tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79873394876831198942024-03-13T11:24:08.044-07:00Work ThemWork Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-22031103971681371832014-02-12T08:17:00.003-08:002014-02-12T08:17:59.668-08:00Work Them THIS FRIDAY at KraakWork Them returns to Kraak this actual Friday (14th), for a non-Valentines evening of music that is nonetheless full of groove, feeling and perhaps the occasional smudge of romance... In terms of record selection, nobody does this sound better than our pal Patrick Ryder of Piccadilly Records, special guest for this edition of the party.<br />
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Patrick's all wax mix ('with the ruff stuff left in') can be found <b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/work-them/patrick-ryder-piccadilly" target="_blank">below </a></b>and covers future classics from the likes of Andrew Ashong and Greg Beato through to irresistible, classic releases courtesy of Prince and DJ Nature. It's a snip at just over an hour long, and a free download too...<br />
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Work Them kicks off at <b><a href="http://kraak.co/" target="_blank">Kraak</a></b> from 11PM through till 4AM this Friday night into Saturday morning, and admission on the door is just £5 all night. Alternatively, you can grab a ticket on <b><a href="https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Kraak-Gallery/Work-Them-/12087862/" target="_blank">Skiddle</a></b> in advance. Either way, let us know you're coming or direct any questions to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/640233439368894/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><b>Facebook event</b></a>.<br />
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Either way, wrap up warm and make your way to the floor.<br />
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Your usual John Loveless will be joined by new Work Them pal Dan Coultas, not to mention <b><a href="http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/index.php" target="_blank">Piccadilly Records</a></b>' own <b>Patrick Ryder</b>. As one of the dance music buyers at the North's finest record shop, in many ways, Patrick is the unassuming gatekeeper of solid, worthy grooves. Anyone that caught him playing with John and Stop Making Sense on New Years Eve at Islington Mill will attest to his superior selections, as indeed will anyone whose wandered into Piccadilly Records itself. And if you haven't, here he is in action for The Vinyl Factory last year, picking some largely local favourites...<br />
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Patrick will also have a mix ready for us next week in anticipation of the evening's entertainment, but in the meantime, following on from December's somewhat more melancholy tinged selection, John Loveless gets back in the dancefloor driver's seat with <a href="https://soundcloud.com/work-them/john-loveless-selections" target="_blank"><b>the usual hour and a bit of recent picks</b></a>, featuring Paranoid London, Eat India Youth, Legowelt and even some mystery musical meat... <b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/work-them/john-loveless-selections" target="_blank">Available as a free download below</a></b>.<br />
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We kick off at 11PM on 14/2, at <b><a href="http://www.kraak.co/" target="_blank">Kraak,</a></b> just off Stevenson Square, and gwan till 4. It's just £5 OTD all night long, and we'll be putting a few tickets on Skiddle before the night itself too. You can let us know you're coming on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/640233439368894/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><b>Facebook</b>,</a> and follow Work Them on <b><a href="http://www.twitter.com/workthem" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b>.<br />
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See you on the floor.Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-55189270029240523292014-01-15T08:08:00.000-08:002014-01-15T08:49:50.055-08:00Work Them into 2014Hello, and a very belated Happy New Year from Work Them. We had an incredible time at Islington Mill on New Year's Eve for their Future Party, as anyone who stuck with us and Stop Making Sense gone 6AM (and Lord knows plenty of you did), will attest. You can see some photos of the interplanetary debauchery, courtesy of Preston is my Paris, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.559720040786262.1073741897.416081355150132&type=1" target="_blank"><b>right here</b></a>.<br />
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We have a few firm plans for 2014, and a few looser ones too, some of which are something of a departure. That starts with the first Work Them party proper of 2014, at <b>Kraak Gallery</b>, 15th February, from 11PM-4AM... More details to come soon. In the meantime, John Loveless plays his monthly residency at <b>Kosmonaut</b> this Friday, 17th January, from 9PM. It's free, and you can find him in the basement. It's not as ominous as it sounds.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First of all, a big, unreserved thanks to anyone who's made it to any of our parties and shows this year, and a special thanks to anyone who came and made Mister Saturday Night feel very welcome in Manchester last month. A properly inspiring evening. Beyond MSN, we've had Fort Romeau, Auntie Flo and James Booth all guest for us this year, and it's been brilliant hosting all of them. There's more to come in 2014, and we'll be doing a few things a little differently too.</span><br />
