Club Stoic

04/08/2024

We enjoyed our live DJ back-to-back by the river for Balearic Burger that Joe Mugford and I have decided to put the mix out for all you lovely peepow. See below

Andy Compton & The Rurals – Woza Manzi
Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart – Visions Of You (The Secret Love Child Of Hank And Johnny Mix)
Sun-El Musician - Bamthathile
Julian Cope - Safesurfer
Bocca Juniors – Raise (Piano Hoe Down Mix)
Muva of Earth – High (Hagan Remix)
Paprika Soul - Come With Me (Bossa Mix)
Androo - 2000 & Universe
Toxicated Keys – To Our Hard Work (Feat. Slay Deekota)
Karen Nyame KG and TYSON – Hold of Me
Sade – Surrender (Kenny Larkin Illegal Mix)
Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm
Chrissy - FX Puddles
Reuben Vaun Smith - Open Chakras
Paul Simon – Diamonds (Tangoterje Dub)
Amerie – 1 Thing (RSCO Flip) (Jaydon Lewis Amapiano Edit)
Erdbeerschnitzel - Today is Tonight is Tomorrow
Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
Zoe Devlin Love – Sometimes
Alex Reece – Feel the Sunshine
D’Cruze – Lonely
Dubblestandart ft. Ari Up - Surrender Dub
MEMBA - For Aisha
Africa Hitech – Out in the Streets
St Germain – Pink Panther Theme
DVWB - Aqua
Zed Bias – Just Dance
Electrotheque - Every 1’s A Winner (Electrochocolate Mix)

04/08/2024

Reflecting on a very satisfying weekend of music, with two very different styles of DJ set going back to back with talented mates.

Friday at the Plough with Jonathan Coles aka DJ Dad was a bucketlist moment and the crowd didn't disappoint with their response. We played uptempo bangers to a heaving, sweat-drenched room and I even had to cut the music for a sec to tell em to calm down at one point (Boo! Funspoiler). Rave, dancehall, amapiano, Bollywood, MENA and Afrobeats were the order of the day, skirting through the genres like a gert skirty thing.

Saturday afternoon was a more chilled-out affair, but no less eclectic, at Motion Lock Yard for Balearic Burger. A lovely setting by the river, with a whole afternoon of sunshine vibes. Joe Mugford and I played everything from Sun-el Musician to Sade, Julian Cope to Luke Vibert and even a very exclusive lovers rock version of 'Sometimes'by Erasure. Again, laughing in the face of genre consistency, but increasingly that's become the default with these sets.

Truly two of my favourite times DJing. Vibes were totally on point, and I love the thrill of playing alongside other people, where you don't know where we're going to go next

23/07/2024

Last weekend my friends and I got to attend (and play at) a wonderful small festival in Wales.

The people who put it together did a tremendous job, not without a lot of sweat and work.

Putting events like this can feel thankless, so I'd like to thank Stu Housley and his team, and also my friend Kaptin Barrett who took on a large part of the music programming and got us to play.

Kaptin's written a lovely blog about his experiencing running and attending the festival, and I encourage everyone to read it.

It's a kinda magic...

23/07/2024

Off to WOMAD this weekend and then the following weekend I'll be djing THREE TIMES in 24 hours.

Notably this fun day party spinning with man like Joe Muggs and a whole host of other extremely talented DJs at the Motion Lockyard around 3pm.

It's free, so whack it in your diaires!

22/07/2024

Terrain x Super Soca Crew at Big Love Festival. An absolute hoot. I'm pretty much going to sleep from now until WOMAD in a few days' time. But it was so fun to do a big back to back showcase with these guys!

17/07/2024

Whack this one in your diaries. A day party at Motion Lockyard going back to back with Joe Mugford and a whole bunch of other brilliant DJs

06/07/2024

You wait ages for your mates to release new albums and then two drop on the same day. Hold tight for Rukus new LP Parallels

8 track album

04/07/2024

Big Love, the really lovely small festival in Usk in Wales are starting to get down to their last tickets, so if you're still thinking of going, take a look. There are £150 ticks for the whole weekend, with the option of "buy 4 get one free". Or there are day-parters too if you can't make the whole thing.

Arrested Development are the headliners, and there's a nice spread of other bands and djs throughout the time, including a Terrain x Super Soca Takeover on the Sunday with me, Sam, Jordan, Kaptin, Nico, Tony Bongosan and a few others.

