The Heartbeat of the Dance Floor is  grateful for David DePino’s generosity in sharing with us these rare recordings of Larry Levan playing live at the Paradise Garage.  Digitized from the original cassettes they were recorded on, David had unique access to the equipment in Larry’s DJ booth enabling him to record the cassettes. We felt these files would be a perfect accompaniment to David’s interview on our podcast THBOTDF, Episode #005

Heartbeat Of The Dance Floor Paradise Garage SOUNDCLOUD for David DePino episode #005

Heartbeat Of The Dance Floor Paradise Garage NYC

Coloring Lessons Radio is a radio show crafted from the minds of musclecars (Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield); two born and raised New Yorkers, aiming to add value to their city’s community and nightlife culture.


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COLORING LESSONS RADIO WITH YVONNE TURNER (DUB QUEEN) AND STARCHILD @ The Lot Radio 07-16-2023

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Recorded live March 21, 2025 @ a special place in Brooklyn.
This place will remain nameless to respect the privacy of the space. 

I will say that this is 1 of the best sound systems I've ever heard or played on!

Thank you to the folks over there that had me & to everyone who came to dance. 

We need more DIY spaces like these going forward...not just clubs & bars.

Somewhere in Brooklyn

All vinyl sampler of the BC sound mixed by Andres and Chris.

Burnin' Chancla Vinyl Mix 001

RA.1000 launches with Theo Parrish, live at fabric: a vanishingly rare club mix from the king of deep crates and impossible transitions.

There are DJ sets and then there are Theo sets. No matter how many times you've caught him in action, every time still feels like the first. Running hot, levels smoking, isolator working over time. You think you know dance music? Think again.

Parrish's debut on the RA Podcast is a milestone for the series, one we've sought for over 15 years. So it was only right that Theo led off our 1000th celebrations. Recorded live at fabric last December as part of RA's party with the London club for their 25th anniversary, this three-hour segment documents the crescendo of his eight-hour marathon. 

The Detroit legend doesn't release mixes often, and when he does, they're usually studio recordings: think NTS shows, his 100% Detroit edition of DJ-Kicks or classic tapes Body (1997) and Methods of Movement (2000). A capture of the Sound Signature boss on the dancefloor is hard to come by.

Sure, there's galvanising build-ups and crowd-pleasers, but laced throughout a Parrish beatdown are rarities designed to shock the system. In a business dominated by marketing, the vinyl master towers above thanks to a relentless hunger for lustrous melodies, moods and textures of all stripes, which he and he alone can fold into an inspiring and exhilarating joyride.

On RA.1000, blissful reggae precedes new wave disco; '80s R&B morphs into synthy techno; bleepy Chicago jack makes way for a poignant vocal ballad. It's Theo through and through. Once again, he proves that anything and everything is possible with the right records.

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Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Theo Parrish

The Basement was a Sunday afternoon show on 1Xtra, different guests every week coming into the studio to record a 2 hour set of usually old music that inspired them. There were some surprisingly high profile names on it but the thing was never that well promoted, often you would turn the radio on in hope of it being someone good as they hadn't announced who it was in the schedule. This time it was Oris Jay who around that time would have been producing Dubstep/ Breakstep when it was far from lucrative. He even had a hiatus from producing at some point. But this is all Old Skool Garage. The first hour was four to the floor with the second being 2-step but my file got corrupted so I never heard the later bits. Oris has always been known as a producer first and DJing a very distant second but this is a good show.

Scott Garcia- Music Takes You
Jeremy Sylvester- Unknown
Big Bird- Flav
Livin Large- Feel Free (97 mixes)
New Horizons- Find The Path (Tuff Jam mix)
Underground distortion- Everythin is Large
4 Deep Connextion- Twisted Future
New Horizons- Inspiration
4 Deep Connextion- So Confused
New Horizons- It's My House
Somore- I Refuse (Industry Standard Mix)
Tuff Jam- Track No Name
MD X-Spress- God Made Me Phunky
Nu Birth- Anytime

Oris Jay in the Basement, BBC 1Xtra 2004 or 05

R E L A X E R goes leather 2005

A Love From Outer Space - Phonox 21.02.20

"Fail We May, Sail We Must".

Sean Johnston playing a musical tribute to ALFOS partner Andrew Weatherall, who passed away earlier in the week.

Thanks to everyone that came, it was a fiercely beautiful evening that will stay with me forever.

Thanks to Dylan, Jules and all at Phonox. 

If you wish to mark his memory we would be grateful for any donations made to charities that were important to him:

Amnesty International
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Crisis
Thrombosis UK

Profuse thanks to Jules Hicks @ Phonox and Chris McCormack @ Blacklisted Mastering.

