Hot on the tail of the news of our next wonderful COR soiree, COR’s very own disco vet and Mirrorball main man Steve Laming has whipped up this little gem of a mix to begin to get us in the underground disco mood. Some really cracking tracks on here, grab an earful and download a copy to keep too!

Hopefully there’ll be a tracklist to follow shortly.

Steve’s been rocking the disco scene on the South Coast since the late 70’s and has some pretty special promoting achievements under his belt. Check out Steve’s biog to find out more about his wonderful underground disco past.

Cracking tracks Steve, muchos thanks for putting it together for us!

Big Love.

Hello COR Scallies and Disco Bunnies, hope all is peachy with you all.

It been a long time coming, but it’s finally here – We’re launching our very own COR mix Album!

We wanted to put something together between the 7 of us that not only mean something to us but would also help sum up the essence of COR journey thus far. … So, we each picked two of our favourite all time tracks (not an easy job at all I can tell ya!) and handed them to Mr ‘Uncle Welshy’ Windsor to take into the studio to mix up a storm.

After numerous visits studios and one completed album that we decided to bin as it didn’t quite meet our rigorous COR quality control (it was good but not quite good enough!) we finally have a completely polished, COR approved 1hrs 19mins and 48sec disco journey for your personal delectation and delight, straight from the hearts of the COR Family.

This is not your straight forward mix album, oh no. Many hours of production have been lovingly poured into the making of this, including a number edits and reworks to harmoniously pull the wide spanning reach of the tracks in the playlist together. Leon, you’ve done a sterling job sir. We hope you like what you hear.

So, on to the paar-tay.

COR Moments Album Launch

Sept 25th, 8pm – 2am

The Loft +, Albert Road, Southsea.

Tickets : £5, Available from Head Hairdressing, 53 Albert.

EVERY ONE WHO PURCHASES A TICKET WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ALBUM ON THE NIGHT!!

We’re keeping this an intimate affair will just 100 tickets available. If you want to get involved please get your ticket as soon as possible, this will sell out and it will sell out quickly. We promise this is not some sort of promoter scarcity tactic, we’ve had a boat load of interest in this soiree with people already waiting for tickets. Once they’re gone they really are gone so please don’t leave it too late!

We are properly going to town for this very special occasion. Sound is going to be top draw, full COR décor and backdrop and ALL of the 7 COR Family will be on duty to take the roof clean off. This is gonna be a feast for the senses in a true COR intimate soiree stylee. It really is gonna be a belter. Don’t miss out!!

That’s about it for now. Keep your eye on our COR blog for more dets as they arise c-o-r.co.uk and of course the faceache group facebook.c-o-r.co.uk andwe all look forward to seeing you at the front on the night.

Big Love.

A little treat for the COR Party Contingent to see you into the Bank Holiday Weekend.

New friend of COR and head honcho of Brighton staple Disco Deviant, Pablo Contraband, has kindly passed us a mix to share with the COR scallies and disco bunnies.

Here’s a little intro to the mix and the wonderful Disco Deviant from Mr Contraband himself…

I put this mix together ahead of the Vintage Festival at Goodwood that just happenend in August. What a great weekend that was!

The mix was a pretty off the cuff round up of current tracks doing it at Disco Deviant, a mixture of new tracks from Planet Jumper, Mavis and Jamie Jones and some great edits from The Revenge (Big fave of mine), Jacques Renault who is currently on fire, Rotciv give’s Hopscotch a classy rework, and DJ Butcher and Andy Ash turning in some great edits too.

I love the whole edit thing, particularly being that I only really discovered ‘Disco’ about five years ago, I would not have known about a fair amount of the originals had they not had a re-issue via edits etc. It’s become a bit contentious recently but personally I don’t give a shit how I find out about music, and whether it’s lazy or sacrilege. Truth is I need new stuff to listen to and play out and I have a lot of good quality tracks coming my way via Juno, Soundcloud, CD, email and even the odd bit of vinyl from Phonica / Piccadilly.

I think the mix reflects what is played at our nights quite well, however the guests we have really do inject a lot of variation into the soundtrack and more often than not influence my tastes and turn me onto some new tracks.

Cosmic Boogie has a very specific sound that catches his ear. A bit different to most – he’s given me some cracking stuff.

Rahaan was a real education, playing for 3 hours I could only name 3 or 4 tracks he dropped, Boogie, Electrofunk and some real H.O.U.S.E. Kept us all dancing.

Greg Wilson has been the biggest influence on me since Weatherall in the early 90’s always happy to share track titles and give me some of his edits etc.

Danny Webb is another great DJ I respect his collection and the way he put’s his sets together, he worked at Piccadilly for years so has a broad taste and eclectic collection, not missing many classics. A real good laugh too.

Coming up this weekend we have Nick V (Mona, Paris) visiting us for a basement jam at The Globe in Brighton. We do regular Disco Deviant parties there, suits our vibe. Free Entry Fri 27th Aug 10pm – 3am.

My wife saw Nick playing at his own night Mona last year in Paris, she has since been asking me to get him over. I finally sorted it out so whilst he’s here I decided to get the most out of the weekend, on Saturday Red Greg (Ebonite) will be scooting down from London and we’re going to do a daytime terrace party at Audio together from 3-9pm. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us!

Hope you enjoy the mix. Maybe we’ll do something with the COR boys sometime soon? In the meantime you can keep up with us on our blog http://discodeviant.blogspot.com

Cheers

Pablo

Pablo Contraband – Vintage Mix.

Track list:
1 Stick Back – Planet Jumper
2 Cadillac (Revenge mix) – Hot Chocolate
3 In the middle of the night – Jacques Renault
4 The Formula (Dub Vibes) – 6th Borough Project
5 Hopscotch (Rotciv edit) – Gwen Guthrie
6 Music (revenge mix) – Al Hudson
7 Revolution (Darkstarr mix) – Mavis ft Candi Staton
8 Looks like Love – Dj Butcher
9 Straight off the bone – SAS
10 Get Away – DJ Kid Stretch
11 Ruckus – Jamie Jones
12 You Got the power (Andy Ash edit) – Camoflage

Thanks for letting us sharing this mix with the COR contingent, big time appreciated and muchly enjoyed. Hopefully we can return the favour soon.

Don’t forget to check out the Disco Deviant blog , it’s stuffed full with mixes, tracks, info from the scene, upcoming Disco Deviant parties and a wonderful list of links to our wonderful blogs, websites and promotions from the scene. Well worth a look.

Big Love.

When COR’s mixing boy Leon ‘Uncle Welshy’ Windsor is not supporting the COR cause with his one unique twist on the wonder that is ‘Balearic’, he’s usually busy in the studio with one cohort or another, whipping up aural delights right left and front.

Just lately Leon has been back in the studio working with old time production pal Triggs on new releases for their shiny new label VOCO . A huge departure from COR’s disco and balearic vibe, Leon and Triggs have been tuning up Voco Records to put out House and Techno tracks that really do span the length and breath of these genres.

You can find out more about Leon’s music and production background here, and follows is a message from Leon on the new releases from Voco…

Hi everyone,

First up, thanks for supporting the group and the label- it really is appreciated.

Right then, we’ve got a new release coming on 3rd September…. It’s Acid Trax by Stupid Computer. An electro house behemoth with more than a nod to the classic warehouse sounds of two decades ago, coming in two chunky original versions ranging from main room boom to retro techno flavours. The remixes are also ace, with a classy tech house turn by globetrotting groove merchants Modifier (a Scotland- NZ soundclash no less), a punishing prog-techno workout from hotly tipped newcomer Altered Mode (check her out on Soundcloud) and the slowed down dubby Balearic spacefunk from Southern Cross in their Retrobate guise to round off the package.

You can preview all the mixes on Soundcloud:

http://soundcloud.com/voco-records

Please leave comments and we’d love it if you followed us on there. We will be giving away some unreleased material and ‘private’ mixes on there for followers so we’ll make it your while!

Forthcoming, we have some huge releases, including Modifier’s new thumper, the next Southern Cross installment and we’re also proud to introduce Parisian maestro Xaric to the VOCO family….

Watch this space, there’s plenty more to come and I’m not even mentioning the top shelf remixers we have on board for the next three months….

Thank you for your time- bless you one and all

If you like what you hear, why not sign up to the Voco Records Faceache Group to keep in the loop on future delvelopments.

Good luck with this Leon, good to see your keeping yourself busy outside of COR!

Big Love.

COR Album launch paaaar-taaay!! Finally here – 25th Sept! Get involved. Only 100 tickets for this one and every one through the door gets a copy of the album! Gonna be huge. If you remember our curry house parties, our chip shop garden parties, our basements parties, then you’ll know you’ll not wanna miss this one. Taking it back to the intimate soiree and we do those very well indeed! More details and artwork to follow, tickets available from Friday. Get a ticket while you can!

Big Love.

No plans for the Bank Holiday Sunday yet? Don’t stay in, take a DEETOUR and head to Drift – COR’s queen of the hands in the air moment  our very own Mark Persaud has been pulled in to provide some underground disco and house entertainment to ease the Bank Holiday Sunday funtimes to a close.

9:30 til finish, Persaud will be bring his finest underground disco DF burners, so u just need to bring your dancing shoes. Give it spin.

To give you an idea of what’s in store, check out this mix that Mark did for COR a while back…

You can grab the track listing for this here.

Have a crackin bank holiday weekend whatever you get up to, Hopefully see ya Sunday!

Big Love.

Hello COR party contingent, hope this message find you all very well.

Good friends of COR Wolf Music and Nocturnal will be joining the legend that is Greg Wilson  on the Friday 10th Sept to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the the opening of the Mojito Lounge at the wonderful Orange Rooms in Southampton.

Looks set to be a wicked night. Not only are Greg Wilson, Wolf Music and Nocturnal on duty, but Pompey retro heroes The Six Million Dollar Man Club will be flexing some funk mussel in the Barcadi Lounge too.

Looking forward to this. The COR boys will be in attendance in a purely off duty capacity, cutting shapes and showing our support. Why not pop up with us? Put it in your diary.

Here’s the details…

To celebrate the first anniversary of the Bacardi Lounge at Orange Rooms, Southampton we welcome one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene, Greg Wilson.

Join the Bacardi Mojito Lounge Fan Page for some great Bacardi offers. The first 200 to join will receive FREE entry to this event, plus a FREE Bacardi mojito!!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bacardi-Lounge-Southampton/140950779250732?ref=ts

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MAIN ROOM
Greg Wilson (Bestival Resident)
Stu Clark & Mike Fielder (What Time Is It/Wolf Music)
Lloyd & Fax (Nocturnal)
Kev & Jonny (Rockspot)

Greg Wilson began DJing back in 1975. A pioneer of mixing in the UK, becoming the first ‘dance music’ DJ hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester’s seminal club, Hacienda, Greg was the first to push the new electronic, post disco records coming out of New York to the UK audience, a sound he dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’. He created the first UK radio mixes for Piccadilly 261 in Manchester back in 1982, and in 1983 he was the first DJ to mix live on TV (The Tube)

Taking a break from the scene at the end of 1983, he returned in 2003 with his own website ‘electrofunkroots, documenting this crucial era in UK dance music. Greg also returned to the clubs, spinning at such renowned nights as Electric Chair, Horse Meat Disco, Fabric & Back 2 Basics! This has lead to many bookings across the continent (including a terrace appearance at the famous We Love Sundays session at Space), with a world tour in 2008 encompassing Japan, Australia, Brazil & the USA.

Since his return to the scene, Greg has literally been on fire. DJ magazine nominated him for an outstanding contribution award, as well as being named amongst their top twenty remixers of all-time. In January 2009 Greg’s reputation was enhanced even further with his Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 becoming an instant classic, receiving universal acclaim (I have this mix myself and it really is that good! Eclectic isn’t the word, more like out of this world!!!).

‘Greg Wilson is the Originator’
UNABOMBERS/ELECTRIC CHAIR

‘A genuine old skool innovator from back in the day’
NORMAN JAY MBE

‘The Electro Grandaddy!’
MR SCRUFF

Check out Greg’s outstanding Essential Mix for Radio 1 –



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BACARDI LOUNGE
Stevo
Paul Harker
Six Million Dollar Man Club

Our Saturday night Bacardi residents take control of the lounge bringing that party vibe to proceedings. A blend of the smoothest beats taking in soul, funk and boogie influences.

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ADMISSION
£5 in advance, maybe more on the door.

Advanced tickets can be purchased from our website, just go to
https://www.orangerooms.co.uk/southampton/eventstickets/?event=480

GUESTLIST/INFO
chris.beale@orangerooms.co.uk
07753884643

Bacardi Lounge, Southampton

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Thank you thank you to those of you who brought a ticket for the COR Disco Bus to Vintage and a big apology to those of you who missed out.

The plan has finally been finalised for Sat 14^th Aug and we can now share it with you.

The pick up point in Southsea to leave for the Vintage Fest will be The Little Johnny Russells.

