13.08.10 Tasty Soundcloud player for Flowers and Sea Creatures
London, 17h31, temperature 16°, humidity 86%, cloudy. Just added a nice Soundcloud player for the upcoming EP from Flowers and Sea Creatures. Take a listen!
06.08.10 Flowers and Sea Creatures evolve
London, 16h41, temperature 19°, humidity 67%, cloudy. After months of hints and suggestions Montreal's Flowers and Sea Creatures finally release their debut EP on Buzzin' Fly on September 20. Co-produced with The Revenge and Ewan Pearson, 'Test Pressing EP' features four debut tracks (At Night, At Night (Dub), International, Sonic). Check out extracts now.
>> Hear Flowers and Sea Creatures
14.07.10 Hot plastic
London, 18h01, temperature 24°, humidity 56%, fair. Buzzin' Fly is back at Plastic People on Fri Aug 20 and there are only 50 tickets left already! Yes, early-bird tickets have flown since we announced the event on Facebook and Twitter a couple of days ago. The venue has had a facelift this month - an upgrade to the legendary sound system, new toilets, new floor and a re-paint. Ben Watt (above) spins with Chris Woodward. Gonna be ace. Get in there now!
>> Buy tickets
12.07.10 Shepheard's shelter
London, 21h07, temperature 21°, humidity 56%, fair. Jay Shepheard is back on Buzzin' Fly this week with his new single 'Shelter'. Hot with a wide range of DJs from Prins Thomas to Quentin Harris, it is a vintage slice of future-retro Detroit dancefloor trouble. Backed with ace Catz n' Dogz mixes it is out now.
>> Buy download on Beatport
>> Buy on vinyl from Buzzin' Fly
18.06.10 Tracey Thorn and André Lodemann Number 1 on Beatport Deep House Chart
London, 10h27, temperature 16°, humidity 68%, fair. André Lodemann's gorgeous deep house rework of Tracey Thorn's 'Why Does The Wind?' is sitting at Number 1 on the top of the Deep House chart on Beatport today. Other mixes of this latest release on Buzzin' Fly come from Michel Cleis and Morgan Geist
>> Preview, reaction and links
28.05.10 Jay Shepheard and Catz n' Dogz set for summer
London, 11h44, temperature 14°, humidity 68%, fair. July will see the release of a new Jay Shepheard single on Buzzin' Fly. Entitled 'Shelter' it comes with ace Catz n' Dogz (pic) remixes. Says Jay: 'Once I found the main organ sound - that arp hook - I knew straight away that I wanted to take this down an oldschool Detroit route.' Bolstered by classic 909 drum tones and a heartbreaker string melody, the track is indeed a killer future-retro slice of techno that has been rocking Buzzin' Fly parties in recent months. We will preview it on the radio show v soon.
10.05.10 Summer Party at Cable. June 26. Hot line-up.
London, 22h01, temperature 14°, humidity 63%, fair. Leaving behind our recent run of sell-out sweatbox parties of Plastic People, we step up into the newly relaunched Cable near London Bridge for a two-room midsummer affair with a line-up encompassing not only our own sound, but deep Swiss techno, Norwegian balearic disco and Parisian electro-pop.
In the main room, we welcome special guest, Ripperton. Hailing from Lausanne in Switzerland, Raphael Ripperton has inked his name as one of deep techno's cornerstone pioneers. He is joined by Buzzin' Fly head honcho, Ben Watt, and longtime sideman, Chris Woodward (fresh from recent success with his Beatport-busting 'Village Vanguard').
In the second room, hot on the heels of their recent acclaimed somophore album 'Left' (Buzzin' Fly), Parisian duo Mademoiselle Caro and Franck Garcia deliver a special back-to-back DJ set for the first time in London. Joining them are Ytre Rymden Dansskola. Meaning literally 'Outer Space Dancing School', the Norwegian cosmic disco duo are signed to Prins Thomas' uber-cool Full Pupp label, responsible for a superb debut album of low-tempo modern disco, and are currently recording with ace new Buzzin' Fly signings Flowers & Sea Creatures. Another London DJ debut.
