Scuba – The Hope (right click to download)

This next track is one that I’ve just started playing out recently. It’s ‘Get Naked’ by Fatboy Slim, Riva Starr and Beardyman. I played it in the office on Monday morning and Andrew pointed out that it lifts wholesale from DHS ‘House Of God’. I don’t know why they haven’t called it a remix, but whatever, it has go serious beef.

Fatboy Slim, Riva Starr & Beardyman – Get Naked (right click to download)

And the last tune I’m posting up today is Redlight ‘Get Out My Head’. It’s taken a while to grow on me, probably because it is a touch commercial. Not that I don’t like commercial stuff, I do, it just sometimes takes me a little longer to come round to it than straight up electro bangers. Lodged in my noggin now though.

Redlight – Get Out My Head (right click to download)

Hope you like the bangers today. And don’t forget, the club is on tonight, so if you’d like on the guest let hit us up via the Facebook or Twitter.

First up is a pretty old track from the stupidly named and since evaporated We Smoke Fags. I only let them away with the dumb moniker since they wrote this brilliant post-punk/electro funk beast of a tune. Still kicks.

We Smoke Fags – Canape Of Love (right click to download)

Next we have another bunch of post-punk, funky heroes. I should have made this blog entry all about post-punk stuff shouldn’t I? Too late now. ANYWAY, it’s Friendly Fires and ‘Lovesick’. You know what’s sick? This tune. SICK.

Friendly Fires – Lovesick (right click to download)

And the last track is a bit of a mellow, almost romantic wee ditty. It’s not post-punk, but it is electro, so it fits in with my *personal brand. It’s Cut Copy ‘Feel The Love’, and it’s from their never-aging, timeless, eternally awesome second album In Ghost Colours.

Cut Copy – Feel The Love (right click to download)

Hope you enjoy the love tunes. Big big love tunes.

*Please don’t take the use of the term ‘personal brand’ seriously. I just wanted to use it in some sort of conversation today. I succeeded.

It worked really well. People started shimmying on the dance floor as soon as they came in. I stuck to my guns and played tasty beats right from the start. I gave a bunch of new tunes an airing, and they went down really well. This track was a definite standout. It features two artists I’m a big fan of, Peaches and Munk, teaming up with each other to create a cool take on the old 80s r’n'b classic ‘You Can’t Run From My Love’.

Peaches, Munk – You Can’t Run From My Love (right click to download)

The set got pretty banging, pretty quickly, so I took it on a wee detour into indie land and played some Weezer, M83, Black Keys and Django Django to break it up a bit. Within no time I was back to firing out the heavy beats again though. I’d been wondering if I could get away with playing some proper techno in the set, so I decided to try it out by dropping this tune in-between an Adele remix and some LMFAO. I figured that if I got the dance floor filled, I could take a chance by playing something different, and then if it didn’t work I would have a huge track lined up to build the floor up again. I needn’t have worried though, everyone went for this tune in a big way! I was stunned as it’s proper techno.

Gesaffelstein – Control Movement (right click to download)

At about 1.40am the sad news came through that Whitney Houston had passed away. As a tribute I played ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ as the last song of the night. As expected everyone went crazy. Such a shame, but the perfect way to end the evening.

First off, GIGANTIC on Friday night was blinding fun. It was crazy at the start of the night. There were a few birthday parties of girls in the club, and then a massive hen party arrived. At one point there were about fifty people in the club, and only five of them were guys. That included two barmen and myself! Of course, the hen party were melters who kept asking for David Guetta and Calvin Harris non-stop, and asking me to give shout-outs on my non-existent mic.

I didn’t change what I would normally play, so they got sick of me pretty quickly and left. Probably to the M Club or something. They did drag Donal Rainey onto the dance floor against his will. At least that was entertaining. I really enjoyed the set I played early on – Foals, Phoenix, The Whitest Boy Alive, Grimes and more all got an airing. This was one of my favourite songs of the whole set, as I rarely play it. I never realised just how funk it is until I heard it over the big system. It’s TV On The Radio ‘Crying’.

