House music brings me joy. End of. Toy Tonics ensure that joy is endless with their constant flow of the good stuff as perfectly illustracted with this beaut from COEO. Mydonna is everything you could want from a groove, subtle yet scorching, deep yet accessible, and yeah, funky as hell. Which seems to be a tradition with Toy Tonics, the Berlin label that’s been rocking my … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: COEO’s Mydonna on Toy Tonics
I’m a right lucky bugger and I don’t care if I’m gonna bore you with it. Something I never thought I’d ever really deserved happened to me almost 25 year ago and ever since that moment she came into my life this song is, well, everything. I still get butterflies. I still get a grin wider than my natural resting face can cope with every time I … Continue reading Perfect distraction: My girl and Stevie continue to knock me off my feet
Paris Is Burning seared into my soul from the moment the title sequence rolled many voguing moons ago. The passion, the pain and the perfect dance moves threw shade over every queer celluloid adventure I’d previously seen. It got me. A achingly honest portrayal of race, class, gender, and sexuality in America that I will always cherish. Kiki The Movie looks like joining Paris Is Burning in the ranks of unmissable … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Kiki The Movie
It may well be my never ending crush on Nicola Walker, it may be a proud honourary auntie moment (Wesley you never stop impressing me), it could be that haunting piano intro or it maybe just me being a sucker for the Brighton touch in the opening title sequence of ITV’s recent drama Unforgotten but I’ve fallen for Oh Wonder’s All We Do. Like I do. Oh Wonder’s … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Oh Wonder All We Do
Yesterday I fell for a guy called Eric. I knew nothing about him. But his thing for Dolly in 1934 and his adventures with Wedgewood have me hooked. His landscapes have made me fall in love with Sussex again as the new found walker in me is awakened once more by the wonders around me. And then I discovered his service as a WWII war artist before he died when … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Walking with Eric Ravilious
So this just hit me. And now I’m grinning. The promise of those late summer nights and dirty early mornings is back as Fader teases us with the prospect of another longplayer from Hercules & Love Affair. So yeah I am loving what the thought of Butler and Co is doing to me. But then when some of my life’s finer moments have been soundtracked by these NYC … Continue reading Perfect distraction: Hercules and Love Affair’s Fader
There are many steps to happiness. But this Tuesday its real simple to achieve. Simply repeat after me the following words “I do what I want to do, I do what I want to do” then purchase Severino featuring Princess Magnifique Smoking on Classic Music Company. Go for both mixes – be it the life affirming Original mix or Eli Escobar‘s jacked up joyful remix. Download. Press play. Turn … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Severino ft. Princess Magnifique ‘Smoking’
Monday just got better. Monday just got beautiful. Thanks to Sampha and his stunning live performance on Boiler Room as he launched his stunning debut album Process. No pyrotechnics, no fuss, just drama of the songwriting kind. A craftsman we all need in our lives, a songwriter who will never leave your soul’s needs incomplete. Sampha’s Process is out now on Young Turks. Buy here Yes … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Sampha’s Process
One of the worst thing about living with Borderline Personality Disorder is the grinding depression, the darkness that for no reason descends upon my soul and takes root, leaving me cold to joy, feeling lost and utterly alone. Thankfully it isn’t a permanent fixture and I’ve learnt over the years to attempt to tackle it with distractions before it hits too deep with music always being … Continue reading A Perfect BPD Distraction on Time To Talk Day
Wild Fantasy. These two always ensure the wiggle whenever they hit the decks with their charming beats, disco fuelled ethics and infectious grins. Add the occasional shiny disco cloak and you have Brighton’s finest disc spinning superheroes. Catch them at Patterns delivering the kind of resident quality few clubs can boast of throughout the forthcoming year and, well, all will be good. Just like this mix. A … Continue reading Perfect distraction: Everyone needs a Wild Fantasy
Wildblood and Queenie 