'A little rhythm for your spirit' 
Some of my favourite tracks from Soundcloud pulled together for a Beats & Pieces playlist.
Catch me every other Saturday from Midday til' 2pm (GMT) on www.soulpower-radio.com

Beats & Pieces

Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On (DJ Spen Edit)

kenney ford

Hot joints

Likes

Linda's mix

Mac Tommy Set 3

Soulful House Music !!

Ashford & Simpson

Version remix et extended de cette bombe de 1980.

Diana Ross - My old piano (Mastercue Remix)

So here it is... 

My debut remix for the mighty DJ Spen's Quantize Recordings! Was a real honour to remix this - big respect to Spen, Thommy & of course Tracy... you guys rock!

'Never Too Much (The Dance Remixes)' hits Traxsource exclusively on the 13th September, and across all other dance platforms on the 23rd September!

Buy Here

Tracy Hamlin - Never Too Much (Soulfuledge Remix)

Here's the Quantize Quintessential mix session from this past Tuesday!!! DIG!

Dj Spen's QUANTIZE QUINTESSENTIAL MIX SESSIONS_08202013

Only managed to get the start and end pretty constant, but maintained most of it at around 123 BPM (I theenk) ....it's really such a joy to watch people who know how to dance, dance to this =) 

Freeze - Southern Freeze (BP's 'Southern Sunday Comfort' Re-Edit)

I got the opportunity to officially remix this classic song to coincide with the release of a new Donny Hathaway box set. I was given the original multitrack master of the studio version (different from the live version)and it consisted of 8 different instrument and vocal tracks (as opposed to the more usual 24 tracks) 
When I take on a remix, my first goal is to make it work on a current dance floor. I like to stay very close to the originally recorded sound and In most case there's plenty to be reworked on the multitrack master to achieve this. 
This case proved a little different as there were few rhythm elements I could use to fit within current standards of club loudness levels. So I decided to take a slightly different approach, and add a new set of (acoustic) drums,  to bend the original Soul vibe a little towards Disco territory. 
This remix is exclusive to my soundcloud page and free to download as a 16bit WAV file 

#FreeDL - Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Dimitri From Paris Inna Disco)SC Exclusive

Larry Heard & Moodman Live At Dommune Tokyo. Recorded on Sunday, March 13, 2011. More info about the recording: http://bit.ly/ez3vSj


Larry Heard & Moodman Live At Dommune 13-03-2011

Spen Live at Balance/Mixtape Vo1.4

Lemelle - You Got Something Special (Leviticus Records 1982)

2011 FJ OSH Mash Up using:

Seawind - He Loves You [CTI Records - 1974]
Bossruu feat. Wandile - Ngawe (Atjazz Love Soul Beats) [Do It Now Recordings - 2011]



Seawind - He Loves You (Franzz Jazz OSH Beat Edit) [2011]

Miguel Migs featuring Bebel Gilberto - OUTSIDE THE SKY LINE 2011 Release

Zuzu

Shuya Okino Give Your Love a Chance

From Deborah Bond's latest release "Madam Palindrome" 
Produced by "Funky Chuck" Evans 
www.deborahbond.com

5:35

This never got released.  It rocks the clubs at home and it just had more politics than demand.

Over Again Comp Mix- Thommy Davis and Spen

 Forthcoming on Purple Music. Alfred Azzetto ft Rasul - More of you (Soulmagic Classic Remix)

Alfred Azzetto ft. RaSul - More of You (Soulmagic Classic Remix)

AND002 – limited vinyl on A&R Edits

Released: Monday 27th May, 2013

Side AA: Music Up (Reworked by Derek Kaye)

Selected by GW

Derek Kaye married his schoolboy passions of music and electronics in 1973 when he constructed his first disco sound system, aged just 13. Prior to this, with DJ equipment something of a rarity in those days, he created a custom setup that bypassed the need for a mixer by rewiring his turntables in such a way that he could flip the sound from one deck to another, and installed a switch that would dip the music so a microphone from a portable cassette player could be used to announce the song on rotation. His work soon grew in sophistication and a new console was built, with his schoolmate, Greg Wilson, buying Derek’s old rig, thus beginning his own well-documented DJ career.

Over the past 40 years, Derek has continued to DJ in and around the North West, both in residencies and guest spots, and his passion for music and electronics are still just as strong. His enviable studio has gone through the transitions of working with notator (the forerunner to logic) on the studio essential Atari 1040 ste with a collection of keyboards and Akai samplers, to just about “working out of the box” as is the case with a lot of studios now.

Today, a lifetime of experience is being teased out of the connoisseur by lifelong friend and A&R curator Greg Wilson, beginning with the double header of 'Nobody' and 'Music Up': both reworks have caused dance floor rapture for Greg over recent months and, as festival season fast approaches, they are now being shared amongst the wider DJ community for the very first time (Derek and Greg have also recently joined forces to remix Bryan Ferry’s ‘Don’t Stop The Dance’).

'Music Up' is an overhaul of the 1979 Vanguard 12” by the Players Association, Kaye's version injecting further verve into the original with a new bassline, percussion, strings and arrangement. Personally requested by NYC stalwart Danny Krivit when Greg Wilson dropped it during his recent gig at The Date in London, 'Music Up' is a surefire festival favourite, for house and disco heads alike, that’s set to fly this summer.

Players Association - Turn The Music Up  -  Derek Kaye Rework

Light Of The World - London Town

Holleywood Ft Keni Burke - Rising To The Top *BPMG Remix*
Rest In Peace Chauncey "Holleywood" Holley

Holleywood Ft Keni Burke - Rising To The Top *BPMG Remix*

If daisy's could sing then after 18 years Camelle's little number still sounds as fresh as.

Usual stuff.....new intro, stretched it out and given it a fairly gentle re-vibe.

Hope you like.

If you do take it as you please and take a download then a comment or a fav' is very much appreciated :))

Cheers.

Sausalito Calling - (Blazing Encore's Take It As You Please Re-Groove) - Camelle Hinds

Vince Montana Jr left us on April 13, he was 85 years. 

He spent most of them writing, playing and arranging beautiful music. You can hear playing vibraphone (or vibes for short) on pretty much EVERY recording that came out of Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studio from the late 60s to the mid 80's.

He was playing the vibes with MFSB, composers Gamble & Huff's studio supergroup, the core of what is known as the Philly Sound. He conducted the same musicians as his own Salsoul Orchestra giving them many classic Disco songs, amongst them the infamous Runaway with Loleatta Holloway on vocals on which you can clearly hear Vince's trademark vibes licks. 

In the 90's newer school House producers got him back in the studio and he arranged strings for Mousse T, DJ Meme and most notably for MAW collaborating on the Braxton's cover of the Boss and remaking his own classic Runaway.  

When I first heard "The Way U Love Me" I immediately asked to remix it and a budget to be able to get Vince to score the strings and vibes in Philadelphia. I was certain the song could be turned into a Philly Sound classic. Despite suffering with major illness at the time Vince enthusiastically accepted and made my dream come true.

The T.S.O.P. version of "The Way U Love Me" is the remix I'm the most proud of. It features a cast of more than 30 people, each one of them putting a part of their soul in the recording.
The mix you can hear on this page is an unreleased instrumental edit where the forefront is taken by the string orchestra and vibraphone solos.

As India was saying in the NuYorican Soul remake of Runaway:
"Vince, play them vibes for us just one more time"

Full credits below: 

Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz Feat. Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (Dim’s T.S.O.P. Version) Unreleased Dubstrumental
Written by Gary Ahrens, Marc Evans, Gary Hudgins, Irvin Madden, Sean Spencer & Dimitri Yerasimos
Original Produced by DJ Spen & The MuthaFunkaz

Lead Vocals by Marc Evans
Background Vocals by Marc Evans, Jada Davis & KT Spencer

Original Keyboards by Gary Hudgins
Original Bass by Irvin Madden
Original Programming by Ron Hall & DJ Spen
Originally Mastered By Gary Deane @ Code Red Recording Studios Baltimore MD
Executive Producers: DJ Leo & Neil Pierce

T.S.O.P. Remix Exclusively Produced & Arranged by Dimitri from Paris for La French House of Entertainment
New Rhythm Section by Los Amigos Invisibles
New Drums by Juan Manuel Roura
New Bass by Jose Rafael Torres
New Keyboards by Armando Figueredo
New Guitar by Jose Luis Pardo
Congas by Mauricio Arcas
New Strings Arranged & Conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr.
New Violins by Igor Szwec, Diane Barnett, Gloria Justen, Louigi Mazzoechi, Olga Konopelsky & Elizabeth Kaderaback
New Violas by Davis Barnett & Nina Cottman
New Cello by Anthony Pirollo
New Vibraharp by Vincent Montana, Jr.
New Rhythm Section recorded at Tu Casa New York City & Casa del rhythmo, Brooklyn
New Strings recorded at The Studio, Philadelphia
New PA engineered by Jeff Chestek
New Vibraharp recorded at Philly Sound Works
Vibraphone recorded by Louis Benedetti

New Mix by Dimitri from Paris
Additional engineering by Julien Jabre at La French House Studio, Paris

Published by Defected Music Ltd & Blonde Music
P 2006 Defected Records
C 2008 Defected Records


Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz Ft. Marc Evans-The Way You Love Me (Dim’s T.S.O.P. Version) Dubstrumental

A freshened up and extended re-work of Robbie Danzie's 1998 feel good track.

I could only get my hands on a 128k version of the original track so the quality isn't too brill I'm afraid .....Ok...that's just a pants excuse for my crap mastering!

....but thanks to all the guys who took time out to hunt around for a better copy for me.

As per, a fav' or comment would be very much appreciated if you take a download.

Thanks :) 

Summer - (Blazing Encore's Pool Party Re-Groove) - Robbie Danzie

Wav-file available here:  https://editsfromthevaults.bandcamp.com/album/edits-from-the-vaults-vol-10

Bandcamp

What Does It Take - Isaac Hayes (Jam Master SloMo Soul re-edit)

Peven Everett - I Just Wanna Make You Happy

Hey everyone and welcome to my SoundCloud page.

I will be posting mixes, my releases, and some good stuff from my label Quantize Recordings.  
Stay tuned!

#fortheloveofhouse

Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On (DJ Spen Edit)

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