geoffroy aka mugwump

BIOG
Geoffroy is the head of the Mugwump project (a moniker he initiated, initially working with fellow Belgians Spirit Catcher and now pursued with Olivier Grégoire aka Kolombo, his main partner and, at times, with fellow producer Compuphonic) but he's been at the helm of the Belgian house scene since the crazy days of his 8 year long residency at Belgium's mythic Food Club - together with Swirl People's and Aroma's Raoul Belmans, back in the late 90's till the mid-noughties.
He has also directed a series of internationally profiled compilations, including the 4 volumes of the deep/nu-house "Moving House" series on SSR (www.crammed.be/ssr), that included the burgeoning end-of-the-nineties UK house scene (Idjut Boys/Phil Asher/Faze-Action/Reel Houze/Ashley Beedle...) next to confirmed US house dons (MAW/Mood 2 Swing/Glenn Underground/Ron Trent/Chez Damier...) while also running his 2 own 12' labels, Hi-Phen , on which his other compilations, "Pile-up" 1 & 2 were highly praised in the UK , German and French music press and Suicide (a joint venture/sub-label with the mighty Eskimo imprint from Ghent).
Geoffroy's djing style is pretty eclectic, electronic and surprising, from electronic and modern house grooves to funky or deep techno with, depending on the played parties and clubs, a big dash of cosmic/balearic/disco influenced stuff and forgotten classics while production-wise, Mugwump remains always faithful at one big and simple idea: fusion. Dj's supporting and charting some Mugwump music, so far, have included Sven Vath, DJ Naughty, Ivan Smagghe, Pete Herbert, Ewan Pearson, Mike Monday, Jef K, Chris Duckenfield, Steve Kotey, Damian Lazarus, MANDY, Kiki, Andy Weatherall or Serge from Clone, to name but a really few...
After 4 singles on Suicide and the short-lived Mugwump Trax label (trough NEWS), Mugwump's latest releases are the "Memory Lane Refund" 12' on Berlin's Mood Music, run by Sasse/Freestyle Man and "Boutade" on Ewan Pearson's Misericord imprint, the latter getting huge critical acclaim and dj support. (Rave reactions from Andy Weatherall, Optimo, Dixon, Chateau Flight, Prince Language, Pete Herbert, Ivan Smagghe, Ata and Sasse). Next up is "Yajna"on Rob Mello's Disco 45 imprint (already big with Michaël Mayer, Ben Watt, Ewan Pearson and Will Saul) and a just-released remix (Beatport only) on new French label, Brown Eyed Boyz music which is getting great support from Will Saul, James Flavour and King Roc right now.
Geoffroy is also running his night, "Flesh" at the Brussels mythic Fuse Club ( recently quoted as one of the 50 best clubs in the world in Mixmag and I-DJ), with recent guests Âme, Will Saul, Sasse, Danton EEprom, Paul Virgo, C-Rock (Motorcitysoul) & James Flavour (Dirt Crew). Next Flesh parties at Fuse are scheduled with London's Secretsundaze and Misericord honcho Ewan Pearson.
GIGS
Fabric (London), Supermarket & Kiosk (Lille), Barcelona (Fellini), Geneva (Electron Festival), Kazakhstan (Most after-club), Berlin (Week-end, Panorama Bar, Rio), Paris (Rex, Redlight, Pulp, ParisParis, Open House, Batofar), Marseille (Hush Hush, Danaides, Trolleybus, Docks des Suds), Milan (Magazinni Generalli), Basics (Leeds), Cabaret Voltaire (We are Electric, Edinburgh), The Egg (Playtime), The End (Classic, Blonde), The Key (Foreign Muck), T Bar (Dig your own rave), Retox at Sosho, Kubicle (The Whipping house & Public Life), Nodisko, UltimoDisko at AKA, Classic (The End),Redlight at Meet, Risky Disko @ Music-Hall, Sub Club (Glasgow), Space (London), Scuba (Sheffield), Kuala Lumpur, San Francisco, Detroit, Miami, Sao Paulo & Campo Grande (D-Edge), Tel-Aviv, Madrid (Mondo), Benicassim (Freezer), Ibiza (Privilege, Pacha, Sa Trincha, KM5), Lyon (Marquise), Montpellier (Plages Sonores), Brussels (Fuse, Nouveaux Russes,Dirty Dancing, Flagey's European Film Festival, Gare Centrale, Dali's, Wax, 60, Botanique, Bazaar, Klank), Antwerp (Capital, Amai, Petrol, Laundry Day) , Pecq (H20), Ghent (Culture Club, Suite 16), Dour, 10 days, Beach rock...