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This Friday at <a href="http://soup-kitchen.co.uk/" target="_blank">Soup Kitchen</a>, it's time for <a href="http://mistersaturdaynight.com/" target="_blank">Mister Saturday Night</a> at Work Them. Straight out of Brooklyn, Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin (collectively known as 'This Mister'), have been hosting some of New York's finest parties, tailored perfectly and with some of the finest guests known to man. Playing an almost possibly broad range of dance music, uncovered classics and surprises, MSN hark back to an inclusive, golden age of clubbing whilst always looking forward. Just take a listen to this recent recording of the last ever 'Mister Sunday' party, outdoors at Gowanus Grove for a taste of what you might expect. And if we can conjure even a slice of the sheer joy and energy of this recording on Friday night, we're in for a good one...<br />
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You can also read an interview with The Mister <a href="http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Mister-Saturday-Night-Interview-We-value-community/19590/" target="_blank"><b>right now over on Skiddle</b></a>, if you want to get a better feel for the party. Alternatively, just come down and get moving. The doors open at 11PM, with Work Them's John Loveless on warm up duties and then The Mister getting settled into an extended set sometime after 12.<br />
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Tickets are online now at just £6 each at both <b><a href="http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Soup-Kitchen/Work-Them--Soup-Kitchen-present-MISTER-SATURDAY-NIGHT/12013698/" target="_blank">Skiddle</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?530640" target="_blank">Resident Advisor</a></b>, depending on your inclination.<br />
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Hello, hope you're well, and welcome to the Autumn Work Them News Blog. Some stuff is going down, literally and on this page, so listen up, gather round, get involved, keep on scrollin'.<br />
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Work Them and Soup Kitchen are delighted to be able to team up to present a very special evening in the company of Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin, DJs and promoters of perhaps New York's finest party, <strong><a href="http://mistersaturdaynight.com/" target="_blank">Mister Saturday Night</a></strong>.</div>
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An all-encompassing, genre free party focused on music and community in the classic New York mould, Mister don't bring their style just anywhere, which is why it's a privilege to host them in the basement of Soup Kitchen. Their stateside parties, whether in the early hours at a Brooklyn loft or the summer sunshine of their weekly Mister Sunday block parties, have attracted a devoted, eclectic following of locals and dance pilgrims.</div>
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Guests at Mister Saturday Night have included Caribou, Todd Terje, Greg Wilson, Optimo, Joy Orbison and Four Tet, but with a firm focus on the resident DJs. Justin and Eamon are simply two of the best around, as this recording from Mister Sunday back in June does more than enough to prove...<br />
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Tickets are <b>£8 in advance</b> and <b>£10 on the door</b>. We realise/feel vaguely uncomfortable about this being a little more than usual at Work Them, but this is something we really wanted to make (and nearly didn't) happen, not to mention, MSN will be playing for between three and four hours, so you'll really be able to lock in to what will no doubt be a fucking stellar selection of records that have crossed the Atlantic ocean. They're even bringing their own mixer, if not their own outdoor dance grove.</div>
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Work Them are very pleased to be pairing up with our friends down the Mersey, <b><a href="http://www.deephedonia.com/" target="_blank">Deep Hedonia</a></b>, to a present an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/598082376879665/?fref=ts" target="_blank">evening in the company of one of our favourite producers</a> since our inception, Auntie Flo. A true original from the way of Glasgow by Goa, he'll be dropping by with one of the most out-there and eclectic record collections currently circulating clubs and festivals worldwide, as well as a selection of his own one-of-a-kind productions, in less than one week time as you read these very words... If you're reading them after 6/9 it's too late, and I'm sorry that you have to keep hearing about what an awesome party we had.<br />
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Taking cues from Afrobeat, Kwaito and outsider music, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fauntie-flo&ei=FPwfUrvdAcHxhQf-k4B4&usg=AFQjCNHpQj7Cc9XTw5rO2PYhyufmkA4WDA&sig2=wbR4kRwu4GV6dzMtLCMAUw&bvm=bv.51495398,d.ZG4" target="_blank">Auntie Flo</a>'s music respectfully and seamlessly mixes in elements of house, disco and psych to create proper vital rythyms. Exisiting as a project for around a decade, Auntie Flo has in the past few years seen appearances on Boiler Room both live and DJing, remixes by the likes of Pearson Sound, and fans found in the likes of Micheal Mayer, Dixon and fellow Glaswegians Optimo, all of whom are releasing his productions through their own esteemed labels such as Kompakt and Innervisions.<br />
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Creating restrained, detailed music (especially for a self-confessed 'non-musician'), Howes debut EP still comes with in built groove and sonic textures bound to sound brilliant below the streets of the Northern Quarter. You can grab centrepiece track Leazes<b><a href="http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/06/leazes" target="_blank"> here, from XLR8R</a></b>, or read more about the EP <a href="http://boomkat.com/vinyl/765147-howes-td-w700-leazes" target="_blank"><b>over at Boomkat</b></a>, who describe it quite simply as, "Really good stuff." And those cats listen to a lot of records.</div>
