Curtis Vodka has been with Discobelle since day one so when he hit us up about spreading the word about his new blog White Light Orchestra and his new disco edits, we were more than happy to oblige.
Mr. Magic - Potential 1980 (Curtis Vodka’s White Light Orchestra Edit) (zShare)
Biddu Orchestra - Boogiethon (Curtis Vodka’s White Light Orchestra Edit) (zShare)
Jonas from Oh Baby gave us the heads up on this track. Stockholm producers Mastah L (who did that Million Stylez monster hit “Miss Fatty Fatty) and Niceness from KBC remixes the reggaeclassic “Rumble Jumble Life” made by King Kong into a modern electrohousish track. We like it!
Electroclash duo Fischerspooner returns to the scene with new single “Danse en France” that was just released on Kitsuné. We received this remix done up by the German techno destroyers in DIM on which they give the track some fresh flavour with a nasty pounding fuzzy beat, some video game sounds, a nice little breakdown all while keeping the original vocals but chopping them up for the dancefloor.
Baltimore’s hip hop Dan is planning a Hong Kong/Singapore/Philippines tour for the summer and recorded this live mix as promo for the trip. So watch out for him this summer!
“In regards to the mix, it’s a quick, 20-minute live set with a couple exclusive re-edits of mine, some new stuff from my buddies in Time Machine and Dmerit, and a few other things thrown in just for the hell of it.”
hip hop dan - Why Leave Baltimore? (zShare) Re-uped
TRACKLIST:
1. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons/Anita Bell: “Can’t Take My Bell (hip hop dan edit)”
2. Stardust/Coke Escovedo: “I Wouldn’t Change The Music (hip hop dan edit)”
3. Freeez/Snoop Dogg: “IOU”/”Sensual Seduction”
4. Count & Sinden “Beeper (A-Trak Remix)”
5. Matt & Kim “It’s a Fact (Mano Remix)”
6. Whitest Boy Alive “Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)”
7. Madonna “4 Minutes (Dmerit Remix)
8. Sally Shapiro “I’ll Be By Your Side (Rude 66 808 Remix)
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival/Sally Shapiro “By Tonight (hip hop dan edit)
10. Time Machine “The Groove That Just Won’t Stop (Rok & Krames Chi-talo Mix)
11. Hardrive “Deep Inside”
12. Time Machine ft. Maggie Horn “Something We’re Becoming”
13. Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse “Valerie (Count of Monte Cristal & Sinden Remix
14. Lloyd/Luomo “Get It Tessio (hip hop dan edit)”
15. Bob Marley “One Cup of Coffee”
Our good friends in NYC duo The Glass just released their “Remix And Rarities” CD and they’re getting ready to cross the Atlantic once again to cause havoc an European dancefloors. They provided us with a brand new mix to get you hyped up. Check those and then check the tourdates to see where you can catch them:
The Glass - DJ mix, Euro tour 2008 (YSI)
The Glass - DJ mix, Euro tour 2008 (zShare)
TRACKLIST:
Intro/Macedonian Radio commercial
Munk feat Asia Argento ‘Live Fast! Die Old!’ (Maral Salmassi & Zero Cash Remix)
Don Cash ‘Hey There’ (Streetlife DJs Remix)
Toxic Avenger ‘Pokerface’ (Lies In Disguise Remix)
The Glass ‘Mad At You’ (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
Alex Gopher ‘Belmondo’ (Just a Band Remix)
Boys Noize ‘Oh!’ (A-Trak Remix)
Cazals ‘Somebody Somewhere’ (Blamma! Blamma! Somebody Stop Me Mix)
Don Diablo and Grand Jackson ‘Streets of Fire’ (The Young Punx Remix)
Azzido Da Bass ‘Doom’s Night’ (Crookers Burn Mix)
The 45 King Vs Paserock ‘The 900 Number’ Eli Escobar Remix
Blondie ‘Heart of Glass’ outro
The Glass ‘Mad At You’ tour (live Soundsystem and DJ dates)
Sat May 24 DEMF after party, Detroit, USA
Thurs May 29 TBC
Fri May 30 TBC
Sat May 31 Nite Club, Hamburg, Germany
Thurs June 5 Hive, Zurich, Switzerland
Fri June 6 La Superette, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Sat June 7 Erste Liga, Munich, Germany
BONUS: Their remix of the J-Lo track “Want U 2B Mine”.
