BOOTS BOOGIE: 
HOUSE, DISCO, FUNK, JUKE, FOOTWORK

DERYKAH BADU:
SLOW JAMS, R&B, HIP HOP, NEO SOUL, BEDROOM EYES, RARE GROOVE, EDITS, FLIPS, DINNER BEATS & ELEVATOR HEAT, CHILL, TRIP HOP

ANALOG AT HEART
EST 2004
DANCER BEFORE A DJ
LOVE CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE ON THE DANCEFLOOR THROUGH MUSIC
ALL LOVE

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Since being introduced to electronic music back in the 90's, Simon has been hooked ever since. At the age of 16 he started collecting vinyl, and not long after that finally got a pair of Technics 1200's and started trying to learn the art of DJing. Within a few years he was playing out as a resident DJ at a night called People Love Machines which ran for a year at the oldest pub in Newcastle (The Egypt Cottage). After getting noticed there started getting more gigs at local underground events and raves around the Newcastle area. You would've found him spinning House, & Techno, and from time to time even a little Funk and Soul.


A forward thinking party based in Newcastle, bringing together friends and like minded party people to celebrate amazing music, past, present and future... http://solidgroovesocialclub.blogspot.com/

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RUPERT (b. 1991) aka Robert Paul Gardner, is a British DJ based in Berlin. Cutting his teeth from the age of 17 in the queer club scene of East London, RUPERT(then known as Alpha Deluxe) developed a reputation for a bold and eclectic style of musical curation that swung from Italo obscurities through the lavish extravagances of New York disco and over to the beginnings of house and new beat. Holding a weekly residency at Shoreditch’s infamous The George & Dragon alongside nightlife icon and DJ Princess Julia, as well as regular appearances at Dalston Superstore, Vogue Fabrics and East Bloc et al,  RUPERT covered London in a frenzy of cowbell infused euphoria.

Whilst falling ever deeper into a pool of obscuro electronica and post-disco after relocating to Berlin in 2015, RUPERT began regular residencies at Barbie Deinhoff and Cafe Futuro, opting to eschew club gigs in favour of loungier listening environments and soundtracking those smokey, endless nights.

After an extended hiatus from DJing that focused on producing the darkwave synth-pop project Szalazar, 2022 sees the return of a dancefloor-ready RUPERT. 

Dubby, synthesizer-tinged disco rubs shoulders with powerful vocals and frenetic drum machine rhythms to deliver a sound that reverently echoes and pays homage to the underground nightlife scene of 1980's New York and Chicago, allowing one to experience an element of sonic time travel. Transporting you to dancefloors you wish you’d been alive to witness.

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