Now You Want Me

A little something for the weekend! Massive Romanthony dub from 1993, I've been requested this repeatedly since I made a little remix/edit of it a few years back. This is the original version and it's more or less the best thing I've ever heard.

Romanthony: Now You Want Me (Dub)

Classic Time #51

This used to be a real staple for me like 10 years ago. I just fished it out of the storage, here we go again.
Ben E King: Street Tough (1981)

Uhh I Slept On This

Dream Baby Dream

Recommended Reading

I can't recall what I was searching for when I stumbled on writer/critic Carol Cooper's (Village Voice, Rolling Stone etc) homepage. Doesn't matter, really. If you're interested in solid contemporary writing on artists we all know & love you should pay her a visit as well.
I particularly enjoyed her pieces on Emerald, Sapphire & Gold (ESG), August Darnell and of course Prince.

Edit: oh yeah.... I stumbled there trying to find Gichy Dan dude's real name. Therefore:
Gichy Dan: Cowboys & Gangsters (Edit De Shux)(1981/2005)

Handling Things

Sorry for my absence folks, I was in China for a while for work and like so many other sites Blogspot is blocked there too.

Now let's play some rap. This is one good song and the first time Freddie Foxx ever appeared on wax.
Supreme Force: Handling Things (1986)

Teddy R.I.P.

Another legend gone.

A Ton Of Older Mixes Reupped

Yeah so I got the Soundcloud pro account finally and decided to upload a bunch of older mixes now that I have more space to spend. Here are some of my personal faves spanning last 8 years or so. You'll get all the info scrolling over the players or you can just find everything you need here in one place.

Disco To Get Drunk To #1 (2003)


Disco To Get Drunk To #2 (2005)


Going Back To My Roots - Late 80's Rap Mix (2006)


Disco To Get Drunk To #3 - The Sound Of Philadelphia (2006)


Disco To Get Drunk TO #4 (2007)


New Jack Swing #1 (2007)


Drink On Me - Gucci Time Promo Mix (2008)


House Classics 01 (2008)


Midsummer Party Mix #3 (2009)

New Edit

Stretched instrumental take on Clausel's early 80's soul jammy. The production is pretty damn slick.


Clausel: Let Me Love You (DJ Anonymous Edit) - download AIFF

And an older one I've been requested repeatedly. Long live Petrus and Malavasi!


High Fashion: Love (DJ Anonymous Edit) - download AIFF

Helsinki 78-82 12"

Fresh out the pressing plant... should be in the usual stores in a week or two.

Pro Touch / Get Your Love 2005

I got rid of most CD's a long time ago. The only ones I'm really attached to are mixtapes and even those I have way too many of. I was once again trying to downsize when I came across these two local disco sets I used to play a lot way back then. Shout outs to all involved for letting me post them here... enjoy!



DJ Fiskars: Pro Touch (2005)
Krystal: After The Dance Is Through
The Aleems: Confusion
Barbara Mason: Another Man
Royalle Delite: (I'll Be A) Freak For You
Lemelle: A Man Like You
Intrigue: Fly Girl
Yvonne Cage: Garden Of Love
Lace: Can't Play Around
Deodato: Keep On Movin
Rick Smith: (We Should Be) Lovers
Game: Gotta Take Your Love
BB&Q Band: All Night Long
Curtis Hairston: I Want You (All Tonight)
Sunrize: Come And Get Your Lovin
Kashif: Stone Love
Mike McCray: Bring Your Love Back
Attitude: Love Me Tonight
Gong's Gang: Gimme Your Love Instrumental
Arnie's Love: I'm Out Of Your Life



Mr. Milian & Mokk-A-Fella: Get Your Love (2005)
ORS: Body To Body Boogie
Trilark: Face The Music
Rafael Cameron: Boogie's Gonna Get Ya
Michelle: Jazzy Rhythm
Source feat Candy Staton: You Got The Love
Slave: Watching You
Brooklyn Express: Do It Again
Arcade Gang: When Doves Cry
Roundtree: Hit On You Remix
Aleems: Hooked On Your Love
Columbus Circle: As If You Read My Mind
Larry Wu: Let Me Show You
Rufus & Chaka Khan: I Know You Edit
Caviar: Never Stop Loving You

Bestest 2010!

Harry Thumann: Sphinx (1983)

Bubble Bath

Out on Modular this month

Late In The Evening - Live in 1980

What a killer groove

Heavenly Break... Reupped

Eli Escobar: Heavenly Break (AIFF)

Late Xmas gift by the man himself. You won't believe how many requests I got for this this year, just because I once posted it after Eli's original link had died.

52 Beats

OMG, this Kid Capri break beat mix from 1992... was just blasting it once again, found out the link is still up there and just had to throw it up. Shout outs to A To The L.



Kid Capri: 52 Beats (1992)

Curtis Mayfield R.I.P.

It's been 10 years today.

Random 70's Jams For The Holidays

Yeah you guessed it, I've been ripping albums again. Here's a few choice cuts.



