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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

Sometime in February 2025, the Warning crew (@warningberlin) set sail to international waters, setting course directly to the infamous community space coppi, floating freely in the vast ocean of the berlin scene.  No storm, no flu-wave, no BVG-strike could stop these fierce electronic buccaneers from taking over the coppi studio for a night.  Bringing with them their treasured black, shiny disks, a mix of old crew members and some newfound friends showcased their very individual styles, while all being connected by their deep passion for music.

Weathered Warning member @philipp-otterbach on opening duties didn’t disappoint: Starting with some slower experimental sounds, undulating between murky tracks as dark as the night’s ocean and ones evoking images of flittering sunrays, Philipp’s set got heavier and groovier from the second half. Effortlessly switching between broken beats and deeper tech excursions, his versed psychedelic style spoke for itself.

Philipp Otterbach @ coppi 13.02.2025

@margauxgazur
Margaux Gazur - Blurred Memories
Smallville LP 18
Out 23rd of May

A1 Agata - 8’19
A2 Morning Ride - 9’24
B1 This Is Always - 10’41
B2 Madake - 7’56
C1 Su Phu - 9’20
C2 Someday - 7’31
D1 Blurred Memories - 15'13

Smallville LP 18 - Margaux Gazur - Blurred Memories

 Kiernan Laveaux, She/They

Kiernan Laveaux is a connective rhythmic energy conduit & ecstatic beat conductor from the Great Lakes. A boundless ball of discordant energy, she’s an adventurous spirit - conducting the vibrant forces of our world that are transmitted through the unbridled passion contained within her DJing. 

Inspired by forces of universal chaos & the innovative, experiential visions found within midwestern electronic music, she's since embarked on a lifelong journey of channeling binary dissolving phenomena throughout our known universe via her unbridled musical vitality & the multifaceted Sweet Abyss imprint. 

Originating from within Cleveland's multiversal DIY underground, she materialized through the rhythms of life & her loved ones - soaking up influence in everything from the enchanted & irreverent joys of disco, the raucous mayhem of hardcore punk & noise gigs, the spatial manifestations of dub, nonlinear revelations & outer reaches of free jazz expressionism, bewitching industrial conjurations, lineages & contrasts of freeform DJing across the world, & dancing with many weirdos in rooms full of fog, neon mesh, & skate ramps.


Notes on the Mix ///

"This mix is a live recorded portion of a set I played late at night at the wonderful club Outra Cena in Lisbon, Portugal in April 2024. The vibe of it is pondering the orb, watching your life and emotions play out in arcane swirls in front of your eyes as you embody the role of an unreliable narrator in your own existence. Sometimes this view allows clarity, other times overwhelmed by imagined insecurities, other times allowing a reprieve from strife into self love. Emotions and mental findings that feel held in many sets of mine. Sonically, I really felt encouraged this night to dive into my love of the stranger ends of house music, and combinations of industrial/dub/breaks on top. Specifically the influence of my lifelong love of industrial and synth music can really be felt throughout, as well as lamentations on loneliness and connection within capitalism that lots of that music speaks to - industrial music for industrial people. Discotekno, Haunted house, whatever name you want to apply to this music - as well as a healthy dose of dubwise rave stylistics. A strange dream within a stranger reality, living in the paradox. Musick for dance, musick for new corridors of your mind, musick against the fascist, ogliarchal pacification of who we are - viva la differenze!"

SOCIALS:

@kiernan-laveaux

http://sweetabyss.bandcamp.com - my debut collaborative EP with Johnny Zoloft as JZKL entitled "Pancake of the Infinite"

In lieu of a tracklist, here's 3 tracks that encapsulate the set to Kiernan:

Melancholy Man - Born to Rock (Rocking Dubwise) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0RYelZ9xGU

Junito Perez / I.M.T. - No Quiero Estar Solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5K-GPWSok&t=1s

Outa Tha Blue - Pressures of Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_t_USokvfc


XOXA BLEND 247 - Kiernan Laveaux

BUY > https://inverted-audio.store/products/cv313-plays-mike-huckaby-our-life-with-the-wave-ep

cv313 revisits Mike Huckaby's 'Our Life With The Wave' EP as Echospace Detroit releases a heartfelt 4-track tribute 12" honouring the late, great producer. The release features deep dub reworks from San Francisco's Federsen and Echospace co-founder Stephen Hitchell, appearing under his aliases cv313 and Intrusion. Pressed on coloured vinyl, absolutely essential!!

Our Life With The Wave [Original mix]

Recorded live at the PAARD Foyer during Rewire Festival 2025.

www.operator-radio.com

Ernestas Sadau | Rewire Festival - 5th April 2025

A mix from extended naff family members Command D and Peanut

In the words of Command D :

Carrying on from some legendary parties before it, the next generation of ravers held 'plur' true to it's og meaning. Young Harry (Peanut) and I had been mixing together and talking about tunes we loved for months leading up to the event. We played in the side room while the morning light slowly poured in, all the homies in the front and gun fingers to the back. Big party mode with some blissy ones, freedom while it lasted, and a fun one to listen back to. Big thanks to everyone who hosted and the dancers!

Recorded on Wangal land.

@commandd @harrisonross

Art by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier as always

naffcast006 ⦾ Command D and Peanut at plur ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆ ⋆｡˚ ☽ ˚｡⋆｡˚☁︎˚｡⋆

Week's end with pi pi pi curator and The Lot resident deep creep.

deep creep @ Kiosk Radio 04.05.2025

Intergalactic Gary has been one of our favorite DJs for many years, as his genre transcendence aligns perfectly with IT’s vision. This set was recorded in a very special circumstance, at Tresor 313, May 25, 2024 at the Tangent Gallery on Day 1 of Return to the Source. Originally scheduled for 2 hours, it naturally extended to almost 4 hours, which is the kind of thing that is possible at this party when just the right chemistry happens.

We had Intergalactic Gary on directly after the Model 500 live show in the Gallery, the room was already on fire. When he came on he totally captivated the room, the energy was palpable as he effortlessly went from all sorts of variants of techno and house and the raw essence of what makes them – from Italo disco to early Chicago and forms of electro, culminating in his effortless presentation of the timeless sublime jam “Amenity” by Link, a peak experience for everyone present. This kind of perspective on music is really elucidating and liberating, and made for one of the most memorable sets of the weekend – delivered by a true cult hero. 


IT Podcast

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this is a 2h set that i played poolside at my friend’s gathering in umbria earlier this june. it was a bit of a lazy recovery day, so i went for mostly experimental and ambient with lots of moody vocals before i brightened it up at the end. this was a rather spontaneous mix, but i got a lot of good feedback so thought i would share. :)

track list:

moon of eris // andreas tillander & goran kajfeš
kurio // saskia
prosthetic // yttrandet
vision ii // launaea
erba’ aħwa // a lily
pirr // zara
echo // hanna svirska
eating maxibons while the world burns // babyxxan
edge 01 // javier marimon
elysium // zara
anamorph iris // monolake
holiday inn (january to march) // mayssa jallad & civilistjävel!
nana (dj nobu remix) // nadia struiwigh
8824 // ryo murakami
reflected life // launaea
somniferous, like a piquant crescent // slowfoam
blinkmoth (july mix) // james k
circuit bliss // nao nhil
immanence // yyard
a short greek story // jonnnah
soli test // radart
mutual core (eternal injection underwater live edit) // björk
metanoia // ronan
winds of cydonia // marco shuttle
align // command d & gi
landed in another place // d-leria

spectral drift

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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