“Here is the story behind our super gay remix of J Lo…
Everybody knows gay boys in New York have the best drugs. A certain someone who works at her label loves J Lo and was pissed there were no dance mixes of her new stuff for the summer to spin out on the island, so he swiped some files and gave them to The Glass to remix. And so ‘Want U 2 B Mine’ The Glass Fire Island Mix is what they got for a nice big bag of party favors.”
Jennifer Lopez - Want U 2B Mine (The Glass Fire Island Mix) (YSI)
Jennifer Lopez - Want U 2B Mine (The Glass Fire Island Mix) (zShare)
Kocky is back with the new album “Stadium Status” (drops on April 30th) and this new single “4 Ever Juvenile” sees grime poster boy Tinchy Stryder throwing some bars. The La Vida Locash crew hit us up with this hot clubified remix by Krames, one of our favorite dj’s/producers right now who we’ll be happy to see make it big in 2008. A fidgety and wobbly bassline combined with that housey beat and some sweet soulful singing from Daniel Dermes + rapping from Tinchy makes this a lethal combination.
Kocky (ft. Tinchy Stryder) - 4 Ever Juvenile (Start The Violence! Krames remix) (YSI)
Kocky (ft. Tinchy Stryder) - 4 Ever Juvenile (Start The Violence! Krames remix) (zShare)
Also, La Vida Locash are putting together a label night and relaseparty for “Stadium Status” with performances from among others Kocky, Alexis Weak, Noonie Bao and Adrian Lux etc. It will all go down on May 2nd at Hux Flux in Stockholm and the whole thing will be broadcasted live on the interweb by Arena Grande. So, it doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in an apartment in New York or chillin’ on a beach in Australia, you’ll be able to check out some of the finest Sweden has to offer. The event will, according to the La Vida Locash boys, “be completely insane”!
Plus, our southern Sweden peeps will be able to catch Kocky with Familjen on the 24th in Lund together with our friends in Pastell Crew. If you wanna win a free ticket, just holla at us before wednesday (23/4) with the answer to this question: What was the production name Kocky used when he did hip-hop beats back in the day?
Lykke, we love you!
Friday and Mixin’ it up! This time we asked Skinny Friedman and Apt One from the DJ duo Philadelphyinz to make the mix for us. They have divided the mix between each other so everything from the beginning through Tum Tum is by Skinny Friedman. Everything afterwards is Apt One. But before we let them start the mix you should visit their web page for tour dates (they will be on an US tour from April 12th - May 3rd), tracks, remixes and other tapes. Time for less talking and more mixing. Let me present Philadelphyinz!
Tussle - Pow!
I layer drums on everything so I’ve been playing out these Tussle tracks which are basically all drums a lot lately. This shit would have made me pop a boner during my drumline days in high school.
Jackie Chain f/ Jhi-Ali - Rollin (LOLZ ROYCE remix)
This insane remix is by Stumble and Ghost aka LOLZ ROYCE and has a grip of outer space sounds and china cymbals. This is what rave rap should really sound like.
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (Soulwax remix)
Nothing against the OG version but those evil Soulwax synths work a little better in the club.
Neon Neon - Raquel
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like this track and with like a minute and a half of drums at the top it’s mad fun to spin. I originally dropped the acapella for Midnight Star’s “Midas Touch” over that drum breakdown but it didn’t really work.
Big Audio Dynamite - Hollywood Boulevard (Club Mix)
Produced by Sam Sever who is probably best known for doing a bunch of beats for 3rd Bass. Apparently he also did a remix for Live, which I now have to track down because what the fuck?
Holy Ghost! - Hold On
I am going to be so sick of this song in two months but right now I can’t play it enough. DFA does sentimental disco bangers better than anyone.
Ghostface - Charlie Brown (DJ Mehdi remix)
I remember this track leaking a few years back before Fishscale but with a murky MF Doom beat. I like this version better.
Tum Tum - Caprice Muzik (Skinny Friedman remix)
This was one of the first tracks clubbish tracks I ever made, before I was self-conscious about using the “Think” break. It’s kind of low energy but I like how it turned out.
DJ JJC - Machines Wanna Buck (Apt One’s Jive Blend)
JJC is a cat from West Philly who is experimenting with some new four on the floor stuff he’s calling Buck Buck. He’s also known for having the self-proclaimed “world’s worst record collection.” This is a little blend I did of one of his Buck Buck jams to give it that added “outer space” element for a classic electro feel.
