Thomas Bullock began DJing as a teenager in the eighties along-side friend and collaborator, DJ Harvey at the legendary ‘Tonka Hi-Fi’ in Brighton. In 1991 he moved to California and not long after Harvey followed suit. It was through Harvey and mutual friend Paul T (Sarcastic) that Thomas met Eric D. Soon both re-located to New York they began throwing parties together. These where not your normal parties. As I-D Magazine would later claim the lads singled handedly ‘re-invigorated New York night life’. Utilising dive bars and lofts, their roadblocked, lawless sessions provided a sanctuary for those in the know. A cult soon followed and the Campfire club night was born. It was from these infernoes that the lads tailored a sound they labelled “disco theatre”. A formidable partnership was formed and it was’nt long until a limited mix Cd came out on Anything records called “Live at Rui ’s Place” which chronicled the debaunchey first hand.
With the temperature rising the lads wasted no time heading into the studio and before long were remixing !!!, The Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Roxy Music and LCD Soundsystem. With the record stores inundated with rock remixes and bad disco edits, the lads fresh sounding mixes were something of a sensation. With riffs and arrangements being carefully drawn out over lengthy textural changes, one reviewer described them as “giving someone the druggy feeling of moving in slow-motion with the rest of the room in fast-forward”. Tripped out and spacey, they worked magic on the floor.
Following the remix work, the motor city of all things disco Eskimo sized on the pair and released the ‘Campfire’ compilation which again hinted to the madness of the club. Then with a long running residency at the Ballroom Mecca that is London’s Fabric in place, the club kindly asked the lads to release a mix Cd. Rave-a-tron at plus 11, the sound of the nightclub was safely packaged.
At present, both the lads also are busy with their own side projects. Eric is one half of Still Going who have been releasing sterling work on DFA. And Thomas is one half of Map Of Africa with Harvey, and is currently producing and mixing more projects than we can count on one hand. Most under his and Carlo’s label Whatever We Want Records. The duo are also currently squeezing in time to move onto some original material, this year working on their debut album and 12.
Musically people have labelled them… wild, eclectic, muscular, hedonistic… genre crossers. Who throw… musical curveballs of rare funk, post-funk, cinematic rock, anthemic cock rock, prog-rock, acid rock, classic house, house rarities, piano led house, deep house, italo, electro and odd-ball disco edits old and new into the mix. What this means we are still unsure of but one thing is for certain if you see them play in a disco near you soon, you’re likely to see the purest punk rock performance you’ll catch this side of 1977. As Thomas puts it… we’ll stop the music if we don’t get enough to drink.
With the temperature rising the lads wasted no time heading into the studio and before long were remixing !!!, The Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Roxy Music and LCD Soundsystem. With the record stores inundated with rock remixes and bad disco edits, the lads fresh sounding mixes were something of a sensation. With riffs and arrangements being carefully drawn out over lengthy textural changes, one reviewer described them as “giving someone the druggy feeling of moving in slow-motion with the rest of the room in fast-forward”. Tripped out and spacey, they worked magic on the floor.
Following the remix work, the motor city of all things disco Eskimo sized on the pair and released the ‘Campfire’ compilation which again hinted to the madness of the club. Then with a long running residency at the Ballroom Mecca that is London’s Fabric in place, the club kindly asked the lads to release a mix Cd. Rave-a-tron at plus 11, the sound of the nightclub was safely packaged.
At present, both the lads also are busy with their own side projects. Eric is one half of Still Going who have been releasing sterling work on DFA. And Thomas is one half of Map Of Africa with Harvey, and is currently producing and mixing more projects than we can count on one hand. Most under his and Carlo’s label Whatever We Want Records. The duo are also currently squeezing in time to move onto some original material, this year working on their debut album and 12.
Musically people have labelled them… wild, eclectic, muscular, hedonistic… genre crossers. Who throw… musical curveballs of rare funk, post-funk, cinematic rock, anthemic cock rock, prog-rock, acid rock, classic house, house rarities, piano led house, deep house, italo, electro and odd-ball disco edits old and new into the mix. What this means we are still unsure of but one thing is for certain if you see them play in a disco near you soon, you’re likely to see the purest punk rock performance you’ll catch this side of 1977. As Thomas puts it… we’ll stop the music if we don’t get enough to drink.