks so much to everyone who came to Unknown Treasures last Friday - the best MMM yet.

If you weren't there here's what you missed:

A brilliant live set by Tarzan launching their debut album, Every Cut a Boom Cut! (The band has 50 copies of the CD for sale, each one in a unique handmade sleeve - well worth getting)

A fantastic live set by DJ Le Clown - His audiovisual mashup of Soeur Sourire (The Singing Nun) brought a smile to everyone's face.

Plus, DJ Jammer rediscovering such Unknown Treasures as a Pete Shelley acoustic set and The Phantom going Booty crazy in the wee small hours.

See you for The Long Good Friday at Barrio Cafe, March 21!

Unknown Treasures - Feb 22

Music Muziek Musique presents

UNKNOWN TREASURES: An evening of illegal, unreleased and rediscovered music

Featuring DJ Le Clown: France's king of the bootleg brings his unique brand of audiovisual mashups to Brussels (http://www.myspace.com/djleclown)

+ a special live set by Tarzan - playing tracks from the classic (and as yet unreleased) album "Every cut a boom cut" (http://www.myspace.com/tarzanbxl)

+ your eclectic residents: DJ Jammer & The Phantom

Fri 22.02.2008 at a secret location in Brussels
(Email: mmmbrussels@gmail.com, leave your name and contact details and we'll let you know how to find the party!!)
Doors: 21:30; we play what we like, you pay what you like

www.myspace.com/musicmuziekmusique

"Shhhh. Don't tell SABAM!"