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

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

Yo Australia!

If you like Breakbot then you'll sure as hell like this.



LeBRON is Sam Roney from -surprise, suprise- Australia, he's into electronic funk and I'm into him in the most pure, melodic and musical way there is.

Especially when this reached my ears, with awesome samples and flow.

Enjoy your Sunday.

track's info:
LeBRON - The Time is Right
2015

Keep it mellow

Sure, Mondays usually suck and they'll probably suck till pension. But isn't it nice when it's time to go to bed after the first grueling and moody day of the week and you find the perfect tunes, all gathered up in a mellow set that guarantees sweet dreams?

Yeap. Give it a little bit of soul, people.
Good night.

set info: 
Ralfi Pagan and Joe Bataan tunes by DJ Leo

My kinda Sunday

Wicked tune for a wicked Sunday, with sax and all.



Ltj can't let you down. Just can't.

(This set can easily prove that as well. Pick a lazy hour of any day and give it a go).

track's info:
It's a small world disco - All the way (ltj rework)
2011

Breakbot, it was about time

This Saturday. Ed Banger records party. Busy P and Breakbot. Can't actually make a complete sentence out of it. Having a small stroke right now.



Ok tickets already bought, so for now just counting days till Saturday night.
Breakbot, you won't let me down.
I know it.

info:
Breakbot - Blue Wheels Journey (solé Fixtape Vol.19)
2013
presented by Solé Bicycles

TRACKLISTING
Prince - 1999
James Bobbin - it's music
Chris Thomas - celebrity funk
Enchantment - give it up
Plush - free and easy
Skool Boyz - heartbreaker
Jane Child - don't wanna fall in love (sheep pettibone remix)
ze-brass - feels so good
Kid creole and the coconuts - i'm a wonderful thing baby
Dayton - eyes on you
Grand Tour - late november
Rory Block - help me baby
Kenny Smith - witness
Conway Brothers - turn it up
Larry Nevilles - this time is real
Raven feat. Jocelyn Brown - so in love
Second Image - star
Donna Washington - you can't hide from the boogie
Brenda Watts - you're my chance
Tantra - get happy
Cotton Candy Feat. Donna Trollinger - Having Fun
Oby Onyihoa - Enjoy your life
Nick Straker Band - straight ahead
Teddy Pendergrass - come go with me
Doobie Brothers - flying clouds

Mid-week groovin'

How about a disco set by the godfather of Montreal disco, Robert Quimet, in the middle of the week?



You'll get to hang around with Sylvester, the Trammps, Michael Jackson, Joey Negro and other disco legends for about 45 minutes, with tracks handpicked by Mr. Quimet himself, offered with a free download. 

Groove it up, people!

Dance your blues away

An hour full of disco/funk feeling on a spring Friday. Utter and complete bliss.



It ain't a coincidence it comes from ltj experience, known and loved by this blog. Press play and let loose for the next hour. It's trippy as hell!

Feel-better soundtrack

When I was little, I had a certain cassette I would press play to the times I was feeling sad cause my brother would mess up all my toys, my sister wouldn't lend me her sweater, my friend at school wouldn't tell me her secret or my parents wouldn't buy me enough ice-cream. That cassette was, oddly enough, a compilation of classical music pieces and I believe I haven't sat down to listen to classical music since then -I really can't explain this choice of mine back then.

Later in my teenage years, where my ups and downs were similar to Space Mountain and my music taste would range from Doors to The Prodigy I would still make a weird choice for a teenager in the '90s. The music that would keep me company when I got the blues for a boy was oldies, stuff from the 50's and the '60s, rock'n'roll and doo-wop, uplifting sound -even if the lyrics were mushy and all.

The last soundtrack I had for difficult times was a speed garage compilation (this one to be exact) an old friend had given me, which I would always listen to in my early twenties. The energy and rhythm of this music would always absorb the bad stuff, so it suited me right. After that, I have no recollection of a specific feel-better soundtrack in my life.

The other day, as I was browsing through youtube and soundcloud, I came across a freshly uploaded set from DjJade who I must say I completely trust as far as filter house and quality is concerned.



I believe this is gonna be my new music shelter next time I feel like being with me, myself and I. Totally uplifting, but with a nostalgic touch and melody with rhythm that can make you move your body and seem weird, but don't give a shit about it.

Download it for free here, check out the playlist and have a good time with it. Whether you're up or down.

set's info: 
The DjJade - The Vibe
2014

Soul to the people

It’s been a long time since the last time we shared a set, so there you go. Rare sound with a lotta soul, that's gonna lead off this week.



You know, sometimes I wish there wasn’t any rare soul. I wish nothing was rare about soul. I wish soul was everywhere and all around, everyone felt it in their bone and we all lived happily ever after. Any chance this could happen sometime soon?

Anybody in da house?

