HUH & HAH! Upright bass. Jimi Hendrix looks. John Coltrane poster on the wall. Sincerity of Bernard. The breakdown part of the song starting at 2:27. Not a single misstep in the video — or in the song. Pure aesthetic pleasure.

Head of People’s Potential Unlimited Records & Tapes, Andrew Morgan says some things on this interview (it includes an exclusive mix for Phonica Records which you can find also below). PPU’s mainly a re-issue label; quality picks from rare disco, boogie and funk cuts. Do also take a look at their homebase: http://peoplespotential.com/.

1. Tri-Fire — Tri-City Connection (unreleased warped cassette mix)
2. Truth Is Light 010 — Mouthpiece
3. Flickk — Want You On The Floor
4. California Flight Project — Hook With You (PPU-022)
5. Kurtis Scott — Uncrowned Champ (cassette tape demo)
6. George Smallwood — Rock WIth Me (PPU-100 CD ONLY)
7. Vleet — Red Viola
8. MCP
9. Uku Kuut — Vision of Estonia

The Gap Band — You’re So Cute (320k)

Shoulda have posted this already last summer like I was planning to. Oh well and whatever. Life goes in cycles they say. Is that meant to be understood so that sometimes you’ll lose some good things, and sometimes you’ll find some good things? Oh so obvious, phew? Anyways, I’ll be repeating myself from last autumn: “Hmmm. Am I going out this weekend, and if so, am I going to drink alco or coffee — and should I also try to pick up on women?” Ain’t got no thing anymore so it should be quite obvious. It’ll be two days of playing records for possibly the most drunken student crowds of the year. It’s the few days before 1st of May that are times of heavy celebration for finnish students.

Me being such a lazy boy sometimes and not forcing myself to check if this is a fact or not — but anyways — I do think this cut is an exclusive for original soundtrack album “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”. Movie’s Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans.

So the coming weekend… On thursday I’ll be playing some nu-discoish/house/techno/something in between of those — here (flyer for the event):

On friday (and of course thursday also) hopefully like this. On friday I might be slipping towards electro-house and dubstep, basicly whatever “rocks the party”, “bangs”, “slams” and so on. 4x4 ftw, though.

Marcel King — Reach For Love (320k)

This is what happened yesterday. I was walking home, mi belly full after late lunch, my thoughts deeply on difficulties of life. And there it was, near the sidewalk, down this little bank. Something round and black sticking out of the snow. Had to get down immediately, and within few steps there I was: kneedeep in snow with this 12″ in my hands. Quickly to home and some trusty ole AM Record Cleaner consumed. So here we go.

This song appears to have been a definite floorfiller at the legendary Hacienda club in Manchester, Great Britain — hence — a party banger? I’m starting to get fixated on extending the meaning of this bit pointless term. Current view seems to be too limited. Anyways few of the producers involved with this song would be some dudes called Donald Johnson (known from A Certain Ratio) and Bernard Sumner (of New Order). Below some juicy details on how this song came onto being.

Rumour has it that New Order’s manager, Rob Gretton (a huge northern soul fan himself), found his hero Marcel sleeping homeless in the back of a car. Enthusiastically, Marcel was asked to make the record which was produced by the Bernard Sumner/ Donald Johnson, Be Music/ Dojo music axis, giving it an electronic based powerful rhythm and bass line riff possibly influenced by Giorgio Moroder with its repetitive and demanding sequencing. The song is certainly a precursor to the rock/dance crossover genre.

The vocal range and control on ‘Reach For Love’ was exceptionally high level, both from a technical and emotional stand. The record was perhaps too intense for daytime airplay but was certainly one of the great lost hits of the 1980s. It’s incredibly baffling how nobody has ever covered the song since.
– http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1851

The b-side Dub Version is also nice. No kick drum at all, some synthbass flourishes, guitar and synth licks here and there. Snare and claps plus conga/bongo percussion running through the whole 7 minutes and 39 seconds. And the vocals of course, in style of dub mixes familiar from lots of 80s songs, cut up from time to time, delayed and reverbed. Definitely a Dj tool — to be so worked out like a m*****f***ker.

Whoever it was, being maybe bit frustrated, maybe even a frustrated dj, thinking: “F**k it, to hell with this 12″, NOBODY LISTENS TO THIS 80S SHIT!” — my sincere thanks go there. Made my day, especially as Marcel King’s advice is mostly the sorta everyone likes to hear from family & friends sometimes. Or from a vinyl record.

Just wanted to point out two recently released 12″ singles of edit-goodness from Kojak Giant Sounds label. Ace disco/boogie/house-y stuff! You can preview both releases @ Kojak Giant Sounds Soundcloud page.

Buy Alphabet City Edits 12″ from Phonica or Juno. Buy Rayko edits 12″ from Juno.

Hiiop.