
Blouse: "Attempting valiantly to get back on the horse in 2012." Whilst we track down some time, please enjoy a couple of superb tracks which are inspired by the upcoming (and hugely exciting) Future Classic night at the Keystone Festival Bar. This year sees two masters - in the form of Prins Thomas and DJ Koze - gracing the wheels of steel. Expect six hours (three each) of power... And probably a whole bunch of [...]

Blouse: "Attempting valiantly to get back on the horse in 2012." Whilst we track down some time, please enjoy a couple of superb tracks which are inspired by the upcoming (and hugely exciting) Future Classic night at the Keystone Festival Bar. This year sees two masters - in the form of Prins Thomas and DJ Koze - gracing the wheels of steel. Expect six hours (three each) of power... And probably a whole bunch of [...]

Blouse: "Attempting valiantly to get back on the horse in 2012." Whilst we track down some time, please enjoy a couple of superb tracks which are inspired by the upcoming (and hugely exciting) Future Classic night at the Keystone Festival Bar. This year sees two masters - in the form of Prins Thomas and DJ Koze - gracing the wheels of steel. Expect six hours (three each) of power... And probably a whole bunch of [...]
Volume 3 in a series of mixes in support of our party Dirty Bombs at Wonderland Ballroom in DC. Can't believe it's been almost 3 years since the last mix! Meistro and I went in a bit of different direction with this one, focusing mostly on 90s house and disco edits. Deep Sang & Meistro - Dirty Bombs Vol. 3 | Soundcloud | 320 kbps Track list: 1. Sounds of Blackness... Joy (Momo Def Club Mix) 2. D-Tune...Just an Organ (Meistro's Drum edit) 3. [...]

Cryda Luv' (aka DJ Puipui) has been one of the producers at the forefront of the French House 2.0 movement and deserves every bit of fame he gets. His tracks are reminiscent of Crydamoure (hmmmm... no surprise there) and injects a unique flavor of bitcrushed funk into every track he has, no matter the sample: Cryda Luv - Beauty Joy And Dream [right click to download] This one's source has been sampled [...]

It's getting a bit ridiculous just how dominant DFA are at the moment. The unexpectedly techy Happy House remixes EP, the hallowed 45:33 remixes, Shit Robot's new devastating single, etc. are all reminders of the label's silly level of superiority. Two of their latest releases, (at last) a new record from New Yorkers Still Going , and Aussie faves Canyons ' first single since their recent signing, continue this trend of ultra high quality music. I really love this B side on Spaghetti Circus, which dons a classic James Murphy/DFA sounding bassline and an airy lounge [...]

Well, SofT Week has hit it's first milestone. As it being the 52nd SofT Week we are now 1 year old! In that time it has gone through a couple iterations and we have covered some really fantastic music. I'm so excited to see what the next year will bring. I just love seeing what new styles come into fashion and how the current one's adjust. After following it for a while, it is especially interesting to see how the old jocks hang on to their signature styles, but keep it fresh and [...]

The Concacaf World Cup qualifying games have started and although I would never wish for El Salvador to beat my dearest Seleccion Azteca , their Capital does share the name of one of the greatest Disco tracks of all time. Azoto's San Salvador borders that 90% of Disco tunes that suck, but like many of my peers would agree, we understand the value of the song for what it is, a dope track. The percussions are always on point and that bass solo is one of the bests of all time...Not to mention the piano which predates [...]

Ray Munnings - Let's Boogie (mp3) Azoto - San Salvador (Instrumental) (mp3) from Deep Disco Culture Vol. 2

This is one of my favorite italo records. It was released to Vedette Records in 1979 with subsequent releases on Rams Horn and a 1981 re-release on Carrere and CNR. Azoto was first known as " Lucrethia And The Azoto 14,008." Azoto was produced by Celso Valli, who produced and arranged many italo classics such as personal favorites: Self Control by RAF and Walking in the Neon by Peter Richard. This five cut record has no fewer than four classic italo tracks. All the tracks except Exalt, Exalt share a space disco meets traditional [...]

I've been on a roll here, right? It's been a while, but hey, it's difficult to one-up the past thirteen posts when you think they're going so well! (Or I could just say I've been way too busy with work at Anthem .) Anyway -- Azoto is the flavor of the day. We're going straight to Italy for our Italo-disco ... not Canada or Brazil or elsewhere. Azoto was the creation of Celso Valli, the guy behind Macho and a whole pile of other groups, both obscure and more mainstream. [...]

A few tracks that have been delighting my ears of late... The first is from the late seventies and features loads of afro-rhythm, XXXChange recently included this track in a top 5 of his favourite beats on Triple J radio , the man's got great taste. MP3: Erotic Drum Band - Action 78 (Edited Version) You may recognise the next track from a certain dj/producer's popular ' Disco 3000 ' mixtape. MP3: Azoto [...]
Good God! Truly a You Tube experience. The Myra Barnes track was found on an album called "James Brown's Funky People" - clearly he had the credentials to assess who was funky or not judging by the video. Magical from start to finish - how we miss the God Father of Soul. I think we may have to upload someone who is living for the next post for a change. Myra Barnes - The Message from the Soul Sisters Azoto - Anytime or Place [...]
La Bionda eru ítölsku bræðurnir Angelo og Carmelo La Bionda (en ekki hvað?!), sem gerðu fuuuuuullt af frábærum lögum. Það besta við þá eru hvað lögin eru allskonar, sum eru latin-stuðbombur, önnur ótrúlega hresst píanódiskóstuð, og svo hálf-anal electró (með frekar óspenntri kvenröddu og allt) einsog t.d. 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' sem varð aftur vinsælt fyrir nokkrum árum. Lagið að neðan frá 1978 er stærsti hittarinn, frábært stuð, svo ótrúlega typpalegt, en svo ótrúlega fínt og alvöru á sama tíma. Passar vel við 35.000 gráðu hitann sem strauk mér og gældi við hjartað mitt í dag. [...]
Azoto - frábært ítalskt diskó af plötunni 'Disco Fuzz' frá 1979. Aðalgaurinn er Celso Valli, seinna einn af italo disco kóngunum. Eftir diskótímabilið með Azoto færði hann sig yfir í italo disco og pródúsaði og samdi hittara fyrir RAF, Peter Richard og Passengers og fleiri hressa. Azoto - Exalt-Exalt Listen / Buy: GEMM / eBay / Amazon.com N.O.I.A. átti undarlegan feril: þeir byrjuðu sem fimm-manna rokkband, en árið 1983 breyttust þeir í þriggja-manna stúdíóband sem [...]