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The Layabouts

About Me

News Letter for May 2008
http://www.thelayabouts.co.uk/newsletter/layaboutsnewsletter 9.htm
Leigh, Alex and Ben are the North-London based trio, called The Layabouts. They have been DJ-ing and producing music together for 7 years now.
The Layabouts produce soulful deep house music, with an emphasis on quality vocal releases.
Their sound contains a strong musical element, putting 100% into their production and live performances.
Forthcoming Material:
    The Layabouts ft J-Key and Shola Phillips - Stand Up ILL Friction (kenny dope & mike delgado mixes)DJ Fudge ft Mani Hoffman - Keep On (Layabouts re-groove mix) Stalwart Reords, frMoses Mclean - Peaceful Journey (Layabouts back2deep mix) Swank RecordsDavid Harness & Roland Clarke - Djs An Alien(Layabouts remix) Foliage Records, ger
Discography starting with most recent
    The Layabouts - Real Love (Original and Krunked up mix) Healthy RecordsThe Layabouts ft Jay Henry- Be Yourself(Electrovised mix) Healthy Records.The Laybouts Ft Colonel Abrams-Never Be (Vocal mix /Sax dub) Healthy RecordsDeepswing ft Xavior (Layabouts Old Skool Anthem mix) Generate music. The Layabouts ft Jay Henry (Vocal mix) Healthy records. The Layabouts ft Siam (Vocal mix and dub) Reelhouse records.Marys got Baggage (Layabouts vocal) white label. FM Groove ft Dee Holloway- Say It(Layabouts mixes.The Layabouts ft Shola Phillips- Love is Everything(Vocal mix).The Layabouts ft Yannis- Sunshine(Vocal mix &dub).The Layabouts ft Andrianna- The Way I Feel(Vocal mix).The Layabouts ft Alex Alvarez(Vocal mix) Soulworks,.
Featured Compilations:
    Miss Money Pennies - Music to Dance Too (vol 1& 2)Ibiza From the Beach to the Club (vol 1& 2 ) Edel MusicCity Life, Underground London (vol 1) Seamless RecordingsBargrooves (azure) Seamless Recordings
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DJing.
The boys have been DJing for the last 9 years have played at some significant venues already. Success has been found on the London circuit playing some of the cooler spots around town including:
    Pacha - London Ministry of Sound - London Traffik – Old Street, London, Charterhouse bar – Farringdon, London Fluid - Farringdon, London, The White House - Clapham London, Camden Palace - London Soul Heaven – Milton Keynes Miss Moneypennies - Aiya Napa Miss Moneypennies Birmingham, Escape Club - Swansea and visits to Poland, Ibiza

We have guested on ministry radio and our productions have recived support on Radio 1 Xtra / Kiss 100 / House fm / Galaxy and Xfm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Website: thelayabouts.co.uk
Band Members: Ben Logan, Leigh Darlow, Alex Pascal
Influences: Dennis Ferrer, Yass, Marlon D, Osunlade, The Jinks, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Ron Trent, Karizma, DJ Spen, Ame, Mark Grant, David Harness, Phil Asher, Quentin Harris, Franck Roger, Rocoo, Audiowhores, Ben Watt, Simon Dunmore (Defected), Jay-J (Moulton studios), Brian Tappert (Soulfuric), Bobby and Steve, CJ Mackintosh, Jamie Lewis, Knee Deep, Copyright, Booker T, Deepswing and many more.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Healthy Records (UK)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

May newsletter and charts!

Hey everyone,Heres a link to our newsletter with details on the Zoothousand festival where we are playing the lifted dance tent, Soulfuric remix, forthcoming track on kenny dopes Ill Friction label, S...
Posted by The Layabouts on Fri, 09 May 2008 04:35:00 PST

we are looking to share our studio space in n london

we are looking for like minded people share our studio space ideal for producers / engineers working personal projects. Part of a busy recording studio complex with a great vibesplit  on a 50/50 ...
Posted by The Layabouts on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:32:00 PST

Post Dali, Poznan - Videos of Michael warming up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GqebjKgp8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce3J5VWNPC8...
Posted by The Layabouts on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:06:00 PST

The Layabouts December 2007 Charts/Gigs/News

Hi folks! Just a quick email update with our December 2007 charts and latest releases. Also want to wish everyone a happy Christmas and hope everyone enjoys the next few weeks of excessive drinking an...
Posted by The Layabouts on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:25:00 PST

Layabouts November DJ mixes

Hi folks We have been busy on the DJ mix front for a change!Here are two brand new mixes for you to download to your ipods: http://www.thelayabouts.co.uk/audio/mixes/...v_2007_mix2.mp3 Also...
Posted by The Layabouts on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:37:00 PST