Sliding into academia courtesy of Annebella Pollen

When you write a dissertation about gay night club flyer design and a certain Paul Kemp’s Club Shame and get cited in an academic article by your uni tutor from back in the day, the ever-brilliant Annebella Pollen. Back to back with my incredible university professor Paul Jobling. Yep, that’s me, that autistic school refuser who was told they’d never make anything with their words. … Continue reading Sliding into academia courtesy of Annebella Pollen

Michelle Manetti – a proud Boiler Room London debut

I know what to do when it comes to being a proud aunt. The rules are there, the roles played, the kids are alright. Year after year impressing as they grow, ensuring my heart pumps with pride over and over and over. As for the souls from our disco family of DJs, promoters, artists and performers, pride has a different but equally important role. Watching … Continue reading Michelle Manetti – a proud Boiler Room London debut

Horse Meat Disco Xmas Party at Patterns

The first bit of advice given to me when I started out DJing? Simple. Forget the expensive kit, just keep buying the vinyl. And be real nice – especially to the warm-up DJ. Always be nice to the warm-up DJ. Of course, over the past three decades I’ve never hit the heady heights of being anything other than the warm-up DJ but in all my … Continue reading Horse Meat Disco Xmas Party at Patterns

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life – Set For Love

Be blessed. Pay it back. It’s real simple. Playing other people’s tunes to other people dancing has always been the honour of my life and to do so for a decent cause always brings that extra grin. And so it shall be on Saturday December 9th when Queenie and me will be joining Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’s Set For Love at Brighton’s … Continue reading Last Night A DJ Saved My Life – Set For Love

Patterns Best Of British

Brighton’s very own Patterns is up for Best Club in DJ Mag’s Best Of British. Obvs I’d love a long chat about polls and popularity and votes and dancefloor democracy and all that (broken) jazz but seeing as the voting deadline is tonight it would be good if we could chat that later and tonight if you could just put your tick in Patterns box. … Continue reading Patterns Best Of British

Stompaphunk NYD 2024

Can’t believe after all these years bobbing about Brighton in my best Aussie frock I’m about to make my Stompa Phunk debut alongside the style icon that is Queenie. Anthony Prior and the Stompaphunk fam you have made two bespectacled dirty disco dears way too happy, way, way, way too happy! See you at the front. DATE: MON 1ST JANUARY (NYD) 14:00-late NIGHT: STOMPA PHUNK … Continue reading Stompaphunk NYD 2024

Disco.bits. @ Block

Something about disco on a Sunday that will always get our juices sizzling and so it shall be this weekend as Disco.bits. delivers a debut of delights. Expect disco-infused grooves and must-wiggle good times in Brighton’s favourite Sunday hangout as DJs including Affy Go Bang, IDONTPLAYHOUSE, Jay Hill, Debauched, NJ Strange and two old disco queers called Wildblood and Queenie do their thing. All disco … Continue reading Disco.bits. @ Block

Incoming Autumnal corkers

Wildblood and Queenie* Keeping the disco local and the love spinning since 1993. Catch us on a deck near you this autumn. Tickets for disco via linktree To book us DM us. Every little disco helps. Patterns Brighton Beach House Chris & Dom’s Record Box 1BTN Disco.bits. Block Sunday Session Horse Meat Disco *Candy Bar Girls Dance Tent Brighton Pride 2000 and something. The year … Continue reading Incoming Autumnal corkers

Horse Meat Disco Xmas Party at Patterns

Santa knows the score. Santa knows it’s all about the beards, bears and disco this Xmas, so come fill your sack with disco goodies as we join the party boys Horse Meat Disco for a festive sweat at Patterns on Saturday 23rd December. With sequins and Christmas jumpers essential Horse Meat Disco and us two Xmas fairies will set your seasonal sessions off just right … Continue reading Horse Meat Disco Xmas Party at Patterns

Quills and Thrills : The Coast Is Queer

Fancy adding a few disco sequins to your Coast Is Queer literary delights this October? then join us as we deliver a little disco-infused house and electronica goodness to Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on Saturday 14th October. With a line-up to bring the thrills alongside the quills as the UK’s crème de la crème of queer cabaret and spoken word talent come together … Continue reading Quills and Thrills : The Coast Is Queer