On the second day of Choonsmas we're wrapped up like a Dosa... in a pancake made out of Rob and Rosaaa
It's been exactly a year since Rosa featured on last years Choonsmas, with our friendship having grown even tighter, but now we've gone from meeting on the shop floor of All Night Flight, to chatting over the counter! Whilst working at the shop, Rosa is still involved in the running over at No Bounds Radio, and recently blew us away at Club Martyr with an incredible set. For this year's edition, Rosa is also joined by Rob! One of the figures involved with The White Hotel's untouchable programming, it's no surprise that Rob's got an exhaustive catalogue of music from all over the gaff. Also a talented producer, we're excited for the year to come after the music he's been circulating over the past year.
Back in September, Rosa & Rob joined Evan for our Noods show which has since lead to a second outing together on Rainy City Radio...and talks of a new party some time in the new year...but for now you can enjoy their list with an ice cold glass of WKD's special Blue Champagne!
On the second day of Choonsmas we're wrapped up like a Dosa... in a pancake made out of Rob and Rosaaa
It's been exactly a year since Rosa featured on last years Choonsmas, with our friendship having grown even tighter, but now we've gone from meeting on the shop floor of All Night Flight, to chatting over the counter! Whilst working at the shop, Rosa is still involved in the running over at No Bounds Radio, and recently blew us away at Club Martyr with an incredible set. For this year's edition, Rosa is also joined by Rob! One of the figures involved with The White Hotel's untouchable programming, it's no surprise that Rob's got an exhaustive catalogue of music from all over the gaff. Also a talented producer, we're excited for the year to come after the music he's been circulating over the past year.
Back in September, Rosa & Rob joined Evan for our Noods show which has since lead to a second outing together on Rainy City Radio...and talks of a new party some time in the new year...but for now you can enjoy their list with an ice cold glass of WKD's special Blue Champagne!
Here's some choons, new and old that kept us going in this weird as hell year. Hope you enjoy.
Rob: Spoken word synth gem that will improve any afters, The rest of the Kiosque of Arrows 2 compilation is also top.
Rosa: I love the album it comes from - Motto of the Wheel - which came out on Death of Rave in the spring. Soundtrack to my year - thank u Teresa!
Rob: Kinda sounds like a dub techno track made by Raime
Rosa: This record came out last month on Japanese label Art into Life and I’ve been enjoying it these past weeks. This particular track is the most ‘easy listening’ on the record - the whole thing is worth a listen.
Rosa: Prob the song I have played the most this year. I was so happy when I saw that Evan and Robbie had booked her for the inaugural Love Rain show!
Rob: From their Chuckle EP, slice of off kilter pop that feels like its about to break apart at any minute.
Rosa: Top local release from this year! Humming, cradling vocals + keys from Boogizm. All this year’s other releases on Shotta Tapes are also to be checked.
Rob: Conor Thomas played this at the end of TWH's 54 1/2 hour open was one of the best moments i've ever had on a dancefloor, I’ve had it stuck in my head pretty much constantly since.
Rob: The South Yorkshire Mick Hucknall - 'I even Had Her In The Shower' Soundtrack to Christmas 2021.
Rosa: Wholeheartedly agree with Rob on this one! Also, In the Bleak Midwinter.
Rob: Either time Tom Boogizm’s played at TWH. Going to the Isle of Skye. Generally being able to go further than Platt Fields has been pretty great.
Rosa: My early summer this year holds a lot of good memories: bike rides around north Manc, some great shows in and outdoors at the White Hotel, briefly getting into playing football…
Rob: Moving to Glasgow in June. Starting a new party with Rosa and Evan. Working out what my new hobby will be in lockdown 4.0.
Rosa: I’m excited about this party too! And working on my allotment from spring time onwards. Also holding out for another period in the early summer when I will briefly get into playing football.
