Steve Silk Hurley – ‘I Can’t Turn Around’, Track 2 & Cheri ‘Murphys Law’.
edits
Guillaumes Des Bois – Disco Adjustements [MME808]
After a serie of great edits on the previous Macadam Mambo Edits records, Guillaume Des Bois brings us 3 super cool Re-edits of deep Balearic, Afro and Funky stuff.
VA – RDY #13 [RDY013]
Thirteen is unlucky for some, but that’s not the case when it comes to the hugely popular RDY label which digs through the vast archives of Muzic Box favourites pioneered by the legend that was Ron Hardy for a thirteenth time. On the A Side is a classic example of Ron’s style, extending the intro to “Adventure” by The Dells into 8 minutes of blissful disco excellence, whilst the take on “Love Surge” embellishes the electronic nuances of Jules Shear’s mid 80s synth pop curio. House heads will be all over the final cut, a “Untitled” production/edit Hardy collaborated with fellow Chi-town House pioneer Jesse Saunders which has box jam brilliance written into it’s DNA.
Rory Phillips – Mixed Fortunes #5 [MIXEDFORTUNES005]
Rory Phillips’ ‘Mixed Fortunes’ singles series returns for it’s fifth outing, the penultimate instalment in the series. Opening track ‘Circuit‘ is a playful piece of analogue machine music, starkly contrasted by it’s flip, the sprawling ‘Rise Up’ which begins as a basement dub jam before evolving into.. well, you’ll see.
Gay Marvine – Bath House Etiquette Vol.4 [BHE004]
Gay Marvine presents 4 new reworks… A1 Burning Love – ”Burning Love Breakdown”: Juan Atkins once claimed this to be his favorite 12” from the ‘disco’ era, which would have been called progressive in Detroit. A2 Southern Freeze – ”Southern Freeez”: A natural palate cleanser, this jam is both smooth and jagged, putting together elements found in First Choice and Steely Dan in a perfect Jazz dance floor context. Pre-synth genius from John Rocca. B1 Sweet Secret – ”Frozen Faces”: Transforming the classic German Synth Pop jam into a more uptempo floorfiller. Please take her advice and dance. And dance. B2 On The EMS – ”On The Run” (Pink Floyd, 1973). Finally an easy to DJ version of this synth classic. Given a steady jacking rhythm and slowed down to 130 from the original 165, this cut will rock floors for the adventurous DJ.
Bariş K – 200 [EES002]
The second release from [Emotional] Especial sees the welcome return of Baris K. Known for his edit series of obscure Turkish Psychedelic, Rock and Disco, here he takes the producer’s chair to present “200”. Working with musicians and singers to create a completely original production. The song’s message for equality (of the sexes) highlights the bigotry and backward political and religious boundaries his country faces and acts as a siren to the current troubles. Handed to Emotional Recordings over 5 years ago but with no label to release it at that time, now we are delighted to be able to release 200’s message. The original is backed with remixed from new Romanian production duo Khidja, as well as East London’s finest, The Asphodells. Teaming up with guitarist Balabas, Romania’s Khidja turn in a deep and introspective interpretation mixing their own heavy eastern influences, while the B-side sees Weatherall and Fairplay don their Asphodells mantle for two renditions that firmly lay it before the ALFOS alter. With artwork (by Jamie Paton) highlighting the struggle for fairness and freedom in his homeland, we hope the release can be seen as a support for their tribulations and highlight the talent that lays East.
VA – Underground Uncensored V1 & 2 [UU001]
This super rare promo was compiled and re-edited by Chicago legend Jordan Fields, featuring rough and (club) ready dancefloor tracks from Hakim Murphy, G Marcell, Blackadiscomental Bobby Starrr. The rough trax on offer run the full Chicagan gamut, taking in Salsoul sampling, filtered house and italo synths to make a dancefloor come alight. This colored vinyl promo has never been available for sale (the black vinyl promo was out in 2008).
Gay Marvine – Bath House Etiquette Vol.3 [BHE003]
Gay Marvine presents Bath House Etiquette Vol. 3… 1 Anxiety into Ecstasy – A clever take on a peak moment for the dance floor, fusing pieces of Chicago’s classic ”Street Player” (it was such a small space in time, I never knew what I would find, a musical path for all to see, anxiety into ecstasy) with the classic beats of The Bomb! which famously sampled the original for Henry Street in 1995. 2 America – The Bomb goes boom says Prince in this ecstatic take on ”America” found only in parts from the 21 minute 1985 12”. Guaranteed to pump your dance floor into madness. 3 Wait a Minute, Baby – One of the most gentle songs from Stevie Nicks on Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk perverted into a red hanky anthem. This mix is special because it allows you to play an almost folk rock moment as pure hedonistic disco, like a fantasy lost Cocteau Twins cut from 1979. 4 I Hate the Food I Eat – I have nothing nice to say about Sting except he made some also pre-Police Italo and perfectly overacted in Dune. An effortless groove that despite being over 30 years old sounds remarkably contemporary.
