Saturday night brings Brighton boy Casper C (Fluo Kids) back to his roots from the big Smoke and gay Paris to launch the seaside version of his Camden social club, Bloggers Delight, absolutely free for your delectation at Audio this Saturday.

The night sees a dj set from Friendly Fires, complementing resident pair Skull Juice (Benedict Solo Set) and NikNikNik (Bloggers Delight).

The six-hour fun-a-thon is part of their month-long party to celebrate their third year of existence – Brighton is but part of a long chain of cities, with musically-hedonistic parties burning in London, Paris (Social Club), and Bristol (Start the Bus), with guests including Joakim, Optimo, Noob, Alexander Robotnick, Matt Walsh and the Friendly Fires!

Next month:  Saturday June 6th, Noob (Form/Turbo), Casper C, NikNikNik

They say:

WHAT IS IT? : Founded by Brighton-born DJ, and member of the hugely popular music blog Fluokids, Casper C, and fellow bloggers Skull Juice, Blogger’s Delight was initially a Sunday evening gathering of like-minded souls at the legendary Lock Tavern pub in Camden Town. From this humble base, an instant impression was made with a sucession of guests such as Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Duke Dumont, Brodinski, Yuksek, Herve and Sinden making early appearances in the 100 capacity ‘Small Disco’.

3 years on, the blogging has curtailed, but the name has stuck! Still residing at The Lock, with regular appearances at Paris Social Club, Fabric’s Room 3, and a stage at Field Day Festival, the time felt right to set up base at Brighton’s best nightclub experience, Audio, in order to spread the good word that little bit further. The monthly residency will showcase the clubbier end of the Blogger’s musical pallette, from disco-house to fresh electro and a tough, techno edge.

10:00pm-4:00am
Audio, Brighton – FREE Entry

02/05/09

Anna Chocola at her sewing machine, by Anna

30-year-old French artist and designer Anna Chocola (Anna Orliac) has put together a lovely little France-meets-Brighton mix of all her current favorite tunes. The mix starts off nicely with  acid house influenced “White Night Two”, from Institubes babe Surkin, off his “Next of Kin” EP which came out exactly one year ago. It also includs firm electro classics, such as Daft Punk and Booka Shade, as well as new-to-my-ear D*L*I*D (dicklaurentisdead).

Anna currently works for Milliner Jill Corbett, creating original appliqué-embroideries on leather and tweed hats, but produces unique items for sale (on her site) and accepts commissions. Originally hailing from Agen, in the south west of France, Anna now lives in our cozy, seaside haven of Brighton, spending a lot of time on her sewing machine at home, creating quirky clothing, bags, hats, home furnishings and toys. She also working artistically in the visual art medium, producing embroideries, paintings, drawings.

Check out her zany world of wonky animals and on her deliciously handcrafted site and ebay shop, but in the meantime, enjoy the “mix” – and see below for an actual gooey chocolate desert recipe!

Download audio file (AnnaChocola_mix_Feb09.mp3)

Anna Chocola’s Birthday Cake Mix

Tracklisting

White Knight Two – Surkin
Next Of Kin (Todd Edwards Re-Kindled Mix) – Surkin
Jolie Coquine – Caravan Palace
Teachers – Daft Punk
Charlotte – Booka Shade
Newjack – Justice
Hey Boy Hey Girl – The Chemical Brothers
Under The Influence – The Chemical Brothers
Waters Of Nazareth – Justice
let’s make love and listen death from above – Cansei de Ser Sexy
Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun
Pro Nails (Remix) (Dirty) – Kid Sister ft Kanye West
Revlon – Walking Machine – Sebastian
g-punkt -pop circus- D*L*I*D
petit_déjeuner – D*L*I*D

heaven?

birthday chocolate pudding recipe

Serves 6.

ingredients
• 455g best-quality cooking chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
• 50ml hot espresso or good strong instant coffee
• 125g butter, plus extra for greasing
• 6 eggs, free-range or organic, separated
• 200g caster sugar
• 100g ground almonds
• 100g rice flour
• 1 small handful chopped hazelnuts, toasted

Melt 125g chocolate with the coffee, then pour into small ice-cube moulds and freeze until hard. Take 6 small 3 inch pastry rings, dariole moulds or cappuccino cups and grease well with some butter. Place in the fridge while you make your sponge mixture.

