The revered selectors and samplers toast their new release

Dan Tyler and Conrad McDonnell have been plying their trade as first-rate diggers, DJs, producers and compilers since the early ‘90s. As The Idjut Boys, they’ve released stacks of killer records that draw heavily on the foundations of disco and funk, but their taste for the obscure and off-kilter is key to what makes them so unique and widely appreciated. Whether commandeering massive festival stages or hunkering down in dingy basements, they’ve got the records to satisfy any assembled throng of dance-ready nightlife denizens.

Their latest project is a Salsoul mix CD entitled By The Way ..You Idjut, and in celebration of the release they’re touring Japan and stopping in at Contact for a night guaranteed to be packed full of headsy groovers, dirty funkers and plenty more hidden party gems besides.

The Idjuts will be supported by Disco Makapu’u, a new project from Hiroshi Kawanabe of Tokyo No.1 Soul Set and Jun “JxJx” Saito from Your Song Is Good. Last year they demonstrated their instinct for well-considered warm-ups when opening for Todd Terje on the Studio X Floor – expect more high-grade, steady-building sizzlers on this occasion too.

The Contact floor will feature Hole and Holland, a Tokyoite collective of musicians, designers and skaters. They unfold over the night the infectious, groovy psychedelia that has hypnotized a number of sonic addicts. They’ll be guiding a journey into outer space within the minds of the audience.