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All A&R Guys Aren't This Bad!

posted by Frankie J | Sun, March 7 | 1:48 PM | Permalink



HAHAHAHA!  I have been in the remixers seat in situations like this many times and although this is way exaggerated (obviously since it is a cartoon), it makes me laugh my ass off every time I watch it.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

Loft Party this Weekend!

posted by Frankie J | Mon, March 1 | 7:23 PM | Permalink

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FREE LOFT PARTY!!!!
Saturday, March 6th, 10pm
@
South Of Roosevelt's Secret Loft Location
1804 S. Racine Apt 4f
Chicago IL 60608

Come on through this weekend and let's do it to it!

Chicago Jack Summit = GREAT $UCCE$$! - Download Mixes Below

posted by Frankie J | Tue, February 23 | 1:19 PM | Permalink

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Download the mixes here, in order of appearance:

Chris Grant
Broadway & Wilson
Karl Almaria
Frankie J
Santiago
DJ Heather
Audio Soul Project


Last night's Chicago Jack Summit was a wildly great time and total success on Street Beats part for raising

OVER $1000!!!

Much fun was had and much music was bangin!  It's a great thing that we were able to raise so much money for this station, because it will help pay for all the fines the FCC is going to throw at em for all the times I swore on the air yesterday.  Thanks for all who tuned in and donated, your help is greatly appreciated in keeping the only commercial free home on the airwaves for Underground House Music.

Chicago Jack Summit -> LIVE Monday Feb. 22nd 10pm CST on WNUR 89.3 / www.WNUR.org

posted by Frankie J | Mon, February 22 | 11:54 AM | Permalink

2010jacksummitfinal.jpgSo we are back at it again on our favorite local radio station WNUR 89.3FM for the 3rd annual

Chicago Jack Summit

This year is even bigger and better than the previous two with even more heavy hitters behind the decks.  This show is to help promote and keep going the one awesome public radio station we have left here in Chicago that supports the good house music we know and love.  The show is to help get some donations to keep this station going.  So if you can, please call and donate some money and you will get something awesome in return. 

For your donations, Spatula City / Flapjack Records will be giving away:

-Vinyl releases
-T-shirts
-Spatulas
-Slipmats
-Pint Glasses
-Shot Glasses

-also all of those who donate will receive a copy of the complete 5 hour recording of the show

So please tune in and show some support for realness!  You can tune in via the FM radio or online at:

www.wnur.org

hosted by the Street Beat show, every Monday night @ 10pm CST on WNUR.
DJ Sangre and DJ D-VO

SPAT020: Wattie Green - "Midnight Radio EP" OUT NOW DIGITALLY EXCLUSIVELY @ BEATPORT

posted by Frankie J | Wed, February 17 | 4:48 PM | Permalink

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Spatula City Records is proud to present it's 20th vinyl release:

SPAT020: Wattie Green
"Midnight Radio EP"

A1. Wake Sally Baker
A2. Wattie's Dream
B. Is You Is

Spatula City Records is proud to presents it's 20th release!  To celebrate this accomplishment, starting with this release, all Spatula City vinyl releases will come in super spiffy full color record jackets. For this release Spatula City is incredibly elated to give you a top notch release from Nashville's newcomer house phenom Wattie Green. This is Wattie's first vinyl release and we are glad to have him aboard our gravy train as he delivers us the "Midnight Radio EP".

The first tune on the record is a must have lowdown n jazzy jam called "Wake Sally Baker". This tune is an amazing dirty jazz delivery of walking bass lines and piano riffs that hit the essence of an era of jazz that few house producers have been able to relic. The piano hooks and up jumping beat make this tune a must have jam that transcends many boundaries of the many house niches.

The second cut on the record is another journey through jazz called "Wattie's Dream". Wicked sax licks battling relentless piano over a dreamlike groove push n pull the senses across time. Packed with melody and groove, this track is a dancefloor soul grabber, and a bit of an ass grabber as well.

On the flip we have a nice n loud 45 rpm pressing of "Is You Is", which perfectly complements the other two tracks on the late night jazz artifacts tip. Wattie brings this EP to a head with a swing infused vocal hook, and wicked bass undertones. Piercing piano lines work and work and take you 'round n 'round the dancefloor through to the key modulation toward the end that is the icing on the cake. Such a well rounded track for such a well rounded EP.

