Ray Soo Mix

Fresh from his European tour, last Saturday saw Ray Soo, Zouk KL's ex-resident spin an array of forward thinking minimal techno at our very own HOME. This signified the launch of his label Love International. For more info on ray himself please go www.raysoo.net or www.myspace.com/raysoomusic. For a little taster of his sound before we put up the podcast with a live mix, please download a recent mix from this link:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/raysoo-march-2007-mp3.html

A surprise mammoth set at the end of the night by for[e]site and Podo brought the heat right back on as they went back to back to bring both classic gems from past and present giving those who stayed an aural feast of electronic enjoyment.

Keep your eyes and ears out for SMILE. Coming soon to give dancefloors what they have been yearning. Bringing the spirit of the old school with a taste and appreciation for dance music of a timeless genre.

Beat! Favourite Tracks

Here are current Top 3 tracks that are burning up the floor for our Beat! DJs.

Ginette:

1) Klaxons: Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)
2) LCD Soundsystem: Daft Punk is Playing at My House (Soulwax Shibuya Daft Remix)
3) Digitalism: Pogo

George:

1. Flaming Lips - Race for The Prize
2. The Cure - Friday I'm in love
3. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Joe:

1) Muse- Starlight. (I remix it a little bit extending the fun by about a minute.)
2) Peter Bjorn & John- Young Folks. (Another extended mix where I cut in a sitar intro taken off a Japanese release from a friend.)
3) Richard Cheese- Creep.

SPECIAL GUEST: DELYSID – BELGIUM (4am, 19th May)

This Saturday, 19th of May there will be an exclusive 4am in the mix set by psy-trance DJ DELYSID of Belgium, Kairoo records. Come down to witness psychedelic sounding full frontal energy on the dancefloor early Sunday morning.

Home Portraits!

Here are just a few personal photos of some of the beautiful who come to Home. Home Loves You, and you and you and you and you and you.

Too cute!


Two of our C.U.T. antiheroes: Holly and Twohill


Cheeky boi:


I know you and you're looking mighty fine...


Belle and TheDickBandit:


One half of the infamous Interpop, stay tuned for a show coming up:


mmmmm mmmmmm...


Anyone who has photos of any of our events and wouldn't mind them being submitted please get in contact with me via a comment on this blog or the myspace (www.myspace.com/homeclubsg)... peace out homies :)

Galleries Updated

My friends, for all those wonderful photos of you and your friends going bonkers on the floor. Please check out the galleries section on our webpage. Most recently added are the C.U.T. parties and stay tuned for our fabulous Beat! sessions.

Here's the link y'all:

http://www.homeclub.com.sg/gallery.html

Peace out for now my homies.

Home Club Podcast episode 2!

Home Club's first podcast episoide 2 is now online. For listening please click on the speaker. :) Let me know what you think please. Next one in two weeks. :)

Beat Live 02/5/2007

Last Friday saw two new comers make their appearances on the Home Stage. First up was Allura, a strong vocalist with some proper rock behind her. This band made a lasting first impression with high energy guitars and and an intensity equally matched by vocals and percussion. Catchy Zeppelinesque styled songs, its rare you see an indie band with roots coming back from bands who were much more heavy on guitar licks and solo, pin-holing the psychedelic rock of the 60s. I was very much impressed by a band I had heard less than a whimper from before their show. I'll be sure to check out what they will be up to. Yes yes, they have a Myspace people.



Black goth guitars.


Yes, I can wale louder than you can!



Next was Another Sunday Afternoon. Clearly coming from a much grungier pool than the first band, one might look towards bands like Weezer as obvious influences. A strong front man, lyrics were interwoven with dirty guitar riffs to tell stories that were both amusing and captivating. Towards the end lead singer and guitarist put his mouth to something other than the words to his songs but tothe strings of his guitar. In true Jimi fashion we had our very own rerun of Woodstock '69. Well not exactly quite the same but hey...


Look man! no hands!


