January - The renaissance of booze
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December - We'll skip this month
November - yeah, yeah, gimme the dough
October - Past and Present
September - Words and Pictures
August - news! at last!
A verrrry special evening.
July - El Gordo ushers in a new era of world peace
June - El Gordo continues to prosper
May - All is well in the world of El Gordo.
Some stuff happening in April - what the hell are YOU looking at?
Some
interesting things that are coming up in the world de la boilerhouse...
monday 19th april - in aid of focus counselling services, davina mccall
is putting on a fabulous party at the roof gardens in kensington . we're playing
with markie p, the cuban brothers and davina herself. elemis have donated 500
party bags to the cause, and judging by the commitee members its sure to be
a right old celebtastic knees-up. we have only 20 tickets available, so first
come, first served at £35 per head - all money goes to charidee.
tuesday 20th april - the rainbow trust are throwing a party at the v&a
to celebrate the launch of vivienne westwood's retrospective exhibition.
we are playing at the party, and, with the wonderful jo wallace, putting
the music together for the exhibition as well. those wishing to attend the party
should contact us for details.
saturday 17th april
- james atkin from unbelievable upstarts EMF, rad rice
and the beauty school drop outs perform live at the very wonderful knees up
that is el gordo.
saturday 24th april - the return of the a-list ultra-competitive pop
quiz, with inductions into the hall of musical infamy for dj's mark webster
and jeff young playing some of the best records of the last 40 years
Look! We are in Time Out! Ha ha! We are SO famous.
Club nights for March
March 6th - We're
delighted to welcome the lovely Mark Moore to El Gordo. The former S Express
front man has been at the cutting edge of dance culture since the mid 80's and
the legendary Mud Club - and he's still ahead of the game now. Expect a mish
mash of balearic beats, sleazy disco and electro!
March 13th - We'll be throwing a big birthday party for a very special
surprise guest, alongside the legend that is our five-a-side a-z all singing,
all dancing music quiz. Email all or call to participate.
March 20th - Two very special guests - the brilliant Barry K Sharpe and
Lascelles - will be reviving the legend that was The Cat In The Hat. They were
throwing the funkiest parties at The Wag between '84 and '86 before anyone had
even heard of the phrase Rare Groove. A very, very rare DJ performance - make
sure you don't miss it!
March 27th - One of the Godfathers of acid house, the none-more-balearic
Nicky Holloway, joins us this week. Nicky was throwing some of the best parties
and playing the best records even before his legendary trip to Amnesia with
Rampling, Oakenfold and Walker, in the Summer of 1987. He'll be bringing the
Ibiza glory days with him to El Gordo this Saturday.
April 10th - Blitz Club and Visage legend Rusty Egan joins us again this
week. He enjoyed himself so much last time, he asked to come back and play for
even longer. Expect three hours of the finest electronic music you're likely
to hear.
playlist
from february 28th
Wally Badarou - Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Linda Di Franco - T.V. Scene
Lola - Wax The Van
Prince - The Bootleg Of Dorothy Parker
Discotheque - Disco Special
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Tullio De Piscopo - Stop Bajon
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
Stock Aitkin And Waterman - Roadblock
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotsteppa
Naughty By Nature - OPP
Lyn Collins - Think
Rob Base & EZ Rock - It Takes Two
Coldcut - James Brown Megamix
Maceo Parker - Cross The Tracks
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Kid Creole - Annie I'm Not Your Daddy
Prince - Alphabet Street
De La Soul - Say No Go
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That
Primal Scream - Loaded
Thrashing Doves - Sympathy For The Devil
Happy Mondays - Step On
Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me
Michael Jackson - Thriller
The Cure - Love Cats
S Express - Theme From S Express
Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Soul Central - Strings Of Live
Tori Amos - Professional Widow
Copyright - Bulo
DJ H feat. Stephy - C'mon Boy (Larry Levan mix)
Loleatta Holloway accepella
Max Sedgely - Happy
Chic - Good Times
Brass Construction - Movin' 88
Dan Hartman - Vertigo/Relight My Fire
Jump - Funketarium
The Residents - Kaw Liga
Michael Jackson/Eric B - I Know You Got Billy Jean
MARRS - Pump Up The Volume
Chilly - For Your Love
Stretch - Why Did You Do It
KRS - Sound Of The Police
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll
Dawn Penn - No No No
Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
Style Council - Shout To The Top
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
Steely Dan - Green Earrings
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You
Madonna - Vogue
Young Mc - Know How
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
The Clash - Magnificent Dance
Visage - Fade To Grey
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
King - Love And Pride
Supertramp - Cannonball (Instrumental)
Stevie Wonder - Another Star
Pat Benetar - Love Is A Battlefield (Jellybean Mix)
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
Mike Anthony - Why Can't We Live Together
The Cure - Close To Me
Rusty
Egan's playlist
David Bowie - Heroes
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
Brian Eno - No One Receiving
Brian Eno - Broken Head
Gina X - No GDM
Nina Hagen - TV Glotzer
Human League - Being Boiled
Japan - I Second That Emotion
Japan - Life In Tokyo
Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose
Kraftwerk - The Model
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies
La Dusseldorf - Viva
Landscape - Einstein A Go Go
Thomas Leer - Day Breaks Night Heals
M - M Factor
Magazine - Permafrost
Giorgio Moroder - The Chase
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
OMD - Electricity
Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Wolfgang Reichman - Wunderbar
Rinder & Lewis - Willie And The Hand Jive (GREAT record!)
Roxy Music - Trash
Shock - R.E.R.B.
Simple Minds - Changeling
Siouxsie - Hong Kong Garden
Soft Cell - Memorabillia
Sparks - Number One Song In Heaven
Telex - Cafe De La Jungle
Telex - Moscow Diskow
Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love
Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amour
Ultravox - All Stood Still
Visage - Visage
Yello - Bostich
YMO - Computer Game
YMO - Firecracker
Resident El Gordo sound system spinner dj Jo Green lists his top ten records:
Max Sedgley - Happy
Bronx Dogs vs. DJ Harvey - Tribute To Jazzy Jay
YBU - Soul Magic
Soulcentral - Strings Of Life
Copyright feat. Shovell - Bulo
Creative Use - The Bootleg Of Dorothy Parker
Discotheque - Disco Special
Stretch - Why Did You Do It (Remix)
The Cure - Lullaby (Remix)
Amnipeck Anxiety - Outro
Thank you to everyone who made new years eve so very special. We're still broken from it all.
The
Guardian guide got it so right when they made the el gordo knees up their number
2 choice for 2003: "ex-saint, that mid-1990s bar that looked like a joke
out of Wallpaper, resurrected in current Spanish taverna guise c/o the brilliant
Ben and Andy Boilerhouse. Loving it and loving their wild balearic knees-up
style". We couldnt have called it beter ourselves!
And so its time for our January pay-back. In addition to our champion mixologists
and award winning cuisine, and our mercifully walet friendly bar prices its
time to praise some of the greatest inspirations behind the El Gordo sound.
The Originators.
This
saturday and every saturday during January we pay homage to some of the pioneers
to whom we gladly tip our musical hat. Nicky Holloway (3rd), Mike Pickering
(10th), Ross Allen (17th), David Dorrell (24th) and Paulie Harris (31st) are
the first five to be inducted in The Fat One's Hall of Fame.
So come join us in tribute, its a very friendly fiver before 11, in the spirit
of the January times.
See you in the church to the musically gifted
Love, Ben and Andy .
El Gordo in the press... well, we don't like to boast...
