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)

Saturdays

Saturdays like night and day...


Money Boss Players: Saturday Nite Sunday Morning 1994


Alexander Hope: Saturdays (Saturday Nite Mix) 1993

Quiet Song

I guess everybody here knows the sensation of just randomly stumbling on something you heard a long time ago but never knew what it was? Well I just did. Shout outs to homie Josh B who I'm pretty sure first played me this... what a song.

Duck Sauce video

Data / Ministry Of Sound didn't exactly break any new ground here (why oh why can't I find the corny Bucketheads video to link here?), but this is still pretty entertaining...

Buy A Record

Not just any record, but this. I think I played it at every party since May or so. I even went and cut a dubplate for it.

Regular readers and superstar DJ's can also email me at the address on the right. I got exclusive promo DL links here.

Country Trip Revisited

Last week I stumbled on an old mix by a hometown DJ hero, Pirkka. Semi-retired now, he was always one of the very few DJ's worth trainspotting each and every time and a direct source of inspiration to me and so many others.

The mix was first published on his seminal mix site Mixoftheweek.com and is a prime example of what he was known for: classy dance music old and new and regular, sometimes weekly one take, no edit mixes. Seven years later I had this on repeat for days and days and just had to share it here as well.

DJ Pirkka: Country Trip (2002)

Attitude: Love Me Tonight (RFC / Atlantic 12")
Chez Damier: ? (KMS 12")
Ron Allen: Whispers (Centrifuge 12")
Atmosfear: What Do We Do [Club Mix] (Elite 12")
G-Litter: Paiste [Mika Snickars edit] (Lifesaver 12")
Giorgio Moroder: Evolution (Casablanca LP)
Bjørn Torske: Hard Trafikk (Tellé 10")
Idjut Boys: Jazz Fook (U Star 12")
Roy Davis: Heart Attack (Power Music 12")
A Certain Ratio: Knife Slits Water (Soul Jazz LP)
Theo Parrish: You Forgot (Sound Signature 12")

U-Tern's Lifelike post...

...just made my day. Anyone that's generous enough to upload wavs of quality 12" rips gets my full endorsement.

Go there.

Nightlife Unlimited, September 2009 Edition

Shout outs to everyone who came to Dance Right last night. I had a brief but very enjoyable time behind the decks.

During my set someone asked about the version of Peaches And Prunes I played. I couldn't recall the details there, but here it is, a really cool take on the timeless Ron Hardy classic. Enjoy.

Nightlife Unlimited: Peaches & Prunes (Special Editions Remix)(2003)

Over the next couple of weeks you can catch me at the following parties in LA, SF & NY. Come say what's up.

Friday September 4 Los Angeles: Bar Lubitsch w/ Thee Mike B
Sunday September 6 Los Angeles: TBA
Tuesday September 8 Los Angeles: Dim Mak Tuesdays @ Cinespace with Love Grenades, Dangerous Dan, Them Jeans and Dan Oh
Thursday September 10 San Francisco: Le Cirque @ Yoshi's SF with
King Most and Shred One
Friday September 11 San Francisco: Treat 'Em Right @ The Elbo Room with Matthew Africa, B.Cause and Vinnie Esparza
Saturday September 12 Oakland: Ta-Dow!! @ Luka's Tap Room with Platurn and B.Cause
Thursday September 17 New York: Fam @ Von Kellar with Chris Cutz, DJ Eleven and Queen Majesty
Friday September 18 New York: TBA
Saturday September 19 New York: Grand Groove @ APT with Chairman Mao

What A Song

Edits

Man Friday: Groove (DJ Anonymous Edit)

Sweet D: Thank Ya (DJ Anonymous Edit)

Material: Don't Lose Control (DJ Anonymous Edit)

Helsinki 78-82

Helsinki 78-82 is our upcoming disco house release and one I'm really really feeling myself. The release party is tomorrow, my HKI people I expect to see you there.

Today, Tomorrow & Forever

Whenever I'm in NY I try to catch Mr Cee's Throwback At Noon if I only get the chance. Last nite I went as far as stream it all the way from here just because Twitter told me he was doing a killer house classics set. Indeed he was, murdering staples like Gypsy Woman and In A De Ghetto. Towards the end of the set he went into one of my all time faves, Break 4 Love.



