An EP of collaborations, featuring a beautiful vocal from Kathy Diamond, and a track I worked on with the mysterious Backdoor Man.  Hot Gorilla chief Andy Buchan is on remix duties.  Released on Hot Digits Music on 2nd November (HOTDIGIT077).  Early support from Bill Brewster and Fingerman.

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Smashed Atoms & Backdoor Man - All The Time (Andy Buchan Remix)- released 2.11.20

All WAV edits available here :: https://www.patreon.com/AndyBuchan

Named a ‘stellar edits provider’ by Mixmag and the ‘nu-disco don’ by Juno, Andy Buchan has become one of the leading names in the disco and edit scene. His music and edits have been played by BBC 6 Music, Greg Wilson, Optimo, Massive Attack’s Daddy G, Horse Meat Disco and Craig Charles, while Andy holds down residencies across Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh and Southport alongside regular club and festival bookings.

With over 200 releases across chart-topping releases on dozens of disco-fried labels, including Peppermint Jam, Hot Digits, Midnight Riot and Paper Disco, Andy launched his Hot Gorilla Records imprint in 2020 along with Conan The Selector. The label hit the ground running, with several Juno Download No.1s, multiple Traxsource Top 10s and four tracks in the Best of 2021 Beatport chart. That led to the Hot Gorilla funky monkeys becoming DJ support for The Brand New Heavies' sell-out UK tour. 

Andy’s own music has been picked up for reviews in DJ Mag and Mixmag, plus radio support from 6Music and Rinse FM and club and festival plays from big-name DJs, including Bicep, Claptone, Horse Meat Disco, Greg Wilson, Peggy Gou, Justin Robertson, Electric Chair and more. That support took an interesting turn when the British National Library Sound Archive asked him to enter his back catalogue into their music collection! 

His previous residences include Chow Down and Flight Club in Leeds, Inventery and Grosvenor in Manchester alongside regular guest slots at legendary Edinburgh club The Street and the Southport Disco Festival. Alongside that, Andy has played across the UK in recent years, warming up for Huey 6 Music, Craig Charles, Dr Packer, Groove Armada, Psychemagik, Hot Chip and headlining at gigs in Manchester, Birmingham, York, Dubai and Todmorden’s legendary Golden Lion pub. 

This is just the latest chapter in Andy’s career. After freelancing for Mixmag and training as a journalist, he moved to Dubai in 2004, working for Time Out Dubai before launching DJ Mag Middle East. He was a regular on the club and festival scene, first with his own long-running, award-winning nights and with long-term residencies at Pacha and Trilogy, alongside back-to-back bookings for Creamfields UAE. It was in Dubai that he cemented his open-genre, curveball DJ style by playing alongside a wide variety of DJs like Fatboy Slim, Mark Ronson, Basement Jaxx, Todd Terje, Norman Jay, Liam Gallagher, Feel My Bicep, Graeme Park and more.

Now back in the UK, he’s become a mainstay of the disco scene while his label Hot Gorilla Records continues to grow into one of the most exciting labels in the scene, including festival slots at Beatherder and Standon Calling.

Highlights:
						
Craig Charles plays ‘Fly Guy’ on his 6Music show Say A Prayer EP is one of the top-selling EPs on Juno Download and one of Greg Wilson’s tracks of the year
						
‘Caught in the Middle’ spends over 5 months in the Beatport Top 100 Disco charts, with support from PBR Streetgang, Danny Rampling, Rinse FM and more.
						
Named as one of the Top 60 Disco and Nu-Disco producers in the Traxsource 2018 6 releases in the Juno Download Best of 2021 round-up

3 Juno Disco No.1s in 2022

Tours with The Brand New Heavies across the UK 2021
						
‘Reasons’ is one of the best-selling disco tracks of 2022 and gets regular plays across Manchester’s Warehouse parties

2023 - 5 Tracks in Juno Downloads’s Best Disco Tracks 

Greg Wilson plays his Primal Scream edit at the sold-out Hacienda Warehouse party
						
Signed to... Hot Gorilla Records, Peppermint Jam, Hot Digits, Paper Disco, Sprechen, Disco Fruit, Midnight Riot, Alpaca Edits, Citizens of Vice, Masterworks Music, Chopshop, Rare Wiri, Editorial Records, Thunder Jam Records, Spa In Disco, Golden Soul and more.
						