Beautiful green photo:


Photos courtesy of Thomas aka Perplexed.

Top GRAF Stylez!!!

Phryman, Syco and Kiat took to the cans in the last Home Parties +65 to showcase some amazing pieces of art. Their pieces were works of independent art created freestyle outside the venue. The process was something that all could enjoy and the final product was completed within a couple of hours. Here are the photos my friend. Come down to the club to see these pieces on display outside.

Kiat's 'Jia' A Homage to HOME:



Phryman's destroy dude:



And my personal favourite SYCO:



The Final Three:



So, Which one is your favourite? Let me know and we might display it on one of our white banners inside!

Your thoughts.

Since this is a forum for discussion I thought I might open up the floor. Home has now been open for a couple of weeks and I'd like to ask the public what are their thoughts of the space and sound since the renovation? It is not completely finished and there are still things to be modified and implemented but how do you feel with the essence of its new clothes? I look forward to your responses.

In the meantime I will add my own personal opinions to start the ball rolling.

-Speakers are f£%*ing nuts, that bass is mind bending.

-Outdoor bar rocks, pity we have to close it at the later part of the evening.

-Walls are a bit bare at the moment. (Although I do know that is one of the areas being worked on right now.)

Be well. :)

Our First Beat! Since The Renovation!

Friday the 13th saw Beat return to the controls for the first time since the renovation. A new enlarged space returned with the amplified spirit we remember from the old days of our ever enthralling and successful Beat! Here is a little visual documentation of what happened that night.

This is what we call a full house:


Joe behind the controls:


Walao we've got a new bar!


Some teeth and hanky panky:


Two Lovely Ladies:


Constance and Benji, The Animal!!!


George & Joe:


GIVE ME MORE:


If anyone has anything they would like to share about the night or the new space please drop me a comment. Thank you. :) Over and out for now.

NOFX tickets up for grabs!

Free tickets for the NOFX Gig at the Pavilion Far East Square to those who answer these two questions correctly: (There are only 2 to go!)

1) Who is the bassist and lead singer for NOFX?
2) Where will the autograph signing session be held after the gig?

-Write your answers as a comment on this page.

Home Club Podcast Now Up!

Home Club's first podcast is now online. For listening please click on the speaker. :) Let me know what you think please. Next one in two weeks. :)

What are these???

Fresh in from a studio from surely another time, era and I'm also thinking planet, are the new speakers we have now installed at Home Club. Sick are they not? Let me know have you seen anything quite like these oversized, stream-lined bad boys? I pretty much flipped upon first seeing them. Anyone who can guess the make of these babies recieve 2 free tickets to our Sublime meets Dark n Dirty event this Saturday.

Home Parties

Yo yo,

Ok, so I'd like you guys to know that we have a new policy at Home Club. Saturday's my friends, is dedicated to the ritual of dance. We are eager to bring cutting edge dance music every week for you to get funky to.

Featuring artists at the forefront of Singapore’s local talent, not to mention our regular international acts, take a look at the list:

http://www.homeclub.com.sg/djlisting.html

Don’t be surprised if you hear something you’ve never heard before that you can’t stop moving to (perhaps from a dub-plate you won’t find anywhere else!).

You can dine, chat or chill out with your pals on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Beat! on a Friday. But on Saturday, at Home, you dance.

You dance to a drum. You dance as a tribe. You dance in a house. You dance in broken beats. You dance electronically. You dance along a bass-line. You dance in a trance. You dance in techno-colours.

You can rest on a Sunday. Go on a holiday the entire workweek. Take an MC on Tuesday through to Thursday. Beat! with friends on a Friday.

But on Saturday, at Home, you dance.

You got some ideas of DJs, the type of music you would like to hear on a Saturday??? I WANT TO HEAR! Drop me a reply, I'll tell you what I think and whether it's a possibility... :)

Sit Down and Tape a Seat!

1)


Made especially for you to melt into. Let your mind wander and check out the new wares. Book early, I'm pretty sure they'll be taken early.

