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Marc Kets

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::: CURRENT CHART :::

Toby Tobias - Dave's Sex Bits - Quiet Village remix - Rekids

Future Force - Night Pony - Rune Lindbaek remix - Beat Freeze

Rodion - Atala Ride - GOMMA

Gorillaz - Kids With Guns - Quiet Village remix - Unreleased

Sly Mongoose - Bad Pulse - Locarno

Cheerleader feat. Shawn Lee - Mutations - Phreek Plus One remix - Compost

DJUMA Soundsystem - Les Djinns - Trentemoller remix - Get Physical

Karma - Beach Towel - I:Cube remix - Compost

Peter Visti - Bad Weather - Eskimo

Tiger Stripes - Black Beach - Dialect

Japanese Synchro System - Changin' Times - Life Line

DJ Shadow - This Time - Island

Metalchicks - Conspiracy - Life Line

Captain - Frontline - DFA remix - Capitol

Burial - Distant Lights - Hyperdub

Bo'tox - Drive By Shooting - Marketing

Mari Boine - Vuoi Vuoi Me - Henrik Schwarz remix - Jazz Echo

Chateau Flight - Baltringue - Innervisions

Partial Arts - Trauermusik - Kompakt

Depeche Mode - Sinner In Me - Ricardo Villalobos remix - White

Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Operation - Because Music

____________________________________________________________ _ ::: 2006 Shows :::

Last Rites - Sat 29 April @ Font Bar, Manchester

KUMO - Fri 12 May @ DRY Bar Basement, Manchester w/Balearic Mike

Last Rites - Sat 27 May @ Font Bar, Manchester

Last Rites BBQ - Sat 3 June @ The Salutation, Manchester

KUMO - Fri 9 June @ DRY Bar Basement, Manchester w/Matt Edwards aka Rekid/Quiet Village/Radio Slave

Dry Bar - Sat 16 June @ Dry Bar, Manchester w/Dan Bowman, Gareth Shiells and Ben Turner

Last Rites - Sat 24 June @ Font Bar, Manchester

Electric Chair - Sat 24 June @ The Music Box, Manchester w/Development, Kelvin Brown, the Unabombers and Greg Wilson

Heavy Rotation vs. Hooked On Wax - Fri 7 July @ Dry Bar, Manchester

KUMO - Fri 14 July @ Dry Bar, Manchester w/Moonboots

Last Rites BBQ - Sat 15 July @ The Salutation, Manchester

Music Is Music - Fri 21 July @ Dry Bar, Manchester w/Gareth Shiells

Last Rites - Sat 29 Jul @ Font Bar, Manchester

Development - Fri 4 Aug @ Mint Lounge, Manchester w/Hippie Torales | Zanzibar + Development DJs + Paul Hughes, Gareth Shiells and Marc Kets (Hooked On Wax)

Secret Warehouse Party - Sat 5 Aug @ ?, Manchester w/Iain Taylor

C'mon Feet Radio Show - Thu 10 Aug @ Unity Radio, Manchester w/Philarmonix | Metronomic Family, Andy Peek | C'Mon Feet 9 - 11pm Unity Radio

KUMO - Fri 11 Aug @ Fat Cat, Manchester w/Philarmonix | Metronomic Family

Last Rites BBQ3 - Sat 19 Aug @ The Salutation, Manchester

Last Rites - Sat 26 Aug @ Font Bar, Manchester

Heavy Rotation v Hooked On Wax (The rematch) - Fri 1 Sep @ Dry Bar, Manchester

KUMO - Fri 8 Sep @ Fat Cat, Manchester w/Diesel | X-Press 2

C'Mon Feet Radio Show - Thu 14 Sep @ Unity Radio, Manchester

C'Mon Feet Radio Show - Thu 21 Sep @ Unity Radio, Manchester

Music Is Music - Fri 22 Sep @ DRY, Manchester w/Ste Bollard

Music Is Music - Fri 22 Sep @ DRY, Manchester w/Paul Hughes and James Kumo

Raccoon - Sun 1 Oct @ Revolution Deansgate, Manchester w/Iain Taylor, Mr. B and many more