TV On The Radio – Crying (right click to download)

And another track that stood out on the night is this classic from Santigold. I’m posting this up as Garth Philpott came up and asked me what it was. I figure that everyone needs this track in their lives. I’ve been listening to a sampler of her new album, and it’s sounding great.

Santigold – Creator (right click to download)

Aside from these tracks, the highlight of my night was Cath, Shauna and their friends going absolutely buck mental to all the 90s dance music I played towards the set. It was all sparked by Cath asking for N Trance, and I guess you could say things spiralled out of control from there.

All in all, a great night.

I’m going to post Howler ‘Back Of Your Neck’ first as it has been stuck in my head all day. This is probably because it was on the radio earlier, and once you hear it the tune has a tendency to wedge itself it your brain. I don’t know why, but it makes me think of the 1950s. Go figure.

Howler – Back Of Your Neck (right click to download)

The next song I’m posting up is ‘Default’ by Django Django. And why am I post this song up next (apart from the fact that it is class)? That’s right, because I heard it on the radio earlier! Flip me 6 Music was good today. This band are going to be HUGE, and their new album is just out. Get all over it. Aw yeah.

Django Django – Default (right click to download)

And the last track of today’s New Music Monday is ‘It’s Real’ by Real Estate. You can’t beat a good ‘Woah oh oh’ in a tune, and ‘It’s Real’ has a belter. It’s not madly original, but it is really good.

Real Estate – It’s Real (right click to download)

As always, if you like any of these tracks, go and find out more about the bands, and more importantly, buy their albums/EPs/singles/t-shirts/whateva.

Phew. It has taken until now to recover from the awesomeness of the weekend. First off, Friday night at Gigantic was another busy sesh. Bit of a random night, but there were plenty of regulars down giving it stacks, which was nice. The first track I’m posting up was one that I started to play for Gillian Gillespie, but that randomly cut out before the end. Gah! It’s a great track that I’ve been looking to post up anyway, so this was a good excuse. It’s M.I.A. ‘Bad Girls’.

M.I.A. – Bad Girls (right click to download)

There were so many highlights from Saturday night that it’s almost impossible to pick one. It was just one of the most enjoyable DJ sets I’ve played in a long time. There were a ton of good requests, and no one even asked for Rihanna all night. I think that’s the first time in about two years that someone hasn’t requested the popstress! Mental. Anyway, Jay Z ‘Big Pimpin’ stuck out as a highlight of the set, so I figured it would be good to post.

Jay-Z Feat UGK – Big Pimpin’ (right click to download)

And what the hell, I figured I’d just post the whole set up below so that you can critique it yourself. Such fun to play.
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Rapture- Sail Away (Aeroplane Remix)
Essay feat. Rhian Sheehan – Morning Mountain
Sbtrkt – Hold On ( Them Jeans Remix )
Chris Malinchak – Deal ‘Em
Neon Indian – Polish Girl
College feat Electric Youth – A Real Hero (Paul Remix)
Lana Del Rey – Video Games (Club Clique For The Bad Girls Remix)
Black Light Dinner Party – Older Together
Cut Copy – Take Me Over
Santigold – Big Mouth
M.I.A. – Bad Girls
Rye Rye – Shake It To The Ground
Blawan – Getting Me Down
Scuba – The Hope
Dave Clarke – No One’s Driving
DJ Shadow – Organ Donor [Extended Overhaul]
The Joubert Singers – Stand On The Word (Larry Levan Mix)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden
Jamie xx – Far Nearer
Blackbird Blackbird – New Leaf
The 2 Bears – BearHug
Inner City – Good Life
Beth Ditto – I wrote the book
The Doors – Riders On The Storm Nicone Edit
Parris Mitchell – Ghetto Shout Out!! (feat Wax Master)
Hackney Colliery Band – No Diggity
The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing
Chic – I Want Your Love
Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours
Miami Horror – Holidays
Madonna – Into The Groove
Junior Senior – Move Your Feet
Snoop Dogg/Pharell – Drop It Like It’s Hot
Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
Jay-Z Feat. UGK – Big Pimpin’
Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
MGMT – Kids
M83 – Midnight City
The Strokes – Juicebox
Elvis Presley vs JXL – A Little Less Conversation
Fatboy Slim – Praise You
AZEALIA BANKS – 212
David Guetta – Sexy Bitch (70′s Disco Remix)
Patti La Belle – Lady Marmalade
Daft Punk – One More Time
Boys Noize – Yeah
Peaches – Fuck The Pain Away
Salt N Pepa – Push It
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
DMX – Party Up In Here
The Lonely Island ft T-Pain – I’m On A Boat
Ice Cube/Mack 10/Ms. Toi – You Can Do It
Nelly – Ride Wit Me
NWA - Express Yourself
Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx – Gold Digger
50 Cent – In Da Club
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
S-Express – Theme From S-Express
Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer
Gala – Freed From Desire
Candi Staton – You Got The Love [Ft Candi Stanton]
Urban Cookie Collective – The Key, The Secret
N Trance – Set You Free
Sam & Dave – Soul Man
Otis Redding – Hard To Handle
Tina & Ike Turner – Proud Mary
Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Isley Brothers – Shout (Parts 1 And 2)
House of Pain – Jump Around
R Kelly – Ignition (Remix)
LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It
Avicii – Levels – Original Mix
Tai Jason, D.I.M. – Lyposuct – Original Version
Sak Noel – Loca People (LA GENTE ESTA MUY LOCA)
RUN-DMC - It’s Like That (Run Dmc vs Jason Nevins)
Beyonce – Crazy In Love

