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14/04/2021: “Edit A” by Lazare Hoche

A good disco edit is about finding a groove and enhancing it. That’s what Lazare Hoche has done here, in masterful fashion. It’s only a…

April 14, 2021March 22, 2021
Categories Disco, Funk

10/04/2021: “Give Me The Night” by George Benson

The Quincy Jones magic on this is palpable. Although the song was written by Rod Temperton, aka the maestro who wrote ‘Thriller’, Jones ensures the…

April 10, 2021March 21, 2021
Categories Dance, Disco

07/04/2021: “When I Let You Down (Extended Mix)” by M&G

I found about this one relatively recently. I listened to it non-stop for a while. Then I paid over the odds to import it from…

April 7, 2021March 15, 2021
Categories Disco, Soul

02/04/2021: “Touch Me In The Morning” by Marlena Shaw

This soulful seventies nugget was originally a Diana Ross song, released in 1973. Marlena Shaw’s 1979 version, from Love Bites, adds a few pinches of disco…

April 2, 2021March 8, 2021
Categories Dance, Disco, Funk

05/03/2021: “You’re The One For Me (Labour Of Love Remix)” by D-Train

The original version of “You’re The One For Me” was D-Train’s first single, released in 1981. Paul Hardcastle released a cover in the same year….

March 5, 2021February 13, 2021
Categories Disco, R'n'B

20/02/2021: “Betcha Wouldn’t Hurt Me (Extended Mix)” by Quincy Jones

This one really glitters. Furnished with a laidback groove, the luscious sound encompasses sparkling guitar hooks, shimmering synths and satin smooth vocals. There’s even soothing,…

February 20, 2021February 1, 2021
Categories Disco, House

23/01/2021: “I Feel Space” by Lindstrom

According to Spin magazine, Todd Terje is one third of the Holy Trinity of Norwegian disco. The other two Nordic Nu-Disco visionaries Spin had in…

January 23, 2021January 9, 2021
Categories Dance, Disco, Pop

02/01/2021: “Self Control” by Laura Branigan

Originally, this was a potent slice of Italo-Disco, released by Raf in 1984. Laura Branigan had a previous working relationship with Giancarlo Bigazzi, who helped…

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021
Categories Disco

29/12/2020: “I Need Someone” by Kris Okotie

The lightning fast guitar fluttering in the background of this marks it out as a distinctively African disco track. Released in Nigeria in 1980, the…

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Categories Dance, Disco, House

28/12/2020: “Strandbar (Samba)” by Todd Terje

A four minute radio version of Strandbar appears on Todd Terje’s classic 2014 album, It’s Album Time. You can find this extended Samba mix on the Strandbar…

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

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