RADIO
His weekly show on FM Brussel is live on air every friday night and on the site, www.fmbrussel.be, plus archived all week in the programma section. his other show on UK/Japan radio Samurai FM is accessi ble on www.samurai.fm/mugwump/play. U can also access some older sets on www.tigersushi.com or www.fabriclondon.com (fabric first, membership needed)...

BOOKINGS
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MUGWUMP REMIXES:
Jeff Bennett "Sitting Bull" (Hi-Phen)
Tim Paris "Sofitel Palm Beach" (Tom Bone)
George Thomson "Laidback Snack Attack" (Crosstown Rebels)
Soldout "I dont want to have sex with you" (Dirty Dancing)
Jean Winner "Alive & Kicking" (Eskimo)
Bamboola Prod "Good Time" (Bamboola)
J Rod & Pat Nice ft Joe Good "Peter Pan (Brique Rouge)
Bob Sinclar "Love Generation" (Legato)
Dirk Technic "I love you" (10 Kilo)
Shena "Electrosexual" (Azuli)
Shapemod feat. Snax "Love's too much" (Suicide)
DJ 4T4 & Mauro Pawlowski (Deus) "One foot in life" (Format)
Mike Monday "Late developper" (Playtime)
Dj Did "Shake it" (Brown Eyed Boyz) out now
MUGWUMP SINGLES:
"Mudcleaner" (Suicide)
"Mugtrance-Prozac über alles" (Suicide)
"Lost in the Sweatbox" (Mugwump Trax 01)
"Ram-Ram"-"Rebuked" (Mugwump Trax 02)"
"Memory Lane Refund" ft. Sasse, Alexander Maier & Mugwump remixes (Mood Music, out now)
"Boutade" ft. Sasse/Ewan Pearson/DJ Naughty dub (Misericord, out now)
"Yajna" (Disco 45, out soon)
GEOFFROY COMPILATIONS + MIX CDS:
"Moving House" 1, 2, 3 (SSR/Crammed Discs)
"Moving House at the Food Club" (SSR/Crammed Dics)
"Food Main Course" 2, house dish (Antler/Subway)
"Hi-Phen Pile-Up" vol 1 + 2 (Hi-Phen)
QUOTES
Moodmusic Records - MOOD-056 | MUGWUMP – MEMORY LANE REFUND
Chloe (Kill The DJ) "Very good release, the whole ep, good to hear that kind of house, yes i play these tracks..."
Alexkid: "Love the original mix of Mugwump... „
James Flavour (Dirt crew): "Original and Sasse rmx doing it for me. well done folks!"
Will Saul (Simple/Aus) “Memory Lane is a true house anthem – I have been finishing my sets with this track for the last month – stunning”
Philip Sherburne (Lan Muzik): "Really nice stuff here -- compelling harmonies and nicely varied sound design; for being so intensely melodic, it manages not too sound too obvious or cluttered, either. along with the original"
Zak Frost (Dirt Crew Records): "All mixes are nice, cool retro feel.. my fav is the Mugwump acid mix... "
Wagon Cookin (Compost ) „"Great release, like it, good remixes“
Cass (Cass&Mangan) "Loving both the Sasse and Original on here - Wicked. "
Shade (polyphonics) : "Sounds really good. Superb tracks. Would expect anything less !"
Nico De Ceglia (Various/London) :"I like this one, Mugwump has done another nice track and I like the remixes too. Straight in my box!"
Matthias Vögt (Motorcitysoul ): " Schönes ding, - like it! "
Ludovic Llorca (FCom): " Serious Mood music release. I like all the versions, love the bassline..will get a high rank in my charts...“
Lars Behrenroth: "The Mugwump acid retraxion is on my show tomorrow. diggin' the entire release but that one's my pick .. "
Tim Paris (Marketing): " I’m really into the original and the acid remix...played the remix already had a great response."
