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Peepshow Paddy

Pimp Daddy Long Legs

About Me


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I've moved the boring bit no-one ever reads where you try and make yourself sound cool and interesting (a tough job when you're me) over to the left, making more valuable space for whoring around my new DJ residency in this bit. But, if by some remarkable twist of fate, or more likely because you're exceptionally bored, and you do actually want to read about me and my DJing career thus far, read over there! 8-)

Having said all that, there are a couple of videos of me in action below, firstly in my favourite venue anywhere on the planet - the disco shed at the Big Chill in 2006. Thanks to everyone involved in making it, classic times indeed... The second one was filmed in July 2007 at the Secret Garden Party , which was a proper good laugh!
And this one below is from Secret Garden Party in 2007, man that was a fun gig!
For updates on Peepshow events and Peepshow Paddy gigs, including guest lists and special offers, please sign up to the mailing list at info at thepeepshow dot co dot uk (please include MAILING LIST in the subject header).
www.thepeepshow.co.uk
Peepshow @ the Prince 4th Friday of every month
467-469 Brixton Road,
Brixton, SW9 8HH
Free before 10pm, £3 after
email for guest list
Click here for photos and to read peoples' reactions to the nights so far...
My first residency since re-locating to London has been going really well, which I'm of course delighted about. In fact it's grown so fast that I've had to recruit some new residents to share the load, so welcome aboard the "best non-superstar party DJ in the business" - Del Gazeebo and ageing disco dolly/mindless killing machine Mr Black .
Each night has been rocking, and guest DJs have included a genuine DJing legend in the one and only Mixmaster Morris ; one of the best breakbeat combos in the world, Phantom Beats ; and the funkiest physician this side of Harley Street, Dr. Rubberfunk .
We even nearly broke new ground for Peepshow in May by broadcasting the whole event live on the internet at our Purple Radio but our server let us down. Nevermind though, it was the busiest night yet and we'll try to broadcast again in June.
And so things are set to get even better over the summer, with Solid Steel and Last FM resident DJ Sparky guesting in June; Tru Thoughts' Flevans comes promoting his latest new material out on Jack to Phono in July; and in August we're hosting a SoxaN special, with a few of the funkiest residents from one London's premier audio-visual club nights coming to rock the Peepshow party.
And breeeeathe!
For more details, please visit www.thepeepshow.co.uk and see below, and click click here for photos and peoples' reactions to the nights so far...
Coming up...
August 24th
SoxaN special with Mach V, Miko, Simon Strick, Monkaiboy
plus Mr. Black
SoxaN is a great great night in London, and an important source of inspiration for Peepshow. Paddy recently fulfilled a long held ambition to play SoxaN in May, and now he returns the favour by getting some of the very funky SoxaN crew to grace the Peepshow decks. This will be party central!
SoxaN is a true audio-visual club experience, bringing together the talents of DJs, musicians and digital artists to create something categorically different from the usual club & DJ bar scene in London.
The SoxaN ‘eclective’ was spawned by the Big Chill community and is an organic group of around 20 individuals, each with different skills and interests that are combined for each SoxaN event to result in a really diverse musical palette, a polished thought-provoking visual display and a nice easygoing party feel.
SoxaN events feature high-quality guests with diverse styles, our resident VJs and visual artists providing an ever-changing backdrop of synchronised visual projections, and the SoxaN resident DJs spinning tunes from the funkier side of any genre.
Everything from hip hop to drum ‘n’ bass, breaks and house could grace the main room, while loungecore, downtempo, art music and selections from mum’s record collection will keep the chill out room warm throughout the night.
It’s all about good music, great visuals, friendly people, and having fun. We do it because we love it.
Mach V
Simon Strick
Monkaiboy
Miko
www.SoxaN.co.uk
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Artec (Lucid Recordings)
Made up of producers Stuart Nisbet and Bruce Bickerton, who you may know from his work as Alucidnation, in 2006 they appeared on the Global Communication Fabric Live mix with a monster deep techy house number called Sweet Music, before conquering the ABC minichill festival with a never-to-be-forgotten set of exclusive trippy rare groove and disco re-edits. Which Artec turns up at Peepshow remains to be seen but you can guarantee it'll be a set not to be missed.
www.myspace.com/themightyartec
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About Peepshow
Having been billed as the best club in the South in the Guardian, 4th best night in the land in DJ Magazine, and as "Oxford's most inventive and eclectic dance club night" in the Oxford music press, Peepshow now brings it’s unique party vibe to the capital.
The club has an eclectic music policy, expect to hear anything from the funkier end of the musical spectrum, taking in electro, drum n bass, deep house, latin, breaks, hip-hop and pretty much anything else along the way.
Resident DJ and promoter Peepshow Paddy first brought acts such as Mylo, Ulrich Schnauss, Freeform Five and Hexstatic to Oxford and earned a reputation for finding the best talent on the local electronic music scene. His funky and eclectic up-tempo DJ sets have gained him coverage in the national media and ensured he is a popular fixture on the festival circuit, having played annually at the Big Chill, Truck, and Reading festivals, amongst others.
Expect a quality party vibe, with great music from across the board.
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About the Prince
467-469 Brixton Road,
Brixton, SW9 8HH

