Beatelectric blogspot. I could have been burning CD-r's with Here are some slow jamz to cure your case of the mondays. Basically, he was an ultra religious homophobe and in the mid to late 80's, he made the gayest music Me and my friend Jimmy were looking through a couple of crates of records at a spot in a forgotten corner of San Jose, the old geezer wh 45 minute mini mix of valentine love jams for you. Co-written by the brilliant Eric Matthew of Gary's Gang and mixed by Shep Pettibone, "Thanks To You" was destined to be a boogie classic. I really did try locating some info on thi Check Open neighbouring websites list Who knew that the internet was faster in Mexico than it is from BeatElectric's Los Angeles nihilist commune? although perhaps the ever frugal B. Beat 2. F. Subscribe to our YouTube channel! Click to email for avails and bookings. We've covered a lot of post-disco electro funk material here at Beat Electric, here's a little throwback with a more traditional straight ahead disco sound. Disco. This is a recurring theme in the history of recorded music, Americans being unable to recognize and appreciate the quality of their own most talented musicians. I'm not sure why this record doesn't turn up more often, as it was released on EMI, a major label, but I think the story goes that it came out as a limited promo. "Pretty Boys" is from their first 7" released on Neighbor Records in 1983. fashion these tracks represent the extremes of class and sleaze. The back track sounds very much like any from Brass Construction's self titled LP La Música publicado aquí se publica por amor, no por la intención con fines de lucro o para violar los derechos de autor. Future - Girl Here is another indie '80s soul record to file in the M. There are definite qualities of being Find me at my new blogspot: www. Happy valentine's day. I have had most of the parts to assemble this record cleaning machine for over a year. This track is not an in your face disco track, but more dark and seedy. Here is a strong disco tinged boogie number from the much beloved by me NelWin Records / Silver Cloud records stable, with all of the Andrew Langston production hallmarks, great, slightly tribal percussive elements and ahead of their time synth hooks. Empty Words 3. Trigger Finger And The Space Cadets' Defend It U (Video Freak) (The New York City The brainchild of producer Darryl Payne (Sharon Redd, Katie Kissoon), the female vocal group Sinnamon topped the club charts in 1982 with their hit "Thanks To You" on Beckett Records. I think this rec Over the years I had heard sound clips of this track and was aware that boogie collectors lit up a little bit when mentioning this 12" on the otherwise mediocre Zoo York label. You can't lose. com . After a long career steeped heavily in the Bluenote jazz/bop scene, the 70's rolled in and the landscape of jazz completely changed. Favorites T. Under the Sun 5. Wait, what the hell is that cheesy heavy metal guitar solo doing smack dab in the middle of all three 12 Lamont Dozier is likely best known as 1/3 of the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland. As Scott got directions to their office, Kris scribbled a B-boy character holding a radio. This one off track features production Step back in time with these vintage inspired animations that feature geometric shapes and retro vibes. Much later, she had this song "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes" released in 1981 on I wrote this post earlier this evening, it was originally supposed to be a cool, dub version of Serious Intention's garage hit You Don't Know. I cleaned the record because it was filthy, moved some sort of potted tree that had ended up infront of the recording rig, turned on the computer, I have this 8 year old Toshiba laptop connected to the MOTU recording interface that sits on a shelf and The one and only Roy Ayers obviously needs little introduction, but his indie Uno Melodic label still holds a bit of mystique as it was formed in the early 80's as a juxtaposition with his more pop oriented releases on Polydor and Columbia. Jul 17, 2023 · I didn't get to post last weekend, as along with the rest of BeatElectric crew I went on a spiritual journey to our Shamen, LeBaron's, tribal compound in the ancestral lands outside of Sacramento. This is the 1983 instrumental B-Side of The Ghetto Bird, an LA private press boogie-rap homage to the those infernal police choppers that constantly light up the LA skyline. Cool story. I'm sorry for the slight crackle, the dub side of the record wasn't in the best of shape and was a little thrashed, but the vocal A side Speaking of remixes, many of the Europeans amongst you may recognize East Coast's The Rock as the origin of the main sample used in a mainstream dance hit in the late nineties, I know I do at least, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. J. The group was formed by DJ Pierre, synthesizer fan Spanky and Herb J in 1985 as a recording entity to produce records for Pierre to mix As promised, my 3 hour and 15 minute set after a long stint away from BeatElectric. No whining about early cut offs or janky recording. T. These selfish artists had no appreciation for the fact that I may want to post their work, for free, on the internet one day. Anyhow, long super boring story short, I then went out and found the ZYX mix, another decade went by, and I posted it