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For more details, and to kindly let us know you plan on dropping by, you can find the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/175007116012450/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. Otherwise, 8PM, Kosmonaut, Tariff Street, 10/8, 8PM. </div>
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See you on the floor.Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-22012807785847801582013-07-03T18:13:00.005-07:002013-07-03T18:13:50.638-07:00Work Them w/ Kiosque - THIS SATURDAYWork Them <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/175487012616414/?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">returns this Saturday evening/Sunday morning</a></b>, into the basement of a newly refurbished <a href="http://soup-kitchen.co.uk/" target="_blank">Soup Kitchen</a> where the bar is longer, the sound is crisper and the urinals are still hidden behind a mysterious door.<br />
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We'll be opening the doors at 11, so get down early. Not only might we fill up, but we've tonnes of brilliant records to play before Kiosque takes the stage after Midnight. After he's done, anything goes. With no current mix from ourselves (<b><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/WorkThem/" target="_blank">but an archive here</a></b>, of course), find this month's <b>Five Records You're Probably Likely To Hear Given The Circumstances</b> below.</div>
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You can pick up an <b><a href="http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Soup-Kitchen/Work-Them-with-Special-Guest-Kiosque-(100-Silk)/11906782/" target="_blank">advance ticket from Skiddle for just £4</a></b>. We'll keep your name on the door. We're nice like that, just make sure you're with us by 12. It's going to be a scorching Saturday. Nonetheless, deep necks at a minimum please. See you on the floor!<br />
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Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-27688643502022291012013-06-24T11:58:00.002-07:002013-06-24T11:58:56.990-07:00Kiosque - From Hulme To ChicagoWith less than two weeks to go, we're very excited about our <b>next live special guest at Work Them</b>, which is saying something given that he's yet to even release a single sound. So here's the scoop.<br />
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Earlier this year, yours truly attended the psychedelic Maria Minerva show at Kraak. It were a chilly night way back in late winter - arguments about Disclosure were more infrequent, friends and associates would still occasionally say 'YOLO' for comic effect, and the good club and gig loving folk of Manchester held strong and ploughed through a seemingly endless winter with a seemingly equally endless supply of drugs and alcohol. Oh well, YOLO.<br />
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After Minerva had finished one of her typically weird but exciting sets, I spied the DJ playing it strong, playing it all night long, and not immediately recognising him thought, "Hey, who's this jerk?!" Filled with righteous indignation towards this mystery selector, I marched over to the booth, furious, and said, "Hey man, cool set. Who's this by?"<br />
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"Oh this?", he responded. "This is one of mine." I told him, with a sincerity I hadn't expected to conjure, that it was really good, that it sounded like something that might come out on 100% Silk. "Oh cool", said the man known as Kiosque. "I've actually signed to 100% Silk." And on that dark winter night, tentative plans for a gig were born.<br />
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Work Them has somewhat gravitated to 100% Silk releases (and guests) since our conception, with tunes by the likes of Magic Touch and Ital becoming inadvertent floor fillers. Kiosque's music, or what we've heard of it, gravitates in a similar direction to their output thus far - warm, strange, both euphoric and melancholy and even faintly poppy. His upcoming live set on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/175487012616414/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Saturday July 6th</a></b> is going to be an all analogue affair to compliment our usual DJ sets, and the mysterious Hulme resident has put together an all vinyl taster mix featuring some of his favourite records as well as a selection of his own material. You can hear and download it below.<br />
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Further details can be found at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/175487012616414/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and you can buy advance tickets at <a href="http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Soup-Kitchen/Work-Them-with-Special-Guest-Kiosque-(100-Silk)/11906782/?sktag=12560" target="_blank">just £4 from Skiddle</a>. See you on the floor?<br />
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And don't forget, our semi-sort of spin-off <a href="http://www.thedeafinstitute.co.uk/regular_nights.php?id=115" target="_blank">Still Going</a> can be found in the basement of The Deaf Institute, each Sunday from 9PM-1AM, although last week's jackin' session with the one and only Ste Spandex extended beyond that. Not band for a Sunday buzz. Upcoming guests include John Doran of The Quietus, Trash-O-Rama, Dance Lady Dance, Ghosting Season and more... And it's always free.<br />
