Category Archives: disco

#441

November 17, 2020

A nice selection of songs and tracks that skirt soul/funk, disco, lovers rock, re-edits and deep house. Everything flows well – I have enjoyed listening to this one! My special fave is the Tavares re-edit, which has been cycling though my head while out on runs (always my best indicator of a track to watch!). Same goes for the re-edit of Marshall Hain (their track Dancing In The City), and the E. Live Ft. Chesta Blake track.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Miroslav Vitous	New York City	Love Saves The Day (A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979) (Part 2)	Reappearing Records
Hysteric	Letter From The Far East	BEST003	La Bestiole Records
Terea	Pretty Bird	The Ladies Of Too Slow To Disco 2	How Do You Are?
GW & Henry	In The CityReworkd	Disco Mondo	A&R Edits
Unknown Artist	B5	Crossed Wires	Light Sounds Dark ‎
Tony Verde	Calypso	Napoli Segreta Volume 2	NG Records
Tavares	A Minute (Moplen Edit)	A Minute / Can’t Hide	A&R Edits
E. Live Ft. Chesta Blake	Do Me Like That (Slight Extension Mix)	Star Creature Vibes	Star Creature
Charisma	Everything Is Fine (Chuggy Discomix)	Everything Is Fine	Emotional Rescue
One Blood	Every Dub	Everything Is Fine	Emotional Rescue ‎

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Bajm	Jezioro Szczęścia (Tamten & Fopa Nostalgic Rave Mix)	The Very Polish Cut Outs Sampler Vol.7	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
Wilson Pickett	Don’t Knock My Love (Part 1)	Love Saves The Day (A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979) (Part 1)	Reappearing Records
Wilson Pickett	Don’t Knock My Love (Part 2)	Love Saves The Day (A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979) (Part 1)	Reappearing Records
The Patchouli Brothers ‎	Always Dancin	Tugboat Edits Volume 15	Tugboat Edits
Al-Tone	Simone Manuel	Al-Tone Edits	Razor N Tape ‎
Payfone	Sofian (Loyal Remix)	Sofian	Leng
Q&A	Revolving Mirrors	Leng Label Sampler	Leng
DJ Kemit	Forbidden Love	NDATL Special Edition 2020 *Covid Edition	NDATL Muzik
Elia y Elizabeth	Alegría (Demi Riquísimo Remix)	Remixes De Oro	Razor N Tape Reserve
Andrea Desidera	Lenortape Side B (Excerpt)	Copernicus Was My Grandad, Kepler Was My Uncle	EN.KI.DU.NU

#438

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October 20, 2020

Electronic, disco, soul/funk Record Store Day releases from 2020 Drops 1 and 2 in the first hour, quality 12″ singles in the second hour. Special attention to the Long Island NY band Cross Island, and the brand new 2020 A Certain Ratio record. The Bobby Moore track (Call Me Your) Anything Man has been running through my head all week. The second hour closes with tracks from two Ace 45th Anniversary 7”s. All tracks are aces in this show, no matter what label they are on.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Caress	Catch The Rhythm (7″ Edit By Mr. K)	The Mr. K Edits (The Garage Box)	Most Excellent Unlimited
Celestial Choir	Stand On The Word (Edit By Mr. K)	Stand On The Word	Most Excellent Unlimited ‎
Human Race	Human Race	Human Race	Gem Records
Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch	I Don’t Want To Share Your Love	Electric Murder	Kalita Records ‎
Gaston	Clap Song	My Queen	Soul Brother Records
RAH Band	Float	Producers Choice	Atjazz Record Company
Halo	Let Me Do It (Re-Edit)	Let Me Do It (Re-Edit)	Expansion
Bobby Moore	(Call Me Your) Anything Man	(Call Me Your) Anything Man	Soul Brother Records
Sweet Music	I Get Lifted	(Call Me Your) Anything Man	Soul Brother Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Henry Greenwood	Buffalo Dance	Buffalo Dance	A&R Edits
Cross Island	East Of The Apple (Al Kent Remix)	East Of The Apple	Kalita Records
A Certain Ratio	Taxi Guy	ACR Loco	Mute
Paul Robinson	Come On Sister	Come On Sister	Emotional Rescue
One Blood	Be Thankful (Lexx Discomix)	Be Thankful	Emotional Rescue
Arnold Shuffler And His Friends	Love	Love	Black Pearl Records
Brenda Jones	Super Stroke	Super Stroke	Expansion
James Knight & The Butlers	Save Me	Save Me	Cat
Denise & Abe	Ain’t That Lovin’	Ain’t That Lovin’	Ace
Rubba	Way Star	Way Star	Ace

