london - bucharest

Monday Morning in Bucharest

2009-06-01T20:01:00.003+03:00

"just popping down to carrefour love"

2009-05-18T22:14:00.001+03:00

Fanatic

2009-05-17T22:22:00.002+03:00

The attitude of Romanian roads.

The Cats

2009-05-17T22:21:00.002+03:00

Preparation

2009-05-09T17:36:00.005+03:00

Concentration

Bassquake

Cosmic purrrrrr

"was that one in time?"

Joan In High Contrast

2009-05-06T22:30:00.003+03:00

Petru Maior 3pm, today

Sinaia Snow

2009-05-03T13:18:00.001+03:00

This Thursday in Control

2009-04-14T16:08:00.004+03:00

Ok, this thursday at Control see's some screenings from the Piatra Neamt Film Festival that i dj'ed at a few months ago. Loads of fantastic films and a great crowd of enthusiastic young film makers are sure to be here. There's also a live gig from a great band (not sure if i'm allowed t name them, but you'll be pleased with the surprise) and some good old fashioned party tunes from me. Check it out this thursday.

The Darth Vader Canteen

2009-03-31T18:16:00.005+03:00

Friday At The Other Side

2009-03-11T11:13:00.002+02:00

Pisi Party 2

2009-02-25T18:07:00.003+02:00

Well, after the resounding success of the last one, you’d me mad not to turn up for this, the second Pisi Party at Traian 42. I will be knocking them out, alongside my favourite sparring partner Mr Dj’s with Bad Haircuts who will have just stepped off the plane from Berlin.

See you there.

Cosmic Disco article Time Out

2009-02-24T15:18:00.003+02:00

Time Out interview Tom Wilson, Myself and The Funky Mamas.

Kittens

2009-02-14T16:33:00.002+02:00

CityShop Viral

2009-02-03T20:40:00.006+02:00

CityShop A/W 08/09 from logan fisher on Vimeo.

Here's a viral I did at Mustard for CityShop in Bucharest. Taken from still photos and stitched together in After Effects. Thanks to everyone involved and two fingers up to all the security guards who chased us from station to station!

You can check out CityShop at thecityshop.ro Get down there and grab yourself a bargain!

January mix 2009

2009-01-26T22:27:00.002+02:00

Just in time

HAULES BAULES 007 (January 2009)
Tracklisting:
01- Kruton "Stewart Copeland"
02- Matias Aguayo "Walter Neff"
03- South Rakkas Crew "Mad Again" Instrumental mix
04- Mr Oizo "Cut Dick"
05- Golden Bug "Lovelovelove"
06- Lorenz Rhode "Motor Cortex" instrumental mIx
07- Debonair All Stars "Armageddon Beats"
08- Dj Dimitri "Feeling About Ya"
09- Cha-os vs Ozone Layer "Planetary Deterioration"
10- Afefe Iku "Mirror Dance"
11- Eve White "On the Move"
12- Dikulous "You Know What To Doo"
13- Marc Romboy "Sonora" Patrice Baumel remix

DOWNLOAD MP3 (320Kbs) HAULES BAULES 007 - MIXED BY LOGAN

One To Watch

2009-01-24T18:38:00.000+02:00

Fan Death "Veronica's Veil" out now!

the expectant mother and father

2009-01-19T21:58:00.001+02:00

anyday now is kitten day.

Piatra Neamt Film Festival

2009-01-19T00:19:00.002+02:00

A great time was had at the first Piatra Neamt Film Festival held last week. New friends were made and some great films were watched :)

City Shop Viral Photoshoot

2008-12-17T10:26:00.002+02:00

Last weekend we dodged security guards on the metro to fire off some rapid photos of pretty young things in head and foot attire from The City Shop, a cool new addition to Bucharest's trendy shopping hang-outs. And now we have the laborious task of stitching them all together to produce a stop animation viral video... that equates to almost 1000 photos running over 1.5 minutes. We'll post the finished product very soon.

You can check out the products and shop here.

PARTY :)

2008-12-08T23:30:00.002+02:00

Friday night is party night, and I'm looking forward to this one. I'll be joined by my sparring partner "The Model" (Gigolo Records) as we go the full 12 rounds at The OtherSide (Expirat). Prime techno upper cuts, fancy footwork electro, some cheeky italo jabs and some good old left hooks of house. No nosebleeds and nothing below the belt, we're gonna keep it all above board, like the gentlemen we are. Ringside seats from 10pm. Final bell around 5-6am.