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<br />Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-23037445005976048572013-06-12T07:40:00.001-07:002013-06-12T14:31:21.231-07:00Soup Kitchen w/ Kiosque + Still Going<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/175487012616414/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Work Them will be returning to our favourite basement</a>, Manchester's Soup Kitchen, fresh from a recent refit, on Saturday 6th July. Beginning at 11PM, expect 4-5 hours of alternative and electronic music for the body and mind, from classic edits to throbbing house, chugging heart tugging disco as well as a few surprises. We'll also be joined on the night by our pal <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiosque/470234713041185" target="_blank"><b>Kiosque</b></a>, performing a special live hardware jam. This mysterious Mancunian will soon release an LP on 100% Silk, a mainstay in the Work Them record box, and will be previewing his raw but uplifting material in his home city for the first time. He's recorded a mix featuring a variety of overlooked classics as well as his own material to give Workers (yeah, we're using that now), a taste of what to expect. We'll be uploading that next week, so bear with us.</div>
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As well as nurturing Work Them, we like to think of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StillGoingSundays?fref=ts" target="_blank"><b>Still Going</b></a> as a semi-spin off, with a few key differences. We're still in a basement, albeit, at the other end of town, in The Deaf Institute. But we're not on a Friday, or a Saturday. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StillGoingSundays?fref=ts" target="_blank"><b>Still Going</b></a> is a new idea and a new attempt to establish a Sunday session in the city, every week, <b>9PM-1AM</b>. To sweeten the deal after what could have been a heavy weekend, you can expect a special guest every week, playing as they wish away from the hustle of a big night out, but still within the remit of our handily rhyming Last Chance To Dance mantra. Best of all, each night is <b>completely free</b>.</div>
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So as well as weekly sets from us, in the first few month's alone you'll get, amongst others, the likes of Wet Play's <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ste-spandex" target="_blank"><b>Ste Spandex</b></a> jackin' some Sunday evening boogie, <a href="http://thequietus.com/" target="_blank"><b>Quietus</b></a> editor and Vice columnist <a href="http://www.vice.com/en_se/author/john-doran" target="_blank"><b>John Doran</b></a> letting loose whatever he likes on the PA, local heroes <a href="http://www.melodic.co.uk/whatineeded/" target="_blank"><b>Melodic Records</b></a> going head to head with disco expert Chris Egan of <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/tuskmcr/" target="_blank"><b>Tusk</b></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trash-O-Rama-Club-Night/139807532753801" target="_blank"><b>Trash-O-Rama</b></a> opting in for some weekending dance sleaze, or moody techno experts <a href="http://www.ghostingseason.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Ghosting Season</b></a> digging deep into their digital collection, whilst <a href="https://www.facebook.com/danceladydance" target="_blank"><b>Dance Lady Dance</b></a> and <b>Pasta Paul</b> will be popping along with many an obscure pop gem.</div>
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Still Going is all about variety, and an idealistic focus on good music and nice people to wind down a weekend, all in a properly intimate and ornate setting. If you've never ventured down below The Deaf, have a look at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.651538328193918.1073741831.160498780631211&type=1" target="_blank"><b>this recent gallery</b></a>, shot by <a href="http://manox.net/" target="_blank"><b>Sebastian Matthes</b></a>. We're also lucky enough to have had <a href="http://pin-stud.io/" target="_blank"><b>Paul Hemmingfield</b></a> take care of our artwork, which is typically incredible and as the more cultured amongst you will recognise, loosely based on MC Esher's (our favourite MC after Hammer and Chunky), and his concept for a never ending staircase. </div>
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The first Still Going is this <b>Sunday 16th June</b>, from <b>9PM-1AM</b>, with residents John Loveless and Tenmen, and is entirely free entry, as always. We hope to see you down there. For a flavour of what you might hear, you can find John's recent <a href="https://soundcloud.com/work-them/work-them-spring-2013-mix" target="_blank"><b>Work Them Spring Mix</b></a>, available for streaming and as as free download below, featuring music from Four Tet, Glowing Palms, Romare, Rhye and more.</div>
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Work Them is back down in <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/217732141698469/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Soup Kitchen this Friday from 11PM featuring the wonderful Fort Romeau</a></b>. All details and ticket links can be found here. It's going to be a great party, we're sure.<br />
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Work Them's first Digital Lyrical guests are esteemed local creative minds <a href="http://dr-me.com/" target="_blank"><b>Dr. Me</b></a>. With a foot in the worlds of both art and music, and then another two between them to presumably do <i>whatever the fuck they like</i>, Dr. Me are responsible for some of the most distinctive and unique posters and artwork in Manchester over the past few years. As well as work for the likes of Dutch Uncles and Holy Other, they have also designed the poster (pictured below) for our <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/217732141698469/?fref=ts" target="_blank">upcoming party with Fort Romeau at Soup Kitchen</a></b> on March 15th. We were as pleased as we'd anticipated, ie. very, and happy to interview them for the blog (pictured further below)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On the first day of university we were paired together to do a 'get to know each other' kind of project due to our names being next to each other on the register, that was in 2008 maybe? We properly formed <a href="http://dr.me/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">DR.ME</a> when we returned from working together for illustrator Mike Perry in 2011 though.</span></div>