#428

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August 4, 2020

Gulls Window Circus version of disco, presented with love for you to enjoy. Every track is well-chosen, but you must hear the final 2 tracks in part 2, me says. the Laurent Voulzy/Patchouli Brothers brothers segment is pretty crucial as well.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Escort	Ride	Slide	Escort Records
International Noise Orchestra	Gimme Your Lovin	Marching In Time 1	Emotional Rescue
Antonio Sorrentino	‘E Prumesse	Napoli Segreta Volume 1	NG Records
Bella Vista	Mister Wong (Disco Dub – Jura Soundsystem Extended Edit)	Mr Wong	Isle Of Jura Records
Laurent Voulzy	Plus D’Un Milliard De Filles (DoctorSoul – Mais C’est Toujours La Même Re-Therapy)	TSTD Edits 04	How Do You Are?
The Patchouli Brothers	PFS	Tugboat Edits Volume 13	Tugboat Edits
N-Gynn	Turkish Delight	Hamam House – 4	Hamam House
Tigerbalm	Ello Koko (Original Mix)	Ello Koko	Leng
Joy Rider	Don’t Play With My Heart	Tired Of Phoney	RCA Gmbh

Artist	Song	Release	Label
A Certain Ratio ‎	Skipscada	Do The Du	Soul Jazz Records
The New Mastersounds, Sulene Fleming	Turn This Thing Around	Turn This Thing Around	Mukatsuku Records
Peaches Mann	Get In Rhythm With God’s Love	Tone B Nimble ‎– Soul Is My Salvation Chapter 5	Rain&Shine
Serenity	Don’t You Worry	Tone B Nimble ‎– Soul Is My Salvation Chapter 6	Rain&Shine
Gayle Adams	All The Way (Vibes4YourSoul “Tonights Ze Night” Rework)	TSTD Edits 05	How Do You Are?
Soul Supreme	Check the Rhime	Check the Rhime	Soul Supreme Records
Karun, FlexFab	What’s The Harm	Extra Muros : Kenya	FLEE
King Sporty	Safari (Lexx Discomix)	Safari	Emotional Rescue
Liz Damon’s Orient Express	Woota (Feelin’ Good)	Woota (Feelin’ Good)	Aloha Got Soul
Umberto Lumber	Between Those Sheets	International Disco Mafia EP	Fatty Fatty Phonographics
Odyssey	Inside Out (Remix by Al Kent)	Inside Out (Remix by Al Kent)	Million Dollar Disco
Blue Magic	Welcome to the Club	Love Saves The Day 2	Reappearing Records

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July 28, 2020

Something I haven’t done in a long time – a disco show (at least, Gulls Window Circus version of a disco show). If you think you hate disco, please listen: there is so much great music hiding under that much-maligned label. The best in that genre has an undeniable magical quality and is absolutely infectious. The Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin, Chuck Mangione and Salsoul Orchestra trio of tracks are must hears, and the Al Kent closer is for-tears.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Forgotten Corner & Khidja	Tatooine Moons	The Sound Of Mercury Rising – Vol II	Pikes Records
Poom	De La Vitesse À L’Ivresse	Too Slow to Disco Neo – En France	How Do You Are?
Andres	I’ll Wait 4 You	Andrés IV	Mahogani Music
Unknown Artist	You Abandoned Me (Dave Mathmos Interpretation)	TSTD Edits 03	How Do You Are?
Al-Tone	Beggar	Al-Tone Edits	Lighthouse Records
June Evans	No One To Love	June Evans	Tambourine Party Records
Moonoton	Ta Ta Ka Din A Tan	Hamam House 5	Hamam House
Jura Soundsystem	Tiger Leone	With You	Isle of Jura Records
Paul Weller	Mirror Ball	On Sunset	Polydor
Unknown Artist	Star Light	Party!	Kaplan Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin	Dibwe Diambula Kabanda	Love Saves The Day (A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979) (Part 1)	Reappearing Records
Chuck Mangione	Land Of Make Believe	Love Saves The Day (A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979) (Part 1)	Reappearing Records
The Salsoul Orchestra	Magic Bird Of Fire (Original)	Magic Bird Of Fire	Salsoul Records
Elkie Brooks	The Rising Cost Of Love	The Ladies Of Too Slow To Disco 2	How Do You Are?
Dinky Di	Gold Wave (Remixed By Al Kent)	Gold Wave (Remixed By Al Kent)	Million Dollar Disco
Payfone	Last Night in Sant Celoni	Last Night in Sant Celoni	Leng Records
Tommy Stewart Featuring Rahaan & Zernell	Practice What You Preach (Zernell And Rahaan Edit)	Luv N’ Haight Edit Series Vol.2	Ubiquity
Al Kent	Pick Me Up (Say Goodbye)	Pick Me Up (Say Goodbye)	Million Dollar Disco

