Sneak for sure

Here is another installment of my trip to Delaware. I was hoping while i was looking through the collection that I would find this joint and there it was. This is a ill filter house joint from '96 I love to play out and I hope you will to. By the way I have not dug through the whole collection yet so there will be more to come. Enjoy yo!

DJ Sneak - Keep On Groovin (Fat Bottom Mix) | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

The week in disco house

Minty fresh filtered disco house...

Laberge - Before You Know | Direct Download | YSI | 320 kbps

Be sure to check Laberge on Myspace.

The week in disco edits

Esther Phillips - All The Way Down (Leftside Wobble Edit)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Frank Zappa - Dancing Fool (Chris Burns Edit)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Nightlife Unlimited - Let's Do It Again (One $ Edit)
Get it at Outside Broadcast | 320 kbps

Arthur Russell - Make 1, 2 (Pat Les Stache Edit)
Get it at American Athlete | 192 kbps

Superprince II

Peter Dragontail and I are very proud to present you with the newest installment in the Superprince saga. It's already received some love from Philadelphia's 5151, Chicago's Cream Team & Indianapolis' Heavy Gun. Here's the story...

After hibernating through another cold Philadelphia winter, Superprince has awakened once again for a summer of block parties, drives to the Jersey shore & waking up in strange places. Good times lie ahead, but first we must take the proper precautions to make the summer of 09 legendary. You may need to get your bike tuned up. You may be on the market for a sexy new bathing suit. You may need another part-time job to support your iced coffee habit. Superprince can't help you with any of this. Superprince has however spent his winter distilling the perfect blend of upbeat summer songs for barbeques, beach trips, romance, etc. Follow the download links below to prepare yourself for impending summer joy.

Zip folder of the mix broken into tracks | Zshare | 60 minutes

The mix as one track | Direct Link | Zshare | 60 minutes

01. New Sins - Feelings Have Changed
02. Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
03. Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar (Patrick Alavi Remix)
04. Zoot Woman - Automatic
05. Cut Copy - Far Away (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)
06. Erland Oye - Lullaby / A Place In My Heart (Acapella)
07. Maps - To The Sky (Loving Hand Remix)
08. Junior Boys - Bits & Pieces
09. Lykke Li - Let It Fall
10. Chromatics - Running Up That Hill
11. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Edit)
12. Chromeo - 100% (Treasure Fingers Remix)
13. Charlie - Spacer Women
14. Sebastien Tellier - Kilometer (A-Trak Remix)
15. RFTW - Oh Shelia (DJ Apt One Remix)
16. Foals - Olympic Airways (Supermayer Remix)
17. Juan Maclean - One Day
18. Andreas Tilliander - Caught in a Riot (feat. New Moscow)
19. Roy Davis Jr. feat. Erin Martin - I Have a Vision
20. Beirut - Nantes (Fredo & Thang Gameplay Edit)
21. Dubtribe Sound System - Do It Now
22. Kanye West - Love Lockdown (Cousin Cole Remix)
23. DJ Tamiel - Body
24. Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat (Alexander Robotnick Remix)
25. Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Nite (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)
26. The Hours - See The Light (Calvin Harris Remix)
27. Appaloosa - The Day (We Fell In Love) (Todd Edwards Liturgical Mix)
28. Tiga - Love Don't Dance Here Anymore

We would like to thank Ryan Dumas for the logo and Joe Lentini for the mastering.

Nag Champa House Hop

Giving Up, Giving In

Apologies for the tainted artwork, but for the sake of accuracy this was the only pic of the U.S. 12" I could find, and I don't have a camera. In any event, this is disco daggering at its most intense, Philly soul meets Moroder chug.

The Three Degrees - Giving Up, Giving In | Divshare | YSI | 320 kbps


And be sure to tune in to Nighttime World radio tonight at 10 p.m. EST on Party 934. No guest this week, but next Monday I'll be welcoming fellow Dollar Bin Jammer Shawn Ryan to the studio. Support internet radio!

USA! USA!

Come catch DJ Image (aka Cropsy) and me at the Brand Spankin New Blockley Pourhouse in West Philly. Biggest sound west of the river.

Here's a firework-related jam for your ass (which you may know as the sample source to a certain 2 Live Crew song):

Mass Production - Firecracker
Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Azul y Negro - La Noche (Pitched Down)

Another Robotique favorite!

This tune has the uncanny ability to consistently pack dance floors, despite being relatively unknown by most casual partygoers. Maybe it's the brilliantly brainless message contained within the chorus, but something about its dated brassy synth patches, reverberated electronic snare and janky arpeggios resonates someplace within the collective unconscious of our generations' dance freaks. It's like a switch goes off telling the brian, "This sounds like it's from the '80s! Even if you don't know it, you know it...now MOVE!"

Again, much like Change - The End, this tune grooves way deeper and harder when pitched down from its original, blistering 135 Bpm.

So let's spend the night together, let's work the night together.
Let's go night clubbing right now, now, now now...

Azul y Negro - La Noche (Pitched Down)
MediaFire | YSI | 320 kbps

Hurrah presents "Independence Day"

On July 4th, 2009, Hurrah presents "Independence Day," starring Jay Yo & Shawn Ryan. July 4 doesn't have to be all firworks and apple pie. Just listen to the voice of our deranged Dragontail narrator...

"Oh shit! The Aliens are taking over! It's been fun Philadelphia. Wait! Can Somebody fly up into the alien ship and upload a virus to knock down their shields? What's that Shawn? You are going to jam their radar with mp3s & wavs? Oh hell yes! Oh, there's more? You are bringing Jay Yo for maximum firepower? OH HELL YES!"

Wait, totally sweet 90's movie references probably don't clear anything up. Hurrah is a dance party at Medusa Lounge, featuring Shawn Ryan and special guest Jay Yo spinning disco, electro, house and more. We've got your post-firework afterparty taken care of. We're going from 10pm - 2am strong with no cover as usual.

Definitely expect to hear this new freestyle jam by Vancouver's Love & Electrik.

Love & Electrik - Sex Video | Mediafire | YSI |320 kbps

Standing naked in the back of the woods

Drive to the forest in a boogie van...

Public Image Ltd - Poptones (BBC Session) | Mediafire | YSI |320 kbps

Michael Jackson Tribute Mix

We all know by now Michael "The King Of Pop" Jackson has passed away. I feel it is also fair to say we all loved his music since we were kids. I grew up on "Off The Wall", "Thriller", "Bad" and "Dangerous". Those albums have a special place in my musical heart, so I had to make this tribute mix to show my appreciation for the greatest recording artist ever, Michael Jackson.

DJ Image - Michael Jackson Is Dead Mix | Zshare | 27 minutes

They don't make 'em like this anymore...

Seems like an appropriate time to post this one...

An absolute nugget of genius, showcasing the best of the Jacksons as well as Gamble & Huff. Uplifting strings give way to guitar chords tinged with sadness; a complex and bittersweet melody that you won't hear anywhere else.

It's a Robotique mainstay, and a personal favorite. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face...or will it put a tear in your eye?

The Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go | MediaFire | zShare | 320 kbps

Don't Sleep On This...

There are only 5 or 6 days left to get the files. Get Them.

RCMP EP is out now

You can now purchase the self-titled RCMP EP at Turntable Lab (Lab Recommended!) and wherever Flamin Hotz records are sold.

And PS - if anybody is in the Bay Area, you can catch me DJing at Ambassador on Thursday night and then at Low Happy Hour at Vessel on Friday. Good times SF!

Block Party

Anthony White - Block Party (at 33) | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

100% Dissin' You

Saturday, June 27th - I'll be spinning at Club VIA in Seoul, by far Hongdae's raddest club. So, if you're in town and English speaking check out this quick edit for a preview.


Armando - 100% Dissin' You (Chris Rogy Re-Edit)
Zshare | 320 kbps



more event info...

June Metropolis

That night RCMP set a new world record for fastest flight from Philly to Italy.

Free your eyes, and your mind will follow

Whoever says they've never purchased a record just for the cover art is either joyless or lying.

More often than not, I simply can't help myself! And so I end up with this: an ever-expanding gallery of funked-out space babes, sci-fi discotheques and monstrous piles of synthesizers.

Aptly titled, I've decided to exclude any direct information regarding the identity of these pieces (though some of the titles are a dead giveaway). Although it's not necessarily the purpose of this post, please feel free to fancy a few guesses!