The Castle Beat: Today, Tomorrow & Forever (1987)

Break 4 Love is produced by Vaughn Mason of Bounce Rock Skate Roll fame. I don't know what his relation to Castle Beat's Larry Joseph is, but what's clear is that Today, Tomorrow & Forever is the blueprint for Break 4 Love, minus the vocals. Probably he just jacked it. If anyone knows I'd like to know too.

Top Ten List - July 2009

Wow I've been slacking with the charts...but hey no excuses, let's do it.



1. Downtown Party Network: Heart Break Dancing (preview)
New one by the Days Like These -guys and just as good.
2. Azari & III: Hungry For The Power (Myspace)
Much hyped vocal house tune from Toronto, out now on Cliché. Worth every bit of the hype.
3. Duck Sauce: The Motion
ANYway is good, The Motion is even better. Out on Fool's Gold in August/September.
4. Holy Ghost!: I Will Come Back (DJ Mehdi Remix) (192VBR)
Pretty damn smooth. Someone please send me the white label that was out there for a second.
5. Helsinki 78-82: So Lifelike
Forthcoming on our Nightrunners label.
6. 6th Borough Project: Do It To The Max (YT)
Such a classy vibe.
7. Major Ernie: Pon De Girls Floor (320)
Bird Peterson's simple Major Lazer / Ernie K Doe blend works.
8. DJ Tahara: S.O.U.R. Time
Killer Love To The World cut-up by one of the Ulticut Ups dudes.
9. Walter Jones: I'll Keep On Loving You (Myspace)
Smooth DFA niceness from New Orleans producer.
10. Uggla: Sommartid (Youtube)
Old Swedish disco pop jam that's having a big revival here this summer. Hold tight, I just might post it sometime soon.

Midsummer Party Mix #3

Damn I can't believe I made it and in time for the festivities too. Life's been hectic but here it is, the annual Midsummer Party Mix in all of it's 106 minute glory. Musically this is on the disco side of things and features a bunch of songs I've been playing A LOT over the last couple of months. No quickmixing this time (except for the short Imagination doubles), mostly I just let the songs ride all the way.

My Scandinavian brethren, have a good time next weekend and be safe. The rest of you can enjoy this all summer...

DJ Anonymous: Midsummer Party Mix #3
1:46 / 136mb
Direct link
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State Of Grace: Touching The Times
Imagination: Music And Lights
High Fashion: Love (DJ Anonymous Edit)
Walter Jones: I'll Keep On Loving You
Clubhouse: Infusion (DJ Anonymous Edit)
Aeroplane: Caramellas
Royalle Delite: I'll Be A Freak For You
Phoenix: Listzomania (Classixx Remix)
Robert Palmer: You're In My System
Daryll Hall & John Oates: My Imagination
BB&Q Band: Imagination
Scotch: Penguin's Invasion
Hannulelauri: Metropol
Flash & The Pan: Midnight Man
Tensnake: In The End (I Want You To Cry)
Eli Escobar: Glass House
Rockers Revenge: Walkin' On Sunshine (Greg Wilson Edit)
Knightlife: Discotirso
The Private: My Secret Lover (Lifelike Remix)
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke: Penthouse Serenade
Helsinki 78-82: In The House
Sphinx: Collision
Jago: I'm Going To Go
Whitest Boy Alive: 1517 Morgan Geist Remix

No You Girls Instrumental

I'm kind of feeling The Juan MacLean's whole style now. One Day is still going strong and most of the remixes have been real solid too. This is no exception. The acid line and the chopped up Apache go well together, but I can definitely live without the singer and therefore prefer the instrumental version.
No You Girls (The Juan MacLean Instrumental)

Round One / Round Two

Classic shit for the weekend...

Blaze Theme Track

I'm sure many of you will agree that Keeping My Mind is one of the greatest house records of all time. Recently I kind of fell in love with the B-side dub. Almost as good and a totally different vibe.
Blaze Theme Track (1993)

Theo Parrish next wknd!

Check out the solid 3 hour set from Dublin over at Bozman's.

Top Ten List - February 2009

I'm starting a kind of old fashioned monthly top ten list of current stuff I'm feeling and playing out, just so the blog won't be about classics alone. Cause I'm really not the stuck in the past kind of dude, even if some of the posts might give that impression lol. Here we go with this month's favorites, word to Masta Ace.