Time Is Passing (1977)
Dedicated to all those who were heavy into the School Of Hard Knocks like I was



Wandering (1976)
Classic Jamaican soul sounds recorded in Miami, produced by the legendary King Sporty who went on to produce 80's electronic masterpieces Haven't Been Funked Enough and Get Down among other things



Mother Earth (1974)
Beautiful mellow song from the album best known for Jay-Z's Friend Or Foe loop



Flower Dance (1976)
Tasty French library jam that was used repeatedly by Swedish producers back in the late 90's



Give It Up (1975)
Bangin' cover of the Kool & The Gang classic, only ever released in Sweden (and bootlegged in the UK later)



Evolution (1974)
Just a dope funk song with unintentionally funny lyrics

TB Pulled A Pistol On Santa - This Friday

Christmas Bells!

Who wouldn't love nutty xmas rhymes? If I wasn't playing a disco party I'd definitely play some of these tonight.



Hard Cell Xmas: My Christmas Bells (1987)
Pretty cool cover of Rock The Bells from the B-Boy Records comp pictured above

Treacherous Three: Xmas Rap (1984)
One of the highlights of Beat Street

Whistle: Santa Is A B-Boy (1986)
Just found the video for Just Buggin... crazy!

New mix by homie DJ Fiskars

Hello 2010 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Disco XXXMas this Saturday

What Can I Say

What can I say about the new Sade song that hasn't been said already? That's right, nothing. The album should be in stores on February 8th.

Nuit Et Jour

Earlier today I was wondering who came up with the nutty idea to do a French version of Nite And Day. I tweeted the question and got so many requests for the song I just had to post it here. For the record, as much as I love the original I think this is kind of corny.

Al B Sure!: Nuit Et Jour (1988)



Some of you might remember there's also a Spanish version on the album.

Classic Time #50

JoJo (1980)
So smooth. You know it's a real party when you can drop this in the middle of the night.

BONUS:
Lowdown (1976)
Another big classic by Boz. I always loved the story of Grand Wizard Theodore just accidentally inventing scratching while cueing the break on this when his mother knocked on the door.

Sunday Music

Sweet Love (1986)
You kids better stop sleeping on Anita. Ask MF Doom if you don't believe me.

I Wanna Rock Video... Feelin It

Top Ten 12"s - November 2009

I picked up the old habit of buying new release 12"s again this year. I really enjoy playing them too (unless I have to haul them halfway across the world). And as much as I like the SL3, leaving the house without the laptop is a lot more fun.

Anyway, here's something I didn't think I'd get to do again a few years ago: a top 10 list of current 12" releases. From disco to house to techno there's a little bit of everything, some are brand new and some have been in heavy rotation for a while now. As far as I know all of them are available in the usual digital stores as well.

Classic Time #49

OMG it really doesn't get much classier than this.
52nd Street: Tell Me (How It Feels)(Extended Mix) 1985

Let's Get Together

Pam Todd & Love Exchange: Let's Get Together (1977)
Such a great song and such a bad mastering job... The overall sound is not bad, but someone must've bumped on the master volume at 0:39.
Produced by Greg Carmichael, of course.

Lifesaver X Anniversary

The record store I used to run turns 10 this Saturday, this'll be big... My HKI peoples get there eeeearly if you wanna get in.

Saturdays

Saturdays like night and day...


Money Boss Players: Saturday Nite Sunday Morning 1994


Alexander Hope: Saturdays (Saturday Nite Mix) 1993

Classic NJS videos

Damn, MTV Europe hated on New Jack Swing so I never really saw any of these before...

Canadian Rapps

Saukrates: Rollin Remix feat Masta Ace & OC (1997)

I've been reminiscing about old Canadian undergound rap faves on this trip a lot. Of course I have almost none here with me now, but that's what YouTube's for. Shout outs to Neoteric, Skratch Bastid, Smalltown Pete, The Gaff and Jason Palma @ Play De Record.

Greetings from Canada

Sorry for the lack of posts folks... we've been busy touring and having a great time. We'll still do Shine in Vancouver on Thursday and Hi-Fi in Calgary on Saturday and then it's a wrap, drop by if you're in the area.





Btw, Finland homie and house music veteran Jori Hulkkonen just dropped an album on Turbo (also from Canada)... check it out!. This video is pretty damn cool as well.

Canadian Excursion

Me and homie Fiskars will be all over Canada for the next 2 weeks, playing a bunch of different cities and venues. We will also have a special sequence of Canadian dance musics including U-Tern's Roxanne remix, new Chromeo, A-Trak remix of YYY's and of course this. And yes, we will be going to hockey games too.

Outstanding

Some obscure raps for a change.
Stonesthrow reissued the other song from this Connecticut 12" a few years back, I always preferred this one. Bangin beat, solid raps, Gap Band chorus and wack mc chants towards the end... can't go wrong.
TooTskee & Czar MC: Outstanding (1989)

BONUS:
NJ 12" from one year later, produced by Tony D (RIP) and also borrowing heavily from Outstanding.
Blvd Mosse: All Praises Due To Outstanding (1990)

Kevorkian tonite!