The Prince , formerly the Prince of Wales , is a lovely venue right in the centre of Brixton, on the corner of Brixton Road and Coldharbour Lane . It was recently given a new lease of life in part thanks to the investment of legendary DJ and producer Arthur Baker . He has since departed but not before doing up the place and kitting it out with a lovely crisp soundsystem. So by day, it's a cool, laid back pub serving great food and booze, and by night it becomes the ideal place to party, as we fire up the Funktion One on the dancefloor and give it a good old proper rinse out.
For more details on the Prince, please visit their website .
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/21/2006
Band Website: thepeepshow.co.uk
Band Members: Peepshow Paddy, some decks, some headphones, a mixer, and loads of records.
Influences: DJs I like: - Mr. Scruff, Mixmaster Morris, Jazzanova, Kruder & Dorfmeister, David Holmes, DJ Marky, Laurent Garnier, Bill Brewster, Gilles Peterson, Andy Weatherall, James Lavelle, Soul of Man and too many more to mention...

I'm regularly amazed and inspired by the quality of DJs and DJing going on out there, be it a big name playing at a massive festival, or someone I'll never known the name of playing some tiny club or pub in the back of beyond. And more often than not, it's the little guy who'll blow me away the most. I've enjoyed dancing to a whole lotta people and long may it continue!!
Some - ok, 'kin loads - of tunes I like and play out, in no particular order:

LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends (Harvey Mix)
The Teenagers: Homecoming
The Ting Tings: That’s Not My Name
Digitalism: Pogo (On The Road To Paris Version)
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas: LP
Frankie Valli: Beggin’ (Pilooski edit)
Joakim: Lonely Hearts
Friendly Fires: Your Love
Digitalism: Zdarlight (Edition Moonlight)
Spank Rock feat Amanda Blank: Bump
Datarock: Fa Fa Fa
Fleetwood Mac: You Make Lovin' Fun (Trailmix)
Death From Above 1979: Black History Month (Alan Braxe Remix)
Peter, Bjorn & John: Young Folks
Franz Ferdinand: The Fallen (Justice remix)
Lindstrøm: I Feel Space
CSS: Lets Make Love and Listen to Death from Above
Justice vs Simian: We Are Your Friends
Scissor Sisters: Comfortably Numb (Tiga remix)
Tomas Andersson: Washing Up (Tiga remix)
Tracey Thorn: It's All True
Blackstrobe: Me & Madonna
Calvin Harris: I Get All The Girls (demo)
Basement Jaxx: Jump & Shout
Green Velvet: La La Land
Tiga: Pleasure from the Bass
Lee McDonald: We've Only Just Begun (TM Juke Mix)
Tiga: Far From Home (DFA Remix)
Dub Pistols (feat Terry Hall): Rapture (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Shur-I-Kan: On The Up
Bjorn Torske: Aerosoles
Jichael Mackson: Charmin
The Killers: Mr Brightside (Thin White Duke Mix)
Mark Ronson: Just
Lynsey de Paul: Sugar Me
Belleruche: Reflection
Dennis Parker: Like An Eagle
Mark E: Scared
Richie Havens: Going Back To My Roots
Blueboy: Remember Me
Beats International: Dub Be Good To Me
Hall & Oates: I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Recloose feat Joe Dukie: Dust
LCD Soundsystem: Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
Kraak en Smaak: One Of These Days
Jamie Lidell: When I Come Back Around
Josh Wink: Higher State of Consciousness (Acid Tweakin...)
Donna Summer: I Feel Love
The Source feat. Candi Staton: You Got The Love
Phoenix: If I Ever Feel Better
Sebastien Tellier: La Ritournelle
Orange Juice: Rip It Up
Mylo: Drop The Pressure
Odyssey: Going Back To My Roots
The 5th Dimension: Let The Sunshine In
Jersey Street Allstars: Burnin'
The Second Whorl: Drop The Bomb
S-Express: Theme From S-Express
Overproof Soundsystem: Get With It
High Contrast: Twilight's Last Gleaming
Angie Stone: I Wasn’t Kidding
DJ Marky & XRS: LK (Remixed by M.I.S.T.)
London Elektricity: The Great Drum + Bass Swindle
Elvis Costello: Pump It Up
The Clash: Rock The Casbah
Run Jeremy: Run Jeremy’s Windowlicker
Plantlife: When She Smiles She Lights the Sky (4-Hero remix)
Justus Kohncke: Elan
Metro Area: Muira
Fat Freddy’s Drop: Ernie
Annie: Heartbeat
Fruitless: Ralph or Charlie
Moonstarr: Detroit
Mr Scruff: Champion Nibble
Quantic: Apricot Morning
N*E*R*D: She Wants To Move (DFA Remix)
Williams: Bad Boy
Amy Winehouse: In My Bed (Bugz in the Attic vocal mix)
Basement Jaxx: Rendez-Vu (Roger's Secret Mix)
Lou Reed: Satellite of Love (Dab Hands Remix)
Mr Hermano: Uno Mas Tiempo (DiSisco remix)
Shur-i-kan: Generations (Jimpster's House Dub)
Röyksopp: Poor Leno (Jakatta Mix)
Bolz Bolz: Take A Walk (Paul Daley Full Mix)
Sugababes: In The Middle (Hyper Remix)
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke: Rubicon
The All Seeing I: Beat Goes On
Zoot Woman: Chasing Cities (e-klektik’s Death Disco Mix)
James Taylor Quartet: Theme from Starsky & Hutch (Soul of Man Remix)
DJ Gregory: Block Party
Armand Van Helden: The Funk Phenomena
Daft Punk: Voyager
Tiga: Hot In Here
Andy Caldwell & Jay J featuring Latrice: Give A Little (Trentemøller Re-adjustment)
Isolée: Beau Mot Plage (Freeform Reform Parts I & II)
Minus 8: Theia
Aya: Uptown (Trentemøller Full Vocal Mix)
The Chemical Brothers: Nude Night
Ken Ishii: Awakening
Irfane: Just A Little Lovin
Mr Scruff: Get A Move On
Minus 8: A Concha Cor De Rosa
No Return: Artificial Intelligence
Basement Jaxx: Good Luck (Roni Size Vocal Mix)
Shirley Bassey and Propellerheads: Goldfinger (Propellerheads Mix)
Bentley Rhythm Ace: Bentley’s Gonna Sort You Out
Williams: Jesus Jazz
Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime
Rod Stewart: Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
Psychedeliasmith: Different Strokes
Kaos: Skit
Howie B: Angels Go Bald: Too
Shapeshifters: Lola's in Rhythm / Groove Armada: Easy
Groove Armada: Easy (GA's Shake Shake Dub Edit)
Soul Central: Strings of Life (Danny Krivit's Extended Edit)
Bonobo: The Shark
RSL: Magic of Spain
Thievery Corporation: Coming From The Top
Ralph Myers & the Jack Herren Band: Think Twice
Moog: What Is A Party? (Moog's Hotknife Mix)
Air: Kelly Watch The Stars (Moog Cookbook Remix)
Propellerheads: Spybreak
Deejay Punk Roc: My Beatbox (Les Rythmes Digitales "As De Pique" Remix)
OST: The Spy Who Dubbed Me (Agent's On The Run)
Royksopp: Remind Me (Ernest Saint Laurent's Moonfish Mix)
Organic Audio: Hazy Maisie (Hip Shakin' Discoid Mix)
The Chemical Brothers: Denmark
Mr Scruff: Sweet Smoke (Ashley Beedle's Street Boogie Mix)
Francois K feat. Barbara Mendes: Awakening (Long Version)
Faze Action: Original Disco Motion
Minus 8: Badman & Throbin'
Adam F: Circles
Alabama 3: Woke Up This Morning (Urban Takeover Mix)
Max Sedgley: Happy
Death In Vegas: Dirt
Ulrich Schnauss vs The Steve Miller Band: Fly Like An Ulrich (the Fruitless bootleg)
And breeeeeeeeeathe...

