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The Last Days Of Disco
A weekly celebration of the cult of disco, from Donna Summer to DFA, The Last Days of Disco takes over Shoreditch’s latest venue every thursday filling both floors with the finest in italo, cosmic, space disco, balearic beats and tropical sounds from some of the best DJs in the land and all for no cost.
You can also check the night’s increasingly popular blog and podcast at The Last Days of Disco and keep up to date with news on Facebook and Myspace
Resident DJs: John Power & David H
Plus special guests in July
10th:
Bill Brewster (DJhistory.com)
The Beach DJs17th:
Damon Martin (Disco Bloodbath)
Tony Poland (Slutty Fringe)24th:
Rory Phillips (Durrr)31st:
Mickey Moonlight (Ed Banger)
Nathan Gregory Wilkins (History Clock)Every Thursday 7pm till 2am
FREE ENTRYVenue Details:
The Last Days of Decadence
145 Shoreditch High Street, E1 9JE
Venue WebsiteNr’est Tube: Old Street/Liverpool Street
BIOs:
Bill Brewster – One minute he’s rocking the roof off at Fabric with his tough and funky big-room underground house; the next he’s charming the pants off a more intimate crowd with everything from dubby disco, funk and hip-hop to trip hop and Latin electronica. Armed with a sensitivity and sense of occasion that few DJs possess Bill Brewster knows how to work a crowd in the best possible sense.
Originally a chef, a football pundit (co-editor of fanzine When SaturdayComes) and record collector, Bill began DJing in earnest in the late 80s while living in New York and running DMC’s US operation. He cut his teeth playing ‘Low Life’ warehouse parties in Harlem and the East Village, and anyone hearing Bill today can see how these New York ‘roots’ shine through. For eclecticism, surprises, amazing unique music and sheer long-haul dedication to the dancefloor, Bill’s your man.
His other life is as a writer. Together with long-term pal Frank Broughton, Bill is author of the definitive history of DJing, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, and has contributed his acid Grimsby wit and encyclopaedic knowledge of music to just about every dance rag there is, not to mention The Guardian, Independent and Mail On Sunday. The Brewster-Broughton double act unveiled their latest hit in 2002 with the uniquely sardonic DJ manual How To DJ (Properly).
He’s an industry insider, having brought Twisted Records to the UK and launched his own highly successful deep house label Forensic. In his spare time he is often found in the studio, either with Fat Camp partner, Theo Noble, re-editing old disco, funk and rock records; or producing original music.
As his hero Kid Creole would say, ‘Annie I’m not your daddy.’
The Beach DJs – The brainchild of Justin Quirk (Crackin’ Skullz) and Alex Rayner (The Face), The Beach takes you a whole world away from the grime and misery on the streets of London to a place where you can live out your playboy fantasies as you reminisce about Mediterranean sunsets to the finest Balearic classics (and we’re talking Chris Rea and the Kongo Band here, not some dodgy trance effort), swap marina tales to the smoothest Yacht Rock, dance to the elegant synthesized disco sounds of Italy and finally abandon yourself to the current nu-disco sounds of Scandinavia, New York and the West Coast.
This isn’t just music, it’s a way of life and whether you’re a jet-setting millionaire or a media runner living in a bedsit in King’s Cross, The Beach are your ticket to that life, oh and possibly a free cornetto or two.
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