November, 2007

Vacation time!!!

Right now I´m chilling in Valparaiso, Chile- a beautiful city- and will be spending the next week and a half here and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. If I get proper internet access I just might try updating the blog, but it will be pretty slow for sure… See you all when I get back home!

Jackie Mittoo: Disco Dub

Jamaican keyboard hero Jackie Mittoo moved to Canada in the mid 70’s and stayed in Toronto for the rest of his career. One of his projects from that period is The Money Makers, a somewhat obscure collection of reggae instrumentals.
A funky little track called Disco Dub has been a huge personal fave ever since I first heard it on one of my Toronto visits.
Jackie Mittoo: Disco Dub

Mind Blowing Decisions

The long version of my favorite Heatwave classic. I love how they flip the rhythm halfway through. The Jimmy Sabater cover version is also super smooth.
Heatwave: Mind Blowing Decisions (12″ Version)
Jimmy Sabater: Mind Blowing Decisions
I also have a reggae version somewhere (Big Youth?), but it isn’t on the same level as these two.

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life w/ DJ Eli TONITE!!!!


Yours truly together with Lifesaver Records HKI and Ricu Flair proudly present DJ, remixer & blog dude extraordinaire, Eli Escobar, in Helsinki for the first time ever. The venue is Redrum and the date is Friday November 23th, one day before the long anticipated Devin The Dude show. The weekend is already called the “superweekend” around town. Better not miss it….

Btw, check out Eli’s bangin club take on Chris Brown & T-Pain’s smash hit Kiss Kiss. Hawwwwwttttt!!!

UPDATE: The night was sold out and like expected Eli murdered it…… THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP!!!!!!!

Shalamar: Night To Remember

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Such a timeless song and such an absurd video. One of the YT comments asks “Was this song about a threesome?” LOL.

Visage: Fade To Gray

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On the other hand, this is just as timeless and just as absurd.

The Day We Lost The Soul

Subway Theme

Almost everybody knows Chris Stein’s Subway Theme. If not from Wildstyle, then from the background of Illmatic’s The Genesis intro. Some five years ago local electronic trio And The Lefthanded covered the song and created what is for my money one of the finest Helsinki records ever.
And The Lefthanded: Subway Theme
Shout outs to T.A. and Vilunki for being some of the coolest dudes in town too.

Boogie requests


A few songs from the Disco To Get Drunk To mixtape series I’ve been repeatedly requested, all three are huge personal faves as well.
R.B. Hudmon: Searching For Your Love (Instrumental)(198?)
Sass: Much Too Much (1982)
Vance & Suzzanne: I Can’t Get Along Without You (Moxie Edit) (1980)
(DTGDT #4 had the instrumental version credited to the Apple Sauce band, this re-edit from 2004 combines the best of both versions.)

Devin The Dude LIVE

Looks like the long awaited Devin show is finally happening in Helsinki this Saturday. A few words to my HKI peoples about the ticket situation: iiihan kohta myydään ei oota jotan hankkikaa liput ASAP ok? Tulee myymään loppuun, ei epäilystäkään.

This here is one of The Dude’s coolest songs…

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Btw, my Best Of Devin-mix from a few years back is still up in case you haven’t checked it yet.