It really is one of my favourite weekends of the year. Very low stress and hassle. And this year you can bring kids for the first time.

26/06/2024

Let's do this!!

20/06/2024

My first Glastonbury in 15 years AND I get to play some tunes at people on the Thursday night, wahoooo! Pop down to Ridge & Furrow in Bella's Field on the Thursday night 11pm-1am for some b***y wigglin'

11/06/2024

And also.... Come join us this weekend at Bristol's excellent Document for a Courtyard Session.

This'll be lots of fun, and I'm thinking of busting out a bit of vintage funk, reggae, rock, oldies and world music sounds as a treat.

11/06/2024

This'll be my first Glastonbury attendance since 2009, and my first time on a Glasto lineup!

You can catch me spinning tunes at the Ridge & Furrow (Bella's Field) from 11pm-1am on the Thursday.

See you there!

09/06/2024

Beats, beer, boardgames

Ambient Sundaze is TODAY at the Wiper & True Taproom, Old Market from 2pm

Chill tunes from me, Simon Lloyd, Luke Shewring and Axe Stanley

Board and party game sessions run by the great people at Replay Bristol

Exceptional food and drink from Wiper & True and Eatchu

Come down, it's free!

30/05/2024

Anyone else feel the need to chill out all of a sudden? Well in just over a week's time you can!

Join Club Stoic and The Back Room for an all day ambient session at the Wiper & True Taproom near Old Market, Sunday 9th June, with fun and games brought to you by Replay Bristol from 2pm

22/05/2024

We're so excited to have been invited by Big Love Festival to host a Terrain Takeover on their (in)famous Fire Engine stage.

Terrain - Music from the International Underground will be taking over the decks on Sunday for a whole afternoon of bangers from around the world with Super Soca Show, inda Flo and Charlie Stoic at the controls.

If you didn't already know, Big Love Festival is one of rhe very next small festivals in the UK, held in Usk, Monmouthshire in South Wales. Each year they go from strength to strength, and we are absolutely HYPED for it!

Full lineup below

22/04/2024

Super exciting news!

The Fire Engine Stage has been announced ar Big Love Festival, and Terrain has been invited to host a takeover on the Sunday featuring Super Soca Show, inda Flo and lol old me.

Been to this festival the last two years and it's become incredinly dear to me, so this is a massive honour. Just a really lovely chilled out affair with an eclectic, fun lineup

They're introducing kids tickets for the first time too, so it's great for families.

Grab a ticket at biglovefestival.co.uk

18/04/2024

Just found a really fun set of classic 50s, 60s, 70s bangers that I played out at Boomtown a couple of years ago. Not releasing it publicly, but there's a private link below

12/04/2024

Fun to go out in Portugal and watch people unironically lose their minds to old eighties Eurobeat and Italo songs.

Indeed, "Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking became something of an unofficial holiday anthem. Kitsch as you like, but delightful nonetheless.

Put me in mind of this mix I made ages ago (see below) of Mutant and Italo disco. It's great! I'd love to play out a set of this kind of thing if anyone would host.

30/03/2024

Let's bounce!

13/03/2024

Day #2 Jonathan Coles gave me the task to choose 10 albums that influenced my taste in music. One per day for 10 consecutive days. No explanation, no review, just album covers. Everyday I will ask someone else to do the same - I'm going to pick Calev Prāyaḥ

04/03/2024

The weekly playlist is updated!

Each week, I scrub it and add an hour of tunes I've been digging, new and old. It's always a big mixed bag from golden oldies to the latest bangers, so give it a follow and let me know what you liked, what you didn't like, and what made you slightly confused. https://tinyurl.com/bdefn2hw

In sadder news, after two and a half years of subjecting its patrons to all sorts of eclectic dubious dubries, Club Stoic no longer has a residency at The Bell pub. All good things must come to an end, and they have made the sound commercial decision to concentrate on garage and D'n'B nights going forwards. Can't blame them.

I'd like to thank Liv and the whole team at The Bell for putting up with us and always making us feel so welcome. It's been an absolute blast and an honour to invite so many guests and great friends to spin with us behind those hallowed decks. Too many to list here, but thank you for being a part of it.

For now, I'll be concentrating on the Terrain project, with our monthly residency every last Saturday of the month at The Jam Jar Bristol playing the latest global club bangers.

All told, I'd like to continue the Club Stoic project, be that at a new home somewhere in the West Country, guest slots, or possibly something like a radio slot or podcast. If you have any ideas, give me a shout and let's talk!