2)


A few points:
-They consist of three pieces.
-They are constructed of high density cardboard.
-They are both light (easy to move around) and surprisingly soft!
(I know, I spent yesterday on them and Chris even manages to fall asleep on them at night!)
-They are flexible in their layout and arrangement.
-They will be placed in the outside area.

3)


This is my interpretation:
1) Chair
2) Table/Bar Stool/Sofa
3) Stool/Table/Foot Rest

I think they are pretty damn neat!
Proto-type (definitely the first of their kind, have you seen anything quite like them?) low density/maximum usage, pieces of furniture.

Let me know what you think, how do you see these pieces?
How do you think they should be set up?
Word

Thank You!

I would just like to wish a very warm thank you to the individuals who have already donated items for Home's renovation. These items, a shadeless lamp (pictured), an extremely comfy sofa (just the way a sofa is supposed to be made) and a set of very swanky shot glasses will be a featured as part of Home's interiors. Your Home is now physically becoming ours and we hope to do the same by providing a space as comforting and assuring as where you lay your head to rest. Word up Kiat and Roll on Rolland! :)

Home Under Renovation

On the 26th of March, Home will close its doors to the public to go under a new phase in the club’s ongoing evolution. The renovation will take place until the 12th of April, after which there will be a soft launch held at Beat! on Friday the 13th. I urge readers to envisage a new space focusing on practicality combined with integrity, true to the Home of old but perhaps best described as, closer to form.

Never to be complacent with what Home has already achieved, we look forward to expanding into further achieving the club’s intentions and incorporating design features that will set the club another step further apart from the rest of Singapore’s nightclubs and venues. Supporting the local community in the arts is a firm design brief that will be the backbone behind the intentions of utilizing the space to the best of it’s ability. Once design is complete Home endeavors to incorporate an even wider range of events, from galleries, exhibitions to providing theatre space to hold performances.

Those now working on the project have termed Home’s independent style as ‘rojak’; a vernacular coining that outlines Home’s current designs and interiors, which permeate into its multidisciplinary range of events. Rather than come up with a new look that clash with a system which already works, the concept is simply an extension of the old, making the space more flexible and conducive to what Home’s intentions are as a club for it’s own and the greater community. Taking inspiration from local everyday aesthetics, architects have used ideas from an assortment of Singapore’s own structural design. Ranging from bar concepts taken from the features of the islands own Mama shops, column treatments in the lower levels of HDB flats and screen concepts from common washing line designs, these are only a few of a variety of influences, both vague and specific, absorbed from our local vistas.

There is one detail pertaining specifically to the interiors that appealed to me as an observer. This is the use of hybrid furniture. This will be simply as the term suggests, reusing old furniture, repainting and then combining parts or the entire piece into something new. Not only is it incredibly practical but it also cements the notion of the venue as a communal space made for those who come to feel more at Home, to be part of something that is physically theirs. For someone not part of the design process this became an insight into how exactly this concept was being put into practice.

Much time, thought and deliberation have gone into preconceiving the new space with a final desire to increase its visual personality and add functionality to the design. The prospected changes for Home will rejuvenate its unique spirit. The intention is to not only retain the Home that we have all come to love but to empower the individual as a part of its identity.

Bug Infested Home!

Deep thanks go out to both Kinemat and Motored who, without their help, this incredible event would not have been possible. Mad props to reliable organizers and those who made it feasible for this event to have both cause and meaning. We couldn't have done it without you.



A gathering of truly beautiful people came together at Home with an assortment of decorations that give an insight to the little bits of effort and affection that we continue to strive for as a venue. The club emanated a red warmth. Home was adorned with a number of different ornaments all with their own tag line and purpose.

In the words as they were for those who weren't present:

"SOA(RED)

The RED campaign is a worldwide movement, and it’ll need everyone’s help to keep flying high.
Write down your blessings for the RED campaign, and let your RED planes fly!


SCO(RED)
Help Red reach out to more people. Aim to put Red into the hearts and minds of the world.
Use these projectiles and see if you can hit the heart-boards in the club.