Support from... Craig Charles, Mixmag, Danny Rampling, Greg Wilson, Peggy Gou, Horse Meat Disco, Claptone, Jacques Renault, PBR Streetgang, Nick Warren, Bicep, Dr Packer,
Chris Coco, Fingerman, Yam Who, Bill Brewster, Rinse FM, Wildblood & Queenie, Conan The Selector and more
						
Played alongside... Fatboy Slim, Chase & Status, Detroit Swindle, Feel My Bicep, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Psychemagik, Craig Charles, Kornel Kovacs, Mark Ronson, Groove Armada, Norman Jay, Friendly Fires, Todd Terje, Ewan Pearson, Huey (6 Music), Graeme Park, Aeroplane, Dr Packer, Prins Thomas, Dr Packer, Derrick Carter, Beady Eye, Nightmares on Wax, Ian Brown, Pendulum, DJ Zinc, Calvin Harris, Ben Westbeech, The Futureheads, Kenny Dope, Jagwar Ma, Josh Wink, 2ManyDJs, Peter Hook, Stanton Warriors, Riva Starr, Franck Roger, Plump DJs, DJ Falcon, Tensnake, Sneaky Sound System, The Scratch Perverts, New Young Pony Club, Maximo Park, Greg Wilson, Darren Emerson, Lake People, Tom Middleton, Andy Smith (Portishead), Ladytron, Thomas Gandey, Mickey Slim, Belle & Sebastian, The Freestylers, The Glimmers, Cypress Hill, Chicken Lips

DJ and Radio host on ACXIT Web Radio, in Montréal, Canada. Also Facebook group editor of Grany DJ Radio Show  &  Disco Classique. 
D.J. et animateur sur Radio ACXIT a Montréal, Canada, et administrateur des groupes Facebook: 
La Mémé DJ-Grany DJ et Disco Classique.

The Black Light Disco show airs exclusively on the #1 house music station on the planet - myhouseradio.fm. Tune in every Monday from 2pm-4pm EST, 7pm-4pm GMT, 8pm-10pm CET. 

The idea of Black Light Disco became a real thing when a few like-minded DJs and producers came together to put on a night showcasing the very best in disco, house and funk and everything in between. Our ethos is based around a very simple concept: GOOD MUSIC, GOOD TIMES with GOOD PEOPLE. We announced ourselves on a gorgeous sunny Saturday in June 2019 with an all day and night party in Liverpool’s thriving Baltic Triangle area. It was the start of something very special. 

We have a solid core group of musical talent residing in BLD Towers hailing from England, Scotland, Wales, Northen Ireland and Italy -  providing perfectly cooked grooves and juicy basslines. 

The BLD team comprises of Esteban, Goz (Spin City), Pookie Knights, Cole Kutz (Opentempo.fm) De Gama and Fingerman (Hot Digits) – clocking up decades of DJ’ing and dancefloor experience between us. As individuals, the BLD team have been producing consistently high quality sets over the last few years. Now, as a collective, the aim is to make Black Light Disco THE place to promote new music and to bring you the very best in established/up-and-coming artists and producers in the sunlit uplands of sonic pleasure. 

In January 2020, we launched a weekly show on THE biggest house music FM radio station in New York, MyHouseRadio.fm (also available digitally at www.myhouseradio.fm).  The Black Light Disco Show airs every Monday exclusive to MyHouse Radio between 7pm – 9pm GMT (2pm -4pm EST), bringing you the finest in disco, funk and boogie; all delivered by our expert in-house Sonic Consultants (resident DJs) with guest mixes from the hottest producers, DJs and artists out there right now. 
 
Want to be kept in the loop? Check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theblacklightdisco/ for future events. 

Interested in hosting a BLD event? Email us at the.blacklightdisco1@gmail.com

Smashed Atoms is the musical alter-ego of Steve Gladdis, a producer and DJ based in North London.  

Smashed Atoms has released music on Late Night Tales, Too Slow To Disco, Hot Digits Music, Paper Disco and other purveyors of quality dance music.

The Moving Parts EP was released on Hot Digits Music on 2nd November 2020, featuring collaborations with Kathy Diamond and Backdoor Man.

For bookings and remixes, contact stevegladdis@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks for listening.

Smashed Atoms & Backdoor Man - All The Time (Andy Buchan Remix)- released 2.11.20

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