those were nice years for the slomo sound...can no longer find tunes like these nowadays

Dave Alisson

Ballearic Disco Rework of The Stone's Miss You

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Rolling Stones Miss You Random House Project Vocal Mix

Kiss Kiss / DISCO014

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)

Shocking Blue - 'Love Buzz' (Ché Wax Edit) // 2024 CHÉ WAX VOL 1

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01. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Rayko re-edit)

Originally released in South Africa in 1984 and produced by Jabu Sibumbe of Stimela fame. 

Difficult to find on vinyl, which saw only small pressings at the time of release, these works are now remastered and reissued for the first time, for release both on vinyl and digital format. 

This original versions show off some of the glossy disco & boogie-funk vibes that were being produced in South Africa in the mid-eighties, inspired by sounds being imported from the US and Europe at that time.

Joi N'Juno steps up for his first remix on Canopy, channelling the attitude of Quincy & Niles to create a dynamic arrangement that takes the original and reinvents it for modern disco-house dance floors. Live synth, keys and horns add to the crisp and warm production for what looks to become a modern day classic.

Razor N Tapes' JKriv stays truer to the original and with his characteristic production finesse modernises the originals to tastefully update them for contemporary sound systems, bringing just the right balance of past and present to add a new dimension to these boogie gems.

Sue Wright - I Believe In You (Joi N' Juno Remix)

Easy love (The two Marrero_s dub re-work)

I GEMIN - Do Yo Thang EP [TUNESDWAX004]

Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor’s Sensory Blending album continues its sun-soaked journey with another superb package of remixes. Willie Graff, Luminodisco and mysterious beat-maker E-The-Hot all step up to tackle 'Bewitched By The Sea'.

The original single has become something of a mini modern classic in the last year. 'Bewitched By The Sea' is a spellbinding sound for real Balearic DJs brave enough to work with its shuffling jazz drums and glowing synth work. As such, the choice of Ibiza favourite Willie Graff to remix is a perfect one. He brings a signature Balearic beat perfect for cruising around the island as the sun blazes with its dubby, swaying drums and more prominent vocal all brought to life with delicate percussion and gentle synth pulses.

Label regular Federico Costantini aka Luminodisco then returns with a mature post-Balearic touch that douses the track in an ocean of dubby echo. Gorgeous Spanish guitars and jumbled percussion form a life raft which floats out to sea under the sultry wind motifs. Last but not least, Amsterdam's E-The-Hot is another artist in the Hell Yeah orbit who delivers a Sunday Bass mix wrapped in golden-hour magic as heavy drum tumbles and heart-aching vocals next to painterly bass sounds soundtrack a perfect sundown session.

Together, these remixes elevate 'Bewitched By The Sea' into a shimmering musical escape with each one adding its own wave to a sparkling Balearic tide.

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Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor - Bewitched By The Sea (Willie Graff Remix)

(96k clip with fades) - my remix of  Funk My Jesus ,
coming soon on Deep Sense Music (Mexico)


Funk My Jesus - Jerry Goes Black  (Dave Allison Remix) *

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee- Talking Bout *

#TBT Mix   - here's a guest mix I did  almost 6 yrs ago to the day , for the good fellas over  @https://soundcloud.com/sleazybeats

Original Post:
http://sleazybeats.blogspot.ca/2010/02/dave-allison-sleazy-beats-mix.html

enjoy!



Dave Allison - Sleazy Beats Guest Mix

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - ☆☆ Heatwave  ☆☆

DD38 - FRANK BOOKER EDITS

Side A: A World Of make Believe (Frank Booker Edit)
Side B: Sequence Of Movement (Frank Booker Edit)


DJ Play: Tensnake, Severino, Jacques Renault, Crazy P, The Unabombers, Pete Herbert, Hot Toddy, Faze Action, Ron Basejam, KZA, Sleazy McQueen, Rayko, Tristan da Cunha, Get Down Edits, OOFT, Sleazy Beats, Derek Kaye, Situation, SHMLSS, Dave Allison and many more.

DJ Feedback:

‘Frank Booker edits always rule!’
Tensnake

‘Yes YES!’
Severino (Horse Meat Disco)

‘FB killing it!. Def playing these!’
Jacques Renault

‘FABULOSO!’
Danielle Moore (Crazy P)

‘Mega!!! Sequence of Movement is a winner!!!’
Pete Herbert

‘Top notch discoid booty!’
The Unabombers

‘Both of these are absolute Bobby Dazzlers!’
Hot Toddy

‘Two heavy hitters! Will be playing these all summer. Top marks!’
Faze Action

‘Booker da Main Man!’
Ron Basejam

‘Sequence of Movement is nice!’
KZA

‘More disco dynamite from the deviants and Booker is a banker. My money is always on him to deliver the goods.’
Tristan da Cunha

‘Very nice!’
Rayko

‘These will make the dancefloor move in a big way!’
OOFT


‘HUGE!’
Sleazy McQueen

‘Both tracks will be on my set lists!’
Derek Kaye

‘Massive and irresistible. Some of his best reworks to date.’
Sleazy Beats

‘In love.’
SHMLSS

‘Excellent!’
Get Down Edits

‘This is class!’
Situation

‘Jams from Mr B!’
Dave Allison



DD38 - Frank Booker - Clips

Well I vowed never to touch this as it is sacred to me....but I started a rough edit for my recent gig at Convenanza and had to finish it off really...done with the utmost love and respect. Hope you like! x

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Are Friends Eclectic? - Peza Edit

Dave knows disco-   funk party disco flips,  deep atmospherics soundscapes ,  loungin' pool vibes  or deep house  for  the club
his tracks/ ep's  have topped the disco charts multiple times  been played by many luminaries and other trendsetters and legends  around the world  Including:
Dimitri From Paris, Greg Wilson, Jimpster, Soul Clap,  Tensnake, Lovebirds, The Revenge,  Hot Toddy,  Wolf and Lamb,  Kon,  6th Borough Project , Tim Sweeney,  Jacques Renault, Tornado Wallace,  Derrick Carter,  Drop Out Orchestra,  Mark Farina,  Pezzner,  DJ Heather,  Joshua , Diz  and numerous others..

 * Dave was also named Mark Farina's Favourite  Producer on soundcloud in 2013
http://societeperrier.com/los-angeles/articles/cloudsourcing-mark-farina

 Dave's Jams and remixes are now featured on over 40 labels across the globe  on some great labels like: 
Editorial,  Kolour, Paper,Disco Deviance,  Compost,  Ubiquity
Chopshop , Midnight Riot, Springbok, Mushroom Jazz
Universal Music , etc 
Dave has played  clubs, festivals and after hours, across North America and beyond. From London , Bali, Tunisia,  Mexico to  NYC , L.A  , Miami , Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington,  Halifax  and  many more.
Dave has held down numerous residencies in his hometown of Montreal, 
such as Stereo, Piknic Electronik , and running  "The Kinjo Sessions"
 @ Salon Daome for 3 years.
Over time,  Dave's Sound has morphed and evolved , 
but always stayed true to core vibe of  good vibing,  funky and expansive deep music. Throughout many genres ;  such as house funk and disco

the journey continues!

Dave Allison - Sleazy Beats Guest Mix

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