KUMO - Fri 6 Oct @ DRY, Manchester w/Terry Farley | Faith

Raccoon - Sun 8 Oct @ Revolution Deansgate, Manchester w/James Kumo, Paul Hughes, Robd & Gareth Shiells

C'Mon Feet Radio Show - Thu 12 Oct @ Unity Radio, Manchester w/James Kumo

KUMO DJs - Fri 13 Oct @ Sankeys, Manchester w/M.A.N.D.Y. | Get Physical Germany

Stay Free all-dayer - Sat 14 Oct @ The Salutation, Manchester w/AdamH, Ema, Alex and more.

KUMO - Fri 3 Nov @ Mint Lounge, Manchester w/Kelvin Andrew, Mark E, Jon K, Tom Wainright, Steven McNulty & KUMO DJs

KUMO Radio Show - Thu 9 Nov @ Unity Radio, Manchester

Rejekt - Fri 10 Nov @ Sankeys, Manchester w/Iain Taylor, Riton, Heidi, Chris Duckenfield & KUMO DJs

KUMO Radio Show - Thu 7 Dec @ Unity Radio, Manchester

KUMO - Fri 8 Dec @ Sankeys, Manchester w/Stu Patterson | Faith, Audion Live, Troy Pierce & Stanton Warriors

KUMO/C'Mon Feet Radio Show - Thu 14 Dec @ Unity Radio, Manchester

A Secret Little Warehouse Project - Sat 15 Dec @ A Secret Venue w/Iain Taylor, KetoLoco DJs and more, Manchester

KUMO/C'Mon Feet Radio Show - Thu 21 Dec @ Unity Radio, Manchester

____________________________________________________________ _ ::: 2007 Shows :::

KUMO Radio Show - Thu 4 Jan @ Unity Radio, Manchester w/James Kumo

Music Is Music - 5 Jan @ DRY, Manchester w/Gareth Shiells

Sankeys Fridays - 12 Jan @ Sankeys, Manchester w/Pete Tong | BBC Radio One

Rejekt Warehouse Party - 27 Jan @ Secret Location, Manchester w/Iain Taylor & Rejekts

Sankeys Fridays - 16 Feb @ Sankeys, Manchester w/Damian Lazarus, Spirit Catcher Live

____________________________________________________________ __ KUMO/C'mon Feet 51 for 2006 51. DJ Tonk - S.O.U.L. // 50. Turbulence - Notorious // 49. Electrons - Get Up // 48. Rekid - 85 Space // 47. TOM Project - Renaissance // 46. Angie Stone - I Wasn't Kidding // 45. Ammon Contact - A Zillion Tambourines // 44. Terra Firma - War // 43. Tokyo Black Star - Black Star // 42. N.O.W. - African Pirates - Troubleman remix // 41. Raul Midon - Sunshine // 40. Hugh Masekela - Boys Doin' It - Carl Craig remix // 39. Coldcut - Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Henrik Schwarz remix // 38. Ding Dong - Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull Up // 37. Martin Buscaglia - Cerebro, Orgasmo, Envidia & Sofia // 36. Lindstrom - The Contemporary Fix // 35. Collie Budz - Come Around // 34. Allez Allez - Allez Allez - Lindstrom & Prins Thomas remix // 33. Quasimode - Down In The Village // 32. Obie Trice - Cry Now // 31. High Feelings - Leave Norway // 30. Kathy Diamond - All Woman // 29. Bugz In The Attic - Don't Stop The Music - Spacek remix // 28. Loose Joints - Tell You (Today) // 27. Quiet Village - Too High To Move // 26. Kyza - Right Now // 25. Players - Wonderful - Yam Who? remix // 24. Nicole Willis - Feelin' Free // 23. Pharoah Monch - Push // 22. Cro-Magnon - Kai-ho // 21. Orgone - Funky Nassau - Danny Krivit edit // 20. Depeche Mode - Sinner In Me - Ricardo Villalobos remix // 19. Alice Smith - Love Endeavour - Maurice Fulton remix // 18. The Game - It's Okay (One Blood) // 17. Cassie - Me & U // 16. Beck - Cellphone's Dead // 15. Soulphiction - Deranged // 14. Sly Mongoose - Snakes & Ladder - Rub 'n Tug remix // 13. Busta Rhymes - New York Shit // 12. xVectors - Now Is The Winter of Our Discotheque // 11. J Dilla - Love // 10. Cham - Ghetto Love // 9. Nephews of Phela - Mulah 2 // 8. Broken £nglish - Tryin' // 7. Quango - Frantic Moments - Boogie Rework // 6. Jazzanova - Boom Clicky Boom Klack - Mr Scruff remix // 5. Cobblestone Jazz - Dump Truck // 4. P Diddy - Get Off // 3. Outlines - Listen To The Drums // 2. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push //...and number one, numero uno, nommer een is...1. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee - Carl Craig Remix

