28th Street Crew – I Need a Rhythm

I was listening to this album recently and thought I would share this with you, many of you will recognise the title track as a classic house anthem that was regulary played at The Hacienda Nude nights. The 28th Street Crew are David Bryon Cole & Robert Manuel Clivillés who also go under the name of C&C Music Factory, the album has edit credits to Danny Krivit that was carried out at the Razor Shop, 28th Street NYC, probably where the 28th Street Crew name comes from. While “I Need A Rhythm” remains the main anthem, there are some real gems on this album that are worth checking out particulary if you are into that late 80’s NYC deep house groove.

A.1 28th Street Crew – I need a rhythm

A2. 28th Street Crew – Inch by Inch

A3. 28th Street Crew -Steppin’ Out

A4. 28th Street Crew – Get it up

B.1 28th Street Crew – Where’s the party

B.2 28th Street Crew – It’s in the groove

B.3 28th Street Crew – Pump it up (let’s groove)

B.4 28th Street Crew – Sex on the dance floor

Raving 89′ – DJ History.com

At last a decent coffee table book to replace the run of mill interior design book or modern art book that our better halfs leave on show to impress their mates. Hot on the heels of the impressive (so I have reliably been informed, as I do not have a copy yet) The Disco Files by Vince Aletti, the guys at the amazing djhistory.com are taking pre-orders for what looks to be one of the most exciting and memory evoking photographic books to take pride and place in your home.

It’s by Gavin Watson the photographer who made his name with his brilliant Skins and Skins & Punks books (the latter came out through Vice Publications earlier this year).

Raving ‘89 is a superb collection of his photographs. With 200 photos taken in the revolutionary year of 1989, this is the real deal. Hardly anyone took a camera to the raves, and the few people who did, got so bleary they left it under a speaker.

Gavin Watson not only remembered his Nikon, he’s also a truly world-class photographer. Gavin’s rave pictures capture the experience like no others. Grubby warehouses, hands through sheets of lasers, the haircuts, the smiles, the friends, the crimes against fashion. It’s a beautiful book, all wrapped up with hilarious recollections from Gavin and his brother Neville. DjHistory.com be taking pre-orders shortly, but you can have a sneak peek right now:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iyfgba

Keeping the spirit alive !

Remedy Mix

Here’s my set from last weeks outing at Remedy, Kingston .. Remedy is monthly a soulful and classic house night run by DJ Mark Paul and percussionist Cool Hand Luke. The Pirate Revival crew Silks, Mista Manic, JayD and myself joined Remedy last weekend for some fun and games. I warmed the evening up with some new tracks of disco re-edits, electrofunk and deep house tunes from 6th Borough Project, Eddie C, The Revenge, Pete Herbert, Greg Wilson, Joey Negro, so I thought I would share this nice summer vibe mix with you all….be warned it is not “old Skool “…but there are some gems on there…be open minded and you will enjoy.

Remedy, June 2009

http://www.mediafire.com/?kmzn2kyoy2z

Mid Week Special…. Old Skool Acid House

Well the good news is I have finally got all of my records back home from storage so I can start digging through again to share some musical love with you all of the old skool variaty.

First up we have The MacKenzie – Chicago Trip, an underground warehouse tune produced in 1990 on MacKenzie records Belgium. In a way it is a rip off of Lil Louis French Kiss, but does it very well and gives the tune a real edge to it. Then in true house style some sneaky Italians called Alpha DY rip of The Mackenzie by releasing Chicago Trip under their name and adding only a few minor changes if I remeber rightly. Only a couple of years ago the Alpha DY tune was fetching silly money, just because it had a red stamp on it.

The MacKenzie – Chicago Trip

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Next up we have some great UK Acid House by This Ain’t Chicago, with a track called Ride The Rhythm,  production credits go to Dizzie Dee who alo produced the classic Tainted Love by Impedance and also was involved with chart topping Candy Flip.

This Ain’t Chicago – Ride The Rhythm

http://www.mediafire.com/?jzmjuy0mwxt

From the excellent US label Nu Groove we have Underground Kids – Get up, I remeber buying this in 1993 from a Second hand record shop (that will remain nameless, as I still go digging there) although the track was released in 1989, I had only just fully immersed myself into house music after collecting mainly hardcore and techno tunes up until then. I used to play it regulary and people would always ask what it was, probably because it sounded so different to the house music that was being churned out in 93. Still a firm favourite of mine from the Nu Groove camp.

Underground Kids – Get up (Club Mix)

http://www.mediafire.com/?mvy0niijzvz

Underground Kids – Get Up (Science Mix)

http://www.mediafire.com/?mvy0niijzvz

Lastly we a have little known Acid tune from 1988 from the UK that was released on small lable called Move n Groove. Do not really know much about the artist other the info on Discogs, but really like the raw energy and simplicity of this one.

