Hurrah with Razor-N-Tape

On Saturday, the Razor-N-Tape crew are making their Philadelphia debut at Hurrah! Between R-N-T and Deep&Disco's outputs, they have tracks for days and all of them groove. Plus Aaron Dae & JKriv are great DJs! For a taste of their edits, check the Soundcloud players below and for more info on the party, follow these links:

Facebook Event • Resident Advisor Event

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Special Agent Man

I finally picked up a copy of this 12" for the Female Version, and discovered this slower, twisted dub mix tucked away on the B side.

Gaznevada - Special Agent Man (Bonus Track)

Mediafire • YSI • 1983

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Fools Are Friendly

Here's another one-off rare Italo anomaly...

Xclusiv - Fools Are Friendly

Mediafire • YSI • 1982

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Magnifique

Magnifique is a killer, one-off Italo groove. So killer that Morgan Geist covered it in 2004.

Magnifique - Magnifique (Part 2)

Mediafire • YSI • 1980

Bonus:

Jersey Devil Social Club - Magnifique

Mediafire • YSI • 2004

Jersey Devil Social Club - Magnifique (Health Club Dub)

Mediafire • 2004

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Waiting For You

Last week I tweeted that I would release a free edit on soundcloud as a token of thanks for reaching 3,000 followers. So, as promised, here's a tune from my vault of recent edits and bootlegs I make for my DJ sets. 

This is a bootleg of a tune from Kris Menace's recent LP, Features. If you enjoy this edit, please support Kris' work and buy some of his music. His whole discography is fantastic.

 
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The Otherside

Super loopy dollar bin discovery...

Disco Edits - The Otherside

Mediafire • YSI • 2003

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DBJ Soundcloud Group Digest

Hey all, DJ Apt One here with a rundown on some of the tunes that folks have been adding to the DBJ Soundcloud group.  We've got some modern disco, some cleverly modern psych rock and more.  Here's the cream of the recent crop -











Keep the tunes coming, and make sure you follow your fellow Dollar Bin Jammers, including your's truly - soundcloud.com/djaptone.

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Skinny Joey

Skinny Joey (aka Rubber Room aka Tonic) is giving away all of his previously vinyl only Mindless Boogie edits. I'm only going to post my favorites, but the entire catalog is available on the cloud of sounds. First up, this 70s rock chugger:

Can anyone identify the original version of this one?

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Dancing Is Sacred

Sacred sunny serenity...


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Everybody Rise

Philadelphia's Matpat just dropped his second EP of jackin house tracks on Plant Music. Stream the entire release and grab a free download below. Buy it from Beatport.

Matpat - Everybody Rise
Download via XLR8R • 2013

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Il Suono Scuro: Direct to Video

From the Darklord:

A little off-season treat for those of you who follow the Il Suono Scuro series: a quick 30-minute mix comprised entirely of audio ripped from various VHS cassettes in my collection.

RIYL: hissy, smudgy, synthed-out soundtracks and snippets of poorly-delivered dialogue.

Track List:

Intro
Stryker: Warrior of Tomorrow
Nuclear Wasteland
Radioactive Nightmares
Jungle Airstrip/Ricky Dies
Will Harper's Theme
Demon Child
Brink of Madness
Stryker's Hallucination
Templar Stronghold
Road to Summerhaven
Eagle's Flight
Semper Fidelis
Fred Williamson's Theme/Explosive-Tipped Arrow
Pre-Dawn Rescue
Battletruck Destroyed
Back in the Saddle/Scope Assembly
Memories of Summerhaven
I Really Thought You'd Stay
Into the Sunset
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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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2012 Highlights

There were an abundance of awesome music released in 2012, making it yet another difficult year to summarize concisely. We did our best to narrow it down for this mix, but (like every year since we've started) we easily had enough picks to fill a 3 CD set. Many of our top tracks didn't make the cut, but the 30 tracks on here certainly make for a decent glimpse at 2012.

