Hi Andy, ~Is this available to buy anywhere. Heard it Played across balearic burgers and fromSteven Field and would love a copy to play on my radio show. Please let us know. Thanks Mark

Great edit. Echoing the other requests for a paid version please!

Still loving this so much. Please put it up for sale somewhere.

I discovered Frankie Knuckles through his music, one that was, gentle, lush with a subdued, understated power that rocked many a dancefloor.
I had the privilege to hear him once in the heyday of his legendary residency at Sound Factory Bar in New York. I was submerged, sonically and emotionally by the beauty of the music I heard that night. I remember very clearly saying to myself that this would be impossible to ever equal.
That was 20 years ago, and I never got to hear this magic combination again.

I got to meet Frankie a few times, and he was always like his music, gentle, humble,   yet naturally imposing

I've put together here some of my favorite music from him. So that his legacy can keep on inspiring other people.

Rest in peace, Frankie, may your music keep on moving people eternally

My Tribute To Frankie Knuckles

Extended with added percussion elements and played with for beach listening, keeping the original vibe alive.
No downloads sorry.

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Mighty Clouds Of Joy 'Mighty Cloud Of Joy' (greg wilson & ché wilson rework)

124 bpm

DJ only vinyl 2024.

The Mighty Clouds Of Joy were an LA-based gospel group who’d been releasing records since the early-‘60s, initially as The Mighty, Mighty Clouds Of Joy’. In 1974 they made a departure from their more traditional style when the group went into Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, the epicentre when it came to the soulful dance music that would soon explode as disco, recording their album, ‘It’s Time’, with producer/songwriter, Dave Crawford. Members of the Philadelphia International group, MFSB, already renowned for backing artists like Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, The O’Jays and The Three Degrees, were brought aboard for the sessions, including the legendary Baker-Harris-Young rhythm section, who, apart from MFSB, fuelled The Trammps, with Earl Young celebrated for innovating the disco style of rock drumming.

I came across the group via their second single from ‘It’s Time’, ‘Mighty Cloud Of Joy’, released in late-‘74. I figure I must have picked my UK 7” out of a bargain bin when I was 14, maybe 15. There’s nowhere I would have previously heard this – it was before I started DJing, and it’s not something likely to be played on radio. I reckon I bought it on spec – I knew the label, ABC, via singles by Eddie Holman, Four Tops and Rufus, so it was a trusted source, and I would have been fascinated that the artist and title were (almost) the same.

It picked up specialist plays from some soul and funk DJs here, including Colin Curtis at the Blackpool Mecca and Les Spaine at The Timepiece in Liverpool, but largely went under the radar. It remained a personal favourite from the period, which I’d have thought would have done well in the States, but it appears to have been largely slept on there too, the track receiving DJ support, but not igniting as you’d imagine it would have. The following year, again recorded at Sigma Sound, the next Mighty Clouds album, ‘Kickin’’, included ‘Mighty High’, which would blow up big time with US DJs and top the disco chart (it wasn’t a track I can ever recall hearing in a UK club). It surprised me to learn that ‘Mighty High’ had been so big, while ‘Mighty Cloud Of Joy’ is conspicuous by its absence from both the US R&B and Disco charts – the latter sounding far more like a disco classic to my ears.

Having remixed Gabriels ‘Love And Hate In A Different Time’ with Ché, inspired by the mid-‘70s Earl Young disco groove, it brought to mind the gospel-infused ‘Mighty Cloud Of Joy’, and this rework resulted. Having played it out while we fine-tuned, despite its relative obscurity, people responded to it like they’ve known it all their lives, it’s ‘movin’ on up’ refrain infectious, which makes it all the more surprising that it wasn’t huge on release.

Pressed on limited vinyl as part of the GW Edits series, and featuring ‘The Turnaround’, an update of Vicki Sue Robinson’s ’76 disco anthem, ‘Turn The Beat Around’.

