New Record Store in Brighton // Free Tickets to This Friday

Our longtime friends Ape Records have moved their premises to a new location starting this week, after spending a few years on Duke Street, they have now moved to a much larger store on North St, near American Apparel. With over 3,000 DVD titles ranging from Hollywood classics to cult cinema, and over 10,000 CD's in store this is clearly the best record store in town.

To celebrate this we are giving away FREE ENTRY TICKETS to this Friday's 'Somewhere In The Universe' party at New Hero Nightclub (www.myspace.com/newherobrighton). All you have to do is pop in to Ape Shop on NORTH ST. and ask at the counter!!!

MSTRKRFT interview @ Somewhere In The Universe

Every Friday at New Hero Nightclub we party hard and get home in bits rocked by the Somewhere In The Universe experience...we then wake up the next day still hungover and trawl through the archives of previous guests and EXCLUSIVE interviews we did with them, so far, Heartsrevolution, Kate Moross, Stopmakingme, Little Boots, La Roux, and Das Pop have all appeared now it's time for thos Canadian tearaways MSTRKRFT, a VERY revealing interview the former Death From Above 1979 counterparts reveal info about their yet to be released new album for the 'American' market 'BIGGIE SMALLS WASN'T THINKING, F**K I HOPE THE JAPS LIKE IT' and follows that up with the incredibly lude explanation for sexual scenario behind their track 'Easy Love'.



Jesus..clearly you'll never look at this video the same way again...

MSTRKRFT Easy Love
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As a bonus here's the newish video for 'Bounce' - a track that was all the rage back when they came to visit us and has only really just seen it's official release on Dim Mak, anyway this video is pretty accurate in terms of describing a night with the guys in our experience at least...


Thanks to Broadway Danny Rose for pics of MSTRKRFT at the top of the post, she took 'em on the night and then the guys used them as their Myspace profile pic for yonks.

Now & Then // DATAROCK

Back then - then being October 2006 - Somewhere In The Universe put on it's first ever live band - DATAROCK.

Probaby best known for their track Fa-Fa-Fa...


It was in fact their awesome slice of fun 'Computer Camp Love' that inspired us to bring the band to Somewhere In The Universe. This video is genius.


On the night we chatted to them about their club nights back home in Norway, their friend Annie whom you all know...and got them to sign our CD covers on which they scrawled 'We love you, no, we REALLY do.' The next time we saw the guys we bumped into them at Wireless Festival just ahead of their mainstage performance somewhere between openers Metronomy and closers Daft Punk, and witnessed their tracksuit clad performance once more. Fondly remembered not only because it was our first Somewhere In The Universe gig, but because we stole them from the NME tour and their gig with Klaxons the next night...I can still now quite clearly remember fighting the temptation to steal one of their very sweaty red tracksuits as they hung in our venue overnight...

Anyway we are very excited to say the guys are back this summer with a new abum due for release in May '09, it's the second track on the album 'Give It Up' which is first out the gate...here's a Kissy Sell Out remix which has been doing the rounds as of late..enjoy.

PUNKS JUMP UP @ New Hero - Friday March 6th!

Brighton’s No.1 super fun electronic dance party every Friday at New Hero is proud (and so flippin' excited) to welcome some incredible special guests on Friday March 6th.

The creators of the monster Kitsune Maison classic ‘DANCE TO OUR DISCO’, Punks Jump Up have been invited to remix a virtual who’s who in today’s scene, with official remixes for people like SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, TRONIK YOUTH, GET SHAKES, LO-FI-FNK, LYKKE LI, MAN LIKE ME, THOSE DANCING DAYS etc. Further to this impressive resume is the astonishing list of tracks which the guys have been asked to to do the official remixes for, each one a blockbuster genre defining moment, these include PETER, BJORN & JOHN‘S ‘YOUNG FOLKS‘, ROBYN’S WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT’ (that‘s an official remix for a UK No.1), GOSSIP’S ‘LISTEN UP‘, DIGITALISM‘S ‘POGO‘, & YELLE‘S ‘A CAUSE DE GARCONS‘…this has firmly established Punks Jump Up as one of the most important remix forces in music . …here’s a few You Tubes…:

Here's the video for their absolutely brilliant the Kitsune classic…DANCE TO OUR DISCO!

Do not miss the chance to party hard with Punks Jump Up on Friday March 6th at New Hero nightclub, and witness their legendary remix powers and legendary t-shirt skills (word has it the original Kate Moross Punks Jump Up classic tee is now sold out).

You can pay on the door as we will be holding spaces on this occasion, but always the best bet is getting an advance ticket from Rounder, Resident & Ape Record stores, plus at Lick Ice Cream for only a fiver! You can also get them over the phone from Ape records by calling (01273) 721 413.

NEW HERO NIGHTCLUB is located on Dyke Rd, Brighton, at the top of North St, just past the clock tower, and opposite Pizza Hut.

