disco italo cosmic funk techno
Here’s my favourite few tracks from this blistering EP (2003) from the legend that is Mark Stewart.
‘Tone’s got a really old school electro feel and turns into an absolute acid monster, very punchy and great for the dancefloor. ‘Signifier’ is a much more deep and mellow little bouncer thats lovely when you get into its groove and ‘Contact’, which also featured on the Neurofibro LP, is a real bass lead techno track with unbelievable swinging hi’s. Get involved. x
Deep Norwegian disco nouveau of the sober kind, these guys might just be the classiest act Full Pupp have got. Ambient cosmic… perfect stuff for creating atmosphere in a set.
Ytre Rymden Dansskola- Kahluha Madness (Remix)
A great track off Kompact last year, featured in many a beats in space mix. As RA puts it…Born with a cowbell for a spine, “Walter Neff” has Aguayo spitting a variety of beatbox effects, with “doo doo DOO doo,” “Oww Oww Oww” and a series of whooping used for melodies. The track is the complete opposite of Dave Aju’s recent mouth experiments on Open Wide—Aguayo doesn’t bother mimicking the sounds of instruments and the results are delirious, effective.
Its rare to come across a likeable Ed Banger track. However, somehow they managed to snag this lovely little number by UK artist Mickey Moonlight. This tune was originally put out by the 70’s cosmic disco cadet Sun Ra. If you want to know how weird this cat is, check out this video. I think Mickey has done him proud:
Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary Music
Lil Louis is the stage name used by Chicago-born house music producer and DJ Louis Burns. He scored a number of hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the eighties and nineties, three of which hit #1.
“French Kiss,” featured vocals by Shawn Christopher and spent two weeks at #1 on the dance chart in 1989.
More orgasim than you can shake a chloroform cloth at!
Alex Smoke is a Scottish talent making electronic records that blur together European minimalism, pop structures and emotional strings and pads. He has released two full length albums, ‘Incommunicado’ and ‘Paradolia’ [Soma Records] and a slew of singles and remixes, many of which have arrived on Soma and German label Vakant.
His debut release ‘Random As’ came out in January 2002, but Smoke has always been immersed in music. In his youth he sang in a choir for four years (a far cry no doubt from the mournful tones on his ‘Don’t See the Point’ or ‘Never Want to See You Again’), his parents are involved in classical music, and he has classical training in cello and piano.
Alex makes minimal uncompareable to the stigma this genre has attracted over the last years. So step back a couple of years and to one of my favourite tunes by him, I would highly recomend checkin out his other stuff.
Alex Smoke – Don’t See the Point
Here is a well sculpted video by the guys at We Love… which features Mr.Smoke
Salvatore Cusato is an Italian dj producer who also records under Dj Discoking and Casco. Casco has been recording in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. This was also mentionioned in pervious post’s italo disco top 20!
Casco- Cybernetic Love (Instrumental)
Just checked out Fact Magazine- 20 best: Italo records ever made, from Serge Santiago…pretty standard really with “take a Chance” at the No#1 slot. In his words;
“If you want somewhere to start with Italo-Disco then start here – for me, ‘Take a Chance’ is the best Italo record of them all. It hits all the right buttons, taking you on a bizarre journey and doing so within song format, it works every time, anywhere to anyone. Pure magic!”
Our number 1 would probably be Fockewulf 190 – Body heat (yousendit), which incidently didnt make the top top 20!
Berghain by antenne on flickr
Achim Brandenburg is a bit of a Chicago house and Detroit techno buff, an area of expertise he first picked up as a record buyer for Hard Wax in his hometown of Saarbruecken. That was during the heyday of soulful house labels such as Prescription, and it’s a sound which still can be heard in Prosumer’s sets today. “My heart is beating for the early Chicago/Detroit sound and for music that feels similar and transports this feeling into today,” explains Achim. Slowly the consumer turned into Prosumer, issuing his first record on 240 Volt in 2004.
A year later came ‘The Craze’ on Playhouse, then vocal duties on Sebo K’s ‘Moved’, both of which became bona fide hits, melding house stabs with soulful vocals. Achim’s latest record is a collaboration with producer Murat Tepeli, with whom he also performs live, for Ostgun Ton, the record arm of Berlin’s Berghain/Panoramabar complex, where Achim is now a resident DJ.
“Whatever I do has got to be real,” says Achim about his DJing. “If a record doesn’t move me emotionally or physically, I won’t play it out. I have to feel the music and I’m always trying to share my feelings with the crowd on the floor. If everything goes down well, there’s an exchange going on. I try to keep a balance between pushing people’s buttons and surprising them. I’m sharing my inner emotions. And dance music has got to be horny.”
Prosumer & Murat Tepeli- Serenity (Original Mix)
Prosumer & Murat Tepeli- The Craze (Vocal)
Forgot to stick up his resident advisor mix which is outstanding.
Recorded at Panorama Bar, Berghain, Berlin.