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Helpfully, these are all records you can expect to hear down in the basement of Soup Kitchen at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/217732141698469/?group_id=0" target="_blank"><b>our next party with the amazing Fort Romeau on March 15th</b></a>. All the details here. If you enjoy these, expect another five from the other half of Work Them this week, and find more music we like and details we consider to be of note at our <a href="https://soundcloud.com/work-them" target="_blank"><b>Soundcloud</b></a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/workthem" target="_blank"><b>Twitter</b></a>. We feel it's a way of us being in your life that works for both parties.<br />
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Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-41197837641997110492013-02-23T10:38:00.000-08:002013-02-23T10:42:22.159-08:00Work Them with Fort Romeau<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly, a big thanks to all of you who made it to our recent party with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tuskmcr?fref=ts" target="_blank">Tusk</a> at Kraak. Hope you enjoyed the music, and you can expect another later in the year. But long before that, we've another party to announce...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stop Making Sense will be presenting a very special but typically eclectic selection of records tonight, as <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/296334167156792/" target="_blank">SMS Got Me Pregnant saunters into Common</a> with romantic swagger. Expect "a whole spectrum of tunes from melt in your mouth romance to stomach churning smut and filth." We're also promised free mixtapes with a specially commissioned sensual cover - "guaranteed to get you laid or your money back!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>I'm a big fan of this Magnetic Fields track which I've always thought could have been a big club hit but never was. It's not even on their most well-known album, which has 69 bloody love songs on it, many with heartbreak galore. I always think Stephin Merritt would make a cracking disco album if he chanced his arm at it, as a lot of their finest songs have an electro edge and his voice really suits this. I've played it out a few times, never a floor filler, but a few people always get really excited. Once somebody asked me what it was, which is a lovely thing, that really doesn't happen as much as you think. And I then inevitably acted really awkward trying to not sound excited or smug that someone cared</i>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you may have heard, Underachievers is set to bow out gracefully within the next few months. Fortunately, there are still a few more events from the city's last great proper indie disco to go before the end though. After that, all the illustrated dogs on years of flyers will be put to sleep. Dave expands on the closure of Underachievers and the various merchandising opportunities it entails <a href="http://www.underachieversclub.co.uk/2013/02/03/i-killed-a-party-again/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bass is pretty pensive in this one, it reminds me of some 'doom-like' news that's about to land me, eg 'you've eaten the last Rolo, you twat'. Or 'Happy Valentine's Day, I've had enough of your vinyl, I'm moving out.' On the whole, an awesome track."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trash-O-Rama are a little bit on the poorly side at the moment, so they just dropped us the tunes. But their record collection is as deep and odd as any, and their fun as fuck Clusterben parties are back in a new location soon, says Jonny... <i>"The next installment of Trash-O-Ramas Clubsterben will be Friday 1st March at an 'undisclosed basement location' in downtown Mancunia. Details tba over the next week or so....."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"In some ways, the question, ‘What is your favourite melancholy dance track?’ is almost too difficult to answer. Great dance music is always bleak on one level or another; even if only on a subliminal or notional level. (Perhaps ‘Oops Upside Your Head’ by the Gap Band is the exception to the rule… unless you hate the Gap Band that is.) Disco has always been engaged in a futile battle to create an infinite space for its listeners to exist within; and no matter how much we want a night to last forever, we always lose out to the space time continuum in the end. From Earth, Wind & Fire’s Boogie Wonderland to Joe Smooth’s Promised Land, it’s always been bluntly stated that we’re engaged in a utopian project by listening to disco, techno and house but the only place we’re actually transported to is an eventual tearful scene by the photocopier come Tuesday lunchtime. And the more futuristic the genre, the bigger let down we have to face. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Who among us hasn’t been in some badly ventilated Ketamine shack in Wythenshawe, happily ‘dancing’ to ‘Pandemonic Embolism’ by Baader Meinhoff Fisting Circle on Raster Noton just to suddenly have the anti-epiphany: “I’m not actually going to see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion am I?” (A realisation you will never have while dancing to the Parma Violets.) Any music that is born from a desire to make you forget misery is by its very nature born with both feet firmly planted in misery and smart dance music will acknowledge this in one way or another. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Most of this Century’s finest (dancefloor friendly) songs are fully compliant from LCD Soundsystem’s Losing My Edge (ageing) to Of Montreal’s ‘The Past Is A Grotesque Animal’ (heartbreak) via Rihanna’s Umbrella (the vicissitudes of love) but for me it has to be ‘Blind’ by Hercules and Love Affair featuring Antony. I mean, I don’t even know what this song is about but it makes me well up like a motherfucker. I’m feeling like one lachrymal, lugubrious blubber box just thinking about it. I listen to this song and I feel like an al fresco sleeper who’s just been shown a picture of a puppy after his sixth can of Special Brew. But interestingly, it’s still dead good fun to dance to. It’s a funny business dancing, and no mistake. Someone should write a book about it."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Doran is editor at <a href="http://thequietus.com/" target="_blank">The Quietus</a> as well as writer of the finest slice of regular Vice, <a href="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/tag/Menk" target="_blank">Menk</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A big thanks to all our contributors. Work Them returns this Saturday 16th February to Kraak Gallery, 11PM. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/464522043610600/?fref=ts" target="_blank">All the details are here</a>. See you on the floor.</span><br />
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What's more, we'll be nipping back across Stevenson Square to our original home, Kraak. Over the past year, Kraak has evolved into a perfect space for parties, hosting racocous shindigs from the likes of Wet Play and Off The Hook, all with increasingly refined and ample toilet facilities. We're coming back for one more to take advantage of these developments, and also keep it moving under the venue's camoflague office roof, the perfect meld of the corporate world and the Krypton Factor.<br />
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To give you an idea of what to expect from us, take a listen to this month's Work Them mix, the return of our Seasonal Affective Disco, an early doors, nightbus medley featuring original, remixes and re-edits from the likes of Jai Paul,
Magic Touch, The XX, Legowelt and Melody's Echo Chamber, we hope to get
you out on the long nights and onto the dancefloor.<br />
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In the midst of Valentine season, expect an evening of alternative
and electronic music designed tocure your soul and jack your body, a
unique paean to love's labour lost through the medium of disco, weird
pop, house and whatever else takes our fancy on the decks. This
Valentines weekend, cancel that
Bella Italia reservation, tape over that Katherine Heigel romcom and stop carving your love spoons - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/events/464522043610600/?fref=ts" target="_blank">come dance yourself clean</a>.<br />
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<b>£4 ON THE DOOR BEFORE 11 - £5 AFTER </b> Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-29152297360935516272012-11-16T06:44:00.004-08:002012-11-16T06:49:00.689-08:00SMS takeover.<br />
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We're very much looking forward to tomorrow night at our new basement, Q Cavern and we're happy to have Seb from Stop Making Sense lending a hand. In anticipation of tomorrow, he's put together a little playlist of the stuff he's been playing out, from hypnotic electronic to inappropriate house, we're sure you'll enjoy it.<br />
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his samples are so crass and seem cheaply placed over the track like
some 90s clip art. I guess that's his main skill though his tracks are
sparse and he manages to balance them so well that the end result is
totally fantastic. Check out all his shit.<br />
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Smutty house vocals really do it for me, if a track is talking about
how someone is going to shit on another whilst holding their large
____ I instantly buy it up.... I once played this record at one of the
NQs street parties at about 6pm, apparently there were young children
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I am a regular attendant to the night meandyou and those guys really
got me switched on to the workshop crew. I saw Kassim Mosse play live
this summer it was awesome, I’m pretty sure I didn’t say a word
throughout his whole set. This is a stunning opus of a track, full on
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frequently pilgrimages to Berlin. I remember when I first started
going out an dancing to 'harder' music how I used to just get super
locked into the groove and get fixated on all the subtle changes in
the tracks……this isn’t the track I wanted to post…. But I think it’s a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">SMS has been going for just over 5 years now. In that time we've </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">played host to guests from Pangaea to Mike Simmonetti to ...and you </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">will know us by the trail of dead. I think that mix of those artists </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">pretty much well sums up the night, it's meant to be fun with an </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">anything goes music policy that doesn’t take it's self all too </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">seriously. To celebrate our 5th birthday we are having belated a party </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">next Thursday (22nd) at Common. As we are turning 5 we plan to have </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">cake, party bags and fancy dress. You are all invited with open arms.</span></span>Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-23803449863782736652012-11-08T07:15:00.000-08:002012-11-08T07:15:10.254-08:00Work Them at Q Cavern + New Basement Mixtape<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">After two months worth of
