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01-28-11

WINTERS HEAT

1) D/R/U/G/S – VELODROME 2 (testmixx)
2) Idiotproof – Sandwiches [Disturbed Beats]
3) El Prevost feat D. Ham – Do You Remember (KiNK Remix) [Eleveation recordings]
4) Joy Orbison – BB [Doldrums]
5) Magnetic Man – Getting Nowhere feat. John Legend (Yoruba Soul mix) [Columbia]
6) The Detroit Experiment – Think Twice (The Countach’s Friendly edit) [CDR]
7) Kommune 1 – ksmchldn [WHITE]
8) Julio Bashmore- Battle For Middle You [PMR]
9) Amerie – One Thing (French Fries remix) [WHITE]
10) Tom Demac – Crewcuts & Curls (Jamie Jones’ Water Cooler Remix) [Murmur Records]
11) James Blake – CMYK (Eldoko remix) [WHITE]
12) xxxy – Ordinary Things [Ten Thousand Yen]
13) SBTRKT – Colonise [Young Turks]
14) Falty DL – Phreqaflex [Planet Mu]
15) D1 – Pitcher (128 mix) [Dubpolice]
16) Jesse Rose – You Know It (Jesse’s Made To Play edit) [Made To Play]
17) Johnny Dynell – Jam Hot (Tensnake remix) [Smash Hit Music Co.]

ScottYeah-WintersHeat by ContortYourself

Alternative download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8582613346a6fce2/

01-10-11

OH NA NA

You know I’m swag. You know I love bassline. Burgaboy takes me from rainy Manchester to heaven and back for 3 minutes and 35 seconds….

Why does this guy

12-27-10

THE BEGINING OF THE END

Dear Contortees.

Its with a heavy heart that we must inform you that Contort Yourself as you know it will be no more as of 2011.

As a famous man once said “We’ve had a good run”… and we thank everyone who’s ever played or attended any of our parties. It’s all of you that have made Contort Yourself so special to us over the past four years, so Thank You.

We’re going to go out in true style with our NYE party at Night & Day this weekend. As you know the door price is LOW and there’ll be plenty of drinks offers on the night to help loosen your boots. We’ll also have a whole host of friends joining COYO residents on the decks to see things out proper. SO if you’ve not made plans as yet we’d love to see you and help us celebrate the special night.

For more information and ticketlinks check the event page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149187165128421

Big Love.

Team CoYo.

PS. We’ll still be running our blog with free mixes and party vibes dished out on the regs as well as ruining other peoples parties when given the opportunity as guest djs… who knows there could even be a few one offs every now and again?!?

12-16-10

NOBODY JACKS FASTER

Massive BRAPS to Jackmaster who won DJ Magazine’s “Best Breakthrough DJ Award” 2010 (we voted for you!). If you came down about this time last year to see him play at COYO you’ll know why he scooped the gong. We knew we were in for a top night when we got a very cryptic phone call from the man himself earlier in the day saying “Do you boys like to party, you know, really party”. This was one of my personal favourite nights we ever had in the cave, so in honer of this check out the first Numbers Podcast that takes you From Paris to Baltimore via Detroit!

#001 From Paris to Baltimore via Detroit (Mixed by Jackmaster) by Numbers

12-03-10

CONTORT YOURSELF AND FRIENDS NYE DISCO!

Contort Yourself takes the reigns of the good ship Night & Day for one special night, seeing off the old and ringing in the new with a back to basics NYE Party!

The Contort Yourself crew will be joined by Friends from some of your favourite Manchester nights dishing out Cosmic Disco, 8-Bit Balearia, Jackin’ House and Wonky Techno in true style. With a SUPER low door price (£5 Early Birds), drinks offers at the bar and maximum disco vibes, not many can rival this as number 1 choice for your NYE celebrations… Keep your eyes on here for announcements soon on the full line up!

Night & Day Cafe 10pm – 3am
£5 Early Birds / £8 Standard Adv / £10 Doors

Tickets Available From:
http://contortyourself.com/index.php/tickets/
Skiddle.com / Ticketline.co.uk / Seetickets.com / Night & Day Bar

12-01-10

DECEMBER MIXTAPE

Scott Yeah back at the helm and rounding things off for 2010 with blissfull mix of dreamy pop, cosmic disco and chugging house to warm those wintery toes and get the blood throbbing through those veins again… Enjoy!

