September 20th, Bulls Head, Moseley

Right then, excitment mounts as the second dropout boogie is just weeks away. The first night at new venue Bulls Head really was a triumph, the checks had been done, the BBQ was cooling, the beer was cold, the room was perfect, the sound crisp, the vibe was good, the dancing was excellent but more importantly the rhythm was HOT!!!!!!
DOB really did kick off on good form, and we plan to carry this though to septembers event on the 20th.
Mark E and Rob J will be pelting them out in true fashion once again, bringing with them deep disco stormers and house bangers via their summery travels, from Italy to Berlin, London to Paris, no stone has been left un turned.
Cant wait to see you there!!!

Mark E's August Top 5.

1. Soundstream - Last Dance - Pure class deep disco
2. Eddie Meets Yannah - Solid Ground - Uplifting Piano goody
3. Sly - I need a Freak - Old Gold, re-emerged from the back of the box.
4. Up the Glitter - Eastend edit - very topical disco edit drops big style.
5. Telemusik - Cold Coke - Mark E edit - hot property even if i do say so myself.
Im sure these are going get a pasting down at the disco on September 20th Bulls Head.

19th JULY DROPOUT BOOGIE RETURNZ

Mark E & Rob J bring the heat this July for a mid summer burn out. First of a Bi Monthly disco workout in the upstairs room of The Bulls Head in Moseley, complimented in true balearic fashion by the new outdoor terrace, joining forces to bring a summer of music and food in Moseley.
lets go lets go.

BILL BREWSTER - Sat 12th April -

@ Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath Birmingham. 8pm - 2am / £3 entry.
One minute he's rocking the roof off at Fabric with his tough and funky big-room underground house; the next he's charming the pants off a more intimate crowd with everything from dubby disco, funk and hip-hop to trip hop and Latin batucadas. Armed with a sensitivity and sense of occasion that few DJs possess Bill Brewster knows how to work a crowd in the best possible sense.
Originally a chef, a football pundit (co-editor of fanzine When Saturday Comes) and record collector, Bill began DJing in the late 80s, but he cut his teeth playing Lowlife warehouse parties in Harlem and the East Village – he moved to NYC to run DMC's US operation – and anyone hearing Bill today can see how these New York roots shine through. For eclecticism, surprises, amazing unique music and sheer long-haul dedication to the dancefloor, Bill's your man.
His other life is as a writer. Together with long-term pal Frank Broughton, Bill is author of the definitive history of DJing, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, and has contributed his acid Grimsby wit and encyclopaedic knowledge of music to just about every dance rag there is, not to mention The Guardian, Independent and Mail On Sunday. The Brewster-Broughton double act unveiled their latest hit in 2002 with the uniquely sardonic DJ manual How To DJ (Properly) and released an updated version of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life last April.
He's an industry insider, having brought Twisted records to the UK and launched his own highly successful deep house label Forensic. In his spare time he is often found in the studio, either with Fat Camp partner, Theo Noble, re-editing old disco, funk and rock records; or producing original music. They run a small edit label Disco Sucks.

As his hero Kid Creole would say, 'Annie I'm not your daddy.'

BOOTSY - Sat 8th March -

@ Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath Birmingham. 8pm - 2am / £3 entry.
The on going theme will be to invite local talent as well as big name DJ's, and this is our first night to get the locals doing the talking, so its with great pleasure we welcome Everyones favourite Giant, Bootsy, he will be joining the DOB crew in March for a right royal knees up. As part of the Redditch funk squad Bootsy has been making quite a name for himself of late, he hosts the "for love" radio show on myhouse your house.net, has DJ'ed around the UK as well as appearances at the Garden Festival in Croatia, Dj'ed with Norman Jay & Gilles Peterson and regular resident at Brums LeftFOOT nights, basically he's a local hero, and about time he took centre stage and showed us what hes got, we reckon hes going to smash it on March 8th.Check his myspace page, theres some HOT footage of him rocking the spot in Croatia. SEE YOU AT THE FRONT
www.myspace.com/forlovelies http://www.myspace.com/bootsymusic

FRANK TOPE - Sat 16th February

opening party @ Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath Birmingham. 8pm - 2am / £3 entry.

To oversee proceedings at new night DROP OUT BOOGIE we are very proud to welcome Frank Tope!
Hailing from South London Frank started out as journalist for Mixmag Update, Mixmag and Muzik, before moving into A&R for Universal where he currently resides as the publishing Big Cheese, signing up & coming bands like, Franz Ferdinand, Klaxons, Cold War Kids, Hadouken, Bees and loads more. He was co-founder and resident at Rooty with Basement Jaxx, Dj’ed around the world as one half of Rooty DJ’s, and has a penchant for playing utterly obscure records at utterly inappropriate times,
and getting away with it. He is as happy playing a northern soul or reggae set as he is playing disco and h.o.u.s.e music, so we reckon hes just the man to kick things off and set the standard this February.
To warm you into the new year Mark E & Main Stem DJ's ( Rob J & Benny Upsetter ) will be stepping up for resident duties and inviting guest DJ's to this intimate monthly affair, they maybe Local Heroes or International crowd pullers, the aim is to get quality music down at the Disco, hope to see you there. X
Great opening night, for pics go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23109162@N08/sets/72157603928502419/show/
To download Franks mix right click link below and save target as:
www.cityrhythm.net/FranktopeDOB1FEB08.mp3