Zoo – Extasy

http://www.mediafire.com/?lmnyt3xqznw

Enjoy…..and remeber, if you take your time to download the music…maybe take some time to comment…it’s easy to do and is always good to hear other peoples views.

The Vinyl Stock Exchange Crash

There has never been a better time to start collecting old vinyl records than now, over the last couple of years the prices have fallen dramatically on dance music tunes, particularly from the 88-94 era. It has followed a similar trend to the stock market and housing market, music web forums and their users created a demand for the elusive track that you were after, only a few people seemed to have, so the price was high. But as more forum members joined then the competition grew, both on demand and supply. Then sites such as Gemm, Music Stack and Discogs appear, and they produce an easy portal to find that elusive track, with prices ranging from dirt cheap, from the local record shop advertising on gemm who did not really have a clue about pricing, to the obscene take the piss pricing from people who knew they had something everyone wanted. But as time has progressed, more and more sellers came online, tempted with the lure of the $$$ by converting the vinyl into mp3 and selling there treasured black stuff, supply out stripped demand and the market collapsed. Tunes that were fetching £25 in the mid- late 90’s like 2 Bad Mices’ Bombscare, can be picked up for £3 these days. And in more recent years the prices have tumbled on the red stamped Italian imports and have become in some cases worthless pieces of wax that are being used as oversized beer mats. I hear lots of examples of old skool break beat tunes that were selling for £50 a few years back only reaching £15 these days.

So is it still worth collecting vinyl….hell yeah as I said before there is no better time to collect then now. The prices are at an all time low, and that means you can pick up a bargain as dj’s dump their vinyl for digital formats. You have to remember, tunes from the 1990’s and before were never available on digital format, so for those who tend to download and collect tunes from blogs and P2P apps, in some cases you are usually just downloading some poorly ripped record from a cheap fisher price turntable. Ok it’s free, but would you not prefer to pay a £1 or £3 and get that said tune on vinyl in all its shiny glory and also experience the excitement of getting home and placing it on the turn table and hearing it. Oh but you don’t have a turntable I hear you say… go to any decent hi-fi shop and you will see Vinyl has made a come back in the High End Audio arena and with turntables available from £100 skywards, you can afford to go out and buy one. Lets face it, that little speaker system you had to buy to plug your mp3 player almost cost that.

Today I picked up some absolute gems, one being Fleetwood Mac’s Big Love (Extended Mix), I paid £1 for this in mint condition, a few years back this tune was exchanging hand for 20 times that amount.

1st UK DJ to mix on UK National Television – Greg Wilson on The Tube

Inspirational…

Go Bang ….last weekend of the Festival…book it in your diary now

Remeber that month long festival called Go Bang I told you all about a few threads back?   Well, the end of this week will be the final weekend of the GoBang festival so if you have not made it down so far, book it in your diary for next weekend to get down to Sunny Brighton and join in the fun. These parties are low key, and attract of like minded individuals who enjoy the more sexier “groove” based side of dance music, from disco, funk, soul to left field balearic sounds and Paradise Garage Classics. This coming weekend on Friday 29th May you have an Allnighter at Al Duomo’s with the Go Bang crew providing the grooves, and on Sunday 31st May Go Bang are back at Thomas Kemp for an All Dayer which also happens to be at the same time as the Kemp Town Street party…so this is going to be one hell of a closing party.

More good news from the GoBang crew a monthly night has been announced, all details on their events can be found on the Facebook group and blog site.

Face Book Group
Blog Site
Resident Advisor Group
Myspace Group

Big ups to the main man Ali for all his hours of effort to make this an amazing and safe place to party, and to all the Gobang DJ’s who are truely inspiring.

Balearic Juke Box – Jon Marsh Mix

For those in the know, the Balearic Brothers hold a monthly event at the Om Bar in Brighton. Earlier this month Jon Marsh (The Beloved) graced the decks again at The Balearic Juke box, and spreading the word of love the first part of this amazing mix can be heard here.

Jon Marsh Live @ Balearic Jukebox (1st Hour)
LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?rmmgmnymqnz

The next party on the 6th June is looking to be a road block with Phil Mason from Reverso 68 sharing the love.

Full details below

on the Saturday 6th June
The Balearic Jukebox
@ OM, 5 Steine Street, Brighton, BN2 1TE

Hosted by the Balearic Brothers
+ very special guest Phil Mison (REVERSO 68)

9pm – 3am
Free B4 10.30pm / £3 after
www.balearicjukebox.co.uk / www.ombrighton.co.uk

Contact: info@balearicjukebox.co.uk

Bring some summer sunshine into your life at the start of June when we’ve got a very special party for you..