sweat and sellout crowds at Soup Kitchen, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/events/381912725222304/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Work Them shifts up the road </a>but keeps it down in the basement with a night at Manchester's coolest
and strangest new venue, Q Cavern. <br /> <br /> You wouldn't suspect that
this unassuming jerk chicken mini-mecca could make for such a great
party, but Q Cavern is fast gaining a deserved reputation amongst those
in the know, and we're delighted to bring you another night of weird and
wonderful body music below Newton Street. If you've yet to sample Q,
we'll be waiting with new discoveries, current groovers and records that
still sound as fresh as any from the worlds of disco, psychedelia,
post-punk, house, experimental, bass and more. Willing feet and broad
minds required. </span></span><br />
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low-tempo but big impact 45 minute mix for you, dear potential
punter/Work Them convertee, which happily gels alt-rock, slow ass acid
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Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-52540359440102933932012-09-27T17:37:00.002-07:002012-10-11T07:34:27.051-07:00Work Them returns... againFirst thing's first... A massive thankyou to all of you who made it down to the bowels (not bowls) of Soup last weekend for the first edition of Work Them 'by night' in quite a while. Any by all of you, I do really mean all of you, as we had a total sell out event on our hands. So as well as a big thanks to everyone who kept dancing until the end, and for not making a single shite request along the way, a big apology to anybody who couldn't make it in. Fortunately, you'll have another chance, but you'll need to move quick sharp. Work Them returns on Saturday October 13th to Soup Kitchen once more, for another throwdown of full bodied alternative and electronic music for the body and mind, but be warned, this is no victory lap. We've got plenty more where that came from - more grooves, more fuzz, more weird stuff, more liberal use of the strobe light and smoke machine. No fuss, no muss, so see you down there? It's just £4 in before midnight, and only £5 after. This event follows on directly from Now Wave's PINS headline show, so come find us and we'll see if we can cut you a deal should you want to stick around.<br />
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You can find the poster below - click for the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/372406849504070/?ref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook event</a> - and then scroll for a quick video playlist of some choice tunes that those in attendance appeared to enjoy. For a more comprehensive, but hopefully not too conclusive idea of that Work Them sound, drop by our Mixcloud for a history of streaming live mixes. There's more of them to come too, as well as a few other features and interviews. <br />
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<br />Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-71976690511866656482012-09-06T17:03:00.002-07:002012-10-11T07:34:36.173-07:00Work Them at Soup KitchenAs promised, Work Them returns this month to a brand new venue that'll really allow us to take it up a gear, down in the basement of Soup Kitchen. If you've never had the chance to visit, you're in for a great party. And we don't use the term party lightly. It's the perfect setting for five hours of weird and wonderful body music with minimal but effective disco lights, dubious enclaves and chatty communal unisex toilets. Oh, and a great soundsystem and a typically up for it crowd. Just in case communal toilets aren't enough to convince you to part with £4*. That's right, less than a premium jacket potato in many of the UK's top chain retailers. Ladies and gentlemen, this is hype.<br />
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To celebrate, and also because it just seems like the sensible thing for a still relatively fresh club night, we've produced an hour of music mixed and mastered to give you an idea of jus what to expect down there. Entitled <b><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/WorkThem/work-them-presents-somewhat-essential-mix-2/" target="_blank">Work Them's Somewhat Esssential Mix #2</a> </b>and is the sequel to last year's mix, stil available <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/WorkThem/" target="_blank">on our own Mixcloud archive</a>. Held together with a more four the floor style reflective of what to expect now we found ourselves below ground level (where things get deep, yo), you'll still find an eclectic hour of music covering a wide range of edits of artists and producers from Zomby to Kate Bush, Nicolas Jaar to Bob Sinclair, some chopped up, beefed out or rearranged, some nestling comfortably in their original form. Listening atmosphere suggestions include a Metrolink at sunset without a ticket, a hungover shower or with a girl you want to impress. If you suspect she may be impressed by Andrew Weatherall remixes, therefore rendering her a keeper. <br />
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Work Themhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425020910410590942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987339487683119894.post-63640262841387247252012-07-01T15:54:00.001-07:002012-07-02T16:50:35.645-07:00Afternoon Delight & Summer MixtapeHello, nice catching up. It's all been a bit quiet on the blog front as of late, but fear not, the Work Them cogs are turning and things are coming together. A few of said things, we're pleased to be able to tell you about <i>right now</i>.<br />