1. Shaggy: Bad Mon Don't Cry 320
2. Joker & Ginz: Purple City Myspace
3. Sebastian Tellier: Kilometer (A-Trak Remix) Fairtilizer
4. Beniton: Recession 320
5. Geeneus feat Katy B: As I Myspace
6. Q-Tip feat Busta, Raekwon & Lil Wayne: Renaissance Rap Remix 160
7. Raekwon feat Ghostface & Method Man: Wu Ooh 256
8. Moodymann: Freaky MF YouTube
9. Renaissance Man: Spraycan + Sharkslayer Remix Myspace
10. Zomby: Rumours & Revolutions YouTube

+1: Treasure Fingers: Come True Tonight Dub Mix 320
This has been floating a round for more than a year, but according to my man Nick at Fool's Gold it's not even finished yet. It's a banger nonetheless, here's hoping there will be an official release one day.

Runaway

Brooklyn Club Jam was definitely one of last year's house highlights. Here's a 128kbps preview of Runaway's new jam, out now on Wurst Edits label.
Direct link courtesy of Discobelle.

That Feelin Pt 2

Dreamer G: I Got That Feeling (Original Extended Mix)
As promised, the original and best version of Kerri Chandler's 1992 masterpiece.

Funk Dat 2009

Oh snap, Oh Snap's revisited version of the Sagat classic is actually kind of hilarious. Here's a DL link courtesy of the man himself, with both MP3 & WAV versions. Thanks to Emynd for the heads up.

New Mix Up!

I was really planning to have the 2nd house classics mix out by Xmas, but then I realized what I really wanted to work on right now was a mix of current club stuff.
And voilá, here it is, an exclusive Top Billin mix, the 11th in the series.
Almost an hour and a half long, too.
Enjoy!!!

DJ Anonymous: Top Billin XI - Midwinter Party Mix
(click to preview or right click save as to DL)

6Blocc: Tru Love
6Blocc: Follow The Leader
Kid Sister: Pro Nails (Rusko Remix)
Joker: Do It!
DZ: The Fireman
Zomby: Rumours & Revolutions
Apple Productions: Segalizer
Johnny Blaze: Conga
DJ Booman: Funhouse
DJ Tone: Buggin
DJ Sega: Numbers
Lil Mama: No Music ('07 Starkey Remix)
Glitch: N2O Games
DJ Tone: Optimized Theme
Britney Spears: Circus (Diplo Remix)
Smoke & Mirrors: Love Is In The Air
Geeneus: In To The Future
Geeneus feat Katy B: As I
Mr Vegas: Round Of Applause (Matchstick Remix)
DJ Sega: Bad Boyz
DJ Anonymous / Top Billin: Money To Burn
DJ Booman: James' Revenge
Pase Rock: Get Money Kids (Emynd Remix)
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke: Intro
Loost Koos: Helsinki! (Cielu Remix)
DJ Killer & DJ Murder: Pretoria Dance
DJ Mujava: Township Funk (Komposti Blend)
Alborosie & Shabba: Ting-A-Ling (Remix)
Michna: Swiss Glide
Kid Sister: Get Fresh
Kanye West: Champion (Cousin Cole Acid Dub Slow)

House Kiinnostaa Closing Night this Sat.

One more time...

That Feelin

Dreamer G: I Got That Feelin (Feel Mix)(1992)
Truly classic Kerri Chandler ish... if I get some feedback on this I might post the (even better) original mix.

Basement Soul Vol 1

Time for some local DJ history. My old friend DJ Kelloggs just hit me with a mixtape rip from '97 and as I've been hearing about the mix for a long time of course I had to post it, too. It's called Basement Soul Volume 1 and it's by my man DJ Newhouse. The whole thing is a prime example of the kind of deep and soulful house sound he's always been known for. It's recorded in one take too, with no editing whatsoever. Respect.

Btw, this is a cassette rip and you can defintely hear it too. In a good way.
Enjoy!

