Hope you're all doing OK. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty sad that this weekend has not turned out the way we'd hoped, but trying hard not to dwell. Next yeat we can make up for it. Being consoled by my good friend Stagger Lee, who's been doing a 24-hour DJ set here (finishes at 7pm BST), and has kept the air filled with a ton and a half of excellent tunes.
Also in related news, and possibly of interest to #LC folks is an online event next Saturday, the return of The Peoples Republic Of Disco, a club night that Lee co-helmed and I had the honour of guest-DJing at the last one, 9 years ago. In their words, "We swore we’d never do it again. But when the going gets weird, the weird get online." The essence of PROD is, basically, you give them a tune or two, and they play them all back at you (or as many as they can get through) whilst everyone gets drunk and has a boogie. Sound familiar-ish? Well, the invite's here, if you fancy joining would be great to have you along.
"Evening all. So this weekend I was due to be at an epic party. (cue an 'I'm not even supposed to be here today' whinge) But the 'rona has put things on ice for a little while, so I reckon it's time to revist a party from times past. Right now we're all looking for something to make us smile and distract us from the goings on outside our windows. So I'm taking us back a while to simpler times where the sun is shining, the beer is flowing and people are chilling on the grass somewhere in a field in Hampshire/Somerset. This band have brought an awful lot of joy to me over the years and so I'm sharing it with you lovely lot.
It's a long one - But the best parties often are, I mean it's not like you had other plans for tonight. No sneakily eying up the bleach bottle while my back is turned!
Talking of #Drinkingclub I am going to make the first Pimms jug of the year - What's everyone having?"
Direct download is here, and the stream's below.
See you at 8pm BST (GMT+1) tonight!
Secret Kleptones Vortex! The tracklist
ReplyDelete01. The Kleptones – See (@eastvanhalen)
02. Buzcocks – Oh Shit! (@saucer)
03. The Kleptones – Voodoo Sabotage (@SimonLandmine)
04. Motorhead – Eat the Rich (@miss_s_b)
05. The Kleptones – Welcome Back (@mrtorture)
06. Rush – The Spirit of Radio (@mrtorture)
07. The Kleptones – Cubikini (@cakehugga)
08. Angelique Kidjo - Once in a Lifetime (@zbendr)
09. The Kleptones – Plan (@wojsvenwoj)
10. Jamie XX – All Under One Roof Raving (@holette)
11. Hawkwind – Silver Machine (@samquitter)
12. The Kleptones – Stay (@samquitter)
13. James Holden and the Animal Spirits – Spinning Dance (@wojsvenwoj)
14. The Kleptones – Imagine the End of the World (@LiberalMorgan)
15. The Smiths – Asleep (@har_shone)
16. The Kleptones – Free Rotation (@JimMcCauley)
17. John Grant – GMF (@cakehugga)
18. The Kleptones – My People Feel That Way in the Morning (@nessiest)
19. Negativland – Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song (@JimMcCauley)
20. The Kleptones – Sniff (@akx)
21. Orbital – Belfast (@emmaprice)
22. The Kleptones – Dancin' Papa (@saucer, @faberfedor)
23. Negativland – Car Bomb (@eastvanhalen)
24. My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row (@SimonLandmine)
25. Neu! – Hallogallo (Kleptones Azimuth Divider mix) (@holette)
26. The Kleptones – Rock (@miss_s_b)
27. Tessela – Hackney Parrot (@akx)
28. Barry De Vorzon – The Warriors (Cristoff Remix) (@zbendr)
29. The Kleptones – Down on Bennies (@har_shone)
30. Eels – The Turnaround (@LiberalMorgan)
31. The Kleptones – If Les Fleurs Were Mine (@emmaprice)
32. Steeleye Span – All Around My Hat (@faberfedor et al)
33. Van Morrison – Cypress Avenue (Live at the Rainbow 1973) (@nessiest)