Rub'n'Dub Vol. 1

Courtesy of Prelude records.


Falling (Dub Mix) - The Biz


What I Got Is What You Need - Unique


Bonus off topic:


New Edition (the wannabe Jackson 5 circa the early 80's) have a curvaceous bop beat extended dub of their single, 'Cool It Now'.


Cool It Now (Extended Dub) - New Edition

Italo Rhythmic beats: 'Dance NRG'.

I came across an immeasurable Goldmine of euro-beat, Italo and synth pop for 1980-85 (roughly) in one. This pot of gold yielded alot of dance gems but mostly, ignited a "similar artists" recommendation list I accumulated just from their related links. There is so much to love about eurobeat, even though to glean such a library, it can occasionally (and critically) sound all the same, however those true diamonds amongst the placid sea of Italo are the ones that dare to be different. With memorable and addictive hooks, synth breakdowns, and vocal transitions that need to be heard, to be believed. Goldmine. The producers here range from Shep (of the Pettibone variety) to Ben Liebrand - talents in their own rights that revise and retouch, some already smooth tracks.

Enjoy.

Fox on Fox

Precious Little Diamond (Shep Pettibone Mix)

Time

Holding On To Love (12 Inch Mix)

New Romantique

Shy Like An Angel

Paul Rein

Lady-O (Extended Mix)

And lastly, in a effort to highlight the myriad of covers of Frankie Valli's hit, 'Can't Take My Eyes Off of You' that took place in the era of eurobeat -here's the best of many.

Ross - Can't take my eyes off of you

Wham! Early Rarities

Came across a few tracks of Wham! from their first album 'Fantastic'. It's alot of fun, pop inflected tunes that range from quasi-emotional journeys of love, light and life. A few rockier numbers and other synth pop influenced structures, the below (rare instrumental remixes) feature a very spaced out slower track, pinch hit by softer keys that are overwhelmed when the original arrangement comes in. Sheds alot of light on the early talent and creative expression of George Michael, irrespective of personal circumstances, the music stands alone as emotionally charged, rock infusions drizzled in dance.


Wham! - A Ray Of Sunshine (Instrumental Remix)


Wham! - Nothing Looks the Same in the Light (Instrumental Remix)


BOnus ROund:


Wham! - Blue (Armed with Love)


NB: This track was released on the B-side to the 12" of Club Tropicana - it's the only studio recording of the song and was recorded without verses. The entire song with verses included was only ever released on a compilation as a live recording.

Pet Shop Boyz.

Late 80's Pop dance classicism at it's finest: The Pet Shop Boys.


There's 3 here: An Acid remix rerub 'n' dub, an extended 12 inch mix and lastly, a Julian Mendelsohn (whose recent exploits were seen remixing Catcall's 'Swimming Pool') extended dance version of their popular cover.


Rarities ensued.


Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Acid Dub)


Pet Shop Boys - Was it Worth It (12 Inch Extended Mix)


Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (Julian Mendelsohn Remix)

Every Time, Kashif Connects!

Some Gold from an extremely talented producer/ artist.

It really establishes the early 80's production sounds and R&B. The soul melds with the advancing technics on such a level, its danceable.

Melba Moore (Production duties on her album 'Other Side of the Rainbow)

Love's Comin' at Ya - Melba Moore

His own original productions yielded a few (alot) of albums.

Stone Love - Kashif

Friday Editorial.

Here are some jamin' toasts for your weekend. Find below a bunch of boogie woogie and bright lights that sizzle with the swing of the brass.


Deadly Sins – I Feel Your Love (Very Chic Mix)


2 Spare Astronauts – Shakedown Street (Tres Gueros Edit)


Lionel Richie – Let The Music Play (Beatconductor Edit)


Gaye Marvin – Philly Sausage


Break it down!

Peter Brown: Stargazer Ringing In The Ears.

This was one of those Ebay 'watched' items that I came across while perusing some fellow 12inches online.

