A slightly cheesy, AOR Soft Rock track re-imagined as a 12" edit.

Crash - Trick Of The Heart (The Nightlark Edit)

Mixtape 1:
One of the paths that led me towards DJing was collecting mixes and playing them at the right time and place - on the beach, at a kitchen party, on a roadtrip… This is the first in a series of seasonal mixes that I hope to share over the coming months.

I’m not sure if this one is a mixtape for lovers or a sex tape. Either way - Spring is in the air! 

I have a ‘not so secret’ love affair with Yacht Rock, Jazz Rock, Soft Rock and the likes. Music that has the sleazy, sometimes overproduced feeling of a by-gone era. An era of excessive amounts of sunshine, convertibles, time spent poolside, and lots of cocaine. 

When it comes to the musical production of this era, it feels like they had more session musicians than they could shake a stick at and I love how many instruments they seem to sneak in there, whether it be plunks on a xylophone or a few bars from a flute.

I hope you enjoy!

Tracklist:

Do You Feel It?, Alessi Brothers
Love The Way You Love Me, Marti Caine
Medicine woman, Paul Davis
For David, Martee Lebous
Get It Up For Love, Ned Doheny
Back Off, Holly Near
Step on you, Joe Vitale
Cool Breeze, Jeremy Spencer Band
Deco Lady, Rupert Holmes
You Can Do It, Evie Sands
Come Here, Ferdinand Debeaufort
Opening Up To You, Laura Allan
Over And Done With, White Horse
Seabird, Alessi Brothers

Mixtape 1: Yacht Rock

A variety of disco tracks perfect for a summer getaway, recorded 2010 by Calisto Vanguard. For more tracks checkout our mixcloud too -

https://www.mixcloud.com/DiscoFriday/

Callisto's Summer Sun Disco / Italo / AOR Set Recorded 2010

AOR Disco returns with a brand new mix by long time contributor Paul Hillery, who has compiled and mixed another superb mix of smooth rock and funk rarities from the 1970s and 80s.

Also, check out Once Again We Are Children of the Sun, the second volume of his outstanding compilation series for BBE Music: https://bbemusic.com/product/once-again-we-are-the-children-of-the-sun-compiled-by-paul-hillery

BON VOYAGE: Canyon Rock, Fireside Funk, Shoreside Synth, Hot Tub Soul by Paul Hillery

Rebuilt from the tapes this version seems to come alive with the vocoded vocals and a.i generated video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9bOpt76UXE

Always FREE:
https://mojofilter.bandcamp.com/track/the-cars-drive-mojo-filter-autobahn-edit

The Cars - Drive (Mojo Filter Autobahn Edit)

The long drive home has a shortcut! Always FREE:
https://mojofilter.bandcamp.com/album/i-want-to-know-what-love-is

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (Mojo Filter Autobahn RADIO Edit)

Paul Hillery returns with the second volume in his excellent Canyon Rock, Fireside Funk, Shoreside Synth & Hot Tub Soul series, featuring the deepest rarities from his 1970s and '80s vinyl collection.

You can listen to the first volume, BON VOYAGE, here: 
https://soundcloud.com/aordisco2/bon-voyage-canyon-rock-fireside-funk-shoreside-synth-and-hot-tub-soul-by-paul-hiller

His Children of the Sun compilation series for BBE Music is also highly recommended: bbemusic.com/product/once-again…ed-by-paul-hillery

SEARCHING FOR THE LOVE: Canyon Rock, Fireside Funk, Shoreside Synth & Hot Tub Soul by Paul Hillery

The Iconic sound of Japan extended and layered with grace, lace and fangs. Always FREE:

https://mojofilter.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts-mojo-filter-kintsugi-gold-edit-japan

FREE

Japan - Ghosts (Mojo Filter Kintsugi Gold Edit)

Out today!
2 track 7 Inch, limited edition olive vinyl, 400 copies

listen and get it here:
li.sten.to/TSTDEDITS16-Vibes4YourSoul

Side A Melhor Assim
Side B Aguibá, Aguibá

Parisian producer and longtime Too Slow To Disco collaborator Vibes4YourSoul returns for his third TSTD Edits volume, this time a 2 track 7 Inch (olive) full of smooth, funky Brazilian vibes! (limited to 400 copies)

Too Slow To Disco regulars will remember his name from several relases so far: his standout remix for L’Impératrice on the “TSTD – En France” compilation, his remix for Poolside from “The Sunset Manifesto”, his edits on all 5 Yacht Disco Edit compilations, and the 2 quickly sold out double 7 inches with Edits we released in 2020 and 2022. He is one of the crème of new reworkers and edit-producers, that have specialized in those soulful, smooth slow jams and midtempo tracks, that Djs all love for their warm up sets. Vibes4YourSoul (aka V4YS) is a Parisian DJ and producer whose musical universe blends together elements of disco, rare groove, afro-latin and soulful indie, with the deeper edge of contemporary house and nudisco sounds.
A member of Yuksek's Partyfine label crew as well as of BPM DJs collective ("Blog des pépites musicales") , he's regularly revisiting old or contemporary tracks through edits and remixes, widely shared and played by numerous DJs. @vibes4yoursoul

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Presale

TSTD EDITS 16: Vibes4YourSoul - Aguibá, Aguibá (Side B from Maracatu E.P., olive 7 Inch)

Unlicensable! A playlist of tracks, that we tried to license - sometimes like this one for years already - and just cant get to the finish line. 
As we only release fully licensed tracks in our Too Slow To Disco compilation series, we sometimes just have to pass on certain magic music moments, which can be heartbreaking...! 
This amazing, smooth and funky track by Adrian Gurvitz is another golden Westcoast AOR-Disco moment. Part of his 1979 album "Vendetta" which we can highly recommend, as it has a lot of great smooth tracks and is still relatively easy/cheap to get. Originally released on Jet Records (home of E.L.O. a.o.), this has never been rereleased. A fate that a lot of Jet Record releases suffered. The company was sold too many times, contracts are gone, master tapes missing.... We found Adrian Gurvitz and talked a lot about rereleasing, but in the end he wan't impressed by our ("generous") offer for rereleasing the track nor the complete album. Well what can we do......