The Fantasy – Secret Mixes and Fixes Vol 15 [FIX015]
Secret Mixes and Fixes Vol 15 features The Fantasy, a 2 veteran Detroit DJ’s making their fantasy versions of untouchable songs.
Selvagem – Amor [BISX003]
Selvagem is both the name of the DJ duo as well as the name of their monthly party in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Its a monthly sunset party that is considered one of the best in the city. They have hosted DJs such as Twitch from Optimo, Severino from Horse Meat Disco, Andy Blake from World Unknown and Paul Thomson, the drummer for Franz Ferdinand. They recently did a mix for Beats In Space that was 100% Brazilian music. From disco to funk, psychedelic, post-punk, electro and batucada. Its a mix of luscious rhythms, crazy translations and outer-world oddities that can provoke one’s inner savage. The three tracks on this EP were selected from this BIS mix.
O F F M S G – Hott / Theme [MH002]
Two sample laiden ‘edits/ not edits’ here courtesy of O F F M S G. Hott – Works Karen Young’s classic ‘Hot For You’ vocal to fantastic effect. It comes off sounding like half vintage Master C+J, half early Permanent Vacation 12”. Theme – The result of a Todd Terry and John Talabot jam session. All bouncing house organs and stripped back beat, with a smattering of female new yorkiyan vocal reassuring us…“Gonna be alright…”
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Disco Cuatro – CVLT Edits [DISCOS004]
Discos Capablanca is back… and you know its hot when they drop it! Two excellent edits from CVLT, somewhere between wave / cosmic / flamenco / psych blues.
VA – RDY #10 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY010]
Ron Hardy edits of ‘Sleezy D – Trust’, ‘B52’s – Planet Claire’ & ‘Acid Dreams’. The stuff the real djs were looking for.
Mango – Edits #1 [BLK001]
Two edits from Mango. A side is amash up with Paris Grey’s Don’t lead me, somehow made a bit more brittish with a broken beat and 90’s chill out zone, future sound of london strings. B side contains ‘Move’ which sounds like very early Chicago.
VA – RDY #9 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY009]
More Ron Hardy edit business from the vaults: First choice – ‘Let No Man Put Asunder’ (unreleased Ron Hardy Edit) and Jamie Priciple – ‘Your love’ (original unreleased version female vocals).
C.O.M.B.I. – S & T [COMBI010]
Emanating from Japan, and discovered by Eric Duncan (of RUB ‘N TUG fame). These Re-edit masterclasses would never have gotten outside of their native market. Luckily a helping hand from one of NYC’s most hyped party throwers has guaranteed a wider audience.! This release has another glorious duo of obscure but super high quality dancefloor friendly edits.
Sir Leon Greg – Warehouse Classics #1 [WAR001]
Warehouse Classics Vol.1 holds 4 killer tracks going from obscure disco to new wave, first popularized at the Music Box and rarely heard anywhere else. Sir Leon Greg (another incarnation of Perseus Traxx) jams out then reinforces some edits of forgotten classics with a raw & personal analogue treatment for a devastating full effect on the dance floor, that is a far cry from the proliferation of over-produced squeaky-clean software edits. These are basic, raw ideas thrown down quickly and capturing the energy on 1/4” tape before moving on to the next set of sounds. Musically, it’s as delightfully funky and uncomplicated as you’d expect, a mesh of disco tracks and heavy, effect laden, machine-funk.
VA – The Minimal Wave Tapes: J Rocc Edits Vol 2 [STH2295]
J Rocc steps up for the second and final installment of his Minimal Wave Tapes Edits, once again appearing on weighty vinyl and offering solitude for those DJs out there whose attempts to drop the likes of Ohama and Deux are frustrated by the inherent lack of quantized drum programming. J Rocc’s edit of Felix Kubin’s “Japan Japan” is a case in point, originally featuring on the recent second volume of The Minimal Wave Tapes, the rolling 4×4 electro groove that filled the opening bars soon mutated rhythmically into bastard vocoder pop. J Rocc wisely extends this opening loop before switching into the madness and then smoothing back into that groove. From here, J Rocc adds some extra weight to the titular elements of Ohama’s “The Drum”, teases out the inner uneasy primal techno workings of “Who’s Really Listening?” from Mark Lane and f*cks about with Deux’s “Game & Performance” brilliantly.
DJ QU – Reiterate Vol. 1 [RMG001]
Out from the skies arrives Reiterate Music Group, offering 4 older cuts with new interpretations. A side is on the Afro percussive tip, B is more on the disco funk side w/edits by DJ Qu.
The Hipodrome Of Music 