on my blog. at. These Thriller -posing guys recorded two slick funk LPs then switched to gospel mode before dropping out of the music scene in '87. Michael McCray aka Mike Fresh released one track for New York based Top Flight Records in 1982. There are a couple Supermax are an Austrian band founded by Kurt Hauenstein in 1977. It seems to be a real point of interest, which is a shame, as the blog was supposed to be about rare dance records and not our perceived celebrity status, which doesn't really mean anything to us as we are millionaires who live outside and above the normal restrictions and tier structure of society, but seeing as so I created an exclusive new DJ mix at the request of my friends Remy and Lamar aka Portland's Monorail Boys. I like Stafford, with it's The rest of BeatElectric crew have been partying and DJ'ing for huge grips of euro in far off cities, and have likely been too wrapped up in their own hedonism to post all week. The band released a few more singles and experienced regional notoriety but never quite broke through on the national stage. Anyone who posts a complete listing will get a special Beat Electric prize. "Happiness" isn't a pricey record by any means, but it is one that moves the floor. By posting new and old I was intending on showing some sort of lineage of influence, that sort of thing, whether I pulled it off I don’t know. A lady drops science knowledge throughout the track, telling you about the circumference of a sphere, how to calculate the the Serge Ponsar was a French-born musician who released one LP in 1983 called Back to the Light . Thank you to our friend for providing the lone cassette sourced track on this mix. Private Sector were a New Jersey scene punk'ish new wave act that played under a couple of different names in the clubs, Odin, The Proof etc depending on the style of music and clientele they were playing for. They fished through their pockets, found some change and a pay phone, and called. Yet for a period in the early 80's Broccoli Rabe turned out some now much sought after east coast style synth funk and proto rap records. Its mostly soul, but there is some funk, boogie and disco in there as well. It immediately became one of those major "wants" and I searched for it incessantly! The time came where I found a copy and I was able to trade some rare "ALF" pogs and an eight ball slammer for it and my 7" collection got a major shot martedì 9 febbraio 2016 beatelectric Lee Moore - Do You Feel Like A Party (1981) Pubblicato da stivio alle 13:21 Etichette: beatelectric, BOOGIE, RE-POST Ann-Margaret was born in Sweden and came to America in 1946. Sometimes its overlooked that past decades also had their revival movements, and I suppose The Earls rode a wave of Doo Wop nostalgia in the late nineteen seventies, re-forming and putting out a few releases that included this contemporary disco number for Though he is from New York City, DJ and producer Tony Carrasco is considered a pioneer of the Italo Disco sound. Anyone have less damage to their long term memory centers than me? Here is a strong disco tinged boogie number from the much beloved by me NelWin Records / Silver Cloud records stable, with all of the Andrew Langston production hallmarks, great, slightly tribal percussive elements and ahead of their time synth hooks. This is a strange dollar bin score for a couple of weeks ago, or $2 bin at least from the price sticker, I think even the Bay Area dollar bins are more expensive than other places. At some point in the mid eighties, former member John Williams put a version of the group back together again to Beat Electric has a mobile system, lazers, and fog, make it happen! This slammin' cosmic disco track by Danny Darrow was self produced and came out on Mighty records out of NYC in 1979. A few weeks ago I found a minty copy in a thrift store and was excited to take it home and add it to my DJ crates. Beat Electric Ben's Mix While listening to Black Shag's incredible Uptown Express mix I realized that since being invited to contribute to Beat Electric back in June 2011 I haven't contributed a mix. Her most praised body of work ranging from the early to mid seventies, but she had the misfortune of recording with a couple of labels in the late seventies and early eighties that went under, stifling her during that period. It has a stunning intro and is simply a solid track start to finish. Don Blackman's "Heart's Desire" is a rare groove classic and needs no introduction. Posted by Black Shag | 47 comments Labels: chicago house, Early House, House, jackin house, proto house My head is pounding this morning from the endless supply of free vodka consumed last nite so I need to keep it short and sweet before I drag myself into a hot shower and seize the day. Jazz purists love to cry foul of the moves he made in his career, but I prefer to call him a purveyor of genuine musical progress. It came from this album, More Jive Rhythm Trax, the follow up to the equally sought after (but not quite as deadly Crossing the Willis Avenue Bridge, Scott found an ad in the newspaper for an upstart, do-everything entertainment company called Rock Candy Records and Filmworks. On Sunday I grabbed a bunch of records that had been kicking around in my dj boxes and threw this together. I remember first getting exposed to this record by the Sweater Funk in the late 2000's. They still play, and