Perfection

This is not a new track, nor a rare one. It was released in 2015 by Monophonics, which is a rather popular band and it really isn't some super-wow discovery, but it's the melody that's stuck on my player these past days and the kickass tune I feel like ending this year with.

May every person in the world find his way back home this year, wherever that is.

track's info
Monophonics- Find my way back home
Sound of Sinning
Transistor Sound 2015

Too funky for this world

Thank God I had the chance to see you live.

Rest in Peace my beloved pop artist.

Soul time

This year it feels like the right kinda music for the holidays.

So there, enjoy this beautiful selection.

For the black days

Music can be there for you, buddy. Always.

track's info: 
The Staple Singers - A Whole lot of Love
Let's Do it Again
Curtom 1975

Heading backwards

This is a music piece and video I certainly want there to be in this music diary of mine.

Have a nice journey back in time.

track's info
Enigma - Return to Innocence 
The Cross of Changes
Virgin/EMI 1993

Funky susurrus

I discovered Susurrus from his more melancholic sounds some days ago, but today I thought I should let his funky, pop-ish side unfold.



There's also a version with vocals for those of you like to sing along, but I kinda dig the quiet one this time.

track's info
Susurrus - Just keep dancing
2015

Getting there

Sometimes happy tunes sound odd, while melancholic ones come easier to ears and soul.



 I usually prefer the other way around, but thank God for Edward Vanzet when things are shitty.

track's info:
Edward Vanzet - Hills
2014

So long L. Angel

Sexy mother funker

I must say, I kinda hate Donna Summer's Love to love you baby. But this... Ouch!



Best possible edit.

*Check out Funk District's page for more.

track's info:
Sould Out & The Funk District - Love 2 Dub U
Editorial Records 2016

Sun tune

Sounds a bit like Poolside, bringing the feeling of daytime disco in a perfect sunny Sunday morning.



Smooth, easy-listening and unpretentious. Kickass sweetness.

track's info
Polographia - Feels Alright (ft. Looks Fade)
Swear it Out! Music 2016

Taking it slo-mo

Autumn cloudiness is a fine time for some downtempo, slo-mo, sexy tunes.



Especially if it's a Sunday.

track's info:
Leozinho - Never tell
Boutade Music 2016

Generation talk

Jackson 5 have a serious talk right here with Ernie Hines about Our Generation and Dave Gerrard carefully observed and came up with this.



Classic and fresh at the same time. Awesome job.

track's info:
Dave Gerrard - Generation Five
Chopshop2016

Hello, I love you

I think I'm in love. With this tune.

I was pretty sure I've heard it before somehow, and then it came to me.

*The whole Vanilla page is filled with gems from french house to fine hip hop. If you're not already checkin' it out after this, you're kinda weird.


track's info:
Vanilla - Tell me
Only on Vinyl 2
Cold Busted 2016

Edit-able

If there's one tune in the world for which I would bet there's no way it could give a bad edit, EVER, that should be "I love music" by the O'Jays. So uplifting, melodic and happy, you just can't miss.



Nope. You can't.

track's info:
Deelicious - Beeline
Boutade Music 2016

Supernatural teen

Ben. E. King passed last year and the moment I heard, all my teenage years started a slideshow before my eyes. Stand by me -song and movie- was one of my favorite ones as a kid and I couldn't help but reviewing all these teen loves at the time of his death, like most people raised in the '80s.

This incredible soul singer paid me a musical visit the other day, as I was listening to Fingerman's "Your love".



Ben.E.King's "Supernatural thing" sends a groovy message from the past to the future through Fingerman and I'm a teen again.

Cool way to start the weekend.

track's info:
-Fingerman - Your Love (Fingerman's Supernatural Beatdown)
2003

-Ben.E.King - Supernatural Thing
Supernatural
Atlantic Records 1975

Deep into chillin'

This is cool, chillin' stuff.



Actually it's the definition of chillin': no climax, just a cool, relaxing sound throught, with sweet vocals. Sometimes you need that.

Check out the whole EP here. The more I listen to it, the more it grows on me.

track's info:
Body Language - Good things 
Infinite Sunshine 2015

That time

It's that time of year, again. The time that sun, sand and sea are your constant companion. The time that all the shit around you seem a little bit better. The time to relax, which as you get older, seems so indispensable. The time that absolutely tones in with this kind of beat.