This first remix is of a track that has been getting a fair caning in Gigantic for ages now. It’s SBTRKT ‘Hold On’, and it has been reworked by Them Jeans. It doesn’t totally mess with the original, but more adds a few extra layers of beef. I find this tasty, despite being a vegetarian. Go figure.

SBTRKT – Hold On (Them Jeans Remix) (right click to download)

The next remix was actually flagged up via our Facebook page by Lavery’s itself. Well, it was flagged up by the Lavs Facebook account, which most likely means it was Dave Frecknall who picked it out. Anyway, you probably don’t care about that, but what you should care about is that this is Aeroplane remixing The Rapture ‘Sail Away’. Aeroplane + The Rapture = STENCH OF WIN. Big up Dave.

The Rapture – Sail Away (Aeroplane Remix) (right click to download)

And this last tune came via Mark Johnston, one half of the FAUX DJs. What happens when you cross Friendly Fires with Tiga? AWESOME THINGS, that’s what. This is a reworking of ‘Blue Cassette’, and it’s hella mighty.

Friendly Fires – Blue Cassette (Tiga Remix) (right click to download)

Hope you enjoy the tracks, and as always, if you want to come down to the club tonight, hit us up on Facebook or Twitter for guest list. Yeahhh.

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A Band Of Bees – Chicken Payback
Spank Rock – Ta Da
Kelis – Bossy
Dj Shadow Feat Little Dragon – Scale It Back
Justice – On’n'on
Klaxons – No Diggity
Hoodie Allen – James Franco
Chiddy Bang – Ray Charles
T.E.E.D – Garden
Sbtrkt – Pharaohs
Everything Everything – My Kz, Ur Bf
Hard-Fi – Cash Machine
Foals – Miami
Mgmt – Electric Feel
Sebastian – Embody
Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
Jay Z – 99 Problems (Light Year Remix)
Css – Hits Me Like A Rock (Dillon Francis Remix)
Metronomy – The Look
Junior Boys – Itchy Fingers
Justice – Civilization
Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
Miami Horror – Holidays
Chromeo – Don’t Turn The Lights On
Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (Paul Epworth Version)
A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
Nerd Ft Nelly Furtado – Hot N Fun
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
Phil Collins – Sussudio
Rick James – Give It To Me Baby
David Guetta – Sexy Bitch (70′s Disco Remix)
Eddie Murphy – Party All The Time
Bat For Lashes – Daniel (Blueshift Bootleg Vocal)
The Clash – Rock The Casbah
Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
Run Dmc – It’s Tricky
Azealia Banks – 212
The 2 Bears – Bear Hug
Hot Natured & Ali Love – Forward Motion (Original Mix)
Beth Ditto – I Wrote The Book (Original Mix)
Electric 6 – Danger! High Voltage
Primal Scream – Rocks
Friendly Fires – Live Those Days Tonight
Fake Blood – I Think I Like It
Justice Vs Simian – We Are Your Friends (Radio Edit)
Daft Punk – Around The World (Radio Edit)
Lcd Soundsystem – Tribulations
Mgmt – Kids (Soulwax Mix)
Dr Dre – Still D.r.e
Fatboy Slim – Rockafeller Skank
Bloc Party – Banquet
Coolio – Gangstas Paradise
M.o.p. – Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory) (Explicit)
Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharrell – Drop It Like It’s Hot
The Sugarhill Gang – Apache
Prince – Controversy
The Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad Of Chasey Lain
System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
The Pixies – Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
Rihanna – Rude Boy (Tc Remix)
Pendulum – Propane Nightmares
Nero – Crush On You (Knife Party Remix)
Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes

This was a complete mood changer for the night, the floor never emptied after this came on:

Daft Punk – Around the World (right click to download)

I played this by choice and then just as I was about to hit play, it was requested! The whole place in unison performing the signature dance was a sight to behold:

The Sugarhill Gang – Apache (right click to download)

A teenage classic for me, and again brought about by request, this warranted a collective scream and a club full of people singing every word!:

The Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad Of Chasey Lain (right click to download)

It’s that time of the week again, where you need to put the madness of Friday and Saturday night behind you, and melt into the calm abyss that is Sunday Afternoon. Here are a few tunes to help you on your way into an sweet kind of oblivion, you know, like an eternity of tea, biscuits and crosswords.

This first tune is the only one of the selection that I’m responsible for. It’s by a band called Memoryhouse. They remind me a fair bit of Beach House. This track is called ‘Bonfire’, and I like it. I could find out more about the band, but I’m not in the mood. That will become a theme of this post…

Memory House – Bonfire (right click to download)

…the next song was picked out by Claire Ward, albeit inadvertently. She asked for this band at Gigantic the other week. I didn’t have them, so she messaged me the song. If you thought New Look was just a shop in town, think again, they’re actually a band too, and they’re responsible for this song ‘The Ballad’. It reminds me of College ‘A Real Hero’. Once again, I know nothing about this band, so if you want to know more, away and Google them ya lazy shite.

New Look – The Ballad (right click to download)

The last track was also inadvertently picked out, this time by Shauna McErlaine. It’s called ‘In Your Eyes’ and it’s but an outfit called Tesla Boy. I know absolutely nothing about this apart from it’s a good song. Once again, I could find out more, but it’s Sunday and I’m feeling mega lazy, so I’m afraid you’ll have to do your own research.

Tesla Boy – In Your Eyes (right click to download)

Aww yeahhh, the big man is back. Not Ian Paisley, he’s barred after that time he drank too many jager bombs, tried to feel up one of the glass collectors, and then was sick all over his own tie and shirt. Not a pretty sight. No, I’m talking about the other big man – Andy Campbell. The last time he DJ’d at GIGANTIC there were reports of women throwing their underwear at him, and men trying to become his best mate. It was weird. The music *was* awesome though, just check out his previous set list a few blog posts back.

Anyway, we’re super stoked that he is taking up the helm at GIGANTIC again, so we asked him to pick out a few songs that are tickling his fandangle at the moment. You can always rely on Randy to pick out a few beauties, and this time is no exception. His choices are posted up below. If you’re in Belfast tonight you should totally go along and see enjoy his set. He has reliably informed us that if you go up to him and whisper the keyword ‘Galavant’ in his ear, he’ll give you a kiss on the cheek. Guaranteed.

Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence (RAC Remix) (right click to download)

Chris Malinchak – Deal ‘Em (right click to download)

Essay feat. Rhian Sheehan – Mountain Mountain (right click to download)

Enjoy the tunes, and if you want guest list for the club hit us up on our Facebook or Twitter accounts. Booya!