It's finally Friday and another work week is coming to a close. After a dance
party in Brooklyn last Saturday that redefined the term epic, it was
quite a long week. I finally got the chance to see one of my favorite
DJ duos, Flight Facilities. Honestly, I went into the show with high
expectations, which can sometime lead to disappointment. However, these
two dudes from down under completely blew me away. They certainly
didn't hold anything back at Brooklyn Bowl (which has an exquisite 3 ft disco ball above the dance floor). A group of my friends and I
got the chance to meet the curly haired Hugo from FF and Jess (who
sings Foreign Languages) and kick it with them at the after party. Its
always nice to get the chance to meet artists you like and even nicer
when they turn out to be really cool, down to Earth people.
Although this work week has been long, there have been plenty of new
mixes released that helped make it more enjoyable. The plethora of
mixes sometime makes it tricky to pick one to post about. Being Friday, I
wanted to pick a mix that got you all in the mood to head out on the
town and show off some of the new dance moves you've been working on. The
mix below is "Love in Sunset," Cinnamon Chasers' April 2012 DJ mix. Cinnamon Chasers is the nu-disco project of British producer
Russ Davies. Russ Davies is also the artist behind Abakus. Cinnamon Chasers took off in 2010 with the song and video Luv Deluxe. Its a great song and a really well done video, check it out:
This mix clocks in at just over a half hour, but features quality tracks from front to back. From the first notes of the first track, you can tell this mix is going to be solid. It goes from rowdy up-tempo dance beats to slowed down smooth grooves and back again. Whether you're getting ready to go out or just trying to make it through Friday, this mix should get you feeling the weekend has arrived. Enjoy!
So last night I had another fail in the kitchen (sort of). You see, it's someone's birthday today (hint: 1/3 of DPC, and his name rhymes with fraud) and it's also Thanksgiving week. This means I'm canoodling with my beloved Kitchen Aid stand mixer more so than usual - swooooon. Which in turn means I do things like want to smush cookies with marshmallows and hope for the best.
Let's just be thankful that I decided to experiment with half of the cookies. And while we're on the topic of thankful, I'm thankful Holy Ghost! and Eli Escobar will be in town tomorrow night at the 9:30 Club (!!!). Let's hope there aren't tons of hipsters there that I can compare to inanimate objects.
And let's just hope I'm not too hungover on Thursday morning to bake a salted caramel cheesecake for my family. Because that has THANKSGIVING written all. over. it. But you know what doesn't have Thanksgiving written all over it? Ribs.
Uh, yea. Due to some changes in family plans, Zena (hi, mom!) will be in town for Thanksgiving. After getting calls from both her and my oldest brother, I learned that we were having ribs for Thanksgiving and forgoing the "traditional turkey". Fine by me! Turkey is just a bigger chicken that makes me sleepy. Don't even get me started on a turducken my family got a few years ago. Holy. Crap. I feel bad for whoever stuffed each bird into the bird. Awkward.
Anyway. So there's that. And now... there's this:
Flight Facilities' Paris Social Club 70s DJ Set from a show about a year ago. If there's one mix that I will play for my not-so-much-disco-loving-friends, it's this one. So many great tracks on here that everyone recognizes and loves, and edited by Flight Facilities. Holy beautiful. Maybe you're familiar with this set? If you are, let me reintroduce you; because the second, third, fourth, errr... 20th time you listen to this, you fall in love... ALL.OVER.AGAIN.
SERIOUSLY!
Look! There's also a nice download link to the individual edits, here. Mmm, edits.
1. Pink Floyd – The Wall (DreamTime Edit/DJ Agent 86 Edit) 2. The Bee Gees – Stayin Alive (Tokoloshe Edit/Original) 3. Franki Valli – Grease (Flight Facilities Edit) 4. Gwen Mccrae – All This Love That I’m Giving 5. The Brothers Johnson – You Make Me Wanna Wiggle (Flight Facilities Edit) 6. Chic – Good Times 7. Chilly – For Your Love 8. The Emotions – Best Of My Love 9. Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby (Flight Facilities Edit) 10. Breakwater – Release The Beast (Flight Facilities Edit) 11. The Brothers Johnson – Stomp 12. ABBA – Gimme Gimme Gimme (Flight Facilities Edit) 13. Cerrone – Supernature/Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer 14. The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes 15. Flight Facilities – Dreams In The Edit/Fleetwood Mac – Dreams 16. Heat Wave – Boogie Nights 17. Electric Light Orchestra – Last Train To London 18. Don Ray – Got To Have/James Curd – Got To Have 19. Boney M. – Gotta Go Home 20. Carrie Lucas – Dance With You 21. Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough/Crave You
I'm going to apologize now for the use flight puns in this post. As Becca "explained", The Twelves tore it up at U Street Music Hall in D.C. last night...And I empathize with her morning-after sentiments. So excuse me if my writing lacks in creativity today.
