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Wishing everyone a fantastic 2012, here’s 3 hours of bouncy stuff to kick the Queen’s speech into touch, and to perhaps persuade Slade off your stereo and to hang that tartan up for once and for all.

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TRACKLISITNG

01. Rolling in the Deep (Carnivalism’s live edit) – Adele
02. Dance Hall Days (Psychemagik Leg Warmer Edit) – Wang Chung
03. Pull up to the Bumper – Grace Jones
04. Escape From Ibiza – Earl Zinger
05. Valarie (Carnivalism’s we miss you mix) – Amy Winehouse
06. Close To You – The Avalanches
07. Do I Do (U-Tern Disco Edit) – Stevie Wonder
08. Tryin to Get Over (PITCHBEN EDIT) – D-Train
09. Cadillac (The Revenge Rework) – Hot Chocolate
10. Stop Space Return – Crazy P
11. Reel Sweet – MAM
12. On The Streets (Friends edit) – Chamboche
13. Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison Remix) – Lana Del Rey
14. make me beleive in you remaster – Patti Jo
15. Cowboys & Gansters (Social Disco Club Edit) – Gichy Dan’s Beachwood # 9
16. Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble Edit) – The Beatles
17. Disco Free (Faze Action Edit) – Tele Music
18. It’s A War (Serge Santiago UK Re-Edit) – Kano
19. Funk Phenomena – Armand Van Helden
20. Nutdisco – Disco Dub – Prztz
21. Knowhow (Stanton Warriors Edit) – Young MC
22. Shake – Alex Kenji Main Mix – David Harness
23. Jet Set Action – Freaky behaviour
24. Bobby – Soul Clap
25. All About Me (Original Smack Mix) – Janet Rushmore
26. Everybody Be Somebody – Ruffneck
27. Contemplation (King Britt Funk Mix) – Josh One
28. u got me up (danny tenaglia mix) – DAJAE
29. The Midnight Mood E.P. (Music) – Audiowhores
30. At The Club – Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios Remix Timmy Regisford
31. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Regrooved by The Sly Players) – Michael Jackson
32. PMT / Deeper Water (Wookie Slut Extended Vocal Mix) – Brandon Block & Alex P
33. The Machine (Original Mix) – Baobinga, I.D.
34. I Feel For You – Chaka Khan
35. Satellite Snyper – Pantha Du Prince
36. Apple Bobbing – Joe Goddard

TRACKLISTING

01.Sakare – Defbeat
02.Revealing The Sound (Milton Jackson’s Dark Matter Remix) – The Timewriter
03.Whispering Twirl – Tornado Wallace
04.Shake Your Body Down – Discreet Unit
05.Big Futt – Butch
06.A Little Something (PBR Streetgang edit) – Crazy Penis
07.DJ, You’ve Got My Love – Richard Dinsdale
08.Get Deeper – Marzetti
09.Doin’ Ya Thang – Oliver $
10.Flash (Jamie Jones Remix) – Green Velvet
11.Beat Me Back feat. Kevin Saunderson (Original Club) – Kevin Saunderson, Supernova
12.Junkies vs. Rain – Djuma Soundsystem
13.Miss World (Ooft! Remix) – 6th Borough Project
14.Love Sweet Sound (Mark Knight & Funkagenda’s A.H.B Mix) –  Groove Armada
15.Remote (Deadmau5 Remix) – James Talk
16.Sedona – Spirit Catcher
17.I Take You Out To Space (2007) -The Mulder
18.All By Myself – Joeski
19.Elevate V2 – Uto Karem
20.The Voice (Spirit Catchers Re-interpretation) – Alex Flatner feat. Deafny Moon
21.Vertigo (Goldtrix Remix) – Matrix & Danny J

Hello my head-phoned friends! To celebrate the launch of our new facebook page, Podcast 21 is the best part of 2 hours and brings you some jolly spiffing house music.

We have also dug up some photos of parties gone by for old times sake. So come like us, not that we’re lonely but we’ll make sure you get yourselves first dibs on some lovely, spanking new mixes.

All by Myself

With DJ experience almost 30 years, born and bred Queens boy Joeski sure knows how to take things deep.

Throughout the 2000s, his originals and remix work have been well in demand, with Joeski remixing the likes of the Sneaker Pimps, Dajaé, Delacy, Dirty Vegas, Medway, DJ Sneak and more. He’s appeared on such labels as Hooj Choons, NRK, Ministry, Stealth and Junior Boys Own.

I stumbled across this track being played by Buzzin’ Fly’s Ben Watt (check out his DJ Mag Mix CD). All the fruits of his DJing career have been poured into building his label Maya Records. I absolutely love this kind of stuff, closing your eyes on the dancefloor and losing yourself in its hypnotic percussion and echoed lyric.

Delusionally Good?