their blue eyed soul is still popular on the oldies circuit. If you want to dig a little A few years later I heard that same version from the mixtape again, and found out that it was a German 1985 pressing on the ever inconsistent ZYX, remixed by their in house wizard Bob Heckmann. Hydraulic Pump Well, I'm abbreviating this artist to P. A, as although this is the B side dub of an early work that came out on the Clinton owned Hump Records imprint in 1983, I would imagine some monster corp has long since bought up the rights somewhere down the line, and the major labels have sort of been riding BeatElectric's nuts in recent months. A curated collection from the biggest underground 80's dance music blog in the world. The version posted here is from the 12" on Atlantic released in 1977 as a precursory track to the album in 1978. release. The Pool Me and my friend Jimmy were looking through a couple of crates of records at a spot in a forgotten corner of San Jose, the old geezer who ran the place sold doo wop and surf rock but had come into a few boxes of old 80's dance 12" singles that his was offloading indiscriminately, siloed like garbage in a corner, safely away from his Elvis memorabilia. This aired live on 90hz. Live and learn. We took a box each and flipped Noble Nagel Our good friend and occasional Beat Electric contributor Disco Tom Noble has been nice enough to produce a couple of exclusive edits for our blog. com uses Blogger, Google AdSense Addendum : Bobby Viteritti sent us a very nice email, the mix is indeed by him, and whats more he has now very recently released several o Phuture only released a handful of tracks (plus an album a full decade after their debut), but have remained a legendary act in the development of Chicago house for their stomping 1987 single "Acid Trax", the track that began and defined the acid house sound. There is a 12" of Shake Your Body out there No complaining that I don't know what these are. It turned out to be worthwhile though, as I came up with this Timmy Regisford produced proto house dub that I had heard a couple of times over the years. Edwin Birdsong contributed to the production. They survived through so many different trends and musical shifts over the years and never pulled away from the punk/funk/disco sound that they so well helped to define. Much respect, and thank you. Williams was born in Jamaica and cut his teeth working at the legendary Studio One. Here is an obscure g-funk gem from Little Rock, AR from an unknown year, presumably early eighties. You needn't book me for a DJ gig ever again, just play these off your laptop, sway in a gentle yet off balance motion out of time with the music, don't dress well and frown a lot, the Even back when we started BeatElectric it was already sort of difficult to post something new to the internet, that is to say something you couldn't already hear on youtube, another blog or maybe some weird file dump aggregator site in France. His lone full-length belongs on a short list Here is another one-off funk track from a producer who quit while he was ahead and moved on to the greener pastures of the hip hop industry. Yet in his time he was involved with and influenced by all sorts of music that was going on in South London during the seventies and early eighties, even being part of a prog rock band named 'Stonehenge' even at one point in his youth. Obviously I've been slacking on that request and eventually I came to terms with the fact that deep down I feel like keeping that one as a secret weapon. This beautiful Canadian cut was included in a Trocadero Transfer mix we posted a while back. Sam had a really strong seven year run unt We try and keep BeatElectric within fairly narrow context, turn of the 80's underground dance etc, but today I'm veering away from two reasons, firstly I love psychadelic music of all sorts, psych rock, psych soul, psych disco and secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the cleaner knocked over my turntable that I use to record and snapped the needle off my precious Dynavector 10x5 cartridge Today I’m posting not only perhaps my favorite new wave italo track of all time, but also a couple of exclusive tracks from my current favorite modern disco producers out of San Francisco, BeatElectric’s hometown. Louis who self-released I believe our hosting was successfully moved at this point so I'll go ahead and put up a new post. uk kindly asked us to do a guest mix for them some time before Christmas, so typically going on BeatElectric time that means us handing something over around mid summer. Previously on OPIUM HUM: Bowery Electric - Bowery Electric (1995) Bowery Electric - Lushlife (2000) A mesmerizing shoegaze/space rock/trip-hop hybrid. There’s also a interesting spanish version ‘Fuera De Barry White really needs no introduction. Many of Tony's productions never saw a proper U. Here is another bump along the journey between the boogie and the house eras. The track is minimal with no vocal harmony or overdubs, giving it a one-take feel. It has been covered several times, most recentl Many people have been inquiring what the BeatElectric crew actually look like. I could have been burning CD-r's with Here is a great one-off jam from Cookie, who as far as I know only came together to make one 12" on Le Jazz records in 1982. If you are a clownish self promoting band waggon jumping funk collector who likes harping on about how rare their Contrary to popular belief, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch's 1991 hit Good Vibrations was not the first hip house track. cosmicdisco. This is a record that has evaded me for a while and I finally tracked down a copy. 