By My Side Extended Slow Mix Djloops (1982)

Jago - I'm Going To Go (Frankie Knuckles Remix) - 1985

There’s something raw and restless about the groove on Da Lukas & Di Martino's Butter Track, a cut that moves like it was built in the after-hours but destined for the prime-time floors. Italian producer Da Lukas reconstructs the sound of analog Disco sound, piece by piece, pressing the weight of history and fusing it with everything essential for future dance floors.

At its heart, Butter Track is a hypnotic ride, dripping with a silky jazz-funk elasticity that calls to mind the great sessions of the late ’70s. Giovanni Di Martino’s piano work dances across the top with casual brilliance, teasing out rhythms that ripple through the arrangement. There’s a looseness here, but it’s intentional - each element breathing in step, locked into a slow-burning, funk-fueled conversation.

This isn’t nostalgia—it’s a reclamation. A late-night, neon-lit cruise through the sounds that made the underground shimmer.

'In Motion', the EP, is a testament to Da Lukas' pioneering spirit in the Nu Disco scene, With an impressive track record including multiple No.1 hits on Traxsource's Nu Disco / Indie Dance charts and Soul Funk Disco Top 100, Da Lukas continues to push boundaries.

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PREMIERE: Da Lukas Feat Di Martino - Butter Track [The Disco Express]

Artist: Michael McDonald
Album: "If That's What It Takes"
Original Release Date: 1982

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Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) (James Rod Rework)

In Your Car Extended Dance Mix Djloops (1985)

Approved by Cosmic royalty….and the man himself said you can have it for free too…What a gentleman!!

Lindstrom - Music (In My Mind)  Chewy Rubs 116 Dub

„Dank – Gesicht der Gnade“,

Dubble D & Rakim ‘Soul Squelch’ (greg wilson mash-up)

110 bpm

Previously limited vinyl only 2006

Having just done a blog post about Ralph Lawson’s Basic Vision, where he celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the seminal UK club night Back To Basics (see: www.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/11/back-to-back-to-basics), I thought it might be timely to share this mash-up, where I run Eric B & Rakim 1987 Hip Hop classic ‘I Know You Got Soul’ over Dubble D’s ‘Squelch’, a track that was on the album ‘Reachin’ Out’, issued via Ralph’s 2020Vision label in 2005.

I always associate this mash-up with my first appearance at Manchester’s Electric Chair in February ’05, because I put it together as my opening track specifically for that night – the juxtaposition of Mancunian, Dubble D (aka Danny Ward), a contemporary artist, with Eric B & Rakim, who evoked my 80’s Hip Hop connections with the city, struck the past / present balance I’m always eager to find. However, given Ralph Lawson’s association with Dubble D, there’s also a crucial Back To Basics connectivity.

So it was fitting that ‘Soul Squelch’ was eventually made available on a limited DJ 12”, the first issued on the 2020Vision affiliated Redux imprint, in 2006, alongside another 2020 related mash-up of mine, ‘Chocolate Factor’, this time combining Random Factor’s ‘Circuit Semantics’ (2004) with Chocolate Milk’s ‘Who’s Getting It Now’ (1982) – the release was topped off with an edit of Boogie Corporation’s ‘Dirty Rip’ (alias ‘Hardcore Boogie’). Apart from putting together the edits, I also came up with the label name, which was borrowed from the 2001 ‘Apocalypse Now Redux’, an extended version of the classic 1979 movie, one of my all-time favourites (interestingly ‘Apocalypse Now’ is also referenced by PBR Streetgang, also from Leeds, also part of the re- edits movement – it’s the codename for the boat that takes Willard up the river on his mission to assassinate Kurtz). 

Redux, which continues to thrive today under the stewardship of Andy Whittaker and Tristan da Cunha,  had it on their blog as a free download back in May, and Dubble D also made it available via his SoundCloud (see: http://reduxrecords.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/dubble-d-rakim-soul-squelch-greg-wilsons-mashup-free-download), but it’s completed its download quota now.

You can hear it kicking off the Electric Chair mix here (exclusive content – you must be signed in to access):
http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/electric-chair-manchester-26 

Greg Wilson – November 2011

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Dubble D & Rakim 'Soul Squelch' (greg wilson mash-up)

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Deadly Sins - Looking At You - 7 Inch

Available:
Traxsource
https://www.traxsource.com/track/4776185/coming-from-the-congo-original-mix
Junodownload
https://www.junodownload.com/products/nfc-key-on-the-afro-funk-trail/3573561-02/?track_number=1
Beatport
https://www.beatport.com/track/coming-from-the-congo-original-mix/9800274

NFC & Key Sokur - Coming From The Congo

Vance & Suzzanne - I Can't Get Along Without You
Year: 1980
Keep The Funk Alive !!

Vance & Suzzanne - I Can't Get Along Without You

Funk Groove Soul since 1981
The Music Is Universal Djloops
Funk Disco Soul Pop 80's 70's R&B
forever and ever
I like to rework the sounds but always trying to keep as much as possible the original sound

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