It seems mad that we last saw a Jessie Ware album back in Episode 2 but here we are and it is well worth the wait. Disco / pop / house venn diagram goodness and this, Begin Again, is right up the top of the best tracks on the new album. We missed you!
Tag: disco
Róisín goes Crooked….
We all love Róisín. Who doesn’t love Róisín? (We won’t get on). And we all loved Róisín Machine. But there was never just one version of each track, so there’s another entirely different version of the album out there.
The amazing DJ Parrot, aka Crooked Man, Murphy’s long-time collaborator, has now released a new version of the whole thing, a sort of bastard after-party of Róisín Machine. And MY GOD, IT IS GOOD. If it was a month ago, I’d have been tempted to AOTM it… This is just one of the amazing tracks, a swirling rework of Kingdom Of Ends. ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Mix – Up The Queens Stairs 2
For all of us on the podcast, the legendary club night Speed Queen in Leeds was a huge part of our clubbing lives in the 2000’s and for me especially as I was lucky enough to be one of the resident DJ’s.
With summer on my mind I’ve put together a mix inspired by some of the sets I played in the top room.
Tracklist:
MJ – Rock With You (The Reflex Revision)
Mary Clarke – Take Me I’m Yours
Red Astair – Love To Angie
Erib B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)
Double Exposure – Everyman (Joey Negro’s Salsol Strut)
Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation
Drop Out City Rockers – International Track
Alice Smith – Love Endeavour (Maurice Faulton Mix)
Gino Soccio – Dancer
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Conan Liquid Crates Motel edit)
Róisín Murphy – The Time Is Now (Live From Later…..)
How could I love Róisín any more, pt. 381847. (I know it’s Jools, but still) ♥️
Roisin Murphy – Incapable
How do I love thee Roisin? Let me count the ways….
This has been around for a while but it’s one of my favourite tracks of the year. And I saw her live (again) at Homoblock on Saturday here. She was, of course, amazing, as was the entire day/night (except on Monday, when it HURT).
Powerdance – String Groove
This is dead good. In fact all their stuff is. Check out Power Dance too. But then you’d expect that when it’s Luke Solomon, Nick Mauer (of Greenskeepers fame) and a certain Al Doyle amongst others.
Like Disco: like Powerdance.
Bangers!
I’ve started doing a radio show on Meat Transmission, which is part of the Meat Liquor stable, in Hoxton. It’s a mate of mine, Tom Real, and me, playing just big party records, or BANGERS. It started off as a night at the Big Chill (which got WAY out of hand usually), but it’s translated as fun fun fun to the radio. It’s not serious, unless having a hilarious two hours is serious. SonOfBangers is two shows old, and on every other week in 2014, and it’s just 120 minutes of us playing a loosely thrown-together mix of hip-hop, house, d’n’b, rave, funk, soul, disco. You name it.
Have a listen, hope you enjoy it.
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