Friday, September 29, 2023
Monday, September 11, 2023
Big Brother 23
Today's post is a no intro post. There is to be no intro on today's post. Just straight in with the content. No messing about. Also, this is not the intro, by the way, it's just a message to say that there'll be no intro on this one. Please don't mistake this for the intro, or try and catch me out by saying that this is the intro. It's not. There is no intro today.
Saoirse is not only a brilliant DJ, she is not only a terrific producer and she is not only Irish; she is also a lover of hamburgers. In the olden days, when I wrote a proper blog, with a proper following, and I wrote for loads of other websites, I was invited to the opening of a hamburger restaurant in Hackney (see, readers, I used to be trendy) with the ginger CEO of Ran$om Note. It was a lovely evening, but I'm still annoyed at how tiny the hamburgers were. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for anything that night, but I remember that the hamburgers were expensive when I looked at the menu. You could fit one on the palm of your hand and still have room for a box of medium fries, I mean, chips.
I think Saoirse is a lover of hamburgers. I'm doubting myself now, I can't remember if she went for the vegetarian options. Hmm.
Saoirse - get in touch with Best Promos if you want to clear up the confusion on this. Do you love hamburgers or are you one of them vegetarian vegans?
Anyway, I'm not here to talk about hamburgers, I'm hear, I mean, here, to talk about dance music and Saorise playing dance music, not eating hamburgers. Or not eating hamburgers - I really can't remember if she did or not. Anyway, she played at Club Fabric on Saturday night from the beginning until the end. She must be knackered now. It looked really good, though, and the feedback I got from the people I spoke to who went was extremely positive. It was all in aid of having some fun and getting the good news out there about her terrific new fabric mix.
Have a listen to this snippet:
It's good, isn't it? I just wanted to plug it on Best Promos because I remember thinking she was a sound person at the hamburger restaurant and it's been years since I've been to Fabric. I don't know what I'm going on about now, but fabric Presents SAOIRSE is brilliant. If you put it on full blast, drink a couple of cans of lager, take some magic mushrooms, close your eyes and double-drop a couple of ecstasy E tablets, it's like you're right there on the Room 1 dance floor marching your socks off with a club full of beautiful strangers. Just - whatever you do - keep your eyes closed. Don't open them because when you realise you're in the living room by yourself and the wife and kids are due back in the next half an hour, it'll completely ruin your escapade. Trus' me.
fabric Presents SAOIRSE gets a WHOPPING 10/10 from the team here at BP.
Buy it here: fabriclondon/fabric Presents Saoirse
Follow Saoirse on Instagram
Follow fabric on Twitter and on Instagram
South Martian dance music producer, Galaxy Brain, has not only got a brain the size of a galaxy, she is also a r-r-r-r-r-r-really good dance music producer. If you want proof, listen to this:
It's good, isn't it? That track is my favourite from the brilliant Technology EP (Remixes) by LDLDN. I don't know who LDLDN is, but they do a very nice t-shirt. My colleague, Pottsy, had a birthday in August, so I bought him a LDLDN t-shirts as a gift. I bought it into the office on the day and gave him the LDLDN t-shirt with a card. We all sang Happy Birthday and when he opened up the LDLDN t-shirt, he went bloody mad. He went mad!
And it's funny because when he gets angry, his stutter gets even worse.
LOL. It's a fantastic EP, though, jokes aside. I've played all of the tracks on this EP at least a dozen times and I'm still not bored. I used to hhhhhhhhhhate drum and bass, but that Drumskull remix has got me skanking all over the shop.
So, with that in mind, I hereby grant the Technology EP (Remixes) by LDLDN an out of this world 10/10 !
Buy it here: Technology EP (Remixes) | LDLDN
Follow LDLDN on Twitter and on Instagram
Follow Galaxy Brain on Twitter and on Instagram
One last BIG UP goes to my new best friends: Carly Foxx and Daisybelle from the Only Fans House Party thing. They went above and beyond when I was searching for a brilliantly uplifting dance track they posted from an Ibizan plastic ball pool bathroom party. Shazam was less than useless, so I shamefacedly messaged them both on Instagram to BEG for information. They could have told me to clear off or, even worse, ghosted me to Kingdom Come, but they immediately racked their brains and told me what the track was. I then bought it off of Amazon.
Only Fans House Party are a lorra lorra fun, and they have a spooky party coming up in central London next month for Halloween. It's at Neon 194, which is one of those rare birds: a decent central London venue. The flyer (above) is quite scary, so don't show it to any minors or vulnerable relatives. If I can get down there with the missus, I will, but only if they promise to play Samba de Howa Howa...
...Only Fans House Party get a 10/10 for everything they ever do from now on.
Buy tickets for their Halloween party here: Only Fans Halloween House Party
Follow OFHP on Instagram
Follow Neon 194 on Instagram
And finally, I'm currently in the studio with none other than sweary rapper, Eminem! He's flown all the way from Detroit to Eastcote International Airport to cut this week's episode of Radio Ruislip, and let me tell you something, the language on him is appalling. He's got a mouth like an open sewer.
It's going to be a NSFW corker!
Whilst you wait for that, have a listen to the previous couple of episodes with Ringo Starr and Sylvester Stallone...
Radio Ruislip: Episode 1:
Radio Ruislip: Episode 2:
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Monday, September 4, 2023
Who Do You Stand With?
Does Best Promos stand WITH Róisín Murphy or do we stand AGAINST her? That question has been burning at BPHQ over the last week whilst I've been at Butlin's.
Our Head of People Services and Equalities, Scott MacDonald-Berger, has loved Róisín Murphy for years, and used to buy all of her stuff and would gush very loudly and proudly about how fabulous she is online, but now he absolutely flippin' hhhhhhates her. Our Head of Communications, Nathan "Pottsy" Potter, thinks we should cut her some slack and have a sensible discussion about it without all of the predictable cyber-aggro and name-calling.
Here we go.
Kev: the editor and MD |
A reading from the letter of Kev at Best Promos to the Romans.
Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.
“If your enemy is hungry, feed her/him/them;
if he/she/they is thirsty, give her/him/them something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on her/his/they're head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Bloody hell, readers, bear with me whilst I find the tweezers. I've got loads of massive splinters in my arse after sitting on that fence! LOL
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