22.10.22 Part 1

If ever there was someone who the phrase “How does he find time to make that?” was about, serial editor and remixer Pete Le Freq is it. His reworks have been played on BBC Radio 6 regularly by Craig Charles, and DJs the world over, and the sheer number of tracks he produces have caused people to suggest he doesn't sleep much.

Pete started producing over 12 years ago, and made a bit of noise with his house label Llama Farm Recordings. He's been remixed by Jay-J, Eric Kupper and Kenny Summit, appeared on compilations with Joey Negro and LCD Soundsystem, and played alongside  the likes of Crazy P, Inland Knights, CagedBaby and a few others. 

Since discovering the things he was sampling were better than the things he was making, Pete found that retouching and reworking the originals gave him his producing mojo back, and soon after Alpaca Edits was born. 

The York based edits label has since become home to disco superstars such as Dr Packer, Chuggin Edits, and Mannix. He’s been resident DJ at Sotano in York for the last 7 years, and this has fuelled his productions to greater heights. He’s known for playing 5 hour sets that incorporate both his new productions and others versions of serious disco action.

2019 has seen Pete get a vinyl release alongside the likes of Fingerman, Al Kent and Sleazy McQueen on Samosa Recordings, produce remixes for the likes of Hot Digits and Midnight Riot, as well as having 4 eps of his reworks on his own Alpaca Edits. He’s also debuted at Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, and made a return to rock the Toil Trees stage at Beatherder for the second year running. 

November saw him support Michael Gray and Fingerman at Distrikt in Leeds and Derek Kaye in York. The year ended with him beating the likes of Mousse T and Ray Mang in the Traxsource Nu-Disco Top 100 Artists of the year. 

Lockdown saw Pete go into rework overdrive, running a weekly Thursday night stream, as well as starting a regular show on Street Sounds Radio. He also worked with Ashley Slater of Freak Power on some original tracks.

2021 has seen the return of Pete’s That Needs An Edit nights in York, and will culminate in December with a guest slot from Shaka Loves You.
Roll on 2022!

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

22.10.22 Part 1

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