I'm in the mood for some good, old-fashioned, mind-blowing, pure and full with soul house music today. I wasn't sure which set to pick out so as to share with you, so I selected the one that feels closer to my feeling right now, this very moment, from all the things I heard the past hours.



Hope it suits you too. I'm already downloading it from Dj Cool B.'s soundcloud and it will be today's soundtrack to and from the beach. Bleep-bleep!

set's info: 
Soulful Feeling 7 by DJ Cool B.

Feeling a little deviant

Unless you spent the previous night drinking like there’s no tomorrow or headbanging in a concert or a club, then you probably don’t wanna die right now. Let’s celebrate the achievement of getting through a Saturday night intact -and maybe say goodbye to a few brain cells that didn't make it when you had that 3rd beer- with some good music.

Sunday is the day I usually enjoy sets or radio shows, as I have the time to relish them with no breaks. I am quite fond of the Disco Deviance Pulse Radio Shows - I suggest you play them one by one - and the last one (Beaten Space Probe & Dicky Trisco mix - free download) I heard really got me going.



Disco sounds and edits that are just what you need on a day you want to relax, take your mind off of things and indulge in music either solo or with company. While listening to it, I almost cried to the “Let no man put asunder" edit (which, sadly, I don't know what it is, although I can imagine) and then the slapping bass and the piano of the "Neat Disco" finished me off. But what really did the trick for me and gave me a teeny-tiny stroke was the "High Speed connection" track as Pete Herbert and Dicky Trisco have imagined it. I was always crazy about the original track from B.T. Express and I equally loved the Phats and Small inspiration back in the days, but this one left me with an open-mouth and nothing to say. I think I'm having a Sunday morning fever.
  
tracks' info:
-First Choice - Let no man put asunder
Delusions
Salsoul Records 1977

-Future feelings - Neat disco
File under disco 2012

-B.T. Express - High Speed Connection (Pete Herbert & Dicky Trisco edit)
Disco Deviance 2010

-B.T. Express - Does it feel good
1980
Columbia 1980

-Phats and Small - Feel good
Now phat's what I small music
Multiply Records 1999 

How do you listen to music?

Greg Wilson is one of my favorite djs/producers and I was lucky enough to watch/listen to him live in Athens about 3 or 4 years ago. I don’t easily enjoy music out there in bars in the last years -perhaps I’m getting old and weird I don’t know, although I seriously think it’s not all my fault– but that night I remember dancing and smiling like a retard with just 1 drink – yeap. that was a first for me.

In this interview by James Thirkettle for the documentary “How do you listen to music?”, amongst other things he’s talking about how listening to music can differ depending on how we practice that, while he’s referring to his own experiences when it comes to the appreciation of music.

"...The great thing about music is that it has the power to continually surprise you, if you allow it to do that…"

And that's why, my friends, background music is forbidden. You 'll understand when you watch that video.

If you want to get to know Greg Wilson a little bit better, here you can check out his blog (which is updated all the time), here you can explore his soundcloud page (where -trust me- you'll find loads of music, you 'll be able to download for free tunes that are mind blowing and you 'll probably need hours to be sure that you haven't missed anything). Also, you can search for his compilations Credit to the Edit Vol 1&2 (Tirk Records)

Below you 'll find 3 of my favorite Greg Wilson edits and my favorite set, some free for download.

1gnition - Secret Sunday lover (gw edit)
Brenda Taylor - You can't have your cake and eat it too (gw edit)
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (gw edit) free download

Essential mix for bbc radio (2009) free download

tracks' info:
-1gnition - Secret Sunday lover (ssl greg wilson edit)
Credit to the edit vol. 2
Tirk 2009

-Brenda Taylor - You can't have your cake and eat it too (gw edit)
Credit to the edit vol.1
Tirk 2005

-Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (gw edit)
GW Ruff Edits series 2008 (limited)

The A.B. era

For me there's a B.B. and an A.B. era. The B.B. would be the Before Breakbot period in time, when if anyone would tell me "check out this set, half hour - 30 tracks", I would kindly excuse myself and start running to save me and my ears from a -without much doubt- lousy megamix.

The A.B. era began when I carefully listened to the Breakbot Sunday Selecta set on a Sunday morning - yeah, ironic, I know. Breakbot (Thibaud Berland) has so skillfully mixed 33 tracks in 33 minutes, that if I could describe the set with 3 words, they would be flow, flow and flow.

It's not only the mixing, of course, since Breakbot has given his magic touch to most of the tracks, but in general we have to admit it: this dude is wicked. Thank God (that is whoever put the tracklist together) the tracklist was right there, but don't expect to find the exact and whole original versions in the set - the tracks are "breakbotted".

Check out here for the tracklist and here for a free download.

Also, you might need to kiss your lazy Sunday goodbye. It ain't gonna be lazy after all, I promise you.

(personal favorite part of the set: when Kashif, Conway&Temple and Kwick "meet").

set info: Breakbot - Lazy Sunday Selecta - A mixtape for the sun