House music is a feeling. A feeling we are so gonna have this Saturday night at Brighton’s Patterns as we join a line-up of DJs so sound we’re pinching ourselves. Yes, we’re thrilled to be joining the infamous house selector, the Boiler Room beauty, the anthem hero that is Cromby (Sulta Selects/Feel My Bicep) as he delivers a night like no other. A night where … Continue reading 110% House with Cromby
Thirty years behind the decks and we still get a thrill when we see our names on a poster. Especially when that poster is as stylish as this one – and alongside such distinguished company as well. But then why would we not feel the goosebumps when world class artists and DJs, producers and performers as sound as the likes of Horse Meat Disco, Bitch, … Continue reading Summer at Patterns Brighton
Missed our moment of disco fame on Mary Anne Hobb’s 6Music Show last Friday? Fret not. Thanks to that forever marvel that is the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sounds app, you can now grab the entire show and its fabulous celebration of all things LGBTQI Pride for days to come. With added rainbows of course. Just how we like it. Click here to listen. … Continue reading Listen again: 6Music Stonewall50 Mini Mix
As we head towards a scorcher of a weekend it seems only weather appropriate that we grab our peachy butts and get set for a sizzler of summer session with the infamous Bitch, Please! as they return to The Tempest Terrace for another party beachside. Forever in our hearts thanks to their decent clubbing ethos, attention to dear-tail and love of a right decent night … Continue reading Bitch, Please! is back baby
The Alfresco Festival Aftermovie. Too good not to share. Like all good things to do with family you sometimes need to come together to make the magic happen. Alfresco 2020 is coming but it needs your help as Nicky and Mark work together to deliver the festival we all want it to be. A new home at Colebrook Park, Tunbridge Wells and another lifetime worth … Continue reading Alfresco Festival Aftermovie
It’s that time of year folks. Pride is just around the corner and the evenings are deliciously warm and promising (well – most of the time anyway). Time to wiggle and perfect those moves then! And where better to do this than at Subline, to the sublime sounds of the glorious DJ Screwpulous? So, this month Queenie has a long overdue chat with Daddy Cool … Continue reading DJ Screwpulous
A little #TBT action from our Strike A Brighton Pose exhibition in 2015 as we remember those heady Zanzibar days ahead of Friday’s reunion at Subline. Flyer artwork courtesy of the archives of Alf Le Flohic, Michele Allardyce and a certain Wildblood. Nice to know I’m not the only collector holding on to these moments of not so ephemeral disco history. The Zanzibar Reunion Party … Continue reading Striking a Zanzibar pose
Missed our return to the 1BTN bunker and feel the need for some listen again hot streaming action? Well you are in luck you lucky people you as we bring you three hours of bloody marvellous broadcasting including tracks from Demuja, Whiskey Disco, Midnight Riot Records, Bearfunk, Samosa Records, Bandolier, Ammo Recordings. Girls Of The Internet, The Juan MacLean, Folamour, Roisin Murphy and a Savage Disco anthem to remember. Plus … Continue reading Listen again: 210619 1BTN w/ Rebecca Hoodless
As we get ready to spin the classic house light fantastic and celebrate all things fabulous ahead of Brighton’s Zanzibar Reunion at Subline, come wiggle with us to some of house music’s most joyous of beats on Spotify. Hands in the air, shade ahoy and vogue moves attempted. Just how we like it as we relive those heady days in Brighton’s hottest basement. Like we … Continue reading Zanzibar Reunion Spotify Playlist
It was just a weekend at the end of May. Just a weekend in the woods. And yet, like for the many others who joined me dancing under the stars that weekend at Alfresco Festival, it stayed with me. Bringing joy and giggles and the occasional damp shiver. Admitably we had to crack out the sensible walking boots and cagoules (thank heavens for my lesbian … Continue reading Doing it Alfresco family style