Sounds Like: Eclectic, funky, melodic dance music, taking in electro, latin, drum n bass, deep house, breaks and pretty much anything else along the way.
Have a listen for yourself by downloading some...

Mixes
***NEW 2007 MIXES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD***
First up, those lovely people at ActionAid for whom I play every year at the Reading festival asked myself and my partner in crime there, Del Gazeebo to record a half hour mix to promote the ActionAid Space where we play ever year. Download the mixes for free from here and support the charity whilst you're at it!
Secondly, check out my mixes on mix downloads , there's a mystery mix (you guess the tracks!) and the first of my radio shows broadcast on purple radio , which now goes out on fortnightly Saturday nights. Enjoy!
PEEPSHOW MIXES
(Tracklistings and artwork available here )

77.11 - Part One of the Peepshow
A funky & eclectic mix

Telescopic - Part Two of the Peepshow
A laid-back latin-y disco-y mix

Mix For The Lovers - Part Three of the Peepshow
A downtempo mix, for people in love

Biography:
Patrick Bickerton, aka Peepshow Paddy, Pimp Daddy Long Legs - to give him his (ok, so its ridiculous) full title - knows how to rock a dancefloor. From humble beginnings falling asleep to the sounds of his brother's stereo in the musical metropolis that Burton-upon-Trent really isnt, this aspiring DJ and producer has quickly established quite a reputation for himself, earning media coverage on BBC3 , Channel 4 , in DJ magazine, Knowledge magazine, the Guardian the Times , the Independent , and Time Out ; and on XFM , Passion FM , Six TV Oxford , BBC Oxford and bigchill.net .
Since starting up Peepshow with three talented friends in late 2003 and dreaming of the big time, he quickly broke out of the bedroom and since then has been a very busy man indeed. As well as playing regular gigs in London, Oxford and around the country, highlights have been the continuing success of Peepshow, and sharing bills with Mylo , Coldcut , Tom Middleton , Mixmaster Morris , Dr. Alex Paterson , The Bays , Hexstatic , Ulrich Schnauss , RSL and The Egg , to name but a few.
Festival packed summers have seen gigs at the Big Chill , the Photonic festival in Holland, Oxfords Truck festival, the Masterpeace festival, Bloom festival and as resident DJ for the charity Action Aid , playing to 1,500 people every night in the Action Aid Space at the Reading festival in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
His funky and eclectic uptempo sets aim straight for the dancefloor, taking in anything from nu-jazz, deep house, samba and disco to afrobeat, hip-hop, old and nu-skool breaks, drum & bass and beyond, but he still loves mixing up beautiful downtempo as much as anything else.
He has spent the last few years concentrating on his DJing career, but when he finds time he records his own music under the pseudonym Fruitless , earning him admirers such as Ulrich Schnauss and alucidnation . He also plays bass in his brothers band the JBX who debuted at 2004s Big Chill festival.
Paddy is the compere at Peepshow, which in turn has led to more work for him MCing other nights, most notably the regular gigs he does for a variety of charities on occasional Sundays at Cargo , in Shoreditch.
He currently works as Bookings Manager for the ABC Charity festival (known as minichill in 2006), having booked Gilles Peterson, Zero DB, Hint, Sidewinder, Carl Loben, Dr. Rubberfunk, Burt Latino and more to play at the festival in 2006. If you are interested in playing, please get in touch.
For bookings, mix cds, or just to say hello, please e-mail him at paddy at thepeepshow dot co dot uk.
Press
Best club in the south Guardian Guide
4th best night in the land DJ magazine
Oxford's most inventive and eclectic dance club night Nightshift
the most fun night out this year (2005) Oxfordbands.com
With the sun dipping behind the hill, we innocently headed to the Finlandia Cocktail Bar where we just had to get down when DJ Patrick Bickerton dropped High Contrast, London Elektricity and Markys LK remix. Review of the Big Chill festival in Knowledge Magazine, November 2005.
What a pro! Five minutes after we had to virtually scrape the geezer off the floor, Peepshow Paddy is ROCKING the Lounge! Never missing a beat, he steers a suddenly swollen tent through broken beat and house, before nearly taking the roof off the place with Richie Havens climactic Back To My Roots. Review of the Truck Festival, Nightshift, September 2005
Personal quotes & reviews c/o bigchill.net , thepeepshow.co.uk & Nightshift magazine
Yes, he is brilliant.
(Neil Raygun, Phantom Beats)
great DJ; fantastic and inventive mixing too
(alucidnation, Big Chill)
Paddy mate, you rocked - thanks for playing and being brilliant!!
(Jane Digger, SoxaN)
stumbled across Paddy's set (in the AMP tent i think ?) - going mental behind the decks playing Old Skool beats and D+B :-) Fair play dude you had em rocking - really wanted to say hi like but you seemed well high up and into your set! Loving your tunes tho :-)
(Matt, All Funked Up)
Paddy was the business on Saturday night.
(Count Skylarkin)
Paddy confirmed his intense and special talent for taking a dancefloor up, up, up with an astonishingly wide range of tunes. He's got the skills, people, he's incredible.
...my friend said it was the best thing he'd been to in Oxford in yonks and Paddy's was one of the best sets he'd heard in about the same time!
what a magnificent set you provided us with at the Secret Garden, it was awesome, so thank you so very much for the very happy memories
Paddy. SoxaN last night. You rocked my world! SoxaN crew-keep him!
Bloody excellent night. Really really excellent. Paddy, that set. Jesus!
Paddy played a blinder -- that really is my type of dance music.
Paddy, yer a mighty fine DJ.
that Paddy is a genius on the decks and no mistake.
paddy is really brilliant. I always enjoy listening to him dj
Paddy's DJ set rocked the house big time.