The Model & Logan
Friday 12th December 2008
The OtherSide (Expirat)
Brezoianu 4
Bucharest

Party Paul vs Napalm Death!

2008-12-08T14:57:00.002+02:00

Party Paul vs Napalm Death!

2008-12-08T14:57:00.001+02:00

If I was back in London...

2008-12-05T01:34:00.002+02:00

i'd be going to this! Much fun WILL be had!

More Greenius!!

2008-12-05T00:07:00.002+02:00

The reason this works so well is the similarities in tone between James Murphy and Kermit the frog. The other reason I love it so much is that it reminds me of Robins famous rendition below.

Sunday Mist

2008-11-30T22:08:00.005+02:00

I was suffering from intense cabin fever having spent the week on the couch with my leg up, so once the plaster came off there was no stopping me from getting some beautiful fresh Bucharest air (cough cough). I had to source some locations for a photoshoot so I packed my camera and aimlessly wondered round Bucharest. As usual for a weekend it was very quiet and the lingering fog added to the ghostly calm.

Around 4pm it started getting dark, so I went on a long metro ride and sneaked a few pictures of some stations before I got caught by some security guard, who obviously thought I was spying for the KGB. You're not allowed to take photos in the metro which is a pity cause I found some nice spots. Maybe i'll just chance it and see what happens. If you don't want to be charged as an accessory I recommend you avoid the highly sensitive photo evidence below.

Last Week...

2008-11-26T19:48:00.003+02:00

my poorly leg
a photocopier waiting for treatment in A&E
A bandaged doorhandle!

... I had an argument with a taxi whilst on my bike. I lost and am now spending 9 days at home, confined to the sofa with my right leg in plaster. Coinciding with this disability is the fact that my two cats have decided that now is the time they want to have sex with each other. So, here i am on my sofa, surrounded by assorted missiles I can throw at the amorous couple when they start getting hot under the collar! Oscar is off to the vet this afternoon to get his bollocks chopped off, and I for one will be happy with that!

Above are some pictures i took on my phone whilst in the hospital. And before i get abuse for portraying the hospital as a dump, it wasn't. These just caught my eye and offered up some light relief to another wise painful experience.

Garden Gnomes Maker's Plastic Prostitutes

2008-11-21T14:01:00.002+02:00

A Romanian entrepreneur has come under fire for putting plastic prostitutes on the street to advertise his garden gnome business.

Neighbours in Lilieci, Bacau county, complain the realistic figures distract motorists and are an unsuitable sight for local children.
Cristi Birgu, 27, who has just set up his business, defends his "aggressive advertising" and says the dummies will remain outside his house to drum up trade.
Apart from garden gnomes and prostitutes, he makes reproductions of Laurel and Hardy, Elvis, sports stars, cartoon characters and animals.

Mr Birgu said: "So far, my girls have attracted a lot of beeping from truck drivers but not too many customers. Sometimes I am afraid somebody might have an accident, arrested by the view, you know."

Resident Gheorghe N said: "I don't think it's moral to display such objects on the street.
"They are a bad influence especially for children not to mention there are a lot of people with respect for God here and who don't tolerate such things."

via ananova

A Sector 7 Production - Episode 1

2008-11-18T23:45:00.001+02:00

For all the Romanian speakers out there, up on youtube at last (it only took a year) is episode 1 of a series we made for GetLoaded.ro.

My Brothers Dacia

2008-11-13T15:33:00.002+02:00

Obama won because of Hip Hop

2008-11-10T14:32:00.000+02:00

A Lazy Autumn Sunday

2008-11-10T00:05:00.003+02:00

B52 Tonight!

2008-11-06T13:38:00.001+02:00

For the beautiful people :)

2008-10-21T14:45:00.002+03:00

Pure Greenius!

2008-10-17T15:33:00.002+03:00

and the original

Six Hour Session @ Frame Club

2008-10-14T14:11:00.002+03:00

I'm looking forward to a great weekend ahead. On friday i'll be dropping an eclectic set of oddball breaks, electro and leftfield disco to warm up for main man Will White from the Propellerheads (see post below).