I also have to make a mention in the way of London record label Delusions of Grandure. From which Tornado Wallace’s track Whispering Twirl came from.

An enclave of both established artists and fresh, undiscovered talent whose shared passion of deep underground Detroit-inspired house and disco are reflected in the quality output you will come to expect from the label.

Since its inception one year ago Delusions Of Grandeur have built an incredible reputation from the underground club scene through just 10 releases from producers such as DJ Nature, The Revenge, John Daly, 6th Borough Project, Session Victim, Kalabrese, CB Funk, Trickski, Manuel Tur, Tim Toh, Soultourist, Tornado Wallace, Linkwood and Franc Spangler.

Fans of the label include a whole host of DJʼs regularly controlling dancefloors worldwide including Deetron, Seth Troxler, Tim Sweeny, Soul Clap, Sebo K, Akufen, Charles Webster, Ewan Pearson and Ben Watt to name a few.

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TRACKLISTING

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TRACKLISTING

1. Hear me Scream – Muffler
2. Mr.Resident – Syncopix
3. Balaclava In My System – Nu:Tone
4. Ill Behaviour – Danny Byrd feat. I-Kay
5. Snow – Seba
6. Screen In Motion – Luca
7. Fired Up – Friction & K-Tee
8. Paint in Black – Sigma
9. My Chauffeur – Dan Habarnam
10. Empty Streets – Cyantific
11. Black Diamonds – Sinistarr & Kiat
12. Volume 1 (Logistics Remix) – Danny Breaks
13. Guardian (Original Mix) – SpectraSoul
14. Different – MRSA
15. Organic – The Burbs

Now if  you think that D&B is not your cup of tea, please bare with me, I can assure you it has come a long way from its hardcore junglistic origins that some might consider too niche for their ears. The sophistication of production, use of melody etc. has repositioned its place within dance music. This podcast is a reflection of that melodic, intellegent side of Drum & Bass that I am attracted to.

The South London record label Hospital was founded in 1996 by Tony Colman and Chris Goss whom had both been working together previously on house music projects.

A majority of the tracks stem from the Sick Music Compilation that was released towards the middle of last year. A collection of tracks that typify the soulful, uplifting style of D&B that Hospital champions. Tony Colman (AKA London Elektricity) presents the pretty much weekly Hospital records podcast (already on its 128th episode) that is a good barometer of the genre’s current direction. Failing that, you can always have a giggle at Tony’s witty (if a little) opinionated rants that regularly take over his broadcasts.

Danny Byrd’s Ill Behaviour recently graced the top 40 and hit a score Radio One playlists, this in addition to performing on Pete Tong’s Essential Mix can only confirm the healthy state of D&B today.

We also tip a hat to the old skool in the form of Danny Break’s Droppin’ Science Volume One, updated by Logistics, and a release from the Metalheadz label with Spectrasoul’s Guardian. Metalheadz was formed 2 years before Hospital by Goldie and Kemistry & Storm and includes artists such as Adam F, Grooverider, Photek.

2002, amongst many, the year of Tim Deluxe’s Just won’t do, X-Press 2 and David Byrne’s Lazy. This month’s podcast features both Matt & Dom in a back to back special. 3 songs on, 3 songs off – guess who played what?
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TRACKLISTING

01. Unknown Track from Hard Times label (my vinyl has been labelled up wrong!)
02. It’s Yours – First Touch
03. Soulpower (Jazzanova’s Straight Dub Mix) – Jazzanova
04. Greg Henderson – Dreamin’
05. Hugh Masakela – Don’t Go Lose it Baby
06. Michael Jackson – In the Closet (mission mix)
07. Zenophile – Mylo
08. I’m In Love With A German Film Star (Jurgen Paape Remix) – Wood & Pet Shop Boys
09. People (Rob Mello’s ‘no ears’ Mix) – Rocket
10. Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love
11. Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey
12. L’il Mo Yin Yang – Reach
13. Can we Live – Jestofunk
14. And I Was A Boy from School – Hot Chip

Glory Glory

There is nothing quite like a gospel house belter and in 1994 CeCe Rogers did just that, singing for Jestofunk on Club Tools. Kenneth Rogers III was nicknamed CC by James Brown after seeing him impersonating Chubby Checker at the tender age of 11.

No Ears

Rocket’s People featured on Carnivalism’s very first compilation back in 2002 which you can still get hold of here. Back in the day when when cds were more common than downloads. This No Ears version by Rob Mello was on the single’s B-side.

Just an Ordinary Day for Dennis

New Jersey based Dennis Ferrer is playing here in possibly one of my most favourite situations, outside, in the sun, behind a bar at Kalua Porto Rafti. Old mukkas with Kerri Chandler who (it could be said) introduced Dennis to the world of music production, Ferrer’s first release dated 1998 Collaborating with Greg Smith on I Need your Love.