1. Aeroplane – Without Lies (Breakbot Remix) [Eskimo Recordings]
2. Maserati – Inventions (Justin Vandervolgen Remix) [Temprary Resistance]
3. Dual Shaman – Ocean Breeze [Wltd]
4. Dj Godfather – On Da Flo’ (Djuma Bootleg) [Get Physical]
5. Azari & Iii – Into The Night (Prince Language Remix) [Scion Av]
6. Brass Connection – Happy People [Pol_on Edit]
7. Stopmakingme – K & Big V (The Deadstock 33s Remix) [Kill ‘em All]
8. Maxxi Soundsystem -criticize [Maxxi Soundystem]
9. Caribou – Sun (Midland Edit) [Domino]
10. Siriusmo – Blaue Sonne [Monkeytown Records]

Mixed By: Scott Yeah

DECEMBER MIXTAPE by ContortYourself

Itunes Podcast:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/contort-yourself/id335159744

Alternative Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8336059192382042/

x

11-26-10

LEGGINGS

If you dont know about BOWSKI get to know cos he’s doing BIG things. Signed up to Fake Bloods imaginatively title “Blood Music” label his EP nestled in resently and has been making some serious waves. We’ve got no idea where to put his sound, it just new and fresh, which in todays climate is no mean feet. Im not gonna waffle on anymore if you waanna read more there’s the official word from the aforementioned label boss, but check out what all the fuss is about and pick up his EP from the link below and a cheeky bonus remix of one of our favourite tracks of the year.

Pick up the EP here: http://boomkat.com/downloads/344569-bowski-leggings-talkbox

BONUS TRACK:
Caribou – Sun (Bowski Remix)

Read more…

11-25-10

YOU DONT HAVE TO THINK TWICE… TWICE!

The lovely people over at Traveller sent us a promo of the latest Kojak Giant Sounds EP from Brighton’s Maxi Soundsystem on which the lead track “Criticize” is an absolute corker. The more astute of you may have realised that its a edit of the monster Alexander O’ Neal club jam of the same name, but dragged kicking and screaming up in to a 21st century disco, complete with a throbbing 80s power bassline,  housey keys and punctuated by those trademark soulful vocals. We’re so into this it hurts so expect it to get a serious wheeling out at the Mega Mega Mix next weekend.

Maxxi Soundsystem – “Criticize” by Kojak Giant Sounds™

Due for release before the end of the year you can pick up this and a load more over at Juno Here.

And for those of you not familiar… the original:

11-23-10

A HOYA THERE MATIES!

Now i know most of you probably ran out to Piccadilly Records the day this bad boy dropped and scooped up a copy for every member of your family in an “Getting all my Xmas shopping done early” frenzy, but for those of you that dont own one of them spinny things its now been released on digital through Boomkat.

Here’s the blurb: “Manchester’s Illum Sphere and Jonny Dub present the debut release on their newly minted Hoya:hoya imprint named after the much acclaimed Manchester club night of the same name. By far the highlight of the release is Lone’s ‘Let The Music Play’, a unique sounding disco track with a thumping kick drum and distorted vocals layered to great effect before a rugged synthline takes everything down a notch. Illum Sphere, meanwhile, deploys a killer slowed down take on UK Funky which starts off with a trademark ambient wash and thudding drums before a synth reminiscent of his recent Titan 12″ on 3024 takes over and the whole thing collapses back in on itself. Rounding off the twelve is Krystal Klear with a very 80s sounding piece of modern boogie complete with handclaps and those apt crystal synths. A seriously heavy twelve and a perfect start to what promises to be a label to watch.”

at £1.95 for all 3 tracks you might as well treat yourself even if you got the 12″

x

11-22-10

MEGA MEGA MIX

Not only will this be the last Contort Yourself of 2010 but it also heralds the last Contort Yourself in our current format… With the New Year on the horizon, we’re taking a brief sabbatical over January returning back in Feb 2011 (same dates, same venue, don’t worry) but in an altogether different guise. We’ll leave it at that for the time being, but be sure to watch this space for more info early in the new year… so to celebrate the end of this year we though it only right to get stuck into everyone’s favourite the MEGA MIX, but with a little added MEGANESS!