On saturday night i'll be manning the decks for a 6hr (or longer) solo flight at Frame Club, where i'll span the musical spectrum from Electro, Post Punk, Synth Pop, Cosmic Disco, Party Bangers some Indie some House and Italo and finally some good old fashioned Techno :)

Hopefully see you on a dancefloor this weekend :)

Keep The Vinyl ALive

2008-10-09T19:40:00.001+03:00

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

Blame It On London

2008-10-08T11:07:00.002+03:00

17th October at Fabrica.

This is Rock n Roll!

2008-09-25T12:14:00.001+03:00

Ce n’est pas une chanson d’amour

2008-09-24T17:37:00.003+03:00

At Fabrica this saturday night. Theatre, visuals and music from myself and Dj D! Part of the Temps D'Images Festival. More info here HERE In Romanian only.

Loggia - Live Mix 01

2008-09-18T09:50:00.003+03:00

Last month I played at a rockin party at Loggia.
Here's the set from the night in glorious mp3.

HAULES BAULES 005 - Live at Loggia
Kikiorix - Plastic House (Phonique remix)
Kink & Neville Watson - Inside Out
Milton Jackson - Jinzou (Manuel Tur Remix)
Q - Mental Cube
The Youngsters - Rock To The Bit
Serge Santiago - Atto Amore
The Who - Baba O Reily (Sebastian Remix)
Visnadi - Racing Tracks
Vincenzo - The Fruit Fly
Rejected - Let's Go Juno
James Talk - Yucca
Lopazz - We Are (Rex The Dog Mix)
In Flagranti - Effective Placebo Effect
Shonky & Jennifer Cardini - Tuesday Paranoia (dub mix)
Patrice Baumel - Clair

DOWNLOAD HERE

Loggia Autumn Relaunch

2008-09-17T10:13:00.002+03:00

As summer winds down in Bucharest the party scene returns from the beaches the city, and this friday sees the re-opening of Loggia. It's also Riley and Raluca's birthday celebration. So what are you waiting for?

My Other Shopping Trolley is a Ferarri.

2008-09-17T09:59:00.004+03:00

It never fills you with joy to see people on the streets, hunting for food. But it's good to see some of them retain a certain sense of humour.

Belgrade

2008-09-08T10:20:00.002+03:00

The drive from Bucharest to Zadar took us 22 hours, so on our return journey we decided to make a stop off in Belgrade and catch up with some friends. In the evening we went to a bar that was apparently Tito's drinking hang out. It was full to the rafters with Communist memorabilia and frequented by rowdy patriotic young serbs (mostly guys) getting drunk and singing songs.

A Night in Nin

2008-09-08T10:17:00.002+03:00

Nin is a tiny and beautiful town near Zadar. It is where Nine Inch Nails live and where the word nincompoop was invented. It also houses the smallest cathedral in the world.

As Darkness Fell

2008-09-03T12:42:00.002+03:00

After the warm fuzzy loved up vibe of the boat party, the seafarers were exposed to an inspired choice of Benga beats. Yes, the dark dubstep high lord was present at the beach bar to greet us and his sound was akin to a crackhead breaking in to your council flat and bashing your head in with a greasy frying pan! I couldn't listen to this type of music all night but at that particular point in time it was a refreshing break from the sacharine disco sounds we had listened to all weekend.

Electric Chair Boat Party

2008-08-28T11:28:00.004+03:00

What a great day! Here's a selection of photos from the final boat party of the weekend that was Electric Elephant, Petrcane, Croatia. More can be seen here:
ELECTRIC CHAIR SAVED MY LIFE

Croatia - On The Beach

2008-08-26T12:20:00.002+03:00

Warming Up For Croatia

2008-08-19T13:54:00.003+03:00

Well, tomorrow night we set off on our intrepid 2,400km road trip to Croatia to spend a week on the beach. I was last in Croatia 3 years ago where I spent a fantastic 3 weeks island hopping. As a warm up to the week ahead here a few pics from the last Croatia adventure.

Friday Party at Loggia

2008-08-13T09:49:00.003+03:00

We've got a great party coming up this friday at Loggia. Myself and Dj Kosta will be entertaining the crowd, most of whom will be there to celebrate Mr Gil Lang's big 3-0. If you know Gil, and haven't heard about the party (which is very unlikley) come on down from 10pm until the sun comes up.

Tektonic

2008-08-10T19:14:00.002+03:00

French Electro Kids call their dance style Tektonic. Excuse-moi, but it looks like boy band moves on red bull to me :)

This was the music video from Yelle that busted the Tektonic style wide open.

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands.

2008-08-05T10:10:00.002+03:00

Homosexuality was illegal in Romania until very recently. It was actually considered an illness and treated as such. Although the law has now changed, the ignorance is sill here.

I will hopefully upload an uplifting post tomorrow as I seem to have started this week on a sombre note.

Spaga

2008-08-05T09:56:00.003+03:00

Citizens expecting Romania's bad habits to evaporate now they are part of the EU will be sadly disappointed. Yesterday a friend's family member was in hospital having an operation. She had to pay a pretty hefty sum of cash for the operation to take place, but on top of that just before the operation was to commence, the aneathatist demanded an under the counter payment of £100! If that wasn't bad enough, she then had to bribe the nurse who was supposed to take care of the family member more money just so the nurse would do what she was supposed to do! In emotional times like this it makes me furious that these things happen. Anyone who suggests Romania has tidied up it's act is sadly mistaken. :(

Padded Cell at Cabaret

2008-07-31T10:35:00.005+03:00

"Greetings!

It gives me great pleasure to announce, in a loud voice through a
rolled-up newspaper, that PADDED CELL (AKA Richard Sen) will be spinning
at CABERET on Friday. Padded Cell just dropped their debut LP on DC
Recordings, which demands to be listened to, and Richard is currently
seriously in demand as a DJ. Me and Logan are hoping that some of his
hipster credentials rub off on us… expect us to stand unnecessarily close
behind him for the duration of the event, striking poses and occasionally
twiddling with some knobs while he’s in the middle of a mix.

I’m hoping that you’ve got a healthy disregard for anything written by the
barely-literates who populate the pages of DJ Magazine, but for those of
you who’re still interested, they said of Padded Cell, (and I quote) “The
Darker side of filthy disco.” Hell yeah! See you there, filth-mongers…

Pup pup pups

Tom"

Cabaret Photos

2008-07-27T11:52:00.004+03:00

The Funky Mamas and Me

2008-07-25T12:21:00.004+03:00

Looks like I can't keep away from Cabaret this week. If last night was the thursday night warm up, tonight promises to be the big one for the weekend. Funky Mama Yan will be taking centre stage to celebrate his birthday and it's an open invitation to all, so come on down!

If it's anything like last year this is gonna be one mother of a show!
CLICK HERE FOR LAST YEAR'S PICS

Balearic Sundown Party

2008-07-24T08:56:00.003+03:00

Party tonight at Cabaret Fiat 500, next to the Tennis Club, billed as The Balearic Sundown Party, could possibly be renamed the Balearic Rain-stop-please Party. So, cross your fingers and join Tom WIlson and myself for oddball disco and balearic fun. And don't worry about the weather, they have a huge indoors as well as a great terrace.

Back to Bucharest

2008-07-16T11:18:00.002+03:00

London family

2008-07-15T11:17:00.000+03:00

Monica and a very excited nephew Fergus.

London chilling

2008-07-14T11:15:00.000+03:00

A relaxing start to the week in Hyde Park and the Serpentine Gallery.

London Partying

2008-07-12T11:06:00.001+03:00

Kevin and Rachel and bicycle
Mo Morris (A Mountain Of One) & Lou (New Young Pony Club)
Monica & gesticulating door girl
The lovely Gemma & Mr Dave Dorrell
Guest Dj Tony Severino from Horsemeat Disco
Our Host, Mr Nathan Gregory Wilkins
Saturday night was party night, and we headed east for Nathan's ESP party in Bethnal Green. Great music from Nathan and Tony, complimeted nicely by bumping into a lot of old friends :)

London Shopping

2008-07-11T11:03:00.001+03:00

The first thing on the agenda when arriving in London is shopping, and lot's of it. Here we took an well deserved rest in one of London's swankier establishments, Sketch.

Prodigy vs Romica Puceanu

2008-07-10T14:27:00.000+03:00

Mash Up Romanian style!

Keith Moon II

2008-07-04T20:08:00.005+03:00

A couple of pics from someone else's camera showing the tail end of the Citizens Elektro Weekend. I ended up sitting behind a drum kit setting the pulse for the nature around me The concentration on my face says it all. A little bird told me that there's gonna be another weekender soon. Watch this space.

And on the other side of the world brother Graeme is subjecting nephew Fergus to similar rural activities, this time in Glastonbury.

Thanks but no thanks Deano!

2008-07-01T18:03:00.002+03:00

I stumbled across this advert on Gumtree whilst trying to find some Justice tickets... unbelievable!

I am lookin for a few friends to go to "Somerset House: Justice" with, on 11TH ..I have 4 tickets available they are £40 each..these are E-tickets so the catch is that you have to come with me to gain enterence, I can sell em but will take no liability...female company is preffered but any1 who can keep up with me partyin is welcome..awaiting your reply da_lucifer@hotmail.com or drop me a text 07967009953...and yeah I am up for a party anytime anywhere and carry all the "CONDIMENTS / SUPPLIMENTS" (wink wink nudge nudge

!!!!!

Justice at Somerset House, London

2008-07-01T08:35:00.004+03:00

I will be in London from the 11th - 15th July, and i've just noticed Justice will be playing at Somerset House on the 11th July. It's sold out already but I desperately want to go! If anyone can help sourcing two tickets, i'd be forever grateful. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE... loganlondon at gmail dot com :)

2 Years Today!

2008-06-28T11:16:00.003+03:00

Two years ago, today, I arrived in Bucharest...

and i'm still here.

Back at B-52 with Tom WIlson

2008-06-24T10:24:00.001+03:00

It's that time again :)

Joi 26 IUN 2008
TOM WILSON’S DISCO CIRC
cu / with:

TOM WILSON
DJ LOGAN

in B52
Intrare 5 lei

Citizens Elektro Weekend

2008-06-20T11:13:00.003+03:00

A weekend in the country :)
Electro-Cosmic-New Wave-Barbecue-Mici!
location: CETATENI
(1.30h away from Bucharest, in between Targoviste and Campulung)
mail me for details - loganlondon at gmail dot com

Funky Mamas Party Photos

2008-06-16T21:21:00.004+03:00

Lot's of strange faces and howling at the moon last friday night at Expirat-The Other Side. Well it was Friday 13th.

THE FUNKY MAMAS plus me!

2008-06-12T22:26:00.004+03:00

Larry Karda is away tomorrow night, so i'm filling the big man's shoes, for one night only! The action takes place, as always at Expirat (The Other Side). Raucous behaviour guaranteed, and even wilder if Romania win the football...

but that's never gonna happen is it? :)

Shh! Party Photos

2008-06-11T22:43:00.003+03:00

Last friday was a great party. Thanks to Rox, Eda and George for filling the place. Thanks to Sven and Peak for rocking the place. Thanks to my turntables and vinyl for re-uniting with me, in this place. And thanks to the guys from the place.... for lending us their place.

Stereyo Party with Digitalism

2008-06-05T23:53:00.008+03:00

At The Party

Making faces with Digitalism

Digitalism and Deepunk

The intellectual look

Locked out

The writing on the wall

After an eight hour drive from Bucharest we arrived in the Moldovian capital of Chisinau for the Stereyo party with Digitalism, Client and the Pinker Tones. Chisinau was as I expected it, still very Russian influenced and a poorer sibling to Bucharest. The apartment we stayed in however was bang up to date and a very pleasant surprise. Jacuzzi bath, wireless internet and all mod cons made our stay at the "Crown Plaza" (!?!) apartments all the more enjoyable.

The gig was situated in a huge indoor sports centre, heavily policed and, unfortunately only half full. The lack of alchohol and a no smoking policy wasn't welcomed with open arms, but the full on laser show compensated for the initial disappointment. Pinker Tones came on first and were pretty awful. The sound was distorted and the music was a moronic noise of cheesy samples, stadium rock guitar interludes and big beat breaks. Client followed and were good enough, but their music lacked the necessary energy to get the place rocking. But we were here for Digitalism and when they took to the stage the vibe picked up a gear and finally the party started. It was a great performance with a couple of new tunes thrown in. Unfortunately the show was running over time and half way through their set the lights came on and they were forced to stop. That's the bloody Communists for you!

Luckily we were all taxied to the after party, which was situated in the chillout room of a kitschy lap dancing club. It was an intimate affair and we got to hang out with the bands, finally have a drink and joke around. By 3am it was all over and we decided to walk home only to realise we were locked out of the apartment, because the person with the key was inside asleep, and no amount of telephone calls and bell ringing could wake her up!

Villa Party Tomorrow Night!

2008-06-05T23:38:00.004+03:00

For those who know, we'll see you there :)
Anyone else who fancies a night of partying in a villa with a great terrace, rocking music and friendly people email me for details.
loganlondon at gmail dot com.

Digitalism in Chisineau

2008-05-28T13:52:00.004+03:00

For all you non-believers out there, Digitalism WILL be playing in Chisineau next week, and that's a 100% true fact. If you still don't believe me, here's the word straight from the horses mouth. We're traveling convoy style from Bucharest. I've never been to Moldova before... can't wait.
More on Moldova

Transylvanian Tour

2008-05-22T20:23:00.005+03:00

Last weekend my folk's were over for their second visit to Romania. Last time we didn't venture outside Bucharest, so this time I thought i'd show them the real Romania, so we left for a three day drive round Transylvania, taking in the towns of sibiu, Sighisoara, Brasov, Sinaia and all points in between.

First up, Sibiu:

Next stop, Sighisoara.

Fanmail

2008-05-21T14:47:00.006+03:00

When I was in London, one of the places I lived in was the original offices of Creation Records. Very occasionally I received mail addressed to famous pop stars, and although it's against the law to open other peoples post, when it's addressed to Liam and Noel from Oasis, it's hard to resist. While i was having a tidy up last night I stumbled across one such letter, and here it is in it's full glory. I know the handwriting is bad, but it's worth the trouble of giving it a read!

"Do you believe in God? I am praying 4 bigger tits."

Disco CIrcus @ B52

2008-05-14T00:16:00.003+03:00

Tomorrow night i'm back at B52 for Tom Wilson's Disco Circus. Good music, nice people and just to inform you, due to lack of interest this coming Friday has been cancelled, so don't worry about work, stay out all night with us!

10 tunes for a thursday night ->
1- Steve Kotey & Max Essa "1974"
2- Morten Sorensen "Visage"
3- The Vanden Plas "santa margherita"
4- Michael De Hey "Stimulation"
5- Jan Solo/Club Sandwich "Birth Conrol"
6- Alter Ego "Joker"
7- Unusual & Electric "Binaural Head"
8- Muravchix "Tropical Warrior"
9- Gino Soccio "Theres A Woman"
10- The Bombers "Shake"

Mai 1 Weekend - Mamaia

2008-05-13T00:07:00.003+03:00

Probably the biggest and most celebrated party weekend in Romania takes place on the days surrounding May 1st. It's epicentre, Mamaia, is a hotel studded seaside strip stretching a couple of km in length and tightly flanked by a huge lake and the black sea. At night, it's backbone, a brightly lit dual carriage-way, carries an endless procession of posers and club-kids in Beemers, Audis and finely tuned Dacias to the packed out clubs. The posers (Caveli, Versace, Boteanu) join the clueless (fake Caveli, fake Mango) by sitting at reserved, overpriced tables. The club kids and emo-ravers kick bottles and double punch the sky on the dancefloor. It's a kind of Dolce&Gabana - Vodka RedBull - EmoHoodie - EuroTrash cocktail, and it works! It's the unifying hedonistic attitude everyone brings to the party that really makes it gel together. This weekend we celebrate the end of the oppressive winter and a welcoming of the summer months.

The music is predominantly of the minimal house/techno variety, that Romania has adopted and nurtured for the last couple of years, with a bit of Sasha and Lee Burridge thrown in for good measure. We ended up in the Sunwaves tent every night with the RPR boys, Luciano, Marco Corola and the like.

We stayed at Hotel Comandor. It was pretty good. The rooms were small but the staff were friendly and the location was spot on. It proudly stated on the flood lit canopy that it had 4 stars, but that's a Romanian 4 stars and in their currency 1 million Lei is about 30 Euros... so you know, it's not quite as much as you'd expect :)

Unfortunately Mamaia, as it's a summer resort, isn't officially open for business, so apart from the clubs, there ain't much else around in the the way of creature comforts and amenities. Decent food was one, but in the three years i've been coming here, that slowly improved. The most frustrating still is the lack of f**cking cash machines! I don't know if they magically fall out of the sky when the summer sun comes out, but when it's pissing it down with rain, and you're trudging around in 6 inch deep puddles they run for cover. It's a new season, so the hotel staff and workers are none the wiser. Even the taxi drivers, who could normally find you a brothel in a remote Orthodox, Transylvanian farming village at 5.30 in the morning, shrugged. After an eternity we were driven to one only to find it sat in the middle of the pavement, unplugged and devoid of life and money. Finally, cold, wet and decidedly less enthusiastic than we were a few hours earlier, we stumbled upon the one and only magical money spewing machine in Mamaia, at the justifyably 5 star Mamaia Hotel.