Ahhh! Finally.

track's info:
Dave Allison - Twilight Groove
Let Me Tell Ya EP 
Kinjo 2015

High on House

Man, how I've missed a good old house party, with no glamorous outfits, glitter and people wanting to be seen, just pure disco-house lovers, dance, love and top-notch, tickling tunes inspired by the '70s. Like this one.



GMGN did a great job on Freda Payne's "I get high", gave it just the right amount of beat and filters, enough to make us old people feel nostalgic again about the time when house would kiss your ass and leave a giant footprint on it.

*Check GMGN'S - 3 Pack here and get prepared to jump around the house. 

track's info: 
Freda Payne - I get high (on your memory) (GMGN mix) 
Soul Clap Records 2016

Un-dust

When you play on old cd in the car while driving and this comes along.

Know the feeling?

track's info: 
Hacienda - Dust Heores
Narrowed Eyes 
INFRACom! 1998

Summer Saturday night and all

An electric boogie sound to keep us going. Saturday night and all.



While you're at it, put on your dance shoes and check out First Touch's mini mix here, with some really smooth synths and cool beats. Summer and all.

track's info:
First Touch - You got it baby 
Yosoy Records - The Compilation
Yosoy Records 2012

Freda's right

Band of Gold may be Freda Payne's most known hit, but this one comes closer to the soul.

What I adore about it is that despite that it's smooth and holds no impressive outbursts, it still gives you the chills throughout.

Pure love.
  
track's info:
Freda Payne - Two wrongs don't make a right 
Reaching Out
Invictus 1973

Bass stop vol.2*

Fatback Band rules. That's a given. Now let's if Mookie has a chance.



This is his take on Fatback Band's "Do the Bus Stop", clean, contemporary, groovy and keeping all the good stuff from the original.

Mookie, you rule too, man!

*Bass stop vol.1 was this gem. 

track's info: 
Mookie- Bus Stop
Discoalition Records 2015

Talking back to the night

I truly have no words for this one.



If a dream could be translated into sound, it would sound like this.

There's also a dub mix available, but it doesn't stack up against the original one. 
Oh, and there's your sample. 

track's info:
Otherlover-Backchat (original mix)
Razor-N-Tape 2015

Supersoul

Super fresh, super summerish, super cool new album by Dutch funkers Tristan with soul, funk, jazz blends and this loved one standing out. 

It's kinda difficult to keep your feet back on the ground with Heston's smooth voice, but it's doin' the trick. 

track's info
Tristan - Feet back on the ground
Lifestyle
Isolde 2016

Resurrection (?)

Today is the first day after 11 days, I can actually sit (and not lie) down, turn the pc on, write a few words and listen to some music, feeling (close to) healthy. Between surgeries, hospitals and doctors, I haven't listened to one single sound -besides that of my cell phone- in 11 days. Eleven days, man.

Takin' it slow and dubby.

track's info:
Scientist - Front Line
Introducing Scientist - The Best Dub Album in the World
JB Music 1980

Electric eclectic

Scratching, electro sound, intense bass and cool chord.



Loveless Distraction created an original tune three years ago, blending all of the above together and offering it with a free download.

Works for me.

track's info: 
Loveless Distraction - Stonehenge
2013

With a little bit of soul

Calvin Arnold's working hard to satisfy his woman.

Good job.

track's info:
Calvin Arnold - Satisfy my woman
IX Chains Records 1975

Checklist

Playful piano, check.
Groovy beat, check.
Nice put together vocals, check.
Great bass, check.
French touch, check.



Now try to keep the volume down.
Not possible.

track's info: 
FKJ - Instant Need
Time for a change EP
Roche Musique 2013

Smurfy

Bigger days, lovelier nights. And this on.



Thomas Prime and Awon in my kinda hip-hop, in which I just adore the "smurf" tryin' to sneak in.

Check out the whole album here. 

track's info:
Thomas Prime feat. Awon - Believe in Us 
Love Supersedes II Deluxe Edition
Cult Classic Records 2013

The subject is maggots

What happens when you dig a tune, but you are opposed to the attitude and mentality it comes along with?

I loved Gil Scott Heron's work through the years, but never appreciated -among other stuff- his homophobic poem-song "The subject was faggots" that is being used in Leon Revol's tune right here -and to tell you the truth, it kind of always oppressed my love for his talent and music, cause I like to admire a person and an artist as a whole, not just for a part of his personality that is expressed as a certain kind of talent.

But this tune has that something that lets spring in and leaves you with an old skool touch. So leavin' the "faggot" thing aside, I'm keepin' the tune and pretend it talks about maggots going to a ball.

track's info:
Leon Revol - The Subject
Kolour Recordings 2016

When Joey met George

One of my beloved producers from the past, Joey Negro, had this take on George Benson's "Love will come again". A house legend meets a musical genius and for about 7,5 minutes, nothing else matters.



