October 2006
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October 27, 2006
DISCO SPECIAL PART DEUX
DISCO SPECIAL: PART DEUX | 77M02S | 109MB | NOW iTUNES READY!
01. SISTER SLEDGE - LOST IN MUSIC -- Not really space disco, but it has that feel. I first heard this as a Fall cover off the criminally underrated Infotainment Scam.
02. GANYMED - FUTURE WORLD -- This one is kind of silly but it is great thinking how it was definitely really cool to some people in Europe 30 years ago.
03. CHARLIE - SPACER WOMAN -- This is the definitive space/italo disco track. A step in the right direction for the female vocals though it maintains the appeal. It is great to compare this to the previous track to see how things evolve.
04. STARFLIGHT - DANCE TO THE BEAT -- Just solid.
05. GIORGIO MORODER -- I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE -- A personal hero (my aspirations of having my own line of lamborgini come from him.) Giorgio can be credited for helping pioneer most modern electronic music today. All hail the great moustachio'd one.
06. EUROFUNK - MANSHORTAGE -- This is the original version of the great track off Morgan Geist's classic Unclassics. The re-pressings sold quickly but I was lucky to have snagged a copy.
07. LIME - ON THE GRID (DUB) -- Cheesy synths, an endless pulsating techno beat, and lyrics about being a great dj --nuff said.
08. YAZOO - SITUATION (DUB) -- Good stuff. The original is a great tight little number. It was not surprising for some well known disco producers to have visited studio one every so often. There is plenty of dub references in a lot of left field disco.
09. SHERAVARI - A NUMBER OF NAMES -- there is a krazy, dark kraut vibe here.
10. KANO - ALL THE BEST -- Everyone loves a vocoder. This one is subtly a bit all over the map.
11. GAZ NEVADA - I.C. LOVE AFFAIR -- I have been hearing these sounds a lot lately.
12. KEBEKELEKTRIK - WAR DANCE -- My absolute favorite Tom Moulton mix. His vague take on Kraftwerk. If you compare this to the original 2:30 minute version you can really see what Tom did so well. One of my favorite dance tunes ever. The horns with the pitch change near the end slay me.
Part 2. On this compilation, we leave the planet earth for a bit. Most of theDon't worry, we will return with part 3. There is just too much good disco that I would love to share.
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October 18, 2006
ONLY IN NEW YORK
$16.
The $7 one.
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October 17, 2006
DISCO SPECIAL
DISCO SPECIAL: PART ONE | 68M44S | 97.1MB | NOW iTUNES READY!
01. Fred Wesley - House Party
02. The Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
03. Double Exposure - My Love Is Free
04. Silvetti - Spring Rain
05. Bunny Sigler - By The Way You Dance (I Knew It Was You)
06. Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even
07. Suzy Q - Get On Up And Do It Again
08. Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
09. Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Disco. What a fucking genre. Why was it burned at the stake by the general population? I don't recall there ever being public record burnings of smooth jazz and that probably deserved it more. What people seem to forget is that disco is one of the most musically intelligent and adaptive of genres. There is no Disco Duck here. Disco has fast become one of my favorite musical genres and I am always surprised by what I find. So I'd like to share.
This is the first of a two part series. (possibly three.) It is the more traditional disco mix of the two. (or three.) You might want to call it "A Tom Moulton Mix" since he mixed quite a few of these tracks. I would also recommend you check out the new Soul Jazz Records compilation by the same name. Track 02 is on it. My jam of the year. There is plenty on the web on Mr. Moulton but two quick points is that he is a founding father or the extended mix and consequently the 12". A very important man.
I am vaguely trying to give a balls out overview of the massive nature of disco but that will be impossible to do. Nothing incredibly rare here, but it would still all sound as good in the clubs today as it did then. This mix starts with more Philly/Northern Soul and Funk type Disco and proceeds to the more Orchestral side of things and then hangs out in Miami and I end it with what some consider the best Disco track ever: the epic, Love To Love You Baby. Everyone should hear it at least it once in their lives. Stay tuned to part deux. It will be pure mayhem. Space, Dub, Italo, Electro and other indescribable sorts of Disco. And don't even get me started with Arthur Russell and nor the de-constructionists. Trust me, it will be fun, fun, fun.
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