“Dance music need salts in its wounds. Dance music needs women over the age of forty. Dance music needs breasting feeding DJs trying to get their kids to sleep before they get to play.” Simple words, so rarely heard. All hail The Black Madonna for being part of a growing band of fabulous women out there making waves in dance music. Sound principled waves. Listen … Continue reading The Black Madonna does us a service on BBC World Service
The Pride Village Party at Brighton & Hove Pride has become the stuff of legends. The streets are paved with rainbows as the city’s amazing community and visitors come together for a weekend of unique celebrations at the heart of Brighton. A true highlight of our year the tingles never leave us and the memories last way longer than the hangovers – thankfully – as … Continue reading Pride Village Party 2017 : Charles St | Patterns | Block
‘Tis the season to party with rainbows so lets get our groove on with these sparkling wonders. If you like your synths hypnotic and heavenly it has to be Blondes’ Warmth on R&S Records, if your beats need to be experimental, ambient and psychedelic then it has to be Species of Fishes’ Trip Trap on Nina Kraviz’s label GALAXIID and if all your ever desire … Continue reading Wildblood + Queenie’s August Wonders
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a little event happening in Brighton and Hove this August…… As the sun no doubt shines it’s beautiful rays down on our fabulous city, the UK’s finest Pride weekend is only moments away!!!! This month, Queenie catches up with the gorgeous DJ Summer Ghemati to hear about her plans for the joyous celebrations. Hello – how are you? Hey, … Continue reading Queenie feels the sunshine with Summer Ghemati
Wildblood & Queenie’s Home Service on Radio Reverb. Dancing our way to summer – all regal like. 1st & 3rd Saturday of every month 19:00 on 97.2FM DAB and radioreverb.com Listen again to all our show on Mixcloud Track Dwayne Jenson ‘On The Floor (Studio 54 Mix)’ Lander Records Continue reading Queenie gets her Home Service wiggle on
I’m feeling this one down, deep in my heart as Dusky returns with a sublime slice of vintage New York house. Cold Heart is set to warm yours with a “blissed out, atmospheric house epic that blends crisp percussion, soulful hooks, washing pads and a hypnotic lead organ melody”. Yep the PR is as good as the tune. And so it should be. Cold Heart is a summer anthem … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Dusky Cold Heart
Nothing brings out the sunshine quicker than a right proper boogie tune. And nothing sizzles as fine as this scorcher from Toy Tonic‘s cutie COEO. Yep Tonic Edits Vol.5 has it all – from the swish latin fuelled horn heavy wonder that is Cabrio Mango, the get down wonder that is the blast from our funky past 1981 and the laidback jam that is She Keeps … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: COEO’s Tonic Edits Vol.5
So ladies, worried our supreme leader thinks you can’t take the bins out? Need to butch up so you can do a boys job? Then head over to Bandcamp and grab yourself this blinder from Butch le Butch as he muscles up Madonna’s Borderline and brings sunshine to these dark days with his 5am Garage Rework. Yep nothing is making me wiggle more in my pinny … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Borderline – Butch le Butch 5am Garage Rework
There’s nothing like an adventure in musical paradise on a Sunday morning. So if you are in the mood for something a little special head Earl Jeffers way for his sweet as Mysteries / Joonya EP on the Ten Thousand Yen label. House of the melodic kind with a slow burning soulful heart back to back with a funk fuelled heavy based line beaut that will get … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Earl Jeffer’s Mysteries
After four days off radar I can’t think of a finer way to chase the black dog away than with some, well, finer sounding Catz ‘N Dogz. Thank you Watergate. The volume control on life’s good bits has just outblasted the bad. Watergate 22 mixed by Catz ‘N Dogz will be released on CD & digital on March 3rd on, you guessed it, Watergate. Pre-order … Continue reading Perfect distractions: Watergate 22 – Catz ‘N Dogz
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