Quick cheeky one. Proper made up to be back spinning at Malt Cross on Friday 14th Jan. Droppin’ Disco ‘n Soul wax, 8 ’til late. One of our fav Notts tahn gaffs. Lush place. Nearly two years since we played for our friends there.
Night after we’ve got our resi slot at The Angel Microbrewery on Saturday 15th January. Then Golden Fleece on Saturday 19th February. Catch us on 3rd Saturday every month, alt slots monthly at each gaff.
Not forgetting our Barrel House Radio sessions. Every other Saturday night, 8-9pm. Grand to be part of the BHR fam. Catch up on our past blasts at Mixcloud/DDS.
Last one. Here’s a juicy taste of what we’ve dropped these past weeks. Some right crackers, But we would say that.
Cheese ‘n bread. Fookin’ year, this one. Never-ending it seems. The Guvn’r knew. Git. RIP.
Must admit we’ve been struggling with it. One big pish ‘n shite bank holiday vibe. Gotta keep plugging away, tho’. We’ll get there. Eventually.
Here’s something. Cheeky wee plug for our latest collaboration. Made up to have been asked to join the BarrelHouse Radio fam. New online station leaning lots towards all strands of sweet soul. Goes a bit wider too – electronica, jazz, nu-disco, roots reggae ‘n more.
We’re popping our online radio cherry at 9pm on Saturday 28th November. Expect saucy disco ‘n edits. Lock in. Can’t make it? Jump to Mixcloud where we’ll share all our shows very soon after the broadcast. Stuck a few recent mixes below. Take your pick.
Gaggin’ for that time when we can all do the same old cobblers. Shouldn’t taken so much for granted before. Funny, that.
With the country about to enter national lockdown #2, we thought it time to put digital pen to paper…
Things are proper fuk’d. No question. We’re lucky that our loved ones are healthy and we’re (still) working. But we know that’s not the same for many other folks.
Notts tahn nightlife that we’re just loved being part of is in a real bad place. Those independent spaces that we adore like Broadway, JamCafe and Malt Cross are doing their best to react to a situation that’s changing day by day. But it’s a never ending struggle for them and so many others.
If you take one thing from this, please dig deep (if you can) and spend some cash in our peerless indie bars, restaurants and shops.
Try make it a thing to help keep these essential places and spaces alive. We’ve gotta hold onto what makes Notts tahn so damn precious and other cities always green-eyed (hello, Lesta…).
Here’s one on our doorsteps, too. Grace Before Jones at our own Nottingham Contemporary. Really worth popping’ out for. Drills into her many incarnations with a big nod to the disco queen era. We loved it and it’s in Notts tahn. Don’t sleep on it.
Oh, yeah, We’re still spinning lots at DDS HQ. Plenty of juicy DDS Mixcloud action happening these days. Dip into our pick ‘n mix list below.
Would’ve been our 5th year spinnin’ Notts Pride wax at Broadway Cinema, JamCafe and other fab Notts tahn places.
Getting cancelled was such a big blow but we’re all got bigger things to worry about.
Doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate safely by getting stuck in at home and other choice gaffs. Physically distanced, of course…
If ya need some juicy Notts Pride tunes to get the party going, blag some of our special Notts Pride mixtapes over at mixcloud.com/dirtydiscosoundsystem. Few different flavas to choose from – or just nab ’em all.
Whatever ya doing to celebrate Notts Pride, have a damn filthy, fun time. Keep yaselves safe too.
Now that got very emotional but we kinda expected that…
It was beautiful to see many folks at our Goodbye To The Guvnor, Andrew Weatherall celebration at JamCafe, Notts on Saturday 7th March.
Big DDS nods to everyone who boozed, bopped ‘n bunged cash in the pots for Notts Samaritans. Nice to see some bods reppin’ Sherwood too.
Extra special hugs to Bradley Jam ‘n his lovely crew for letting us have their sweet space ‘n keeping The Guvnor juice flowing all night.
And some of The Guvnor’s tunes we dropped (but not all) for those nice peeps who asked and didn’t know. Bless:
Ghosts Again Andrew Weatherall
Dark Heart (Sabres mix) Bomb The Bass
Open Up (AW mix) Leftfield
Trainspotting Primal Scream
A Huge Pulsating Brain… (AW mix) The Orb
Flotation (AW mix) The Grid
Out The Window (AW mix) Confidence Man
In The Heat Of The Moment (AW mix) Noel Gallagher
Separate From The Arc (AW mix) Solar Bears
Wilmot (Red) Sabres Of Paradise
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (AW Mix) St Etienne
Hallujah (AW mix) Happy Mondays
Raise… Bocca Juniors
Come Home (AW mix) James
Soon (AW mix) My Bloody Valentine
Weekender (AW mix) Flowered Up
The World According… (AW mix) Sly And Lovechild
Come Together Primal Scream
Loaded (Dub) Primal Scream.
Since then, life’s taken a right ‘ol diversion. Not gonna ramble on about (enough noise out there…) but maybe – just maybe – The Guvnor knew. Thinking “Fuck this, I’m off to that ALFOS party in the sky’. Who knows?
We’re lined up to spin at Malt Cross on Saturday 21st March, Disco ‘n edits sesh. Still on as we write this. Checking in with our friends there regularly to get a line.
Obviously, bigger things are getting kiboshed all over. Makes sense as this situation gets more serious.
We’ve put our disco ball back in the box for a few months. Far more important stuff at play now. The party can happen another time…
‘Til then please stay healthy ‘n safe, people. Look out for each other too.
And if ya need tunes to keep goin’, jump in below. Working for us. Some of the time…
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