Ed: My selections reflect exactly what I’ve been listening to over the last year or two - lots of slow music to soundtrack many days spent at home. I’ve thrown one freaky dance tune in there for good measure, to keep the aliens over at Semi Peppered happy. Ben: Mad dog by name mad dog by nature, woof woof MLE: I am so strong haha
A varying degree of musical tastes seem to exist within the Left, Right & Centre camp between ourselves so there may be a bit of disparity between each of our selections. However I think we can both agree that it’s been a topsy turvy year, but there has been lots of highs for us as a label and party, as well as individually. Huge shout out to all the crews doing the do and pushing things along in Manchester and further afield, and of course a big thank you to the Semi Peppered dons for getting us involved.
Not much new music in here (we’re crap at keeping up to date), but lots of goodies that we’ve played and enjoyed both inside and outside the space this year
2020 has been tough, and we’ve been fortunate enough to get through it with the help of those close to us. Now we hope you can join us in looking to 2021 as another year to be inspired by one another, and to keep on keeping on together.
This has been a weird af year but here are some highlights from us which we hope you enjoy. Special shout out to Goutham for having the self control to not list Cockroach - Pearl (Bright Edit) [COMPOSE] {1996} multiple times.
I really had to stop myself from putting Babyfather’s ‘Meditation’ as my sole entry to this list because I’ve been playing that every day for the last three years. I thought it would be best to solely focus on tracks that have been released this year so here’s a list of my faves. Most of them have been included in mixes and radio shows and danced to in my parents’ living room.
Tracy: The selections picked by us are tunes that we’ve rinsed a lot this year and played quite often on our radio shows. I think they represent our sound as individual DJs but also as a collective.
We hope you enjoy sifting through our proper mixed bag of tunes that have soundtracked an incredibly west period in history. We feel these releases have been on the ride with us and deserve acknowledgement. What better way than a big old peppered round up eh?
MLE: Hi, you may remember me from radio stations such as Balamii, Noods, Worldwide FM and the occasional guest appearances on NTS. Find my 2020 highlights alongside my fav bunch of dawgs…May 2021 be infinitely less painful. Solway Canine Collective: Ruff noises straight from the kennel. Another year of gutter tunes from the junkyard dawgs.
SP: Huge shouts to everyone who was there for us and supported us in music and beyond last year, we look forwards to sharing good times together again soon!
Here are some of my top listens this year - ones that I've been playing and replaying. Most have been released in 2020, with a sprinkle of oldies too. I inevitably remembered loads that should be in here after making this, but I hope in sifting through this list there will be some enjoyable/meaningful listens in store for Semi Peppered friends and followers 🐇
The Trouserlings + Papi Ruari bring you another collection of varied morsels to warm the cockles. Here is to another year of following the Semi Peppered boys blindly into the sun.
I mostly mix techno / breaks / house / fusion music. So I’ve tried to include six tunes that showcase these genres as much as possible! One thing I’ve learned from mixing is that there is endless music to explore and to never make your mind up on whether or not you like an entire genre! Fusing elements of one genre into another is a real game changer for me :)
Ed: My selections reflect exactly what I’ve been listening to over the last year or two - lots of slow music to soundtrack many days spent at home. I’ve thrown one freaky dance tune in there for good measure, to keep the aliens over at Semi Peppered happy. Ben: Mad dog by name mad dog by nature, woof woof MLE: I am so strong haha
Apologies! I’ve not bought a new release since the Music from Memory Almost Grown record, which was still a reissue haha! These ones are some of my fave digs from the year - a mixture of cheap and hard to find stuff, records that I have wanted for a while but managed to cop this year. Lots of digging and hermiting time, hope you like them/find them interesting! Merry xmas 💖💖 xx
Our top 8 tracks of 2020 (we’ve listened to tonnes of old ones from the 80s through out the digging process but we’ve tried to keep this strictly 2020 - with some of our fave oldies thrown in) but also less club focussed as clubbing seems so redundant right now (although we have thrown a few heaters in for you). A mixed bag for a funny old time!