Basement Soul Vol 1 - Side A (1997):
Kings Of Tomorrow feat. Sabrynaah Pope - Come On (Sandy’s Matinee Mix) (Distant Music, 1997)
Kings Of Tomorrow - Fade II Black (Yoshitoshi, 1997)
Sample Minded - Where’s The Love (Bottom Line, 1992)
Nu Yorican Soul feat. Roy Ayers - Sweet Tears (Remix) (Talkin Loud, 1997)
First Choice - The Player (The Moody Dub) (Minimal, 1997)
Kimmie Horne - Missing You (Accapella) (Slip’n’Slide/Happy Soul, 1997)
Brian Tappert & John Knight - Feel The Spirit (Soulfuric Trax, 1997)
The Essence - Large (Deep Trouble, 1996)
Sylk 130 - When The Funk Hits The Fan (Mood II Swing Main Pass) (Ovum, 1997)

Basement Soul Vol 1 - Side B (1997):
3 Times Soul - Such A Feeling (Nervous Dog, 1997)
Byron Stingily - Flying High (Vocal) (Nervous, 1997)
Byron Stingily - Flying High (Rascal Dub) (Nervous, 1997)
Urban Species - Listen (Just Listen) (Louie’s Drums) (Talkin Loud, 1994)
Mistery Love feat. Tears Of Velva - Mistery (Vocal One (Culture)) (Rena, 1993)
Kerri Chandler - Track 1 (Shelter, 1993)
K.C.Y.C. - Under Control (6:23 Again) (Strictly Rhythm, 1993)
Rick Wade - Your Love (Elevate, 1997)
Freestyle Man - Que Domingo Inquieto (Puu, 1997)
Sima - Give You Myself (Accapella) (D-Vision, 1993)

Get Down

I get a ton of tracks in my inbox but rarely anything I end up playing. Here's an exception, this simple and useful blend has already been a staple since early summer and will finally be released officially on new Me & Him imprint.
1 + 1 = DJ Ayres: Get Down (192kbps)

M'du

DJ Mujava's big hit Township Funk (btw, peep the Radioclit remix) has indeed inspired many of us to investigate the Kwaito house sound at least a little bit. No doubt there's incredible stuff to be discovered and and the scene goes back a long time too. M'du (or Mdu) seems to be one of the originators and this here jam is one of my personal favorites.
M'du: Siya Jola (2000)

I Wish I Knew...

...what she's saying.
Nami Shimada: Sun Shower (1989)
This is the original and in my opinion best version. The song was later remixed by Larry Levan himself.

Last Saturday

Mika Snickars playing the Ron Hardy edit of Lenny Williams' Midnight Girl. Good times, low fidelity.

House Countdown 1990

Incredible. Thanks to my man Jim Proffit for the tip.

On And On Tracs

Jesse Saunders' On & On, claimed by many to be the first house track ever, came about when Saunders lost a megamix record he liked to use for his DJ sets. He already had production experience and a few electro / new wave releases under his belt, so he solved the problem by creating his own version of the megamix, over self-programmed drum machine beats. The result was On & On, released on Jes Say Records in early 1984.

Jesse Saunders: On And On Tracs - 119 / 5A / 1A / 4 A&B / I'm The DJ (1984)
I'm not going to post the full song, as it's widely available for purchase and you should do just that, but what we do have here is the set of five 3 minute 808 grooves he pressed on the b-side of the 12". They are the exact grooves from On & On and some of his earlier records like "I'm The DJ". The above link has all 15 minutes of them, ripped from the Jes Say 12" and edited together for continous play by yours truly, with cue points and everything for your convenience. Enjoy.

Btw, here's a good read on the origins of the record and Jesse's take on the mid-80's Chicago scene, taken from Jonathan Fleming's 1994 book What Kind Of House Party Is This?

Disko Kiinnostaa

House-jäbiä, näemmä. Mut niinhän sen pitää mennäkin.

Sorry for that, my international readers. It's just a link to a particularly discoey recent house song and a related local joke.
Anyway, check it out, it's a good song.

Have a good weekend everybody!

Urei 1620

Cascades Of Colour

Ananda Project: Cascades Of Colour (Wamdue Black Mix)(1998)
Another massive tune from the time I first got into house. Those memories...
Btw, Nite Grooves and King Street, the parent label, put out tons of classics and are well represented in the usual digital stores. Go check them out.
Once again, shout outs to DJ Pirkka.

Oh Well

So I missed the Discobelle party back home and I missed this. Go get it, it's my little updated edit of this.

And I'm going to miss the DJ Sega & DSJ night this weekend which really sucks too. All of my HKI peoples make sure to be there OK.
Have a fun wknd ya'll, I'm out to see what L.A.'s Little Tokyo has to offer.

UPDATE: Oh so the edit is here too. Eli's that dude.