Unity Radio Kumo Music C'mon Feet

____________________________________________________________ __ My TOP 80 for 2006 Metalchicks – Conspiracy // Bakazou – Snake Hip Shuffle // x-Vectors – Now Is The Winter of Our Discotheque // Phantom Slasher – Lasagne for 10 // Muallem – Cheerleader – Phreek Plus One Cosmic Vox remix // Quiet Village – Too High To Move // Moby feat. Debbie Harry – New York, New York – Emperor Machine remix // DJ Tonk – S.O.U.L. // Rekid – 85 Space // TOM Project – Renaissance // Ammon Contact – A Zillion Tambourines // Tokyo Black Star – Black Star // Coldcut - Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Henrik Schwarz remix // Lindstrom - The Contemporary Fix // Quasimode - Down In The Village // Kathy Diamond - This Woman - vocal & dub // Pharoah Monch – Push // Nicole Willis - Feelin' Free // Cro-Magnon - Kai-ho // Depeche Mode - Sinner In Me - Ricardo Villalobos remix // Alice Smith - Love Endeavour - Maurice Fulton remix // Beck - Cellphone's Dead // Soulphiction – Deranged // Sly Mongoose - Snakes & Ladder - Rub 'n Tug remix // Nephews of Phela - Mulah 2 // Quango - Frantic Moments - Boogie Rework // Broke 'n £nglish - Tryin' // Jazzanova - Boom Clicky Boom Klack - Mr Scruff piano remix // Cobblestone Jazz - Dump Truck // P Diddy - Get Off // Outlines - Listen To The Drums // Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee - Carl Craig Remix // The Mole – Jingover // Roxy Music - The Main Thing - Rub 'n Tug remix // (they came from the stars) I saw them - It's Time - An Optimo Espacio Mix // Gecko Turner – Afrobeatnik // Roxy Music - Angel Eyes - Frank Tope re-edit // Skwirl - All Woman // Magnus International – Kosmetisk // Telesfor - Twos - Slope remix // The Invisible Session - Till The End - Panoptikum remix // The Osmands - I, I , I - Quiet Village No-edit // Henrik Schwarz - Imagination Limitation - mix 3 // Spirit Catcher – Sweet Deal // X-Press 2 – Kill 100 – Carl Craig remix // Antenna – Camino del Soul – Joakim remix // Force of Music – Undefeated // Luke Solomon – Long Time Darkly // Mile Caro & Frank Garcia – Far Away – Mathew Jonson remix // Audion – Mouth To Mouth // Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djinns – Trentemoller remix // Quentin Harris – Haunted // Chateau Flight – Baroque // Movementz – 29 Calls // Stefan Goldmann – Sleepy Hollow // Manmade Science – Just Tell Me When – instrumental // I:Cube – Acid Tablet // Quiet Village – Circus of Horrors // Tony Allen – Moyage – Mark Ernestus remix // Shit Robot – Wrong Galaxy // Todd Terje – Eurodans/Italian Stallion // Simbad – Soul Fever // Trickski – At Les // Fat Freddy's Drop – Flashback – Jazzanova remix // Bloodfire – Uptown // Strange Fruit Project – The Healing // Rhythm & Sound – Poor People Must Work – Carl Craig remix // Dondolo – Dragon – Shit Robot remix // Aloe Blacc – Patria Mia // Phreek Plus One – Phreek Party // Mark E – Smiling // Sygairre – Deaux Mille Deaux // Quiet Village – Free Rider // Old Man Sorrow – Old Man's Sorrow // Henrik Schwarz, Ame & Dixon – Where We At // Rekid - Next Stop Chicago// Ferrer & Sydenham - Timbuktu - Ame remix // Feedback - Green Pickles // Kids In The Street - Keep On Turnin' // Beatconductor - Sumthin' Better______________________________________________________ ________ Marc Kets [The Beat Symposium] [Cape Town/Taipei/Manchester]Biography