'A Stafford classic!' they will say. S. Danny Weiss c The Guardian Angels are a vigilante force probably formed in Norwich, Norfolk in 1979, during the height of the disco era, as a public response to violent social decay and increased crime on the Sanders Coach line between Horsford and Cromer. Instead of calling it a day and staying the musical course, he hooked up with "Walking Into Sunshine" by Central Line is by far their biggest hit. They will get more work done there, make their Index were a British studio project produced by Kris Staines in 1980. I dig the hesitant-sounding keyboard player What do you get when you mix B. Last Funk Bevin Fagan was most well known as the lead singer and producer of one of the UK's biggest reggae acts, Matumbi. These guys throw the best parties in Portland hands down and do a damn fine job on their blog as well. Launch pad for artists such as Ice T, and a label that would blur the lines between old As well as finally setting this laptop up with software to record I got a new turntable, a Pro- JectXpression ii, that came with a Dynavector 10x4 cartridge going into my (sort of) new Roksan preamp, which goes out line level into my MOTU interface. Traveling between New York and Milan throughout the early mid eighties to use American session musician's in Goody Music's Italo styled productions. They were one of the pioneering groups in the the disco era and had a sound with a deep, soulful and funky vibe, but they also produced several cosmic Feb 9, 2019 · Funk, boogie and soul record collecting elite are rallying to help Aaron 'Breakself' Anderson, renowned Detroit digger, and founder of one of the USA's most famous nights, the Ann Arbor Social Club, in his fight against brain cancer. Bay Area funk artist Marvin Holmes shows us how it is One of the things that amazes me about this band is that they never tinkered with their sound. org on July 7th as part of DJ Jeno's exceptional weekly broadcast Noise From The Void. San Francisco, we are throwing an all night heavy Disco Party this Friday November 30th. Eighties Ladies was a one off project on Roy Ayers' Uno Melodic label featuring vocals from Sylvia Striplin, Susan Beaubian, Marva Hicks, Vivian Prince, and Denie Corbett. Rene Moore, Angela Winbush and Bobby Watson handled the songwriting and production on this one and Tee Scott did the remix. It was produced by Jeff Lane from B. I'm not too sure what the distinction between these two New York labels were, because they have the same production staff, address, similar Special thanks to Michael, check out his blog. Above is the flyer, and below is my blog haus remix of Sister Sledge's He's The Greatest Dancer. Sharon Redd - Never Give You Up (Instrumental) Forgive the shameless Beat Electric promo, but I feel we have somewhat earned the right at this juncture. Express and Brass Construction? This is the only track by Garnett Mims & Truckin' Company; but Garnet Mims (with one t) was a soul singer from Ashland, West Virginia in the mid 60's. Released towards the end of peak boogie era in 1985 Shebba's We Should Get Together is still a fine example of the sound and has remained one of my favorite tunes for years. Express and Randy Muller from Brass Constructionin 1977. This mix done by Larry Levan has reserved use of synths, perfectly cat I was downtown and stopped by a spot on a whim whilst I was supposed to be doing something else entirely. The very recent passing of West End Records founder and Paradise Garage backer Mel Cheren causes me slightly less to reflect upon Mel's legacy andmore so upon genius DJ/Producer Larry Levan's. Adele Bertei played keyboards for the legendary New York no wave bands The Bloods and The Contortions. This track is a sultry, slow disco tune that kicks back behind his vocals quite nicely. Disco is one of the disco power house labels, if you have spent any time at all collecting old dance 12"s then you would have come across one of their releases on almost every excursion. T Magnum was always getting his DSL from Mexico due to the weak peso and the lag was simply due to LA county's distance from the border. Neveretheless, I will make this short and sweet. I'll make up by sharing the B-side which is a little more abstract but still equally great. Without Stopping 4. After two of the key members got drafted things sort of fell apart and the group's fortunes declined until eventually they broke up in the seventies. Here is a guest mix from SF's own DJ Hotthobo aka Randy Ellis. "Haven't Been Funked Enough" is a hype track that always gets my blood So everybody knows Gino Soccio's 'Dancer', part of the standard cannon, and for good reason. Loading We've covered a lot of post-disco electro funk material here at Beat Electric, here's a little throwback with a more traditional straight ahead disco sound. www. And more Importantly check out this Every time I hear something by New York salsa trombonist Willie Colon, which is now and again, I think back to those scathing remarks made to me and how perhaps one man's comment undermined my confidence and prevented me from quitting my video game industry job to follow my true passion and become a full time boogie record cataloging blogspot page editor. This track from 1983 by Adele Bertei was produced by Thomas Dolby for Geffen Records. In 1983 the band switched over to the Jive label and added a male lead Feb 14, 2013 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. All the new blogs I go to with the decent new electronic music on look like they were made I'm Stepping Out Tonight Even back when we started BeatElectric it was already sort of difficult to post something new to the internet, that is to say something you couldn't already hear on youtube, another blog or maybe some weird file dump aggregator site in France. O'mar was a pioneering producer and vocalist from St. Kris went on to do the UK remix of Touch Down's "Ease Your Mind" on Streetwise in 1982 amongst a few other things. Sunfire is probably the least heralded and hardest to come by project of Reggie Lucas, former Miles Davis band member and production partner of percussionist Mtume, whom he met whilst they both played for Davis. Italian bassist and songwriter Davide Romani played and produced tracks for such greats as Change, High Fashion, BB&Q Band, Peter Jacques Band. rare vintage pressings plus our record label releases. Blogger is a blog publishing tool from Google for easily sharing your thoughts with the world. impersonator section along with Alfonzo and Michael Sterling. I don't really have to write much about Mr T's cash in tween market focused rap career, I think the sleeve cover for this single The only member of The Chance that I recognize is guitar session man Wah Wah Watson, who played on some hits by the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, which makes sense, as the guitar is the standout element of the vocal side of this track, but I'm putting up the instrumental which has all the dubbed out keyboard stabs and synth bass breakdowns. Pictured above is the "Noble Nagel " created by the infamous Patrick Nagel as a limited print for the Noble Gallery in Milwaukee. Indicative of my current DJ sets, this mix leans heavily on the boogie-funk tip with a bit of early house, italo and late era disco thrown in for good measure. Some poor guy in Florida was forced to sell it cheap by a nagging wife who wanted the living room back, and as a result Beatelectric has a new rig. If you are in the Los Angeles area tonite come out and see yours truly, BT Magnum fumble about and try to mix two records (108 and 130 BPM respectively) together at the Echo for the No Culture Party. This release compiled and edited by Ron Hardy in 1989 showcased some of Frankie Knuckle's finest work on the groundbreaking Chicago label, Even back when we started BeatElectric it was already sort of difficult to post something new to the internet, that is to say something you couldn't already hear on youtube, another blog or maybe some weird file dump aggregator site in France. Released in 1982, Fast Money was Ayers vibraphone laced stab at the boogie-funk sound and a successful one at that. I'm not too sure what the distinction between these two New York labels were, because they have the same production staff, address, similar I hope you don't mind if I change it up and post something a bit different (less electric) than most of the material here. Thats fine though, because I'm unpopular and didn't get invited anywhere, and thus can hold it down. Released in 1977 as a single on 20th Century Records from the album "Barry White Sings For Someone You Love". While her music ventures didn't prove as successful, she did have a song "I Just Don't Understand" peak on the Billboard Charts at #17 in 1961. It will comprise mostly of rips of soon to be not as sought after as they were last year before Witch House came along Come to think of it TC's character in the show fills a parallel role as Black Shag being BT Magnum's sidekick in the Beat Electric universe. his best known work probably being Madonna's 1983 debut album. The very recent passing of West End Records founder and Paradise Garage backer Mel Cheren causes me slightly less to reflect upon Mel's legacy and more so upon genius DJ/Producer Larry Levan's. Mezzanine is flying in 16 piece Brooklyn, NY disco ensemble Escort to perform 2 sets over the course of this epic evening. Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) D Train - You're The One For Me (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) France Joli - Gonna Get Over You (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) BeatElectric admires the virility and power of his loins/roots electrofunk fusion. Here is a very nice track by the trio Plush. If this bums you out I do understand, all I can do is apologize and reassure you that its all for a good cause. The Bay Area is a transient place, DJ's, record collectors and normal decent people come and go from all over the world. Lots of pricey rare stuff in here, some standards too. Bobby O has an interesting story and I think we have covered him here a couple of times before. Waves of them tur Knockout Margie Joseph was a popular soul singer from the American South, people often comparing her tone to a honey dipped Aretha Franklin. Big thank you to Eddy Funkster for hooking me up with this rare 45. 'So In Love' came out on maybe my favorite New York based label, Silver Cloud, and has Jocelyn Brown on vocals and future Leroy Burgess producer Stan Lucas on the mixing boards. Story by Jacob Arnold too. See! now Beat Electric is just like every other blog, shameless self promotion plus choppy nu disco remix mashup laptop edits. Here is a proto house instrumental produced by saxophone great Patrick Henderson, used as backing for Mr T's preachy 'Mr T's Commandments'. Score. These dated from the deep funk revival of the early/mid nineties, great times, but amongst them was this Best Of Radar Records collection, claiming to be recorded from master tape, released in '95. This is the type of serious adults only R&B I like to vibe out to. With its ultra funky bassline and vocoder bits laid over a haunting synth melody, it made for something pretty original sounding beatelectric. Larry was the resident DJ at Mel's infamous nightclub and handled a good amount of the 12" mixes for the West End label. It was cold outside and I had already lost my shirt in the The Voice of "Q" was a one-off project from the relatively obscure disco production team of Michael Forte and Bruce Weeden. Beat Electric's own BT Magnum and Black Shag will also be performing sets as well as five more of San Francisco's finest Disco DJ's. Although her release ‘Sex Toy’ on Jam -Kru Records will stack your bank account a little higher, I feel like this cut is a little bit more of an accurate representation of the Beat Electric sound, and aesthetic. This tune is boogie perfection with great synthesizer arrangements and a certain flavor that only seems to come from Florida producers. I'll draw the url of the blog onto an american apparel size small ringer t-shirt using a crayon or something, or give up my last and only bottle of LeBaron's limited edition vinyl cleaning solution. It had a male vocal over the top and got tons of radio play. Using a $500 cartridge to clear out the grooves is endlessly frustrating. Wednesday, January 07, 2015 Happy New Year Beat Electricians! This is one of those highly unknown, un-googleable tracks that blows minds on the dance floor. estos se proporcionan para dar a lo Someone managed to plunder the master tape's of Philadelphia's Philly World Record's Alpha Studios and help themselves to all the choice instrumentals of their uptempo boogie numbers. Check beatelectric valuation, traffic estimations and owner info. com receives about n/a unique visitors per day, and it is ranked 4,957,897 in the world. Hassling us, getting the man on our case and getting The Bay Area is a transient place, DJ's , record collectors and normal decent people come and go from all over the world. I haven't even dented it yet, so if you Beatelectic is starting to look a little dated, we gave it a revamp a couple of years back, but the fact is it's a blogspot page, and in this day and age thats the equivalent of having your website up on geocities, with animated gifs of grim reaper skulls puking fire and popup ad's for cheap hotel rooms. In the 80's Larry went on to work the mixing boards for a plethora of artists on Jan 29, 2019 · After an inspirational MLK eve opening for Boyz II Men followed by an impromptu set at the Sweater Funk party, (Thanks Jon and Guillermo) Le Here is a surprisingly good track from Bobby Orlando that came out on Prelude Records in 1983. Smooth. Many of you may be familiar with the popular dark electro classic '112 BPM' . At times it's dark and drugged-out, elsewhere it's bright and warm, with the constant pulse of downtempo beats and a droning wall of guitars and synth. Just listen to the bands recent release "Keep on Moving" on the fantastic UK label Soul Jazz Records. In the 1960's Ann-Margaret began a recording career in addition to her already notable film career. You cannot tell if those The Beat Electric Janky Record Cleaning Contraption The most difficult part about getting a good rip is having a clean record. His most famous contribution to dance music was being one half Someone asked me to post the other side of this record from this mix. Her biggest underground hit, Can't Get Away (From Your Love), gets a lot of CD compilation and internet love, and rightly The Pointer Sisters released this 12" in 1978 on Planet Records. Here we have our favorite rendition of a Chicago classic with a sultry sexy treatment that almost makes the listener want to commit suicide. I was going through a box of sealed bankrupt stock CD's, flipping through post hair metal and euro dance summer anthem comps, when I came across a stack of funk discs. Production by Richard Perry. Both these tracks were taken from Sunfire's self titled and only album. This track has a lot of interesting elements melding together in a cohesive way that must have been shocking at the time. I'm not a scholar of Northern by any means, but I know enough to know that those that are rarely feel anything out of my crates, there isn't much crossover, but Glenda Mcleod's No Stranger To Love is an exception. Last minute drop on Past Due Records, the ultra rare Ray Contreras Band's "You Make It Harder" for the legendary Budweiser Showdown series is now reissued! Vinyl sounds incredibly phat and definitely does the band justice. Hang on for one of the greatest breakdowns ever with soaring Junie Morrison style synth whine. Beat Electric is all about these Italo versions of yacht rock classics. This track has a classic mellow slower kick-clap groove. Plush - Free and Easy Richard Bush And Orbit appears to be a one off studio project, Richard Bush subsequently falling off the face of the earth, but co-producers Barry Yearwood and Warren Dorris getting a few more garage and freestyle releases under their belts before the 80's are up. com. They put out records by just about everyone in genres from funk to pop rock, and on occasion tasted billboard top 10 success. It was written and produced by Gee Bello, seen Discover photos, videos and articles from friends that share your passion for beauty, fashion, photography, travel, music, wallpapers and more. Full analysis about beatelectric. Definitely a top set of disco funk, here are a couple You can also find "I Must Be Dreamin" on my new mix with Black Shag entitled "Ride My Spaceship" for Manchester's excellent Cosmic Disco Blog right here: BT Magnum and Black Shag - Ride My Spaceship Give It All To Me Times are changing in San Francisco, but one thing remains the same, as sure as the California skies are blue, the record stores of SF will remain as picked over as ever. Timothy's vocals tread Meshay’s Out Of Control was released by Dion Entertainment out of Los Angeles CA in the later years of Boogie in 1985. Anyhow, I dug through a lot of country music and the occasional psych rock piece (the Electric Prunes mono pressings, not bad) before I came across a few twelve inches. Here are over a thousand recordings of 45's made by a record dealer over the past few years since he started selling online. In the 70s he moved to Miami and started producing disco records on his own label Konduko and others like T. Trickle down economics coming in to play, as another social media company goes IPO in the city, fucked up 12" records, that nobody other than me wants anything to do with, double in price in order that the record I assumed that over the years I must have posted every single Sharon Redd instrumental that has ever seen a San Francisco dollar bin, but I was wrong, as I found a promo of In The Name Of Love in someone's discard pile sitting on the floor that had an instrumental of Never Give You Up on the B side. As always its all live Well, I'm abbreviating this artist to P. If you don't see him post on the blog for weeks at a time, its not because he doesn't have the records or the Due to fair weather funk collectors, who shall remain unnamed, neglecting their duties to BeatElectric in order to concentrate their time on their newly formed Witch House band ('Witch House', look it up, I shit you not), I will be renaming beatelectric to BlackShag. Hassling us, getting the man on our case So In Love This is one I had to double, then triple check that we hadn't posted before, its that much of a classic and indicative of the sound we wanted to capture on the blog. Every time I hear something by New York salsa trombonist Willie Colon, which is now and again, I think back to those scathing remarks made to me and how perhaps one man's comment undermined my confidence and prevented me from quitting my video game industry job to follow my true passion and become a full time boogie record cataloging blogspot page editor. Apparently there is a set of Sep 5, 2017 · Donald Byrd is a living legend and a total innovator. Waves of monied chancers, European tourists, ebay salesmen, backpacker DJ's and people such as myself with no real lives ensure that the dollar bins of this city are some of the most sparse in the Some cuts I don't want to post for no other than the artist names and track titles are too long, don't fit in an ID3 v1 tag, are easily misspelled or are a pain to type with one finger. Louis who self-released This impossibly rare record from 1980 by Heaven Sent & Ecstasy is perhaps the only album released on Oakland's Jameiko's Records and Publish Carol Williams was the first female solo artist on Salsoul, she had a handful of singles that did pretty well through the 80's and has spent the past twenty years or so on the disco revue circuit, doing throwback parties and oldschool themed events at casinos and the like. E. In typical B. Released in 1982 on the burgeoning Philly World International label, the track had a strong influence on the leftfield disco/electro genre. Bonk Combo I was in the mountains for work over the weekend, there was some time to kill and I went by a record store in a south Lake Tahoe strip mall. May 26, 2023 · Some T. Someone asked me to post the other side of this record from this mix. In 1978, Supermax released the album "World of Today" which bears the bands biggest hit, "Love Machine". The Sam Records was a classic disco label founded on Long Island City, New York in 1976 by Sam Weiss. com Italian group Gaznevada put out quite a few records from 1979 until their demise in the late 80's. In my continuing exploration of what are in my opinion the UK's best dancefloor heavey boogie tracks I now present to you one of the rarest and most sought after, Mighty 7's 'Call Me' . "Goin' Back To My Roots" is among his finest solo Synthesizer website dedicated to everything synth, eurorack, modular, electronic music, and more. boogie funk & disco records. Browse endless inspiration and create mood boards to share with friends or save for later. Happy Feeling was a lesser known hit compared to I'll Do anything For You, thats maybe why it's instrumental doesn't seem to be up anywhere, but unlike I'll Do Anything For You with it's strong standout vocal I think the strength of this one was in the mid tempo Word was put out that a big Italo collection had been put out at the Rasputin chain of record stores in the Bay Area, but of course given my busy lifestyle by the time I finally got around to taking a look the vultures had already picked it over, bragging about their scores on my facebook page, whilst I was left with their scraps, fumbling around the Rasputin downtown that all the crack heads A really sick 7 inch featured here from Pittsburgh, PA unit The Assignment. The Brooklyn, NY based group Crown Heights Affair came along in the mid 70's and put out their first record in 1974 for RCA records. All told the Uno Melodic label put out Broccoli Rabe Records is still in business to this day, although now I believe the co-founder, Brian Drago, runs it as a post production and film scoring facility in it's home of Fairfield, New Jersey. co. Released in '87, Jammin' to the Beat was the groups first release and quite notable as it so nicely bridged the gap between lo fi boogie and late 80's electric funk. . They soon moved on to join Kool and The Gang on De-Lite Records where they recorded several LPs and 12" singles. "So Nice" is an album cut from Leroy Hutson's 1979 Unforgettable, unfortunately the rest of the record doesn't live up to the title. According to Black Shag this song actually got radio play over the years in Great Britain and I suspect Escort were listening closely to this track when they wrote The Mad Lads were a legendary Memphis sweet soul group that had a string of R&B hits in the sixties, recording on Stax fir a while. Fast Eddie invented it; Tyree laid claim to the first hip house track on wax with the 1989 release of Turn Up The Bass, but UK's the Beatmasters say they preceded him by three years. mp3: Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me Here is a dollar bin sleeper. As seen in this documentary, there are fine lines between hip house, rap house, house rap Ok, I recorded this entire album twice as I suffered a grand technical failure the first time around, and as such the evening is wasting away so I'm going to keep this short so I can make my rendesvous. They were out of Miami and above is a picture taken in the It's Los Angeles, the year is 1984 and the city is hosting the olympic games, but outside of the many media spot lights constantly being shone upon LA county, residents and key members of the west coast electro movement, Andre Manuel (The Unknown DJ) and Louis (Three D) King, are forming Technohop records. The Index project yielded only one 12" release. We try and keep BeatElectric within fairly narrow context, turn of the 80's underground dance etc, but today I'm veering away from two reasons, firstly I love psychadelic music of all sorts, psych rock, psych soul, psych disco and secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the cleaner knocked over my turntable that I use to record and snapped the needle off my precious Dynavector 10x5 cartridge . Happiness This is one of those rare synth laden funk tunes that still manages to get name checked by the Northern Soul heads. Blogger makes it simple to post text, photos and video onto your personal or team blog. That sketch became the logo for B-Boy Records, the label Here is a raw track from the Bronner Brothers out of Atlanta. Perfect for adding a touch of nostalgia to your digital art collection. Timothy Marrow's self released Killer Moon sounds like it was recorded in an afternoon with a borrowed synth and drum machine. This is a solid mix from start to finish and I recommend you check out Hotthobo's monthly Grow Up party in the Tenderloin. It is a good version of that italo sound that he had for a couple of years before going full on HiNRG. This one came up whilst looking through the cheap section at a record store last weekend, on a lovely sunny day in Eagle Rock. beatelectric. Beat Electric Valentines Mix JCB Band - Being In Love (86) Andre Lavonne - I Want Your Love (87) Roy Ayers - Midnight After Dark (89) Bobby G - Lollipop Girl this blog is my shit dude cheerS! yeah well got some heat in the crates now but thanks for the keepin the tunes alive CDs killing the boogie! The Earls are a Doo Wop band from The Bronx, New York. Track listing: 1. It doesn’t really matter as I I know it's passe to still rep Roy Ayers in 2012, but this one still sounds fresh and is one of his harder to find releases. Every little mistake and looseness in the meandering bass line is captured in its full glory over a basic drum loop. djfucknuts5000. blogspot. Waves of them turn up, fresh faced to replace the bitter burnouts that are on their way out, feeling they have more chance of making it in one of the bigger cultural nexus shangri -la's of the East coast or mainland Europe. I had the pleasure of playing a gig with Ellis last month and I must say he is quite passionate about the Boogie and Disco sounds we so enjoy here at Beat Electric. Fear of Flying beatelectric. For me, this is one of those jams that always gets my ass on the floor. K. In the 80's Larry went on to work the mixing boards for a plethora of artists on a Miami dance records always seem to have a certain unique sound, and Noel Williams' Konduko label's output is no exception. Special Agent Man fits the Italo mold nicely, which basically is cheesy vocals/lyrical concept meets a very solid groove. htpqjxea ykujmhz vpbx wiph vyuak wpee dpvta hmeuvr sya cnyjfc