TOO SLOW TO DISCO Links:
https://linktr.ee/tooslowtodisco

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tooslowtodisconeo.lnk.to/PlaylistsYD

www.tooslowtodisco.com

Sweet Vendetta

Too Slow To Disco License Wishlist 02: Adrian Gurvitz - Untouchable And Free (1979, Jet Records)

AOR Disco welcomes back top contributor Paul Hillery with the third volume in his excellent Canyon Rock, Fireside Funk, Shoreside Synth & Hot Tub Soul series, featuring the deepest rarities from his 1970s and '80s vinyl collection.

You can listen to the first volume, BON VOYAGE, here:

Aordisco2 – Bon-voyage-canyon-rock-fireside-funk-shoreside-synth-and-hot-tub-soul-by-paul-hiller

And the second volume SEARCHING FOR THE LOVE here:

https://soundcloud.com/aordisco2/searching-for-the-love-canyon-rock-fireside-funk-shoreside-synth-hot-tub-soul-by-paul-hillary

RIDING HIGH: Canyon Rock, Fireside Funk, Shoreside Synth & Hot Tub Soul by Paul Hillery

The first in a new series of uploads of classic remixes featured on AOR Disco over the years. This take on Steve Nicks' 1981 collaboration with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers shows once again that Kenny Dickenson is one of the most outstanding remixers around. 

Best of Kenny Dickinson mix at: www.aordisco.com/2020/05/best-of-…mix-for-aor.html

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Steve Nicks with Tom Petty (RedKen Remix)

The second track in a new series revisiting the best remixes featured on AOR Disco over the years. Here Virgin Magnetic Material took Steely Dan's 1972 hit and gave it his trademark brooding and icy deep progressive house / electro sound.

His other fantastic remixes and mixtapes can be found here: @virginmagneticmaterial

Do It Again

Do It Again - Steely Dan  (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)

The third track in a new series revisiting the best remixes featured on AOR Disco over the years. Here we have Youth's  dub house take on How We Walk On The Moon the cult "disco cellist" Arthur Russell.

How We Walk On The Moon - Arthur Russell (Youth Return To Base Edit)

The fourth track in a new series revisiting the best remixes featured on AOR Disco over the years. Here we have a deep house reimagining of Jefferson Starship's 1974 classic 'Miracles' by Sunshine Jones, the artist, DJ and founder of Dubtribe Sound System. This remix was first featured on the site back in 2009. 

For more Sunshine Jones do visit: https://sunshine-jones.com

Miracles - Jefferson Starship (Sunshine Jones Revision)

DJs // Mix Makers // Record Collectors
The Nightlark & Friends

Bookings: puremanasoundsystem@gmail.com

Pure Mana Presents @ Paradise Palms, Edinburgh 2024:
April
Toni Mcvey

March
1st - Mixed Feelings
2nd - The Nightlark
8th - Hand-made DJs
9th - Nikki Kent
15th - Sweet Philly 
16th - Sacred Keys & Moth Girl
22nd - Donald Dust
23rd - Jacuzzi General
29th - Mairi B
30th - Gareth Sommerville

February
2nd - The Nightlark
3rd - Kindred Sound 
9th - Rave Tardis
10th - Mairi B & George T
16th - Dribbler B2B Linkwood
17th -  La Beat
23rd - Jacuzzi General 
24th - Shahr Azadi

January
6th - Hobbes Music & Club Nacht
13th - Me and the Devil w/ Lysi & Vangelis
20th - Slipped Discs w/ Sacred Keys
27th - Hand-made DJs

We have been Djing since the mid 90s, mainly bedroom. We DJ with vinyl and love the discovery of new music. This is why you won't find these mixes as ego driven, it's more about discovery the old fashioned way by buying wax and hanging out in record shops. I'll always try to post a track listing so aid your discovery. The music we enjoy is House, Trance, Electro, Electroclash, Italo, Nu-Disco and all other variants.

Mixcloud account: https://www.mixcloud.com/DiscoFriday/

Broadcasting on CHLY 101.7 FM every Thursday night 8-10PM PST.
Sometimes playing live shows, occasionally hosting dance and music events, often outdoors.

Things I have been known to say*
 - Good music should be played over and over and over again
 - If it sounds Disco, it's Disco
 - Stick the DJ back up in the roof or in a dark corner somewhere
 - I'm just up there twisting buttons & pressing knobs playing other people's music

*Disclosure: all things said are likely borrowed, stolen or influenced by other individuals who will not be disclosed here due to privacy concerns.

home of the Too Slow To Disco Compilation series! 

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contact me: djsupermarkt(at)gmail(dot)com

AOR Disco was started in 2009 with a mission to rediscover the lost golden age of Adult Orientated Rock. From the beardy acoustic era of late 1960s Laurel Canyon to the white-suited Yacht Rock yuppies of the early 1980s, AOR Disco seeks out the best in vintage Californian drive-time hits, soft-rock disco, psychedelic funk, and the kind of obscure album tracks you might find at the back of your dad's record collection.

AOR is back and you need never say sorry for liking this music ever again.

Let music be thy medicine.

Purveyor of heady vibes and ceremonial jibes from sundown to sunrise to sundown to sunrise.

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