This release is now available for digital download at the following locations:
Beatport

This late night Spatula City juke joint is now available on vinyl at these fine locations:
Downtown 304 | Gramaphone | Juno

Spatula City & Flapjack Smart Bar Party Pants Check Success!

posted by Frankie J | Sun, February 7 | 5:05 PM | Permalink

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all images taken by Kristen Monacella
HUGE Thanks to everyone who made it out to the party last night.  it was such a great time, and wouldn't have been without you!

Special thanks to all the dj's who traveled from abroad, and played kick ass sets: d-T3ch, Organized Crime, & Scrubish n Laurence.

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Also extra special thanks to Karl "pants check"Almaria for establishing the Pants Check at the party and taking care of d-T3ch.

For those of you who couldn't make it out to experience the mayhem of the night, you can definitely feel it by checking out the pics above and listening to all the sets which are linked below.  Cheers!

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10pm - 11pm: Frankie J
11pm - 1am: Scrubfish n Laurence
1am - 3am: d-T3ch
3am - 5am: Organized Crime

Spatula City & Flapjack Party @ Smart Bar Chicago -> Sat. Feb. 6th, 2010

posted by Frankie J | Wed, January 13 | 2:04 PM | Permalink

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Spatula City & Flapjack Records
GET DOWN
@ Smart Bar Chicago
Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Come join us at for a celebration of mass consumption and house music mayhem to give homage to the great music and good times we love so much.  On the night we have all Spatula City & Flapjack artists to ring in the blingin':

d-T3ch - Melbourne, Australia - known for his Spatula City classic "Meerkat Music" on SPAT009: "The Four Piece Set Vol. 2", as well as his Spatula City release SPAT014: "The Wizard of Oz EP", and his recent Flapjack Records release FLAP003: "Dusk Til Dawn EP"

Frankie J - Chicago, USA - the man behind both labels Spatula City & Flapjack Records.  Known for last years Spatula City release SPAT016: "The Right Side Up EP", his recent Flapjack Records release FLAP004: "Frankie J vs. Sonny Fodera", as well as the slew of The Sound Republic releases from the very 1st Spatula City record release on up.

Organized Crime - Milwaukee, USA - made up of Jonn Hawley & Marcus Aurelius they made their smashing debut on the scene with their Spatula City release SPAT017: "The Music Laundering EP" which sent them straight to jail.

Scrubfish & Laurence - Madison/Minneapolis, USA - killer duo of massive jackulation, they made their debut on the house scene with their famed Spatula City release of "Disco Papacy" on SPAT008: "The 4 Piece Set Vol. 1" which led to their full ep release SPAT012: "The Drunkle Bob & Aunt D'Lishus EP", and their recent remix of d-T3ch's "Dusk Til Dawn" on FLAP003.

Super Give-aways (while supplies last) including:
-Vinyl Records
-T-shirts
-Spatulas
-Stickers
-Buttons
-Other crap that I have sitting in my basement

Tickets: $10 before midnight,
$12 after midnight
21 & over
Doors: 10pm / Show: 10pm

FREE before 11pm IF you sign up for Smart Bar text messaging.
Find out more about that here: Smart Bar Text Message

Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Smart Bar
3730 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL USA
www.smartbarchicago.com

The Rockafire Explosion - Electric Feel

posted by Frankie J | Sun, January 3 | 1:51 PM | Permalink



This stemmed from Kristen and I watching that 80's flick Labyrinth starring Jennifer Connelly & David Bowie.  The movie has a bunch of Jim Henson style puppet like characters that are pretty creepy.  It reminded us of this pizza place that used to be a popular chain restaurant in the US when we were kids.  It was called Show Biz Pizza but since was bought out and changed to Chucky Cheese's.  The place was basically a giant arcade with this back room where this crazy looking mechanical animal band would play music on stage while you ate pizza.  The band was creepy as hell though and I recall kinda being a bit scared of them...we just wanted to go there to go crazy in the huge arcade.  Anyway, so we decided to google it and the first thing that popped up was a link to this video of the Show Biz Pizza band Rockafire Explosion doing MGMT - Electric Feel.


