"Our Latin Thing" is one of those classic films (like "Wild Style," "The Harder They Come," etc.) that captures a place and time that can only be returned to in memory, and in original documents like these. Centered around an incendiary gig at one of promoter Ralph Mercado’s fantastically popular Thursday night jams at the Cheetah in New York in August 1971, the film documents the raw Nu Yorican Latin sound at its zenith. Starring certified legends including Willie Colon, Ray Barretto and “El Cantante” Hector Lavoe and directed by Oscar-winner Leon Gast (‘When We Were Kings’), the footage is spliced with atmospheric street scenes on rubbish-filled stoops and crumbling bodegas in Spanish Harlem.


To celebrate the film’s first official release on DVD by Strut / Fania, Shook and Strut present an exclusive London screening at La Bodeguita, a vibrant restaurant and venue in Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, on Wednesday 30th November at 8.00pm. Come have some drinks, eat some rice & beans, and celebrate an essential cultural document.


OUR LATIN THING (NUESTRA COSA)
+ DJ Duncan Brooker (Strut)

Wednesday 30th November 2011
Doors: 7.00pm / Film: 8.00pm

La Bodeguita • Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre • London SE1 6TE

Tickets: £5 door / £4 in advance at www.ticketweb.co.uk
Info: Jez Smadja at Shook: info@shook.fm / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186683444749323

It's been some time, more than eight years, since we got the Strut crew together in London for an evening of fine music and revelry. The time has come once again, and we're going to do it up in proper style! We'll be taking to the decks on the deck of the Tamesis Dock, moored at Albert Embankment, with a crew of label friends and family, and some special guests. This will our grand re-entrance into the London nightlife, so look for more events on the horizon. Come raise a glass and give summer a final hurrah to the finest sounds in disco, soul, afro-funk, and everything in between!


STRUT RECORDS BOAT PARTY
The Tamesis Boat Dock, Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
(between Lambeth Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge)
Sunday 25th September 2011
DJs Duncan Brooker, Toni Rossano, Christine Indigo, & special guest Bill Brewster
4.00pm to 12.00am
Tickets: £5 all night – on the door. Book online at www.ticketweb.co.uk

Check our crazy party pics in the photo gallery! Filthy Luka & Severino (HMD London) celebrated another unique Horse Meat Disco night with us at Tape (Berlin) this Saturday.

We had so much fun on the last Horse Meat Disco mix that you know we had to do it again! If you can't make it to their legendary weekly London gig (and we highly suggest you make it a priority) this is the closest you can get to the balls out disco insanity you're guaranteed to encounter there. These guys have the record knowledge to put many disco obsessives to shame, yet manage to sidestep the dry and joyless collector scene in favor of a party that gets to the heart of the original disco spirit. Check out a short promo mix and the tracklist for the album below. Horse Meat Disco II will be out June 22nd.

Horse Meat Disco - Volume 2 - Mini Promo Mix by warmhq

Horse Meat Disco II Tracklist

1. EL COCO - AFRODESIA
2. LEONORE O’MALLEY – FIRST TO BE A WOMAN
3. STEPHANIE MILLS – YOU CAN GET OVER
4. TEMPEST TRIO – DO YOU LIKE THE WAY IT FEELS
5. SCHERRIE PAYNE – I’M NOT IN LOVE (GIRL, YOU’RE IN LOVE)
6. KASSO - WALKMAN
7. CYCLADES – FIRE TO DESIRE
8. FIRST LOVE – DON’T SAY GOODNIGHT
9. MADLEEN KANE – CHERCHEZ PAS
10. LAURETT RUSSELL GRANT – HOT TO TROT
11. ELECTRA feat. TARA BUTLER – FEELS GOOD
12. BRAVO – TOUCH ME NOW
13. NIGHTFALL – NIGHTIME BOOGIE

Confirmed!

Horse Meat Disco will support Peaches @ Bataclan, Paris on December 11th!

Friday 24th July - Batmacumba: Black Rio 2 Launch Party
Live on-stage: London School Of Samba + guest deejays + exclusive early evening film showing Notting Hill Arts Club /21 Notting Hill Gate/ 7-2am / free before 8pm

This is our big summer party as Batmacumba hosts the launch party for Black Rio 2 the new compilation by DJ Cliffy. In the 7 years since DJ Cliffy compliled the first instalment of Black Rio he has dug even deeper in record shops and flea markets across Brazil to put together the second instalment - 18 seriously funky and obscure tropical soul and funk tracks. Apart from showcasing some of the music on the night their will be a chance to win copies of the album.

To celebrate the launch of the album Strut Records and Batmacumba have joined forces to put on a riotous launch party with live music from London School of Samba, the UK's premiere samba school featuring over a dozen drummers and dancers, creating carnival chaos live on-stage. DJ Cliffy is joined on the decks by Strut Records head-honcho Quinton Scott with a sensational summer mix of tropical Brazilian sounds.

Early in the evening (7-9pm) there will be an exclusive presentation of the new documentary about the life of Wilson Simonal entitled 'Ninguém Sabe o Duro que Dei'. During the 1960's Wilson Simonal was Brazilian most successful singer, his weekly tv show commanded huge audiences and record sales to match; he was also black. In the late Sixties a whispering campagin linked him to the then dictatorship and his career came to a sudden halt. This new film explores the controversy surrounding his demise.

Strut is doing a radio show for Diesel over the next few weeks including interviews with Grandmaster Flash, Mulatu Astatke and mixes by DJ Pogo, Horse Meat Disco and more...
Check http://cult.diesel.com/radio" for more info &  schedules