Signals from the North mixes past present and phuture. Disk Jock itches, heritage techno, in field reporting from the edge.....

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Signals from the North

Blistering live set from Andy & Mike at Star & Shadow's Midsummer Party main room.

Rocking the Japanese holdout soldier, Devil's Island escapee style since the mid 2000s.

Star & Shadow Midsummer Party The Thin Boys 220624

Andy, Mike & Justin applying the Disk Jock Itch Salve™ to the sweating throng at a full house S&S to commemorate the end of summer.
Phazer action in full effect, herbal teas on standby, No Trainers, Football Tops or Casual clothing.

End Of Summer Party Star & Shadow 140924

GONNA TAKE YOU BACK>>>> WAY BACK>>>TO THE OLD SKOOL>>>>


Yo, step back two centuries — we talkin’ Industrial Revolution, fool. Steam engines, smoke stacks, and stacks of paper. No cameras, no Insta, no TikTok. Nah, this hustle wasn’t televised, but the grind was real.

Way back in the day, a tight-ass crew rose up from Benwell — real OGs of the West End. Their turf was Newcastle, their game was industry, and the coin? Flowin’ like the Tyne, baby. Big cribs, long streets — mansions for miles. It was paradise for this original world class wreckin cru, real G status.

And the shot-caller? William Armstrong, the muthaf***in’ Baron of Boom. This dude ain’t play — he made bank off iron, steel, and killin’ machines. Tanks, guns, the whole nine. But yo — he said it was all in the name of peace... yeah, a’ight. Still, homie stacked bills like Lego.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKT7VHCXrl8#t=21

The West End dons didn’t just run biz — they ran dynasties. Kept it in the fam, yo, ‘cause blood is thicker than contracts. Land in Northumberland, castles on hills — they flipped their street cred into lordship. Royalty, G-style.

http://www.biblio.com/book/benwells-big-houses-social-history-greatbatch/d/797305742

But like all empires, their game started to slide. Industry fell off, but the paper? Still stacked. The hood changed, Benwell got civilian’d out. The OGs bounced, took their loot elsewhere. From factories to finance — global domination on the down low.

These Gs saw the future, dawg. They switched it up — dropped the old names, played it humble. But behind the scenes? They moved weight. Banks, offshore accounts, multinational smoke screens. From local bosses to the Great & Good — the same Gs, just new suits. Slicker than ever.

Statues went up. Streets took their names. Suddenly they was heroes. Ain’t nobody asked who paid the price. The little people? Left in the dust yo. That’s the street, man — cold world, no mittens.




Later on, they dressed up like they cared — joined the dev agencies, urban projects, community talk. “For the people,” they said, while countin’ them dividends. New mask, same grind. Ain’t nothin’ changed but the branding.

Follow the funds — from Armstrong to Ridley, from Spence Watson to Lamb — the names might be old, but the hustle’s eternal.
http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CDP/id/908

The OGs of the West End became the global ca$h cru and they still run the game, they don't have a hood anymore, they don't need one, it's all one big hood.

So next time you walk through Benwell, see them statues, ride down Armstrong Road in your low rider — remember the OGs who laid the bricks... and counted the coins.
OGs of the West End — >4 LIFE<.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Newcastle_upon_Tyne#Industrialisation

Armstrong
Ridley
Clayton
Stephenson
Buddle
Pease
Ridley
Richardson
Joicey
Cookson
Noble
Spence Watson
Lamb

BOOGIE DOWN BENWELL WAS MIXED LIVE AT THE WEST ALLOTMENT LABOUR CLUB BY DJ ARMORER DONKIN FROM THE SIGNALS PROFESSIONAL DJ TEAM™

Signals From The North - Boogie Down Benwell

The Nightmare Continues at the Clock Factory.

Arcane practice, heavy magick rotation, surface noise. the all seeing eye and voices in the ether.

Tracklist in no order

Gak
Computer Madness
Autechre
Depeche Mode
Advent
DMX Krew
Black Narcissus X
Novamen
Japanese Telecom
Andrea Parker
A Guy Called Gerald
Jake Slazenger
Perspects

Signals From The North - Wailing Ghosts II

This is a live recording of my friend Peter Mangalore playing records just over 10 years ago at a night we used to do called Road to Rimini in Newcastle upon Tyne. Peter was the main DJ and played the final hour after Wee DJs live slot. It was an off shoot night called Face Your Fate which took place in the Northumberland Arms a literal underground boozer - the DJ set up by day served as a hot plate that would keep mince & dumplings warm for high street shoppers and Newcastle's professional shoplifting community. It was the perfect set up for Peter. 

Peter died this weekend. He was 42.

Never got round to uploading this mix. This night was very special as it was the first time me and my mates had met Peter, we became firm friends after this and he would visit us up in the North East regularly. Pete had friends in the North East that loved him very much.

We had originally connected through mutual friends - Ali Renault and the Human Shield Record Company crew/Magic Waves crowd who we had met a year previously. 

It's an understatement to say Peter was unique. He was a true outsider, supreme raconteur and a lot of fun to be around. We became very close. 

When on form and positive, he was a supreme force for good and an amazing individual. His enthusiasm for people, his generosity, talking to animals ('Alreet myeet'), seeing the absolute wonder in the most mundane and oblique shit - a champion of the weirdo.

For the last few years Peter struggled with addictions and really poor health. At his peak though he was a mercurial force, egoless when it came to music and a generous creative talent. The loss of Peter will be felt by loads of folk especially in the North of England. He had a giant personality.

I always felt this mix summed him up perfectly, a true outsider with a immense talent and raw energy. A live mix can really put you back in a time and place, especially when you can hear the crowd through the needles, it's an emotional mix for me and a proper time capsule of emotion and feelings.

He had an incredible influence on me and introduced me and my peers and friends to so much good music - not just dance stuff. Peter saw the cracks in the reality tunnel and I owe him a great deal. Life was never dull around Peter.

Michael x

Peter Mangalore Northumberland Arms 7 Dec 2007

SF/Detroit purveyor of finest lysergic hypnotic grooves  - Carlos Souffront at Star & Shadow Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne -  the North of England's best alternative music venue, cinema and arts space - keeper of the Northern underground flame. Support from North East Techno guru Justin Mills. HERE >>> https://soundcloud.com/signalsmmx/sets/carlos-souffront-justin-mills-starandshadow

A fine rotation of raw & uncompromising bangers.

Carlos Souffront Techno Ruined My Life II Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle, UK 191018

Signals is a record label based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 

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