The best Djs from Manchester’s Most awesome nights weren’t available, so we scrabbled together this bunch of idiots to get a bit too drunk and play totally awesome music right down your listening holes.

Dan English (Naïve Melody)
Oscar Wildstyle (Everywhere)
The Countach (Jupiter Rooms)
Benjamin Yourself (CoYo / Freitags)
S’il Vous Plait
Oldboy (Eat My Beat / CoYo)
Natalie Esquire (Murkage / Super Super)
Scott Yeah & GezMagus (CoYo)

We cant think of a better way to see off the end of the year and this chapter of Contort Yourself, so we hope you can join us for what will prove to be an unforgettable night!

SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER
11PM-3AM THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER
£4 b4 11.30 / £5 Adv or Flyer / £6 After.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

11-17-10

HAPPY WEDNESDAY

Thank the lord we’re half way through the week already.

Roll on Saturday for our boy Tamer’s club night Eat My Beat on Saturday with the wonderful Mosca.

EAT MY BEAT WITH MOSCA
The Roadhouse, Saturday 17th November

Mosca has smashed it this year, his fusion of bashment, grime, house, garage and techno making waves across various scenes. He featured on the first Night Slugs release, then later with his own Square One E.P, r…emixed Four Tet and Foals,featured on Fabric’s Elevator Music CD and put together countless mixes for the likes of BBC Radio 1, Fabric and many more.

“Mosca’s tracks are primarily built to power dance floors, but they are also deceptively sophisticated. They demonstrate an understanding of post-dubstep bass science while echoing the structures, textures and general sense of hedonistic abandon that characterised first generation hardcore”
ResidentAdvisor.net

Mosca Fabric Mix
http://soundcloud.com/fabric/mosca-fabriclive-promo-mix

Mosca Interview
http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/introducing-mosca

Mosca
http://soundcloud.com/deejaymosca
http://www.facebook.com/deejaymosca

£3 advance available from Gaffs

£5 DOOR
11pm-3am

£2 beers
£3 double and mixer
£1.50 shots..

11-10-10

KINGDOM KINGDOM

KINGDOM’S WORLD TOUR KICK STARTS TOMORROW!

Pretty gutted there’s no Manchester date but hey ho, I’ll be in full effect at the Night Slugs All Stars compilation launch at Counter Culture on Friday moving my booty back and forth to Ciara like it was made to. FROM DUSK TO DAWN! Not much can fuck with that line up son…

BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990
GIRL UNIT
KINGDOM
JAM CITY
DEEP TEKNOLOGI
LIL SILVA
plus OFF MODERN hosting room 2 w/ Greenmoney, Tomb Crew and residents…

∑

FRIDAY 12th NOVEMBER
10pm – 6am @ brand new venue COUNTER CULTURE
7-9 Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW

£5 Earlybird.
£8 Advance,
£10 On the door

AV IT!

10-28-10

PUNKS JUMP UP TO GET BEAT DOWN

Punks Jump Up were the very first guest djs we ever booked at our night… to be honest we didn’t have a clue what we were doing back then but one thing was certain, these guys KILLED it. We’ve brought them back to manchester a couple times since, once to Sankeys and another time in Common which was a total blast! But the return leg to the rave cave is well over due.

Since those times 4 years ago they’ve not let up, they’ve been a constant barometer for hyped up electro party bangers and always on point with remixes for the likes of Tiga, Gossip, Crystal Castles, Zongamin, Kele, Miike Snow, to name a few. So its good to see them back in the saddle with a new Single “Blockhead” dropping on Kitsuné’s Anniversary Masion No.10 comp next month. It will also be getting a full release backed with some badman remixes no doubt before the end of the year, and rumours are their debut LP will be dusted by the end of the year scheduled for release summer 2011. Filled with Cameos from Peter Bjorn & John, Chromeo, Black Kids, DVNO, Saintsaviour (Groove Armada), We Have Band and more things look to be hotting up for these guys in 2011 so keep an eye on their prize.

For the mean time cop this mix which features the aforementioned single…

love.

x

10-27-10

NERVOUS NUMBERS

Last night saw Jessie Ware tear down The Boiler Room with her forthcoming single entitled ‘Nervous’ featuring SBTRKT on the buttons.