M&G - When I Let You Down
Italo as a genre has a lot of deeply weird tracks, and it takes some work to get a dance floor to the point where you can throw something as weird as this out there and have it work. One of my goals when I DJ is to work a crowd to the point where I can play a track like this- something that is awesome but totally fucking bizarre, and have it work.
Escort vs. Eazy-E - Luv 4 Life
It’s ironic that the backing track here comes from a current band that makes throwback music, and the acapella I put over it comes from an emcee who is dead but still sounds ahead of his time. RIP Eazy.
Escort - Bright New Life
For a long time I’ve said that I’d start playing instrumental music again with a band only if I could play in a big disco, funk or soul band (or old time country orchestra). Escort is all over it. But this is truthfully like saying I’m only going to start playing basketball again if I can dunk, probably not gonna happen unless I wear special shoes.
Sinnamon - Thin Line
This single gets lost in the shuffle because Sinnamon was on Beckett and Jive for a while and this was the first single after they left. It’s on a little known label called Power House. Classic 80s NJ-NY-CT freestyle feel though- the sonic version of a tanning bed.
Charlie - Spacer Woman
This is an italo classic that most heads should know. Our good friend Lexie loves this song so much. All she wanted for her birthday a few years ago was a crispy 12″ copy. Her BF obliged and that record is more or less her dowry.
The Goodmen - Give It Up (Apt One’s Shake blend)
This track kind of defies description: it’s got some samba elements, it’s made by some dudes from Amsterdam and it’s most definitely a Jock Jam. There’s a frantic energy to this song that builds and dissipates a few times. I tossed a loop of Blaqstarr and Rye Rye’s “Shake It To The Ground” over the breakdown to give it some familiarity and some extra movement.
Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd
Back in ‘89, east coast hip hop was just getting into the house sounds the midwest had been serving up and this was the quintessential street-wise house track out of Newark. Apparently, Twin Hype is back together. I don’t know if the twins still dress the same though. These guys are like the Sedin Brothers of Newark Hip House.
Architecture in Helsinki - Debbie (U-Tern Remix Instrumental)
I really admire U-Tern’s production chops- anybody with an ear for this stuff can tell that he doesn’t cut any corners, and he keeps it real classic. Honestly, I have no idea what the vocal version of this sounds like because I don’t like it when indie bands sing over my disco tracks.
Philadelphyinz - Pittsburgh Club Anthem
This is our tip of the cap to our hometown. It’s a remix of what I can only describe as a hilariously bad song- the Steelers fight song that gets redone every year with the names of current players. Skinny and I watched the Steelers shut out the Seahawks last season in a bar in New York the day after a gig and we were all fired up and laid this down. The funny little voice in there is Myron Cope, the Steelers’ long time announcer who recently died, he was like family to everybody in town. This song is dedicated to him. (You can download the track here (direct link).
Download: Philadelphyinz - Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (zShare)
Download: Philadelphyinz - Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (Divshare)
Dre Skull should be well known for all you blog readers out there, we’ve featured his tracks a few times here on Discobelle. Having been championed by Herve and Sinden in their BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix and receiving strong on air support from Annie Mac, Dre Skull is now on his way back to the UK, but not before a stopover at The Rumble here in Malmö, Sweden. Dre Skull’s dates start this weekend, see details below.
APR 19 The Rumble, Malmö w/ Jesse Rose & Oliver $
APR 25 Deadly Rhythm Club, London w/ Blaqstarr
APR 26 Liars Club, Nottingham w/ Tomb Crew
Dre Skull Euro Promo mix (zShare)
TRACKLIST:
Dances With White Girls - Bass Drop
Oliver Twizt - Do the monkey (Bart B.More Remix)
AC Slater - Party Like Us
Zombie Disco Squad - Hit Me With The Horns
Laidback Luke - Be (Nacho Lovers Edit)
Patrick Alavi - Hell Yeah (Jamie Fanatic Bad Boy Remix)
Justin Martin - Ghetto Train
Claude Vonstroke - Who’s Afraid of Detriot? (3 Channels Remix)
Quest For Bass - Making Myself Better
DJ Technics - Work It To The Bone
Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armands Star Trunk Funkin Mix)
Double 99 - Rip Groove
Juiceboxxx and Dre Skull - Center Stage (Curses! Remix)
Juiceboxxx and Dre Skull - Sweat (Edit)
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