So, enjoy the mix, happy birthday to us and see you at Carnival!

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TRACKLISTING

Soundcloud – Mass Music Source

Soundcloud is developing into a great source for new music and  Deep Space Orchestra is the recording pseudonym for a long-standing series of collaborations between Chris Barker and Si ‘Jazzchops’ Murray, who met in 2005 while watching Joe Claussell and Danny Krivit spin at a Body & Soul night.

“We’ve got 3 releases coming out in the next 3 months or so on vinyl and via digital. The Inside Out ep on Winding Road with a remix of one of the tracks by The Revenge; an ep on Needwant with a Cottam remix of the lead track, and finally an ep on Kirk Degiorgio’s ART label – first techno tracks we’ve ever made!”

Micheal Mckenna also shared a rework of a George Duke classic I want you for myself on Soundcloud.  We could debate which came first this version, or Crazy P’s Ron Basejam’s edit of the same but I managed to get this less vocal version first which was actually produced back in October 2006. Incidentally, George Duke was the musical director of the Nelson Mandela  tribute concert at Wembley back in 1988 and that as close as a reference to the world cup you are going to get on this website.

Craig’s Hot Chip

Way back in 1994, I heard Throw and it blew my mind. Its simplicity, subtle variances and eternal build up quintessentially Carl Craig. It is well overdue that Carnivalism paid tribute to this king of Detroit, not once but twice.

Hot Chip’s album title track One Life Stand has been pawed, stretched and thumped into at 10 minute belter under his pseudonym Paperclip People. We Have Band’s disco themed Divisive is stripped down to a ploddingly raw downtempo track. Their orginal version’s video has some quite nice stop motion animation in it worth checking out after the jump.

I don’t know, the extremes that people go to just to get out of a snazzy dance routine.

Hopping genres like they were privet hedges, we have 1 hour 45 minutes of delving through the Carnivalism record shelves (and hard drives) to see you into the new year for you this month.

TRACKLISTING

1. Do It Nice & Easy (With Love) (GW Edit)-Disco Deviance
2. Sunlamp Show (Disco Bloodbath Remix)-The Aliens
3. Holding Back (My Love)-Tensnake
4. Marvo Ging-The Chemical Brothers
5. Fools Gold-The Stone Roses
6. Get in Trouble (Crazy P Remix)-Snax
7. Casualities [Morgan Geist Remix]-Phonique Feat. Erlend Oye
8. Baby Can’t Stop (Aeroplane Remix)-Lindstrom & Christabelle
9. Panorama-Tucillo
10. Get Yourself Together (Hercules & Love Affair Hercbump Mix)-Chaz Jankel
11. Happy House-Juan Maclean
12. Back When (Original Mix)-DJ Spen
13. Armed-Pryda
14. Whole Life-Oxia
15. Emergency-Faithless
16. Get Em High (Featuring Sway)-Stanton Warriors
17. The Click (Original Mix)-Slyde
18. Takin’ Over-Ralph Robles
19. Doing Shows-Floppy Sounds
20. Hustler-Simian Mobile Disco
21. Minimal (Toca Discos Sunday at Space Mix)-Pet Shop Boys

Norwegian Good

Kings of Convenience star Erlend Øye adds vocals to Phonique’s “Casualties”. Oye is known for singing over his DJ sets and have given his distinctive voice to the likes of Royksopp and Ash. His melancholic tone is suited equally to down-tempo acoustic and livelier indie-disco in which he is represented in his latest band project the band Whitest Boy Alive.

Rules was released last year and is The Whitest Boy’s second album. Check out their nicely illustrated albums and tees at their website.

Interesting fact; Jarvis Cocker directed the music video for Erlend Oye’s 2004 single Sudden Rush.

Good To Know Chaz

Chaz (or Charles) Jankel has been around the (ahem) block a few times in his musical career teaming up with Ian Dury in the 70′s and going on to be part of his group Ian Dury & the Blockheads.

Chaz’s credits during this period include co-writing some of the groups biggest tracks “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”, “Spasticus Autisticus”. His solo career continued through the 80′s and is now enjoying a revival, being rediscovered by a younger audience.

Tirk Records have wisely taken Chaz into their fold ensuring that some of that some of his best work gets another time around, while promoting his newer productions.

Breaks Slyde back in

Matt’s penchant for breaks has been a little neglected in podcasts of late so it bears no suprise to see Finger Lickin’s Slyde muscling into proceedings.

Robin 12 Tree & Jason Laidback have been at it (musically) since childhood and finally crossing paths in 2002 with the track ‘Flow’. That track featured on one of the most memorable dance compilations of the time, Notting Hill Carnival’s institution Sancho Panza and their album “Float”.

Interesting fact; Jason was Kylie Minogue’s scratch DJ on her ‘Fever’ tour.

Jerry Fuchs R.I.P.

Brooklyn based drummer Gerhardt Fuchs tragically died last November. Jerry played percussion for the likes of LDC Soundsystem, Maserati, Moby, MSTRKRFT, Holy Ghost, Turing Machine, !!!, and is included on this mix by means of Juan Maclean of which he accompanied for live sets. In a world of digital music it is easy to forget what a difference the presence of live drums have on dance music and with the tireless velocity that Jerry played, he leaves a big hole on the New York music scene.

Radio station WNYU’s Beats in Space host Tim Sweeney paid a heartfelt tribute to Jerry that you can hear on his weekly podcast.

Juan described Jerry as “one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter.”

You can see Jerry in action below with a live rendition of “Happy House” by The Juan Maclean.

The Juan MacLean – Happy House (Live @ The Double Door) from The Belmont Sessions on Vimeo.

We had such a laugh at Camden last Friday that we just had to put a lot of the set on this podcast. Some real old vinyl here! Have a great Christmas everyone and here’s to a fantastic 2010!

1. People (Jeno’s Stormy Weather Mix) – Rocket
2. Keep on Trying – Antoine Claraman feat. Emily Chick
3. Good Stuff (Culture Mix) – Mada
4. Get Ya Dub On (Jimpster Remix) – Switch
5. My Father – Nebraska
6. Outta Space (meitz remix (dub)) – Daniel Paul
7. Feisty – White Label
8. You Better – The Knack
9. Dance – Klatsch!
10. Give it To Me (unknown edit) – Rick James
11. Jackson Torpedo – Mashed Up Funk
12. Electric Disco – Plump DJs
13. Pop Ya Virus – Stanton Warriors
14. Cosmopolitan Lover – Bumper
15. Party All The Time – Eddie Murphy
16. Big Tool – Chris Lum
17. SOS (Skylark Vocal Mix) – A’studio feat Polina
18. Just Fine (Carnivalism Breaks) – Matt Richards
19. Right On – Silicone Soul

untitled – david hausdorf (7th bouquet)

long shadows (christian prommer mix) – pedro madeira (buzzin’ fly)
guinea pig (vocal variation with julia biel) – ben watt (buzzin’ fly)
in love with a german film star (stuck in the 80s mix) – sam taylor & the pet shop boys (kompakt pop)
lighters – king unique (junior london)
hearts on fire – cut/copy (modular)
see what we’ve become – ghost cauldron (!K7)
(this) is the dream of evan and chan (superpitcher kompakt mix) – dntel (plug research)
the happy monster – hug (k2)
insomnia (kemistry remix) – rodamaal feat. claudia franco (buzzin’ fly)
number one – eastwick and holloway (wall of sound)

Music always causes fireworks in our house so we hope that this unfortunately numbered edition does the same for you!

We’ve started on a bit of a political whinge with the first 3 tracks – Ball of Confusion (1970), Justice to the People (1973), Let the Dollar Circulate (1975). I can’t believe how poignant and relevant these song sound today, although written in an era when Nixon and the Vietnam War were firmly on people’s minds.

But before we fall into a territory better suited to the Paxmans or Dimblebys of this world,  onto lighter things and a special nod of appreciation aimed towards an artist that features not once, twice but 3 times in this episode, and if you haven’t heard of The Revenge already, then perhaps its about time that you went outside a little more.

The Glaswegian producer has currently somewhat of a Midas touch. Otherwise know as Graeme Clark, he has been producing throughout his teens and has already over 15 releases to his name. That alongside a bagful of remixes have kept him well in demand not only on the decks, but in the studio also.

I wonder if he realises he has a doppelganger who invented the bionic ear?

TRACKLISTING

1. Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
2. Justice To The People – Lee “Scratch Perry” & The Upsetters
3. Let the Dollar Circulate – Billy Paul
4. What it is – Missin’ Linx
5. You Got Me – Atlantic Conveyor
6. Do it to the Max – 6th Borough Project
7. Williams Blood (Cosmic Jam Remix) – Grace Jones
8. Bounce Rock Skate Roll – Vaughan Mason & Crew
9. Gadget Funk – The Herbaliser
10. Stand on the Word – Celestial Choir
11. One of Them Nights (Carnivalism’s into edit) – Billy Ocean
12. Phreaky MF – Mike Dunn
13. Dancing in Outta Space (The Revenge Rework 2) – Atmosfear
14. Play the Game – Kenny Hawkes feat. Louise Carver
15. White Horse – Laid Back
16. Feverish (The Revenge remix) – Chimboche
17. Gamma Ray (Franc Spangler mix) – Alpha Child
18. It’s a War – Kano (Serge Santiago UK Re-edit)
19. 54B (Acid Reflux) – Mudd
20. Dancing in the Dark (Galactica Remix) – Mike Mareen
21. Blackman (Desa Basshead Rework) – Stevie Wonder