It was the front cover that initially took my interest before I even tracked down the artist via some random ebay music postings and such. Recently while on a forum, a later release of his came up and I only then recalled the love affair I had had with that front cover. 'Stargazer' (1979  TK Records) was his second album (pictured) however one his most popular achievements was his credit for writing Madonna's 'Material Girl'. While his disco inflected tunes included 'Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me' and 'Dance With Me', I've got the piano ballad titular track here and also his 1984 hit, a eurobeat synth pop extravaganza remixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Unfortunately, It would appear a career-ending case of tinnitus befell Mr Brown in the earlier 90's as these days he enjoys retirement among the stars (pardon the pun).

Stargazer - Peter Brown [TK]

Zie Zie Won't Dance (Remix) - Peter Brown. [Columbia]

Canyons: Building Under the Sun

The proto-disco and collectively golden syrup of Canyons production cues are much the fuzz and glow of heat and seabird flight. The vibes and shimmering musicians are now treading water beyond the DJ booth and their original productions will culminate into an album next year.
However, we have a taste of the first lead single that will be released in full early November. 'My Rescue' is not what I was expecting, but am pleasantly surprised and a huge fan of the tune. With similar production virtues to that of musical mates Tame Imapla and their label trio Pond, this Perthquake vibe is definitely one to savour under the Australian sun. The song's piano driven chorus and vocal highlights are the stable mates that will transcend this jam into the summery heights from which forth it will descend upon any summer sun filled day, evening or night, Sunday or Monday, its alarming how effective the lyrics might just end up while your in the sun.

My rescue by one&only CANYONS

Also - A StixmixII mixtape from the gents. Its abit of Teddy Pendergrass, E.L.O, some deep stuff and some outer material.

Canyons - Zuzu Petals mix by one&only CANYONS

These Guys will be playing Playground Weekender next year. Meanwhile try to catch them at one of their H.I.T.S parties that take place every few months or so at GoodGod. Bloody good times.

Cutters Records: Das Moth Release.

Finally coming through the pipeline -(Here's an Interview I had with him back in April)- Timothy Sullivan's release has come at a most glorious timing. Featuring Moon (minus a vocal track that was left out from a previous demo) and Wrong, its a low-slung glistening trailblazer of permutations that would develop between the inter-dimensions of sound & vision. It's mapping where we all ought to go, nodding to nostalgia and embracing the present, Das Moth is truly a reflection of changing times amongst constant memories. Well done Tim. With his sister on backing vocals, Joel Belgium on co-production duties and a swag of remixery services to follow up on a digital release expect continued variations of a standout release, years in the making, months in the waiting.

Soundcloud for free listening.

Das Moth - Moon & Wrong by Das Moth

To keep that aural palette wet, the highly laudable and personal favorite mix series by Das Moth, straight from Shibuya-

Tokio Disko [Volume Three] - A Mix For Cutters Records by Das Moth

Look out for a Cutters Crew Party Down Under in the coming summer.

Bowie Knife circa. 1983

Bit of Bowie here, being presented very neatly in the form of an edit and the original. Quite simply it cuts out the chorus of Loving the Alien - a single from Bowie's 'Tonight' (RCA 1983) album that cashed in on his 'Let's Dance' fame of '82. While Loving the Alien was one of only two songs on the album actually written by the man, it was  confessed to be over-produced in hindsight, whereby Bowie admitted it was more powerful with the lyrics backed by a more simpler accompaniment. However after listening to the edit before the original, I like the elements that are built on in the former, and the chorus thats so key in the latter.


Heres the Vid (naturally stylized/directed/produced by Bowie), the edit and the original version from the single release.



David Bowie  - Loving The Alien (Club Clique Coeur De Lion Edit)


David Bowie - Loving the Alien (Original Mix)

Making JAMS!

This Live Version is just too good:

Got to let you know.

Diana Ross - I'm Coming Up (Chic MEGAmix)

R.I.P. Mike Edwards

FOR E.L.O
(Revenge upon the hay bales of the English country side)

Roman Wafers and A Pretty Good Mix.

This melbournian I picked up through the Hole In the Sky community. It's a very neat mix of deep and obscure house with 80's electronica that needs the dust blown off, the highlights really just cruise through the median. He's set to be the next release on H.I.T.S under the moniker Bell Towers with "bedroom recorded Noise hits Scavengers and Private Time which he’ll hopefully commit to wax in 2010."


Via the Nosie in My Head series run by fellow dude of groove, Michael Kucyk.

