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Machuca Cumbia: Cumbia Alivianada
Cumbia De Los Bee Gees
From 7″ (Aries, 1979)
I first heard “Cumbia Alivianada” (aka “Staying Alive”) when B+ came to spin with me and it’s taken me two years to finally cop it on 7″ (I do love singles but I wouldn’t have minded getting the LP just for that great cover art but the 7″ does have the two Bee Gees joints on it). Not the best cumbia conversion I can imagine; it’s surprisingly flat rhythmically but still a fun, fun cut and one that [...]
Continue reading DEEP COVERS: 4 OF 4, MACHUCA CUMBIA
Lord Echo: Thinking Of You (feat. Lisa Tomlins)
From Melodies (Economy, 2010)
(Editor’s note: David Terrace wrote me a few weeks back to see if I had heard anything about this NZ artist named “Lord Echo” and his incredible cover of Sister Sledge’s “Thinking of You.” I hadn’t but was absolutely taken with the song and I asked David to shed some more light on him for the site. –OW) A couple of weeks ago a friend handed me a disc that had been given to him by a friend from the South Island of New [...]
Continue reading LORD ECHO: FUNK FROM THE ANTIPODES
Back in August, me and Rani D put together two different summer songs themed sets right towards the end of the season. Devil’s PIe now has ‘em available for download. Here’s the tracklisting:
PART 1 – DJ O-DUB
1. Heatwave “Star Of The Story”
2. Smif N’ Wessun “Ain’t Nothing More But the $”
3. Erykah Badu “Fall In Love”
4. Stro “BTL”
5. Fat Joe “Slow Down”
6. Gary Wright “Love Is Alive”
7. Big City “Love Dance”
8. Organo Bailable “El Preso”
9. TNT Band “Making Tracks”
Continue reading SUMMER MEMORIES
 
Marius Cultier: The Way It Should Be
Nathalie
Ochung
Zouk
From My Way (Magidisco, 1976)
Grupo Los Yoyi: Banana
Paco La Calle
From S/T (Egrem, 1977)
This is easily one of the most extraordinary albums I’ve come across in a long, long time. Cultier represents one of those ultimate examples of transnational musical mastery – a pianist born in Martinique but recorded in both Canada and France and sounds like he’s from everywhere and nowhere at once. Even though My Way is [...]
Continue reading MARIUS CULTIER + GRUPO LOS YOYI: CARIBBEAN CRAZINESS
I’ve had a few individual songs that I’ve been meaning to post up and usually, I wait for some kind of thematic opportunity but I realize this is an inefficient way to go about things and instead, I just took ten of these stragglers, whipped up a quick sequence for them and if you download them in order, you’ll have yourself a half-hour mix.
Paul Kelly: Only Your Love
From 7″ (Dial, 1965)
This single (backed with “Chills & Fevers”) originally came out on Lloyd but turned out to be enough of a hit that Dial [...]
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Pazazz: So Hard To Find
From 7″ reissue (Soulplex, 2009)
Twilight: You’re In Love
From Pains of Love (Ross, 1986)
The folks at Soulflex in Germany were kind enough to hep me to this new reissue they put out of a killer Florida disco single by Pazazz called “So Hard To Find” (an apt name considering how insanely obscure it is). This is the kind of disco I never tire of: a simple but infectious groove, upbeat vocals and a general air of happiness that’s like a mood-enhancing substance minus the substance. I’m sure those who hate disco [...]
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Last week, we posted about the Horse Meat Disco compilation recently released on Strut. They sent me a 30-minute promo mix to share with all of you. Download away!!! Only the Empire Projecting Penny track is on the actual album.
Tracklist
Hot Chocolate – Disco Queen
Queen – Dancer
World Premier – Share The Night
Empire Projecting Penny – Freakman
Cerrone – Hooked On You
Charanga 76 – Music Trance
Fonda Rae – Heobha
Melba Moore – Standing Right Here
Additionally, another 30-minute promo mix encompassing tracks from the Black Rio 2 Samba Soul comp that they sent [...]
Continue reading FREE PROMO MIXES OF RECENT COMPILATIONS
Karen Young: Deetour (Party Mix edit)
From Horse Meat Disco (Strut, 2009)
Disco is such a tricky genre. People love to hate it. After its supposed death, though, artists still trod forward trying to find that nice dance groove. It was a cash cow, after all. 1982 saw Atlantic still trying to push out the disco hits, even though, for the most part, the genre was on its way out. This Karen Young track has a catchy, although relatively meaningless, hook. Then again, it’s disco – what can you expect? No one listens to disco for it’s lyrical [...]
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