Time Capsules

Seeing as my laptop is busted, I’m taking the opportunity to go through my vinyl. I’m organising it all so it seems like a plan to play a set every few days, of different genres or time periods. And where else to start other than Fat Sams on a Thursday night, and the Sweatbox on a Sunday afternoon! My introduction to the world of night clubs, in Dundee, Scotland - If ye ken then ye ken, izit. Basically just before house fully took hold of the dance floor, so more of a mixed bag, complete with warm-up for the first 40 minutes or so.

No real planning or practice, a couple of chronological missteps, and all the rough edges are there to hear! Recorded live on vinyl during Corona Lockdown 2020 (listen to those crackles!).

Fatties on a Thursday, Sweatbox on a Sunday / Part 1 / circa 1989

I've done Fatties and The Sweatbox, time to move on to Sublime at The Edge. Myself, Matt Miller and Paul Ritchie finally got our own night there in 1992 and it was amazing for a year at least - I picked through the best bits I still have on vinyl and recorded this mix live on a stream for my old Dundee crew. There'a a warm-up for about the first 40 mins...  and finishing on one of the main anthems of Sublime. Enjoy x

Sublime at The Edge, Dundee circa 1992

The latest addition to the Time Capsule is a tribute to two tapes that were recorded from KissFM circa 1993, and were a massive influence on myself and some friends.

Humphries' mix of big vocals with more obscure european sounds, and Morales stripped-back tracky deepness made these tapes huge in my world. 

Recorded whilst streaming live during lockdown, April 2020

Humphries + Morales Tapes Circa '93

Update - we raised £390!

1st & 3rd hours - Chris Paton
2nd & 4th hours - Jamie Paton

Myself and my brother Chris put on a live stream specifically for the charity 'Last Night a DJ Saved My Life' and the name inspired the theme. We've been wanting to do a disco set recently, for a change, so what better way than this. When I say disco, we're talking about downtown NYC, not uptown chintz, and an incredibly fertile period in dance music. From Paradise Garage anthems to leftfield Loft classics, we'll be rooting around in the seedy underbelly where we belong, cherry-picking from an amazing time.

You can still donate to this cause here - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jamie-Paton-DJ

Cheers x

I Wanna Go Bang! Covid-19 Fundraiser

[Emotional] Especial, Multi Culti, Hoga Nord, E.S.P. Institute, The Walls Have Ears, Internasjonal, DFA, Dissident.

Part man, part machine, part cockatiel, Cage & Aviary take flights of fancy whenever they can. Jamie Paton is a DJ, a one-finger keyboardist, and a pot-tickler. Nigel of Bermondsey is a musician, South London’s finest oscillator, and a dedicated dabbler. Together they are winners of the cosmic lottery.

Our debut studio album, Migration, was released on Prins Thomas' Internasjonal label - on double gatefold vinyl and cd. Some reviews; DJ 8/10, Mixmag 4/5, Blues & Soul 5/5.

Buy Jamie's original music and remixes here -
https://jamiepatonmusic.bandcamp.com/

Time Capsules

Jamie Paton / Cage & Aviary