Eastern groove

In the past 100 posts of this blog, we've discovered and listened to music from around the world, from artists and producers spread around the globe, putting notes and loops together for us to bang our heads, sway, share with our loved ones, create memories with, feel. Artists/producers from the United States to Greece and from Sweden to Australia. But I believe we've never had any references to the land of the rising sun (as I've said before, my memory ability sucks, so I might be talking bullshit here, but I strongly get the feeling that Japanese artists haven't been hosted in here yet. Till now that is.)

Rondenion is one of my beloved ones from the Eastern world, making hypnotic, jazzy, groovy, deep sounds that reach the other end of the world, since 2005. My first clue was a re-edit he has done on DIT - Let's start dancin', while the "Beautiful memory" track finished me off. And then came Mr. Hirofumi Goto's debut album and blew me away. Especially this one (which my ears tell me that samples Deodato - Keep on moving).


Bass, bass, bass, damn it!
Thank you, Rondenion.

track's info:
-Rondenion - Moon Sniper (feat. Shigeo Nakano)
Luster Grand Hotel
Rοundabout Sounds/Plug Research 2013

Always #1

Do you remember Alkalino? He was hanging around somewhere in this post along with the Four Tops, ltj experience and Greg Henderson, doin' some re-work on Gwen McCrae's Funky Sensation. This October he had his Anarchic Cutz release, including his point of view on one of my favorite tracks from Gene Chandler.



The original track gave birth to numerous releases (like this one from Dave Clarke, this one from Groovemaster K. & 88-Keys , this from Agent Stereo and who knows how many others) and it's nice to see that it can still inspire and give food for... production to the talented out there.

And the funny thing is it never actually reached #1 -but it's a '79er.

tracks' info:
-Alkalino - Number 1
Anarchic Cutz
Audaz 2013

-Gene Chandler - When you're #1
When you're #1
20th Century Fox Records 1979

Faraway so close

I have a seriously fucked-up memory, so I only remember the Frankee More and Cactus Channel posts referring to fresh Australian artists in this blog (find them here and here). But as I browse through sounds, I find there are more and more serious stuff going on Down Under on the side of music we know and love. One more from the faraway continent.



Nice work from Rabble on "Need you forever", only 3 days old on soundcloud. Can't get enough of the hip hop beats, Lou Rawls' deep vocals (the man who released over 50 albums from the '60s till the '00s), the looping, the melody that kicks ass, the filters, the loving lyrics, the key changes. Smoochy!

tracks' info:
-Rabble - Right now
2013

-Lou Rawls - Need you forever
All things in time
Philadelphia International Records 1976

Friday night fever

I think I'm gonna burn a few brain cells with this one today. Join in.



A 78 edits re-work on "Sing it low" by Ann C. Sheridan with a free download and a disco feeling. Make good use of it.

tracks' info:
-78 Edits - Sing it low (78 Edits extended re-work)
2012

-Ann C. Sheridan - Sing it low
RCA Victor 1977

Deep roots

Whatever you're doing this moment is not important. Leave it. Close your eyes. You are now travelling in time, back in 1988. And do you know who's with you on this time travel? Mr. Fingers, along with the company of Robert Owens and Ron Wilson. Which means that you have the whole Fingers Inc. with you. Lucky bastard.

Maybe the legendary "Can you feel it?" is the well-known and acclaimed hymn of deep house, which we all know, love and have stories of delirium to share with it playin' through the speakers of a club, but this one feels smoother, more introvert and cozy right now. And it suits this time-travel exploring the deep sound roots perfectly.

Ok, open up your eyes now and sink back into work. Different kind of deep. Sorry.

track's info:
Fingers Inc. - So glad 
Another side
Jack Trax 1988

Good girls' turn

Bad girls have always been hot for the guys -beloved Donna Summer damn well gave them a proper boost with her toot toot beep beep hit- but I believe it's time for the good girls to be appreciated too. Lillo Thomas surely made his attempt in 1983 with "(You're a) good girl", which gave Shit Hot Soundsystem food for edit. And he came up with this cruisin' tune.



This week can't fail after this. Download it for free and share it with a good girl out there. Or a bad one.

tracks' info:
-Shit Hot Soundsystem - Good Girl (Shit Hot Sounsystem edit)
2013

-Lillo Thomas - (You're a) good girl
Let me be yours
Capitol Records 1983

That's the right Attitude

Don’t know what it is these days, but there’s been a lotta diggin’ in the oldies. There’s a good chance the gloomy weather brings out this past-appreciation, nostalgic, mushy feeling in me, but it feels like a really constructive journey. And look what I found.

Attitude was an '80s group brought to life by David Frank and Mic Murphy from The System, with just one album in their palmarès, "Pump up nation". The "Love me tonight" track only made it to #90 of the R&B chart in the summer of '83 -when my playmobil was the only valuable thing in this world- but I've said it before and I'll say it again: who cares about the charts?

So glad about this journey of mine these days. You gotta go back in music to purely appreciate it today. (Wow. If no one’s ever said it before, I’ll take the credit for this, thank you).

track's info: 
Attitude - Love me tonight 
Pump Up Nation
Atlantic 1983