SCA(RED)
…Of the Sock? Don’t be. AIDS prevention is everyone’s responsibility. Use protection.
Take a Sock and hang it up in the club.

(RED)UCE
AIDS and HIV awareness helps to prevent the increase of HIV infections. Help RED remind and warn people about AIDS, so we will one day be able to hang it up forever.
Take these HIV balls, and hang them up in the club.


ADO(RED)

AIDS affects children worldwide. Of the 2.9 million people who died of AIDS during 2006, over one in ten were children. Every hour, forty children die as a result of AIDS. Help RED educate about HIV and save the future.

Take a Baby T-Shirt and Hang it up in the club."

loopinmotion started off the night with some deep, funky house getting people in the mood and on the floor. Next up were some proper old schoolers, both Nic Tan and Don played back to back a selection of all things jazzy and percussive. Soul seeped in as a techno attitude to beat matching and juggling, kept steppers stepping until the bugz made their arrival.




The Bugz started at quarter to one with some latin-esque flavoured tunes that increased population of the floor to a sweating hum-drum of dancing pulsating forms. From latin house, to broken beat, to garage and all things with uplifting funk and ridiculous bass, their sound draws on others but keeps character that is unique and absolutely dancalicious. All of the Bugz stayed in their attic going on rotation with the sweet chocolate females voices singing along live, adding that wondrous touch of soul and depth. Two of the guys emcee'd a distinctly London garage sound, always keeping everyone involved drawing the crowd in with their moves and smiles. This was positive vibes.


What an end to an era, a truly warm and beautiful last party of the Home you once knew. Things are to change but please do not fret, the spirit will always stay the same, Home will be returning to yours truly on the 12th, we invite you to celebrate with us on that day itself as we take another step into our continuing evolution.

Beat Live 23/3/2007 Reviewed

Beat Live last week saw two of my favourite acts that have previously performed here at Home Club. Bare with me on this one if it seems long winded but both Jamie Michael and Muon are two extremely talented acts whom I can't help but go on about.

Playing once again a selection of both covers and originals, Jamie Michael provided a heart warming opening set to an evening of diversity and great live music. His covers become instantly his, despite being smash hits for the likes of Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. He owns these songs sealing them with a flavour that is simply his. Both sweet and playful like mid albums of Elliot Smith, XO is the album that probably springs most to mind in comparison. Juxtaposing this with a raspy vocal at times and razor sharp wit he is a solo gem in a not so big handful of individual singer/songwriters who are utterly original yet completely accessible. If you didn't catch him you missed out, he enjoyed his gin and tonics and I certainly enjoyed his music.

And now for the headliners, MUON. Capitals it has to be this duo now turned trio never cease to astound who manages to catch them live. Forward thinking in terms of leaps and bounds as opposed to steps, this is a band I am confidant in saying should be globally recognized. Perhaps somewhat too obscure in ways for Singapore's small audience, they would strive in a scene with more tendencies to broken boundaries and the avant-garde.


Starting off with a classic entitled 'Against the Grain', I cement my belief that this group are prepared to take chances. They are organic yet meticulous, tight and powerful. Moody atmospheric soundscapes and deep melodies bordering on haunting and the sublime are only amplified by hypnotic electronic beats and static noises. The drummer's tightness only adds yet another level of 'oomph' to an already booming harmony of sound.


It wasn't up until 'Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep' that the new third member of the group made his debut. A brilliant addition of soft synth keys that both stabbed and hung in the atmosphere of sound. He added yet another element to the once colourful now rainbow audio palette created by this band. Full-on, progressive and uncompromising your perspective on Singapore's far reaching musical scene will only be broadened by an experience of Muon live.



Once again, Home provided a precursor to Beat, curated by both Home and Joe Ng, that continues to leave you lapping for more of our Singaporean talent. Uncut and without any saccharin influence, this was an experience in unadulterated live musical pleasure and ingenuity.