Shawn Ryan & Ed Blammo - 2012 Highlights

Mediafire • Ge.tt • Mixcrate • 79 minutes

01. The Stepkids - Sweet Salvation [Stones Throw Records]
02. Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarrasing [EMI]
03. Kindness - Gee Up (Shawn Ryan Edit) [Female Energy]
04. Party Supplies - New York 2017 [Fools Gold]
05. Deniz Kurtel & Gad Mizrahi - You Know It's True [Wolf + Lamb]
06. Superprince - Say It [Unsigned]
07. Joakim - Nothing Gold (Todd Terje Remix) [Tigersushi]
08. Recloose - Don't Get Me Wrong [Delusions of Grandeur]
09. Solomun - Kackvogel [Watergate Records]
10. Storm Queen - Let's Make Mistakes [Environ]
11. Justin Martin - Don't Go [Dirtybird]
12. John Talabot ft. Pional - So Will Be Now [Permanent Vacation]
13. Cos-Ber-Zam - Ne Noya (Daphni Mix) [Jiaolong]
14. Frank Ocean - Lost [Def Jam]
15. Friendly Fires - Hurting (Tensnake Remix) [XL Recordings]
16. Body Language - Lose My Head [Lavish Habits - Om Records]
17. Les Professionnels - Move! (Psychemagik Remix) [CNNSSR]
18. Jonas Rathsman - Feeling You [French Express]
19. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse [Smalltown Supersound]
20. Stereogamous - Face Love Anew [HNYTRX - CockTail d’Amore]
21. The 2 Bears - Get Together [DFA]
22. Fashen - Ecstasy [Young Robots Records]
23. Vaggio - Don't You Want Some More [Ovum Recordings]
24. Beat Connection - Palace Garden, 4AM [Classic Ills]
25. Tanlines - All Of Me [True Panther]
26. Touch Sensitive & Anna Lunoe - Real Talk [Future Classic]
27. Julio Bashmore - Au Seve [Broadwalk Records LTD]
28. DJ Steve - Special Cuts 2 [B.I.S. Records, Inc.]
29. Major Lazer - Get Free [Downtown Records]
30. Lemonade - Neptune [True Panther]

Download Highlights mixes from previous years here:

2011 Highlights  •  2010 Highlights  •  2009 Highlights

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Disco Unleaded

This Thursday is the first installment of my new pedal-to-the-metal monthly at Philly's newest venue, Soundgarden Hall. Here's the deal - Actual Records, Shawn Ryan and I are going to be bringing you the best national and international house and disco headliners with ample doses local support and good vibes. The party is every second Thursday in the new back-room venue called The Hacienda, it runs late and it's BYOB. Bring a case of beer or a bottle of liquor or wine and the staff will put it on ice for you and provide you with mixers. Yeah, you can bring a case of beer and party all night for just five bucks. If you're under 21, you can party too! Oh, and it gets better, our first guest is my main man Eli Escobar.

 Every time I have rocked with Eli or heard him play live, I've thought "this man sells a record better than anybody." What I mean is that Eli can play a set that consists almost entirely of what I consider to be "risky" records to play - jams that might need a few tracks to set up in order to get the crowd on board. But Eli SELLS the damn thing - with subtlety he shows you why this is a damn good record. Really, it's a pleasure to hear the man play music. At the risk of being too laudatory, I should also mention that he has a great production resume and has remixed Lana Del Rey, Bag Raiders, Diplo, M.I.A., Chromeo, Holy Ghost!, Pase Rock, Jessica 6, Dirty Vegas, Ali Love, and Amanda Blank. So there's that.

So, it's decided. See you this Thursday! (Of course, all other Thursdays of the month you can still catch me at Red Room with Ed Blammo!)

DISCO UNLEADED VOL. 1
"in the drivers' seat"
Eli Escobar (Plant Music /Tiki Disco, NYC)

with residents
DJ Apt One (Young Robots / Dollar Bin Jams, PHL)
Shawn Ryan (Hurrah / Dollar Bin Jams, PHL)

and local support from
Johnny V (House of Hearts, PHL) and DJ Dayo (Pure, PHL)

The Hacienda - Back Room at Soundgarden Hall
Delaware Avenue and Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia

17+ =$5 before 11pm / $10 after
21+ = $5 all night
Doors at 8:30
BYOB ONLY. B as much of Y O as you want. Mixers and ice available.
soundcloud.com/eliescobar
soundcloud.com/djaptone
soundcloud.com/shawnryan

Here's a live set from Eli...


Plus some free downloads of his original work via RCRD LBL:






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Everything's Gonna Be OK

Word's of encouragement from California soul singer Steve Parks, best know for the super smooth Movin' In The Right Direction.

Steve Parks - Everything's Gonna Be OK

Mediafire • YSI • 1981

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Gonna Get Cha

Diggin this groove today...

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