Brockletoast

15/11/2024

Last one of the year 🪩🪩🪩
Train departs at 8pm for a 5-hour journey through some of my favourite sounds!
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I love doing this. I will do more of it next year 💪😎
let's have a laff!
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18/10/2024

TONIGHT I return to the basement of The Rumsey Wells to emanate more musical energy onto the tiny dance floor with the help of the usual snowy Norwegian train journey! I am always excited about these nights, they’re an opportunity for me to release all the pent-up bangers that I gather from my brain to the air… choo choo! Free Entry, 8pm-late, pies, pizzas and pints aplenty, all aboard! 🚂💃🪩🕺🎶

27/09/2024

Here’s 10 energetic / upbeat bits 'n bobs from 2024 from the 94 albums I’ve liked so far this year :D
Brittany Howard - What Now (psych soul)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV7yWoYlDvg
GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (neo-psych)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4bME3bbO1Q
Heems - I’m Pretty Cool (east coast hip hop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtUSJXTK37Q
Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull The Rope (afro-electro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVCTy_Qqn5A
Justice - Neverender (french electro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7FU_mqhFGk
Little Simz - Mood Swings (UK hip hop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M4XOfXusuo
Mildlife - Muisca (space disco)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUULFgnroww
Pom Poko - My Family (noise pop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2SY_oByXVM
Vegyn - The Path Less Travelled (downtempo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zma3DweV8nw
Yin Yin - Tokyo Disco (neo-psych)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIEw06_8dbk

Tokyo Disko is taken from the new YĪN YĪN album Mount MatsuAlbum is out January 19 2024 on Glitterbeat Records.Pre order and listen here https://idol-io.ffm...

19/09/2024

According to my iTunes, I have hit ONE THOUSAND days of plays, whaaaaat!
I don’t regret a second. I discover & I absorb. The songs and bands change my life.
Sometimes I get a chance to share the music I find by DJing or by playing friends songs. Those are the best times!
There are songs for every emotional state, and it’s so handy to have them ready for when they’re needed.
I’m always up for a chat about music if you ever need advice or want to tell me about a song/album/band I should check out 😀

Here are some ridiculous charts, this data goes back to at least 2005.
(I’ve put in brackets how much I’ve listened in the last year, which show how much of most of this is really long-term data from years ago…)

Top 10 longest-played Artists
27d (14h) - The Cat Empire
18d (2h) - David Bowie
18d (2h) - Radiohead
15d (41m) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
14d (14h) - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
14d (3h) - Bob Dylan
13d (2h) - The Shins
11d (1h) - Beck
10d (12h) - Tom Waits
10d (4h) - Sufjan Stevens

Top 10 longest-played Albums
6d5h (43m) - The Cat Empire - Tapes, Breaks & Outtakes
4d6h (1h) - The Cat Empire - Two Shoes
4d3h (1h) - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
3d18h (1h) - The Cat Empire - The Cat Empire
3d16h (3m) - The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
3d7h (19m) - Radiohead - The Bends
3d2h (15m) - Radiohead - In Rainbows
2d21h (12m) - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar S*x Magik
2d20h (21m) - The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
2d11h (41m) - The Cat Empire - On The Attack

Top 10 longest-played Songs
1d1h15m - The Cat Empire - Wanted To Write A Love Song
1h0h49m - Gavin Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic
23h0m - Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
20h15m - The Cat Empire - How To Explain (On The Attack Version)
16h44m - The Shins - New Slang
16h13m - The Cat Empire - Two Shoes (Tapes, Breaks & Outtakes Version)
15h59m - The Polyphonic Spree - Section 17 (Suitcase Calling)
15h55m - Radiohead - High And Dry
15h49m - Bob Dylan - The Man In Me
15h35m - The Cat Empire - The Lost Song (Tapes, Breaks & Outtakes Version)

I like numbers and I like songs.
Cheeeeeeeers 👍

14/08/2024

THIS FRIDAY 🥳
It's choon-choon time 🚂🚃🚃🚃
8pm-late ☑️ Free Entry ☑️
Anything from the trolley? 🥧🍕🍷🍺
Let's go on a musical adventure 💃🪩🕺

06/08/2024

Playful Danceable Music on a Snowy Journey through Norway!

Join me at The Rumsey Wells for an adventure through some of the music I love... expect global beats, plenty of psych and funk, with a proper disco finish with plenty of ridiculous drops for everyone 🕺🪩💃

Refreshments available 🍻🍷🍕🥧
See you on the train 🚂🚃🚃🚃

🖌️ Fabulous art by Twistwood 🙏🪵

DJ and compulsive music-digester from Norwich, UK https://linktr.ee/brockletoast

19/07/2024

My residency at The Rumsey Wells continues soon!
Volume 6: Friday 16th August
Volume 7: Friday 18th October
Volume 8: Friday 15th November
As usual... 8pm-late, Free Entry
Get those dates in your calendar and let's dance!

Volume 5 is now up on mixcloud here for y'all to stream, happy weekend everyone 🥳
https://www.mixcloud.com/brockletoast/cheeky-funky-wobbly-disco-vol05-rumsey-wells-norwich-070624

09/06/2024

To the lovely couple who danced solidly 11pm-1am on Friday, you absolutely made this guy’s night! See you on Friday 16th August for more of the same 💃🪩🕺🏻❤️

07/06/2024

Tonight I'm back at The Rumsey Wells 8pm-late playing my favourites from the worlds of global, psych, funk, soul, afrobeat and disco, plus tons of other danceable oddities 🪩🕺 do pop in and have a listen, a drink or three and maybe a pie if you're feeling adventurous 🥧 gonna be a laff!

Here's the last mix to get you in the mood... https://www.mixcloud.com/brockletoast/cheeky-funky-wobbly-disco-vol04-rumsey-wells-norwich-170524

16/05/2024

Tomorrow night I'm doing this again! Come and have a listen to some funky bits and bobs! Free entry! Pies, pizzas and pints 🥧🍕🍻 8pm-late at The Rumsey Wells 🪩🚂🕺

27/04/2024

Tonight at The Rumsey Wells I'll be making some noise 8pm-late! Free entry! Positive funky vibes 🪩🕺 all aboard! 🚂

18/04/2024

Next Saturday 27th 8pm-late I'll be throwing some sound again at The Rumsey Wells 🥳 another 5ish hours of positive funky energy, gonna be large, join me on the Brockletrain 🚂🚃🚃🚃

Event page here https://www.facebook.com/events/391116753884577

Last month's mix is here to get you in the mood!
https://www.mixcloud.com/brockletoast/cheeky-funky-wobbly-disco-vol02-rumsey-wells-norwich-290324

29/03/2024

It’s happening!
Rumsey Wells til 1am
All aboard!
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