**LIVE RADIO SHOW RECORDING**
Welcome to episode 7 of my monthly Beyond Borders show.
Broadcasted live on NDC Radio, 9-11pm, Fri 15th September 2023

This month's show was a little bit different - with my good friend and excellent selector Tom Whittaker aka Even Funkier joining me in the studio for a proper back 2 back session. It was an absolute joy to share to share the decks, and a few beers, while covering some serious musical ground across the 2 hours .... we spun a completely off the cuff mix of stuff that we'd like to hear in a dark, sweaty, club... quirky electro disco, uplifting house, afrobeat, soulful house, nu-disco, 90s progressive classics and more! Full track list will be incoming once we work out what we actually played :)

Any comments, likes, shares, reposts are hugely appreciated 🙏

Beyond Borders is broadcasting MONTHLY on Friday nights, 9-11pm on NDC Radio. Next show: 13 October 2023

Big love x

WHAT'S THE SOUND OF THE BEYOND BORDERS SHOW?
Criss-crossing the boundaries of house, disco, nu disco, global grooves and beyond… selections include newer, up-front cuts, forgotten gems and rarities, b-sides, and the odd well-placed classic.

Each month it’ll be a new 2 hour mix with minimal level of chat...just quality, underground music!

Peak time vibes, lots of driving basslines, funky, jazzy, synth and acid-laced melodies, organic percussion, rock solid vocals... all the ingredients to maybe transport you to a smoke filled, dark, sweaty club, dancing with friends, big smile on your face :)

**TRACK LIST TO FOLLOW**

Beyond Borders - Ep 7 - 15 Sept 23 (B2B with Even Funkier)

I do not own rights to any of this music I
just have a Uncontrollable love of house, musi'll i cannot deny  I am from Chicago started off deep into house and disco at a very early age 10 yes old because I old all of that too my big brother dj drell or bam bam
who was of a part of Chicago gay Community  
from the early 80s who have been known aside other djs I will name later 




John Pants has been a pioneer of the Australian queer scene for over three decades.  

Playing DJ residencies at: HONCHO DISKO in every State across Australia, Woodys in Sydney, The Tubs in Melbourne and playing unforgettable sets at Barba, Mary’s Poppin in Adelaide, Poppin Out Festival, AWOL, Squeak, SLICK, Beefcake, The Laird Hotel and more John has fine tuned the dancefloor moment. Whether it be disco, disco house, deep tech house, party bangas, a Sunday afternoon in a beer garden or 2am on a Main Stage at a Festival - John Pants can sort the vibe

John Pants came kicking and screaming out of the punk hardcore scene in Adelaide in the late 90s playing in various doom ridden, detuned, distorted projects which supported huge amounts of international acts. Until the glitz and glamour of the Melbourne nightlife sucked him across the border and saw him playing in notoriously iconic disco punk outfits: The Blow Waves and Der Kreis.

Merging his musical background John then created the HONCHO DISKO institution, celebrating subversive queer talent and providing supportive inclusive events Australia wide for the past decade.

HONCHO DISKO is a renowned national event across Australia, operating in Melbourne for close to a decade, in Sydney for over seven years and countless events in Adelaide, Brisbane and many other cities. HONCHO DISKO has toured international acts such as Amanda Lepore, The Boulet Brothers, Brooke Candy and Crystal Methyd to name just a few.

After a move to Sydney Australia during the blip in the matrix and continual ongoing HONCHO DISKO events John Pants created another brand - Woody’s running events across Sydney and Melbourne tailored for Big Boy Bears, Kingz, Queens and everything in betweens.

John Pants has now returned to Melbourne where he created: The Tubs - a weekly Sunday sauna session at Wet On Wellington - giving you the ultimate ion the bathhouse experience.

John Pants can be found playing fun disco, hot cruising mixes and pumpin late night sets anywhere that sweats and sparkles.

John Pants also forms one half of super sized DJ duo - HONCHO DISKO alongside his
musical partner in crime Luke Ryan. HONCHO DISKO DJ’s play main room pumping
disco and house and are focused for the main stage at a festival playing the likes of
Mary's Poppin in Adelaide and Barba.

Plug yourself in and get ready to ride the unicorn over the sonic rainbow.

JOHN PANTS: @johnpantsisdead
HONCHO DISKO: @HONCHODISKO
Woody's: @Woodys.Social
The Tubs @thetubsdisco

#honchodisko

DJ - House, Disco, Nu-disco, Edits and more...
Promoter - Borderline events in London
Radio Host - NDC Radio @ndcradio
Community - The Disco Waltons @discowaltons

Radio Shows on NDC Radio
- Beyond Borders
- Feel Good Friday
- Disco Waltons Sunday Service

With 30 years’ experience behind the decks - spinning uplifting House, Disco, Edits and more - London-based Greg Middleton is a versatile DJ, from warming things up with laid-back grooves to closing out a night with peak-time floor-fillers. Greg’s sets are fun and nostalgic, yet sophisticated and unpredictable, with rock solid vocals, funky and soulful grooves, layers of organic percussion, and hints of classic house - a nod to his musical roots.

Greg began collecting records and learning the DJ ropes in the early 90s, introducing himself to the club scene spinning House at various nights across the Midlands before moving onto playing at famous London clubs such as SW1 and The Cross.

Over the following decade, Greg broadened his style, heavily influenced the emerging Edits scene championed by the likes of Greg Wilson, Late Nite Tuff Guy and Dr Packer. He then held a three-year residency at the Big Chill Bar (one of London’s long-established venues), where he further honed his skills, reading the crowd and building the tempo while spinning long, genre-hopping sets.

Starting his own regular club night called Borderline in 2018, Greg brought his funky, party vibe to a packed-out, intimate venue in South-West London. When the pandemic hit, Greg took Borderline to the virtual airwaves, doing live streams every Saturday night during the lockdowns, with lively chatrooms and a growing following. The club nights returned with a bang in March 2022, and are going from strength to strength.

As a member of the “Disco Waltons” family, a group of DJs, producers and enthusiasts with a fast-growing reputation, he is currently co-producing the weekly Disco Waltons Sunday Service show on NDC Radio, with guests such as Michael Gray, Richard Earnshaw, Mark Brickman, Jamiroquai's Derrick McKenzie and Greg Wilson.

Greg is also co-host of Pete Ellison's award-winning radio show the Feel Good Friday Show, currently airing weekly on NDC Radio.

Check out his Soundcloud where you’ll find a host of other sets, including guest mixes for the likes of Spin City, Black Light Disco, The Funkier Radio Show and The Spin.

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"

Beyond Borders - Ep 7 - 15 Sept 23 (B2B with Even Funkier)

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