Did I mention the rain? Well, partying on the beach isn't quite the same in the rain, but after staying up all night the barage of laser lights and the constant jostling on the dancefloor make way for the open natural surroundings of the beach, and even though it's raining no-one seems that bothered. In fact most people looked completely oblivious to anything and were quite happy just being swept along to the pounding music and doing that dance i've only seen in Romania. It's a kind of lazy, self-contented euphoric gesture of a dance, where they punch the sky in short, jerky movements, sort of like lifting a dumb bell then dropping it down six inches then lifting it up repeatedly. If you're getting into it, you can look skywards with your eyes closed and sway a bit, or if you're really getting into it you can look down at your stomping feet and maybe try the one-armed version.

Each year I come away having had a great time, whether it be the music I heard, the company i kept or the friends I made, and this year was no different... here comes the sun :)

James Lavelle at Kristal

2008-04-28T14:20:00.002+03:00

James and Mat were in town from London, as James was playing at Kristal and it was Mat's birthday weekend, so he came along for the ride. We met up at the hotel, then rushed to Kristal just in time for James to take over on the decks. It was easter weekend here, and as suspected the club was only half full. James still got the place rockin though. When Kristal finished I took them out to the after-hours where I left them in the capable hands of Pagal, before slipping off home for bed. Hope you had a great birthday weekend Mat... sure looks like it :)

Cat Bath

2008-04-25T19:23:00.005+03:00

Typical! Put a picture of a cute cat on the internet and look what happens... loads of comments! Well, here's a couple more of the stunned wee thing after enduring his/her first bath, and before a good ear cleaning. A proper little punk, still haven't decided on a name.

Sat Hello To My Lil' Friend!

2008-04-23T17:12:00.003+03:00

Rokolectiv 2008

2008-04-16T00:09:00.002+03:00

Saturday night at Rokolectiv... Mongolian Jetset dialed into the other side, adorned in full costumery, trapped under single beams of light. There were only three, instead of five but they still overwhelmed the audience on the most part, or maybe the venue wasn't sympathetic to their sound. They were a bit Oompa Loompa, a bit Monkey Magic, and fully wizard.

HAULES BAULES 004 - April Mix

2008-04-10T11:30:00.006+03:00

Another month, another mix. As we move into April we find ourselves jumping between days of sunshine and days of rain. Well, this mix does something similar, sonically speaking. The first half reminds us of what's to come, with it's uplifiting summer tinged tunes, before dropping into a more melancholy mood for the latter half, allowing us to reflect on what has gone before. It's almost poetic. It's most definitely cosmic! Enjoy!

Tracklisting:
01- Project Sandro "Blazer"
02- Mugwump "Boutade"
03- Eddie Folkes "Rider"
04- Lullabies In The Dark "Code_7429"
05- Simone Fedi "Sub-Space" (Out Of City Remix)
06- Palermo Disko Machine "Shake Dat Shit"
06- Cato Canari "Storcowboyen (with Bjorn Torske)
07- Frontera "Walking In The Rain"
08- Supermax "Ain't Gonna Feel"
09- Brian Bennett "Tracer"
10- Four Tet "Ringer"
11- Hardway Bros Heavy Weather Edit "Wind"

ps. thanks to Sean (hardway bros) for the exclusive edit at the end. You heard it here first!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD. JUST CLICK BELOW
HAULES BAULES 004 DOWNLOAD HERE

Bullet WWF

2008-04-09T14:21:00.004+03:00

Here's a new TVC from Ogilvy Romania, starring a very promising up and coming actor...ME!

Well done to everyone at Ogilvy and especially to Hypno the director, for making me look like I knew what I was doing.

zzzzZZZZ zzzzZZZZ

2008-04-09T02:58:00.005+03:00

Can you believe it, 3am in the morning and I can't sleep because i'm being attacked by the first mosquitos of the year. And to think it's snowing in the UK.

A couple of coinciding extreme weather conditions... makes you think... global warming... something I've been thinking about a lot recently... as it happens :)

Now it's time to get extreme myself. Found a bottle of OFF! in the kitchen cupboard, a left over from last summer. Gonna spice it up with some extra ****! and really give to them. Goodnight.

Amatorul

2008-04-07T21:22:00.003+03:00

Here's a dark and extremely funny short Romanian movie called The Amateur, directed by Marian Crisan. I first saw this at the Transylvanian Film Festival in Cluj and now someone's put it on their blog. English subtitles, and well worth 15 minutes of your time.

GET YOUR POPCORN HERE

Englishmen In Bucuresti

2008-04-03T16:50:00.002+03:00

The media assault continues (hee hee). Tom Wilson and I will be featured in Glamour Magazine for their special music issue which is out later this month. Below are some photos from the shoot, taken at Embryo. Unfortunately when we arrived at the venue it looked more like a building site than a nightclub, as they are renovating it. But we managed to clear the dust from the bar upstairs and strike a few poses. Huge thanks to Bogdana for leading the initiative and sitting with us on a lazy sunday afternoon while we drank tea and interviewed each other in a very haphazard way.

All clothes: models own. Mop courtesy of the cleaner.

Timed Out

2008-04-03T11:56:00.000+03:00

Friday Night Fun

2008-04-01T11:56:00.001+03:00

No Shit Sherlock

2008-03-26T21:07:00.001+02:00

Bucharest, so many dogs, so little dog shit....

why is that?

Bucharest 1 - Paris 0

Fabrica Friday

2008-03-24T20:14:00.003+02:00

Sex & Type & Rock n Roll

2008-03-17T16:05:00.003+02:00

For those of you interested in advertising and design, i'm doing the first of two seminars tonight at the Orange Concept Store, Bucharest.

I'll be talking tonight about the life and work of Robert Brownjohn, who apart from being one of the greatest visual communicators of the last century, also used to party like mad with the Rolling Stones, Andy Warhol and Miles Davis.
Oh, and he did his fair share of heroin too!

So no boring lectures on kerning and grid systems... it's Sex, Type and Rock n Roll tonight from 6pm.

Free Entrance

The Orange Concept Store
Calea Victorei
Bucharest
from 6pm

HAULES BAULES 003 - March Mix

2008-03-14T11:18:00.004+02:00

"let me lick you up and down till you say stop.
let me play with your body baby, make you real hot"

Yes, yes, more aural delights brought together from the corners of the cosmos for your listening pleasure.
75 minutes of space disco, house, electro pop, cosmic blah!

01- Donna Regina "Playing Free"
02- Toby Tobias "Eleven"
03- Ytre Rymden Dansskola "Magadrag"
04- Tomboy "Ist So Hot"
05- Kelley Polar "Sea Of Sine Waves"
06- Q "The Voice Of Q"
07- CHMMR "Another Another Level"
08- Tantra "A Place Called Tarot - 1982 Disconet Re-Edit"
09- Atmosfear "Dancing In Outer Space - Lunar Beats"
10- Letroset "Arcade Hater"
11- Justus Koenche "Yacht"
12- Plastique De Reve "Lost in Kyoto"
13- Clara Mondshine "Die Drachentrommier (Pilooski Edit)"
14- Ali Renault "Our World is..."

Get it while it's hot - DOWNLOAD HERE

Letters

2008-03-12T21:59:00.007+02:00

One by one they are leaving, along with a city's soul. The sterile masking the ornate, the logical plotting the eccentric... the familiar are breeding... my springs need replacing.

My Apartment

2008-03-08T13:33:00.002+02:00

A Saturday Morning Cycle Around The Lake

2008-03-08T13:31:00.004+02:00

Green Hours - Saturday Night

2008-03-03T10:25:00.003+02:00

Stuck In Traffic

2008-02-26T16:03:00.003+02:00

Spotted on Str. Coltei. A reaction to the ridiculous traffic congestion we have here in Bucharest.

Paradise Awaits

2008-02-18T18:05:00.002+02:00

Calea Victorei

Snow Tears

2008-02-17T16:29:00.003+02:00

If you shed a tear in a sub zero climate, do your eyelids freeze up?