There's certainly a good, inspiring, solid base, but you can feel Joey Negro's intense touch throughout. And the bass... Oh, that bass!

I think I'll make this a Joey Negro and the Sunburst Band day.

track's info: 
Geroge Benson - Love will come again (Joey Negro edit)
2014

Power

Spring time with a groovy sound attached to a powerful beat by KS French.



KS French wins the groovy game every freaking time. Thumbs up.

track's info: 
KS French - Mr. Sweetness
Rawsoul Edits Vol.3
FKR 2016

Gem world

If it's been a long time since the last time you dug out a set that made your eyes and ears pop, check this out.



Caution: Mind-blowing tune at 49.30 -kicking off at around 47.00- by the Alien Disco Sugar. And it's not the only one.

Yeah, man!


set info:
Fingerman - Forever More 012  
Spa In Disco Club
2016

Beerlover? Me?

Well, there's a beerlover I can actually relate to.



Check out my favorite one from the whole laid-back EP, which you can enjoy here.

You can also grab a beer if you want to.

track's info: 
Beerlover-Dreams (Soniccone Remix)
Dreams EP
Roseville 2014

Ouch!

This is what I call super-dirty, wicked, serious piece of groove.



It has some fades in it, but remains freaking hot throughout.

track's info:
Dave Allison - Basement Jazz
2016

Beedle back

My first Ashley Beedle love was his take on A Guy Called Gerald's "Humanity": the love and compassion mix. Tribalistic, melodic and kinda dark and badass rhythm, it'd made me truly appreciate his work.

Yesterday, after many-many years of having dug Ashley Beedle deep into my longterm music memory, I came across this oh-so-sweet tune, in collaboration with Lay-Far and Darren Morris, totally opposite from my first love.



Love them both equally.

Check out the whole EP from Local Talk, here. Kicks ass.

tracks' info:
-A Guy Called Gerald - Humanity (Ashley Beedle's Love and Compassion mix)
Studio !K7 2000

-Ashley Beedle/Lay-Far/Darren Morris - Doctor Feelgood
The Slope EP
Local Talk 2015

Youthy

When I was younger, I would always put music on while getting ready to go out. Turn the volume up and go on with the procedures, while movin' to the rhythm. These days, being quite busy and all grown up and shit, I'm always doin' things in a rush, tryin' to make everything on time, so this youthful -and quite exhilarating I must say- habit of mine is kind of long gone. But I think I'll try it again today with this. I feel like it.

Saturday night and all.

track's info
Deep & Disco Edits - Feel the Rhythm 
Razor-N-Tape 2012

Natural groove

Absolute, sexy groove for those utterly cold days.

Try it.

track's info: 
Natural Four - Try love again
Natural Four 
Curtom 1974

Sweet words

It's really close to the second coming or something outside, with all-day darkness and freaking cold. But inside, I can almost smell flowers and see sunlight in the form of notes.

Till now, I was only aware of Heion's tune, but this one sent me right to the original stuff by Sylvia Robinson, which I had no idea, while Get Down Edits do their thing.

Sometimes you need the sweet words!

track's info: 
Sylvia - Sweet Stuff (Get D. Edits)

Damn

Bad day for music.

Bad.

track's info:
David Bowie - Rebel rebel 
Diamond Dogs 
RCA 1974

Everything is ephemeral

New, favorite soul collective from London has made my whole damn week with soul, blues-y, funky-ish tunes with their 2 albums I've just dug out and it kind of reminds me of an older, loved one (Menahan Street Band), which I've totally forgot all about the past years. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Ephemerals.



I've been sitting here quite a while, headphones on, listening to tunes from "Nothin' is Easy" and their latest "Chasin Ghosts", tryin' to figure out which one I want to share, so as to be certain that you'll get the feeling just from one tune. Couldn't make it. So there you go.



Not over yet.

If this voice really exists in this world, what the hell have been listening to all this time?

tracks' info: 
The Ephemerals

-Get out 
Chasin Ghosts
Jalapeno Records 2015

-You'll never see me cry
Chasin Ghosts
Jalapeno Records 2015

-Six days a week
Nothin is Easy
Jalapeno 2014

New Year's Dope

The feeling I get while listening to this, is a feeling I wish for everyone.



Hope more people will get doped by the simple things this year.

set's info:
JKriv - Untold Version