Darklord Disco Presenta: Cosmic Excerpts | flickr

No Regrets

I just drove to Delaware last week to pick up a free house collection from a friend. It was well worth the hour drive, I've been finding a lot of gems in the collection! Here's one from '93 - "No Regrets Dub" by Akema, a smooth joint I'm feeling. Checky Check Check - Enjoy!

Akema - No Regrets (Dub) | Meidafire | YSI | 320 kbps

also, for Howie...

Akema - No Regrets (Club Vocal) | Zshare | 320 kbps

Akema - No Regrets (Deep Vocal) | Zshare | 320 kbps

Akema - No Regrets (Late Night) | Zshare | 320 kbps

Akema - No Regrets (String and Horn) | Zshare | 320 kbps

Hartford + Brooklyn

Expect to hear this at the 18+ (yikes!) patio rager on Friday in Hartford...
Miike Snow - Animal (Fake Blood Remix) | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps




Expect to hear this at the backyard soul party on Sunday in Brooklyn...
Candido - Thousand Finger Man | Mediafire | YSI | 192 kbps

Don't expect to hear this anywhere - it's a little too sad for the parties, but it's been in my head lately...
Lost Boyz - Renee | Mediafire | YSI | 256 kbps

RCMP - Ibiza, PA

This is it - the RCMP record drops this Thursday at Metropolis (more info on that and this weekend's DC and Pittsburgh shows later). Next week the record hits stores.

So we've got a goody for you. Ibiza, PA is, for my money, the biggest dancefloor destroyer on the RCMP EP. I've played this joint all across the country and it never fails to get hands in the air in an epic 4AM on drugs stylee. That's why the track is called Ibiza, PA- it's that rust belt rave shit.

DOWNLOAD - DOWNLOAD - DOWNLOAD

RCMP - Ibiza, PA
Zshare | YSI | 192 kbps

DOWNLOAD - DOWNLOAD - DOWNLOAD

For a better quality copy of the file (or the epic Cousin Cole remix) - buy the record online next week from Turntable Lab or from one of the many record stores which stocks Flamin Hotz fine products. If digital is more your thing, the record will be available on Beatport via our new label, Young Robots, in several months.

Keep a lookout for the forthcoming video for Ibiza, PA by Didier Clain!

Another track from the EP, The Bird AKA Ignition, is also available for free download. You can hear the whole EP by downloading the RCMP promo mix.

Penetration

A1 from their 1992 debut 12"

Mood II Swing - Penetration | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

RCMP Promo Mix

This is your first chance to hear all the material from the RCMP EP, plus a little extra Burnso production from the RCMP Remix EP that will come out much later.

RCMP - RCMP EP Promo Mix
Zshare | 192 kbps

Tracklist:

1. Mustache Love
2. Mustache Love (Pumpkin Patch Remix)
3. Ibiza, PA
4. Ibiza, PA (Cousin Cole Remix)
5. Ignition AKA The Bird
6. USA Groove
7. USA Groove (Burnso Remix)*

*-From RCMP Remix EP, will be released on Young Robots Digital, Fall, 2009

Shoot Me (With Your Love)

This is one of my all time favorite jams. Huge break, great groove - funky as all hell.

However, the original version fluctuates up to 8-10 bpm just over the course of the intro - which makes it a real pain in the ass to play. I hadn't played this record in years and I recently pulled it off the shelf and did for it what the session players couldn't do - KEEP TIME.

Tasha Thomas - Shoot Me (With Your Love) (DJ Apt One Quantized)
Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Speaking of funk - this Saturday we've got Philly's funkiest, Kenny Raw, joining us at Medusa Lounge for Philadelphyinz. He's gonna lace a 45-heavy set of funk, disco, classic rap and all that good shit.

Gotta Give It Up

I picked this up for a dollar from a guy selling records on the sidewalk in Park Slope over the weekend. Both tracks are fun little summertime jams: the A-side features a strong vocal courtesy of Jennifer Holliday (making it not really a "dub" at all), and the flip has some pretty righteous guitar wankery going on.


Rodney Franklin - Gotta Give It Up (Club Dub) | Divshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Rodney Franklin - Malibu Shuffle | Divshare | YSI | 320 kbps

A Cosmic Journey Through Space & Time With Steve Vena and Darklord

Yes! I was super stoked when seasoned Rocktits! veteran Steve Vena asked me to come aboard the Moxy Hangout Club shuttle, which launches every Sunday from 6-8PM on 91.7FM WKDU Philadelphia. It was the perfect opportunity to play some seriously wild tunes that ordinarily never see the light of day, much less get played in any type of public forum. The end result was truly a cosmic journey, as advertised above. Have a listen if you dare!