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Currently, we're going to ride out the drizzly dusk of Manchester's summer scene and come back with more proper parties in September, which will incorporate guest DJs, a few live acts and the same sound but different as usual. In the meantime, to keep us alive in hearts and minds, we're making our presence felt in various bars and basements for the meantime.<br />
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First of all, we're pleased to announce that Work Them's director of sonics and flyer-size, John Thorp, will be undertaking a new residency on the last Saturday of each month at the ubiquitous <a href="http://thedeafinstitute.co.uk/" target="_blank">Deaf Institute</a>, between the Aquatics centre and the kebab shops of Manchester's contrived Southern Quarter. From 3PM to 9PM, expect a set that transitions fluidly from an afternoon laze around to a pre-night out drink-up, taking in ambient electronica, psychedelic edits, warped hip-hop, laid back disco and hypnotic shoegaze. Given that we've six hours to fill, we'll also be inviting down some very special guests over the coming months, often taking the advantage of the daylight streaming in to play the sort of music you might not expect...<br />
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As well as the speaker output, The Deaf Institute (AKA, 'The Deaf', AKA, 'The Deafy', AKA, 'The Wes Institute'), will be serving it's fine selection of craft ales and impressive cocktails, to match the mood. Also encouraged are zines, mixtape swaps, crafts, t-shirt printing and readings. This gives us a broad remit, so if any of you have any ideas of something matching but beyond the musical realm to match, do get in touch. After all, this is <i>your </i>event. Actually, no, it's ours, but there's no better company than like minded souls.<br />
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We'll be compiling an accompanying Spotify playlist for the event to enjot at your leisure, and whilst our edition is not for a month or so at the time of writing, the series launches with our pals Dr. Me this Saturday the 7th July, whose are fine designers and DJs to boot. <br />
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Meanwhile, we've <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/WorkThem/work-them-summer-chart-mix-2012/" target="_blank">a summer tinged mix to download and stream over at Mixcloud here</a>. We've previously been advocates of Soundcloud, but they didn't seem to want this one as apparently the new Major Lazer track featured, and is particularly copyright protected. This is particularly stupid as not only did I customarily lay some wonky electro-jazz chords over the end of it anyway, but it was a free giveaway. I tell you kids, it wasn't like this back with Freeserve. Anyway, do enjoy it, and some of our favourite tracks this year from the likes of Slow Magic, Romare and Trevino. <br />
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off, we’re very excited to welcome the 100% silky queen of modern
weirdo pscyh disco, Miss <b>Maria Minerva</b>, upstairs at t'Mill for a DJ set after she’s
finished off the Now Wave stage downstairs. One of the most
unpredictable and individual new artists working in
alternative/dance/experimental/lo-fi/whatever music today, and she’ll be
bringing a stack of records focused on pure groove. Creator of some
real, “What’s This?!” on rotation at Work Them, <a href="http://www.factmag.com/2011/08/19/fact-mix-275-maria-minerva/" target="_blank">check out her excellent FACT mix</a> - the appropriately subtitled ‘Living in Ecstasy’ for an idea
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darker, heavier and weirder more, we’re also joined for the latter part
of the party by creature of the night and one of Manchester’s finest
producers, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Countach</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.
Once promising ‘an original techno anthem to inspire the troops’, in
the meantime, The Count has expertly crafted some of the most memorable
techno of recent times, with tracks such as ‘Melvin Never Made It’, and
several strange and wonderful edits for the likes of Abba and Queen.
Probably uncommissioned, we must admit. As well as this, he also runs
Fallowfield’s extra sweaty Countach Club, a sort of Friday night
community rave project that has lured some great guests. Whilst only a
glimpse into his untame musical mind, here’s a recent ‘<a href="http://erolalkan.co.uk/?p=8697" target="_blank">5 Songs You Must Hear This Week</a>’ as requested by paid-up Countach fanboy Erol Alkan to
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are one of the most potentially powerful new bands in the UK, a
Birmingham cross breed between Factory Floor and New Order, presenting
their full throttle live show earlier on in the day over at
Underachievers stage, save them travelling back down the M6 on a Bank
Holiday, they’ll be sticking around to play some tunes and be merry with
us. We’ll be honest, we anticipate tunes that sound a bit like Factory
Floor or New Order, but they could be big Rick Ross enthusiasts for all
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between our special guests, we’ll be keeping it going with our usual
mix of tunes for the booty shakers and the beard strokers, from dubbed
out disco, weirdo indie classics, charismatic techno to oddball house
and pop. Who knows what to expect in our ongoing quest to establish the
link between Edywn Collins and Flying Lotus, but boy, you’d better get
set for cowbells!</span></div>
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promised you can reacquaint yourself with our style and pizazz,
with this April’s Work Them mixtape, a downloadable one hour odyssey
through our worthy flavours of the month, including tracks from
Chromatics, Burial, New Build, Midland and more... Our last mixtape had
over 500 listens, so thanks for the support, and we hope to see you at
the Mill. Pace yourselves... x</span></div>
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