Dorian Paic (Raum Muzik): "Mugwump is very good !"
Muallem (Compost) : "The Mugwump Acid Retraxion is the B.O.M.B!!! I Loooooovveeee it, such a fine piece of music“
Misericord 002 / MUGWUMP - BOUTADE
"So, it's time for Misericord release number two. Hot on the heels of Al Usher's mighty "Gnanfou", Mugwump deliver their finest work to date I reckon, a 107BPM club monster (for us Balearic grandads this is not a contradiction in terms, kids) called "Boutade". It may be slow but it's already proving massive with the likes of Ivan Smagghe, Ata and Pete Herbert. Marcato strings and timpani build the drama until a massive bassline drops and everyone goes nuts. it's our belgian friends geoffroy and kolombo aka mugwump, and -forgive me for sounding a bit soppy here - it's been one of the tracks that's given me the most joy during 2007. i think i've played it nearly every set since geoffroy first sent it and the reactions have been amazing from punters and other djs alike. it's 107 bpm balearic / trancey disco, with a heavy heavy bassline reminiscent of trevor jackson's remix of chromeo from a couple of years back. don't let the speed fool you. this is not a chill-out record. it's a monster... On the flip, myself, Sasse and Naughty turn in a chugging Prescription-esque dub for good measure. If you have the guts / sense to change the pace a bit you will be mightily rewarded. Once again, it comes in a beautifully- sleeved vinyl-only limited run too. Slowly, surely! " Ewan Pearson (Misericord)
Excellent reviews in I-DJ, DJ, GO, XLR8R, Skinny, Go, Resident Advisor
Radio Plays on Flomotion, RTM, Dinamo Fm
Heavy DJ support from Andy Weatherall, Optimo, Gilb'r, Tiefschwarz, Pete Herbert, Nathan-Gregory Wilkins, Morpheus, Will Saul, Ben Watt, Dixon, Âme, Jef K, Ivan Smagghe, Prince Language, Toby Tobias, Chris Duckenfield and reviews/mentions all over the usual blogs.
Already compiled on Optimo's mix for Sub Club's 20th b-day (Soma), Fred Deakin's "Nu Balearica" comp (Ministry of Sound) & "Bloom music vol 2" (Bloom) by Cosy Mozzy (Dirty Dancing).
Nathan-Gregory Wilkins: "One of my favourites since Ewan sent it to me.Truly wonderful. Will dutifully go and buy on vinyl over the next few days. Well done."
Piccadilly records, Manchester: " OK, prick up your ears, I will tell you this but once. We have a bomb, and not only that it seems we have a proper good label that (if we whisper it) we may be able to rely on. The last record that came as the debut for Miserichord was Al Usher's "Gnanfou" a total bomb and big seller here at PHQ. Now the second release on the label is this EP by Mugwump. "Boutade" comes in two versions the Original on side-A is a brilliant piece of midtempo house / disco with an absolutely killer string bit, super solid beats slugging away beneath a killer bassline and proggy synth sounds, all before the piano breakdown! Over on side-B the "Miseridub" which supercharges the elements from the original and turns in a slightly more DJ friendly version, however both sides are total killer, this will be big!!! "
Keith Optimo " "Awesome" is one of the most over / mis used words of our age, but this really is awesome."
Dixon "love this track"
Gilb'r (Chateau Flight) "really really good. will play it for sure!"
Pete Herbert "love them both. 'Tis a monster indeed..."
Prince Language "they are both really gorgeous. Especially loving the dub. Played them out and they sound amazing."
I-DJ / House (Jez Torrance) : "All too irregular they maybe be, but I love Mugwump releases and their delightfully non cynical dance music... give its somptuous orchestral strings and lowdown analogue bassline the right airing and realise 107 bpm ain't too slow..."
