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Aguila special nineties selection for this Saturday
dj Aguila provided a super tracklist of the period that Vaudeville was in its high days, the nineties, with some gorgeous house classics ! together with Pop Rules they will be letting you dance this Saturday to the best of a grand period.
Mix can also be downloaded on www.losninos.be/download (after login, also with Facebook)
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Free Vicuna party in June with Mike Simonetti
Surely you know Mike Simonetti the guy behind Italians Do It Better, the record label housing Glass Candy and Chromatics ! If not, no worries, we organize the afterparty for Brussels Film Festival / Fete de la Musique at Flagey (Elsene / Ixelles / 1050 Brussels) on Friday June 21 and invite this hero. Better, it's FREE, yes, F R E E !
Our Belgian hero Aguila joins in the fun!
There is numerous concerts before the party programmed by BFF from 20:30 on, Vicuna starts at 23:30 and ends at 03:00.
Here's a recent set at the Boiler Room :
See you soon !
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Mummy's little helper
As you may have noticed, at Los Ninos we love a good Gin and Tonic so I thought to give a bit of information about that little drink that makes us so happy.
Tastes differ, that we know, and different gins make different gin & tonics. You can go for a dry powerfull gin, a light gin, a fruity gin,... The choice is yours!
Gin and tonic became popular because of its medicinal effect. It was used against stomach ache and gallstones.
Gin as we know it has its roots in the 17th century. In the Netherlands and Belgium some liqueur distillers combined maltwine and grain distillates with juniper and herbes like anise, coriander. They made 'jenever' and it became very popular.
From jenever to gin. The English army of Willem van Oranje (at that time ruler of the Netherlands) discovered jenever in the 17th century. This army was in the middle of the eighty-year war against Spain, so they could use a drink. Jenever quickly became popular in the army and got the name 'Dutch Courage'. When the English picked jenever up they called it gin. But gin and jenever aren't made from the same: jenever is made from barley and gin is made mostly made from other cereals.
Gin became very popular when England decided to put huge taxes on foreign alcohol to stimulate the alcohol produced in England. In 1720 a quarter of the households in London where used for production or sale of gin. Because there was so much gin and it was cheap, it became a popular drink for the poor. There was a mass-alcoholism and public drunkenness became an increasing problem. The number of deaths, mostly children, was huge in that time. The Government tried to restrict the production and consumption of gin by setting the Gin Act of 1736. In that way high taxes were levied on gin. This led to huge riots.
In 1742 this act was already no longer in use. But the Gin Act of 1751 was more succesful. According to this law, distillers could only sell their gin to pubs with an (affordable) alcohol license. The quality of the gin became better and the price of gin was slowely increased.
But why the tonic?
The gin tonic originated in the Britsch Tropical colonies. It is there that is was first mixed with quinine, also used to fight malaria. To mix the gin with quinine reduced the bitter flavor of the quinine. Then the quinine and gin were also mixed with carbonated water (sprakling water). And all that lead to a drink that would help out all mommys...
How much gin do you use for a gin-tonic? This differs from person to person. A good balance recommended would be somewhere between 45 and 60 ml gin.
At Los Ninos we go for the middle point of 50 ml, or a tiny bit more depending on the size of your smile ;) When we organize our own bar, we use an organic dry gin of the highest quality, made in London since 1700 : Juniper Green. The gin has won a ton of prices and it's even "by appointment of the Prince of Wales". With the inclusion of 4 botanicals and the organic element this is a good reason to get drunk with good concious at ok price. (available at BioShop)
Now, when at home or taking all the time needed to taste and with a higher budget, we recommend Hendrick's Gin. This one is made in Scotland (normally more known for whisky) but has a stunning 11 botanicals and a unique infusion of rose petals and cucumber. All that wrapped in a wonderful bottle and a stunning website comes along.
Obviously the type of tonic plays also a role in your perfect G & T. You can choose from commercial but good brands like Schweppes (°1783) or go for a less mainstream Fever Tree, Thomas Henry or Q Tonic or buy a delicious syrup of John's Premium ... And this guy even makes his tonic himself!
Finally, for those with a nice moustache (and their girl / boyfriends who likes gin tonics), you also have this daddy's little helper... A Gin and Tonic moustache wax !
If you are unable to listen on Tuesday night at 20:00, you can download the program here the day after. (and listen to the previous programs)
For this gin occassion Deer du Bois has selected matching tunes or at least those that sound alike :
- Dinah Washington / Me and My Gin
- The Fonxionaires ft Miss Brandy Butler / Gin and Tonic
- Veronique and Davina / Gym Tonic
- Bob Sinclar / Gym Tonic
Enjoy your next gin tonic and see you next month! Cheers !
Stephanie
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Deer du Bois presents Prides - Deptford Goth / free tickets
Here we go, we start it off with a blast :
Here's PRIDES!
This Glasgow trio was tipped by their fellow Glaswegians CHVRCHES to become the next (epic) pop band of 2013 and together with them and Hudson Mohawk they are the setting example that the UK still bursts of sparkling electronic pop talent!
Started as a duo under the name of Midnight Lion, Stuart and Lewis added Mr. Callum to their band and they became PRIDES.
At the moment they only released one song Out of The Blue, but already with the bombastic opening drums, MGMT worthy, together with the bagpipe synths you feel the song bursting open. This is almost symphonic-synth pop with a damn fine layered production behind it!
And thanks to the shifting rhythms and the mature vocals this song becomes catchy without becoming mainstream!
Definitely a band to look out for! On a festival near you this summer, for sure!
Sliding down on the map of Great Britain also the temperature and moods in music become more chill and cold but never without the real emotions of the heart, so let's go for tea with lo-fi electronic producer and artist DEPTFORD GOTH.
His life reads almost like a lyrical superhero story : school teacher by day but RnB inspired singer-ballad-writer by night.
I just discovered Daniel Woolhouse through his new (full) album Life After Deffo, in which deffo is the abbreviated slang for definitely. And with this the tone of the album is set...the feeling and state of post-certainty.
With bands as Active Child, How to dress well and Rhye, Deptford Goth connects well with his more etherical approach of soft-mumbled lullabies and love songs.
The songs are all carefully backed-up with beautiful orchestrations ranging from horns and harp-like strings to muffled rhythms and a firecracker-beat box, all together floating in between the real and synthetic, as Daniel describes it himself with his soft and soothing (James Blake-kinda) voice.
This is the kind of album where every listener will claim one song to himself as the they all feel and sound like pages out of the blue-ish diary of Mr. Woolhouse.
Maybe not the spring-album you were waiting for, but more the late afternoon-gazing-into-the-sunset kind of music!
DEPTFORD GOTH is in concert at Les Nuit Botanique in Brussels on 13/05 in the museum room. We are giving away 3x2 tickets to this concert, so tune in to our radioshow on FM BRUSSEL !
If you are unable to listen on Tuesday night at 20:00, you can download the program here the day after. (and listen to the previous programs)
See you next month!
Deer du Bois
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Mix of Deer du Bois online
Deer du Bois has recorded the mix he played at the last Los Ninos party.
"Sing along, dream along, love along" would be our best description. You can now download it or check it on iTunes or our podcast.
This is the play list :
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