RETRO FLIGHT

Flight Facilities take us on an epic journey from 1972 - 1982 (download here)...



Track list:

01. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
02. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (Edwin Bautista Edit)
03. Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side (Rocco Raimundo Edit)
04. Paul Simon - Me and Julio... (AutoRock Edit)
05. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
06. Mindless Boogie - Tina (Villa Edit)
07. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
08. The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money
09. David Bowie – Golden Years (Tim Fuchs Edit)
10. Paul McCartney/Wings - Listen To What The Man Said
11. Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven (Flight Facilities Edit)
12. Ohio Player - Love Rollercoaster
13. Hot Chocolate - Cadillac (The Revenge Rework)
14. Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More
15. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
16. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Drop Out Orchestra Edit)
17. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
18. Meco - Star Wars
19. East Coast - The Rock
20. Sylvester - Mighty Real
21. Eddie Johns - More Spell On You
22. George Duke - I Love You More
23. ABBA - Voulez-Vous
24. Chicago - Street Player // Dynasty - Freak
25. Mindless Boogie - Emotional R (In Flagranti Edit)
26. Soulwax - NY Lipps
27. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
28. Mindless Boogie - Area 45 (Skinny Joey Edit)
29. Chaka Khan - Fate (Todd Terje Edit)
30. Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes (Alexander 504 Edit)
31. Sugar Hill Gang - Apache
32. Donna Sumemer - If It Hurts Just A Little
33. Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That
34. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

PSYCHO KILLER

Drop Out Orchestra rework of the Talking Heads classic Psycho Killer...

Run Run Run Awaaaaay (Drop Out Orchestra Rework) by 

DISKO MIKS MADNESS

Here's a batch of fresh disco tapes. Most of the mixes can be downloaded by clicking on the players below... First one out is the Disco Deviance mix by Pete Herbert and co-spinner Dicky Trisco for the late July Vintage Festival in London. The mixtape contains back to back favorites such as the BT Express classic Does It Feel Good To You, the Ron Basejam remix of Alena's Changes, an edit of the Diana Ross disco anthem Upside Down and a remake of the Hall & Oates classic I Can't Go For That.

Other Vintage Festival spinners include Disco Bloodbath, Leftside Wobble and legendary disco and electro funk DJ Greg Wilson. Here's Wilsons live mix from the festival. Opening track is the New York remix of Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (which can be downloaded here), followed by Gino Soccio - Try It Out. Third track is the Cheryl Lynn disco stomper Got To Be Real, followed by other stompers such as Can't Fake the Feeling by Geraldine Hunt and a Cosmic Boogie edit of Talking Heads - Slippery People.

Newcomers to the disco scene are Tiger & Woods aka Larry & David. This mysterious duo released the debut album Through the Green earlier this year, which contains a sweet batch of disco edits and slo-mo sounds. Here's their mix for Beats in Space.

Disko Selectors aka Deeman & Roi Canda from Valladolid, Spain has selected some recent disco sounds. Favorite tracks include brand new edits from Majesty's Pleasure and Pete Herbert (posted previously here and here) - as well as the Todd Terje edit of Land of Hunger. (The Terje track can be downloaded here. For more Terje edits, click here).

Superbreak has released a new EP of disco delight (posted previously) and put some recent tracks into this Cosmic Soul mixtape. It includes edits of some all time fave early night jams such as Rien Ne Va Plus by Funk Factory (reworked by Gazeebo) and Don't Tell Me Tell Her by Odyssey (reworked by Superbreak).

Here's another live mix - this one by London-based DJ Rory Phillips. Opening track is the Kraftwerk classic The Model, followed by the Prins Tomas and Lindstrom remix of Locussolus - I Want It. Included in the mixtape are some of Phillips' own remixes, as well as remixes by Jacques Renault and Aeroplane.

1979... It's dancing time! The Legendary 1979 Orchestra serves up a 2 hour live mix recorded at the Poolsize Fest this summer. Opening track is The Groovers edit of Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love (posted previously), followed by music from Tipo, Jimmy The Twin, Volta Cab, Kastil, Nicholas, dbo, Jeremy Glenn, Alkalino, Social Disco Club, Munga & Deep&Disco, Rayko, Andrew Clarke, Tensnake and the 1979 one man band himself.

Three in a row... Trujillo aka Andres Astorga from Caracas, Venezuela presents his August sounds. Opening track is a re-edit of the Mtume classic Juicy Fruit... Tony Johns presents some of his favorite things, including one my favorite tracks of the year - the Ooft rework of Melba Moore's Love's Comin' At Ya (Make U Mine)... Only Children released the track Don't Stop earlier this year (posted here), which is included in their mix below. Other tracks are the Disco Deviance edit of Aretha Franklin - Jump to It and the latest Todd Terje track Ragysh.

Time to cool down and chill out. Cosmic Boogie serves up a sweet batch of soulful mellowness. DJ Same presents some AOR disco sounds, including reworks of Al Green and Dolly Parton. Last out is the Disco Tech after party mix.

AOR Disco Edits 10

Disco Tech - After Party Mix

KOMPUTER LOVE

Norwegian electro funk/dance punk/new new wave band Datarock kicks off their U.S. tour tonite at the Santo's Party House in New York City. The rest of the tour will mostly take them along the West Coast before ending up in Austin, Texas on March 17.

The band has just released their latest video Catcher in the Rye which captures them live on stage.

Datarock - Catcher in the Rye

Favorite jams by these computer geeks ("data" means computer in Norwegian) are Computer Camp Love, which comes with a cool video, as well as the Talking Heads inspired tune Fa Fa Fa.

Datarock - Computer Camp Love

Datarock - Fa Fa Fa

Tour dates

March 7 New York - Santo’s Party House
March 8 Chicago - Bottom Lounge
March 9 Portland - Wonder Ballroom
March 10 San Francisco - Bottom Of The Hill
March 11 Los Angeles - Echoplex
March 12 Pomona - Glasshouse
March 14 Costa Mesa - Detroit Bar
March 15 San Diego - Cashbah
March 17 Austin - The Parish