"And the legend begins. Today's show featured the dream come true mega-sets of Ryan "Darklord" Todd of Robotique; he really put his money where your mouth was. And as a group we double-teamed the airwaves with science! spacejams! and our huge members,-only egos! huh? A watched pot might never boil but you can watch Mr. Todd and Billy Werner bubble over the edge every Friday at KungFuNecktie."

Steve Vena:
The Fugs - Boobs-A-Lot
Juicy Lucy - Big Lil
Wet Willie - The Airport
Manfred Mann - One Way Glass
Okko - East Indian Traffic
Volker Kriegal - Zoom
The Watts 103rd Street Band - Twenty Five Miles
Marcus Hook Roll Band - Ape Man
Gong - I Niver Glid Before

Darklord:
801 - Lagrima & T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows)
Michael Bundt - Welcome the Astral Dancer
Danava - Quiet Babies
Budgie - Whiskey River
H.O.T. R.S. - Slow Blow
Airto - I Don't Have To Do
Funkadelic - Field Maneuvers
Venus Gang - Love to Fly
the Undisputed Truth - Spaced Out
Goblin - Deep Shadows
Christian Bruhn - Wetten...Dass?
Amadeo - Memories
Klaus Weiss - Dirt track

Steve Vena:
Laghonia - Glue
Birth Control - Buy!

part 1 | zShare

part 2 | zShare

Keep on keepin ohm!!!

This song is amazing

This song is the best thing that happened to me all day.

Memory Cassette - Last One Awake (Friend Version)
Get it at Discobelle

also, here's another edition of Ryan Nation's Hikikomori Satori. Click to enlarge...

Tamborzão

Check out this new Tamborzão mix by Baltimore's Balagan. Here's what he has to say about it...

Forget the 808--Tamborzão is the sound of Rio right now. Where most compilations and remixes that channeled funk carioca/baile funk to non-Brazilian audiences recent years have focused on Miami bass and freestyle electro-influenced beats, favela sound systems now pump a new, spooky and sample-heavy sound called Tamborzão (translation: really heavy drumbeat) across the city. It's got more indigenous Brazilian influences at the surface, along with eclectic sample stabs of everything from PC system sounds to Planet Patrol's "Cheap Thrills" and Woody Woodpecker cackles (Pica-Pau is his Portuguese name). This sound, as I was fortunate to experience it this spring in favelas like Arvore Seca and Cantagalo, is gunshots and flip-flops, soccer championships and drunken sambas... Rio in a nutshell.

Balagan - A Bag Full of CDRs | Divshare | 26 minutes

01) Marinho/Funk Boy - Montagem 3000
02) Bolinho e Bill - Bufalo Bill
03) Passinho da Penha
04) Bonde Zoeira - Barack Obama
05) Os Ousados - Senta Pros Ousados
06) Montagem MSN
07) Montagem Atencao
08) Byano DJ - Montagem Pica Pau
09) Maozinha - Yes We Can
10) Mouzon's Electric Band - Everybody Get Down
11) DJ PT - Montagem Jacare Lacoste
12) Byano DJ - Pão na Manteiga
13) MC Maiquinho - A Zona Sul é Nossa


He was also kind enough to share a track off of the mix with us...

Bolinho e Bill - Bufalo Bill | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Balagan and I will be playing at the Windup Space in Baltimore this Thursday. Philly heads can catch him at I Can Has Bass? at Medusa on Friday, June 26.

My Block

Hey remember the Block Party? Remember how last summer we invaded a Jimmy Buffet-assed outdoor club on the river and played Shalamar and Freeway joints from a bandshell every Wednesday night? News flash - that shit is back! (New venue though)

This year, I’ve teamed up with Sammy Slice of Mo Money No Problems and the Soul Travelers to bring you the ‘09 version of the Block Party - EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. Starting TONIGHT it goes down at the Institute, 12th and Green Streets. I’ll be kicking it off and Sammy will join in next week.

Get your proper dose of hip hop, funk, soul, disco, club, house and all the summer jam classics - past, present and future.