UPDATE pt 2: Little Tokyo is just great. So many cool restaurants from sushi to ramen to shabu shabu to Korean BBQ. I also need to shout out last night's hosts Blu Jemz and Mike B, the funniest dudes in L.A.

Track Four Edit

Moodymann: Track Four (DJ Anonymous Edit)(98/08)
This is a simple dj friendly edit I just made of one of KDJ's best tracks, and one I hardly ever hear played out. As far as I'm concerned Moodymann songs should be played at all occasions, but I feel the jacking beat and edits on this kind of make it especially relevant today.

House Kiinnostaa / Move Your Body

In anticipation of this Saturday's House Kiinnostaa party at Redrum me and my Top Billin homie Sir Nenis present a classic mix by one of the original masters. While it's obviously impossible to document the birth of an entire genre within two hours, I think this comes pretty damn close.


Move Your Body - The Evolution Of Chicago House Pt 1
(click to preview or right click save as to DL)

Come Go with Me - The Pockets
You've Got That Something - Logg
I Can't Turn Around - Isaac Hayes
I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair) - Inner Life
Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice
You Saved My Day - Cheryl Lynn
Your Love - Frankie Knuckles / Jamie Principle
Can You Feel It - Mr. Fingers
Let the Music Use You - Nightwriters
Mysteries of Love - Fingers Inc.
Time Marches On - Jungle Wonz
You Don't Know - Serious Intention
Don't Make Me Wait - Peech Boys
Acid Tracks - Phuture
I've Lost Control - Sleezy D

Move Your Body - The Evolution Of Chicago House Pt 2
(click to preview or right click save as to DL)

Moody - ESG
No Way Back - Adonis
Promised Land - Joe Smooth
Mind Games - Quest
Move Your Body - Marshall Jefferson
Devotion - Ten City
String Free - Phortune
Someday - Ce Ce Rogers
You Used to Hold Me - Ralphi Rosario
7 Ways to Jack - Hercules
I'll Never Let You Go - William S.
Love Can't Turn Around - Farley "Jackmaster" Funk
Like This - Chip E.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Inner Life

Disco Juice Revisited

The BladeRunners: Disco Juice

Bangin remix of Cloud One's New York disco classic, in their trademark razor edit style.
For more BladeRunner remix business see here.

Daft Punk Essential Mix 1997

This was huuuuuge back in the day and is still referred to frequently. I happened to be listening to it again this morning and kinda just wanted to drop in and say that it's still worth the hype. Get it here...

Another 100

So we got another 100 posts full and here's 10 stone cold classics to celebrate. There's no way I could ever recommend these enough.

Sagat: Fuk Dat (1993)
Basil Hardhaus: Hard For The DJ (DJ Anonymous Edit)(1991/2008)
Power House 2: My Woman (1990)
Logic: The Final Frontier (1990)
Robert Owens: I'll Be Your Friend (Original Def Mix)(1991)
Raven Maize: Forever Together (1989)
India: The Lover Who Rocks You (All Night) (1990)
Freestyle Orchestra: Keep On Pumpin It Up (DJ Anonymous Edit) (1990/2008)
Backroom Productions: The Definition Of A Track (1988)
Hardrive: Deep Inside (1993)

Most of these I wanted to include on the House Classics mix, but just couldn't make them fit. The two edits were made for the mix exclusively.

Slept On Song Of The Week

Hercules & Love Affair: You Belong (Instrumental)
As far as I'm concerned this is the best song on the album. The instrumental version is even better.

Pop A Cap In Yo Ass

I kind of rediscovered this cool little spoken word house jam as I was getting my stuff together for Saturday night. I always liked the spoken word element of it, but had totally forgotten who does it. Surprise surprise... it's none other than everyone's favorite lady of the moment, Estelle.
Recommended.

Ben Watt feat Estelle: Pop A Cap In Yo Ass (2005)

Hey Boy Edit

Here's my take on Tammy Lucas' very smooth 1986 jam Hey Boy. I used a shorter version in the house mix intro, here's the full thing for playout purposes.

Tammy Lucas: Hey Boy (Anonymous Edit)
Produced by Boyd Jarvis & Timmy Regisford.

Classic Time #37

I was going to have this on the house mix last week, but decided to leave it out at the last minute. I guess I felt it was too moody, I dunno. A beautiful song, nonetheless.