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30.04.10 Tracey Thorn remixes to be released on Buzzin' Fly. Morgan Geist, Michel Cleis and more
London, 11h11, temperature 14°, humidity 65%, fair. As many of you know, our sister label, Strange Feeling Records, releases Tracey Thorn's new solo album 'Love And Its Opposite' on May 17. The second single from the album will be 'Why Does The Wind?', and if there was one track on the album ripe for remixes this is it. In its honour, we will release the single complete with killer re-inventions from Metro Area's Morgan Geist, Michel Cleis and André Lodemann, not on Strange Feeling, but on Buzzin' Fly on June 14. To whet your appetite you can grab the radio edit of the original album mix for free. Get ready for the floor. Buzz buzz.
>> Grab free download
07.04.10 Mademoiselle Caro and Franck Garcia
are Artists In Residence on XFM this week
New York, 17h10, temperature 32°, humidity 18%, sunny. It's a belter today in New York but back home in London we should let you know that Mademoiselle Caro and Franck Garcia
are 'Artists in Residence' on XFM's Xposure with John Kennedy this week. They play 4 tracks from the new album, one broadcast each night this week (Mon-Thurs), plus an interview with Caro tonight. UK listeners, tune in.
>> X-Posure on XFM
06.04.10 New Buzzin' Fly iTunes compilation mixed by Chris Woodward
New York, 17h10, temperature 23°, humidity 49%, sunny. Greetings from New York, folks! Just time to tell you about an ace new mix compilation released on iTunes today. It is 75 minutes of Buzzin' Fly classics mixed by Chris Woodward (pic above) as part of '50th single' celebrations this spring. And its only £4.49!
>> View compilation
30.03.10 The soldiers are coming!
London, 10h40, temperature 9°, humidity 85%, rain. 'Soldiers' by Mademoiselle Caro and Franck Garcia is now out as a digital download on Beatport. Includes Ben Watt remixes and The Revenge remixes. Vinyl out next week ... Buzz buzz
>> Buy 'Soldiers' on Beatport
27.03.10 Pete Heller to drop summer bomb
London, 18h11, temperature 11°, humidity 81%, rain. Mini UK house legend Pete Heller has cooked up a fab deep summer bomb called 'Overtime' due for release on Buzzin' Fly in May. Subtle summer horns, super loping sub-bass, and fresh drum edits comin' at ya. Will preview it on radio show next week.
18.03.10 Tracey Thorn Q&A
London, 18h41, temperature 13°, humidity 59%, cloud. Read a brilliant Q&A feature with Tracey Thorn as we get ready for her new album on our sister imprint, Strange Feeling Records. And grab yourself a copy of the album's opening track,'Oh, The Divorces!', available as a free download.
>> Q&A feature with Tracey Thorn
16.03.10 More Plastic! Friday April 30. Charles Webster.
London, 17h01, temperature 10°, humidity 54%, clear. With the future of Plastic People in the balance it is surely time to grasp these Buzzin' Fly parties while you can. Since we made our return to the iconic basement venue we've have thrown four utter roadblocks since the summer of 2009 with pre-sale tickets sold out weeks before each event. For our next event on Fri Apr 30 we enlist one of the godfathers of British deep house, Charles Webster (pic), to join residents Ben Watt and Chris Woodward for another epic night of deep house, techno, modern disco and assorted wild cards. Expect a warm, passionate crowd in a sweatbox with ace sound. Get tickets early.
>>> Get tickets for April 30
09.03.10 The Quietus grab Ben Watt
London, 18h06, temperature 7°, humidity 78%, cloud. Ace website The Quietus caught up with our own Ben Watt recently to get his take on the history of Buzzin' Fly and to select a tasty Spotify playlist of some Buzzin' Fly cuts and other nice stuff.
>>> Ben Watt on The Quietus
06.03.10 Interview with John Gilsenan, the man behind all our artwork
London, 11h22, temperature 5°, humidity 78%, clear. Check out this interview with John Gilsenan from iwantdesign, our graphic designer, as we celebrate our 50th single sleeve this month
>>> John Gilsenan interview
04.03.10 Save Plastic People petition.
London, 08h32, temperature 4°, humidity 78%, clear. You can now sign a petition to help keep Plastic People open. If you want to add your support to this iconic club in its flight against closure, click the link below. Thanks
>>> Petition for Plastic People
28.02.10 Bright Star goes to No 1!
London, 14h02, temperature 5°, humidity 85%, rain. 'Bright Star' by Stimming, Ben Watt and Julia Biel, our 50th single, has climbed to Number 1 on the Beatport Deep House chart. Thanks, everyone!
