Feel my Bicep

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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Real little italo gem here, have built up a big folder of italo stuff to edit/ put in a mix over the past 6/5 months…., but I thought I’d put the odd one up here first, (i’m keeping the my favourites for this mix)….. Like most italo, there’s a fine balance of utter shite and flashes of synthetic brilliance, and ideally most of it needs a good editing to even begin to sound palatable……However, this one manages to sound the business, although I would love to cut it to bits at some stage. Could be awesome!

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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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Some beautifully soft vocals with contrasting darker keys up for grabs here, uploaded this months ago and only noticed i’d never posted it. Some of you might not have heard of RJD2, but he’s along the same lines as Dj Shadow, creating a lot of instrumental hiphop, however he has produced for a huge list of prominent rappers, and tracks have appeared in everything from adverts and videogames to the FIFA 2006 World Cup!

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RJD2

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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Morgan Geist of Metro Area and founder of Environ Records dropped into town this weekend. We caught up with the man himself to ask a couple of questions about his dusty vinyl he doesn’t let the public see too often….Thanks again Morgan!

First track you remember got you hooked on Disco?

“Another One Bites The Dust” when I was a kid, and maybe “Disco Circus” when I got back into it through techno.

Queen – another one bites the dust

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Martin Circus – Disco Circus

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Is there a track you rely on to jack the party?

No. All parties are different. I must say Carl Craig’s remix of my own track “Detroit” seems quite reliable. Watching crowds react to it makes me really respect his understanding of dancefloor psychology.

Morgan Geist – Detroit (c2 Remix 1)

A track you love but has a habit of clearing a dance-floor?

Oddly, “Candy Man” by Mary Jane Girls. Usually this leaves me feeling the audience I’m playing for are completely and utterly dead inside.

Mary Jane Girls – Candy Man (12in Remix)

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Have you got a Guilty Pleasure track?

I’m not guilty about my pleasures – at least not the musical ones.

Finally can you think of a severely underrated tune, you think deserves more credit?

God. There are too many to list. Not as many as tracks that are overrated and deserve less credit, but still a lot.

Continue reading ‘Back of the box session with Morgan Geist’

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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Some more Cosmic funk. Another nice n nasty release on New York’s finest Salsoul Records, spreading disco throughout our lives. I like the synth breakdown/ solo type thing in it- for me this sums up a lot of 80s music but is rarely heard in ze disco- unlike 80s glam rock which required at least one 3 minute solo where the reset of the band can get get smack up in the interval.

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Last week we posted up a video of Henrik Schwarz and Bugge Wesseltoft performing a live recreation of ‘Leave My Head Alone Brain‘. RBMA have hit us up with some more videos of the pair performing, for you to enjoy. first up is the performance at the Royal Festival Hall last Friday at the Resident Advisor & Red bull Music Academy joint event. Those that were in attendance would agree that it was a great night from the start with these guy, till the end with DJ Sprinkles ripping it up in the foyer.

Here is another showing the pair improvise a song during their couch session, using a mix of analogue equipment and Ableton- the video shows Schwarz using the amazing plugin he designed for Ableton the ‘Schwarzenator’.

A little valentine (albeit late… as was my lady’s present) treat, in the form of an all time Chicago classic from Larry Heard. This has an almost Balearic feel to it in a funny oldschool kinda way, though it is still a full on Chicago house bomb complete with a climbing bass and long pads, seriously hypnotic in an after hours kinda way.

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