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Athletic Disco Club

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

A.D.C

This Sunday sees the grand opening of Barcelona’s Athletic.Disco.Club. To help kick things of with a bang they’ve enlisted the help of Bicep and in hand have given them their first gig in Spain. Bicep first came to our attention in 2008 when one third of them, Andrew Ferguson, played as one half of Fucks & Kisses in the Red Box at We Love… Space. Having stepped away from the noisy sounds of F&K, Bicep walked straight into the disco kaleidoscope. With a strong fan-base in toe, built up from their Glasgow residency Sideshow, they went on to create one of our favourite blogs; a one-stop-shop for all things house, techno, disco and muscle. Their debut release Strawberry, put out on vinyl only by Ghost Town sold out pretty much instantly and their chicago house homage 313 looks set to do the same very shortly. With opening nights you can never be absolutely sure how things will turn out; but with the Bicep boys playing we’re pretty certain this one will be a beltter; so certain in fact we’re sending a We Love… contingent along to check it out.

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Feel My Bicep

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Pump it

At the dawning of time, two mutants were trained by sensei Master Giorgio Moroder, to become synth warriors. From their home in the sewers of Manhattan, they battle petty criminals, evil megalomaniacs and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society at large. – Feel My Bicep.

“No one can look down on someone who uses Feel My Bicep as their starting point as far as music blogs are concerned. The British blog has a taste for disco (nu and classic) as well as other related genres such as soul, new wave, proto-house and detroit techno. Eclectic aesthetics and posts which can make heads turn are all part and parcel of this unique resource. If that isn’t enough for you the crew behind the blog are some of the best disco editors around. Their debut 12″ released on Ghost Town NYC sold out in a few days and is about to be re-released while collectors eagerly anticipate their next release.” – Ozon Magazine

Check out the second installment from the Ghost Town posse (the label’s previous outing featured Citizen Cane). “Strawberry” takes the classic soul track “Strawberry Letter” (Shuggie Otis or Kool & The Gang) and gives it a driving Balearic house makeover. Combining a certain urgency and drive with a subtle soul touch, this one’s sure to be a dancefloor burner! Beautiful cosmic string – synth piece – pure 70s Balearica!

Classic cosmic disco jam – namely the Brothers Johnson “Strawberry Letter 23″. Beautifully slo-mo with lush keyes, it’s a paean to the universe! Check it here.