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February 23, 2016

Electronic show that spends most of the beginning in a vocal disco mode, taking a break to chill with the Jaime Read, then running to the close with instrumental tracks with a disco feel, throwing one last vocal hurrah with NYC’s The Dance.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Marion Javius	Waiting In The Wings	Disco Love Vol 3	BBE
Donna Summer	State of Independence (The Revenge re-edit)	State of Independence (The Revenge re-edit)	White Label
Flower	Are You Mad Enough?	The Best of Flower	Montage Records
The Creams	Let’s (Justin Van Der Volgen vocal version)	Let’s	My Rules
Andy Ash	Trinkets & Things	Carnival De L’Spirit	Stilove4music
LeRoy	Skai	Skläsh	Schamoni Musik
The Cosmologist	Future Space (The Cosmologist 2014 Arkestral Manoeuvres In Outer Space)	Cosmology Vol 4	Under The Influence
Loud-E	Hey Mr DJ	Hey Mr DJ	Objects Of Desire

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Loud-E	Hey Mr DJ	Hey Mr DJ	Objects Of Desire
Jaime Read	Is It Real What I Feel?	On The Beaches	Golf Channel Recordings
East Liberty Quarters	Rays	The 206	Rotating Souls
Hauke Freer	Xk	XK	XK
80’s Child	Bangkok Nights	Bag Of Tricks Vol 1	Masterworks Music
Young Marco	Untitled	Untitled	Camel Toe
Jaz	Shrimp and Grits	Shrimp and Grits	Sixty Five
The Dance	Slippery when Wet	Dance For Your Dinner	On Records
Yovav	Magnetic Field	Botanical Garden	Malka Tuti

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November 11, 2014

English disco artist John Schroeder opens this show with his sole release as Hi Voltage Orchestra from 1979 – very nice… US DJ Osmose does a re-edit of James Brown ‘Down And Out In New York City’ on a Smokecloud 12″. There is a 2012 track from Detroit’s Theo Parrish follows. A jazzy MadDisco re-edit. Walter Whisenhunt (promoter for James Brown, discoverer and eventual spouse of Gloria Ann Taylor), collaborates with her on a 70s funk/soul monster. Back to Detroit with Rick Wilhite. Then back to 1981 for Arnies In Love, then forward to 1984 for Pink And Black. That’s just the first hour – explore and enjoy.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
High Voltage Orchestra	Midnight Blue	Down To The Sea And Back Volume 2	Wonk
Osmose	I Was	Bedroom Disco	Smokecloud
Black Merlin	Ice House	New World Fantasy	Common Thread
Theo Parrish	Black Mist (Extended Version)	Hand Made EP	Running Back
MadDisco	Sugar Free	MadDisco Edits Vol 5	Maddisco
Gloria Ann Taylor and Walter Whisenhunt’s Orchestra	What’s Your Word	Deep Inside You	Music Gallery
Rick Wilhite	My Life Is a Minimal Circle	The MC	Stilove4music
Arnies In Love	Invisible	Enough Wind	Rock Sucks
Pink And Black	Miss Fortune (Extended Mix)	Sometimes I Wish	Emotional Rescue

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Pink And Black	Miss Fortune (Extended Mix)	Sometimes I Wish	Emotional Rescue
Fernando feat Fiorucci	Giant Desert (Vocal)	Giant Desert	Leng
Parada 88	You’re Gonna Miss Me	Adventure Party	International Feel Recordings
Invisible Menders	Affected	Porn Wax Eight	Porn Wax
DW Edits	Track 2	This Is The Music We Dance To	Creative Use
Rocky Siffredo	Slow In China	Diavol Edits Vol. 2	Joe’s Bakery
Joe’s Bakery	Una Splendida Giornata (Nassau Balearic edit)	Diavol Edits Vol 1	Joe’s Bakery

