Greg Wilson @ We Are Elements, Oxford

So excited to be seeing living legend Greg Wilson play in the City of Dreaming Spires this Friday night. The Emperor of the Re-Edit is playing at We Are Elements' excellent bi-monthly night at the Cellar. Oxonians, you are in for a treat!

Here's a couple o' GW gems to get you in the mood.

   HAZY COSMIC JIVE (by greg wilson for beats in space / nyc) by gregwilson

  Rockers Revenge - Sunshine (Greg Wilson extended edit) by Rolfski

Human League - Night People (Emperor Machine Remix & Album Version)

The Human League return with a fantastic new single that is, to all intents and purposes, the follow-up to 1980's Sound Of The Crowd from the seminal Dare LP. Night People is released with a plethora of mixes through Wall Of Sound Records this week. For my money the Emperor Machine remix is the pick of the bunch with its Moroder and Kraftwerk flourishes. Smashing.





Night People by Drew Wall_

Dave Dresden November Mix

Legendary US DJ and producer Dave Dresden has been a fixture in East Coast clubs for nearly two decades. His recent November mix is cracking fun while his re-rub of the best track (IMHO) from LCD Soundsystem's This Is It album, Hit gives the track a welcome tribal edge.

November Mix Tracklisting

1. The Limousines - Internet Killed the Video Star - Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Remix 

2. Roy Rosenfeld - Balloons 

3. Hybrid - Disappear Here - Antix Remix 

4. Martin Solveig - Hello - Michael Woods Dub Mix 

5. Dennis Ferrer - The Red Room - Objectivity Vocal Mix 

6. Tiga - You Gonna Want Me - Hey Today Remix 

7. Robbie Rivera - Acid Bass - Robbie Rivera Crazy Mix 

8. Morgan Page feat Jan Burton & Dave Dresden - I've Had Friends - Dave Dresden Re-Edit/Jean Elan Remix 

9. Zombie Nation - Squeek 

10. Moby - Go - Trentemoeller Remix 

11. Cocknbullkid - One Eye Closed - Kris Menace Remix 

12. Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand - Afrojack Remix/Original 

13. Dada Life - Unleash The Fucking Dada 

14. The XX - Intro - Sander Van Doorn Remix 

15. Dave Seaman & Josh Gabriel - Vorhanung 

16. Roy Rosenfeld - The Kettle 

17. Dresden & Johnston - I Know You - Featuring Holly Brook 

18. Digitalism - Blitz

19. Massive Attack - Atlas Air - Tim Goldsworthy Remix 

20. Logo - Junocide - "Auto" Remix      

 Latest tracks by Davedresden 

LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit (Dave Dresden Remix) by Davedresden

De La Soul - Me, Myself & I (Live on Arsenio Hall Show 1989)

Just 'cos it's FRIDAY!! Amazing performance ... !

EPMD - Strictly Business

The exact mid-point between De La Soul's Daisyage sampledelia and N.W.A.'s gangsta tales of the street, East-Coast group EPMD influenced a generation of hip hop crews. Here's their first underground hit from 1988, Strictly Business, the title track from their brilliant debut album. Great lo-fi vid, too!

The Sonics - Shot Down/LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (Live At Trash)

This superb slice of maximum RnB from Nuggets/garagerock legends the Sonics turned up on the James 'LCD' Murphy-curated Greenberg soundtrack recently and sounds as amazing as ever. Not surprising that James chose it as he namechecked (3 times) the Tacoma, WA 5 piece on his brilliant hipster-baiting anthem, 'Losing My Edge'.

Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute (Deep Sang's 7 Minute Edit)

Fantastic edit of Tavares' greatest tune (and possibly Take That's!) by D.C. DJ Deep Sang.

Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute (Deep Sang's 7 Minute Edit) by Deep Sang

Hit Or Miss @ Oxjam Kilburn Takeover

We are delighted to be taking part in the Oxjam Kilburn Takeover event next Saturday (23rd October). We'll be putting on an Afterparty at the excellent King's Head bar on Kilburn High Road bringing our regulation mix of the musical unexpected to this fantastic festival.  We're on 10-2. More details on our FB  Event page.

Tickets to the Takeover event are £10 in advance which gets you into the whole shebang (including our afterparty!).  Entry to our shindig is 3 quid. More details from the Oxjam Kilburn site.

To put you in the mood we've also put together a Spotify playlist of H.O.M. classics. Click here to listen.

Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours (on Top Of The Pops)

An absolute stonecold classic. Dave Stewart & Annie Lennox were clearly taking notes ...

Maximum Balloon - Apartment Wrestling (prince klassen edit)

Have been really enjoying the Maximum Balloon album by TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek and featuring a cavalcade of guest stars including Little Dragon and Karen O. I particularly like David Byrne's turn on 'Apartment Wrestling' here in Prince Klassen edit form.

 Maximum Balloon - Apartment Wrestling (prince klassen edit) (114) by princeklassen

Tape To Tape Autumn Mix

Hot-off-the-presses new mix from emerging London production duo Tape To Tape (with a nice electroboogie feel) which should banish those days-getting-shorter-blues  - for a little while anyway!

TAPE TO TAPE : AUTUMN MIX 2010 by tape to tape

Groundhog Mix

I put together another mix today for your delectation and delight. Hope you like ... :)

Tracklisting:

1. Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On (Christian Martin Remix)
2. Pr1nc 3 - Hot Thing (Dub)
3. Yoko Ono - Give Me Something (Junior Boys Remix)
4. Young & Peoples - I Like What You're Doing To Me
5. The Detachments - H.A.L. (Andrew Weatherall Dub)
6. Konk - Your Life
7. Crazy P - Caught Up (Still Going Dub)
8. KLF - What Time Is Love? (Live At The Land Of Oz 1989)
9. In Flagrante - Brash & Vulgar (Disco 3000 Re-edit)
10. Funboy 3 - Faith & Hope & Charity
11. Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson Re-Edit)
12. Haircut 100 - Ski Club Of Gt. Britain (DJ Shawn Ryan Edit)

Groundhog Mix by Paytes

Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed

Chanced upon this soul classic the other day on my ipod and it was the perfect soundtrack to a sunny journey home.

Shuggie Otis • Aht Uh Mi Hed by tiffatty
Amazing track from a truly fascinating and underappreciated musician.

Todd Terje - Live From Secretsundaze, London

King of the re-edit Norwegian spacecadet Todd Terje put on a fine show when he played at London's Secretsundaze earlier this year. The set was captured by Red Bull Academy Radio and sits alongside several other fine TT mixes on their site.



Can't speak highly enough of Red Bull A's fantastic website. Featuring the cream of today's DJs alongside interviews with legends as diverse as Afrika Bambaataa, Todd Edwards, Pet Shop Boys and Carl Craig, it's a rollicking good listen. Click here to have a look.

Groove Armada - History (Still Going Remix)

Digital DFA discoists Still Going have been knocking out some of the finest balearicy futuredisco of recent years.

Here's a nice slinky little remix wot they did of Groove Armada's latest single, History. Lovely stuff.

Groove Armada - History (Still Going Remix) by TommyH

Big Boi - Shutterbug (Jack Beats Remix)

Big Boi from Outkast's underrated recent LP, Sir Lucious Left Foot, went under a few people's radar when it was released a few weeks back. The single Shutterbug in particular was a real highlight and deserved to do better.

Here it is in (hotter than hot) remix form, re-rubbed by Jack Beats and right now appearing in fashionable DJ sets across the globe.


Big Boi - Shutterbug (Jack Beats Remix) [unreleased yet] [HQ] [live] by Skeet Beatz

Space - Magic Fly

With the new Tron film and accompanying Daft P soundtrack coming up on the horizon, my thoughts turned to the original French discotechnorobots, Space. And no, not the Tom Jones Tom Jones Female Of The Species Scousers!

Dating from 1977, their debut LP Magic Fly and its title track started off the Spacedisco offshoot and sits alongside those other '77 electronica masterpieces, Trans Europe Express and I Feel Love.

Have a look at the video for Magic Fly and see just how influential they were on Messieurs Bangalter & de Homem Christo...

Walls - Hang Four (Allez-Allez Remix)

London-based DJs and producers Steve Nolan and Sam Willis (better known as Allez-Allez) have been tearing up dancefloors across the capital and beyond while making some of the most intriguing new releases around on the Kompact-related Boxer Recordings label (including last year's storming 'Defeatest' single).

Their now-legendary blog has been host to some of the finest mixes on all the interwebs with the likes of Hot Chip, Four Tet, Andrew Weatherall, Lindstrom, Optimo, Ewan Pearson and Joakim all having contributed exclusive sets.