Melt the remaining chocolate with the butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water, then in a separate bowl whisk the egg whites with the sugar until firm. Fold the yolks into the cooled chocolate and butter mixture, then add the almonds and flour. Finish by carefully folding in the egg white mixture.

Preheat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/gas 5. Take your moulds out of the fridge and spoon a little mixture into each one, then push in a cube of the frozen coffee and chocolate mixture. Cover with the rest of the sponge mixture so each ice cube is completely enveloped.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 18–20 minutes, then remove carefully from the moulds while hot. Serve immediately sprinkled with hazelnuts.

[Nicked unashamedly from a certain person's website.]

Photos by Marek Richter

NikNikNik and Casper C (Bloggers Delight)

I’ve not walked down Audio’s stairs for what seems like ages, and being there again, I can safely say that I’ve missed the place. It did, after all, used to feel like a second home. Stompa Phunk ruled and every weekend was a sure hotspot for quality music with a likeminded crowd. But like all good things, it had to come to an end.

The guys put 10 years of hard work into the night and the venue needed a change. Last year Stompa Phunk packed up, and two guys with much control over the venue left. About three weeks ago, another of Stompa Phunk’s guys left, leaving Audio in a completely different situation. Sometimes a change is exactly what is needed. The guys who ran it before did a great job but possibly ran out of steam – it was crying out for something different, a new touch perhaps. On entry one of the bouncers mentioned, “The venue has changed, all for the better.”

With Audio management dedicated to getting the place back on track, I was thrilled to hear they had booked ex-Fusion contributor, old friend and current king of the blogosphere, Casper C. Casper is part of the ever popular bloggers group, the Fluo Kids.

He also hosts his own night, Bloggers Delight, which he runs alongside Ben and Alex from Skull Juice. Blogger’s Delight can regularly be found at the Lock Tavern in Camden, Fabric and all over the UK. Blogger’s Delight has featured DJ sets from a range of artist, often before they went on to bigger things, including: Justice, DJ Gorky, Duke Dumont, Kissy Sell Out, Simian Mobile Disco, Brodinski, Yuksek, DatA, Herve (Dubsided), Trevor Loveys (Speaker Junk / Dubsided), Knifehandchop, Radioclit, Sinden, Van She Tech, SebastiAn, Kavinsky, Surkin – to name just a few.

What you have here is a night dedicated to finding the newest and most cutting-edge talent without being spoilt by pretensions, sunglasses and the general twaddle often associated with club nights today. Expect to find a healthy mix of genres, ranging from techno to a spot of garage and to wherever next. There are no limits here and the aim isn’t fixated on any one craze or passing trend. It’s a concept with longevity working within a broad spectrum – the concept is open.

Download audio file (Brighton Fusion – Casper Clark Live at Audio (040409).mp3)
Casper Clark – Live at Audio (040409)

Yann Solo – Borderline
Ed Davenport – Eyespeak (Kink Remix)
Livio & Roby – We Got E’s
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts – I Was On My Way To Hell
Abe Duque – What Happened
Kreon – Jauce
Tomas Barford & Fredski – The March On Swan Lake
Frankie – Brize
Okain & Thomas Mueller – I Tele U Bo
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Huntemann Remix)
Telefon Tel Aviv – The Worst Thing In The World (Gaiser Remix)
Audion – Snap Into It
Marc Romboy – Side FX (Konrad Black Remix)
Alex Cappelli – Bloody Notes
Green Velvet – Earthquaker
Cevin FIsher – The Freaks Come Out (Idiotproof Remix)
George Morel – Let’s Groove
Brother’s Vibe – Take It To The Raw
dOP – The Genius Of The Crowd
DHS – The House Of God (Martin Landsky Remix)
Gamal Kabar – The Highlander
Peaches – Lose You (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix)

We caught up with Casper C, who’ll be starting Blogger’s Delight at Audio from May.

What should the crowds expect from Blogger’s Delight at Audio?