The mighty Numbers label is dropping this E.P this coming Monday, pick it up at your local Vinyl Vendor, until then the video of her performance at The Boiler Room will have to suffice

10-26-10

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

CONTORT YOURSELF & NOW WAVE Present: “DEATH”

A Hallowe’en special
Friday 29th October – 10pm until the Death,
Joshua Brooks, Princess Street, Manchester

The second coming of “DEATH” sees Now Wave & Contort Yourself locked in an unholy unison, forming a two headed behemoth once again, bewitching your soul with the promise of a horrendous bounty… Resident Djs from both teams will be filling the venue with a horrific sound track of spine tingling electro, terrifying disco and blood curdling bass.

OVERALL PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME:
£100 cold hard ca$h
Lifetime guestlist to both Contort Yourself & Now Wave events
Some really cheap champagne!!!

* PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS *
£250 Worth of American Apparel For Best Dressed Boy & Best Dressed Girl.

* PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS *
American Apparel Goodie Bags for the first 100 in on the night.

£5 advance, £6 before 11pm, £7 after

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:
http://contortyourself.com/index.php/tickets/

10-26-10

AND IT DOESNT DO ANYTHING

Big. x

10-25-10

NOVEMBER MIXTAPE

OLDBOY steps up for the november mix tape which were dishing out nice and early as we’ve been late with the last two… nice dirty techno flavours with a big dollop of bass for good measure: Download / Stream / Ignore

TRACKLISTING:
1.Hot Natured – Equilibrium
2.Art Department – Vampire Nightclub ft. Seth Troxler
3.Azari & III – Indigo
4.Soul Clap – Bobby
5.CSY & Stripes – Somethin’
6.Sidney Samson, DJ Gregory – Salon ft. Drama S
7.Girl Unit – I.R.L (French Fries Remix)
8.Velour -Scent of Romance
9.DJ Haus N’ Benz – More Girls
10. MJ Cole & Wiley – From the Drop (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
Mixed by: OLDBOY

Alternative Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/81859250a06ca19e/

NOVEMBER-MIXTAPE by ContortYourself

10-18-10

POPEY-M

Boltonmore and I are gonna clock up some serious mileage on the Pope Mobile next month for an eagerly awaited/severely belated night in Glasgow hosted by the one and only Numbers.

If anyone wants to join in the fun, there’s always room in the Popey. We’ve only got one VERY STRICT car rule – no brostep on the CD player.

Oh…and a Man vs. Food esque KFC challenge at a random service station of our choice.

Joker
(Kapsize, Hyperdub)

James Blake
(R&S, Hessle Audio, Hemlock)

Girl Unit
(Night Slugs)

Numbers
Friday 5th November
Sub Club, Glasgow
11 till 3am
£10

Whilst we’re here…

Ahhhhhh.

10-18-10

JACKMASTER URB MIX

Jackmaster just dropped this mix for URB and its HUGE!!!! we had him down last year and he blew us away with not only his skills on the decks but the sheer audacity of his selections… look no further than this mix to understand why we love him so much.

01. Wish & Fonda Rae – Touch Me (KN Records)
02. Oni Ayhun – OAR003B (Oni Ayhun)
03. Optic Nerve – Light Span (Direct Beat)
04. Cajmere – Brighter Days – Underground Goodies Mix (Cajual)
05. Logic – Blues For You – Hard Dub (Strictly Rhythm)
06. Boiling Point – Good 4 U (Nice N Ripe)
07. Pierre’s Fantasy Club – Mystery Girl – Set Me Free (Forthcoming Numbers)
08. The Untouchables – Dance To The Rhythm (Strictly Rhythm)
09. Violet – Burn The Elastic (Radio Rhythm)
10. 69 – Filter King (Planet E)
11. D Rashid & Rishi Bass – Raw (G-Rex)
12. JTRP – Dungeons (Forthcoming Deep Teknologi)
13. DJ Gregory – Klappa (Defected)
14. Breach – Man Up (PTN)
15. Ill Blu – Meltdown (Forthcoming Numbers)
16. CJ Boland – Sugar Is Sweeter – Armand Van Helden Remix (FFRR)
17. DJ Technics – Get Up On It (Baltimore Break Beats)
18. Sony – Sugar Rush (???)
19. Lil Silva – Different VIP
20. Ill Blu – Overdose (Forthcoming Numbers)
22. Tonka – Freeze – Edit (Great Stuff)
23. Mosca – Done Me Wrong (Forthcoming Numbers)
24. Ghosts On Tape – Homeless Gypsy Dub (Unreleased)
25. Grievous Angel – Move Down Low VIP (Soul Jazz)
26. Hardhouse Banton – Colonel (Jackmaster Special)
27. Damage – 808 VIP (Unreleased)
28. Boddika – Rubba (Forthcoming Swamp 81)
29. Boddika – Syn Chron (Forthcoming Naked Lunch)
30. Raw Milk – Spreo Superbus (Forthcoming Numbers)
31. Addison Groove – 5 Mins Of Funk (Unreleased)
32. F – Slowdown (Unreleased)
33. Ytac – Switchism (Bomb Shop)
34. Ramadanman – Glut (Hemlock)
35. Unknown – Untitled (???)
36. Geeneus – Congo (Tempa)
37. Macabre Unit – Lift Off (Terrorrhythm)
38. Icicle – Anything (Forthcoming Tempa)
39. Instra:Mental – Voyeur (Forthcoming Disfigured Dubz)
40. Skream – Jukebox (Unreleased)
41. J. DOE THEM
42. Submerse – Hold It Down (Forthcoming Well Rounded)