Mighty Clouds Of Joy 'Mighty Cloud Of Joy' (greg wilson & ché wilson rework)

taken from the upcoming compilation: 
THE SUNSET MANIFESTO 2

Joel Sarakula
We are so happy and proud, that Mister “Westcoast” Joel Sarakula wrote an exclusive track just for our compilation. The latest album by the Australian born London resident and multi instrumentalist “Soft Focus” is his 9th, a mid-career album spanning his many influences and genres including Soft-Rock, Funk, Soul and Smooth Pop, all brought under the umbrella of his gentle gaze and a 'soft' aesthetic. Highlights include the two Shawn Lee (of Young Gun Silver Fox fame, also on our compilation with an exclusive track) produced tracks “I'll Get By Without You” and “Telephone Calls”. This is a lovingly crafted album, well polished and it feels like the culmination of Sarakula's adventures in soulful soft-rock and his defining statement in the genre. While comparisons will be made with contemporary projects like Shawn Lee's Young Gun Silver Fox, Drugdealer, Benny Sings and Prep, echoes of soft-rock icons Ned Doheny, Boz Scaggs, Todd Rundgren and Michael Franks also ripple gently through the album.


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

listen and watch here

Joel Sarakula – Hands Of Love (Phil Martin Remix)

Three very high quality tracks consisting of disco and jazz vibrations among which there is a real diamond - my disco version of the symphonic ballet Afternoon Of A Faun!
https://www.beatport.com/label/vintage-music-records/60056
https://www.junodownload.com/labels/Vintage+Music/
https://www.traxsource.com/label/31538/vintage-music-records
spotify/apple music/amazon and more!

Juno

Sunner Soul pres Disco Jazzy Groovy [VMR117]

Marechià (Disco Tech Rework)

Gorgeous vocals from 1971 from David Crosby. I took Crosby’s amazing vocals and background guitar from 1971, and then added some mandolins, percussion, bass, flamenco guitar, and kick drum to change the flavour from the original.

David Crosby - 'Orleans' (Andy Kidd Balearic Beats Mix)

Nautilus are back again, back to the future, with their teaser for the upcoming studio album in 2026!
The first single for the theme-based release deals with a true anime icon and a legendary soundtrack, which Nautilus imaginatively and skillfully reinterprets in their typical groove sound. In the feature, Japanese singer and sanshin virtuoso Anna Sato beams the song into a next dimension with her singing.

The single is rounded off by a master of club remixes, DJ and producer Delfonic from Berlin, a highly respected artist by Gilles Peterson, who gives the piece a magical touch for every deep dance floor with heavy beats.

Be quick on this unique release.

"Space is infinitely large and anything is possible in this universe."
Captain Future

Credits:

Composed and written by: Christian Bruhn
Arranged by: Toshiyuki Sasaki
Remix: Delfonic
Vocals: Anna Sato
Keys/Synth: Lewis Moody
Mixdown: Matt Flores at Meta World
Mastering: Moomin
Conceptual idea: Oonops
Artwork by: Glueset

Captain Future Theme (Delfonic Remix)

Captain Future Theme ( Delfonic Remix)

playa feliz 2

CLOSED PARADISE - HEATWAVE #1

#StayTheFuckHome
EAT, DISCO, FU_K, SLEEP 

R E P E A T ↩

Sould Out - Eat, Disco, Fu_k, Sleep ↩ [Mix]

DJ and producer. 
Specialising in Lounge, Chilled, World, Balearic, funky and deep house music.  
I play in Ibiza each summer and have played regular sessions at the legendary Cafe Del Mar every year since 2008 (and long may that continue). 

Check here for other mixes https://www.mixcloud.com/andykiddIbiza/ or  https://www.mixcloud.com/cafedelmarmusic/ for more Cafe Del Mar sessions.

I've also played many sessions at Sa Trinxa, Cafe Mambo, Pikes, Kanya, Sun Sea Bar, The Standard Hotel, Las Dalias, Savannah, Kumharas, Bay Bar, Santos Ibiza, Orange Corner, etc. Regular guest shows/mixes on Ibiza Sonica radio (www.ibizasonica.com) and I produce/re-edit in the winter. 
Some edits/remixes available here  https://andykidd.bandcamp.com
or on Spotify https://artists.spotify.com/c/artist/6ETHhqBZY5C7fbqp4pWek2/profile/overview

Many of my edits are not available online but are sent to DJs only and feature in a lot of mixes across the world. 
Thanks for listening, I appreciate it very much :-)

Andy

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