Producer, songwriter, musician and Balearic DJ sound pioneer PHIL MISON is our very special guest this month.

REVERSO 68 is the studio based project of Phil Mison and Pete Herbert. The two met many moons ago whilst Phil was a resident at the Cafe Del Mar in Ibiza and bought records from Pete who was running the infamous Atlas Records vinyl emporium in Soho, London at the time. Over the last few years REVERSO 68 have released some of the best modern Balearic music around. They appear regularly on uber cool Belgian label Eskimo Recordings (alongside the much hyped Aeroplane), and you should check ‘Piece Together’, ‘Especial’, and ‘Tokyo Disco’ now! Go to : http://www.discogs.com/artist/Reverso+68 for the full list of their productions. The REVERSO 68 sound has been described as a mix of Balearic disco and spaced-out melodic moments made with the dancefloor in mind, and we think that’s a perfect recipe for a Balearic Jukebox party!

Phil Mison has also championed the chill-out music genre since its inception in the early-90s, after being inspired by listening to Jose Padilla at the Cafe Del Mar. He began his long DJ career at London’s famed Milk Bar in 1991, segued into producing after a decade DJing around the world and touring with bands such as Leftfield. In 1995, he released the first of his Soundcolours compilation, the groundbreaking series that featured electronic music, mixed for mood over the traditional beat match. Ten compilations later, including Real Ibiza compilations 3 through 7, Mison has exported this island flavour into crafting an original artist album as Cantoma. Phil Mison is a truly Balearic soul, so come and check him out!

www.myspace,com/cantoma

Raise your hands if you understand!

Check www.balearicjukebox.co.uk

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8486172323 (Balearic Jukebox)

If I Was A Balearic Dj I’d Be Playin’ Tunes Like These… Official Mix 003

Another Balearic installment by DJ Nova from Rodon FM, this one is on a more chilled out note an ideal companion for lazying about on a sunny day.

If I Was A Balearic Dj I’d Be Playin’ Tunes Like These… Official Mix 003

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1ucs7q

Official Mix 003:

01. Chris Rea – Nothing’s Happening By The Sea – 1983

02. Andreas Vollenweider – Belladonna – 1982

03. Art Of Noise – Dan Dare – 1989

04. Peter Gabriel – This Is The Picture – 1986

05. Jean Michael Jarre – Souvenir De Chine – 1987

06. Byron – Too Much – 1985

07. Mike Francis – Survivor (12’’) – 1984

08. Wally Badarou – Novela Das Nove (Spider Woman) – 1985

09. B-52’s – Deep Sleep – 1982

10. Japan – I Second That Emotion (7” Mix) – 1982

11. Bryan Ferry – Sensation – 1985

12. Jan Hammer – Tubbs And Valerie – 1987

13. Ashra – Bamboo Sands – 1979

14. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamato – Forbidden Colours – 1983

April 2009 Nova Balearica SuNTouch Production By Dj Nova

“Another mix, holidays always offers time & space to create one. This time i’m chillin’ & danin’ with Balearic sounds from 80’s, again. Open your mind, dig your memories, paint your nostalgic sences with colours, new age, pop, rock, electronic, italo disco, world sounds, African dreams, beats & pieces and you just taste with words the latest mix, my 4th free Balearic internet mix. Live the experience that i’m sharing with you. “

More Balearic Mixes From Dj Nova: http://theacidhouse.wordpress.com/category/music/balearic/

Many thanks 2 http://theacidhouse.wordpress.com blogspot 4 hosting my mixes

http://myspace.com/djnova_novaplanet

Progressive House – Guerilla Records

One of the early adopters of the UK progressive house scene was William Orbit’s Guerilla Records. The label started in 1990 with the release Bassomatic – In the realms of senses, and became more prolific during 1992 when the label really started kicking in with releases from artists such as D.O.P, The Drum Club, React 2 Rhythm and Spooky as the scene was taking off. For collectors, you can pick up early Guerilla records very cheap, often ranging from £1 – £3, this era of tunes is often over looked, but played a signifcant role in the direction of the house music scene during the early to mid 1990’s.

The following are small selection of classic, not so classic and alternative Guerilla Record release

Bassomatic – Facinating Rhythm (Soul Odyssey Mix)

Code MD – Higher (Funk a duck Mix)

Fuzzy Logic – Obsession

Two Shiny Heads – Dub House Disco (Part 2)

Chameleon Project – Feel (Spooky remix Pt 1)

DOP – Groovy Beat

React 2 Rhythm – Shine

Spooky – Schmoo

William Orbit – Water from a vine leaf