This weekend they will be rocking the Stop Making Sense Festival in Croatia (situated on a woody peninsula in the small village of Petrčane on its stunning Adriatic coast) which is sure to be an incredible event.

To whet your appetite for that, here's their recent and very decent remix of Walls' 'Hang Four'.

Don Fardon - I'm Alive

Smashing bit of late 60's beatery from Coventry's unsung blue-eyed soulster, Don Fardon. Currently being used on a  daft soft drinks ad.

Ashley Beedle's done a nifty re-edit, too.

LCD Soundsystem Remixes

There are about a squilizillion LCD mixes out at the mo' but my current fave is Loving Good's slightly dubby tweak of 'Home'. Honourable mention to Soulwax's version of 'Hit', too.

 LCD Soundsystem - Home (Loving/Good Remix) by Loving/Good

Oh, and the ever-brill Holy Ghosts!'s re-rub of Drunk Girls is still sounding good!

 LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix) by Hypetrak

Mighty Mouse August 2010 Mixtape

Soon-to-be-huge London production duo Mighty Mouse have put together a rather nice summery mixtape over on their Soundcloud page featuring some lovely tunage including 40 Thieves' brilliant 'Don't Turn It Off', the Chicken Lips version of Bell X1 'Flame' and the evergreen 90's banger 'Is there Anybody Out There' by the Bassheads.


 AUGUST 2010 MIXTAPE: Lost In Space by MIGHTY MOUSE by Mighty Mouse 




Full tracklisting:


1. Naomi 'Note We Never Play' 
2. Quasifunk 'Dancing In The Jungle' 
3. Douze 'Les Paradis Artificiels' 
4. Clock Opera 'A Piece Of String' (Magnets Remix) 
5. Blamma Blamma 'Beyong 17' (Mighty Mouse's Lost in Space Remix) 
6. Jaga Jazzist 'Banabfluer Overalt' (Prins Thomas Diskmiks) 
7. Bell X1 'Flame' (Chicken Lips Version) 
8. 4Tech & Nano Tech 'I I I' (Original Mix) 
9. 40 Thieves feat, Qzen 'Don't Turn It Off' (Original Version) 
10. Stefano E Bene & Hard Ton 'Why Your Love' (Katzbatz Remix) 
11. Bassheads 'Is The Anybody Out There) 
12. Kitkalitto feat. Petteri Sariola 'Traveler' 
13. Health 'Nice Girls' (Little Loud Remix) 
14. Severed Heads 'Dead Eyes Opened' 

The Hollies - Dragging My Heels (Special Disco Version)

The Hollies (yes, those Hollies!) unleashed a Balearic-before it was-Balearic classic in 1980 in the shape of this slice of Disco heaven. A popular cut at David Mancuso's legendary Loft nights in NYC, so I'm told read!

Thanks to a contributor to the ever-wonderful Popular blog for bringing this fantastic tune to my attention.

This Is A Journey Into Sound ...

Brilliant Radio 4 documentary examining the phenomenon of crate digging. Contains a superb sequence of Coldcut running through all the samples from their mix of Paid In Full in real time (just before the halfway mark).

Thanks to the excellent  speechification blog (see link to show below).

http://speechification.com/2010/07/08/beat-mining-with-the-vinyl-hoover/

Jackie Mittoo - Summer Breeze

Perfect Isleys cover for this time of year from Studio One's Keyboard King. A rare outing for JM on vocals!

Orange Juice - Bridge

Quite simply one of the best and most underrated bands of all time. Looks like we're going to get some new material from Edwyn soon, too :) PLEASE Universal, put out the original OJ albums - it's time they got their propers!!!

 ... thought is was about time for a bit of Orange J love what with all the talk of The Drums ...

Prince Language - Fabric Promo Mix

 Prince Language - fabric Promo Mix by fabric

Fantabulous mix for Fabric from Prince Language who's been doing some Stirling remix work for Juan Maclean (Happy House), LCD (45:33) and the Droyds (All I Ever Wanted). sadly no tracklisting but just the thing for a sunny Friday!

