While the year's not quite over and you can expect a couple more posts and podcasts before all is said and done, right now seems as good a time as any to look back on the year that was 2007. It was a big year for us and we hope you were there to share some of the memories, but in case you missed out or forgot, here's how it went in the first (almost) year of the Soul Clap blog:

• We kicked it all off in March with the Cnyce camera phone report of W.M.C. set the bar high with our first ROOTS&FUTURE on Larry Heard and mixTAPE time on DJ Garth and we also had our first minifunk party.
• In April we kicked the Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast into high gear with 4 Episodes (including 2 of my personal favs: Loves The Acieeed and Great White Hope II) and led up to our Demon Days/Carl Craig show with the epic 4 part Techno Week series.
• May saw the birth of the NINETIES series with features on Strictly Rhythm (before Defected rebirthed it), Subliminal Records (before it was super cheesy) and Armand Van Helden (before he was a superstar), we also partied hard at minifunk2 and our Alix Alvarez show at Redline and had some more serious Podcast action, including our mix of house classics live on WHRB,
• June was party time with our first Dancig On The Charles, our Peanut Butter Wolf show at GoodLife and our tour in France kicking off the summer on the right foot.
• In July we podcasted and posted pics from Monaco & Monegros, did one of our best ROOTS&FUTUREs on Hollis P. Monroe and went crazy at D.O.T.C.2.
• With the summer in full swing, August was a slow month on the blog, but we still held it down with 2 great podcasts from Paulo and Sergio and 2 Daft Punk related ROOTS&FUTUREs, oh yeah and don't forget D.O.T.C.3.
• Unofficial Boston House/Techno Week was in the middle of September so most of our month focused on that with podcasts and parties with Italoboyz, Pig&Dan and Jon Cutler. It started out a little disappointing, but ended on a high note with 07's final installment of D.O.T.C. As if that wasn't enough to keep us super busy, we also moved our studio and Cnyce saw Stevie Wonder.
• October seems like yesterday so you probably know what went down (hint: magazine covers, Israeli & Little White podcasts, Felix The Housecat on Halloween and our first track released).
• Aahh November, we barely knew ya, but Aaron Dae made you a month to remember on the podcast.
• And that brings us to now, December, which has already seen the announcement of our new techno residency, part 1 of a new NINETIES series on Relief Records and a review of our Pool Night remix on Little White Earbuds, but only gets better with our first original EP set to drop on December 27th on Istmo Music plus wild and crazy New Year's Eve festivities and unannounced surprises.

We'll be back so soon with our top tunes of '07 chart and podcast plus a look ahead to 2008.

Amazing pics by Davida La Vida. Here are more from Abbracadabra.

Felix da Housecat “Virgo Blaktro & the Movie Disco” record release party

Halloween Night, October 31st, 2007 // 10PM - 2AM Haunted Estate The Estate, One Boylston Place, Boston

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Europe... I'm so jealous of you. You get to do what Americans always wish they can do; party all week long and listen to Techno in the backyard of the local castle, nize. For those of you who aren't familiar, Portugal's annual Anti-Pop Festival has grown from a one night experiment in 05, to a three day extravaganza with some of the worlds best electronic music in'07. With names like Richie Hawtin, Ellen Allien and Apparat, Mathew Dears Big Hands, Gui Borrato, Octave One, Magda, Troy Pierce, Extrawelt, Paul Kalkbrenner, Gaiser, Hearthrob and Rui Vargas, its no wonder party monsters came out by the thousands. Major sound, major lighting effects, major talent... Skys the limit when the sponsors finally see the big picture. Thanks to some insider intellegence on Danceplanet.com, we've tracked down a bunch of video's of the madness we all missed: Video Report:

Dia 11 - Sabado Extrawelt [Video 1] [Video 2] LIVE TECHNO

Octave One [Video 1] [Video 2] [Video 3] O.G. DETROIT PA!!!

Invaders [Video 1] INSANE ABLETON/VIDEO Rui Vargas [Video 1] [Video 2] PORTUGUESE LEGEND

Gui Boratto [Video 1] [Video 2] [Video 3] [Video 4] RECENT BREAKOUT SUPERSTAR

 

 

Dia 10 - Sexta-feira Troy Pierce [Video 1] [Video 2] NASTY MINIMAL TECHNO Gaiser [Video 1] [Video 2] NASTY MINIMAL TECHNO

Richie Hawtin [Video 1] [Video 2] [Video 3] [Video 4] [Video 5] [Video 6] NASTY MINIMAL TECHNO

Hearttrob [Video 1] [Video 2] NASTY MINIMAL TECHNO...

Hehehe... all nasty... I KNOW, right

 

 

Dia 9 - Quinta-feira Mathew Dear' Big Hands [Video 1] MATHEW DEAR'S ROCK BAND

Ellen & Apparat [Video 1] [Video 2] [Video 3] ELLEN ALLIEN ON VOCALS

 

We played Le Rascasse in Monaco once and they loved it so much they brought us back again. This is the live recording from the second time (the first time we didn't record, but this one was better anyway). It was 4 hours long, but we cut it down to the best 1.5 hours that covers the whole range from house to minimal to techno to classics to mersh and got all the Monegasque going crazy. Paulo also mixed part of it. Sorry, but there is no tracklisting for now. [audio:http://soulclap.us/podcast/episode13.mp3] Episode 13: Live at La Rascasse w/ Paulo SUBSCRIBE

On Saturday right before we left Europe we went to a festival in the desert outside Barcelona called Monegros. 40,000 people we're there to wild out from 5pm Saturday til 2pm Sunday with 7 tents of TECHNO MUSIC. It was by far the biggest rave I've been to in my life. Here's Charlie's play-by-play. Click the links to see the videos. Here (Frequency 7 who played BANGING techno at like 9am) and here (Derrick May who beats it like no other) are 2 highlights that Charlie didn't mention. You can also see my pics here. Chazshabaz: <ding> Sergio Santos: Rave!!! Sergio Santos: You must be psyched Chazshabaz: There playin deetron, dominic euylberg in 15. I'm gonna give you the play by play Chazshabaz: Its too early for this shit. Maybe minimal. Chazshabaz: Funk 1 Sergio Santos: Ak 47 Sergio Santos: Dominic will be ill Sergio Santos: What's funk 1 and what's that pic of Chazshabaz: Funkyion one big sound. Dom is nize got =) 5 euro! Sergio Santos: word! Sergio Santos: =D Sergio Santos: Saw all the pics looks amazing Chazshabaz: Ken ishii, got more ;) and some funny stuff :p Sergio Santos: <ding> Chazshabaz: Geiser, got chocolate Sergio Santos: Just sent you lineup for the whole night in every tent Sergio Santos: Yeah I would stay there @ ishii and listen to dave Clarke after Sergio Santos: ? Sergio Santos: You get my email Chazshabaz: Going to model 500 Chazshabaz: <ding> Sergio Santos: Dave Clarke man! Chazshabaz: Found yellow =) on ground Sergio Santos: Nize Sergio Santos: They don't know how to mix though Chazshabaz: Ha! Its tru Chazshabaz: Met Molly Sergio Santos: Its on now Chazshabaz: Ha wee! Chazshabaz: Snoop is late Sergio Santos: Ha! Sergio Santos: Of course he stoned Chazshabaz: Dave Clarke, 140 bpm Sergio Santos: Oh yeah Sergio Santos: Bangin techno! Chazshabaz: Troy prierce! Chazshabaz: Life soundtrack Sergio Santos: Jorvis live! Nize Chazshabaz: Hell yeah Sergio Santos: I can't believe the party your @ right now Chazshabaz: I can't either bro Chazshabaz: Its a circus Chazshabaz: The orb Sergio Santos: What! Sergio Santos: Nize!!! =D Chazshabaz: <ding> Chazshabaz: Oops Chazshabaz: Sven! Sergio Santos: What! Sergio Santos: Nize Chazshabaz: Yes, of course Chazshabaz: Sven oh sven Chazshabaz: Derrick Carter is playing sexy back, my official worst DJ Sergio Santos: Get outa threr Sergio Santos: Wtf Sergio Santos: Wack Sergio Santos: What's it almost 4 hawtin about to go on then hell in a bit Chazshabaz: Autechure Chazshabaz: Yup, Sergio Santos: You skould are the website for that party next level partying Sergio Santos: Yeah man there's a bunch of stuff there I've never heard of that's prob really cool Chazshabaz: Time for Richie Sergio Santos: Oh yeah Sergio Santos: That will be amazing! Sergio Santos: He's the fucking man Chazshabaz: Wha wa we wa! Chazshabaz: Slam live it's out of control! Sergio Santos: Fuckin A! Chazshabaz: Oh my god, my entire body is in so much pain Sergio Santos: What up mushie! Sergio Santos: <ding> Chazshabaz: Ha Chazshabaz: I think I'm a monster Sergio Santos: Nice Chazshabaz: The inside of my nose and ears are dark black from the desert dirt Sergio Santos: What time did you leave Chazshabaz: Right when Stacey pullen started 1030 am Chazshabaz: I must purify myself in the waters of lake minitawnka Sergio Santos: Did you are ino and Johnny fed Chazshabaz: Missed it, I'd rather not talk about it Sergio Santos: See ino and def? Sergio Santos: Ha! Chazshabaz: Its an 8 hour drive, Sergio Santos: Jesus who's drivin, ouch! Chazshabaz: I feel like the dirties pair of socks you have waiting for laundry but forgotten about Here are our top 3 tracks we heard at Monegros (that we have) [audio:ithinkimamonster.mp3] Phil Kieran - I Think I'm A Monster DOWNLOAD As played by Sven Vath of course. It's on his label, Cocoon Recording's new compilation that you can get here. [audio:cultcopy.mp3] Aardvark - Cult Copy (2000 And One Mix) DOWNLOAD As played by the one and only Derrick May at 8am. [audio:lifesoundtrack.mp3] Deetron ft. DJ Bone - Life Soundtrack (Radio Slave Remix) DOWNLOAD As played by DJ Hell. Deetron is on fire right now so buy his music here.

So this is the live mix from the bikini fashion show we played our first night in Monaco. It's only 40 minutes long but captures the poolside vibe perfectly and has some of our favorite jams that might never make it on another mix on it. I Want Your Sex was a last minute selection by Mr. Monaco himself, so give him his props cause the ladies love it. Also, pics are up from some of our gigs out here. Tracklist George Michael - I Want Your Sex (Rhythm 1 Lust) Blondie - Rapture (Disco Mix) Chromeo - You're So Gangsta Toney Lee - Reach Up (Dub) Stevie Wonder - Love Light (SCLAP's Fuel Injected Dub) Tracey Thorn - It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) Black Joy - Moustache Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz - The Way You Love Me (Dim's T.S.O.P. Version) D-Train - Keep On Song from a CD the organizers gave us? [audio:http://soulclap.us/podcast/episode12.mp3] Episode 12: Poolside In Monaco SUBSCRIBE

Monaco is great. Tonight we play Nice. We'll have mixes and more pics up when we get a minute.

Tuesday 26th June Banana Moon Fashion Show @ The Monte Carlo Country Club's Pool 7PM Wednesday 27th June Bar Pure - Nice 10PM-2am Thursday 28th June La Rascasse - Monaco 11pm-5am Friday 29th June Club Odace - Nice 11PM - 5AM Saturday 30th June Private Villa Party - Monaco Heights 11PM - 11 AM