I-DJ / Eclectic (Matt Anniss) : "We're slightly slow on this but its so ace we tought we'd make you aware of it anyway. Mugwump look to the Balearics for inspiration. the result is a shimmering slice of 107 BPM e-disco - all bubbly synths, evocative strings and lush piano breakdowns. Wonderful. flip for Ewan Pearson, Sasse & Naughty's Misericord dub, which add cowbells and some well-placed bleeps and blips for maximum dancefloor pleasure. an essential purchase basically"
Philip Sherburne (Resident Advisor/Lan) :” Where earlier Mugwump releases for the likes of Moodmusic have reflected a lush, melodic electro-house sensibility, ’Boutade’ is in keeping with Misericord's slow-disco aesthetic, clocking in at a churning 107BPM. With over two minutes of intro, Mugwump take their time digging in, but it's hardly wasted: fluttering violins, channeling the nervous energy of Philip Glass, cushion dramatic string vamps and methodical tympanis that stretch the tension to breaking point. The same simplicity rules the rest of the tune, which is built on a fat, jaunty bassline and a plucked lead ruffling its peacock feathers. Instead of development, Mugwump follow contours in the sound, focusing their energies on judicious filtering and the sneaky rearrangement of the song's principal themes. The B-side is a similarly-paced edit by Pearson, Sasse and Naughty that zeroes in on ’Boutade’s moments of peak intensity and draws them out in a glorious smear of filters and filigree with cowbell-heavy Latin percussion and lazy handclaps chunking up the rhythm nicely. It's the perfect, starry-eyed complement to Mugwump's languid ecstasy.”
Record Mania: “First out on Misericord was the best-selling Al Usher EP - anyone who loved that as much as I did needs to check this. Midpaced electronic disco with dramatic strings and a great build-up. Dub mix on flip. »
Alek: "Daddy did it supa well...can't wait do drop it at my next gig really! Killa !!! Daddy, let me hug you again, you're the man...."
HI-PHEN DISCOGRAPHY
MD-001 Brett Johnson Indian In My Faucet EP
MD-002 Pawel Kobak Driftin!
MD-003 Brett Johnson Sweet & Sour Sessions EP
MD-004 Lo..Rez Sweet Justice EP
MD-005 Silent Partners Down By Dub (orig/Joshua rmx)
MD-006 Silent Partners Down By Dub (Mayaku/Rob Mello No Ears rmx)
MD-006x Silent Partners Down By Dub (Rob Mello No Ears dub/ one-sided)
MD-008 YBU Soul Magic (Again) Pt. One (orig/SWAG mixes)
MD-009 YBU Soul Magic (Again) Pt. Two (Charles Webster/All Good Funk Alliance/Future Beat Alliance mixes)
MD-010 Jeff Bennett Sitting Bull (incl Mugwump rmx)
MD-012 Optimus Deadly Dub / Flash Harry
MD-011 All Good Funk Alliance What It Is EP
MD-013 Funky Transport Different (orig/Aruba/Sweetlight mixes)
MD-014 Toby Tobias Silver Tongue EP
MDCD001 Various Hi-Phen Pile-Up Volume One (CD)
MDLTD-001 Snuten (Lindström rmx) / The Artificial Arm Hi-Phen Pile-Up Volume One sampler
MD-015 Mark Flash Soul Power EP (orig/Mike Monday mixes)
MD-016 100 Hz Trustlove (orig/Orgue Electronique/Patrick Pulsinger/100 Hz mixes)
MDCD002 Various Hi-Phen Pile-Up Volume Two (CD)
MD-017 The Revolving Eyes (orig/Midnight Mike rmx)/Vicarious Bliss (Paul Woolford rmx) Hi-Phen Pile-Up Vol. 2 Sampler
MD-018 Brett Johnson Inside-Out EP
SUICIDE RECORDINGS DISCOGRAPHY
SCD 001 Mugwump Mudcleaner
SCD 002 Future Beat Alliance EP
SCD 003 Padded Cell Take U Down
SCD 005 Mugwump Mugtrance EP
SCD 006 Shapemod Feat. Snax & Jamie Lidell Love's Too Much / Psycho Freak
SCD 007 Future Beat Alliance EP 2
SCD 008 The Subs Sub-Mission EP
SCD 009 Bozzwell Ghouls
SCD 010 Future Beat Alliance EP 3
SCD 011 Optimus Voodoo Sandwich
SCD 012 Shapemod Love's Too Much Remixes (Llorca/Partial arts/Mugwump rmxs)
SCD 013 Bozzwell Siren
SCD 014 Trulz & Robin You Got A Chest Of Gold
SCD 015 Ulysses The Wanderings Of A Handkerchief (incl. Jamie Jones rmx)