Va Va Voom to Paris

Our resident monk of funk, Jamie Fieron, has been invited to the super soave Bar Baxo in Paris on June 6th where he will be laying down 4 hours worth of his finest musical nuggets and spreading the good word of Üdio.

Keep your eyes peeled for Fieron's new podcast which employs a new and more personal style; should be available for download in the coming week. If you haven't already had a listen to our podcasts all you have to do is follow the link below:

www.udio.podomatic.com

ÜDIO - July 4th 2008

Our fourth and final party before the summer break will see the return of Kato who destroyed the Gramaphone club back in February with a bugged out mix featuring everything from Michael Jackson to Audion. We've also booked Nick V, one of the pillars of Parisian clubland who has his fingers in too many funky pies to mention. Suffice to say if there's a good party going on in the French capital Nick will be involved. I saw him play one of the sets of his life alongside co-resident Laurent Garnier at the revered Ballroom party and he dropped The Fly by Syclops (http://www.last.fm/music/Syclops/_/The+Fly), which was totally against the grain on the night but still rocked the place silly.

More info to come very soon, including news on new podcasts by both Nick V and Kato respectively.

Word.

Zatoichi vs Madlib the Beat Konducta

Not for the squeamish..

April Party and Future Movements

Despite a couple of fleeting technical difficulties, our third party was pretty fun and we received lots of good feedback so well done to everyone involved and thanks to all those who made it down. Earfworm Jim rounded up the night nicely and followed on impressively from the Desi Punk Contingent who played everything from balearic disco treats to breakbeat monsters with a cheeky chemical brothers mix of Kylie thrown in for good measure. Big thanks to New Bohemia for looking after the upstairs bar. Sativo from homegrown hip hop outfit ASM particularly impressed and will hopefully be guesting downstairs in the club sometime soon.

Just so you all know.. our next party at the Gramaphone club will be taking place on Friday 4th July - we are already expecting a solid turnout for this one so keep an eye on guestlist details to ensure easy entry. There are also plans for Üdio to host a daytime garden party somewhere in London so keep checking back for more details on that one.

word to bigbird

üdio 3

The third instalment of üdio is now less than a week away and we hope you’re as excited as we are! Here’s the lowdown on what to expect next Saturday:

For the first time, we’re hosting both floors of the Gramaphone, with an awesome soundtrack over both floors. DJing alongside residents Earfworm Jim and the Desi Punk Contingent, we welcome back Danny “the Djembe Destroyer” who will be warming us up earlier on and providing the rhythmic djembe action later on. We also have Noah from New Bohemia playing downstairs with the rest of the New Bohemia crew rocking out the upstairs bar. Another first for üdio is a live set downstairs. We have the privilege of previewing Soundspecies’ new album downstairs, which is a great listen and certainly worth checking out (http://www.myspace.com/soundspeciesUK).

All in all it’s gearing up to be our best party yet, so get your glad rags on, bring your friends and prepare for the aural assault üdio style.

Cheers

Team üdio

Podcast Series

We're happy to announce that our podcast series is finally available for download via iTunes. All you have to do is follow the appropriate link on our podcast website:

http://udio.podomatic.com/

There's a brand new mix available courtesy of our lad Earfworm Jim (pictured above). We have plans to host mixes by several accomplished jockeys of the disc from all over the shop so make sure you subscribe to the service to get the most out of it. Word.

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Earfworm Jim - Keys to Zeal

1. Harvey Mason - Space Cadets
2. Lewis Taylor - Lovelight
3. Vansbro Boogie - Unknown
4. Sweet - Funk It Up
5. Beyonds the Wizard's Sleeve - Words
6. Cromagnum - Unknown
7. Johnny Horns - Paint it Black
8. The Sweeney - Soundtrack from The Sweeney
9. Quantum Jump - Lone Ranger
10. Hugh Massarella - North Side
11. Donc Boys - Cypestre
12. Senor Coconut - Behind The Mask (Ricardo Villalobos remix)