Disco Discharge Comps/Deconstructing 'Disco Sucks'/Voice Of Q

What he said ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/17/disco-discharge-compilation-cd-review

Q _ Voice of "Q" (JNL remix) by JNL

Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 (Trons weekly DJ edit)

 Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 (Trons weekly DJ edit) by Tron

Ever wondered what those infernal Stars On 45 Proto Megamix records would have sounded like minus the dreadful cover version bits (well, I have!). Well, wonder no more!! There is a rather ace little disco chugger in there and Trons DJ Edit brings it out - I knew it all along!:)

Monarchy - Love Get Out Of My Way (Holy Ghost Mix) & Colonel Abrams - Trapped

One of the hottest remixes in the world right now from production duo and all-round midas-touched maestros Holy Ghost!. This rmx of Monarchy's 'Love Get Out Of My Way' has more than a passing resemblance to one of house music's very early classics and one of my fave tunes, 'Trapped' by Colonel Abrams. Or maybe it's just me ...

Love Get Out Of My Way (Holy Ghost remixes) by Monarchy

Aeroplane - 1000th Radio 1 Essential Mix

Aeroplane - 500th Essential Mix (Live from Circus Liverpool) by Aeroplane (Official)



Missed this about a month back, but it's still ace. Esp the Human League singalong!

Rick James - Give It To Me

Just 'cos Rick is the shizz. R-r-r-r-racy vid!

Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (Sbtrkt Remix)

Smashing remix of the Tune O' The Year So Far by up-and-coming future2dubstep producer Sbtrkt. BTW - Wonder if Tinie has been to Scunthorpe yet?

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tighten Up

Amazing cover of Archie Bell & The Drells' classic from an Amazing band.

The Revenge - Get Warm Mix

Been a fan of the Revenge's excellent mixes and also his cracking re-edits ever since I heard his brilliant re-work of Hot Chocolate's Heaven Is The Back Seat Of My Cadillac last year. Here's a great mix from the RVNG's Soundcloud page alongside that fantastic Hot Choc Remix/edit.

 The Revenge : Get Warm Mix by The Revenge

 Hot Chocolate - Heaven Is In The Backseat Of My Cadillac (The Revenge Rework) by trovatten

Get Warm Mix Tracklisting:


1. James Brown - Dead On It (U-Tern Edit) - CDR
2. Isaac Hayes - Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile (Harri & The Revenge Edit) - CDR
3. Casinoboy - Serious - Jisco
4. Rick Wilhite - Ruby Nights (Gilb-r Solo Flight remix) - Third Ear
5. Brother D with Collective Effort - Dib-Be-Dib-Be-Dize (Harri Edit) (Recut) - CDR
6. Black Ivory - Mainline (The Revenge Edit) - CDR
7. The Revenge - Get Up On It - Five20East
8. Andy Ash - Mason In My Basin - L.E.S.S.
9. Popular People's Front - My Baby Stays Out All Night - PPF
10. Andy Ash - Night - Five20East
11. Marius Varied - Disco Drummer - Maxi Discs
12. Craig Smith & The Revenge - Miss World (Demo Mix) - CDR
13. The Revenge - It's Your Hangover - CDR
14. Leroy Hanghofer - Pin - Gomma
15. The Mole - Knock Twice - Wagon Repair
16. Shahrokh Sound Of K - Love Happens - Compost Black
17. Craig Smith & The Revenge - The Soul Part II - Delusions Of Grandeur
18. KLF - 3am Eternal - KLF Communications

Rene & Angela - I'll be Good (Touch Soul Edit)

Rene and Angela - I'll Be Good (Touchsoul Edit) by touchsoul

Soul weekender monster receives lovely 2010 dubby re-rub . nnnniiiiice ...

Guru - R.I.P.

Malcolm McLaren Tribute Mix By DJ Premier

Malcolm Mclaren Tribute Mix by Dj Premier Blog Radio on Mixcloud

Great history mix/Tribute To Malcolm Mclaren mixed by the one-and-only DJ Premier. Get educated!

Tape To Tape Mini Mix

 TAPE TO TAPE : IN THE MINI MIX by tape to tape

London duo Tape To Tape bring the disco goodness on their new In The  Mini Mix. Check out their excellent 'Devil Made Me Do It' (on Headman's Relish label) single over on their Soundcloud page.

Tracklisting:

1.b beat girls : for the same man ( accapella )
2.unknown artist : woman of candy
3.pollyester: german love affair( hal tabac mix )
4.kza : unfaithfull ( fernando remix )
5.headman : private show ( tape to tape remix I )
6.gothernergy : revenge mix
7.dj kaos : rough side
8.glimpse : if i was your girl ( simon baker remix )
9.this aint chicago : ride the rhythm
10.justin martin : get low
11.yazoo : situation ( hercules and love affair remix )
12.justus kohnkce : its gona be alright ( dirk leyers mix )

Malcolm McLaren - R.I.P.

