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This is being left as a sticky until I get the dance moves to Billie Jean down pat. Like Kate. (Frangry always finds the good stuff first.)

Check out the awesome DJEDJOTRONIC “Time for the Mixolator” mixtape over at the Boysnoize Records blog.

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Haven’t posted in forever. This isn’t a magical mix, but it should keep your feet a tapping.

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This is what I live for.

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Palms Out has released a slammin’ EP: B.Rich’s “Ain’t Here to Party” ft. Whiskey Pete. It includes some great remixes… here’s a taste of what to expect:

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Available at: beatport, itunes, and juno

hello. we are proud to announce that as of today we have copies of THE DISCO FILES in our store. This is by far the best book on the early days of disco i have ever read. It was written by Vince Aletti, who was the first person to cover the NYC disco scene. This is his memoir, and it contains stories, charts & photos. The charts are from clubs all over the world from regional djs of the day. At 484 pages long, this is no joke Its a must for anyone who is a fan of Italians or dance music in general. A great book to learn from. Seriously, ive been waiting for this for years Thank our friends at djhistory.com for this one… It is imported from the UK so it is slightly more expensive but it is worth every penny. Plus you are supporting a micro indie label with a huge undertaking which is this book.

via Italians Do It Better: THE DISCO FILES 1973-78.

Watch the video. All I can say is “holy f*#k.”

In his time, Mr Oizo has been an electro legend, puppet lover, chart star, film director and general audio visual lunatic, but until recently we never suspected him of being a woman. However, as this exclusive behind the scenes documentary proves, he is not a bearded Frenchman at all but a buxom blonde from Hollywood. Filmed while making Lambs Anger, she reveals how dipping keyboards into yoghurt, hitting musicians with lettuce and seductively massaging pineapples in front of policemen all contributed to the unique sound of the album. Confused? Wait till you see where she keeps her copy of the album….

via Dazed Digital | Mr Oizo is All Woman .

via YouTube – Andrea True Connection – More More More – Original 70s version.

Thomas Dolby runs an awesome blog that is WordPress powered.

He also cooks his tapes.

… Don’t worry this is what you do with old master tapes. The oxide likes to detach itself from the backing, and if you don’t bake it back on, big clumps fall off on the tape heads the moment you try to play it. This restoration process was only discovered a few years ago. Up until then I had pay a large annual rental fee to store my tapes in the basement at Abbey Rd, at what was thought to be the ideal temperature and moisture.

That basement has served over the years as a bomb shelter, butchers’ repository, and storage place for the Sgt Pepper’s 4-tracks and mellotron. Once EMI discovered that tapes stored down there were actually falling apart, and needed to be baked to be playable, they offered a ‘restoration service’ to artists and producers, charged at a high hourly rate. So they got a bit more cash out of me for that. But when I found out that the recipe was quite simple and could be easily done in a domestic oven, I switched to doing it myself. …

via Thomas Dolby’s Blog » Blog Archive » Urban Tribal found

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The transition from the late-1970s disco styles to the early-1980s dance styles was marked primarily by the change from complex arrangements performed by large ensembles of studio session musicians including a horn section and an orchestral string section, to a leaner sound, in which one or two singers would perform to the accompaniment of synthesizer keyboards and drum machines.

Disco never left baby.

via Disco – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Bat For Lashes is the work of British singer/ songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Born in 1979, yet combining influences that span decades, Natasha’s work dwells in the elemental, emerging in timeless forms.

A new Bat For Lashes album ‘Two Suns’ is released on the 6th of April 2009.

1. Amazing music.
2. Amazing artwork.
3. She reminds me of Zoey Deschanel.
4. Even if the music was bad, I’d probably still play it.
5. Buy the single “Daniel” on iTunes

Daniel – Out Now | Latest News | Bat For Lashes.

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