The 39 Steps

"The 39 Steps are here to introduce you to what they call ‘Dark Soul’. Leeds-based producer Kato and veteran singer Laura Fowles have spent the last year and a half creating a place where jazz, hip hop, psychedelia and filmscores collide. Built to a blueprint of bottom-heavy beats and spine-tingling vocals, their debut album Coming Clean is currently being finished and aims to showcase their manifesto of thoughtful and emotive music. Despite a low-key arrival onto the electronic music scene with no live output as yet, their studio project has been steadily acquiring interest on digital domains such as MySpace, where enthusiasts from all over the world variously described their music as ‘awesome’, ‘melancholic’ and ‘beautiful’. Buoyed by this response, the duo have written an entire album of songs and have recorded a video (not yet screened….!) to promote the album. Coming Clean is shaping up to be a personal, thought provoking and nocturnal album."

excerpt taken from www.the39stepsmusic.co.uk/

Don't let your eyes or ears stray too far away from these guys. You only have to take a brief look at their myspace to see just how much praise they have already garnered. We have every faith that the album is going to be an excellent listen and would like to wish Laura and Kato all the best for the future.

New Bohemia London Launch - Sat 29th March - Cargo

Not content with being the number 1 institution for all things funky up in sunny Leeds, New Bohemia are set to put their stamp on our first city on March 29th at Cargo. We wish them all the best and are looking forward to having Noah and co. involved with Üdio in the future. New Bohemia will be hosting the upstairs area at our next party which takes place on April 26th. Hold tight for more info..

2dio

Massive thanks to everyone who came down and helped us shake the foundations of the Gramaphone club. Here's how the night unfolded..

Danny the Djembe Destroyer got everyone's heads nodding for his 2 hour special.. Earfworm had the beard strokers trying to sneak a peak at his records.. between 12:30 and 2am, Kato's critical beatdown blew everyone away as he hopped from psych rock funk bombs to acid house anarchy. The Desi Punk Contingent somehow followed on and kept people dancing right up until the club closed at 4. Plenty of lovely feedback and plenty of smiling faces.. perfect. One lonesome punter was so impressed that he sat down, put his hands in his pants and had himself a game of pocket billiards.

This went down a treat:


St Germain - Rose Rouge

Stay tuned for the third installment..

Kato

For the second episode of üdio we have invited DJ Kato to come and play us some of his favourite records. He has been rocking floors in Leeds for a while now, holding down residencies at legendary clubnight Funksoulnation at the HiFi Club and also Funkywormhole at the Mint Club. Recently, Kato's music production has flourished and his efforts have culminated in the almost finished studio project known as The 39 Steps, which he likes to describe as "dark soul". We think that it's sounding pretty good so far and that anyone who is into downtempo, hip hop, jazz, soul or whatever should check it out. DJing is still an important facet of his passion for music and he recently supported German production supergroup Jazzanova, so we warmly welcome Kato down to the Gramaphone Glub on Feb 29th. Godnose what he has got up his sleeves for us but expect to hear a wide variety of sounds ranging from heavy funk through to classic hip hop, funked up house, broken beats and beyond..

The 39 Steps:
www.myspace.com/the39stepsmusic

Have a listen to some of Kato's own beats here:
www.myspace.com/chairmankato

Üdio Number 2io

Like what we did with the title there?

Hope you guys dig the flyer above. It was designed by our resident fartist, Earfworm Jim, who you'll find unleashing his own take on the üdio sound between 11 and half 12 on the 29th Feb @ Gramaphone.

Also just wanted to mention that it might be an idea to e-mail udioinfo@googlemail.com for guestlist and concessions. If you send us 7 names, one person will get in for free and the rest just pay student prices (4 squid!).

x

Danny The Djembe Destroyer

Those who were lucky enough to make it down to our opening party may have noticed a certain bongo enthusiast giving the DJ’s records a live accompaniment for hours on end. It just so happens that Danny is an accomplished DJ himself having been a resident at the memorable Funkywormhole clubnight in Leeds and also the outright winner of The Telegraph’s regional DJ competition. Danny’s hands were pretty much bleeding after their relentless beatdown on his own Djembe drum so we thought we would do him a favour and this time ask him to come and build the night up with a special 2 hour set of both past and contemporary inspirations that will go from one end to the other of his musical spectrum. With a keen interest in photography and a discerning ear for beats, we hope that Danny will remain an integral part of Üdio’s evolution.

