Dancing Is Sacred

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Secret Santa 2012

Hey Jammers, Mike Simonetti has a Christmas present for you: 4 edits of raw African funk, soul & disco. Download them from the Soundcloud player below...


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Third of the Storms (Party Bros. Remix)

The Party Bros. (aka Chris Burns & Gavin Holland) have a fresh remix of Mike Simonetti's Third of the Storms for you. It's a stripped-down, dubby burner that strikes a unique balance between mechanical and human. It's not often that I encounter minimal tracks that I'd like to hear during the daytime.

Download it from the Soundcloud player below & check out their page for an alternate reprise version.

Free Downloads of MIKE 004

Get free downloads of Chris Burns & Mike Simonetti's new edits while you can! And catch Chris in Philly this weekend with yours truly at Hurrah. Click here for more info.

Rvng Prsnts Mx4

Ahh, the days when there was always a new RVNG mix cd to anticipate. Simonetti & Selzer's contribution to the legendary series rivals Tim Sweeney's as the best of the lot. It introduced me to Slang Teacher and a few other fucking awesome jams. Anyway, get in on Soundcloud while you can...                           1. Giorgio Moroder - Night Drive (Reprise)
2. Klein & MBO - The Big Apple
3. Wide Boy Awake - Slang Teacher
4. Massimo Barsotti - Whole Lotta Love
5. Amin-Peck - Girls On Me
6. Vortex - Black Box Disco
7. Man Friday - Love Heartache (A "Tom Moulton" Mix)
8. War - Galaxy
9. Macho - I'm a Man
10. Gazebo - Masterpiece
11. Musicology - Obsessed
12. Tyree - Acid Crash
13. Belle Epoque - Bamalama
14. Ram Jam - Black Betty (Ben Liebrand Mix)
15. Delta 5 - Try
16. The Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird of Fire (Walter Gibbons Mix)
17. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
18. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

Hollywood Seven Revisited

Fuck a Soundcloud takedown notice. Simonetti re-upped aiff files of the whole 12" for a free download.

Mike Simonetti & Johnny Jewel - Hollywood Seven LP
Direct Download from Sendspace
 


And here's the story behind the 12", just in case the Perseo link disappears too:

"Hollywood Seven" has been a dance floor weapon of Mike Simonetti's DJ sets for almost six years. It's one of those tracks people come up to the booth & ask about the most. "What's that song about Omaha and the hotel?" We are happy to finally answer that question with this essential release. Rescued from the depths of dollar bin obscurity.

The A-Side here was the closing track on Mike & Johnny's December 2007 cult mix "Albuterol." Titled "Disconet Dilemma" alluding to Mike scoring the Disconet promo 12 inch while digging in Jersey on one sunny afternoon. After going viral for three years & over 40,000 downloads...we released the mix on hard copy last year due to popular demand. A few underground collectors had known about the song prior to the mix, but when Albuterol was released, fans & DJ's kept fiending for a 12" version. We decided it was time to showcase the track in true Perseo style. This version of the song features Mike & Johnny's unreleased extended extended edit. Clocking in at 6:51 & mastered with extremely heavy drums designed to set club speakers on fire.

Though "Hollywood Seven" remained an outsider track in America, for years it's legacy was kept alive by various cover versions which went on to become hits in Australia & Europe. On the flip side of this 12," we compiled some of the more hard to find versions found around the globe.

In 2008 Mike & Johnny were in a record store in Perth, Australia killing time on tour when they found another version of the song while looking through crates of discount records. It was definitely fate! To find this song in the most random record store in the most remote city on the planet had to mean something. Mike spun it that night at an after party deep in the belly of a basement. The song had the classic feel of the original, but was more like a version performed by Neil Diamond's long lost Australian brother. Nine months later, Glass Candy had the night off in San Diego. Outside of a record store in an alley behind a pharmacy, Johnny stumbled across an even more bizarre interpretation of "Hollywood Seven." A strangely Hi-NRG inspired version mixed with shredding psych guitar riffs & sung completely in German! We were completely floored! & in 2010 Nat Walker (Chromatics / Desire) found yet another version of "Hollywood Seven" at a North Portland church rummage sale while looking for Hip Hop samples. This piano driven version was a glammy early 80's gospel private press record & is the only version known to contain the fourth verse.

Four years later, after intensive editing & mixing by the folks at Perseo headquarters in Rome, the ultimate "Hollywood Seven" record finally sees it's release. Don't look at this as simply an "edit record." Consider it a slice of unknown music history, an unlikely cover song that has become a dancefloor classic! Perseo records is proud to share it with you.

"Rooms For Rent Until Your Name Goes Up In Lights"
 
Side One
Disconet Dilemma (6:51)

Side Two
German Verison (4:33)
Piano Version (5:57)
Ballad Version (4:52)