Download it HERE

10-15-10

FIVE

Naive Melody is coming to an end, well sort of… After 5 long years throwing some of the best parties at one of Manchesters weirdest venues, the boys are hanging up their headphones, for the time being anyway. We’re not sure what to expect next from them as they’ll only divulge that they’ll be “Throwing a few one off parties in the new year”. But until then they’ve still got one last dance at Charlies, and it just so happens to be their 5th Birthday! A Full residents roster will be keeping the carpets well scuffed and sticky as they take us on a journey over the last 5 years of Naive Melody… I think this previous guests line up speaks for itself:

Naive Melody – 2005/2010

Riton, Loud E, Cosmo Vitelli (I’m aCliche), I-F, Justus Khoencke, Ame, Dixon, I cube, Hot-Chip, Disco Bloodbath, Krikor, Elbee Bad, KIKI, DMX Krew, Motor, Allez Allez DJs, Agoria, Pete Herbert (Reverso 68), Mathew & Jolyon (Lowlife), Joakim, Bo’tox, silverclub, Dexter, serge (Clone), Carl Craig, Human shield, Legowelt, Alexander Robotnick, Polaroid soundsystem, smith & Hack, ARK, Den Haan, Aeroplane, Nadia Ksaiba, James Holroyd, D.I.R.T.Y soundsystem, Balearic Mike, Jan Hammered, The Acid tree, Be, People Get Real, Superpitcher, Hot Chip DJs, Michael Mayer (Kompakt), Rory Phillips, Andy Blake (Dissident), Bill Brewster (DJ history), Daniel Wang, Mike Simonetti (Itallians Do it Better), John Daly, Andrew Weatherall, Ivan smagghe, Daniele Baldelli, Optimo DJs, Lovefingers, Lee Douglas, Kelvin Andrews, Ian Blevins (Space), Tim Goldsworthy, Tim sweeney (Beats in Space)

Check the facebook event here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131061103611073

Naive Melody “5″ Mixtape:

1. Blacklodge feat. Guests of Nature – Lay It On The Line
2. Nick Chacona – Meso Loco (Brennan Green Remix)
3. Cole Medina – Red Hot
4. Ian Dury & The Seven Sea Players – Spasticus Autisticus (Version)
5. Shriekback – My Spine Is The Bassline
6. Mark E – One Way – Your Way
7. Owl City – Fireflies (Leo Zero remix)
8. Tiger & Woods – Love In Cambodgia
9. Bubble Club – Morning Star
10. KZA – Gothenergy (The Revenge Remix)
11. Mano Le Tough – Baby, Lets Love
12. Marco Passarani – Colliding Star
13. Tough Alliance – A New Chance (Mungolian Jet Set Mix)
14. Rezkar – Above The Clouds (Mystery Boy Edit with John Daly Beats)
15. Toby Tobias – Pinot Soiree
16. Soft Rocks – Light Bulb
17. Archie Bronson Outfit – Hoola (MCDE Remix)
18. Willie Colon – Set Fire To Me

Naive Melody “5″ by Naive Melody

big love