Capricorn

I rediscovered this crucial Italo jam on my shelves the other night. Capricorn is a Claudio Simonetti alias, so you know it's gonna be good & quirky. Enjoy a fresh rip:

Capricorn - Capricorn (Instrumental)

Mediafire • YSI • 1980

Dance To The Beat

Earlier in the summer, I managed to scoop a copy of this lazy vocoder jammy jam. Here's a crispy rip for you:

Starflight - Dance To The Beat

Mediafire • YSI • 1984

Steal Blue

Here's a slower, more chilled out cut from the 12" that brought you Searchin'.

33 1/3 Queen - Steal Blue

Mediafire • YSI • 1990

Synthe Tigers debut EP!

The Bay Area's Synthe Tigers have been supplying DBJ with fresh edits for a while, and now they're unleashing a few originals. They just released the "I Love You EP," which contains three deep, techy burners with a disco twist. Check out a sampler below & pick up the full release from Juno.

What A Scenesation

Here's a useful tool for a tech house set...

Wake Up

 Leftside Wobble tastefully edited this tasteless Ian Dury number. Fear not jammers, he didn't harm Ian's dirty verses.

Tropical Stations

Zurich's Lexx recently liberated this Martha & The Muffins jam from some cheese and was kind enough to share. Be sure to work this tropical flavored new wave cut into your end of summer playlist.

M + M - Black Stations / White Stations (Lexx Edit)

Mediafire • 1984/2012

Wings

Sounds like someone repaired Mr. Mister's wings...

Every Way But Loose

Thanks to Beautiful World, I finally scored a copy of this crucial disco gem. Shake your caboose!

Also, if you're in Philadelphia this weekend, go to this, this, & this.

Plunky & Oneness Of Juju - Every Way But Loose

Mediafire • YSI • 1980

Sumphin' Sumphin'

Apparently JKriv first shared this back in 2010, so I'm a little late. Fortunately for us, he re-posted it today. Slow disco at it's finest. I can't wait until my Razor-N-Tape 12" arrives from Juno.

No More No War

I came across this slab of Italo cheese in a Montreal dollar bin. Nothing special, but I can get down with the message. Plus the cover art is dope.

Mirage - No More No War

Mediafire • YSI • 1985

"New God Flow" Ghostface Remix

This is a remix I threw together last night under the influence. It's like it was meant to be it sounds so smooth! Shake That Body Party That Body Come And Have A Good Time With G.O.D.

Hope you guys dig it!

Billy Who?

I discovered this cut on a Garage Classics 12" &  joined the ranks of listeners who will forever be grateful to that bootlegger for reissuing such amazing music. Not much is know about Billy & his friends, other than that they recoded this laid back disco tune and one other single. Thanks bootlegger and thanks Billy! 

Billy Frazier And Friends - Billy Who? (Long Version)

Mediafire • Ge.tt • YSI • 1980

RCMP - White Light Mix #63

Paul and I put together an RCMP mix for the White Light Mix Series.  It's a meditation on themes of technological progress and the relative benefits and dangers of advanced technology. You can also dance to it, drive at night to it, and more.

Our mix is a collage of soundtrack and experimental electronic records, modern disco, chillwave sounds and some found footage narration.  We spent a lot of time putting it together, so we hope you'll enjoy it.

We're very honored to be a part of this mix series, which is made up pretty much exclusively of entries by artists I love and respect!  If you aren't familiar with the White Light Mixes, there are great mixes by Optimo, Leo Zero, Maxxi Soundsystem, Alan Braxe, Oliver, Neoteric, Ayres, Catchdubs, Fashen, Plastic Plates, Electric Youth, Cassian, In Flagranti, Gigamesh and many many more in there, so poke around. We're very honored to be involved with this great series!

Find it exclusively at WhiteLightMixes.com

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

Tainted Love

Recently someone requested a re-up of a rip I posted way back in 2007. Since I stepped my ripping game up over the years and I'm a nice guy, I did a fresh rip for you guys. While listening to it, I realized this version sounds really thin in comparison to reissues of the original track. Perhaps it was the mastering or maybe it's the flimsy pressing. Whatever the case, I had a friend give it a light treatment in Ozone. It's still not going to trump the original version, but it sounds a little fuller now.

