DJ Apt One - Live Italo Mix on WKDU FM

Here's a live mix I threw down on WKDU in Philadelphia during their Electronic Music Marathon in October.  I was the self-nominated "roots of electronic music" presenter.  Lots of italo and classic electro 12 inches alongside my own edits.  Kinda sloppy on the mixing but I make no apologies, I did a 4 hour set and then came over to the radio station and threw down from 2-4 AM while gassed up on Red Bull.

Here's the tracklist, enjoy:

The Splash Band - The End (Assault on Precinct 13)
Kano - Ikeya-Seki
Baby's Gang - Happy Song
Plastic Mode - Mi Amor
Yaz - Situation (12" dub)
Tom Hooker - Real Men (12" mix)
Mr. Flagio - Take A Chance (DJ Apt One Edit)
International Music System - Run Away
Quadrant Six - Body Mechanic
Information Society - Running
Extra T's - ET Boogie (12" instrumental)
Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx
Royal Cash - Radio Activity
Connie - Experience
M&;G - When I Let You Down
Charlie - Spacer Woman
Gary Low - I Want You
Vivien Vee - Remember
Gino Soccio - Dancer
Immortals - Ultimate Warlord
DJ Apt One - Four Four Walk
Munich Machine - Space Warrior (DJ Apt One Edit)
Ken Laszlo - Hey Hey Guy
Sylvester & Patrick Cowley - Menerg
yPaul Parker - Right On Target
Hott City - Feelin' Love

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69 Cancer Sign

One of those interesting artifacts from the dawn of hip-hop - futurist sci-fi electro disco with a healthy dose of vocoder. Quality vibes through and through.

Verycheri - 69 Cancer Sign (Instrumental)

Mediafire • Zippyshare • 1983

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Snowday Mixday

Hey Fam, a few mixes from promo emails and from the Dollar Bin Jams Soundcloud group to share with y'all on this snowy Monday.

FODBJ (Friend of Dollar Bin Jams) DJ B-Tips sent along a mix of early 1980s electro rap, soundtrack joints and more called Attack Decay.  Lotta John Carpenter and Quadrant Six type joints. Check more of his stuff at Funkrunt and check the mixtape release party in NYC this weekend.


DBJ mainstays JKriv and Aaron Dae of Razor-n-Tape put up this mix live from Le Bain in NYC.



Last but not least, here's a deep option, Kenny Dope on Defected's "In the House" radio program.  I saw Mr. Dope spin last summer (or maybe it was the summer before) and the man is, obviously, a beast.



Cheers, and happy snow day!
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Tour De France

Snappy electro from a Kraftwerk offshoot.

10-Speed - Tour De France (Dub)

Mediafire • 1983

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Be Thankful For These Rips

Craig Peyton took William DeVaughn's feel-good classic down a dark, arpeggiated path back in 83.

Craig Peyton - Be Thankful For What You Got (Instrumental)

Mediafire • YSI • 1983

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Vigilante Fantasy

I dare you not to fantasize that you're part of some kind of seedy cat and mouse game while you listen to Tom Guycot's Vigilante Fantasy on a late night walk or drive.

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Time After Time

Timmy T. coming at you with a dope freestyle flavored 80s electro jam, perfect for cruising around on a summer night with the windows down.

Timmy T. - Time After Time (Instrumental)

Mediafire • YSI • 1989

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Covers Part II

 
I was going back through a big pile of records that I ripped for Telephoned's (Fool's Gold) "Switchboard" party last winter.  It's a night dedicated to covers, and I've done a covers post before, so I figured I'd follow up.

Here are a couple of zips with some great covers.

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - versions by Devo, Mountain and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.  Shouts to the dude in East LA who sold me a sealed copy of that 103rd Street record for a buck if I'd just help him "get these damn records off the lawn."

Satisfaction - Mediafire Zip

Sing A Simple Song - versions by West Street Mob (in an early '80s electro-rap stylee) and the ever-amazing Booker T and the MGs (who have an entire album of covers, including some utterly forgettable organ-driven schmaltz).

Sing A Simple Song - Mediafire Zip

Monolith

Bit Stream - Monolith

Mediafire • YSI • 1999

Video Burnout

Sadly there's no video for this electro gem. Shout out to Ed Blammo for this one. It goes out to all the gamers who remember the 80s!

Oh no, I think I'm losing cool
I see an empty video, you know I"m cutting school
Good thing I've got candy I can munch
Cuz I'm gonna spend the money that I use for lunch.

Little Toni Marsh - Video Burnout
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Little Toni Marsh - Video Burnout (Dub Version)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Equip

 Back in 2007 or 2008, Dave Tat gave me a copy of this reissue for my birthday & lately I've been considering posting it. I'm glad I waited, because Greg Wilson just posted a fresh wav file! Equip consisted of Wilson, Magazine's Martin Jackson & A Certain Ratio's Andy Connell. Get the scoop from the 12"s liner notes below:

In 1984 Street Sounds released the experimental ‘UK Electro’ album as part of their now legendary Electro series. All but one of the tracks on this ‘compilation’ were written and produced by the same nucleus of people, although the labels owner, Morgan Khan, came up with an array of fictitious names for the album credits, giving the impression of a thriving British Electro movement.