Track Listing

Joe Jackson Steppin' Out Live	Joe Jackson
Journey Home (Original Mix)	Patrick Cowley	
Union Mistica (Rodrigo Gallardo Rmx)	Discoshaman & Lemurian	
Mustat Varjot (Original Mix)	Roberto Rodriguez	
Saturnus (Ghost Vision Theme)	Ghost Vision	
The Cube (Acid Pauli's Papito Remix)	Oceanvs Orientalis, Idil Mese
What Edit Is This (BG MSTR) 44-16		
Andrew Weatherall - YATOOL3		
Scott Fraser - Together More (original mix)		
Mandrake -Georges Chatelain & Getaroom!	
Mopedbart (Original Mix)	Hubbabubbaklubb	
Four Walls-No Use. (Bratleys Bootleg mix)		
Simion, MD X-Spress - God Made Me Feel It (Claptone Edit)		
HEY GRINGO	BRIOSKI	
Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix)	Kylie Minogue
The Asphodells - Never There (Hardway Bros Remix)		
Primal Scream don't fight it (ALT cut)	
Mugwump Boutade 2008 original		
Andrew Weatherall Walk of Shame		
MANFREDAS - MANI FROM THE BLOCK		
PAUL SIMON - Diamonds - Terje dub		
If You Want Me - Jay Shepheard Remix	Cisco Cisco
Invisible College- Gatto Fritto		
Edit Service 8 Pete Wylie Story of The Blues pt 2  - by It's A Fine Line		
None (Original Mix)	LAARS	
Chris Carter - Moonlight_ndb_remix		
Depeche Mode - Painkiller (Ballistic Brothers Mindshaft Dub Mix)		
TB - Invitation to Love	 	
The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea [Andrew Weatherall mix] ALT edit		
Cheaters - John Talabot's Classic Vocal Refix	Teengirl Fantasy
Electrica Salsa (Roman Fluegel Remix)	Sven Vath, OFF - Organisation For Fun
LOS NINJOS female Re-Cut	matt.moroder@web.de 	
Blancmange Living On The Ceiling (Pete Herbert Mix)		
Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Fuitless mix)	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Money Money Money (Original Mix)	Re-Tide
Sometimes - Sexican Version
All A Dream (Original Mix)	Misiu	
Phylyps Track 2	Basic Channel	
What's A Girl To Do	Group Listening	
DJ Hell CAR _ PK AUTOBAHN REMIX		
Do Da Doo - Plastikman's Acid House Remix	Robotman
Serenade (Original Mix)	Tom Demac
Hardfloor Hardtrance Acperience		
Camino Del Sol - Joakim Remix	Antena		
PARDON MOI - INSIDE THE OUTSIDE (Cotton Bud Kick Trick)		
Prepare To Energize (Baldelli & Dionigi mix)	Baldelli, Dionigi, Torch Song	
The Warriors (Deckard Rework)	Deckard	
PARANOID LONDON - DO YOU WANNA TOUCH THE YELLOW MAGIC_		
Spaceship (Superpitcher Space Trip) Paulor
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Shield Re Edit)		
Loverboy (Acid Pauli Retouch)	Steve Bug	
CitiesInDust_LongVersion_Amy Douglas		
Stars (Original Mix)	Mr. Fingers
Calling 626	Brioski	
Sell (Curses Remix)	Jennifer Touch	
You Gotta Believe Acapella (Acapella DJ Tool)	Fierce Ruling Diva, Koen Groeneveld
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (Lefside Wobble Edit)	
What Time Is Love? (Intro Mix) Kris Menace & Lifelike		
Relax Your Body - Another Version	D.F.X.	
Bass Doctor - Peza Edit	
The Slam (Gerd Janson Edit)	Westworld	
Der Alte (Original Mix)	Kolsch	
Mama - Unmask Me - Ashley Beedle Vox Mix		
Nana (Original Mix)	Acid Pauli
Smokebelch II (David Holmes Mix) The Sabres Of Paradise
Primal Scream Come Together Andrew Weatherall Mix		
Primal Scream Uptown Andrew Weatherall (Long After The Disco Is Over Mix)

ALFOS  Phonox 21/02/20 Sean Johnston

Second podcast of our Roots section comes from the one and only Larry Levan.
Recorded during one of his of the last tour to Japan, a country that loved unconditionally the figure and the character of the american deejay.
Larry is one of the seminal names in dance music, a legendary inspiration during the 1970s and '80s. Influenced by David Mancuso's Loft parties, which presaged disco by more than five years, Levan took his cue and transferred those communal vibes to clubland with one of the most famed night spots ever, the Paradise Garage. For more than ten years, Levan's style was a wildly eclectic mix including Motown and Philly soul, Afro-Cuban and Italian disco, new wave, punk, and classic hard rock.

Larry Levan Live @ End Max (Japan) - 1991

Larry Levan @End Max Tokyo, Japan '91

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

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