Roman Wafers Mix for Noiseinmyhead.
Tracklisting:
d.a.f. - prinzessin
dave roach - running with the river
nitribit - harmonic walk
m=pb - why not cooperation
mac jr - elephant song
modern talking - one in a million
atlantic kind - the loving star
braden schlager - morning
project "86" - legends
dreamatic - audio trip
robert lloyd - sometime
walter gate - call me late
chrisma - mandoia
susan - oh! soko!

Bowie Knife circa. 1975

After Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Bowie departed from the sexually ambiguous rock 'n' roll to find himself in the arms of his American audiences, living in the expanses of the USA. Entrenched in the glam grip of L.A he became a plastik R'n'B fused lean machine of record making prowess featuring heavily, the saxophone and also a friendly working relationship with none other than John Lennon (He covered The Beetles cosmic soarer 'Across The Universe' and featured Lennon's backing vocals in 'Fame'). The apogee of this 'period' in the artists life would yield his 'Young Americans' album that featured the titular track as one of his classic hits. Bowie broke into mainstream seventies, from Aladdin Sane to the Berlin Sessions (witch involved alot of Brian Eno and alittle Iggy Pop), there was a lot of Bowie on show in the most humble, masochistic , intimidating and vulnerable of his career. From the U.K to the USA and then back to Europe, Bowie traversed music style and taste while collaborating and creating what was essentially the longevity of success that bridged his Rock 'n' Roll Suicide to the high fashion of the 80's Let's Dance attitude.

Here are some great interviews of the man through this period, post -Ziggy and the British Vibe..

Scene One - 1975: Enter the Thin White Duke.

Somebody Up There Likes Me - David Bowie - from 'Young Americans' (1975 - RCA)

What are you feeling?

A Casual Delight for beats?

"Music that Made Me Move" Chart [Volume Three]:

1. Supermax - Dance Dance Dance (Dreamtime Mix)

2. Young Edits - 25 Years

3. Midnight Star - Curious

4. Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)

5. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy (Soul Mekanik Bounty Girls Edit)

Coming Soon:

David Bowie Post Ziggy & some more adventures in Musica Classico.

What are you feeling?

Great moments in Song Titles: llegal Entry (Chicken Lips 'Heavy Heavy' Dub)...

"Music That Made Me Move" Chart [Volume Two]:

1. Illegal Entry (Chicken Lips 'Heavy Heavy' Dub) - Shrinkwrap

2. New Gold Dream (Bottin Rework) - Simple Minds

3. You Got the Stuff - Bill Withers

4. Songs Remind Me of You (The Swiss Remix) - Annie

5. It Takes A Muscle To Fall In Love [Get A Room! Edit] - Spectral Display     

      (This week's highlight/ standout track)

Britain's Finest.

Introducing...

Along comes the musical funk and electronic beep-bop of this mid- eighties UK seven piece, 'The Cool Notes'.  Symptomatic of early eighties dance-pop, it found a basic soul sound that encouraged the vocal and instrumental talents of the group to thrive between the years of 1984-86. They only ever released the one album in 1985, 'Have a Good Forever' and it contained enough singles to stretch releases for another year upon its release before the band folded.


Lets start:

 My Love is Hot

This is something that permeates the dancefloor jive. Heat, musk and sweat while probing that move that oozes dance and funk - its all about the sharp shifting notation and gesticulations. It's not hot and heavy like a steam machine, but light enough to smile and dig the beat amongst electronic key strokes. Funk and boogie woogies to the max.

Spend the Night

Their major commercial success, hitting no.11 on the charts in '85. It's a carry over of the funk instilled on 'My Love is Hot', while accessing the groups strength in vocals (by Lorraine McIntosh), it's awash with minor synths that create an overall polished track worthy of a most successful single.

I Love You

The intro to this number was just an ambush of sexually explicit and implicating images from popular culture. That instrumentation from strings to sex, I mean saxophone, with deep lyrical embellishment where love is melded with all the classical elements that Barry White made a living off. Hot and heavy conditions expected.

This group is so cool, that when they go to bed at night, sheep count them. 

What are you feeling?

A slight pinch in the disco regions is what has me swaying to the groove...