I'm a Cape Town boy who has been around the world and back and still hasn't found a place that I truly want to settle. I've lived in Taipei, Cape Town and now Manchester. In Taipei I ran various nights with Pierre Bruwer under The Beat Symposium banner where we played music from all over the shop; be it jazz, funk, soul, disco, house, techno or whatever caught our ears - all delivered with a smile. Just an excuse to push the music that we love to people who were drowing in a sea of turgid trance and middle of the road house music, and we had a damn good time doing it.

I'm was previously a part of the hugely successful Last Rites night - the official Electric Chair pre-party that takes place on the last Saturday of every month as well as on occassion at The Salutation where we held three BBQs that had people whoopin' and hollerin' till the witching hour. My main project is Kumo - Manchester's latest house of deviant disco for punks, drunks and people who get down to the funk. So far in our six months we've played host to Balearic Mike, Matt Edwards (Radioslave, Rekid & Quiet Village), Philarmonix (Metronomic Family), Diesel (X-Press 2), Terry Farley (Faith, Junior Boys Own), Mark E (Jiscomusic), Tom Wainright (Hacienda), Kelvin Andrews (Soul Mekanik) and Steven McNulty (Heavy Rotation).

I have aspirations to open my own store, launch a semi-decent magazine (yes, I am aware that the market is saturated) and possibly a clothing label. I've written for numerous publications about all sorts of elements of popular culture. I'm a recordhound constantly on the search for "the perfect beat" and have come close a few times. I have far too many pairs of shoes and t-shirts, not enough pairs of pants unfortunately.

I've DJed on 3 continents without every really taking too much care to the technicalities involved, I prefer to let the music play and bob my head and shake my ass. I do have a bio of sorts that takes in the last 12 years that I have been involved in the music business or rather doing music related things, but it needs a bit of updating and I'll get around to it eventually. I prefer promoting the party.

Every 2nd Thursday I co-host KUMO Radio with Paul Hughes on Unity Radio from 9pm - 11pm UK time. Occassionally we even host these mixes up on our website.
I have one very understanding girlfriend and two tolerant cats whom I couldn't survive without in all truth.

I do the interviews on Simon Harrison's excellent Basic Soul website and am currently using Myspace to hook up with some of you purveyors of good music, and give you a bit more exposure than you already have.

If you feel that you or your band need a bit of publicity then contact me

____________________________________________________________ __ ::: Links :::

Kumo Music - Our home on the web for our monthly ho-downs.

Japan Travel Diary - If you're going to Japan this is the premier travelogue on the net.

The Hundreds - A more than decent blog if you're into street culture.

Graniph - My favourite t-shirts by a mile.

Jazzy Sport - A little treasure in Shibuya.

Jeff Soto - Supremely talented Riversider based artist whose work is unbelievably good.

Beats In Space - Supreme leftfield disco selections each and every week with Tim Sweeney and guests.

Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - Japan's death jazz monarchs.

Redbull Music Academy - School was never meant to be this good.

XLR8R - Vivian Host's transformation of average music mag into a must buy monthly deserves all the plaudits it receives.

Tokion - The last word in quality journalism.

No Pattern - Photoshop master.

Metronomic Family - Phil's labour of love - essential listening every week.

E-Vent - Home away from home with plenty of fighting talk.

Ben Westbeech - Killer new artist whose track 'Beautiful' is going to blow up.

Basic Soul - Simon Harrison's superb radioshow is just a podcast away. Electriks - Manchester's premier disco deviants.

