A while ago I went to the Position Normal website and ordered the Goodly Time LP (buy it! It’s only five quid and it’s wonderful!). Position Normal’s music is difficult to describe, it is as English as a cup of tea and a buttery crumpet, and uses guitar, samples, loops and extracts that recall Britain of a bygone era. It is a sound that is deliberately lo-fi but at the same time very evocative. It is the predecessor of the sound that has been labelled “Hauntalogical” and that the label Ghost box  has gone on to develop and explore. Listen to the ASDA mix by Moon Wiring Club at TheWire.co.uk, and you can hear the influence.

I started exchanging some e-mails with the aforementioned Mr. Normal, and he showed a curiosity about our own Man Recordings, Daniel sent him some Schlachthofbronx track parts and below is the result. I like this a lot, it’s someone who is worlds away from the Man universe putting their own stamp of eccentricity on what is already a bonkers Bavarian baile pile up. vive la différence!

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Schlachthofbronx – Vem que tem (Position Normal Remix)

Check out this great video which is a promo for Giorgio Moroder from a Casablanca Records promo video cassette.  Of course the Casablanca records story is a great story of seventies excess in its finest form, the book, And Party Every day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records, is a right rivetting read.

Here’s a little video that I put together for El Toro! Hope you guys enjoy it. My 8 year old cousin finds it hilarious.

Oh, and since it was Chinese New Year last week, we at Man Recordings have decided to give away a little present for you all – the fantastic Seiji rmx of El Toro!

Beware+Motorpitch “El Toro (Seiji Remix)” by MANRECORDINGS

The El Toro! EP is out now in Man Recordings and available on Beatport, Itunes, JunoDownload, Zero Inch etc.

During CologneMusicWeek Jakob & Bene a.k.a Schlachthofbronx taped an interview with Tronic TV and DJed after @ Stadtgarten Cologne.

The “Ayoba” remix contest winners will be announced on Monday!!

Does this man ever sleep? João Brasil is genius – not only is he releasing a daily mashup on his 365blog – now he presents in full his take on the legendary album “Let It Be” by The Beatles and calls it, appropriately, “Let It Baile”.

Grab it from here: LET IT BAILE