Love those disco nights....
Moving on!
So how long does it take to climb to 37,000 ft? If you're flying with FF Airlines, apparently about a year! It's been that long since their last installment, the Mid-Flight Mixtape. Off the back of their HOT new single, "Foreign Language", this mix is an overdue but welcome dance party starter. It's filled with absolute dance floor bangers and remixes, especially Drop Orchestra's interpretation of "Foreign Language"! There's plenty of other goodies...from Aeroplane, Holy Ghost!, Cut Copy, Penguin Prison, and I'm always happy to hear Metronomy's "The Bay" in a mix. Sit back and let this 24 track disco flight cruise....(couldn't resist). Enjoy!
1. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place 2. MGMT - Congratulations (Erol Alkan Remix) 3. Wally Warning - Land Of Hunger (Todd Terje Edit) 4. Jamelia - Caribou 5. 123 Clap! - Constellation 6. Modern Amusement - Cold As Ice (louie Fresco Remix) 7. Flight Facilities - Foreign Language feat. Jess (Drop Out Orchestra Remix) 8. The Rolling Stones - Too Much Blood (Debonairs Too Much Dub) 9. Aeroplane – My Enemy 10. Das Moth – Moon 11. TC Crew – I Can't Do It Alone (Eoin Cody edit) 12. Phonique feat. Erlend Oye – For The Time Being 13. Tortoiseshell – This Girl 14. Metronomy – The Bay 15. Cut Copy – Pharoahs & Pyramids 16. Emmanuel Jal – Kuar (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 17. Colors Sound System – Yeah Mate I Hate 18. Pogo – Upular Remix 19. Bocca Grande – Procedere 2011 (Morgan Geist) 20. ZZT – Zzafrika (Julio Bashmore Remix) 21. Penguin Prison – Fair Warning (Disco Bloodbath Remix) 22. Lazydisco – More Tigers (The C90s Remix) 23. Coatimundi – No More Blues 24. Holy Ghost! – Jam For Jerry
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Here's fresh chart mix from London's The C90's. The duo's monthly installments never disappoint. I took quick look at the tracklist and couldn't wait to dive dancing feet first into it. Hot off the disco presses, Oliver's "I Need You" and the Flight Facilities' "Foreign Language" hint at the quality of tracks throughout. From the go, we're treated with some funky synthy disco. This is my kind of mix (see: "I'm a sucker for synth")! A bit after the midway point, put your moon boots on because it gets a little spacey! Dense synth bass lines, lots of beeps and boops. Look out for the editing machine, Rayko's "Whip It". Clocking in at 1hr and 20min, this a super solid mix for sure. Slick transitions, playful FX use, and a great assortment of songs; whether you're looking just to jam out or find some new tracks, this one will leave you satiated (if not, you can always hit play it again!). Enjoy!
August Chart Mix by TheC90s Jan Driver - Golden Super
Jerome Derradji - Track 01
Copyshop - Sweet Memory
Megadon Betamax - No Strangers
OhYeah - Oh My God Its Boogie Music
Melee - Untitled
Mark Ronson - Record Collection (Perseus 'Private Karaoke Version' Remix)
Junkie XL - Molly's E (Azari & III Remix)
The Deadstock 33's & StopMakingMe - Autumn
Pandi - Show Your Shoe
Rayko - Whip It
Love Edits - A1
Jupiter vs Kassav - Kass Limon
Oliver - I Need You
Flight Facilities - Foreign Language (Extd Version)
Los Charly's Orchestra (Pete Herbert Remix)
Kolombo & Ante Perry - Crazy
Pink Skull - Summer Reading (Ray Mang Instrumental Dub)