You can see some of Danny’s influences as well as photography here:
www.myspace.com/daniel_wood_london

VIDEO

Titbits

A small dose of the badstuff..

1. A Mountain Of One - Collected Works CD
Listen to Freefall.. beautiful, really well written song that I don't think I could ever get tired of.
www.myspace.com/amountainofone

2. Lykke Li - Little Bit
This lovely lady (in the picture above) sang on 'young folks'.. really looking forward to her solo material. Think she has a 10" out right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUC0ezAlHwE

3. Little Dragon - Twice
Can't get over this song, great video too. Thanks to future guest dj Kato for putting me on to this one.
Watch out for when the tears start to flow..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yedD4JsZyT0

4. Spitalfields Market in Shoreditch on a Sunday morning..
I think they call places like this "wallet bleeders"

5. My new Numark portable turntable!! Time to get my dig on, innit









6. This little stomper came out in 1999 but I've only just seen the video. Homophobes avert your eyes now.
The Jag by Micronauts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yedD4JsZyT0

That will do.

cheers, Ricky x

Opening Night Delirium

On January 11th we had our opening party and by all accounts it was a hit with all the happy faces who came down. We had a few teething issues with the venue but only because there was such a great turnout. Thanks to everyone who made it such a good night. You can see pics here:

www.myspace.com/hittheudio
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6448969135

Hold tight for details on the next one

üdio out

Introducing.. Lozarez

Lozarez (formerly known as Chicken George) has been a stalwart on the Leeds music scene for a while now. Whether he’s producing tunes, co-running I Can Count records or tearing up dancefloors, he does it all with a big smile on his face and plenty of oomph. His DJ selections range from wonky funk and reggae all the way to techno via p-funk and indie.. so he seemed like just the right man to be the special guest at our opening night.

You can check out some of his own productions and mixes here : www.myspace.com/lozarez. For the party in January, Lozarez will be digging deep into his record collection to pick out dancefloor dynamite from across the genres… His top 10 looks a little something like this:

Prince - Sign of the Times
The Chemical Brothers - Leave Home
Coldcut - True Skool
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Bee Bop
Al Naafyish - Hashim (The Soul)
Ark - La Magicien Dos (Mr Oizo mix)
Galaxy to Galaxy - Hi Tech Jazz
Model 500 - Nightdrive
Dave Clarke - Before I Was So Rudely Interrupted (pt. 1)
Peter Tosh - Steppin Razor

CRITICAL BEATDOWN ALERT

January Poster

Our boy Earfworm Jim has very kindly provided us with this very smart print for our opening party in January. What do you lot think about it? We're chuffed!

We're looking for artists of all calibres to get involved by either submitting work to put on this here blog or to bring pieces down to our parties, so if you know anyone who might be interested tell them to get in touch - udioinfo@googlemail.com. Early on in the night there will be loads of work on display by several promising artists, accompanied by a sleazy soundtrack courtesy of our special guest, 5 Times. Top lad. We'll be putting up some more information about him soon so stay tuned..

Serious Delirium - Case Study 1

In true üdio style, our resident (dumbass) dj Earfworm Jim took it upon himself to engage in an act of serious delirium on Friday night when he dragged his drunk ass down to Madame JoJo's for their legendary deep funk party. You can normally find our inebriated resident Jim there, leaning on Keb Darge's shoulder whilst trying to fix his gaze on the records being played. However something tells me he won't be doing this anytime in the future..

