Great to come back to find some very positive comments on the Edits/Productions posted so far - thank you to everyone who got in touch.
Some great music coming from my Bocajito and Nottingham homeboys soon - look out for some Crazy P, Neon Heights and Secret Stealth soon. Crazy P have just finished mixing their new album 'Love On The Line', and it's a real belter: they've recorded all the tracks live in their studio - a big progression from the excellent 'Night On Earth'. I've been honoured with pre-release versions of the album for some time now, and there's dancefloor goodness aplenty...
Meanwhile Secret Stealth are hard at it in the studio recording their third album with Stealth /Stack vocalist, Holly Backler- from what I've heard so far it's going to be their finest to date.
I've been busy keeping up with our 15 week old son, so music and blogging have taken a back seat, though there's some new edits on the way soon.
Thought I'd post a trio of Hip Hop covers by way of a change-
Al Ben Azza - Concrete Schoolyard (YSI)
A great acoustic guitar 7" version of one of Jurassic 5's finest moments.
Ba Barracus Band - Mama Said Knock You Out (YSI)
Crazy Percussion-driven monster of a 7" that re-energises LL Cool J's classic.
The Gourds - Gin & Juice (YSI)
Imagine if Snoop Dogg was a Good Old Boy from Alabammy, chewing baccy with his white trash brothers while picking a mean banjo... Probably the most genre-bending cover version of all time???
And for those of you looking for another lengthy Floorman edit to spin while you take a much-needed break from the turntables, here's my segue mix of student favourites Jurassic 5's rumpshaking mid-tempo number 'In The House' with the original sample source, The Graingers' classic 'Shine Your Light'.
Shine Your Light In The House (Floorman's Disco Edit 2) - J5 vs The Graingers (YSI)
Monday, February 18, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Fantastic Four Edit
I've been returning again and again to American Athlete's blog over the past six months. Always enlightening and always rewarding, pure quality disco, mixes and re-edits. His selections have inspired me on several occasions, and this is the result of the post in September 2007 of a Fantastic Four rarity entitled Got To Have Your Love.
A Tom Moulton classic that I wanted to play to my Saturday night crowd, but without getting too disco...
Prince On The One
There's something seriously wrong afoot when an artist decides to sue his fan sites for using his image, which is allegedly what was occurring with Prince at the tail end of last year.
Whatever the truth of the matter, the track that The Purple One produced in response is by far his funkiest outing for many a moon. This is a very simple re-edit to make the track more playable to my Saturday night crowd. The man still has it: just wish we could hear more like this.
As usual, this is up for one week only. Please support the artists (even if they sue you)...
Hot Chip Edit 2 - Something for the weekend, sir?
Hot off the presses (ok, off my drive) and ready for the weekend is Hold On (Floorman's Disco Freakshow Edit) from the new Hot Chip album, Made In The Dark. This is an extended DJ-friendly edit weighing in at 8 minutes 22 seconds, giving you plenty of time to go to the bar/nip out for a smoke/get a funky asymetric haircut etc, while leaving your dancefloor safe in the hands of Alex, Joe & Co. This is my personal favourite from the new album, from what I've heard so far.
Please support the artists by buying the new single, Ready For The Floor which is out now in the UK, and/or the album Made In The Dark which is released on February 4th.
I'm planning on doing a dub mix of Ready For The Floor soon so keep checking back (Hype Machine won't link/list me until I've been posting for three months...)
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