Spatula City Records

Downtown Underground 2010: Mixed by Frankie J OUT NOW!!!

2010-03-12T22:22:41Z

My first ever fully licensed mix which has been produced by Downtown 161 has just come out this week! I am super excited about this mix as it has a whole load of great upcoming releases from both Spatula City & Flapjack Records. The reason that this mix has been made possible is due to all of your overwhelming support of the vinyl releases on both labels. So if you like what you have heard so far and wish to hear a nice mix of the fun times that are ahead from Spatula City, Flapjack, and Frankie J, then here is your chance! In case you can't quite read the track listing on the cd image here it is for ya:

01. Rescue - All Night Long (Frankie J All Day Mix) [AUDIO INDIKA]
02. Mark & Stevens - I Like To Be Me [FLAPJACK]
03. d-T3ch - Give And Take [FLAPJACK]
04. Corduroy Mavericks - Lean Cuisine [FLAPJACK]
05. Wattie Green - Mid Tenn Strut [FLAPJACK]
06. Scrubfish - The Jazzface [FLAPJACK]
07. Bobby & Klein - Get That Bass [SPATULA CITY]
08. Bryan Jones - Low Flow [FLAPJACK]
09. Jackin' Box - Right Back Jack [FLAPJACK]
10. Emil Lanne - Hey Gurl [FLAPJACK]
11. Mark & Stevens - This Is The Life [FLAPJACK]
12. Corduroy Mavericks - Good Thang [FLAPJACK]
13. Emil Lanne - Blow My Horn [FLAPJACK]
14. Arco - Dancin' [FLAPJACK]
15. Anyo - Boom Boom Boom (Bobby & Klein Badaboom Mix) [SPATULA CITY]
16. Jackin' Box - Clap Your Hands Together [FLAPJACK]

You can knab this fine mix CD compilation at Downtown 304

All A&R Guys Aren't This Bad!

2010-03-07T19:48:17Z

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!

2010-03-02T01:23:16Z

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

2010-02-23T19:19:00Z

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

2010-02-22T17:54:00Z

So 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

2010-02-17T22:48:33Z

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!

2010-02-07T23:05:42Z

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.

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!

DOWNLOAD

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

2010-01-13T20:04:07Z

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

2010-01-03T19:51:45Z

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.

Happy Holidays from Spatula City

2009-12-25T16:56:27Z

It was definitely a kick ass X-mas morning for me....as you can see. Scored some seriously awesome vinyl. Santa was crate diggin this year for me and that's for sure! I hope you guys all have a great holiday season and ring in the new year with your favorite jams. Keep up with us as next year is looking to be a great year for Spatula City. Thanks again for all of your continued support!!!

Tag Sessions @ Smart Bar 12/23/09

2009-12-22T21:57:05Z

Hey hey, if you have nothing to do tomorrow night and you are going to be in the Chicagoland area then come on through to Smart Bar and kick it with us. We are going to be throwing down our favorite jams and having some good old holiday fun. Hope to see you there!

Smart Bar
3730 N Clark St
Chicago, IL
USA
www.smartbarchicago.com

Spatula City Factory Outlet Store NOW OPEN!!!

2009-12-17T19:20:17Z

It's been a long time coming, but finally after years of scientific research and industrial design from the depths of the Spatula City Institute of Awesomeness located in an undisclosed location in Antarctica comes......drum roll please......The Spatula City Factory Outlet Store!!!

The store is packed full of great Spatula City & Flapjack logos and designs that are printed on loads of cool products including:

T-shirts - Fully customizable in size, color, and style. This means click on the shirt you like, and change it to be printed on a raglan, a ringer, or even American Apparel regular and fitted shirts are offered. Then choose from the color selection and size that you want. There are over 60 styles of t-shirts, so you are bound to find the style you love to wear.

Hats - We have both trucker hats and embroidered hats. Go through and choose the color hat that best suits your noggin.

Drinkware - Totally awesome printed coffee mugs, travel mugs, beer steins, and frosted glass beer mugs. Excellent for the office and home use (not referring to the beer glasses unless that's how you role!)

