middleclass: 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

BACK

Hey, apologies for the immense hiatus, work plus summer awesomeness got in the way. I am once again unemployed and feeling good though so here is a new mixtape on the summer vibe (a little late yes) its mostly housey house and disco so hopefully you enjoy it.

THE BACKSTROKE

Fatback Band - Backstrokin'

S.O.S. Band - For Your Love (extended version)

Kerrier District - Sho U Right

Daniel Wang - Das ist Kein Techno

Prins Thomas - Guade Loop

Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Mix)

Claudja Barry - Sweet Dynamite (Tangoterje edit)

Radio Slave - Casbah Track

Juan Maclean - Happy House (Lee Douglas mix)

Jaydee - Plastic Dreams

Inner City - Big Fun (Les Adams Remix)

Chin Chin - Toot D'Amore (Prins Thomas Bogus Beat)

Anita Ward - Ring My Bell

The Temptations - Glass House

Edwin Starr - Contact

Thursday, May 8, 2008

FLY GIRL

Circus hip hop? Carnival big beat? No this is straight filter house goodness

Basement Jaxx - Fly Life (original mix)

Fat tape swipes clear the way for a wide 303 line that comes bubbling over some creeping disco drums, a prince inflected chorus and hollow synth stabs turn it into a spacey funk trip through the cosmos

Groove Armada - The Girls Say (Greg Wilson Version)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

UNEMPLOYMENT

from 1989: Jamie Principle croons breathy stories of club love over Frankie's cavernous track

Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants to Ride

from 2008: Andrew Butler's dubbed out Good Life lines take shape around Nomi's statuesque vocals

Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong

ps. files will now be posted on divshare, there is no waiting time and it should be a little easier to use.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Long time no see

This is a remix from fellow vancouverites Crooks & Gunn I havent heard them spin yet but this remix is crazy, they freak the strings from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (also sampled by Busta Bus) into a serious b-more workout.

Bernard Hermann - Theme from Psycho (Crooks & Gunn Psyche Remix)

Next is a man doing big things in house this year, Kalabrese, this song will make you feel dirty and happy.

Kalabrese - Make Love Disco

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

THIS MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fvLs5KXWYI

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Tapemix

WATCH IT HAPPEN

mixed by cassius grey

storm

my morning jacket - cobra

prince -the ballad of dorothy parker

soul II soul - happiness (dub)

lee Douglas - same changes

betty bot'ox - babylon by car

kc flightt - summer madness

carl craig - angel (caya dub)

ricardo villalobos - easy lee (smith n hack mix)

sparks - beat the clock

mr. lee - pump that body (underground club mix)

paul johnson - white winds

m&m - black stations/white stations

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Mixtape

TO ALL OF MY DISCO FRIENDS

1. Prince - In The Future

2. Still Going - Still Going Theme

3. New Order - The Beach

4. Fast Eddie - Let's Go Fast Eddie (Fast Eddie Mix)

5. Mr. Lee - Pump that Body (Underground club Mix)

6. Daft Punk - Burnin

7. Losoul - Backwash Rider

8. Lipps Inc. - Funky Town

9. Hot Chip - Boy From School (Erol alkan Edit)

10. Smash TV - Yellow Asteroids

11. Depeche Mode - Sinner in Me (Villalobos Conclave remix)

12. DTR - How Many Times? (Unity) (Strangers Modern key Dub)

13. Jackie Wilson - Your love keeps takin me higher

Friday, February 8, 2008

CAPTAIN JERK

Five reasons old Star Trek kicks ass:

1. Primary colored uniforms.

2. Amazing analog synth fx.

3. Spock's robot reasoning.

4. Captain Kirk anticipating his own death and leaving video-taped instructions for Spock and his crew offering words of insight and a plan of action!!!!!!

5. Sixties in outer space set design replete with pink animal skin blankets.

some cosmic sounds to accompany your mid afternoon.

Kerrier District - Ce Porte (110 bpm)

Kerrier District - Sho Ya Right! (120 bpm)

Thursday, January 31, 2008

REWORK

Refracting the original through his psychedelic prism erol stretches the dreamy original into a searing hallucination. Magnifying the dramatic synths into grainy distortion and drenching the vocals with memories of fuzzy electronics.

Hot Chip - And I Was a Boy From School (Erol Alkan's extended rework)

Villalobos strips away the lush layers of depeche mode's sinner in me leaving only a raw bass line and nuanced hand drumming. Ricardo builds the suspense slowly, letting the minimal elements mingle with the eerie vocal sample until you find yourself so enamored with the glistening details that you cant look away.

Depeche Mode - Sinner In Me (Ricardo Villalobos conclave remix)