01. DHS – Hypnosis – Tino Corp
02. Djuma Soundsystem + Flip – This Sound (Murat Tepeli Remix) – Brut!
03. Peace Division – Voodoo – Crosstown Rebels
04. Patrice Scott – Atmospheric Emotions – Sistrum
05. Matthew Styles – Codename Mike – Unreleased
06. Jonzon & Rok – The Lure – Space Teddy
07. Herb LF – City Rush Boogie Dub – Farside
08. Mr. G – Balance – Careless
09. Swayzak feat Cassy – Smile and Receive (CassyBeatmix) - !K7
10. Millsart – Humana – Axis
11. DW – Endow – Dow
12. Basic Channel – Phylypstrack II – Basic Channel
13. Chaton – Catch The Beat (Agnès Redive) – Sthlmaudio
14. Schatrax – Restless Nights – Schatrax
15. Prosumer – Brownstone Mix 1 – Running Back
16. Firesteppa feat. Anna Paidoussi – Caus’ I Like – OMW
17. Tyree & Tine Renee – Do Yo! Thang – Supa Dupa
18. Curtis McClaine & On The House – Let’s Get Busy (Dub Mix) – Trax
19. Two Of A Kind – Like This – Housetime
20. DJ Funk – We Gotta Love – Dance Mania
21. Renegades Of Rhythm – NuPonty – Vigilante
22. Toronto Track Symphony – Do Me Right – DNH
Another classic from the girl who brought us the legendary Big Fun (in vid)…A pre Inner City project, Don’t Make Me Jack was released on Housetime Records.
House! House! Haus!
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PARIS GREY – DON’T MAKE ME JACK (TONIGHT I WANNA HOUSE YOU)
one the best acid tracks ever made!! Pounding 808, bubbling 303, sinister vocals…the works.
DATA Is a british synthpopband that released three original albums; “Opera Electronica” in 1981, “2-Time” in 1983 and “Elegant Machinery” in 1985. A compilation called “Accumulator” was released in 1995 by Eternity Records containing the complete albums “2-Time” and “Elegant Machinery,” and the track “Fallout” from their first album “Opera Electronica.” Data was inspired by machinist and bauhaus movements and of their contemporary cabaret music of the 20s and 30s. Lyrically they were satirical for their first two albums, turning somewhat more romantic/light entertainment/dance to their last.
Frontman Georg Kajanus (originally Hultgren, of norwegian ancestry) previously played in angloscandinavian electro-rock band Eclecticon and as keyboardist/composer in the 70s rockband Sailor. In the late 90s Georg returned to Sailor for several live performances. Other members of Data were the sisters Frankie & Phil Boulter, of who only Frankie remained in the band for the last album Elegant Machinery.
This tune was included in Metro Area’s fabric cd and also on DJ Harvey’s recent Beats in Sapce mix!
Dug out another tough tribal techno peak timer I used to adore, still pretty rocking!
Slow it down a touch and you’ve got yourself a weapon.
Body & Soul ‘In The Beginning’ (National General)
Leroy Hutson ‘Lucky Fellow’ (Curtom)
Eddie Kendricks ‘Girl You Need a Change of Mind’ (Motown)
Zed Bias & Jenna G ‘Let Me Change Your Mind’ (Development)
Mr Scruff ‘Give Up To Get’ (Ninja Tuna)
Mr Scruff ‘Rocking Chair’ (Ninja Tuna)
Theo Parrish ‘Chemistry’ (Sound Signature)
Arcadion ‘Ghostfeeder’ (DC Recordings)
Ragga Twins ‘Wipe The Needle’ (Shut Up And Dance)
Q Tip ‘Manwomanboogie’ (Motown)
Mr Scruff with Skuff & Inja ‘Zen’ (Ninja Tuna)
James Brown ‘Get On The Good Foot’ (Polydor)
Mr Scruff & Quantic ‘Donkey Ride’ (Ninja Tuna)
Mr Scruff ‘Fish’ (Ninja Tune)
Mr Scruff ‘Get On Down’ (Ninja Tuna)
Thomas Bangalter ‘On Da Rocks’ (Roule)
Psychotropic ‘Only For The Headstrong’ (Raw Bass)
Mr Scruff ‘Chicken In A Box’ (Ninja Tune)
DJ Mitsu The Beats ‘Kuro Fessional MC (Instrumental)’ (Mukatsuku)
Color Climax ‘Disque O Heights’ (Breakin’ Bread)
Jazzanova ‘Boom Clicky Boom Klack (Mr Scruff Mix)’ (Sonarkollektiv)
Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’ (Sire)
Mr Scruff ‘Kalimba’ (Ninja Tuna)
Sweet Salvation ‘Rock Steady’ (Elektra)
Cosmic Force ‘Ghetto Down (Kenny Dope Mix)’ (Truth & Soul)
Mr Scruff ‘Sweetsmoke’ (Ninja Tuna)
Benny Ill, Kode 9 & The Culprit ‘Fat Larry’s Skank’ (Tempa)
Nicolette ‘Dove Song’ (Shut Up And Dance)
Channel One ‘Jungle Skank’ (Channel One)
One of the winners of the Beatport remix competition, London legendary underground disco night move across into production. Good effort.
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