The new monthly at Audio will showcase the rawer, tougher end of the Blogger’s Delight spectrum, as befits a late night club session, as opposed to our Sunday all-dayers in London. You can expect the residents and guests taking in everything from classic disco, house and balearica, through to the latest and greatest techno, with inflections of our electro influences. We’re always trying to push the envelope into the past as well as the future.

What made you choose Audio rather than any other venues Brighton has to offer?

I’ve been guesting all over Brighton in the past year, and nowhere has been as pleasurable to play as Audio. The dancefloor is small enough to feel intimate and remain open-minded, the equipment is top notch, and the Escape (Audio’s previous incarnation) is actually the first place I ever took ecstasy, so how could it not retain a special place in my heart?

Where do you see Blogger’s Delight going in the future?

The past and present of BD has already been an incredible journey, from playing back to back with Justice at our first ever event, to hosting reguar events at Fabric and Paris Social Club, and even presenting our own stage at the amazing Field Day Festival. This May commemorates our third anniversary, during which we’re attempting to showcase the full BD musical rainbow from indie pin-ups Friendly Fires (Jack is a DJ with fantastic taste, if you weren’t already aware!), balearic/psyche kings Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, italo-disco pioneer Alexander Robotnick, the legendary Joakim and JD Twitch from Optimo, and the young bucks of techno, Noob and Matt Walsh. I just hope we can keep our minds open for many years to come, and try to open a few others along the way!

Blogger’s Delight is set to take place the 1st Saturday of every month at Audio. So there’s another date to ink in to your diary – see you at the launch night on 02/05/09! It’s great to see something worthwhile, on a Saturday night, at Audio once again.

FACT Magazine said:

In the space of one year, Blogger’s Delight has evolved from a noisy social for mp3 hounds and hustlers to a seriously tastemaking, even era-defining lil’ club night.

Sunday Times Style said:

A definitive electro club, along with Bugged Out and Durrr

Wanna win up to $6000 in cash prizes? 2008’s Grammy nominated electronic duo Justice are celebrating big time – and they’re giving their fans a piece of the action with their YOU WERE GREAT IN 2008 contest.

The duo are celebrating the NYC premiere and soon-to-launched DVD/CD “A Cross the Universe”, in which every second of their three-week March 2008 American tour was filmed. It’s true what they say, ya know: “Extraordinary things that can happen when a bunch of frogs gets dropped in dreamy America.”

Justice – A Cross The Universe – Trailer from industreate on Vimeo.

YOU WERE GREAT IN 2008
To enter the “YOU WERE GREAT IN 2008″ contest, it’s easy. All you have to do is:
1) Register at www.industreate.com/contest

2) Make a 1-4 minute film of HOW you were totally fab being you this year.

Were you: clubbing, hanging out with your mates at the pub, travelling around India, festival hopping, cruising in the car, singing to yourself?

Trying to get on X-Factor, or even just hanging out on Brighton beach pretending to be a mime? I’m sure you were very good at whatever you were doing.

Filming’s a cinch – do it with your iphone, your camera, whatever floats your boat. The Vimeo site can help you with any techie questions if you’re not in that way inclined.

3) Upload your video to www.vimeo.com and tag it with “JST4ALL” and “BRIGHTONFUSION“.

There’s some top prizes including an all-expense paid trip to hang out with Justice, specially signed merch & STUFF but sadly if the NYE trip is only for US residents. HOWEVER all is not lost as UK people will get the FULL WHACK of the total value of the grand prize – that’s $1000 if you win !!

FAME, GLORY, CASH, STUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFFF!!!

But you need to be quick -deadline for entry is 26th November 2008.

Top winner and five runners up for each category (individuals & blogs) also walk away with loads of other special merch plus the immense fame of having your video playing everywhere in Chicago and getting exposure of the Justice crew. So who knows?

The final winner will be chosen by Justice, So Me, Busy P, Dan Stiles and many many other industry bods.

To learn more, including the guidelines, which I recommend having a look at quickly before whizzing off your entry, go to the contest site.

Good luck and don’t forget to tell ‘em we sent you !!

“A CROSS THE UNIVERSE” DROPS DECEMBER 9th ON ATLANTIC RECORDS