Get there for 12noon and have a glass of vino on us. Just show them your disco bus ticket.

The COR Disco leaves LJR at 1pm on the button. We can’t wait for anyone past this time because we wanna see Mick DJ and he starts at 1:30pm. If you’re not there to leave at 1pm, you’ve missed the bus.  So make sure you get there before then!

For the return journey, the bus will be leaving at 2am.

Again, you gotta make sure you’re at the bus before 2am if you wanna catch it home. It’s your responsibility to be there if you need it. Both Tim and I won’t be in any fit state sort anything out by that time so please, if you need to get home on the bus, make sure you’re there before 2am. It’s a long walk home!

Think that’s about it for now. Looking forward to this bigtime, gonna be a belter of a day. Hope the weather stays good!

See you at the LJR’s for glass of vino before we set off and if anyone has any other questions before then, just give us a shout (hello@c-o-r.co.uk) .

Big Love.

The COR parties, after just the two and a half years of kicking out quality underground disco knees ups are now a bit of a Southsea fave.

But the COR parties themselves only happen every once in a while. Boo.

The COR parties are all about the drama. Every time we put one on we want it to be a pantomime, over the top and a bit of an occasion. But even with the elaborate décor, projections and sound systems, the CORE of COR is the music. Pure, unadulterated, underground disco, house and balearia, all served up by the 7 COR ressies.

We are so very lucky at COR to have such a tight crew at the centre of The Civilisation Of the Rough. Every single member of the COR fam have a deep seeded love for disco and understand it’s influence on the other music we love.

But even though we all share this love of disco, we all have our own takes on how and what we play. From the old to the new, the upfront to the dubby, from the housey to the Balearic, there a 7 different DJs who each have their own take on disco that completely complements the rest of the group. Perhaps this is why the COR parties have been so popular? Who knows.

Anyway, although the COR parties only take place once in a while, the COR ressies are always up to something else in and around Southsea town and beyond.

Just this weekend our disco ambassador Matt Seeney was working his disco magic on a side project ‘Unicorn Dream presents Sparklehouse’ at The Hobby Horse in London.  He can also be found on a regular basis spinning discs at the Brick Lane fav The Big Chill Bar.

The weekend before last, our COR disco vets Big Mick Hood and the south coast ledge Steve Laming were hosting yet another of their wonderful Mirrorball soirées across the water in Gosport. Keep your ears pricked for more Mirrorball coming back to Southsea village for bank hol blow out too.

As if Mick doesn’t get enough of a work out on Mirrorball duty, he has been invited personally by Greg Wilson to play at the wonderful Vintage Festival at Goodwood in a couple of weeks time, Sat 14^th Aug. What an honor, and testament to the quality to this disco vets skills, not to mention his gargantuan collection of original disco pressings.

Along side Mirrorball, Steve is also busy with the occasional visit up down London town to spin some of his finest cuts at ‘The Soul Night Out’ with old funk brother Owen Wasington.

Leon Windsor, our resident Balearic aficionado is spending a lot of time in the studio of late. If he’s not creating or remixing aural deliciousness under his Ladysmith or Hush Money guises (check the COR album coming very soon!) he’s working relentlessly with old production chum Triggs on their latest and greatest projects.

Another studio project taking shape at the mo is a collaboration between disco vet Steve Laming and COR gob Mark Persaud. Rumour has it they will be returning to the studio imminently to add the finishing touches to their first track, a chuggy disco floor burner they are just itching to air.

Mark (under the guise of ‘Who is Dave Balard?’) is also tied up at the moment with COR stable mate Rosko Siffredi in putting the finishing touches to their new club night foray away from COR, ‘The Carbaret Voltaire’, which brings their love of all things house and disco colliding head first to produce deep, dubby, disco et house vibe on a monthly basis.

So, as you can see, lots going on with the COR boys over and above the wonderful COR parties themselves.

If you love COR and you love the music, keep you eye on what else is coming out of the COR stable and get involved. You don’t have to wait until the next COR party to get your underground disco fix.

Sign up on the COR site http://C-O-R.CO.UK to be kept up to date on all things disco, not just from COR, but from all the COR Fam are up to and more.

You can also follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/cor_disco and of course our respective faceache groups :

COR – http://facebook.c-o-r.co.uk

Mirrorball – http://bit.ly/8Y1uIt

The Cabaret Voltaire – http://bit.ly/aesavp

Thanks for reading, get involved! Until next time, Big Love.