Satoshi Tomiie feat Arnold Jarvis: And I Loved You (Classic Club)(1990)

House Classics 01

I've been promising my peoples a house mix for a year or so and here it is, finally. What was inititally supposed to be a simple party mix with random classics turned into a two part project in the process, mostly because of the vast amount of incredible tunes I just had to include.


What we have here now is 90 minutes worth of NJ & NY style classics all the way from the mid-80's to the early 90's. Part 02 with strictly Chicago jams is soon to follow. I know I, I know... I should have done them in reverse order, but I'm still waiting for a few choice 12"s (yes!) to round out the Chicago selection.

Enjoy...

UPDATE 1/2010: brand new Soundcloud player and DL just for you:
DJ Anonymous: House Classics 01 (2008) by DJ Anonymous

Alternative Divshare link

Intro (Tribute To Boyd Jarvis)
Trojan Horse feat Romanthony: What $ Love
Dee Dee Brave: My My Lover (Kaoz Again Mix)
Park Ave: Don't Turn Your Love (Tee Scott Mix)
Phase II: Mystery
Blunted Dummies: House For All
Powerhouse 3: Hitten The Bottle
Pal Joey: Runaway
Earth People: Reach Up To Mars
Wild Boys: Do Your Thing
El Barrio: Across 110th Street
Willie Colon: Set Fire To Me
The Castle Beat: Today, Tomorrow And Forever
Basil Hardhaus: Hard For The DJ (Anonymous Edit)
Debbie Gibson: One Step Ahead (MAW Dub)
Underground Solution: Luv Dancin
Lil Louis: You Saved My Life (MAW Remix)
Teulé: Drink On Me (Club Mix)
Charane: Follow You
Dionne: Move Groove
Soundfactory: Understand This Groove
Landlord: I Like It
Freestyle Orchestra: Keep On Pumpin It Up (Anonymous Edit)
Ten City: Whatever Makes You Happy (New York Mix)
Romanthony: Hold On

A quick note to my HKI peoples: House Kiinnostaa returns on Saturday, June 14, at Redrum. More on that soon.

Shout outs to the Helsinki House Underground who teached me everything I know about house music. Also thanks to my brother from another mother, Pablo Steffa, for the artwork.

Phortune

I'm out the door in like ten minutes to go buy a few hundred old Chicago house 12"s from an old acquaintance's collection. Things like that don't turn up every day here, so obviously I'm kinda hyped.

Anyway, here's a real house classic and one of the catchiest one bar piano lines ever put on record.

Phortune: String Free (Club LeRay Mix) (1988)

Greetings from Moscow

Club 16 Tons was off the hook. Me and my man Nenis played a wide array of recent club stuff, but naturally we had to drop some classics as well. This went down well, like it always does.
Crystal Waters: 100% Pure Love (1994)

Shout outs to Andrei, Nairi, Katerina, Jules and the crew.

Drink On Me

"Excuse me... excuse me
uhh, can we have Sex On The Beach... twice?

Now COME RELAX AND TAKE A COUPLE SIPS WITH ME..."

Teulé: Drink On Me Original Mix (1990)
Teulé: Drink On Me Club Mix (1990)

As far as I'm concerned dance music doesn't get much better than this. Kerri Chandler- man behind the Teulé alias- went on to great house fame later in the decade and remains a prolific and respected figure to this day.

Mika Snickars live in Stockholm, 2000

Now this ain't no blog hyperbole: what we have here is a live set by one of my all time favorite DJ's. From late 80's after hour rare groove parties to 90's house club residencies, from the battle dj circuit to underground disco nights, dude's done it all. And always with style and class beyond most others. This set is from the Stockholm release party for Strut's Paradise Garage comp and features an impeccable selection of disco classics and lesser known gems:

Mika Snickars live @ Sturecompagniet, Stockholm, 2000

Thanks to Mika for letting me post this. Check out his famous record store at snickarsrecords.com. A special shout out to another good old STHLM friend, Martin Abrahamsson at Jung, for filling the gaps.

1 Yr Anniversary...

So it seems my technical problems are behind, at least for the time being, and as promised here's a little something to celebrate my first full year in this here blog game as well as my 300th post.