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22/02/2024

Wahooo! Looks like I might very well have entry to Glastonbury this year. Wot a treat!
I'd definitely like to make the most of my time and play a couple of DJ sets while I'm there. If you know of anyone who would appreciate a blend of global bass bangers, ravey hype tunes or possibly something else, let me know!

11/02/2024

Say, did you check out the weekly playlist yet? Each week for the last several months, I've been putting together a weekly Spotify mixtape of stuff I've been checking out. No fixed genre, new and old, and designed to be listened through in one hour. Each week it gets scrubbed and refilled.

Give it a whirl. Link below

06/02/2024

Saw this lady Rachael Lavelle supporting Lankum at the weekend and immediately went to the merchant stand to buy the album. Brilliant stuff. Check it out, especially if you like Susanne Sundfør type alternative vocal pop

Taken from my album 'Big Dreams', buy /stream here: https://found.ee/rachael-lavelle-big-dreamsDirected by Anna Heisterkamp Produced by Kate GurrenCinematogr...

26/01/2024

BUY BUY BUY!

https://atki2.bandcamp.com/album/yellowjacket-ep

17/01/2024

Revisiting The Black Dog's 'Spanners' album this morning. I've never quite known what to think of this sprawling, implacable record, which despite being my introduction to the Plaid universe, boasts less of the melodic immediacy they would more brazenly turn out once the Black Dog parted ways.

Instead this goes for a more alien (as in a 90s "take me to your dealer" type of alien) collage of detuned ambient synths, head-shop syncopated rhythms, weird squiggles, and samples of people talking about extraterrestrial encounters.

Of course this was peak 1995, and the ambient japery of the Orb was still in full swing, so we can forgive some of Spanners' more hippyish indulgences. Still, the difference between 1993 and 1995 feels culturally worlds apart, so it's no wonder Plaid would change tack significantly when they split with band mate Ken Downie.

That's not to say Spanners doesn't have its charms, of course. And coming back to it, I'm surprised at how many tracks stick out that I'd previously ignored. The highlight will always be the one-two of Psil-cosyin and Chase The Manhattan; and while it's deemed very uncool these days to use the word "tribal" when talking about electronic music, these two tracks definitely milk that style of "fourth-world" techno that would garner such a description.

Unlike their later work as Plaid, melodies are hinted at, rather than indulged-in. Some might find this asceticism frustrating: more than a handful of tracks end just as they seem to be getting to where they're going. But restrained as they can be on Spanners, there are moments and snatches of pure loveliness, like on Pot Noddle, and especially the really quite lovely ambient closer Chesh.

13/01/2024

Gloucestershire hold tight! Tonight we're doing a very special Terrain x Loose Joints collab at SVA Stroud.

Been looking forward to this for a while and I'm very excited to be sharing the decks with Mr Pascal of Waggles , and Tom Berry aka Monobrow who has kindly invited us to play.

06/07/2023

The weekly Now Playing playlist is updated.

An hour of tunes from across the musical spectrum that I reckon you may (or may not) like.

This week we've got music from Alemayehu Eshete, Otoboke Beaver, JPEGMAFIA + Danny Brown, Warsaw Village Band, Falz + Vector, Song Bird + Gyakie, Asake, Ghost In The Machine, Tiny Mouse (representing something called "Comfy Synth" apparently), Gorod, Ahmad Jamal and much much more

Link in below - give it a listen and a follow. More new music next week!

09/05/2023

It's Club Stoic time again. This month, I've invited Ned Cosgrove aka sound:scape to join me behind the decks at The Bell on Hillgrove Rd, Bristol.

sound:scape is part of the Mixing Bowls collective (who have their own event on the 17th June at The Art Club).
He has hosted shows - The Global Get Down and Digitally Nomadic - on 1020 Radio focusing on underground global sounds.

You may also have caught Ned and his brothers at Glastonbury and other festivals billed as Cosbro Disco.
So pop down, Thursday 9th May from 8pm to the Bell - it's free, so what's the worst that could happen?

11/04/2023

SHEPHERDS' PATS ON YOUR CHEESE PLAITS

This Thursday 13th April, Club Stoic returns to The Bell for another free night of music and general mucking up.

Our guest this month is Luke Everson aka TheFreedomist.

Pop down from around 8pm until close. We'll be providing beats, bops and unidentified flying genres galore.