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Aeroplane

Can't stop listening to Aeroplane right now - here's three of the best...
 

Remix of Sebastien Tellier's "Kilometer".
 

Aeroplane's "Whispers", with Kathy Diamond.
 

Remixing Grace Jones' "Williams Blood".

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Posted February 21, 2009
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Rozalin Woods - "Whatcha' gonna do about it"

Soaring strings lift this into Big Disco heaven - go check it out over at American Athlete.

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Posted February 20, 2009
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Warm, cold disco


Here is Warm, cold disco - another 8tracks mix I did a couple of weeks back, including Aeroplane, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Principles of Geometry, Tony Carey, Invisible Conga People, that really fucking ace Brassica thing, Prosumer and Murat Tepeli, Soft Rocks and the Rubberroom re-edit of the Eurythmics "Take me to your heart".  Respect to Intergalactic FM, Speculator's Short Bus Radio, Tim Sweeney's Beats In Space, and 20jazzfunkgreats.

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Posted February 7, 2009
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Invisible Conga People - "Cable Dazed"


I mentioned this the other day, but I really love it - a scratchy, moody thud that somehow isn't "house", and doesn't take off and become disco either. As usual 20jazzfunkgreats say it best:

They record casio calculators having lazy conversations in badly lit smokey bars, travel down analogue wiring with microphones in hand to see what sounds it makes and hold a recorder to the shifting tectonic plates for the bass. Then they roll everything together to construct kraut beat-parties for Japanese ghosts.

Possibly still available from Boomkat on mega-expensive vinyl.

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Posted January 13, 2009
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Short Bus Radio with Speculator - electro/disco and all that

 

"On the Short Bus you will hear electronic music made with old synthesizers and drum machines, including disco (classic, italo, canadian), new wave, chicago house & acid, detroit techno stuff, freaked out weirdness, electro, a little bit of freestyle and miami bass, and the occasional guilty pleasure record.."

Lots of good stuff on this weeks' Short Bus Radio, kicking off with New Order in authentic-sounding dub, then moving through some old favourites like Bobby Womack's sublime theme for "Across 110th Street", Soft Cell's cutting "Bedsitter" - the 12" featuring the classic "do you look a mess?/do you have a hangover?" breakdown and ESG's Martin Hannett-produced "UFO" at slowed to hiphop tempo from the Ultimate Breaks and Beats LP. 

The Clash's "Mustapha Dance" was a find, being a slightly dubbed-out (and much less irritating) version of "Rock the Casbah", boosting that joyful funky-twiddly bassline that was hiding under the layers. Never been a fan of The Clash particularly, but I must investigate "Super Black Market Clash", "The Magnificent Dance" is a killer too.

Also really liked the Grackle track - been trying to find the TKeeler and Capablanca rework of "Jungle" for a while now, gives me the feeling of a warm summer drawing to a close, in place of the cold and wet one we've had. It's finally popped up in digital on zero-inch. and it's also on the Discos Capablanca Myspace.

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Posted August 27, 2008
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