Das Pop Interview @ Somewhere In The Universe

As you may know from the post below (that rhymes), Belgian super rockers and Soulwax proteges Das Pop made an appearance recently for 'Somewhere In The Universe' at New Hero. It was a one of a kind night as any one was there witnessed a very special and intimate show for Das Pop on the first night of their U.K. tour, they were clearly pleased as they later blogged "It would be a crime to ask for a better opening night" on their myspace...

Usually found playing at major festivals or on tour with the likes of Soulwax, Gossip, The Kills, Justice etc. this was a rare opportunity to see them up close and personal or as Das Pop put it in the same blog "We were singing the songs eye to eye with the monster that is the Brighton crowd...Thanks for being as wonderful as you were."

We managed to grab a word with frontman Bent Van Looy 'backstage' and get a bit of the show on tape too. As per usual our Strong Look cameraman was nestled close to the speakers at the front due to the sold out audience on the night meaning you may encounter a bit of distortion in the performance part...but Bent gives us some useful insights on the various superstar Das Pop remixers plus friends and producers Soulwax 'I saw them last week, they are well'. Bent went pretty wild during the gig perhaps due to the intimate nature of the venue, and pretty much climbed on everything he could find, witness him climbing the speaker stack in order to lead the New Hero crowd in a sing-a-long...



Thanks to Strong Look for the vid, Das Pop for the passion, and a special thanks to our friends at Concorde 2 who helped put this gig on at New Hero and did so much to help us out in regards to the show. See you again at 'Somewhere in The Universe' every Friday at New Hero (www.myspace.com/newherobrighton).

Soulwax's pop prodigys DAS POP play live at New Hero Brighton!

DAS POP (www.myspace.com/daspop) are the pop prodigy’s of Belgian super producers SOULWAX, both hailing from Ghent, Belgium SOULWAX took a break from their world tour schedule to produce Das Pop’s album due for release in April ‘09.

Upon the release of their first single ‘Fool For Love’ Das Pop were immediately championed by French masters JUSTICE when they included them in their FABRIC LIVE mix in ‘08. The Sunday Times labelled the track "the momumental new single from the Belgian electro band". Fool For Love not only attracted critical acclaim but also an entire wave of top draw remixes by a virtual who’s who’s in dance music with reworkings from the men of AEROPLANE plus YUKSEK, BRODINKSI, and an absolute show stealing remix by ED BANGER Record’s own SEBASTIAN check it out:



Hot on the heels came the track ‘Underground’ (see the video here:)



This attracted more top notch attention from remixers including new versions by VAN SHE, and ED BANGER Records boss BUSY P to name just two. A series of dates at major festivals including performances at ROCKNESS, V FESTIVAL, LOVEBOX, 02 WIRELESS, and GLASTONBURY (where they played 3 shows on 3 different stages all in one day) was accompanied by extensive touring with acts like SOULWAX (the band’s producers of course) GOSSIP, THE KILLS, & JUSTICE.

This will surely be the most intimate gig with a band of this stature you are likely to attend in 2009, plus support on the night comes from ABSENT ELK (www.myspace.com/absentelk) and Rob The Rich (www.myspace.com/robtherichtheband)

Get your tickets now at only £6 + bf tickets from Rounder, Resident & Ticketweb, plus you there will also be a limited number of spaces held on the door.. .

It all happens this Friday February 13th from 8pm at New Hero TICKETS TO THE GIG ALSO GAIN YOU FREE ACCESS TO THE CLUB NIGHT AFTERWARDS!

NEW HERO // 11 Dyke Rd, Brighton // At the top of North St, just past the clock tower.

SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE IS BACK / LA ROUX INTERVIEW

Last Friday saw the return of 'Brighton's No.1 super fun alternative electronic dancefloor party'...exclusively every Friday at New Hero we kicked of our 2009 parties with an incredible live performance from the amazing La Roux, she more than lived up to the hype (which was off the scale) and delivered a stunning performance to a packed house at New Hero - she is clearly going to be a very big star, hence the support slot on Lily Allen's national tour which will visit Brighton Dome! We managed to grab a few words with the lady herself shortly after the press mobbed her at the show!And as an EXTRA SPECIAL BONUS...we came across a special live performance filmed by a longtime friend of 'Somewhere In The Universe' (yes that's you Owen) on his mobile phone and posted on You Tube. Remarkably good quality for a phone, and a remarkably good quality tune...check it out.What a great way for Somewhere In The Universe to return...and we are gonna be with you EVERY FRIDAY at New Hero for the rest of '09...lookout for more killer parties like this starting now!(PHOTOS by Broadway Danny Rose / INTERVIEW by Mark Wrongson & Strong Look / LIVE MOBILE FOOTAGE by Dirty Uncle Owen!