Charlie Dark loves playing records, it’s been in his blood since he was a kid and from the age of 13 he knew that the turntables were one of his callings. 80’s pirate radio was his teacher and as a teenager he spent hours in his bedroom taping shows off the radio and trying to replicate what he had heard on his mums stereo. Luckily for him, one of his friends somehow managed to convince his parents to buy him decks and sixth from was spent playing at birthday parties of friends and at their own events across South London. From his time on Mo Wax records with Attica Blues in the 90’s, the subsequent major label deal on Sony and the plethora of remixes and productions, Deejaying has been at the heart of everything he does. These days most people know Charlie as the running guy, the founder of the Urban run collective "Run Dem Crew" and an advocate of mental health and wellness alongside all of his community work. If you attended or heard about his  Blacktronica parties or sets at the legendary Plastic People then you’ll know that 'all forms of music in one room the way it used to be’ has always been his motto and his record collection spans various genres and the crates are deep. He grew up as a hardcore hip hop kid with a love of all music but Jazz, Funk, Soul ,Reggae, House and Disco are his first loves. Uplifting energy filled genre jumping sets, rotary mixers, quality sound, dusty vinyl, hosted by a true selector who is not afraid of the mic. Since lockdown Charlie has pivoted into radio with his weekly Friday morning show on Worldwide FM and the creation of his own internet station Run Dem Radio. A platform for unheard voices, untold stories and music to uplift the soul and a homage to the pirate stations that set him on his path all those years ago.

GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS are a group of like minded individuals hoping to stage a series of events over 2009 and beyond to celebrate house music for what it was in the early 90s…

We hope to gather many old faces to these events as these nights will not only be a celebration of the music but also the fantastic people who made the scene what it was…..

We believe that the club scene at that time was the last great youth culture and for that reason it should be celebrated and never forgotten….…

Slam Thursday nights in Fatties...Heavens Above...The Sweatboxes...The Rhumba club (Roxanne’s to citrus) The Edge...Floatation...The Rhythm Zone...Ishh......Homeless..
.Spaceship...The Kentucky club…

If you remember any of these Legendary club nights and have a story to tell,if you have ever heard a bouncer utter the words "Regulars Only"..... a picture to show or even one of the flyers, get in touch we would love to hear from ya....or you can just send them to us at -

GBTOR@live.co.uk

So what you waitin for? 

Autodisco is an established club night based in Dundee and home to the Autodisco DJs aka Dicky Trisco & iamelectron. At our nights we play disco, (electro)funk, bespoke edits, house and all sorts of 'Balearic' gems! Regular guests at the night include Greg Wilson, Andrew Weatherall, Pete Herbert, Ashley Beedle and Chris Duckenfield amongst others.

We also have a residency at The Social, the infamous W1 venue owned by Heavenly Records. We play the second Saturday of every month. And we get to play at other people's nights too (Book us?) so you'll find us popping up at various locations across the UK and Europe. 

Over the last few years we have also been playing at festivals like Rockness for the Rizla Invisible Players and at Glastonbury in the Stonebridge Tent, as well as doing support slots for live bands like Crazy P. 

In fact, The Times (cough cough) recently commented that 'Autodisco is at the tip of the UK's disco scene...' and put Autodisco alongside Horse Meat Disco and Disco Bloodbath as leading exponents of the contemporary disco sound in the UK. This expsosure has led to radio mixes for Radio One & respected blogs such as Another Night on Earth. 

When we're not throwing Autodisco nights or DJing, we're releasing lots of lovely records on various labels like Disco Deviance, TRIBUTE, Mighty Robot Recordings, Deep Freeze Recordings and our very own Autodiscotheque imprint.

We hope you like our DJ mixes and edits. Please send us anything you think might suit our sound. And hope to catch up with you at one of our nights and on our travels.

Los Autodiscothequers x


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