$3 at the door, $2 lagers and $4 jager til midnight plus free Wii booths!

And who knows - a little birdie told me that we might have some special outdoors fun lined up for a little later in the summer.

Scarface- My Block
Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

May Metropolis Pics

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Planet Caravan

ANOE just posted this top notch Sabbath edit. Steef transformed Planet Caravan into a handy DJ tool with the addition of some tasteful drums and percussion. For the sake of my vinyl only friends, I can only hope this gets pressed someday.

Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan (DJ Steef Edit)
Download at Another Night On Earth | 192 kbps


Bonus:

Here's an instrumental edit of a Sabbath track that I regularly open my nights with. I think I scored this from Bumrocks a couple years ago.

Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe (Lexx Edit)
Mediafire | YSI | 207 kbps

ps - Both of these tracks are fire.

Another Vapid mix from Ryan Nation

Ryan Nation just sent us a new mix to promote June's Vapid, which I will be guesting at. Show us some love that night Bmore! Also, check out this comic illustrated by Ryan & written by Kyle Mclean - just click the image above to see a larger version.

Ryan Nation - June Vapid Promo Mix | Zshare | 32 minutes

01) Tahiti 80 - Big Day (Booka Shade rmx)
02) It's a Fine Line - Woman (Makhnovshchina Repossession)
03) Love Supreme - Splash Monkey
04) The Fitzcarraldo Variations - Mediterraneans
05) El Coco - Afrodesia/Coco Kane (Eddie Tour Edit)

Tommy Tutone - 8675309 (DJ Apt One Edit)

This is what Edits are for. Do you give a crap about anything they say in this song besides "867-5309?"

Tommy Tutone - 8675309 (DJ Apt One Edit)
Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Digger Joint

I found this 45 a few years back at a record show early in the morning. This track really isn't that great until the breaks, which are conveniently marked for those Serato users out there. But don't sleep - these breaks are amazing and a secret weapon of mine at any B-boy/B-girl jam. Speaking of B-boy/B-girl jams, I will be spinning at the Hexagon Space in Baltimore on June 4th, so if your around check it out. Until then enjoy this little gem.


Un Dos Tres Y...Fuera - Machu Picchu | Zshare | YSI |320 kbps

Juno Complex - My Hoverboard EP

01. Noom Tour (3:02)
02. Stellarwhore (3:31)
03. Dirty Chip Stack$ (2:19)
04. Mental Eraser (3:02)
05. Fuckery (1:28)
06. My Hoverboard (2:56)
07. Come Back Comet (2:52)

Juno Complex from Dallas, hits us with a futuristic oddyssey into some tripped out space hop. This experimental EP contains 7 tracks that will make you feel like you are floating on a hoverboard over a psychedelic landscape. Through out the EP the tracks are composed with experimental blips, classic nintendo samples, and synthesized pads that sound like they have traveled through space for quite some time now.Hover over this link and download this EP now for a bad trip into the future.

www.myspace.com/junocomplex

Juno Complex! - My Hoverboard EP | Mediafire

Love Me

Le Dust Sucker - Love Me | Mediafire | YSI | 192 kbps

Rita - Super Erotica | Mediafire | YSI | 192 kbps

Photo - Futuremilk

Change - The End (Pitched Down)

One of the best feelings in the record digging world is taking a chance on an LP and finding just one gem tucked away on the B-side. Fairly easy to come by, The Glow of Love by Change contains one such precious stone, allll the way at the end of the LP - hence the song title.

One of three songs on the album produced by Paolo Gianolio, this tune is an intergalactic juggernaut, steamrolling dance floors across the universe. Just check out the break...even Moroder would blush!

Note: I've taken the liberty of pitching this one down for you. It grooves a bit harder at 120 than at 128!

Change - The End (Pitched Down) | MediaFire | YSI | 320 kbps

Glimmers of Hope in Blogland

Hecuba - Even So (You're Mine Mix) | Download at RCRD LBL | 192 kbps

Fan Death - Jealousy (Demo with strings) | Mediafire | YSI | 198 kbps

Eyegasm courtesy of But Does It Float.

Get On Up Do It Again

This classic has a great break and a lot of flavor. The lyrics are cool too - at one point she says, "you're so sleazy when you tease me." I'm just saying that's hard to beat. Enjoy!

Suzy Q - Get On Up Do It Again | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps