BAD PASSION

After a long anticipated wait the dance duo are back this year and I can't contain my excitement!

Known for their raucous parties Bad Passion always deliver by juggling the right dose of excellent music, good people and vibe. Throughout the years they've hosted some big names. To name a few DJ Spun, Idjut Boys, Eric Duncan and Thomas Bullock have all made an appearance and ripped the place apart....one track after another.

This time round New York's finest Justin Vandervolgen will grace us with his presence. The former !!! and Out Hud man will play alongside Bad Passion Project on Friday, 8th February at The Dance Tunnel in Dalston. It'll be a special one with obscure and amazing tunes. Not one to be missed!

If you want to get better acquainted with the boys behind Bad Passion they recently did an interview with Ransom Note; and for a quick taster of what they will bring to the table have a listen to their latest mix here. 

And of course I will not end this post without leaving you the chance to listen to one of Justin Vandervolgen's mixes. Just click here and enjoy...

Happy New Year! (better late than never)

Christmas and new year seem like a milllion light years ago now. Had a really nice and quiet time up north with the Bainbridges (Andy’s family) supplied with ridiculous amount of food and booze (what a hard life eh?).

Spending Christmas with Andy’s dad also felt like a crash course in retrospective music. Other than his love for the Sunderland football team, music is another vice of his. He loved playing us all his old records.....especially after one drink too many…(by this time the steel guitar would come out).

While we were there we were always listening to little gems by the likes of Tim Hardin and ZZ Top. My favourite moment was when we all sat in front of the telly after we'd stuffed ourselves with Christmas dinner and watched an old recording of Canned Heat playing live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in 1973.

It was really cool to watch a band lashing out their creativity and expressing art purely for the sake of music. You can tell as well the audience were really into it and appreciating every groove. The whole thing felt honest. No pretense….just music.