Determination.

A killer cut off of DJHistory's Secret Weapons release from last year. Taken from the liner notes...

"A kind of Prince meets space boogie proto-house with a positive message in the lyric. It sounds so fresh, despite being 20-odd years old."

Suede / Determination

Back with a bonus.

I was kinda underwhelmed by the Wolfram album on first listen. I wasn't sure what it wanted itself to be. I'm still not sure what the album is supposed to be, but I am waaay more into it now. Go figure.

Enjoy the bonus (and i.m.o. the most epic) track from the release...the eleven minute plus "Club Mix" of Hold My Breath feat Holy Ghost!

Hold My Breath (Club Mix)

Hello Monday.

This track sums up my outlook on life today. A big thanks to the fine folks over at Colette for including this left field gem on the Discolette comp. Top shelf weirdness!

Adventures In Success / Will Powers

Meet me at Simone's.

Heading to Chicago this weekend. I've got a gig tomorrow night with these guys.

B.T. (Boogie Terrestrial) / Yohon

Brother Louie

I am loving this simple yet classy edit from Mike Simonetti. Perfect for these hot summer nights we continue to have here in Cleveland. Louie Louie can be found on the Perseo Edits Volume 1 release from Italians Do It Better's sister label, Perseo. More info (and a webstore to secure this fine release) can be found here.

Louie Louie / Mike Simonetti

A Philly Classic.

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome re-edit/re-mix of classic Philly Soul from classy Philly resident Peter Dragontail.

Collage (Peter Dragontail Edit) / The Three Degrees

mix04: Le Club Eskimoo

The PleasureCruise'n Mix Series is back with a bang! Super excited to have fellow blogger and music lover Le Club Eskimoo contribute. The mix, described as a "night summer trip to listen to loud in the dark" is stellar from start to finish. Download and enjoy!

Wendy Carlos / Beethoviana

The Android Sisters / Sss-X Minus One

Toro Y Moy / Blessa (snippet)

Yoko Ono / Dream Love

Acid Washed / Bikini Atoll

David Bowie / Art Decade

High Places / Papaya Year

Soft Rocks / Black Magic

BanDJo / Space Weather

Droids / Rennaissance de l'Amour (snippet)

Devo / Jurisdiction Of Luv (EZ version)

Tropical Jeremy / Medianoche

Midnight Juggernauts / Fantastic Valleys

Space Art / Love Machine

Egotrya VS Beppe Loda VS The Focus Group (snippet)

Elton John / Your Starter For

Egg / Fugue In D Minor

Midnite Summer Dreams mix / Le Club Eskimoo

Vibin' out.

Summertime vybez from John Daly on 2009's The Soul (Part II). It's hard to top the original (Craig Smith & The Revenge still completely kill me every time with it), but this seven-and-a half minute, sun drenched version doesn't fall far from perfection.

The Soul (Part II - John Daly Remix) / Craig Smith & The Revenge (YSI)

It just feels right.

Thanks goes to Jonah for hipping me to this 70's easy listener. Doing some research on the track led me to a cool reworking at the always stellar AOR Disco.

Moonlight Feels Right / Starbuck (YSI)

Diving deep.

Small Pyramids - Look No Further by SmallPyramids

Made In The 216

I've put together a mix for a party I'm playing this weekend. The gig is Made In The 216; an event put on by the super hot Room Service shop and it's proprietor, Danielle DeBoe. Billed as two days of shopping, music, beer, food and shenanigans - it all goes down this weekend June 11th and 12th. So please, come out and support local artists and small business owners. It's gonna be radical.

Ok - onto the mix. It's pretty simple, actually. Side A is for the lovers. Don Henely, Nu Shooz and Jarvis Cocker. Side B is for the party people; with the likes of Hot Chip, Kano and The Phenomenal Handclap Band. I've also sprinkled in a few nostalgic audio snippets that many fellow Clevelanders should find amusing...hope you enjoy!

Made In The 216 : Side A / Peter PleasureCruise

Made In The 216 : Side B / Peter PleasureCruise

Duets.

I received a promo pack from Geneva-based duo Gina&Tony yesterday. Their bio reads "haunted melodies from the 50s, cinematic echoes from the 70s, snappy funky beats from a 21st century dancefloor and love whispers from Mars...that's what they do." A pretty cool descriptor if you ask me. Anywho - the pack came with an electro tinged reworking of the single Big Bang Love from The Phenomenal Handclap Band - and I thought I'd share it.

The whole EP is pretty fun and can be picked up at Juno Download.

Big Bang Love (The Phenomenal Handclap Band Remix)/Gina&Tony (YSI)

Fourtwenty.

I realize I'm kinda reaching with this one. Not really sure if Thomas and Guy-Man smoke da herb - but the title of the track sure does fit with today's festivities.

Burnin' / Daft Punk (YSI)

Under House Arrest

I've had a bunch of requests to post this track after I included it in my Love In Slow Motion mix. So here it is folks. Who else but the almighty Mr. Medina could take Olivia soo, so deep. Cole, why didn't we hang out when I was in LA?!!?

Magic (Cole's Love 4 Banani Mix) / Cole Medina (YSI)

Living in 1982.

Walking In L.A. / Missing Persons (YSI)

Left Coastin'

I leave for Los Angeles tomorrow. Ten days on the Left Coast sound just about alright to me. A couple gigs are lined up...but the event above is unfortunately NOT happening. I'm super bummed; but had to cut my trip a couple days short. The good news is that Small Pyramids and I will be playing together at the Beat Boutique party at Kung Pao Kitty on Sunday April 11th...come get down. Ghetto dogs are on my afterwards!

East Coast West Coast / Prins Thomas (YSI)

That B Side.

I recently "rediscovered" this b side groover from Luca Roccatagliati and Fabrizio Tavernelli, better known as Ajello. Taken from their brilliant Over The Sky EP on Deep Freeze Recordings released in 2008. It's time to share the Space Love...

Space Love / Ajello (YSI)

Yesssss.

I can't wait for this party to hurry up and get here. Not too sure how many stops Mr. Aguayo is making in the Midwest; but this show is not to be missed. Instead of posting one of Matias' tracks, I've decided to share a track included on his stellar allez-allez mix. Hope you enjoy the music, and I'm looking forward to seeing alot of my local readers at the show! PArty timE!

The MBO Theme / Klein & MBO (YSI)

Mixed emotions.

Here's the first (and only) take on a mix I made last night in honor of Valentine's Day. Like most of my relationships, this mix has its technical ups and downs; but it's the imperfections that make this mix (and most of my reltaionships) special and real and human, right?

Love In Slow Motion Mix / PleasureCruise

Daybreak / Mr. Monday

Cambio / Corduba

Magic (Cole's Love 4 Banani Mix) / Olivia Newton-John

Morning Bump / Afrobutt

I Need Somebody To Love Tonight / Sylvester

Andromeda (Prelude To The Future) / Meanderthals

You Got The Love (House Appella) / Candi Station

Hands Of Love (Gatto Fritto Menorcan Nightmare Version) / Rocha

Cherry-Coloured Funk / Cocteau Twins

$9.99

Here's a fun little number from 1987. More of a quirky italo/euorbeat sound on this one. The first minute is pretty hot. Can't tell you much about the artist U.K. - I've got this on a ZYX Heart Italo Disco comp.

Copies of this 12" release are going for close to $100 US. Who's paying that out there?! This whole vinyl, dj, producer, blogger scene we exist in can at times, be very, very strange.

Roadrunner / U.K. (YSI)