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March's Boompty Bap Bang Bump Chart

Chop City DJ's Time To Shake (Scrubfish's Circle K Remix) [FLAPJACK]
South Of Roosevelt Guns In The House [JUICED]
Bobby & Klein Get That Bass [SPATULA CITY]
Broadway & Wilson Sunny (Broadway & Wilson Bump Mix) [FARRIS WHEEL]
Chris Robson Your Time Baby [FLAPJACK]
Nate Laurence No Crapulous In Minneapolis [??????]
Soul De Marin Repeated [SAMPLED]
South Of Roosevelt Yo Mama [FLAPJACK]
Pete Le Freq Off The Track [BORROWED]
Jorge Spania & Billy Howard Piece Of Cake [SEVENTY FOUR]


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Tom said... | on 11 Mar 2010

Hey Frankie, love the music man. Whats the tune at about 21 mins on your new year 1980 mix? Kicks ass.

frankie j said... | on 7 Mar 2010

hey macho, still on the fence about making it down to the WMC this year, not sure yet. hey paul, thanks for the support bud! hey placentee, i don't use too many VSTi's as most of my stuff is sample based manipulation, although i do recommend Spectrasonics Trilogy Bass. i use that plugin and it rocks for bass sounds. i hear NI's Scarbee is great for keys.

placentee said... | on 7 Mar 2010

hi frankie i try do some music this is my first steps, i don't now to much jet, can u tell me what Vsti are the best to create deep, jackin sounds thanx

paul said... | on 6 Mar 2010

just got the mindtravel funk weapons vinyl frankie j and jay west rip it up,quality tune frankie

MACHO said... | on 5 Mar 2010

Hey Frankie. Are you guys coming down to WMC this year ??? Do you recommend any good sets we should try to attend? Thanks.

frankie j said... | on 5 Mar 2010

hey Jenna, the tune you are talking about is Corduroy Mavericks - Good Thang which is coming on a Flapjack vinyl release later this year. i love that jam!

Jenna said... | on 3 Mar 2010

Hey frankie, can you tell me the name of the track after walking in circles on your jack summit mix?

Moritz aka Dj Solveg said... | on 28 Feb 2010

Hi, I've a question for Frankie & John. Are you ok to come play in Switzerland next march 2011 for a festival ? Could you give me the contact of your agent booker please?

D-VO said... | on 27 Feb 2010

You have been killing it with these releases lately, great party at Smartbar, throwing down at Chicago Jack Summit, House Music needs more people like you!

slim said... | on 27 Feb 2010

hey frankie .. love your stuffs .. Think about for some "techy" tune like the remix of " Walking In circles" . Amazing tune !!!.. Cheerz .. greatings from Bulgaria

Tony said... | on 22 Feb 2010

shit!...just realised it's your 20th release!....Congrats
!....made me wanna go vinyl shopping soon, gotta get another 5 records and then ill have the whole spatula city discography...awesom
e!

Tony said... | on 22 Feb 2010

Man...this new EP is hot! you guys never cease to amaze me! Big tings!

htl said... | on 18 Feb 2010

hy frankie. listen please tell me the id of a track running between min.18-20 from the d-tech set.i f-----king love it . ty a lot man.God save the underground house

Matt said... | on 17 Feb 2010

Anyone know what track Organized Crime played that samples the stars on 45 theme? sample at 3:00 ---> http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=2ycijiL9D
Ds Any help would be awesome!

frankie j said... | on 16 Feb 2010

hey party guy, yeah i think we all wish we had a track listing of his set. he played a lot of great jams in there. we definitely don't have that though which is a bummer. i don't think d-T3ch himself may even be able to recreate it.

party guy said... | on 15 Feb 2010

had a great time at smartbar the other night and was wondering if anyone has a track list of D-t3ch's set..track selection was insane and made my night!

Dru said... | on 13 Feb 2010

Someone help quick! Where can I hear jack house in NYC??

frankie j said... | on 12 Feb 2010

hey Daniel, sorry bud, that one i do not know...maybe someone else can help us out though. its a dope track indeed.

Daniel said... | on 12 Feb 2010

hey frankie I don't know if you can help me with this, but you wouldn't know what the track is on D-T3CHs set around 1hr 37min mark do you?

Cameron said... | on 11 Feb 2010

Yo Frankie whats up, I was wondering if you could tell me the name of the track from your new mix at 13:00, id really appreciate it. Lookin forward to all the new releases you got comin out. peace

spatula city artists

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Bryan Jones
Scud Bloom
Inland Knights
Troydon
Chuck Daniels
Lamanex
Real Time Hand Motion
Tommy Largo
Scrubfish
Nate Laurence
The Sound Diggers
Bobby and Klein
d-T3ch
Jacob London
Jason Hodges
Kinky Movement
Midway Strangers
Aaron Perez
KiNK
Frankie J
Organized Crime
Biboulakis
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