Stickers - Wicked awesome 11"W x 3"H bumper stickers made from thick vinyl to last forever as well as the scratch resistant 1-1/2" & 3" circular stickers. Stick em on everything.

Neck Ties - Up here at the Spatula City Records office everyone is required to wear their favorite Spatula City neck tie. This is the only way to impress the boss. Also great on dates and funerals!

Mousepads - Give your mouse a much need friction friend that will create a loving atmosphere on your desk. Make your mouse purr.

Skateboards - This is my favorite section being a skater myself. Check out all the wicked skateboard decks we offer and choose from the wide array of deck sizes and styles from mini to comp to 70's style decks.

Other Crap - There is a ton of other cool stuff including Birthday/Greeting cards, Keychains, Aprons, Canvas Bags, Buttons, and Pet Clothing.

So please come and check it out and hopefully you will find something you like. Also if you have any design ideas that you would like to see, hit us up at: info@spatulacityrecords.com and let us know about it. Thanks again for all your continued support!

SPAT019: "Spatula City Swings EP" OUT NOW DIGITALLY Everywhere @ reg. price

2009-12-05T20:26:26Z

Spatula City Records is jazzed to present:

SPAT019: Spatula City Records Presents - "Spatula City Swings EP"

A1. d-T3ch - When It Was Good
A2. Wattie Green - Straighten Up
B1. Sonny Fodera - Winter Nights
B2. Biboulakis - Fresh Start

Holy hell's kitchen aid boys n girls, its #19! Grab your good apron and a bottle of gin cuz we are about to start swinging again. Spatula City is proud to present the "Spatula City Swings EP", which takes us back to time when liquor was bootlegged, not music ;). With this sampler record we come swinging with four jump n jivin tunes that trump the great resurgence of swing house.

Leading us off is Melbourne's favorite son & Spatula City veteran, d-T3ch. Coming with his grand slam jam "When It Was Good", he gives us the heart and soul of swing house with a great uplifting sax lead and full band jasm. This tune is sure make for some happy jazz hands.

On deck we have rookie rising star Wattie Green from Nashville who sets us straight with a line drive to the soul with his cut "Staighten Up". Another solid piano jam that gives you the jackin jitters!

To kick off the next inning is Adelaide's Sonny Fodera with his slamma jamma "Winter Nights". This tune rocks some tough jackin beats with a great piano roll and sax jive that will keep you warm as the night get colder.

Cleaning things up is New York's Biboulakis who's solid production skills have really improved his batting average as of late. He comes swinging with his track "Fresh Start" which is a happy go lucky upright bassline bouncer that keeps your head bobbing. Don't miss out on this refreshing new take on a style of house music that still has made a legendary return from the minor leagues!!!

Grab this release now digitally at the following location:
Stompy | Beatport | Traxsource | DamnNoisy | Juno

This out of the park grand slam Spatula City release is OUT NOW in vinyl as these fine locations:

Downtown 304 | Gramaphone | Juno

Turkey Testical Festival

2009-11-29T05:44:18Z

So yeah.....this happens every year about fifty miles away from where I live. Unbelievable.....I have never seen so many people eat so many nuts.....and I'm not talking about the kind of nuts that squirrels eat.

Thanksgiving gone awry, or excellent local tradition. You be the judge.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2009-11-26T17:27:15Z

Local News:
26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving

Hahaha, the above article from The Onion, says it like it is. I totally just had this exact experience last night at one of the local watering holes in my neighborhood. The day before Thanksgiving (Black Wednesday) is regarded as the biggest drinking night of the year at the bars because everyone is home for the holiday. So I made my way out only to have one after another uncomfortable encounters with people I haven't seen since High School. The funny thing is that tomorrow (Black Friday), is going to be a repeat performance of yesterday because my rock band is doing a gig at the other happening bar in the neighborhood.

For those of you who don't about Thanksgiving in the U.S., it's the yearly celebration commemorating the pilgrimage of the pilgrims who fled Britain for the U.S. which led to the start of the country. Anyway, we get days off from work for it, and everyone gets together with their families and feasts on copious amounts of turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and mmm mmm all kinds of great eats.

so yeah, even if this doesn't apply to you....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!