>>> Bright Star on Beatport
25.02.10 Brightest star
London, 17h32, temperature 7°, humidity 90%, rain. 'Bright Star' by Stimming (above), Ben Watt and Julia Biel, our 50th single, jumped into the Beatport Top 10 Deep Hosue Chart this week. Grab yourself a download of this killer single or invest in a piece of history and buy the limited edition deluxe vinyl that everyone is talking about.
>>> Bright Star on Beatport
25.02.10 Plastic People threatened with closure
London, 17h15, temperature 7°, humidity 90%, rain. The pressure on Shoreditch in east London continues as police have slapped a public disorder notice on legendary basement venue and Buzzin' Fly spiritual home Plastic People. There is a real threat the club could be closed down. It seems both the council and police are spearheading a clean-up campaign in the area and clubland is suffering. Buzzin' Fly's party goes ahead this weekend, but the future is in jeopardy. Join the Facebook group in support of this great club, run by kind people.
>>> Help Plastic People
18.02.10 Tracey Thorn free download.
London, 13h15, temperature 4°, humidity 90%, rain. Tracey Thorn's new album was officially announced yesterday. It is called 'Love And Its Opposite'. It will be out on our sister label, Strange Feeling on May 17 (May 18 Nth America). You can now download a FREE track from the album at Tracey's relaunched website. You can also see the album artwork, a new pic of Tracey, and album background info.
>>> Free download
30.01.10 Tracey Thorn joins our sister label, Strange Feeling. New solo album out in May.
Brisbane, 15h15, temperature 30°, humidity 61%, fair. As we hit the final day of our Aussie tour thoughts turn to home and for those of you who haven't yet heard, we are making plans for the release of Tracey Thorn's new solo album on our sister imprint, Strange Feeling. Yes, granted leave by Virgin/EMI Tracey's new album 'Love And Its Opposite' is out in May. Expect a single in April. North American fans should also rejoice as we have done a deal to release the record on the very wonderful Merge Records (The Arcade Fire, M Ward, Spoon). Tracey is currently interacting daily with fans one her new Facebook fan page. Check it out.
>>> www.traceythorn.com
28.01.10 Footage of Buzzin' Fly v Innervisions Australia Day Boat Party
Sydney, 17h15, temperature 24°, humidity 78%, cloud. 850 people boarded the Starship Sydney mega-yacht for the Buzzin' Fly v Innervisions Australia Day Boat Party this week. The clouds parted for a blistering day. And we just happen to have some exclusive footage of the day.
>>> View mini-film of Australia Day party
14.01.10 Mademoiselle Caro and Franck Garcia. New mixtape and fan page.
London, 13h30, temperature 3°, humidity 87%, cloud. As we get ready for Mademoiselle Caro and Franck Garcia's fab new album, 'Left', in April we can reveal details of their new Facebook fan page and luxuriate in their awesome new Mixtape recorded just for us with loads of cool underground indie gems and off-ramp dance cuts.
>>> Facebook fan page
04.01.10 Back at Plastic People for 2010. Tickets on sale for first date in February.
London, 14h35, temperature 1°, humidity 75%, clear. Such is the popularity of Plastic People among our followers that we are back in 2010. Opening proceedings on Fri Feb 26 with a back to back from label boss, Ben Watt, and longtime sidekick Chris Woodward, this is a residency not to miss. Deep house, techno and modern disco for a warm, passionate crowd in a sweatbox with ace sound. Get tickets early.
>>> Get tickets
03.01.10 No WMC 2010 party this year.
London, 16h04, temperature 3°, humidity 85%, clear. After five cracking parties over the past five years, there will be no Buzzin' Fly party at WMC 2010 this year. Ben has just posted this personal message on Facebook which expalins all: "It is time I let you all know that we will not be staging a Buzzin' Fly party at WMC 2010. Although we had pencilled one in at the Shore Club, we have decided now not to go ahead this year. There are several reasons behind the decision, but uppermost are some personal family issues affecting me in March. Hope you all understand. Sorry to disappoint. Happy New Year. Ben." For other Buzzin' Fly dates, check out below
>> More Buzzin' Fly parties