Meant to post this up a while ago. but, forgot too.
Here’s a single on Tirk Records out of the UK I picked up earlier this year.
They produced a live in studio performance of the track.
Just sounds great, and I felt like I should share.
The track’s sound is a nice fusion of ‘IDM’, Electro type sounds with some Funky to Drum & Bass bits on the live drums. There’s also beautiful grungy dubbed out tape delay splashes.
Found these clips while trying to search for some ‘Nu Disco’ blogs about the artists and this ‘scene’ where modern artists are kicking out retro sounding jams, be it originals or ‘re-edits’.
The vids feature interviews with artists Duncan who’s 1/2 of Mock & Toof, DJ Stephen of Aeroplane/Eskimo Recordings, Lindstrom from Norway and Steve Kotey of Chicken Lips/Bizarre Inc. It’s interesting how some still pray to the vinyl and others have moved on. But what I found most interesting is that the ‘scene’ more or less some say has grown specifically because of the use of the web. Blogs & Social Networks being the distribution networks but are still Die Hard enough to press up a few hundred to a couple of thousand on vinyl.
So, I’m trying to kick this bottle of Cabernet while the Fam was fast asleep and I was listening to iTunes when by chance, my old 80’s MegaMix Volume set came up. Damn.. Shite sounded good. It seemed like a good as time as any to repost and relive the days of past, turning another year older and all today.
BENNY BLANCO® : 80s MEGAMIX VOLUME 1 : BDCD_09 FIRST IN A SERIES OF RETRO DJ MIXES
1 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD| WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME (TREVOR HORN REMIX) | ZTT 2 HEAVEN 17| LET ME GO (EXTENDED) | BEF 3 YAZ| STATE FARM (EXTENDED VERSION) | MUTE 4 HOWARD JONES| NEW SONG (EXTENDED VERSION) | ELEKTRA 5 DEPECHE MODE| NOTHING (ZIP-HOP MIX) | MUTE 6 MINISTRY| EVERYDAY (IS HALLOWEEN) | WAX TRAX 7 DEPECHE MODE| EVERYTHING COUNTS (IN LARGER AMOUNTS) | MUTE 8 THE HUMAN LEAGUE| LOVE ACTION (I BELIEVE IN LOVE) | VIRGIN 9 BLANCMANGE| DON’T TELL ME (EXTENDED VERSION) | ISLAND 10 CETA JAVU| SITUATIONS | ZYX 11 ABC| THE LOOK OF LOVE (USA REMIX – DUB VERSION) | MERCURY 12 STEPHEN TIN TIN DUFFY| KISS ME (ORIGINAL VERSION) | CAROLINE 13 DEPECHE MODE| GET THE BALANCE RIGHT! (COMBINATION MIX) | MUTE 14 REAL LIFE| SEND ME AN ANGEL (EXTENDED MIX) | CURB 15 TALK TALK| IT’S MY LIFE (EXTENDED VERSION) | EMI 16 SPANDAU BALLET| LIFELINE (DUB VERSION) | CHRYSALIS 17 THE HUMAN LEAGUE| DON’T YOU WANT ME (EXTENDED DANCE MIX) | VIRGIN 18 ART OF NOISE| DONNA | ZTT
[audio:http://blancodisco.com/downloads/mixes/bennyBlanco%ae_80sMegaMix_Vol1.mp3]
Second Part of Political By Nature released last week, I just hadn’t gotten around to posting about it here for you search engine bots.
Benny Blanco®
AOL Radio 23 October 2008 : Political By Nature Pt.2
Title | Artist | Release | Label | Country
1 I Turn My Camera On Freshro Not Wave [Rong RONG CD05] US
2 (B1) Engine Engine 69 Captain Ring Super Disco Fake’s Volume 2 [Super Disco Fake’s SDF-74-002] UK
3 Raise It On Down (Original Mix) Andrew Allsgood Raise It On Down [Truffle Music TRUFFLE07] UK
4 (A1) Fascinating Rhythm (Lisa Loud 12) Bass-O-Matic Fascinating Rhythm [Virgin Records America, Inc. 0-96391] US
5 (A) Substance Bocca Juniors Substance [Boy’s Own Recordings BOIX 5] UK
6 Avenue Rock Feature Cast The Regrooved Series [Goodgroove GG01] UK
7 Theme From Nutrider 40 Thieves Don’t Turn It Off [Permanent Vacation PERMVAC 023-1] Germany
8 The Beautiful Memory Rondenion Tokyo Deep! [Aesthetic Audio A² 005] US
9 Messenger AN-2 On Air [Was Not Was WNW012CD] Germany
10 Don’t Turn It Off (Feat. Qzen) 40 Thieves Don’t Turn It Off [Permanent Vacation PERMVAC 023-1] Germany
11 Dropout (Original Mix) TJ Kong, Nuno Dos Santos [Black Label 31] Germany
12 Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz Remix) Mari Boine Vuoi Vuoi Me (Remixes) [Universal Jazz 06025 1721216] Germany
13 (A1) Just Gazing (Original) In Flagranti Just Gazing [Kill The DJ Records TSKT 002] France
14 D.P.O.M.B. (Version 2) Ame & Henrik Schwarz & Dixon D.P.O.M.B. EP [nnervisions INNERVISIONS17] Germany
15 Hold On (Mock N Toof Remix) Hot Chip Hold On / Touch Too Much (Remixes) [DFA] UK
16 (B1) Sooner Or Later (Chicken Lips Dub Deluxe) Kotey Extra Band Feat. Chaz Jankel Sooner Or Later [Bear Funk BFK 022 Gold] UK
17 (B1) Way To The Stars AN-2 Sunset Fever [Was Not Was WNW009] UK
18 Broken Heart Michoacan 2 Bullets [Grayhound Recordings GND 046] US
19 Dont Walk Away Michoacan 2 Bullets [Grayhound Recordings GND 046] US
20 Things That Dreams Are Made of (Instrumental, Remix) The League Unlimited Orchestra Love And Dancing [Virgin OVED 6] UK
Straight up Traktor DJ Mix using the Vestax VCI-100 Controller. 1 take. Only overdubbed the Voice Over bits.
Tech Specs.
215.6 MB
320 kbps
44.1khz
Running Time: 1 hour 33 minutes and 10 seconds
Fancy enhanced podcast with art and discogs links.
