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Holger Track #5 – BICEP

Massive house party at Bazaar last Saturday with part-time producers & full-time party animals Matt & Andy from BICEP laying down one exciting gem after another; moving swiftly between crazy disco funk excursions, tougher detroit infected jams and back. With Bicep still being fresh in the producing game, it was amazing to hear how their own tracks and remixes blend seamlessly with classics on fetish labels like Nu Groove and Strictly Rhythm. Nothing but smiling faces when the boys dropped one of Shep Pettibone’s finest, sending the Holger floor into an exhilarating state of disco euphoria. We couldn’t really fit all the fun we had into the Bazaar opening hours so an extensive afterparty was conceived and enjoyed to the fullest.

Below is the Holger podcast we recorded shortly before Matt & Andy hopped back on the Eurostar. Very hungover but at the same time very keen on making it a solid podcast, Bicep introduce us to the sounds that define their current sets and tastes. 72 minutes of blistering house with some seventies rock and late night chuggers thrown in for good measure; always emotive, never dull. We hope you enjoy Bicep’s selection, don’t forget you can save the podcast to your computer by hitting the download button.

 

 

Tracklisting:

Intro: Bicep – $tripper (Love Fever – 2012)
Skatt Bros – Walk The Night (Casablanca – 1979)
Soul Capsule – Lady Science (NYC Sunrise) (Trelik – 1999)
The Who – Eminence Front (Warner Bros – 1982)
NY House’n Authority – Apt. 3A (Nu Groove – 1989)
Storm Queen – It Goes On (Environ – 2011)
I:Cube – HNT (Les Edits Du Golem – 2012)
Groove Patrol – Need Your Love (Strictly Rhythm – 1993)
Yo Yo Honey – Groove On (Dj Pierre dub) (Worx – 1997)
Omar S Presents Aaron “Fit” Siegel – Tonite (Detroit mix) (FXHE – 2012)
Perseus – Running Back To You (French Express – 2012)

Recorded in Brussels on May 13 2012

72 min

 

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Feel My Bicep

 

We have been neglecting this blog since an automated wordpress update pretty much ruined the design we had worked on for so long (being total css n00bs). Total disappointment! However, this little promovid deserves its place here as our night with BICEP promises to be off the hook! You can find all the info on the eventpage.

 

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Subbacultcha Dream Party


This thursday, on march 8th, we’re invited to play records at the Subbacultcha! Dream Party in Ghent. Festivities will take place in bar Troya, a small place where they used to do tango lessons. Expect slippery floors, lots of mirrors & dreamy decoration. Entrance is free IF you subscribe to the Subbacultcha mailinglist here (of if you’re a Subbacultcha member), otherwise it’s 4 euro. We should be on at 2am.

I compiled a little dreamtape for the occasion. It’s featuring some of my favorite slow jams, a few love songs, two songs from the coolest bands from Brussels (Bright Entity & Different Fountains), synth-pop odditties and an outstanding Gala Drop tune. Everything is just crossfaded together, since i’m rhythmically disabled and thus incapable of beatmatching. You can listen online with the player below, or you can download the file to your computer by clicking here. It lasts for just over an hour.

Tracklist:
Saal 2 – Strandgefühle
Dean Blunt – Narcissist II
David Garland – I am with you
Frank Vinci – Angela’s theme
Tommy Mandel – Allow me (to destroy you)
Bright Entity – Let it go (demo)
Phil Lynott – One wish
Strand Of Oaks – This must be the place
Different Fountains – Circles
Panda Bear – Surfers hymn (Actress Primitve Patterns mix)
Gala Drop – Drop
The Lines – The landing
Molly Nilsson – Hey moon!
Richard Devora – Fly up to the moon

 

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Lisbon love

Fresh from hosting a stellar night with Lux resident dj, top notch producer and alround charming man Tiago, we are happy to invite you to yet another night of Portuguese musical delight. This time around Holger brings you a live show by Gala Drop.

Gala Drop is the wonderful combination of Portugese summer vibes & German kraut rock. They manage to join the dots between Jon Hassell, King Tubby, Liquid Liquid, Shackleton, Can, disco and African rhythms while still doing their own unique thing. The lisbon 5 piece has two releases - a self-titled debut that came out last year and a 12” that came out on NY’s Golf Channel recordings. Coming up later this year is a colaboration with Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire) as well as a new full album, which they will be presenting live at Les Ateliers Claus.
Check out the amazing title song from the Gala Drop & Ben Chasny album “Broda” below.

 

 

Warming up is Bepotel. Sagat, Walrus and &apos play bubbly electronic dub that they release on tape, drawing sonic influences from a broad range of styles as wide as ambient, leftfield house and analogue funk. You might know them from their side projects Smaakwaterval, Bright Entity or Elmer. The sound of nowadays’ Brussels.

This night marks our first colaboration with the lovely folks of Les Ateliers Claus. Check out their agenda as they have loads more of great live music on offer.

Details:

THU 22 MAR / 8 pm  / 8€
Les Ateliers Claus – Place Charles Rogier – 1210 Brussels

http://www.myspace.com/galadrop
http://bepotel.be/
http://www.lesateliersclaus.com/ 

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Finally, here’s the mix former Gala Drop bandmember Tiago recorded for Kong’s radioshow on Fmbrussel. It was broadcasted the day before he played Holger, and it’s too good not to be shared on these pages. A full Tiago Holger podcast is in the making and should be finished shortly. Lisbon love!

TIAGO – FMBRUSSEL – 17.2.2012