To honor one of the most legendary figures in dance music history, here is the official Ron Hardy tee – a tribute to the fearless pioneer of Chicago’s underground sound, the wild spirit of the Music Box. Known for his raw edits, relentless energy, and boundary-pushing sets, he reshaped club culture and inspired generations of DJs and dancers. This release includes thee monstruous tracks straight from the basement.
To honor one of the most legendary figures in dance music history, here is the official Ron Hardy tee – a tribute to the fearless pioneer of Chicago’s underground sound, the wild spirit of the Music Box. Known for his raw edits, relentless energy, and boundary-pushing sets, he reshaped club culture and inspired generations of DJs and dancers. This release includes two monstruous disco tracks straight from the basement.
Rahaan is a US edit master who can turn his hand to disco, house, soul, funk and r&b all with equal elan. He’s been doing it for 20 years but it’s still exciting to hear a new one from the legend, and the 11th Street Edits outing is another beguiling one. ‘Impure’ is a ragged and rugged, low-slung deep house drum track with cat squeals and crashing hits striking a menacing tone. ‘Answer The Damn Phone’ is a surging cosmic disco sound with driving arps and incongruous vocals before closer ‘Intense’ brings more raw, physical rhythms to a driving deep house cut.
DayVentura surgeries another classic bumped for modern times.
Les Yeux Orange shares this disco rework to play in the cool of the evening when the sun goes down. Remastered by Antoine Dautruche aka LeonxLeon.
Following up on the success of Moog Edits, “Moog Edits 2 – 10 Dokuz” takes the listener deeper into the sonic world of Turkish psych-funk and disco-folk. This new album is a continuation of the journey, bridging the gap between tradition and modernity with its seamless fusion of moog organ, modular synthesizer, bass guitar, electric saz and rhythmic percussions. Where the first album painted a rich landscape of Turkish psychedelia, 10 Dokuz introduces more intricate layers of rhythm and sound.
Drawing inspiration from Ottoman and Turkish music, this record delves into the complex and often mesmerizing world of “aksak” rhythms—specifically the 9/8 meter (sounds are 4/4 + 5/4 beats or easily 2+2+2+3 beats). 10 Dokuz means that “Ten and Nine” which means 19, first 10 tracks 2/4, 4/4, 8/8 and 3/4 rhythms, the last 9 tracks are 9/8 rhythms which is mostly using Ottoman and Balkan areas.
The combination of synthesizers, analog effects, and traditional instruments such as darbuka, and electro baglama creates about 70 minutes a vivid auditory landscape.
Five more edits from DayVentura ready for your Halloween pleasure, all ready for downloading on his bandcamp page.
Halloween gift from DayVentura including 11 edits, all ready for downloading on his bandcamp page.
DayVentura is imagining sounds for the future Europa with a handmade dancefloor edit of one o the best bands ever.
4 monstruous tracks straight from the basement feat. one of the original house music creator Ron Hardy.
The endless vaults of Ron Hardy continue to be mined, and continue to serve up timeless treasures that cut through as much ow as they did when the great man was tearing up the legendary Muzic Box in the Windy City all those years ago. Here we first get ‘Welcome To The Club’ edited by Hardy and awash with jazzy Rhodes jams and super raw drums. It’s the perfect mix of soulful spirituality and effective groove. On the flip is a classic amongst classics as ‘Peaches & Prunes’ rides on rugged drums and with fat synth twangs all loops, teased and layered up to great effect.
Berlin-based Tom Bolas has long been one of the most reliable re-editors on the Duca Bianca roster, regularly delivering inspired reworks of Balearic obscurities, flea market record finds and under-appreciated gems. Predictably, there’s a similar sonic aesthetic to his latest collection of re-cuts, his first for four years. Four groovers of Cosmic, Disco and Italo adventures for all.
Another accurate surgery from DayVentura.
Mystery Friend is a DJ & Producer from Argentina who lives in the west of Buenos Aires. His search and musical selection delves into the origins of House, Techno, New Beat, Italo Disco & HI-NRG, reviving the nostalgia of the club sound of the 80’s, but maintaining that youthful freshness of the new generation. This is a collection of 13 edits of New Beat, EBM and early Techno.
Imogen Recordings label head and Peti Kupe’s frontrunner, Antonio Zuza, joins Slow Motion’s ‘A UFO’ free edit series. Zuza reworks the enigmatic journey of Zdenka Kovacíček’s “Elektra,” infusing it with his crisp, disco flair. Capturing the energy of the original 1978 track, he incorporates dancefloor-friendly percussion that drives the arpeggiated melodies from this Yugoslavian disco gem, enhanced by sharp hi-hats and the snap of snares. Croatian native Antonio Zuza delivers a thoughtful reinterpretation of the original while carefully preserving its soulful essence.
DayVentura presenting a respectful dancefloor touch of this masterpiece, offered as a name-your-price.
Hysteric & Baguette present The Roquefort Files as a name-your-price release on bandcamp.
The late great Ron Hardy had as much influence on DJing and club culture as anyone before or since. It’s not just what he played, but how he played it that set the standard from his legendary residency at the Music Box – not least the fact that he often had the highs squealing out of his system because they were the frequencies that had most impact on him while he was high on heroin. His productions all reflect his approach in the booth, and this latest collection of classics is back with rising disco, rawness, low-slung funk and high-speed, feel-good disco bliss. This release features four monstruous edits straight from the basement.
Best Record offers a reissue of the highly sought-after by the Roaring Mosquitoes. Further to enrich this reissue, the release is completed with two splendid edits by the Australian DJ-producer George Hysteric, recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities and a leading figure in Italo-Disco. The juxtaposition of the two songs performed with grit and physicality by cousins Agostina and Antonietta Casalino (aka Roaring Mosquitoes) highlights two aesthetically and rhythmically similar approaches, yet with different roots and inspirations.
Original Chicago house music hero Ron Hardy used to make and break tracks with ease. Decades on, we’re still getting treated to them with this ongoing series and the latest opens up with a familiar sound. ‘Love’ is fairly stripped of its original vocals and is a casuistic, textured and intense electronic disco cut for peak times. ‘The Night’ slows down with some freaky vocals and heavy dub disco drums then ‘1-5-1’ brings some jacked up acid house with monstrous 303 lines ripping up the groove and ice cold hi-hats keeping time. ‘The Bass’ is a raw drum track with moody Windy City vocals and dark energy.
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