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MISS YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH @eamonharkin and @Justincarter - Carmine fills me in on how amazing you both are doing @nowadaysnyc. Keep up the good work! Love to have you come to Park City to spin sometime - new venue here. Goldfish here in a few .🥰

This mix is all music from 1984. It is a special live vinyl mix that I recorded on July 19, 2011 as a promotion for the A.D. (After Disco) series of parties here in Chicago.  The mix has been hosted for a few years on the Loves Podcast and I decided to upload it here to my Soundcloud for the first time.  Here’s a few words I wrote to go with the mix:  

1984 is an amazing year in music. At the time, "house" was still a colloquialism for the music played by Frankie Knuckles at the Warehouse. House was not yet a music form in its own right. "Fresh," on Vince Vince Lawrence’s fledgling label Precision, is the only house-qua-house track on the mix. The other tunes are properly considered proto-house -- the music which formed the milieu of dance music which we now describe (rather clumsily) as:

*Electro (e.g., Solo – “Girls, Girls” produced by John Robbie; JellyBean – “The Mexican”); 
*Garage (e.g., Circuit - "Release the Tension" a Timmy Regisford production; Colonel Abrams – “Music Is The Answer”); 
*Italo (e.g., Stop – “Wake Up”; Pancho Ballet – “Dancing Shoes”); 
*Synth and industrial dance (e.g., 52nd Street – “Can’t Afford” produced by New Order’s Stephen Morris; Palais Schaumburg – “The Beat Of Two” produced by Gareth Jones who also produced Depeche/Nitzer Ebb); and 
*Post-disco (e.g., Stephanie Mills – “Medicine Song”).

This music from 1984 is ‘proto’ in the sense that it was establishing the necessary elements of house – e.g., use of certain instruments (drum machines, synths, samplers) – but there are some stark differences.

Although much of the music in 1984 was released on small independents and remained quite underground, there were major successes for dance music at the time and investment in dance music by major labels. There was A&R structure at all record labels and radio play. "Trapped" (1985) by Colonel Abrams sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Earon’s “Land of Hunger” hit the top 40 on the soul singles chart. John “JellyBean” Benitez placed nine songs in the Top Ten of the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

The democratizing force that would be house music had not been fully realized. It was still expensive to make dance music. For example, most of the tracks on the mix feature vocalists, session players or a full band. Although the epic ensembles of the disco era had long passed in fashion and economic viability, dance records were still recorded in professional studios and engineered by individuals like Bob Blank and Herb Powers. The E-max Sampler hit the market in 1984, but the studio standard were samplers like the Fairlight and Synclavier (which had more than $100,000 price tags), each of which were prohibitively expensive for use by most musician/producers.

By 1984 the relatively inexpensive Roland gear was just finding its way into the hands of Chicago, Detroit and New York’s new roots musicians. A year before, Larry Sherman acquired Musical Product’s pressing plant, the only one in Chicago. Ron Hardy was playing "Penthouse and Pavement" by Heaven 17 and "DumDum" at the Music Box. Dance music was about to fall off the edge, for better and for worse.

1984 Track List:

1. Citispeak Featuring Jeanne Harris – I Don't Need Your Handouts (Inst.) – Partytime Records 
2. Pancho Ballet – Dancing Shoes (Instrumental) – Best Record 
3. Jellybean – The Mexican (Funhouse Mix) – EMI America 
4. Nuance Featuring Vikki Love - Take A Chance (Dubapella) - 4th & Broadway  
4. Samson & Delilah – I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away (Long Mix & Inst) – Saturn Records 
5. Hugh Masekela – Don't Go Lose It, Baby (Stretch Mix) – Jive Afrika 
6. Colonel Abrams – Music Is The Answer (Dub Version) – Streetwise 
7. The Earons – Land Of Hunger (Extended Version) – Island Records 
8. Wet – That's The Game (Instrumental) – Bellaphon 
9. Circuit – Release The Tension (Dub) – 4th & Broadway 
10. Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song (Dub Version) – Casablanca Records 
11. Anne Clark – Our Darkness (Remix) – Ink Records 
12. Solo – Girls, Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi) - Next Plateau Records Inc. 
13. 52nd Street – Can't Afford – Profile (on license from Factory) 
14. The Bridge – Love Dance (Industrial Mix) - Second Vision 
15. Stop – Wake Up – Damabi International 
16. Fresh – Dum Dum – Precision 
17. Palais Schaumburg – The Beat Of Two (Extended Version) – Mercury


1984 After Disco (A.D.)

@eamonharkin and Justin Carter recorded live from Nowadays on October 29th 2023.