Having jumped onto the stage, Earfworm Jim totally misread Keb Darge's gestures and picked up a glowing record from the deck and proceeded to read the name of the artist and the song title. Only then did he realise he was doing this in absolute silence since he had unwittingly removed the record that was being played as opposed to the 7" waiting to be mixed. Keb Darge pulled his microphone closer and said to the perplexed crowd.. "what the fuck is this chap doing eh!?" Although he does not remember the post traumatic stress too well, he does remember having an intense urge to bury his head under the ground. Does this explain where he got his dj name from? Godnose.

You can come and see more of his antics at the opening party of üdio where he will be playing plenty of his (and probably Keb Darge's) musical treats and later on involving himself in more acts of serious delirium.

x

January 11th 2008 - Gramaphone Club - Shoreditch

The first episode of Üdio brings you plenty of forward thinking body-funk music, live percussion, the udioastrofunk squadron and more..

Music comes courtesy of :

Lozarez [ I Can Count ]
5 Times [ Short Circuit Productions ]
Earfworm Jim [ üdio ]
Desi Punk Contingent [ üdio ]

£5 entry b4 midnight.. £6 after / £4 students
Concessions also available for groups of 7+ if you e-mail udioinfo@googlemail.com before Jan 11th with your full names.

Spread the word!

üdio launch

Yo, good news.. üdio is set to launch on Jan 11th 2008 at the Gramaphone club in Shoreditch. Keep checking back for more details on guest djs as well as new podcasts. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment on here or message us at udioinfo@googlemail.com.

Also, if you want to have a little peek at the venue you can see some pics here.. http://www.thegramaphone.co.uk. Oh did we mention that we're bad boys for life and üdio is going to rock silly style.

Love from the DPC x

umm, just one more thing..

Yo, I have just recorded a mix to give you lot an indication of the sort of music you might hear when üdio launches early next year. You can listen or download it from the link below or you can download it as a podcast in iTunes and then stick it on your iPod and dance around in your iRoom with your iMates etc. Or you can listen to the mix from this blog by using the player located to the right of your screen innit >>>

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5021244e371b05/

Tracklist

1. Billy Cobham - Stratus
2. Linkwood Family - Piece of Mind
3. Flying Lotus - Massage Situation
4. Andy Bey - Judgement
5. Toots and the Maytals - 54-46
6. The Kinks - All Day and All the Night
7. The Clash - Outside Broadcast
8. Husky Rescue - Diamonds in the Sky (Emperor Machine Rmx)
9. Herbie Hancock - Bring Down the Birds
10. Mickey & the Soul Generation - Iron Leg
11. Dangerdoom - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
12. Nephews of Phela - Mulah 2
13. LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)
14. Quantic - Life in the Rain
15. Dimlite - Jose's View
16. The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me
17. Godzilla Theme
18. Beck - Devil's Haircut
19. The Police - Roxanne

Look out for future podcasts from üdio's other residents, Fieron and Earfworm Jim. Keep it delirious.

Ricky

what's new

Greetings. Just a quick message to let you lot know about where we are at right now with organising the launch of üdio. The owners of Ditch Bar have gone AWOL so we're now looking into hosting the party at Gramaphone in Shoreditch. It's an intimate little venue with a great soundsystem and it already houses a couple of quality clubnights including Benji B's Deviation night. Suffice to say this is something we're very excited about, especially since the atmosphere of this place seems to be exactly what üdio requires and deserves..

Also, you might be pleased to hear that we are in the process of releasing a series of podcasts for your listening pleasure. I've just recorded the first one and we're adding some finishing touches to it right now, so it will be available for download shortly. The mix itself mainly comprises of a bunch of records that represent the diversity of sound that üdio will be trying to push as well as a few titbits that I'm currently listening to. Check back for more updates, get me.

Ricky

üdio causes serious delirium

hay hay hay,

This is the first post on the new üdio blog. We've set this up for us to let you know what's happening in the world of üdio. Ideally this will be a place where people who frequent the night and like what we're about can be the first to know about forthcoming parties, mixes and share the things we're feeling at the moment. We'd also be more than happy if people feel inclined to contribute and get involved.

Say no to caffeine

Desi Punk Contingent x