Malcolm Mclaren's genius was for shining a spotlight on previously hidden corners of the musical world (usually for his own self aggrandisement it has to be said!) and the project which probably best typifies this I reckon is his 1983 album, 'Duck Rock'. Containing some of the first mainstream excursions into "World Music" ('Double Dutch' and 'Soweto') and the seminal 'Buffalo Girls' it also brought the World Famous Supreme Team (and NYC HipHop radio culture)to the world's attention with the WFST acting as the hosts of the globe trotting Duck Rock radio show. Here's their single, 'Hey DJ' which (kind of) first appeared on the album and has been sampled by all manner of artists.

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Alkalino Re-Edit)

 Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody - Alkalino extended ) by Alkalino

A nice 'n' subtle re-edit of one of my fave tunes from one of my all-time fave bands. Perfect for a sunny spring day.

Shriekback - My Spine Is The Bassline

Listening to the new LCD Soundsystem album today (it's a good 'un btw) got me thinking how the post-punk/punkfunk era is still resonating with bands today. A great example of such punk-funk brilliance is Shriekback's 1982 classic My Spine Is The Bassline whose echoes can still be felt today (and on a couple of the LCD tracks!).

Tape To Tape -The Devil's In The Mix

Rising stars London's Tape To Tape have just released a rather splendid slice of disco magic in the shape of new single 'The Devil Made Me Do It', on Headman's Relish label .

TAPE TO TAPE - THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT I ( RELISH RECORDS )  by  tape to tape

They've also been kind enough to send a nifty mix our way which includes their fantastic remix of Headman's 'Private Show'.

TAPE TO TAPE : IN THE MIX  by  tape to tape

Tracklisting:

1.jacques renault : norma's fire
2.inflagranti : ex ex ex ( hercules and love affair mix )
3.sana doris : pseudo wind
4.who made who : i lost my voice ( golden bug remix )
5.the juan maclean : the future will come ( canyons mix )
6.black van : yearning
7.headman: private show ( tape to tape remix I )
8.simian mobile disco : cruel intentions ( dj pierre remix )
9.reese and santonio : rock to the beat
10.hard ton : flawless ( snuff crew remix )
11.mock n toof : farewell to wendall ( kink and neville watson remix )
12.headman : private show ( tape to tape remix II )
13.shadow dancer : biscayne
14. harvey presents locossolus : gunship

Check out their Soundcloud page for more: http://soundcloud.com/tape-to-tape

Simple As ...

We're back on the decks this Saturday (20th March) at Oxford's fantastic Baby Simple bar from 9 til 2. To wet your whistle for the night, here's one of them there Spotify playlists for ya. Have a listen here.

More details of the night here.

Up The Villa!

Villa "In The Mix" March 2010 by VILLA Soundcloud

Hot new Belgian things Villa (great name!) are carving a rather splendid niche for themselves remixing Dan Le Sac, Moby and the Golden Filter to great effect. Here's a recent mix of theirs.

Tracklisting:

Hardton - Music
Black Van - Yearning
Breakbot - Bay I'm Yours
Golden Bug - Flamingo
Tom Trago - Over & Edit
Robbie Williams - Last Days Of Disco (Still Going Remix)
Headman - Private Show (Tape to Tape Mix)
Late Of The Pier - Best In The Class (Soulwax Remix)
Crookers - Cooler (Junkie XL Remix)
Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)
Acid Washed - General Motors Detroit America
Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip - Get Better - Villa DUB 

Irene Cara - Breakdancing (Rayko edit)

Irene cara - Breakdancing (rayko edit)  by  Rayko


Time for another re-edit this one from Rayko who's rapidly becoming one of the interweb's best re-editers. And yes, this is by the woman who did Flashdance!

Primal Scream - Screamdelica

The Scream at the absolute peak of their powers from the brilliant 'Dixie-Narco' EP. The Primals are playing their truly seminal and greatest album, 1991's 'Screamdelica' at  Olympia in  London in November this year. Should be a belter.

LNR - Work It To The Bone (Tommie Sunshine 'Reverser' Mix)

LNR - Work It To The Bone [Tommie Sunshine 'Reverser' Edit]  by  tommiesunshine

Tommie Sunshine tightens and toughens up this house classic for the modern dancefloor.