"Music That Made Me Move" Chart [Volume One]:

1. Social Disco Club Feat. Maia – The Way You Move

2. Wardell Piper - Win your Lovin'

3. The Cool Notes - My Love Is Hot

4. B.B & Q Band - Dreamer

5. Doobie Brothers -  What A Fool Believes

Does Mix! Vol.2 - TVITC 200th Post!

To celebrate the 200th post here at TVITC, I felt a mix was in order. Improving my skills a beat match at a time, volume 2 assumes superiority over the debut edition. In this mix you will find alot of oldies, a few recent, some disco jams, edits, a house track and even some soundtrack bits. 

Bekayolé Does Mix Vol.2

Tracklist:

Love Theme from Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith

Baby I'm Yours (Instrumental) - Breakbot [feat. Irfane]

In the Middle of the Night - Jacques Renault 

Moving Up - Toba

Feelin' Real Good - Toni Toni Lee

Street Man (Run Disco Run) - Brooklyn Dreams

Funky Boogie - John Ozila

Jump To It (Prince Klassen Re-edit) - Aretha Franklin

Rhythm Of The Night (Dance Mix) - Debarge

Are you Ready For Love (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit) - Elton John

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

Hold Tight - Change

Bad Girls - Donna Summers

Body Stop - Touch Sensitive

Out of Touch (Dub Version) - Hall & Oates

Say It Isn't So (12'' John Jellybean Benitez Extended Dance Remix) - Hall & Oates

Keep On (Vocal Mix) - D-Train

Love is the Drug - Roxy Music

Give it to Me - Cheri

Who Loves You (Pilooski Re-Edit) - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Come See About Me - The Supremes

I Love L.A (Bekayolé's Vocal Mix) - Randy Newman

Enjoy!

Cutters Records: Mid Year Update.

New release Voltage is out now. A quality 12" from the label, its mixes have been far and wide and while I haven't been able to get my hands on my favourite one (the Ilija Rudman mix) they're all  still a solid piece of cosmic harmony. 

Voltage - All Night (Radio Edit)

Das Moth has just released his 2nd volume of Tokio Disko - just to keep us salivating while those heels shuffle under the scatterd mirrorball light. His EP is currently awaiting some remixes before outlining a release. Can hardly wait.

Tokio Disko [Volume Two] - Das Moth.

Bonus: Das Moth Remix of his new band's latest recording sessions.

Break Glass (Das Moth "Dogenzaka Dreamer" Remix) - Gimme Um

Are you Ready?

Some great re/post/pre/edit action here courtesy of Mr Beedle on a colorful disco number from Elton - a hercules on the dancefloor.


Are You Ready For Love? (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit) - Elton John

Cinephile Vol.18

Sofia Coppola

Once again Sofia delivers on what is something 'Somewhere' being what I expected and yet allowing it to be so much more. Out later this year (Sept - Dec.)

Incase you were wondering about that last track as much as I:

I'll Try Anything Once (The Strokes' 'You Only Live Once' Demo) -Julian Casablancas

Pull up to the Bumper: Oz Music.

In light of the incumbent fanaticism and fervent bandwagoning that will be taking its course over the next month (or less), I have given myself an opportunity to take a gander at the local music scene coming (jsut another tip off to the Canyons bois) out of this great country (albeit not my native one).

Canyons.

Do all - say all, play all, score all - these guys have it down. It's not hype, not style, but class with a stylus. An unrelenting eclecticism and hoarding of dance and disco, baleric and beatbox, tropical and sub tropical, I think I'm starting to pick on their wavelengths.  With their class(y monikers) and moreso music taste - their original and remixing/producing output is sensually tingling, every new track, mix, dub or remix is in my itunes and I enjoy them all equally.


Tame Impala - Skeleton Tiger (Retamed by Canyons)


The latest offspring under their label Hole In The sky (H.I.T.S) is the previsouly tenable modular bound(?) previously known as Tennis, reformed as Tortoiseshell (The vocabulary of HITS and Canyons, exponentially grounds itself in nouns al la 'Pond' etc). The sydney band thave their first single THis Girl out on monday and more material to follow.


The Fader x Nike x World Cup? (and whatever)presents - Canyons Mix
feat.
Tortoiseshell - This Girl (Canyons Dub)


Go the Soccer+Kangaroos!


andaveagoodweekend.