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October 7, 2014

1976 disco produced by Tom Moulton by the band Touch starts off this show on good feet. That feeling is continued in the next two tracks, when Floating Points take us in a new broken beat direction. We return on a disco/re-edit track with Riccio, before Ruf Dug gets a bit abstract and Pat Les Stache breaks out the wah-wah petal. The African sound flirted with by Pat Les Stache blooms in Auntie Flo (and several others in part 2), then we get lost deep in the jungle with Jose Manuel in the most pleasing way he does. Listen to part 2 and make your own summary – be assured it fits in exactly with the feel of part 1.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Touch	Energizer	The Message From Brunswick	Ultra-Vybe
Twisted Soul Collective	Do	A&R Edits Vol. 7: Do	A&R Edits
Terrence Parker	Your Love	DownTown Sounds Classics Volume 3	Fatty Fatty Phonographics
Floating Points	Sparkling Controversy	Sparkling Controversy	Eglo Records
Riccio	Put Some Love In Your Life	Editorial 10	Editorial
Ruf Dug	Ruffy’s Day Out	Magnetic Atmosphere	It’s A Lectric World
Pat Les Stache	The Spirit Rides Again	The Spirit Rides Again	Kojak Giant Sounds
Auntie Flo	La Samaria	Future Rhythm Machine	Huntleys & Palmers
Jose Manuel	Samsara (Original)	Samsara	It’s A Lectric World

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Jose Manuel	Samsara (Original)	Samsara	It’s A Lectric World
Issa Bagayogo	Filaw (Soft Rocks Remix)	Black Rox 1	Black Rox Brighton
Amadou & Mariam	Ce N’est Pas Bon (JD Twitch edit)	Ce N’est Pas Bon (JD Twitch edit)	Autonomous Africa
Space:tricks	India	World Series One	Stupid Human Music
DJ Nature & Kuniyuki	Groove Chase (Kuniyuki Ver.)	DJ Nature & Kuniyuki EP	Soundofspeed
MadDisco	Sugar Free	MadDisco Edits Vol 5	Maddisco
Red Axes	Chew The Gun	Highlife Vol 4	Highlife Edits

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September 30, 2014

Full-on re-edit show that includes disco (Luke, ChannelXXX), jazz (Lay-Far), sun-drenched sounds (Naphta, Suonho, Torn Hawk), reggae (John Milk), minimal wave (Cha Cha Guitri, Garçons) and deep house (Tiago, Telephones, Grauzone, Roisin Murphy, Vakula, Fatima And The Mamluks, Japan Blues). I like all the tracks, but insist you listen to the Tiago, Suonho and ChannelXXX tracks.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Luke	I Love You (Frontera Dub)	Down To The Sea And Back Volume 2	Wonk
Naphta	Age Of Sun	Solar Empire EP	Transatlantyk
Tiago	Sem Titulo	Sem Titulo	Interzona
John Milk	The Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix)	Disco Reggae, Vol. 2	Stix Records
Telephones	Lotusland (Sunrise Mix)	Lotusland	Love On The Rocks
Lay-Far	Quality Hours (Lay-Far Re-edit)	Secret Weapons	Basic Fingers
Grauzone	Love Of My Own (Ilo warped edit)	By Special Request	Lo Fi Edits
Roisin Murphy	Ancora Tu (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Wired Mix)	Mi Senti Remixed	The Vinyl Factory
Suonho	The Ghetto 74	The Ghetto 74	AK

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Suonho	The Ghetto 74	The Ghetto 74	AK
Vakula	Identification	Bandura003	Bandura
Fatima And The Mamluks	Hassan (Razormaid Dub)	Yalla Yalla	Emotional Rescue
Cha Cha Guitri	Art negre	French Synth Wave (St Etienne 1981)	Born Bad Records
Garçons	Re Bop Electronique (Red Axes Edit)	Re Bop Electronique	We Release Whatever The F*ck We Want Records
Japan Blues	Half Deaf Pulse	Brasserie Heroique Part Two	Berceuse Heroique
Torn Hawk	Money Becomes Only Itself	Bad Deadlift	L.I.E.S.
ChannelXXX	How We Do In NYC (edit)	Mangiami 001	EditChannel