Kano - I'm Ready

Monster bassline, post-disco, proto-house banger from 1980! Weekend starts here!

Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)

Another top remix in the shape of Alex Metric's fantastic electrodisco reworking of one of the releases of the year.

Massive Attack - Pray For Rain (Tim Goldsworthy Mix)

Nice balearic re-rub of the first track on Bristol's finest's new LP by the other Mr DFA.

Donna Summer - Our Love

A track now that was light years ahead of its time and incredibly influential (just play back to back with Blue Monday!). The perfect meeting of Giorgio Moroder's electronics and Donna Summer's soulful vocal this under-appreciated gem dates, amazingly, from 1979!

Aeroplane January Chart Mix

Aeroplane "Chart Mix" January 2010 by Aeroplane
Another in their monthly series of fantastic "Chart Mixes" by those ever-excellent Italo-Belgos Aeroplane. C'mon lads, when are we going to get an album out of you? :)

Hot Chip - One Life Stand (Album Preview)

Free music - One Life Stand

    

Not bad at all ... :)
 

Joubert Singers - Stand On The Word (Unabombers Love Touch Edit)

New remix of an all-time classic by Manc production duo Unabombers. Probably best known in its Larry Levan Mix incarnation...


Courtesy of the excellent  Discodelite blog.

Holy Ghost! Red Bull Radio Mix

One of DFA Records new Young Turks, NYC duo Holy Ghost! look set to be one of the stars of 2010 with a string of great remixes (in particular Phoenix's 'Listomania' and Moby's 'I Like To Move In Here') and a handful of great singles. While we wait for new stuff here's a smashing little mix the lads made for Red Bull Radio.

Tracklisting:

Martin Circus - Disco Circus - Ballroom
Trusme - Tony Does What Tony Wants - Still Love 4 Music
Neighbourhood Romeo - Laura Winslow - Homebreakin
Runaway - Ain't Afraid To Beg - Wurst
Barfly - Street Talk - Rong
Home Video - Penguin (Loving Hand Remix) - Defend Music
Elitechnique - Fingerfood (Major Swellings Miks) - Clone
Lee Douglas - New York Story - Rong
Drrtyhaze - Drrtyhaze Groove - Tirk
Talking Heads - I Zimbra (Peter Black Remix) - Unknown
!!! - Hello? Is This Thing On? (Rub N Tug Mix) - Touch & Go

In Flagranti - Brash & Vulgar (Disco 3000 Edit)

A short but sweet excerpt of Disco 3000 (AKA Erol Alkan)'s edit of Swiss-born NYC-based electro-discoers In Flagranti. Great footage!

Willie Mitchell - R.I.P.

One of the great producers Willie Mitchell died last week aged 81. Best-known for his work as the house producer for the legendary Memphis label Hi-Records where he made such crucial cuts as 'I Can't Stand The Rain' with Ann Peebles and 'Take Me To the River' with Syl Johnson. He was also an artist in his own right producing a string of fabulous funky instrumentals which still fill floors at Northern Soul clubs to this day.

His greatest work was however with Al Green in the 1970s where he was at the controls for a series of wonderful albums from 'Al Green Is Blues' through to 'Have A Good Time' in 1976.

From the rather underrated 'Full Of Fire' LP, here's the superb title track.

Wailers - Out Of Our Tree

Superb slice of 60s garage. NOT Bob Marley-related! ;)

Demis Roussos - I Dig You (Todd Terje Re-Edit)

Demis roussos - i dig you (todd terje housemix) by amdraciblog

Oldie but goodie re-edit from mixmaster Todd Terje.

Roisin Murphy - Momma's Place

Roisin Murphy returns with new material for a new decade. It's been a couple of years since her criminally overlooked but influential (hello, Miss Gaga) 'Overpowered' album and the new single 'Momma's Place' (released on 18th Jan) with its wicked old skool house vibe bodes well for a new RM LP in '010.

Credit To Ze Edit

Following on from their superb Ze Records 30th Anniversary retrospective, the ever-excellent Strut Records have commissioned some smoking Ze re-edits from some of the biggest names around. Highlights include respected disco editist Greg Wilson's tweak of Was (Not Was)'s 'Tell Me That I'm Dreamin', Todd Terje's sublime re-working of Gichy Dan's 'Friendly Children' and a wicked dubbed-up version of Kid Creole's 1982 smash 'Annie, I'm Not You're Daddy'. Have a listen to the whole LP on Spotify here.