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Venus – Madison ’76 (part II)

March 19, 2008

Uptown disco for a dollar… Lovely little funky disco 7 arranged by Randy Muller & Jeff Lane of Brass Construction & similar in style. Randy was also heavily involved with B.T. Express arranging strings on ‘Express’, ‘If It Don’t Turn You On’, ‘Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)’ & ‘Herbs’. Madison 76 by Venus has disco [...]

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Lesson One – The Stone Cold Boners

January 27, 2008

Produced by Skatemaster Tate here is “Lesson One” by “The Stone Cold Boners” Jazz Q&A session.

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steve miller band – fly like an eagle

November 18, 2007

More classic break action from the love unlimited crates. Released in 1976 here is the wonderfully cosmic “fly like an eagle” by the Steve Miller Band.

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labi siffre – I got the…

November 18, 2007

Everyone love’s a list don’t they? Here’s what I played during my first slot at the pre-party for Credit to the Edit with Greg Wilson & Maurice Fulton. 1. Runnin’ – Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl) 2. Youre The Man – Marvin Gaye feat Snoop Dogg (white) 3. Music Feel The Soul – Marvin Gaye Project (Choonz [...]

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manu dibango – african battle

September 9, 2007

As any crate digging vinyl junkie knows sometimes you have to take a few risks or go out of your way to find those much needed original 12″ & 7″ inch fixes. Now Frank Conakry goes further than most in his pursuit of african funk rarities check out http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/ to find out about his adventures. [...]

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brick – dazz

September 7, 2007

From Atlanta Brick scored a big hit with this funky little number “dazz” released in 1976, a real fusion of funk, disco & jazz. Large elements were sampled by hip-house hero Doug Lazy on the brilliant “lets go to work” from his 1990 LP “doug lazy gettin’ crazy” Jazz, Dazz, Disco Jazz…

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editions disco – rubber band aka the trammps

August 6, 2007

The Trammps, based in Philadelphia are remembered as a disco band. Often seen as part of the disco overground, most likely a result of ‘Disco Inferno’ being included on the massively popular Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. In the same year the Trammps released the song ‘The Night the Lights Went Out’ to commemorate [...]

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night trains – miles away

August 6, 2007

Hugh Brooker’s Night Trains were signed to Acid Jazz & BGP Beat Goes Public. Many of their releases had hip-hop leanings featuring cartoon cut-ups, breaks, cinema samples & scratching. Here is Miles Away taken from the Checkmate LP released on BGP – a track constructed from a trumpet solo (Miles) and some programming – simple [...]

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Joes Jam – Skatemaster Tate

July 27, 2007

Hailing from LA Skatemaster Tate was a TV presenter, skater & DJ. This is a rolling funk instrumental that echoes the JB’s jamming in the studio complete with lazy horn riffs and sharp keys. Sounding good again, 17 years after its original release.

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Keymatic – Breakin In Space

June 12, 2007

Another first for Love Unlimited this time it’s on an electro tip. Released in 1984 this party jam shows a musical side of electro with killer horns & keys.

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