I first got into house music about ten years ago. I was playing mostly hip hop at the time, but had been getting deeper into disco and stuff for a few years already. House was the logical extension of that and the fact that my city actually had a happening house scene back then didn't hurt either.
In the early 00's my interest vaned, I was busy with other stuff and the scene kind of changed as well. Over the last year and a half I've been getting back into the game, slowly but surely. I've bought stacks of records, mostly 80's and early 90's, but also revisited the songs that made a hip hop kid fall in love with house in the first place.
For your enjoyment, here's 10 late 90's jams that are still very near and dear to me...

Moodymann: Untitled (Don't Be Misled)

Kenny Dixon Jr: Don't You Want My Love (Pandemonium Version)

Deep Sensation: Somehow Someway

CZR: Chicago Southside

Deelat: Wet Indiez

Daniel Wang: Like Some Dream I Can't Stop Dreaming (Break Mix)

Roy Davis: Under The Sun

The System: You're In My System (Spanish Version)(Kerri Chandler Remix)

K Hand: Supernatural

BeBe Winans: Thank You (Masters At Work Remix)

I believe most of the artists above still make music and/or play out, please support their efforts whenever you have the chance.
Shout outs to DJ Pirkka & Helsinki House Underground who teached me everything I know about house, Lil Tony, Mika Snickars, 3rd Cowboy, Nenis, K2 & DJ Kaippa.

Btw, the house mix I've been promising my peoples for a year now will be out this spring, guaranteed.

Blind

The much hyped new single on DFA is finally out next week. People can't seem to stop talking about the Frankie Knuckles remix. It is really good, but I prefer the dub which supposedly is not going to be on the 12".

Hercules & Love Affair: Blind (Frankie Knuckles Dub)

Update: the dub will be on a 12" after all, on the so called Blind #2 that's out a week after the first one.

Osunlade My Reflection

Osunlade: My Reflection
Now this is no news to anyone staying on top of the deep house game, but I missed it as did many others. And it's definitely good enough to deserve a little crossover attention as well. The guitar line is extra catchy, if you don't believe me just ask Lil Mama, T-Pain & Chris Brown.

Classic Time #33

Strobelite Honey (Maybe We Did Mix / the video version) 1992
Strobelite Honey (Yes We Did Mix / remixed by David Morales) 1992

Ever since Choice Is Yours was played to death ten years ago Strobelite Honey has been the one Black Sheep joint to pull out, for me at least. I always liked a good uptempo party rap jam and back then there definitely wasn't too many of those.
The video version was usually my choice, but occasionally I've gone for the house version as well.
There's another Morales house remix on a different 12", I haven't seen my copy for a minute though. If anyone has a quality rip of the 8 minute "Def Mix" please hook me up.

House! This Saturday...

In anticipation of this Saturday's house special (@ Kuudes Linja), here are three classics that will be heard for sure.
Earth People: Reach Up To Mars (Martian Mix)(1990)
Chris Cuevas: Hip Hop (MAW Dub)(1991)
Jestofunk: Special Love (Silk's House Mix)(1998)

Lauantaista tulee erikoisilta, voi suositella vaik ei oiskaan mikään housepro. Liput 8€, friidut ilmaiseksi kahteentoista. Tervetuloa!

Wreck

I've been a Romanthony fan since I found about dude in the late 90's. Even if you never realized it you've been singing along to him as well. I wrote briefly about one of his finest releases last year and another big personal fave is this track called Wreck from his R. Hide In Plain Site album. I always hoped they would've put it on a 12" but as far as I know that never happened.
Romanthony: Wreck (2000)

BONUS: Here's the "hit" single from the album in it's long single version. I think I actually like this even better today than back when it came out...
Romanthony: Bring U Up (Floating Groove Vocal)

Spread Love 1999

2 late-90's house gems making good use of Al Hudson's disco classic (see here). Black Sun's straight cover was more of a hit back then, but Russell definitely sounds fresher today.
Lenny Fontana presents Black Sun: Spread Love

Russell: Fool For Love

Moodymann in HKI

Detroit legend Moodymann back in HKI this Saturday - I'll be there no doubt. Scroll down for one of my favorite Moodymann productions The Day We Lost The Soul.

Classic Time #26

A timeless classic and also one of the first house records I really got into, back in the mid-90's when I was still a little hip hop dude.

Raze: Break For Love (1988)

The Day We Lost The Soul

Moodymann: The Day We Lost The Soul / Tribute! (1995)