As for the music, here's a extended edit from 1982 of Gloria Jones' 1965 soul stomper "Tainted Love." Who created this and why are a mystery to me, but, shoddy pressing issues aside, it's well done. Maybe it's a response to the popularity of Soft Cell's cover from the year before. If anyone knows the story behind this, please leave a comment. Enjoy the extra couple minutes...

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (12" Version)

Mediafire • YSI • 1965/1982

Geeeeeeeeeee Up

Gee Up is my favorite song on Kindness' album. Since it's less than 2 minutes long, I made an extended version for the DJs.

Ecstasy

Matthew Africa recently shared a tasteful extension of this Ohio Players classic. In his own words:

Recently I realized that when I DJ I don't play the Ohio Players' "Ecstasy" nearly enough. Although it's one of the most joyous records I know, it's not really a prime time sort of record and yet at 2:27 it's also too damn short for early or late in the night.

So I edited it.

I added no extra drums, no quantizing and not even a mixable intro. As a DJ, all of those things can be nice conveniences, but in my view there are some classics you can only fuck up and "Ecstasy" is one of them. Instead, I just made it a little longer and tried to do so in the least obtrusive way possible.

Pick up some knowledge jewels from his blog, I Wish You Would, and check out his radio show, 2 Busy Saying Yeah.

Ohio Players - Ecstasy (Matthew Africa Extended Edit)

Divshare • YSI • 1973

New Face

 Mysterious new discovery from my neighborhood. Hello, Grave Goods!

European Digging Wrapup For Tucker Bloom

As I mentioned a few weeks back, I had put together a bit of a "record aficionado's travel guide to Northern Europe" for my friends at the Tucker & Bloom bag company. Go and check it out - comes complete with flicks and musical accompaniment!

My Woman

Kenny Dope under his Power House moniker, flipping a Barrabas sample.

Power House - My Woman

Mediafire • YSI • 1989

Ronald Side

It's a Burrell thing, from the Ronald side.

A.B.T. - La¹²

Mediafire • YSI • 1991

Our Generation

This week the legendary Nu-Mark posted a top shelf edit of Ernie Hines' mega classic "Our Generation." Dude had access to the multi tracks & even shares the instrumental and acapella! To access a download, you have to share your email address. It's a pain, but it's worth it!

Cave Jams

I do a monthly party called Universal Cave with my friends Anthony Vogdes, Brian Cassidy & Tony Modia. The motto is "forward, deep, and free" & it's reflected in the music. It's a great chance for me to bring out my post-punk & cosmic records, and I'm always trainspotting dub techno and random rock cuts from the guys. A couple months ago, we each contributed selections for our first mix. We spent some time sequencing the selections and I meticulously mixed them together. Here's the final result - forward, deep, and free in all of it's glory. Stream it or download it from Soundcloud below and, as always, comments are appreciated!

Universal Cave - Cave Jams: Selections From The Universal Cave

ge.tt • Zippyshare • 71 minutes

01. Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer – Earth (Still Our Only Home)
02. Atlanta Rhythm Section – So Into You
03. Paris - New Orleans
04. Spooky Tooth – Higher Circles
05. Flash & The Pan – California
06. Jo Jo Zep – Losing Game (Instrumental Version)
07. Jah Wobble – Blow Out (Instrumental)
08. Michael Franks – I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad
09. Deee-Lite – Build The Bridge
10. Tony G - Tous La Part Le Meme Sort (Tony G Original Mix)
11. Pittsburgh Track Authority – Untitled
12. CVO – Mighty Real Groove
13. DOP – The Lighthouse
14. Stereociti – Tsukayga
15. Dadawah – Know How You Stand
16. Peter Green - A Fool No More

Definition Of

Here's a very dark and very very awesome techno track, from James Ruskin's "Definition Of EP." Get lost in it.

James Ruskin - A1

Mediafire • YSI • 2000