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It's Thanksgiving in the United States today and we have oh so much to be thankful for here. I for one am very thankful for Kashif, super producer and ace songwriter whose peak work was in the golden boogie era of US soul music. God bless Kashif. Evelyn King - I'm In Love 1981 Evelyn King - ...
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I'm not a big freestyle head, in fact I'm a little ignorant to the timeline and how the sub genre split from the rest of electro and boogie in the early eighties, but then it seems Miami has always had it's own thing going on what with it's geography and cultural mix. That being said, the ...
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I don't know what to say about this song really. It's pretty much perfect start to finish. The groove, the strings, the horns, Claudja Barry's downright infectious vocals, the message of the song...it's just never going to get old to me. Earlier today I was thinking about how there are very ...
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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. A few weeks ago I found a minty copy of this in a thrift store and was excited to take it home and add it to my DJ ...
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Juggling computer programs and interfaces is hard enough now, I can't imagine how things were done in the good old days. Ugg, a frustrating night indeed. Welcome to space, bitches. This track came out on the Canadian label P.B.I. Records in 1981. Jean Pierre Bernard Massiera, the producer also ...
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I spent a lot of time going through pictures taken during the riots that took place in Brixton, London in April of 1981, it was hard to choose one, I didn't want to pick anything too explicitly powerful, or anything with a copyright notice on it, both of which were hard. T. J. Johnson ...
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Here is a guest mix from SF's own DJ Hotthobo aka Randy Ellis. 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. This is a solid mix from start to finish and I recommend you check ...
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Todd Terje
16 minutes of "soundscape disco" inspired by Close Encounters of the Third Kind. "A Dance Fantasy" is mixed by Tom Moulton, has vocals by Sister Sledge and among many other songwriters has a piece written by John Williams. I have no idea where this track would ever be played out (especially ...
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Here is an interesting track by Funktion Freeks on Purple Reign Records, released in 1986. Wet dreams make for bizarre songwriting material, but maybe his bedroom looks like the one pictured above with 1937 Altec /Lansing/RCA horn system powered by a Marantz 8B. Lots of drum machine clatter in ...
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I played this dub version out last night and made a point to post it up today. Nona Hendryx needs no real introduction, super star solo artist and member of LaBelle with lots of disco and electro funk, and funk rock releases to her name. This record though, as guest vocalist with one off ...
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This cassette has been on repeat in my motorized vehicle as of late. I love the fact that my car stereo is shit and the beat up tape sounds like absolute crap. Sometimes its just better to go lo-fi. Anyways, Harvey Scales is Milwaukee's "Godfather of Soul". I used to pass up this release on ...
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Here are some of my favorite Frankie Knuckles remixes. These are from an era of soulful deep house, before thick neck British blokes with shaved arms took over. Here is also a live mix from Gallery 21 in Chicago from 1987. Sorry for the marginal sound quality, please hit us up if you have any ...
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So I dropped the ball with the Halloween post that never materialized. I was going to put up, 'Fear' by Easy Going, but that was hardly an inspired imaginative stretch, so you didn't miss out too much. I was out of town all weekend in Las Vegas. I managed to get away from the strip and go ...
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"Now's the time, forget your nine to five. Come on, have some funn." Okay, I will thanks. The Gunchback Boogie Band - Funn