Taïga: There’s going to be no jungle / 160 I’m afraid, if anyone wants to hear our fave selections from that genre they can just listen to any of our sets! Mia: 2021 has been a great year for music, much like last year, the year before that, and all the other years. I don’t really think it’s possible for there to be an entire year where the whole planet collectively just puts out shit music, even if artists like Burial are giving it their best shot.
Thank you to everyone that has been a part of Choonsmas this year, it's been a lovely way to end a turbulent year <3
ETN: "We've spent most of the year agonisingly far apart from each other so our choices and highlights feel very unconnected. Doing our Noods shows as socially-distanced fb-chat b2bs has been an interesting diversion, but we're longing for the affectionate chaos of the studio sessions. We all miss each other and hopefully next year will be full of the shared experiences and connection that are the best things about being a Shrubbery!" Chukwudi: "Having blown my last ETN royalty cheque investing in phonecards, I've asked the band to get together for one last reunion gig so that I can keep the lights on this Christmas. Unfortunately all the clubs are closed so I've had to make do with an (apparently unpaid) spot on the semi peppered xmas countdown instead."
Tried to keep it as weird as possible. And shed some light on some smaller acts from Bristol to Chicargooooooo.
What ho!? The sun has shone, the birds have tweep tweeped and the second edition of our Peppered Digs is launched for public enjoyment. Celebrate the springtime harbingers with some bangers in bloom :)
Compiling this list for the SP crew made me realise how many amazing releases came out this year, a cause for celebration in a year of woe. This list scrapes the tip of the iceberg in terms of what I’ve enjoyed, but I have somehow narrowed it down to 8 LPs of 2020 that I have been rinsing and repeating.
Robbie: "Some highlights from a rollercoaster year, remembering the soundtrack of initial lockdown turmoil to reminiscing about the last tunes heard in the club." David: "As someone whose main hobby is clubbing and nightlife, this year I haven't stopped listening to dance music. Here's some new tunes I really look forward to listening to on a big soundsystem."
Some of the stuff we have been digging this year and personal finds!
SP: It's actually entirely to do with the pubs reopening. Enjoy with caution
We’re Emma and Jonah, old friends and lifelong music obsessives. We both share a love for tunes that make us nostalgic for a neon lit past that didn’t happen. If it clears the floor, we want more.
Here’s a lil selection of a few of my fave tracks that have gone into Ambient Babestation Meltdown mixes this year, and a few tracks that I plan to feature in upcoming mixes. Finding new music was never a problem working at Rye Wax, but as we’ve been shut since March I’ve been having to dig A LOT DEEPER and I think it’s helped make my mixes a lot weirder haha. Please enjoy my selection and dream of the day we can all float about the club in silly outfits and silly states once again.
A varying degree of musical tastes seem to exist within the Left, Right & Centre camp between ourselves so there may be a bit of disparity between each of our selections. However I think we can both agree that it’s been a topsy turvy year, but there has been lots of highs for us as a label and party, as well as individually. Huge shout out to all the crews doing the do and pushing things along in Manchester and further afield, and of course a big thank you to the Semi Peppered dons for getting us involved.
We’re long time friends and musical collaborators born and raised in Sheffield and now living West of the Pennines in Manchester. We spent some years in Sheffield running ‘Don’t Look Now’, a series of ludicrous parties, expressing our shared love of club culture and the musical heritage of the Steel City. Having temporarily taken a step back from promotion we now also host a monthly radio show called Roadside Picnic in which we can explore our more otherworldly thoughts and dreams.
d. clemente: Same as last year, I am here with a whole selection of dance music (sorry I actually don’t listen to anything else lol) that made me go like “wow, yeehaw, yes, alright alright, mmmmm”. DJ SWEAT: *siren plays* D-D-D-D-DJ SWEAT on tha haus! *toilet sound* merry all! *jingle jingle*
In no particular order these are our top releases from 2020. Coincidentally featuring plenty of previous Cue guests (we’re not biased, honest) alongside some other favourites.