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My Blog

New laptop joy!

Hardly the most exciting blog post you'll ever read but thought I'd follow up on my laptop dying hell entry by telling you about my great new laptop! Yes, that's right, in a rare instance of my using ...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:58:00 PST

Three Peaks Challenge - please sponsor me!

Hi there,This coming Sunday morning, myself and a few good friends are setting out to try and climb the highest mountain in Scotland, Ben Nevis. As soon as we've done that we're hotfooting it to Engla...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:34:00 PST

Laptop dying hell

Hiya,I managed to pour water on my laptop on Saturday night as I tried to do my internet radio show. It's dead. It nearly happened with beer t'other day but somehow came through but I don't think it's...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Mon, 28 May 2007 03:12:00 PST

Glamourous new photos uploaded

I was lucky enough to spend the afternoon in a trendy London hotel with two page three girls last week. Even more luckily, one of them was taking photos to remember it by...Ok, the reality didn't invo...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Fri, 04 May 2007 02:44:00 PST

New electro / indie mix for ActionAid free to download

Hiya,Not posted for a while, apologies for that like, I've been off sunning myself and sharing hotel rooms with glamour models - as you do like, I'll show you the pictures in good time. Really...Anywa...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:22:00 PST

The Bays UK tour - discount for Peepshow people

Saturday March 31stThe Bays @ the Zodiac*** To book tickets at a special discounted rate of £10 for Peepshow people, please book your tickets using this link ***Peepshow is very proud to again be asso...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:23:00 PST

Another new residency - with the Disco Shed Soundsystem!

So much for taking more time off in 2007! My shed partner in crime Aidan Skylarkin had the bright idea of giving us an excuse to get back up to Oxford once a month, and keep our eye in with all things...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:34:00 PST

I am booking acts for the ABC Charity Festival, please get in touch

Hiya,After the rip-roaring success of last year's ABC Minichill festival which took place on a stunning farm near Marlow on the first weekend in September, I'm delighted to report that we will ag...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:53:00 PST

New Brixton residency

Hiya,I've a new DJ residency starting at the Prince in Brixton on Friday January 26th, on the 4th Friday of every month.The Prince is a lovely venue with a crisp function one soundsystem, and as this ...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:59:00 PST

Email trouble

***Sincere apologies to anyone who has tried to email me in the month or so from early February to early March , I experienced some problems with the Peepshow server and didn't receive any messages se...
Posted by Peepshow Paddy on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:15:00 PST