The trio behind the lion’s share of ‘UK Electro’ were Greg Wilson, a pioneering DJ who’d championed Electro via his cutting-edge nights at venues including Wigan Pier and Manchester clubs, Legend and The Hacienda, Martin Jackson, formerly a drummer with the band Magazine, and Andy Connell, the keyboard player with A Certain Ratio (Connell and Jackson would later go on to chart success, having formed Swing Out Sister).

‘UK Electro’ would reach the highly creditable position of number 60 on the album chart and is nowadays regarded as a cult-classic, having been an inspiration for the oncoming generation of homegrown dance producers, who’d make such an impact later in the decade. Much was made at the time about a British DJ being involved in making, rather than playing records, although this would become the norm a few years down the line.

One track from the sessions the ‘UK Electro’ collaborators worked on that never made the LP was ‘XXXO’ by Equip, which Morgan Khan didn’t deem strong enough for inclusion, perhaps due to its straighter 4/4 beat. It was recorded as a demo at Manchester’s Drone Studio in December 1983, along with another track that did appear on the album, ‘Real Time (Retrospective Dub)’ by Zer-o.

Issued for the first time, as a limited edition 12”,‘XXXO’ is a slice of British dance history, which has been described, in hindsight, as ‘Proto Acid House’. By complete accident, Wilson, Jackson and Connell had anticipated the direction that dance music was destined to take, but the track would never see the light of day, with only record company and DJ contacts, along with friends and family, getting to hear the demo back then.

When, in the early 90’s, Greg Wilson featured it on a promo cassette compilation of his work, a number of people expressed surprise that it actually pre-dated the early Chicago House releases, having assumed that this was the source of the tracks inspiration. More recently, Wilson included it on a CD he put together, originally for members of the Electro Empire website, which included an alternative version of ‘UK Electro’. It’s from these CD’s that the interest in ‘XXXO’ has built, resulting in the decision to finally make it available all these years on.

Let Your Body Move

Been a hot min since i posted on dbj but i figured this $85 piece will help everyone remember me. This is a 80's north east Philadelphia Electro / Hip Hop joint from Terrance T the singing mc on the record scene!

Let Your Body Move (Part 1) ~ Terrance |Mediafire| 320kbps

New Instamatic Cut!

Fresh off the mixing board, here's a new Instamatic cut for "friends, family, famous people, frank thomas, blogs, bingo parlors, shopping malls, anybody..." This is pure indie - electro fire.

Instamatic "Architecture" by instamaticband

Bambaataa's Theme

OK, so I dropped this at 2099 the other night, and we couldn't get the timeline straight as to the re-use of the Assault on Precinct 13 Theme - did this Afrika Bambaataa track come before or after the Splash Band? Did the Splash Band play the main theme? Did this sample that or the original soundtrack or was it replayed?

DBJ-ers, help a brother out.

Afrika Bambaataa - Bambaataa's Theme (Assault on Precinct 13)
Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Love Me

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

Rita - Super Erotica | Mediafire | YSI | 192 kbps

Photo - Futuremilk

Get Some

"Pretty" Tony - Get Some (Instrumental) | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Dragontail's Latest Jam

Peter just hooked us up with his newest vocoded tale of heartbreak! And the timing for this one's perfect - a taste of fresh new Dragontail to prepare us for his epic set at the Proper Villains gig tomorrow. Sit back and soak up some lovely stereo panning and part separation and laser sounds...

Peter Dragontail - Inside | Divshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Do It Anyway You Wanna

Here's a super sweet jam that I ripped but it didn't make it onto that Best of Philly Disco mix I dropped earlier this week. (If you haven't checked it out yet you're doing yourself a disservice.)

I wanted to start the mix with People's Choice Do It Anyway You Wanna and end with the Cashmere version. Alas William DeVaughn has no equal as a closer, so this track missed the cut.

I have a couple edits I made specifically for the mix that didn't make it either just because they didn't fit with the flow. Those will be posted later rest assured.

Cashmere - Do It Anyway You Wanna
Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

And for those who do it anyway they damn well please, whaddya know - Philadelphyinz is this Saturday.

West Coast Pop Lock

California knows how to party.

Huge tune right here.

Ronnie Hudson and The Street People - West Coast Pop Lock
Zshare | YSI | 320 kpbs

Sinnamon - Thanks To You

Hello?

Yeah, it's me.

What's up?

Just calling to let you know I won't be needing your loving services any longer.

Oh really?

Yeah. Just figured I'd clue you in on a few things.

Sinnamon - Thanks To You | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps