News

*riffraff review on BBC website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2007/05/11/riff_raff_feature.shtml

NEW SHOP

New riffraff shop where you can buy riffraff t-shirts and scrinser shirts. Please take a look and let us know what you think? Or if you have any suggestion please feel free to share them with us.

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Section 75 Feat Penny - Locked Heart released

This track has finally been released after a year in waiting. Lee has released this under his Section 75 guise and it can be bought at all good download stores. It features fellow Teesider and regular *riffraffer Penny on vocals.

Scott Bradford Rocked It!!!

Cheers everyone that came down to *rr for Scott Bradford. We ahve to thank Scott for coming along and playing. He said that he was glad to see it grow as much as it has in the past year. A big shout out has to go to Stathis L that rocked the Pacific Afterparty what a guy!!! Big mention to DJ UCH that came all the way from NYC and soldiered on even though his transport broke down and the power went down on him in the middle of his set

Paul Bowens new track " Less is more"

Justin Drake from peace division will be hosting his exclusive mix on Misstress dafunk's show on BBC Radio one 26th May 2007 @ 2am, which will feature Pauls new track "Less is more"

Another top quality night at riffraff with Burnski.

Thanks to everyone that came along which must have been all of Middlesbrough because we couldnt move for screaming clubbers :-)

Thanks again and see you all again next month.

NEW SHOP

New riffraff shop where you can buy riffraff t-shirts and scrinser shirts. Please take a look and let us know what you think? Or if you have any suggestion please feel free to share them with us.

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NEW NORTHEAST COMMUNITY

*riffraff are happy to announce the new NORTHEAST UNDERGROUND COMMUNITY

Its a message forum for like minded people who share the same interest in underground dance music. We have information on club nights: *riffraff / Shindig / Basics / Habit and much more.

Please feel free to sign up and get down with the banter! www.northeastunderground.co.uk

SUMMER EVENTS IN IBIZA

*rr will be scrinsing in Ibiza this year in August. We will be hosting a party at Savanahs with a special guest on the 26th from 12am - 6am. Then a party at Rehab on the 28th the same time slots. Then on the Friday 31st we will be hosting a boat party for Eden. The boat sets sail from the Harbour. Should be quality

DIGITALIZED, MIDDLESBROUGH

The *rr residents will be playing at Digitized on the 28th of April. This is at the Basement and in the Blue Bar. Our lads will be in the Blue Bar. Pop down and you will enjoy some scrinsing and some good music

April 2007

The Tim Sheridan night was a complete sell out again at the pre party, the Onion and the after party. Thanks everyone for coming down and making this a very special evening. To all those that never got in to either of the venues then we are sorry all we can suggest is that you come down earlier in future. If you want the guest list then please email your mobile number to l.pennington@ntlworld.com we will then keep you updated by text. Perc and Tim have both commented on how good the event is aand how clued up the crowd is about the music.

March 2007

*riffraff are happy to announce the new NORTHEAST UNDERGROUND COMMUNITY

Its a message forum for like minded people who share the same interest in underground dance music. We have information on club nights: *riffraff / Shindig / Basics / Habit and much more.

Please feel free to sign up and get down with the banter! www.northeastunderground.co.uk

March 2007

Massive thanks to everyone that managed to get to the Kasey Taylor night. It was an absolute sell out and Kasey was second to none with his mixing ability and crowd control.. He really knows how to rock a crowd ;)

Also Like to thank all that made it to our after party at the Pacific Bar which didn't end till 6am Saturday morning!! Kill The Disco / Kasey Taylor / Lee Pennington / Paul Bowen all rocked the dance floor leaving everyone shouting for more!!!!!

Keep your eyes peeled for another after party next month!

March 2007

TERRACE BAR EVERY THURSDAY WITH *riffraff DJ's PLUS GUESTS

What it says above, every Thursday we have special guests from the local scene spinning the best of underground house music in The Terrace Bar on Albert Road Middlesbrough. It's been going legendary so far and is an ideal warm up spot before hitting the Corner House.

February 2006

Tim Sheridan will be here, in Middlesbrough, on 6th April at none other than *riffraff!! Come fucking on!!!!!! We cant wait for this night its going to be huge. But not only are we just happy to bring you Tim, we thought we would give it a double whammy and book Ali Wells aka Perc.... How good is this event gonna be???

If you are unaware of Tim you may be more familiar with veryveryveryvery wrong indeed which is his monthly night @ SANKEYS

Watch this space for more details soon or visit www.myspace.com/timmysheridan

February 2006

Well Audiojack came they saw and they smashed it in big time!!! This was one of the most succesfull *rr parties to date with the music carrying on after the Onion right until 6am at Pacific bar. We would like to thank everyone that was involved with this event it truly was something very special. 

Other news is that, our new weekly radio show on www.digitizedFM has finally kicked off. We will be featuring a mix each week from one of the *rr artists as well as a guest. Some excellent guests will be playing on our show including Kasey Taylor, Flash Brothers, Chris Sterio, Andrew K, Red & Blue.... Too many to mention really

On the subject of mixes Lee Penningtons live mix from Kill the disco is now available on download www.djleepennington.com/lee.mp3

01 Pj Davy - What Is? [Friknfrak]

02 Jester Plays - Wonderboy [Ware]

03 Tom Mangan - Something To Say [CDR]

04 Tom Mangan - Mobile [CDR]

05 Tom Mangan - Laid [CDR]

06 Tom Mangan - Alone [CDR]

07 Tom Mangan - Money Stab [CDR]

08 Darcadian Feat Sam Mollison - Everything Or Nothing (James Reids Broadside Mix) [Fiberline Audio]

09 Cori Roc - Nitric Oxide [Digiprana Sounds]

10 Anderson And Davison - Zeitgeist (Section 75 Mix) [Source Of Gravity]

11 Gabriel Ananda - Dopplewhipper [Platzhirsch]

12 Vicknoise - Last Night At Flamingo [Factory]

13 M.a.n.d.y - Jah (Jonah Remix)lee Pennington Edit) [Get Physical]

14 Lee Pennington - Back How It Was [Bellarine]

15 Vibe Dealers - Vibe Delaine (Lee Pennington Edit) [Criminal]

16 Pennington & Gow - Kill Bull [Digiprana Sounds]

January 2006

Here we go with the new year. We would like to first of all thank everyone that has helped *riffraff in 2006 and 2007 brings a fresh approach. Big thanks to Mark Galloway, Matty Gillespie, Paul Bardsley, Dave Watson and Paul Crook for their continued support and what they have brought to *rr as well as all the record labels around the globe whom have supported us.

This year will see *riffraff reaching new heights bringing in top class DJ's to the Teeside area and seeing our resident DJ's make regular trips abroad as well as around the UK to spin the sound. We have brought in a full time promoter Dan Raistrick to help us in our quest for smashing it in. You will also see more weekly *rr events around the town of Boro where we intend to give new up and coming worthy DJ's a chance to play the music that they want. Get them demos in.

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December 2006

*riffraff recordings has released it's first tune. Available exclusively to www.play-digital.com. "Kebab Doggin" by Kebab Twins is a minimal yet techy affair and has been getting plays from Lee Pennington around the globe as well as support from the rest of the *rr boys and girls.

December 2006

The end of year party went out with a bang. Big thanks to all involved from around the UK and Switzerland. Dan Welton, Marrocco, BP Zulauf, Paul Lancaster, Chris Sterio, Red & Blue and of course our residents Paul Bowen and Lee pennington

December 2006

riffraff's new and updated website, please feel free to share your comments on the site paulbowen21@yahoo.co.uk

November 2006

*riffraff Supporter of the month

Winner

Shiny Si

Update October 2006

CASS & MANGAN In Middlesbrough October 6th 2006

*riffraff moving forward with Cass and Mangan on the turntables.. The night was absolutely awesome, the place was packed out and the music was brilliant. Big thanks to the support we have had over the years this event was amazing because of you!

Update May 2006

*riffraff will play at the UK's biggest night club "Tall Trees" playing for one of the UK's biggest nights "GOODGREEF"

The line up will feature the worlds No1 DJ mr Paul Van Dyk him self making his north east debut. Along side PVD is Matt Hardwick | Adam Sheridan | Mark Norman | James Alexander aka KID | Paul Bowen | Lee Pennington | Bardsley | Dan Sudron | Strakes

THE NIGHT IS ON THE 28TH MAY 2006 PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

Update March 2006

Over the past couple of months the guys have been working really hard pushing riffraff higher and higher, and the result has been outstanding!! Big thanx the all the riffraff gang for all the hard work.

Also taking a step further riffraff have booked Scott Bradford for the next instalment of riffraff @ The Onion, Scott is Co Promoter/Owner of world class "Shindig" and we cant wait for Scott to come and rock the show on the 7th April.

The guys have also been busy again in the studio and have finished the remix of Moonbeam's Heart and Soul. The track is tribal/tech dub for Helvetica recordings, which is on sale now. Also Paul Bowen has finished the remix of Dan Weltons "Wanna Love" which is the first release for Helvetica’s sub label "Helvetica Noir"

Mark Galloway has been busy too travelling out to Doncaster to play at a really cool event "Vibe" he warmed up for "Full Intention" and done a really great job!!!

riffraff have also been busy playing at other gigs too which consists of Paul Bowen, Bardsley, Gow, and Lee Pennington traveling out to the Newcastle playing Interference @ WHQ.

Also riffraff where traveling again, out to Whitley Bay to play @ Sound Sessions which was awesome!!!!

Febuary News

Well so far its been a great start for *riffraff in 2006 on and off the decks. Paul Bowen, Paul Crook and Lee Pennington (Section 75) have seen a total of 9 releases/new signings between them in the past month including

king & charles - parallel realities (section 75 mix) - cp recordings

king & charles - parallel realities (paul bowen mix) - cp recordings

sterio&mcgrath vs section 75 - illusion - source of gravity

riffraff - spirits from the tide - cp recordings

riffraff - unauthorised war - cp recordings

Section 75 - the paradox - fade out recordings

Section 75 vs paul crook - sound control - fade out recordings

riffraff - vertical line - helvetica recordingz

Paul Bowen & section 75 - impaired perception - fragile

ALL TRACKS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM WWW.3BEATDIGITAL WWW.KARMADOWNLOAD.COM WWW.BEATPORT.COM WWW.DJDOWNLOAD.COM WWW.RELEASERECORDINGS.COM

Other news is that Matty Gillespies first production "Ye Mam" has been receiving support from top swiss DJ Dan Welton

Gow's first production "The Drug Track" has seen support from James Talk whom is also working on a remix.

Lee has completed an exclusive Source Of Gravity mix that will be aired on KVK's new Radio show in America.

Mark Galloway has been asked to be VIBES monthly resident.

Paul Bardsley travelled to play in switzerland and is also working on a remix for FRAGILE RECORDINGS

Paul Bowen and Lee Pennington are working on remixes for Source Of Gravity, Gravitation, Adjust and Helvetica. They are also working on an EP for Helvetica.

Lee Pennington has been given the job of head of promotions for Source Of Gravity Recordings.

Paul Crook has got a job down the mines and has bought a canary.

CANCELLED

*riffraff in asociation with GoodGreef

A special thanks to the local police force for once again holding Teeside back in the dark ages and cancelling an event that could have opened many doors for the local music scene.

*riffraff will not be giving up the fight for this all nighter event and we will be pursuing our goal of putting one on ourselves.... WATCH THIS SPACE!!!

FEBRUARY 31st 2006

*riffraff in association with GoodGreef

Yes thats right people riffraff will be working with massive night "GoodGreef" we will be taking to the decks at the after partie @ Blue and basement in middlesbrough on albert road. Get your arse down for some dirty - prog - tech - tribal madness from 2am on saturday 18th through till the early hours on sunday morning.

FEBRUARY 3RD 2006

JAMES COLLINGBURN and the mighty DAN WELTON completely rocked the socks off our crowd at this months event. We would like to thank lots of people for this event going ahead including all the crazy Swiss that travelled a long way to see Dan play and also the Grenadier gang who totally rocked it. A big special mention to Big Lee who was the tour guide for the Swiss and showed them how to fit into the Tesside culture ; )

Watch out for DAN WELTON in 2006 you heard it here first.

JANUARY 27th 2006

Meltdown V *riffraff went down really well when *rr boys Paul Crook - Paul Bardsley - Paul Bowen - Matty Gillespie and Section 75 took to the ones and twos. It was that good of a night the chaps will be back on the 24th Feb joined by more of the mob including Gow and Mark Galloway.

JANUARY 05TH 2006

*riffraff is back for 2006 with a whole new strategy to make the events more strong and ultimately more exciting for you guys! We would like to make a big welcome to our new residents for 2006 "Gow" "Paul Bardsley" and "Mark Galloway" welcome aboard!!! The lads have been picked out from a whole bunch of extra special talent around the northeast and these guys totaly rock.

Looking forwards our next bash will be on the 3rd of Feb and we are delighted to have Intense promotions and adjust recordings star from switzerland Dan Welton take to the *riffraff turntables. Also playing on the night is new upcoming star James Collingburn with recent slots @ shindig Newcastle probably one of the best uk club nights around!!

Watch this space for more exciting stuff very soon!!!!!

MELTDOWN V *RIFFRAFF @ LAVA IGNITE / MIDDLESBROUGH

*riffraff will be coming together with top Middlesbough club promotion meltdown for one night only, *riffraff will be in room 2 and meltdown will be in room 1, expect this night to be huge as the capacity of the club is 1500. See you on the dance floor details in the events section January 27th

NOVEMBER 25TH 05 CHRIS STERIO @ THE SESSIONS

We had a very special guest at this particular Sessions to celebrate the release of Lee Pennington’s SECTION 75 PRESENTS EP.

Chris Sterio agreed to take time out from his very busy schedule and play at our Sessions event held at the Pacific Bar. We are very grateful to Chris for playing especially so soon after his USA tour.

The EP is released on Chris Sterio’s Source Of Gravity Label from 28th November under Lee’s SECTION 75 alias.

It can be bought from www.beatport.com, www.edmdigital.com, www.xpressbeats.com

SWITZERLAND 18TH – 20TH NOVEMBER

Well what possibly can we say about this?

I think that the photos in the gallery will tell the story of how fun this entire trip actually was

Top Swiss producer / DJ Dan Welton and his lovely Caroline with all at the Paradox club made sure that the *riffraff were very welcome.

Lee Pennington, Paul Bowen and Dan Welton rocked the club from 10pm until 4am and left the Swiss clubbers of Nau Chatel shouting for one more.

We would like to thank everybody that travelled with us and lived up to our reputation both musically and for partying.. Big Lee, Crook brothers, Sam, Nat, Dug, Jon, PB, Key, Lil Ste, Gaz…. You are all shhhhhpot on!!!! 

Roll on the next outing

NOVEMBER 4TH

We celebrated our second anniversary in style. Big thanks to all the DJ’s that played at Pacific pre party who were: MARK GALLOWAY, PAUL BARDSLEY, GOW and Source Of Gravity'sTOM COLLINGBURN.

The fun all happened down at the Onion, after a late kick off of 10:30pm. Paul Crook completely rocked our crowd followed by Matty Gillespie playing his brand of electro techy Matty G style house. Next up was Section 75 with his Tribal Tech madness then Paul Bowen whom played a blinder of a set and working over time.

The real stars of this show however was the crowd, we have never had such a good *riffraff, and the photos will show it. From Ian Pickett wearing a dress, down to Gary Miller attempting to balance a bottle on his head for two hours; the laughs were great.

Not sure who the streaker was at about 2:30am, stood on a bass bin, but word on the street is that he had been doing similar antics all summer in Ibiza, anyone know any local DJ’s that spent their summer in Ibiza?????

OCTOBER 29TH

Paul Bowen and Lee Pennington (Section 75) travelled to Dundee to meet up with Club Headway.

They played at the Cotton club and by all reports rocked it, leaving the stain of the *riffraff on all of Headways clubbers.

The photos of this event can be found at www.club-headway.co.uk.

Big thanks to Bruce and the boys for making us feel very welcome and hope that you find Mars in the kitchen.

Big thanks also to DJ Adam Carter for all his help on this trip.

OCTOBER 7TH

Octobers *riffraff party was another great night, it had everything including an injured man playing until full time.

Lucy Hutchinson took to our turntables and showed the boys how to play cutting edge tech house for the first hour.

Followed by the fantastic Paul Lancaster (Fragile) and Scott Udberg (Habit). This was an amazing display of djing from these two guys, particularly from Paul whom cracked his head on the roof and played on until the end of his set (*riffraff salutes you).

Next up were the Adjust boys RED & BLUE; they completely took the roof off with their tribal mayhem and also managed to drink the bar dry.

Posted 18th September 05

We are happy add our new message board to the website please feel free to add your coments about riffraff events and just the usual crack ;o)

Posted 31st Auguat 05

August the 19th seen Lee Pennington (Section 75) travel to Londons top Progressive underground night Audio Deluxe. Lee played the *riffraff sound to the southern Progressive lovers and went down really well.

Lee will be travelling to many more UK underground nights in the next few months to help promote his new EP that is to be released on Source Of Gravity Recordings. We will keep you posted in this section.

 

On August the 26th, a large segment of the *riffraff crew made their way to the gorgeous Isle Of Ibiza.

They held a *riffraff party at the Orange Corner in San Antonio. The party kicked off at 3PM and flowed right up until midnight seeing DJ's Paul Bowen, Paul Bardsley, Junior Jones, Mark Galloway and Lee Pennington all playing back to back. We would like to thank all those that were in Ibiza at that time and came down to enjoy much drinking and merryment.

 

In the meantime back in the UK the *riffraff Sessions night has been going down a storm thanks to our resident DJ's Paul Crook and Matty Gillespie whom have been keeping the sound dirty and deep in the Pacific bar. If you happen to be out and about on a Friday night then make sure you pop into the Paficic Bar and say hello to our residents. You can even buy them a pint if you want.

Posted 1st August 05

The *riffraff camp are happy to present you *riffraff sessions!!!!

riffraff sessions will be based @ The Pacific Bar On corporation road Middlesbrough, the night will take place every Friday night from 6pm - late, and will feature some of the northeast's finest artists. Over the weeks you will see *riffraff providing guest slots for not only the finest artists but for up and coming DJ's from around the area too, giving them a chance to play in front of a crowd and to get a feel for the scene which they live to do.

*riffraff are very supportive for the local talent, and know just how hard it is for new djs to get 1 single slot, so this is a great chance for all new DJ's to come on down and introduce your self to the gang!!!

The riffraff gang.

Posted 12th July 05

*riffraff will be packing up and going to Ibiza this year from the 24th August till the 31st August, you can catch the *riffraff gang playing @ The Orange Corner on the 26th August from 12noon till late.

Playing some dirty tough tribal from mr Paul Bardsley, Lee Pennington with his twisted Tech house Prog sound and Paul Bowen knocking out some quality tough prog for good measure!!

If you in Ibiza at this time pop in and say hi the lads are very friendly and wouldn't say no to a pint hint hint ;-)

1st Feb With CHLOE HARRIS

7th March With CASS & MANGAN

4th April with MARC ASHKEN

2nd May with SCOTT BRADFORD