
Here is something smooth for you to enjoy this Monday evening. Pieces of a Dream was produced by the late Grover Washington Jr. and they put out three albums. Their sound was very tame and smooth with polished production. While many of their tracks are a bit too smooth, this one has a nice poppy snap that is reminiscent of a Change record. Dexter Wansel helped pen this one. Pieces Of A Dream - Fo-Fi-Fo
Recently my father was complaining about the fact that house and electro aren't real music because the musicians don't play their own instruments. What he doesn't realize is that today's house music is yesterday's disco. Today's mixdown is a throwback to a time where synthesizers didn't dominate music, when disco was king, and house was on the horizon. The tracklist is impeccable. Every one of these songs makes me move in my seat and want to move my feet. The culprit behind the mix is Toronto DJ SplatterMonkey who has been spinning around Toronto for a while now. [...]
Jan 24, 2007, 10:51am
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Common Sense, "Voices Inside My Head" 12" (BC Records 1980) Nah not that guy from the Gap ads ... it's a Began Cekic production. This track's fusion of pop and loose-limbed funk almost has an Arthur Russell feel to it ... love those spacey whooshes in the background ... Common Sense - "Voices Inside My Head" Pieces of a Dream, "Mt. Airy Groove" 12" (Elektra 1982) Breakbeat [...]