Friday, October 31, 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Endless Race

Tangerine Dream's Peter Baumann on production duties, which explains the deep space synths. Originally released in 1978.



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Monday, October 27, 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Crash Boom / Dream Dance

Universal Cave returns with a second helping of dancefloor delight, uniting Charleston's finest disco duo back to back on wax. Coming from two regulars behind the decks, prolific crate diggers, collectors and editors, you'd expect good things, and you'd be right! Side A offers a hard-hitting vocoder disco bomb from the ever forward, deep and free disco minister JAZ. I haven't got the foggiest what the original is I'm afraid, although the slavic vibe of the vocals suggests it has eastern European roots. Party Dad cools things down to pool party perfection with his "Dream Dance" edit on the flip. Pastoral, proggy and horizontal, this is one far out dude. It's all chiller, no filler on this soothing 7", packing plenty of autumnal balearic vibes.

Limited 7" available now from Juno and a bunch of other sellers. See the full list on Soundcloud. Vinyl only - no digital. 





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Monday, October 20, 2014

I Get Lifted

Stay lifted with another version of I Get Lifted for your crates.

Sweet Life - I Get Lifted (That Mix)
MediafireZippyshare • 1983

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Teenage Iceage

Here's a new one from Superprince, with extra chilly vocals from Ghost Sounds. It's a cover of Suzy Andrews, who was covering the almighty Grauzone. Dream a Schuylkill dream and grab a free download!



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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Take A Risk

This groove is a safe bet. You can always count on Prelude.

Empress - Take A Risk (Instrumental)
MediafireZippyshare • 1982


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Monday, October 13, 2014

The Party Side Of Town

Ace synth work all over this one! Great title too.

Essence III - The Party Side Of Town (Instrumental)
Zippyshare • Mediafire • 1983

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Let's Move

Raw Chicago house from 86. Bust this!

Civi - Let's Move (Remix)
ZippyshareMediafire • 1986

Civi - Let's Move (Radio)
ZippyshareMediafie • 1986


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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October Cave Jams

People all over the world are making great original music & remixes, and pressing it up on vinyl. There are also some with a knack for unearthing raer & unknown recordings, who then make them available for vinyl lovers everywhere. Props to all of these producers, labels & archivists! Here's a chart with some of my recent favorites!

Featuring music from lovebirds on Razor-N-Tape, DJ Apt One on Soul Clap, H-Track, Moton Records Inc, 124 Recordings, Marvin & Guy, Soft Rocks, Mukatsuku Records & my very own Universal Cave 7"!



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Balnearico

The homies Selvagem recently recorded a mix for the legendary Wax Poetics. It's choc full of funk, soul, psych, new wave and balearic gems from Brazil. Be sure to check the Wax Poetics post for a full track list and plenty of background info on each selection.





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Sunday, October 5, 2014

High Steppin



Another very strong edit from the Pied Piper.  This is one of my favorite hard hitting productions from Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra.  Same nasty groove that made LUO a favorite for early 90's rap producers like the Beatminerz and Pharoahe Monch.  PP is one of the more prolific editors out there, so get familiar.

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Friday, October 3, 2014

Straight From The Froz Box

The man behind the legendary Septunes blog, Joshua Kwedar aka Froz 1, recently contributed to the Straight From The Play Box mix series. Get your weekend started with 10 heavy Philly funk & soul sides. FROZ KNOWS.



1. Leroy Hawkes – If Your Mule Won't Move (You Got To Kick It) – Bretlan
2. The Final Act – The Feeling Is Right – Match
3. Frankie Beverly's Raw Soul – Color Blind – Gregar
4. The “Raw Soul” With Frankie Beverly – Open Up, Your Heart – Eldorado
5. 1984 – There's A Wrinkle In Our Time – Round
6. Brothers Of The Ghetto – Rockin' Chair – Ghetto
7. Cody Black – Love Like I Never Had – Ram-Brock
8. Bobby Franklin's Insanity – Bring It On Down To Me – Thomas
9. Del Jones' Positive Vibes – Big Feet (Philly Raggae) – Nia
10. Soulistics – Jones 'N - Liberation

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Dancing In The Moonlight


Sharegroove just touched up B.B. Seaton's Dancing In The Moonlight with love. Disco reggae at it's finest! I'm surprised this one flew so low under the radar. Kudos to Sharegroove for unearthing it! Does anyone recognize the melody on this?


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