Two new edits from a limited edition EP on Diggin Deeper France. Side B features Jay Airiness.

Catalog #: DDRWAX 05

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Keep On Hangin' On 12"

Michael The Lion Originals

Michael The Lion Edits

One of my remixes from Young Robots' "Philadelphia Maneto" compilation, which showcases Philadelphia and New Jersey area underground dance artists.

Saxophone by Sammy Bananas.

Available for free and for sale at all your favorite digital outlets.

Nicos Gun f/ Sammy Bananas - Dirty Girl (DJ Apt One Remix) FREE DL

Venice Beach and DJ Apt One, both renowned disco editors in their own right, combine forces for a Trans-Atlantic boogie tour de force. The Parisian duo and the Philadelphian polymath drop this two song record with an assist from Philly's DJ Bruce. "Socket" brings a ripping bassline energy to balance the slinky bounce of "Money."
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DJ Apt One & Venice Beach - Socket

A Valentine's extra from DJ Apt One - Best of Philly Disco Volume 2 Mixtape, available here: http://soundcloud.com/djaptone/best-of-philly-disco-vol-2

Part of the "Year of the Edit" project from Dollarbinjams.com and Young Robots.

I'll Be Around (DJ Apt One Edit)

Drake Euro Maxi-Single, 1985.

Zusätzliche produktion von Cugino Carlo.

Hold On, We're Going Home (DJ Apt One Italienische Version)

DJ Apt One - Mickey Dreidels Theme (2007)

Remix for Parisian duo Venice Beach. Out March 3rd, 2014 on Do You Like records (France).

Guitar, synths, drum programming by Michael Fichman aka DJ Apt One.

Venice Beach f/ Lavinia Claws - Closer (DJ Apt One Remix)

Any Time (Michael The Lion Edit)

Part of the "Year of the Edit" project Dollarbinjams.com.


Spottie Ottie (DJ Apt One Edit)

Track available in 2010 on "DJ Apt One - Classic Edits and Remixes" series.

We Gonna Party Tonight (DJ Apt One Edit)

A live mix for discobits.wordpress.com - a tribute to the great Larry Levan they asked me to put together for his birthday.  LL had a unique way of DJing, and I'm not trying to emulate him here or trying to play the "Best Of" the Garage.  Just some rad Garage Classics in tribute to a rad dude.  Enjoy.


Disco Bits Mix Series Vol. 4 - Happy Birthday Larry Levan (Live)

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So it looks like the release date has been pushed back into mid April for our 10th release by Michael The Lion aka https://soundcloud.com/djaptone, but we just couldn't wait any longer to at least post up one of the tracks!!!

RNT is turning 10 releases old with this special and varied EP from Michael the Lion. Known recently for his work on Soul Clap records, Michael flexes his edit skills on this one, flipping some funk on the A-side with “Any Time,” and serving up classic italo cheek with “The Don.” The B-side erupts with the disco-house-bringer-downer “Get More” and finishes smooth with a fresh take on a well-worn sample with “909s and Herb,” a co-production with Sammy Bananas, of Fool’s Gold Record fame. This milestone record is a choice celebration of the quality that the RNT label has come to personify.

Michael The Lion - Get More - DIGI OUT NOW

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Early support from Mark Farina, Rahaan, Opolopo, Bonar Bradberry, Jacques Renault, Cosmo Baker, Mousse T, Ron Basejam, Yam Who?, Inkswel, POOLS, Dicky Trisco, Harri (Sub Club), Dirtytwo, Michael Serafini (Gramaphone), Marcel Vogel, Futureboogie, Magnier (House of Disco), David Harness, Kolour, Sleazy Beats, Daz-i-Kue, DJ Rocca, Nathan G, Kiko Navarro aka KOKO, The Glue, Zoo Look, Cole Medina, Ionik (Kojak), Chrissy (Nite Owl Diner)...

RNT is turning 10 releases old with this special and varied EP from Michael the Lion aka  @djaptone. Known recently for his work on Soul Clap records, Michael flexes his edit skills on this one, flipping some funk on the A-side with “Any Time,” and serving up classic italo cheek with “The Don.” The B-side erupts with the disco-house-bringer-downer “Get More” and finishes smooth with a fresh take on a well-worn sample with “909s and Herb,” a co-production with Sammy Bananas, of Fool’s Gold Record fame. This milestone record is a choice celebration of the quality that the RNT label has come to personify.

Michael The Lion - 909s And Herb (feat. Sammy Bananas) - DIGI OUT NOW

Michael The Lion - The Don - DIGI OUT NOW

From the April, 2010 "House of Yinz" Hip-House EP by Philadelphyinz.

Hip House and early house styled edits.

Download the whole EP for free here: http://philadelphyinz.com/houseofyinz/

James Ingram & Michael Macdonald - Yah Mo B There (DJ Apt One Remix)

12" available now, US: http://bit.ly/2tl2FIi | UK: http://bit.ly/2sPTFxM

"Positivity, tolerance and love are in short supply right now. When Amy sang this song, she was going through a really tough time. The creation of this song was a therapeutic process.  It has served that purpose several times. The first time we performed it live, during a Pride-related event, unbeknownst to us, the Orlando nightclub massacre was taking place across the country. The next day I thought about that moment and listened back to the song and wondered where to find hope. 

This song was supposed to come out several months from now but Eli [from Soul Clap] contacted me on Wednesday morning and we agreed, we need to share our therapy with you sooner, rather than later. In Amy's words, "for all of the songs that have come before, begging and pleading with our humanity to be better to each other, it would seem it's not enough, so we wrote one more." - Michael The Lion

Get It On feat. Amy Douglas

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Michael The Lion - Get It On feat. Amy Douglas [FREE DOWNLOAD]

DDRWAX-005

Finally

Keep On Hangin On

Driver's Seat (DJ Apt One Edit)

Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')

Jam for international Dre Day celebrations, February 17-18, 2012, sponsored by BurlesqueDesign.com

Dre Day Party Break

Available on 12" vinyl at the following outlets:

Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/michael-the-lion-jay-airiness-ep-2/713520-01/

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Bandcamp: https://jayairiness.bandcamp.com/album/phone-ep

Two of the world's most seasoned disco editors, Michael The Lion and Jay Airiness have renewed their Franco-American alliance for another split-sided EP.

The long-time friends and collaborators were last seen together dropping gems in 2016, and now they've reunited for a double-barreled sure-shot DJ-crate staple - four diverse cuts for all times of night.

Philadelphia-based Michael, best known for his work with Soul Clap Records and Razor-NTape, lets loose on the A-side with two secret weapons from his DJ sets - the aggressive, anthemic disco funker "Direction NYC" and the loopy burner "Don't Know”.

Jay, one of the hardest working producers in France is fresh from new efforts with his famed Venice Beach and DJ Moar projects. Jay brings a live session of jazz horns and woodwinds to the fore with “Jazzy Mind”. On “Disco Dance”, he rides a tight piano groove right out of the canon of French disco onto the modern dancefloor.

Don't Know

Direction NYC

This EP is the first fully instrumentated Moombahton record - with live bass, drums, horns and guitar to go with stylized latin house drum programming.  The title track, originally from DJ Sabo's Moombahton Massive 3 EP on Sol Selectas, was one of the  hits in the first wave of Moombahton.  DJ Apt One adds a b-side called "Red Meat" that came as a byproduct of his work with Gregor Salto's Downpitch label.

DJ Apt One provides remixes of both of his tracks, and lil'dave of Philly's legendary Illvibe Collective provides a Latin House grooved remix that reminds people why Illvibe are Philly's formost funk ambassadors.  DC's Vjuan Allure, one of the rising stars of the Ballroom sound (see: Mike Q) provides a jackin remix as well.

DJ Apt One - djaptone.com, soundcloud.com/djaptone

Vjuan Allure - vjuanallure.com

lil'dave - soundcloud.com/lildave

Fich So Saxy (Vjuan Allure Remix)

Part of the Earth Night compilation by DJs For Climate Action - nearly 60 tracks donated by artists from 12 countries raising awareness and funds for #ClimateAction. All proceeds from its sale are being donated to climate change fighting initiatives.

Available wherever fine digital music is sold.

Vocals and lyrics by Shyvonne - https://soundcloud.com/shyvonne

Earth Night

Michael The Lion - Hear What I Say (feat. Shyvonne)

After all this time - this tune will be available on vinyl in 2015!  Stay tuned for details!

The Hangover (Michael The Lion Edit)

I made this for use in my sets the last few months.  If you are a funky person, or play music for funky people, you'll enjoy this.

-Fich

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Everyday People (DJ Apt One Edit)

After the success of Funk Train and Get It On, we wanted to push further and deeper and make an EP. As we started working, we knew there was one song that could be a successor to Get It On - a song about overcoming hard times in our own personal lives. We wanted a chorus and a message that would burrow into your subconscious and become a kind of mantra - Find A Way. Our incredibly talented friend, the vocalist Steven Klavier, was the perfect collaborator for this, and we three wrote something to stand the test of time. When struggles find you, and times are hard... reach down deep, look to the light, and “Find A Way.”

Buy there : https://michaelthelion.bandcamp.com/album/michael-the-lion-x-amy-douglas-2

PREMIERE : Michael The Lion & Amy Douglas - Find A Way (feat. Steven Klavier)

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Following on from their stand-out collaboration 'Get It On' on @soulclaprecs from a couple of years ago which was many a DJ's secret weapon two of our favourite artists Michael The Lion (@djaptone) and @amydouglassings combine yet again for a full EP of choice cuts from the heartfelt to downright dance-floor focussed gems. They have also enlisted the help of remix legend @john-morales to spruce up two of the tracks from the EP Find A Way and Drink You Up to help bring even more dance-floor joy.

Check the premier of John's Dubish Instrumental here and jump over to LV online for more in the EP via the link below: https://levisiteuronline.com/music/lv-premier-michael-the-lion-x-amy-douglas-feat-steven-klavier-find-a-way-mm-dubish-instrumental-ep-review/

Michael The Lion x Amy Douglas

- FInd A Way M+M (Dubish Instrumental)

LV Prem - Michael The Lion x Amy Douglas feat. Steven Klavier - FInd A Way (M+M Dubish Instrumental)

Michael The Lion x Amy Douglas - Willing [Soul Clap Records]

Michael The Lion and Amy Douglas, hot off the success of the anthemic "Get It On" re-join forces for an EP that’s a road trip through American funk and soul music.

Lead single “Find A Way,” already conquering dance floors since its release in November, features Moon Boots collaborator Steven Klavier, whose lilting tones marry flawlessly with Amy's power on a maximalist disco cut, which garnered a 9/10 rating in Mixmag.

"James Is The Message” is a fat slab of NOLA fonk that tells the story of one hell of an evening in Bywater. “Social Love Song” is a gospel shuffle to remind all of the importance of self love and then loving your fellow man. " Drink You Up" is a naughty piece of disco celebrating the freedom of a purely 'no strings' policy. A cover of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson’s “Willing,” serves as the perfect denouement.

With a live band alongside Amy's piano duties and multi-instrumentalist Michael, this EP is a choice and heartfelt slice of life and disco purism.

Soul Clap Records coming now with the full EP release on 13th March as a digital offering, alongside some seriously heavy remixes by the mighty John Morales. The Remixes are on 12" vinyl, with a digital offering 3rd April plus a Digital Bonus track!

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Little Bitty Pretty One (DJ Apt One Edit)

Rock and Roll edit for Dollar Bin Jams "Year of the Edit" project.

Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress (DJ Apt One Edit)

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Patti Smith - Because The Night (DJ Apt One Edit)

Menergy (DJ Apt One Edit)

Four Four Walk

1. People’s Choice – Do It Any Way You Wanna (7”) – TSOP, 1975
2. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music (12” Remix) – Atlantic, 1984
3. Bell & James – Livin It Up (Friday Night) (FitForUse Edit) – A&M, 1979 / White
4. McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – Phila Int’l, 1978
5. McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (Phillies Version) – Phila Int’l, 1981
6. McFadden & Whitehead f/ The Liberty Bells – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (Eagles Version) – Phila Int’l, 1981
7. Montana Sextet – Heavy Vibes (Club Mix) – Virgin, 1982
8. MFSB – Love Is The Message (Mr K. Special Edit) – TD, 198?
9. First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder (Shep Pettibone Mix) – Salsoul,1983
10. Loleatta Halloway – Love Sensation (Shep Pettibone Mix) – Salsoul, 1983
11. Evelyn King – I Can’t Take It – RCA Victor, 1981
12. Dexter Wansel – It’s Been Cool (12” Version) – Phila. Int’l, 1979
13. Direct Current – Everybody Here Must Party – TEC, 1979
14. Q- The Voice of Q – Philly World, 1982
15. Pieces of A Dream – Mt. Airy Groove (Instrumental) – Elektra, 1982
16. Frankie Smith – Double Dutch Bus – WMOT, 1980
17. Broad Street Band f/ Bruce Grey – Work Your Body – Tempre, 1984
18. Archie Bell – Any Time Is Right (DJ Apt One Edit) – Beckett, 1981 / White
19. William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (Disco Version) – WMOT, 1980

Best of Philly Disco Vol. 1

We heard a snippet of the forthcoming Daft Punk album.  A couple bars looped in a TV commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUmEfR5Krg0).  Sounded like it had Nile Rodgers from Chic on guitar.  We knew they were working with him.  

We wondered what the whole thing sounded like, so we picked up some instruments and decided to to imagine it for ourselves.

James Hart (of the Harlan Twins)
Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano

Michael Fichman (DJ Apt One)
Arrangement, Drum Programming, Synthesizers, Vocals, Additional Guitar, Additional Bass Guitar, Clavinet, Electric Piano, Accoustic Piano

Peter Mudge (Nice Rec)
Keyboards, Percussion and Additional Production

Recorded in Philadelphia, PA and Pittsburgh, PA, March, 2013.

Nice Rec - https://soundcloud.com/themudge
The Harlan Twins - http://www.facebook.com/theharlantwins

DJ Apt One f/ James Hart & Nice Rec - Daft Punk Imagining (Cover)

Available for sale exclusively at Legitmix.com.

Strawberry Letter 23 (DJ Apt One Edit)

I Can't Go For That (DJ Apt One Edit)

This is a mix I made for my (and your) Independence Day BBQ. Put this mix on, fire up the grill and get ready to party! Plenty of funk, soul, disco, house and more. Includes some obscure vinyl gems, original production and unreleased material featuring singer Devon Thompson.

Tracklist
Lee Zamah - Frankie Beverly   
Marlena Shaw  - Remember Me (Jim Sharp Remix)   
Mary J Sly - Everyday People (DJ Apt One Edit)  
XXXXX - XXXXXXXXXX (DJ Apt One Edit) (UNRELEASED)
Dev Thompson & DJ Apt One - Lovers and Friends  (UNRELEASED)
Mary Clark - Take me I'm yours 
AM-FM  - You are the one  
Captain Planet  - My Heart Is Jumping (Captain Planet  Mix)   
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Voyage - I Love You Dancer
 Nick Straker Band  - A Little Bit of Jazz
Orient Express - Shine On 
Lancelot - Spoken Word
DJ Apt One - Red Meat 
Todd Terje - Strandbar (Samba Version) 
Franck Biyong - African History Waves DJ MOODZ EDIT                                                                                   
Orgone - Funky Nassau (Danny Krivit Re-edit)
Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel - Sexmachina (edit) 
James Brown  - Give it Up Turn It Loose • The Reflex Edit                                                                           
MFSB - TSOP (BREAK IF YOU WANT EDIT)
Sal Soul Orchestra  - ooh i love it (love break)                                                                                                                     
NICHOLAS = Love Message                                                                                                               
Johnny D & Nicky P - Wild Kingdom                          
Marcus Marr - The Music  

Young Robots Mixseries Vol. 7 - July 4th BBQ (Live)

Music on Soul Clap / Razor-N-Tape / Defected / Young Robots / Diggin Deeper France / Giant Cuts / Philly Int'l and more....

Michael has been on the forefront of many important movements in dance music over the last ten years. With his signature funk-influenced style, he has left his mark across the musical spectrum, sometimes under pseudonyms such as RCMP and Michael The Lion.

He was a part of the multi-genre style of DJing that catapulted his adopted Philadelphia to the pinnacle of the DJ world in the early 2000s. His years of seasoning as a DJ have seen him play all styles imaginable all across the US and Europe.

As a part of the duo RCMP, his work foreshadowed the emergence of Nu-Disco before the genre even had a name. As alter-ego Michael The Lion he is pushing the boundaries of funk in modern dance music.

He is an internationally renowned disco edit-maker, appearing on alongside the likes of Todd Terje and Tom Moulton. He has officially remixed global stars as diverse as Wiz Khalifa, Todd Edwards and Gregor Salto.

He is also is one of the OGs of “Moombahton” – the polyglot global EDM movement that saw DJ Apt One find fame on the BBC, NPR and elsewhere along with pioneers Dave Nada, DJ Sabo, Dillon Francis and more.

He is also a founder and executive of Young Robots Records, and has put out debut records by Solidisco, Nicos Gun, Fashen and more.

DJ Apt One has shared stages with some of the best talents of this generation, including The Rub, Diplo, Tittsworth, Juan Maclean, Treasure Fingers, Nick Catchdubs, Gigamesh, Big Freedia, Blaqstarr, DJ Sega, Sammy Bananas, Spank Rock, Dave Nada, Wale, Dillon Francis, Peanut Butter Wolf, De La Soul, !!!, RJD2, Bonde do Role, DJ Neil Armstrong, The Hood Internet, Anna Lunoe, The Budos Band, The Flaming Lips, Flosstradamus and more..

For general inquiries - djaptone (at) gmail (dot) com
For bookings - brent@rogueangency.us

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