Vol.7

Bicep

Feel My Bicep

Shooting onto the scene through the intergalactic-blogosphere, Feel My Bicep is testament to their impeccable taste digging the crates for hidden-gems across the last 40 years of club culture.

The Northern Irish duo Bicep have been getting a lot of attention following a sell out debut EP on New York's Throne of Blood records. The last 6 months have also seen releases and remixes on Domino, Wolf music, Mystery Meat and RVNG.

After a number of European dates - highlights included hosting a 'Feel my Bicep' room at Space Ibiza's Sunday party We Love, the boys are now back in London to begin hosting their new monthly residency at legendary club Plastic People.

Bicep on their mix: "We set about doing this mix as kind of our soundtrack for the past year. It's a collection of new and old tracks that we have been wanting to get on tape for a while.

Check out the DJ duo's blog: http://www.feelmybicep.com/

Vol.6

Bright Light Bright Light

Dearly Beloved

Bright Light Bright Light is the moniker of Welsh-born, London-based artist Rod Thomas. With his mix of electro-pop that draws inspiration from the late 80s and early 90s, Rod has toured with Ellie Goulding on her sold-out UK tour, opened for Erasure, played at SXSW, Bestival and Glastonbury, remixed Kelis and Ellie Goulding, and been highlighted by The Guardian and Sunday Times Culture as one to watch. Alongside making music, he co-runs London 90s clubnight 'Another Night', and guest DJs for Dirtbox, Sink The Pink, and Dick & Fanny. His debut single 'Love Part II' was one of the first signings to the Popjustice HiFi label, and the follow up 'Disco Moment' prompted the NME to call him "the boy Robyn in all but name".

Rod on his mix tape: 'When we started running 'Another Night' it was amazing to be able to play songs that weren't huge chart hits and still get people dancing. I fell in love with tracks like 'Don't Lose The Magic' and 'Leash Called Love' all over again. Dearly Beloved is a delve into the club cuts and remixes that have helped warm up my cold December and January, and a fun blast of 90s mixed with some slightly more current tracks and a bootleg I made of two of my favourite tracks that hopefully is as much fun to listen to as it was to mix.'

Bright Light Bright Light's debut album 'Make Me Believe In Hope' is out in Spring 2012. For more details visit www.brightlightx2.com

Vol.5

Leigh Lerwill

Paradise Found

Leigh has been a DJ for over 20 years, starting as many do - in his bedroom. Since then he has held the attention of dance floors across the UK with appearances at Electric Chair, The Ministry Of Sound, Back To Basics and Cosmic Slop amongst many others. He has resided in the city of Leeds for 9 years where he currently runs Kaput, as well as being a resident for Asylum and A Rave Called Sharon.

Leigh on his Mixtape: 'As with all my mixes, this has been done using vinyl only. It's an unashamed saturday night disco mix in the classic style of legends like Victor Rosado, Danny Krivit & Larry Levan. I hope you enjoy it.'

Asylum takes over The Faversham in Leeds on Wednesday the 28th of December for their Christmas Party with Leigh and the other Asylum Residents, plus a live performance from Odyssey.

For tickets visit: http://www.ticketarena.co.uk/node/54585

Vol.4

Marco Dot

Teknicolor

Marco dot AKA DJ and producer Mark Rigby, has been playing sets to packed dance floors in the north of England since 2009, before going on to cut his teeth at legendary Ibiza institution's such as the Space Ibiza, Sankeys Ibiza, Zoo Project, Kanya and Privilege. With influences ranging from deep berlin techno to acid basslines and rolling percussion, Marco is now Teknicolors newest resident aged just 20 and as the popularity of his soundcloud proves he is most definitely a face to watch out for in the future.

http://www.soundcloud.com/marco-dot

Join Aqua this evening as we host Teknicolor at Mint Club in Leeds with Russ Yallop and Residents. For tickets visit http://teknicolor.ticketarena.co.uk/leeds/mint-club/teknicolor-aqua-party-russ-yallop

Vol.3

Jamie Bull

Freakin' and Peakin'

This weeks podcast Freakin' and Peakin' from Jamie Bull. Resident at Manchester's HomoElectric and a serious lover of (nu)disco, boogie and deep house with an emphasis on fun. Jamie has played alongside Horse Meat Disco, Roisin Murphy, Crazy P, Maurice Fulton and Disco Bloodbath.

2010 saw Jamie branching into production to work on his own re-edits and remixes. His re-edit of the Diana Ross disco classic ‘No One Gets The Prize’ has gained worldwide praise, whilst his recent remixes for Robyn and Roisin Murphy lead him to working on forthcoming material of his own.

Jamie’s tracks have had over 28,000 plays on his soundcloud page. His mixtapes have attracted a growing fanbase; A bubbling menagerie of disco, house and italo, old and new, edited and then re-edited again. When dancing to one of Jamie's sets, expect shifts between underground disco, chi-town house and balearic pop.

Homoelectric takes over The Shacklewell Arms this Saturday from 10pm.

Vol.2

Lucy Locket

Toe Tappers

Since being a resident of SpeedQueen in Leeds Lucy has since gone back to her first and only true love; Disco. Once SpeedQueen ended in 2006 Lucy decided to concentrate on buying the records that made her happy, building a collection to be proud of.

A meeting of minds led to an opportunity for Lucy to play on the same bill as some her heroes at Northern Disco in Manchester. These included Al Kent, Dimitri From Paris, Rahaan and Kon. Through these influencers she learnt more about music than she ever could have hoped to discover from her own digging sessions.

Lucy on Toe Tappers .Toe Tappers is a bit of a slow burner (about 96-98bpm), and isn.t it strictly disco all the way through. It was one of those mixes I put together so I could listen to some favourites rather than one intended for public consumption. It features the most valuable record in my collection, which is mixed in to one of the 7.s from my childhood days, bought for a quid from Boots. The mix was recorded in one take using all vinyl, no post-production, it.s not perfect and I hope you like it..

Vol.1

Cera Alba

Leeds

Cera Alba aka DJ and producer Liam Jones began his journey into electronic music in 2004 at club nights 'Dirty Disco', 'Back 2 Basics', 'Technique' and on the legendary dance floors of Ibiza, Influenced by the likes of Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos and Magda.

2011 is proving to be a busy year playing northern institutions such as Mint Club, Sankeys and Cosmic Ballroom and with EP releases on Jamie Jones and Lee Foss' label Hot Creations and new label Illusion Recordings. For all gig and music information check out soundcloud.com/ceraalba