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For those feeling lonely on Valentines Day have no fear Horse Meat Disco is here!In a form of a mix, the guys over at The New York City (NYC) Downlow Radio hit us up with this meat filled treat.

For those seeking an uninterrupted online streaming musical paradise, The Downlow Radio is serving up a special selection of love-themed shows by an array of best DJs from the global homo-soul-funk underground to ge…ge…get your juices flowing in time for Valentine’s Day. They also have an amazing selection of House, Funk, Soul and Disco for your aural pleasure.

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Massive Garage anthem which has been and will continue to rock the NYC disco scene for years.

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, “A Fifth of Beethoven“, a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, in 1976,  managing to top the top 100 and was subsequently featured on the best-selling soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever”.

It was also a big underground hit for Soulwax on the As heard on Series, bringing this track to a new generation.

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Have been holding these for a while, but thought it would be fitting to post them on remembrance day.  There was no official 12″ release but the song found it’s way onto many important dj playlists especially those who embraced the sleaze, morning music genre such as Larry Levan, Lary Sanders. Here are some remasters straight from the Bootlegs.

Ms. Sharon Ridley – Changin’ [Bootleg Re-edit]

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Ms. Sharon Ridley – Changin’ (Lary Sanders edit)

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Also here is a fantastic Larry Levan mix from 1985, notice the diverse playlist and the unique cutting of tracks a rare feat these days through djs who merely beat-match and rarly experiment on vinyl without ’stabilisers’ like serato or traktor. The art of a dj is slowly die-ing out, anyone can beatmatch,  only  few can select or were born with two 1210’s as hands like Levan!

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The Peech Boys, a group that Larry Levan formed and was part of (and who became the New York Citi Peech Boys when the Beach Boys threatened a lawsuit due to the similar sound of the name). With a strong gospel tinge in the vocal arrangements and driven by a tinkling piano, the latter song is a quintessential example of the deejay’s soulful aesthetic. One of the first dance releases to incorporate a dub influence and an appended vocal-only edit, when it was finally released, much of the song’s momentum had been lost and it stalled in the lower reaches of the charts. Re released as the all too famous ‘Don’t make me Jack’ by the wonderfull Paris Grey, we stuck up back in the early days Here.

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If ever there was a match made in heaven like, Paradise Garage’s Larry Levan and Grace Jones. I don’t know what to say, in their own right both are absolute legends and this edit is up there with each other’s finest work- disco at the top of it’s game. RIP

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Nicked this mix of pitchfork it’s so ace, full of those sick tunes every disco dj has been bustin out for the last 15 years!

“DFA’s Tim Sweeney has put together a mix of mostly early-90s disco and house from the Balihu label, an imprint started in NYC in 1993 by producer Daniel Wang (you may recall seeing his name on the tracklist to Hercules and Love Affair’s recent mix, Sidetracked). The mix is heavy on Wang’s original material (see tracklist below), but also features a number of the label’s other releases, some of which have never had digital versions until now. A compilation of the label’s highlights, entitled Daniel Wang Presents Balihu 1993-2008 is out today via Rush Hour.”

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Had a nice read of the DJ Harvey- Disco Punk feature on RA today, and it made me grin a little…I think every radio mix be it on Beats in Space or EVR with Harvey makes me do the “laugh-out loud-on-the-train thing”  when listening to it on the old iPhone, mainly when he brings his joyful charisma to an interview. I like the Harvey and Kane duo, it makes for a good radio partnership, thanks to Dennis “Citizen” Kane for hooking us up with this mix a while back.

Bringing a smile to everyone’s face here is 2 hours of Harvey and Kane ripping it up!

DJ Harvey & Citizen Kane on East Village Radio

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Huge edit from the Black Disco guys- getting a bit of airtime recently on the likes of BIS

“slicing the fattest piano groove with bit of fuzz-bass madness”, Soulful and allround great. I love this. original is a cracker too. Pick up the full EP at phonica.

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This week I have been listening to a few old “beats in space” podcasts and found a guilty pleasure. He goes by the name of Baris K.

Baris K is a Turkish DJ with influences ranging from 70’s Turkish cosmic disco music, with prevalent psychedelic & Anatolian Rock.

I am 90% sure you have probably heard his music in a Turkish kebab shop somewhere in the East end. This record come with a word of warning, like many office emails you get NSFW, this one is kinda NSOL (not.safe.out.loud.). Anyway I have managed to hunt down a mix by him and also a link to what has to be a Turkish porn tune, but Baris K we love you!

Baris K vs Hüsnü Senlendirici – Oyun Havasi

Barış K’s Eurasiamix – An introduction to Turkish Cosmic

Baris K Edits – Birlik Destani
Orhan Gencebay – Bir Araya Gelemeyiz
Baris Manco – Lambaya Puf De
Okay Temiz – Denizalti Ruzgarlari
Selda Bagcan – Nem Kaldi
Mogollar – Iklig
Baris Manco – Coban Yildizi
Baris Manco – Bir Selam Sana
Erkut Tackin – Sevmek Istiyorum
Emin Findikoglu – Cecen Kizi
Nur Yoldas – Saki
Sezen Aksu – Ayriliklar Bitmez
Ferdi Ozbegen – Kopruden Gecti Gelin
Aksu Orkestrasi – Bermuda Seytan Ucgeni
Uc Hurel – Aglarsa Anam Aglar
Selda Bagcan – Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar
Erkin Koray – Karli Daglar
Mogollar – Muzik
Erkin Koray – Turku