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E-Culture – Tribal Confusion

January 10, 2010

E-Culture – Tribal Confusion on Strictly Rhythm Records

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ISAAC HAYES – Shaft (rare disco version)

August 12, 2008

RIP Isaac Hayes.

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Deee-Lite – Good Beat Shake Your Body To The Beat mix by Pal Joey

February 28, 2008

US house business from the love unlimited crates. Tucked away on the B-Side of the US 12″ of Good Beat, DJ Pal Joey remixes Deee-Lite & gives us this drum heavy dancer.

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Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe – Sunworshippers Solar Dub by Larry Heard

February 28, 2008

Acid Jazz Goes House II Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe hook up with Larry Heard for remix duties. Released over two 12″s in 1990 this is the Solar Dub of the Sunworshippers

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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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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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dread flimstone – from the ghetto

July 29, 2007

Over the years licensing deals between record labels have thrown-up some tasty results. When Eddie Pillar & Acid Jazz hooked up with LA based label Delicious Vinyl the brand new heavies benefited from heavy US promotion & dj remixes – check the lunar dub & eclipse mixes of stay this way by Dave Morales. Eddie [...]

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The Aloof – Never Get Out of the Boat

July 27, 2007

What with all the Biblical rain this month there is always the temptation to post Date with the Rain, but instead here we have the slow groover Never Get Out the Boat by the Aloof released in 1991. So many samples on this including snippets from Apocolypse Now, Tribal chants, Dylan the Rabbitt from the [...]

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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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Gloria Scott – What am I Gonna Do

July 27, 2007

Produced by Barry White and released in 1974 on Casablanca records – sweet soul music. Gloria only ever made one LP and it is well worth seeking out.

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Yellow Sox – Flim Flam

July 3, 2007

This was written, arranged and produced by Diesel on Nuphonic, 1996.

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George Levin – In Your Car (DJ Spinna remix)

June 27, 2007

DJ Spinna, hails from Brooklyn New York City & is a honoury member of the Love Unlimited Hall of fame, his genre-busting dj sets really are something special (check out his rare radio mixes at www.deephousepages.com). His productions are right up there too, with tight crisp programming across a variety of beats & pieces from [...]

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A Man Called Adam – Techno Powers

June 21, 2007

There is nothing quite like playing records outdoors, especially on a Sunday morning – and this record must have been made to play outdoors. Last Sunday on top of a hill in the Peak District, I had the pleasure of playing this record through a system at “Wedstock” – an outdoor weekender to celebrate the [...]

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Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes – Reaching For The World

June 19, 2007

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love has produced some amazing emotional soul & disco. Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes contributed massively to this output on the tsop label with global hits like “The Love I Lost” & “Don’t Leave Me This Way” through to socially conscious songs such as “Wake Up Everybody” and “Bad Luck” [...]

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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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Big City – Love Dance

June 10, 2007

Took a punt on this for $2 – we don’t know anything about it, other than how good it sounds.

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House is a feelin

June 8, 2007

House is a feelin house trax old and new Todd Terry – House is a feelin (freeze records) Beat division ep – the funk (black house records) MAW feat India – I can`t get no sleep, her fantasy mix (cutting records) “feelin vibes” (bottom line records) hip to be disillusioned vol 1 . ron trent [...]

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Golden Flamingo Orchestra – The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us

June 2, 2007

Produced by Peter Brown & Patrick Adams with Margo Williams on vocals. A disco-break that makes a dancefloor quake. For Max

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mad imbecile – I’ve got a brand new twisted mullet can I be a pop star too

June 2, 2007

To Chris and readers of the consistently brilliant another night on earth

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Impact – Rainy Days Stormy Nights

May 29, 2007

After such a wet & windy Bank Holiday I thought about posting Date With The Rain by Eddie Kendricks but opted for this disco-nugget – Rainy Days, Stormy Nights by Impact. This is the Special 12″ Disco Mix released on Fantasy Records in 1977. FOR DISCOS ONLY

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George Clinton – Atomic Dog

May 28, 2007

Bow wow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay – Atomic Dog released in 1982 was number 1 in the US R&B charts but never managed to enter the Top 100 of the Pop Chart. With a killer bassline Atomic Dog is one of P-Funk’s most heavily sampled songs, appearing in more than 50 songs. Make [...]

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Sister Sledge – Love Dont You Go Through No Changes On Me

May 28, 2007

More seventies soul business from this famous philly trio Sister Sledge with the superb Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me, released in 1974 on Atco & their first entry into the US R&B charts. Massive disco hits came later in their career under the genius of the chic production team of nile [...]

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Mad Imbecile – Waiting For A Brain

May 26, 2007

The Idjuts produced this, tonight they face the electric chair.

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Chuggles – i remember dance

May 7, 2007

Prescription records no. 10 Chuggles – i remember dance 1995 1 mix here from this old 12″ another to follow later

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Eddie Kendricks – Goin’ Up In Smoke

April 26, 2007

…enjoyed reading a post recently at Dilated Choonz on Ron Hardy inspired re-edits. This is a re-edit of a Ron Hardy anthem on M&S Records, Inc., not a Ron Hardy inspired re-edit and unequivocably unattributable to the man himself. It’s a dancefloor bomb stop the hate and killing now we all have to go anyhow [...]

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Ooh Child – The 5 Stairsteps

April 24, 2007

Hailing from the Windy City of Chicago The 5 Stairsteps were dubbed “the First Family of Soul” because of a successful chart run for 5 years, this title was later passed on to the Jackson 5. A close friend introduced the group to Curtis Mayfield who quickly signed them to his label Windy City. In [...]

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Come Over To My Place – Davina

April 22, 2007

Here’s Davina again with Come Over To My Place, originally released in 1998, this mix by Joshua came out in 2000

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Dont you want it – featuring Davina:

April 21, 2007

house music from detroit – happy records.

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Sun Sun Sun

April 13, 2007

Buy at Flexx.be – K-Civ transforms Jakki’s original Paradise Garage and Loft favorite into a dark, druggy rhythmic workout with an ominously funky spiraling bassline that gives it a much more dirty and hard-edged feeling than the original. Editions Disco 12″. Have a great weekend dear reader and let the sun shine. More Jakki is [...]

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