In early 2009, Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter launched @mistersaturdaynight. The party formed the roots of what would eventually become the beloved nightspot @nowadaysnyc, a “by us, for us” club that’s become a community hub for NYC’s nightlifers. Following the release of a sprawling box-set to mark the party’s 15th anniversary, Harkin, Carter and a few of the compilation’s featured artists filled us in on what makes Mister Saturday Night so special.

Read the feature: https://djmag.com/features/mister-saturday-night-15-years-new-york-party-nowadays-eamon-harkin-justin-carter

Read the feature

Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter, live from Nowadays (October 2023)

** You can buy a cassette or digital download of the mix on our bandcamp**
https://erisdrew.bandcamp.com/album/raving-disco-breaks-vol-ii-rock-the-house

T4T LUV NRG is about to rock your stereo this spring with a sequel to the label’s first release “Raving Disco Breaks Vol. I” (2018). Eris Drew wanted to create a new sound for the second volume of her acclaimed mixtape series instead of simply retracing the pure disco vibes of the original. Setting her sights and intentions on creating a rock ‘n’ roll infected house mix, Eris worked on building crates for the last five years, finally reaching an inflection point—a moment of concrescence—when she was ready to put the needle on the records and let the beats flow. “Rock The House” was born, a concept for Volume II built from musical fragments, memories, and synchronicities. There are no classic Big Beat tunes on Volume II, instead Eris kicks out the jams for this mix with non-stop house and breaks cuts featuring plenty of rockin’ vocal vamps, as well as the likes of Janis Jopin, Joe Strummer, Ramones, and Led Zeppelin—all sampled, scratched and dropped along the way. Both sides of the mix include some of her most personally coveted recordings. To gather these records, Eris spent decades identifying tracks from older mix cassettes recorded by her DJ heroes, such as Terry Mullan and Mystic Bill, as well as discovering many of the featured tracks through happenstance and countless hours digging through dusty bins and YouTube rips. Each of the tracks on Volume II are at least 20 years old—some much older—but fresh is the word here, and the word is freeeesh!

Now, as the snow melts and the flowers of rave romance start to bloom, T4T wants to know one thing…Are U ready to rock right?

Eris Drew's Raving Disco Breaks Vol. II - Rock The House

Alex Kassian welcomed the first sunrise at Solar Village in 2023, and we can now listen back to his performance. He took Wonderers on a journey that started downtempo and slowly built his set out, marking a new direction for sunrise performances at our beloved venue.

Alex Kassian – Solar Village – Wonderfruit 2023

Live recording of the Sound Metaphors Boat Party at Love International 2024 with Palms Trax and Castro & Nemo.

Palms Trax b2b Sound Metaphors DJs at Love International Festival 2024

Shanti is a veteran and expert in four to the floor dance music - tune in once a month for a considered two-hour selection of the best house and techno around, transmitting direct from the NTS studio. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/shanticeleste/episodes/shanticeleste-30th-january-2025

Shanti Celeste w/ DJ Popup 300125

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-5th-february-2025

Moxie 050225

My contribution for Goodhood's Good Vibes mix series - Parts 1 & 2 combined, totalling 8 hours. The idea behind this mix is that it can be played when they open the store at 11:00am, and keep it running until close at 19:00. Enjoy x 

Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman (Rei's Ambient Version)
Remotif - Gondwana At Noon
The Knife - Heartbeats (Live)
Janet Jackson - Got 'Til It's Gone
Casisdead - Pat Earrings (Inst)
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (JRobertson Dub)
OutKast - Ms. Jackson (Inst)
MC Lyte - Poor Georgie (Inst)
The Pharcyde - Runnin' (Inst)
Public Enemy - He Got Game (Inst)
Ed O.G - Love Comes And Goes (Inst)
Ghostface Killah - All That I Got Is You (Inst)
Jenny Hval - High Alice
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Home Again (Croose edit)
My Army of Lovers - My Army Of Lovers (Concrete Mix)
Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix)
Mark Seven - Sermon
James Massiah - 144000
Project Sandro - Blazer
Prins Emanuel - Aquarius
Novelist - The End (riddim)
Andrew Ashong - Flowers
King of Culture - Insincerity
Perrier & Rigg - Hotline Hold-Music
Saint Etienne - Love Can Break Your Heart (A Weatherall)
KZA - Open Up Slow Version
Spacemen 3 - Big City 
HOLY FUCK - Lovely Allen (Minotaur Shock rmx)
Beirut - Scenic World (Pocketknife rmx)
Iron & Wine - Each Coming Night (Pocketknife rmx)
Pender Street Steppers - Our Time (Dub)
Annie - Heartbeat (Maurice Fulton rmx)
Seb Wildblood - Amelia ft. Mauv (Suzanne Kraft rmx)
Sorceror - Video Magic (Chris Coco rmx)
Toshiki Ohta x Jack Savidge - Everbody All Woman
Metro Area - Piña
Ruby - Anna (Tevo Howard Mix)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Prince Language)
Underworld - Born Slippy (Alma & Mater edit)
Chaos in the CBD - Observe
Tevo Howard - Boing Pop (K Kovács rmx)
Daphne - When You Love Someone (Club Mix)
Jim-E Stack - Deadstream
Girls on Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers
Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman (Chris Carter rmx)
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses (Krikor edit)
Nathan Micay - Industry (Italo Mix)
Traumprinz - 2Bad (DJ Metatron rmx)
Discovery Zone - Dance II (Gramrcy & Loveless Dub)
Discovery Zone - Dance II
Muriel Millon - Moi Je... (rmx)
Blood Orange - Augustine
Ideal - Schöne Frau (Losoul Inst Dub)
Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could
Robyn - Heartbeat (Joakim rmx)
Lusine - Cirrus
Black Science Orchestra - New Jersey Deep
Mary J Blige - Just Fine (Inst)
Kornel Kovaks - Pantalon
Metro Area - Caught Up
Jeremy Deller - Voodoo Ray (JD Twitch rmx)
Axel Boman - Die Die Die!!
Francis Bebey - Coffee Cola (Young Marco rmx)
Grace Jones - Feel Up (Danny Tenaglia Mix)
Mark E - R & B Drunkie
DJ Mehdi - Lucky Girl
Recloose - Dust
Good Fellas - Let the Music (Summer Mix)
WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane (DJ Koze dub)
Roy Of The Ravers - Emotinium
Hot Chip - Take It In (Osborne rmx)
Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall (2 Slow 2 Lounge Mix)
Tevo Howard - The Promise (Black Electro Mix)
Tornado Wallace - Today Feat. Sui Zhen (I:Cube Beats)
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Inst)
Mekon - Stay (Royksopp rmx)
AR Kane - Crack Up - Rhythm Mix
Duke - So In Love With You (C-Edits)
Metro Area - Miura
Lord of The Isles - Ultra Violet
Medicine 8 - Gimme Special Thrills
Anthony + Camp - What I Like (Jellybean Dub Mix)
Tabu Ley Rochereau - Hafi Deo
Kelly Polar - In Time
FaltyDL - River Girl
Todd Terrje - Snooze 4 Love (Dixon rmx)
Nathan Micay - First Casualty
Haim - Forever (Lindstrom + Prins Thomas rmx)
Evans Pyramid - Where Love Lives
Aksel Friberg - To Be There With You (Disco mix)
Kinder Atom - Eagle Sprouts
Spriitzz - Where R U (Live Mix)
Barrington Levy - The Vibes Is Right (Morwell rmx)
Daniel Avery - Trip
DJ Ayres - Got Me Gone (Inst)
Yu Su - Xiu
Fred und Luna - Tanzakademie
DJ Shadow - You Can't Go Home Again
Jessie Ware & Sampha - Valentine
Margari's Kid - Init 1
PFM - One and Only
Cocteau Twins - Watchlar
PAN-AL - It’s Rigged
Fred und Luna - Glück auf
Stealing Sheep - Apparition
The Knife - Heartbeats Original Mix
Madonna - I'll Remember (Guerilla Groove Mix)
Kelis & Andre 3000 - Millionaire
Fugazi - I'm So Tired (RUTHLSS Piano)

Goodhood Store | Good Vibes Mix 119 + 122 (Full 8 hour Mix)

“Kongni” mezcla el ritmo tribal y la energía del Afro House para encender la pista. Un track hipnótico y vibrante que te hará bailar sin parar.

Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter, live from Nowadays (October 2023)

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