disco italo cosmic funk techno
Bicep are stompin into a monday moring to this perfect theme tune. The crossover italo / house/ disco ‘M.B.O. Theme’ sounds like the dirty work of a clone between Morodor and Mr Fingers. Funky bassline that would shake anyfloor!
listen now for the handclaps!
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KDJ talkin about his bitches and fuckin his MPC all night long! during his session yesterday at Red Bull Music Academy.
In keeping with recent posts, we’re pleased to present a delightfully smooth remix from none other than ole’ frank knuckles, stamping his own chicago warehouse style firmly on the Chaka Khan classic, it’s a dub so the vocal appears late on, just teasing us. Great stuff!
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Continue reading ‘Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Hallucinogenic Dub)’
A Rollerskating Jam Named Red Bull Music Academy
Moodymann, Horse Meat Disco, Bravo, Jullian Gomes Master MP6-60.
Thurs 4th March, 8pm – 2am
We have two tickets for this event on Thursday to give away to the person who can email us first (feelmybicep@googlemail.com) with the name of the original track that Moodymann sampled for his track, Dont You Want My Love, a track that we at Bicep wont ever get enough of.
Let’s stoke the ole’ fire a little with another great remix from MAW,….here they’ve totally flipped Trey Lorenz’s slow and emotional ‘Photographs of Mary’ into an upbeat soulful house bomb, all to easily…. Rolling beats & shuffling snares, classic 90’s kipper!
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Finally our plastic homage to Detroit has hit the shelves. BUY BUY BUY. Have a listen, we hope you like it. Instead of describe the track for you we thought it may be better to give you an insight into the production.
Bicep – 313
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‘313’ was basically a melody I recorded of my laptop, my neighbour was getting his Jazz on, so I stuck the mic up to the wall and clicked record. **Note: he will have no credits on the sleeve- His dog shits all over my steps**. We knew the claps were a fundamental part of the track so to add some realism, we set off to Dalston market- inspired by stories of Marshall Jefferson hiring 15 people for the claps on his tunes when he played live. Instead of forming an alliance with the common people we stocked up on meat and what a fine selection there was on offer. On returning to the studio we took turns recording and slapping each other with various types of beef and fish- finally we layered these sounds to give this ‘Real‘ meat thing in action. The chatting you can hear around the start was recorded of my phone while in the waiting room of a very lively brothel, all I can say is that the recording got a little messy towards the end.
Bicep – Winter
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‘Winter’ was just a demo song on our DAW, cant believe people didn’t pick up on this one ;)
Hope this gave you a brief insight into the lengths we take in the strive for perfection! And perfection it is.
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This is an absolute cracker, a very rare stripped back ‘Masters at Work’ dub, which they knocked out along side their more mainstream mixes, (although it only appeared on some of the selected maxi releases, but not the singles, I actually picked this up in an antique shop in Dubai of all the places!) These ‘bass hit’ dubs crop up quite a lot when you comb through the MAW discography and they are always winners, very deep and twisted, usually cutting everything right back down to the bones. It’s crazy to think this was from back in 1992, rivals any of this minimal tosh that floats about now! Enjoy!
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Continue reading ‘Madonna – Erotica (MAW bass hit mix)’
Great errie soundscapes and haunting synths. Perfect for 6am, when some of your fellow partygoers are feeling a little tender….
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A recent interview, when asked about how his fabric mix had been recieved…..said:
Did you read the shit people are saying already about the Fabric Mix? A few assholes are talking about “Oh, Omar-S. He did the same thing as Ricardo Vi-vi–….” whatever the fuck he’s called. I don’t even know who Ricardo Willalobo is. I ain’t start hearing his name till like a year ago. Who the fuck is that? So how would I know what he did for Fabric? I don’t even know how to say his last name, why would I bite off of him?
Here’s some classic Omar s, twisted acid sounds matched with an old school Chicago bassline and an enticing soulful vocal. Enjoy!
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This track defines SLEAZE. Absolute filth, We were having difficulties tracking this version down, but here she is. This is exactly the kinda’ kipper you could expect from one of the darker themed Optimo nights up in Glasgow. Frankie Knuckles = pure New York slime. We love.
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Continue reading ‘Frankie Knuckles feat Jamie Principle – Baby wants to ride’
Those gentle synth washes, the cowbell and the smooth vocals, all in the right place to create a amazing piece of house music. Music for your soul!
Frankie Knuckles helped define what house is, this tune is often cited by house enthusiasts as his finest work. “The piano riff alone is worth the price, but when combined with the bassline, overall production values and that vocal, it’s a credible candidate for best house record ever. And it was made in 1987.”
Backbeats have just release 10 compilations of tunes from probably the finest Independent Labels in house, disco, soul and funk… Labels like Trax, Philly Groove, Jewel, Paula, Ronn, Ace, Tribe, Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant. No-one can look the other way to ‘Garage Classics‘ or ‘The House that Jackin’ built“….These are gold!
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Been digging up lots of early 90’s house, got a real nice collection going on, here’s the first of many! It’s a cheeky little hypnotic house remake from Little Louie and Big T! Harddrive, himself is also known as Luis Fernando Vager and was one of the early house hoods droppin’ his slugs on legendary Strictly Rhythm! Back in around 93′ was a golden age for house, people like MAW were throwing out 4/5 versions of every remix, and remixing everything, and the snares just rolled around that time.
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Continue reading ‘Hardrive – Just Believe (Little Louie Vega & Tony Humphries Extended Mix)’
To this day I think ‘Silent introduction’ is up definitely one of my most cherished albums. Much like Omar-s’ Fabric CD, it contained music previously released on underground labels- then introduced to the masses years later on an albeit slightly less underground label. Mostly this is a KDJ, the early years collection. Add the blunted rants, musings and wisdom of Mr Dixon as in between banter and you’re left with a beautiful collection of deepest house that you wish you could play at work but are really scared to, because of these syrupy voiced proclamations. M-Traxx is a modern day masterpiece, the vinyl is so deep, dig it out if you can- pure bliss.
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Any kids born in the eighties will have remembered this Sega Mega Drive classic as a seriously tough guy beat em up. Streets of Rage, or as its known in Japan, “Bare Knuckle: Furious Iron Fist” was released in 1991. Recently I was playing this and realised that long ago I used to love the rolling street beats, without even knowing they were techno, electro disco and freak funk chuggers. The music is so driving while playing it, super urban. Produced by game music hero, Yuzo Koshiro.
Below are a few (there will be more to come and I feel an few edits may be coming out of some of this material). They sound like when speeded up oldschool deep house crashes into synth disco. ‘Boss’ sounds like 90s rave then breaks into some pretty crazy tech synth pump. Interesting.
City Street
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Beachfront
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Boss
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Sometimes, even when you’ve got over 200gb of music on your computer, your mind can go blank when it comes to thinking up something interesting to post…..a simple way to remedy this minor stress is to type a random word into the finder, and post everything that comes up. Today, I typed in BAM, and here’s what you get!
Afrika Bambaataa – Planet rock
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MIA – Bamboo banger
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Belle Epoque – Bamalama (Todd terje rekutt)
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Gabriel Ananda – Bambus
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Bambu – I don’t wanna lose it
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Bam Bam – Give it to me
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