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My Interests

Music, Art/Design, Films, Books and the world around me.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who likes having a laugh listening to really loud music while lamenting the fact that they got dirt on their limited edition kicks.

Music:

Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, Henrik Schwarz, Fela Kuti, Metro Area, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Attica Blues, Mathew Jonson, Todd Terje, Lindstrom, Prins Thomas, Roots Manuva, Pitch Black Afro, Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie, Jack deJohnette, The Rebirth, Quantic Soul Orchestra, U-Roy, Coxon Dodd, Isolee, Kerri Chandler, Masters At Work, Ame, Sufjan Stevens, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Abdullah Ibrahim, The Meters, Roy Ayers, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Larry Heard, Carl Craig, Pepe Bradock, Charles Webster, UR, Trickski, James Duncan, Kenny Dixon Jr., Theo Parrish, Broadcast, Primal Scream and many, many more.

Movies:

The Bolex Bros 'The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb'. Everything else pales in comparison.

Heroes:

Anyone who stands up for what they believe in without swaying or fear of persecution.

My Blog

Unity FM Tracklisting January 25th

Hour 1Inner Life - Make It Last ForeverBony Express - Smoke MeSouthside Breaks Crew - Freshest JamFuture Force - Night Pony - Rune Lindbaek remixDavid Bendeth - Feel The RealBumrocks - Funky StuffFred...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:53:00 PST

Tracklisting Unity Radio Show - 4 January 2006

Hour 1 (They Came From The Stars) I Saw Them - It's Time - Gay Masters Disco Mix Mindless Boogie - Hot Boogie Supermax - Dance, Dance, Dance The Rapture - Get Myself Into It The Who - Emminance Front ...
Posted by Marc Kets on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:45:00 PST

My top 75 for 2006

This is pretty much my favourite 75 for the year (not including re-issues or edits). All the jazz that I have bought this year have been re-issues and the same with most of the cosmic disco, so I have...
Posted by Marc Kets on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:38:00 PST

..:: KUMO/C'mon Feet top 51 for 2006 ::..

Great year for music. Don't believe the haters, music has been strong in 2006. Massive respect to all the artists who pushed themselves to deliver class platter after class platter. Thanks to all of y...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:10:00 PST

Unity Radio Tracklisting 14 December 2006

Platters that matter for 200651. DJ Tonk - S.O.U.L. 50. Turbulence - Notorious 49. Electrons - Get Up 48. Rekid - 85 Space 47. TOM Project - Renaissance 46. Angie Stone - I Wasn't Kidding 45. Ammon Co...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:22:00 PST

Unity Radio Tracklisting 7 December 2006

Hour 1 Breakout - Planet Rock 4 Below Zero - My Baby's Got Esp (Special Disco Version) JuJu Orchestra - Is This Hip? - Mo-Horizons Hip remix London Heavy Disco Review - And Justice For All Kathy Diamo...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:55:00 PST

Unity Radio Tracklisting 23 November 2006

Tracklisting HOUR 1 Detroit Experiment - Think Twice Joe Coleman - Get It Off The Ground Acid Rim Rubs - Ain't My Loved One Bronx Dogs - Tribute to Jazzy Jay - Death mix General Caine - I'm The Man Th...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:08:00 PST

Unity Radio - Tracklisting 9 November 2006

Hour 1 Induceve - Time To Begin - Raggapella Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions The Montreal Black Community Choir - Tryin' Times Love Bug Star-ski - Positive Life Undisputed Truth - You + Me + Love Way...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:08:00 PST

Tracklisting Unity Radio Show - 12 October 2006

A bit all over the place and a dodgy CD player to boot, but hey that's acid house. Hour 1 Larry Young's Fuel - Turn Off The Lights Jay Dee - Strange Funky Games & Things Corky McClerkin - Searchin Fo...
Posted by Marc Kets on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

KUMO November 2006

In the main room we have a man who has absolutely blown us away over the past year with both his productions and his expert selections that take in everything from balearic oddities to hip-swinging te...
Posted by Marc Kets on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:44:00 PST