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.)

Live from The Junkyard at Lost Village 2023.

www.lostvillage.com

Next Edition: 22—25 August 2024

Live from Lost Village - Danilo Plessow [MCDE]

if you prefer the video version is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9NH84vb5As

Paula Tape The Lot NYC (recorded FEB2024)

Gerd Janson x Prins Thomas - Live At Dekmantel Festival 2014 (Selectors Stage)

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

A wildly exuberant moment in the oddest of timelines. One of my first gigs after a year of global Covid lockdowns. We needed this. A step back into the light. Thanks for the energy!

To re-live a dream is to live forever.

Much Love to all the dreamers out there - let's keep this thing alive!
Hunee

Ps. Thanks to all my friends sending me the most beautiful music - u know who u are! ❤️

Hunee - Live at Dekmantel Selectors 2021 - Beach Stage Closing

Agra ft. Deepak  - Gandhi’s Prayer (Dub)
Filippini - Listen To Your Heart (Instrumental)	
Chandra Simmons - We Can Dance (Manhattan Club)	
Maldwyn Pope - Altered State
Jean Jacques Gaston - Nadia
Annick Et Jean-Claude - Remember (Tracksuit Edit)
Vincent Fortuné - Bouc Emissaire (Tracksuit Edit)	
Articulat - Badaouiah
Ko Saba - Douga (Praktika Remix)	
Daniele Baldelli - Gandharva (Original Mix)	
The Soundstealers - Steal It An' Deal It (Sahara Dub Mix)
Elkie Brookes - Rising Cost Of Love (Prins Thomas Mix)
Herb Alpert - Red Hot
Bahia - Meu Amigo (Instrumental)	
Argentina - Let’s Play Sexy Games (Instrumental)
Double Face - Tengo La Sangre Caliente (Base Version)
Hugo Moolenaar - Big Man Cry
Caribbean Sextet - Caribbean Sextet_Gomez Edit
Optimo - Optimo (Mike Wilson Edits)
4X4 - Miss Doctor (Original Mix)
Shohjo-Tai & Red Bus St Project - Electric City
Aashid Himons - Gods & I (extended remaster)
Sha' D Underground Trax - Scalpel Track 01
Stevie B - In My Eyes (Radio Edit)
Larry Tee - What Am I Gonna Do? (MLiR Extended Edit)	
Combi - I’m Feeling Excite
Bastedos - Sit On Dub
Eiswolf - Der Hexer
Manouch-Ka - Diabolo (Instrumental)
Hi-Tension - Objects (Slam Jam Edit)
3 Winans Brothers & The Clark Sisters - Dance (Louie Vega Latin Soul Version)		
Lars Bartkuhn - Transcend	
Isolee - Mad Marauder	
Instant House - Awade (Vocal Part Three)
Mount Liberation Unlimited - Lord Of The Floor
Latin Force - Leyla (Deep Underground Dub)
Jonny Rock - Same As It Ever Was - Mashup One Acid a Life Time			
Isolee - Pisco
Theo Parrish & Carl Craig - Falling Up (Carl Craig 2013 Remaster)		
Pris - Vanity
Jump Source - Empathy Dub 1
Frequency - Panic Mode (1993 Version)
Frequency - Panic Mode (2020 Version)
Santiago Salazar - Arcade (SG Remix)

Hunee - Live at Dekmantel Selectors 2021 (Beach Stage Closing)

Previously broadcasted on NRK P13, Frantzvaag's show:
https://radio.nrk.no/serie/frantzvaag/MUHR27101625
Recorded in Amsterdam at https://www.instagram.com/radioradio.fm/
Here's the full 3 hour recording from the night.

Tracklist for the first two hours:
Alex Neri & Paolo Mosca - Istinto
B From E - Amnesia
Younger Than Me - BaRave
The Good Strawberries - Eyes On A Summer Day (Gat Decor Mix 1)
Swoose - Bloom
Greed featuring Lesley - Strange World (Blackwatch King Monkey Dub)
Guy Gerber - Timing
Michael Mayer - Urian
Massimiliano Pagliara - Reset feat. Fort Romeau & Coloray
Polo & Pan x Red Axes - Mumia
Mano Le Tough - Infinite Scroll
Spencer FM - Alpenglow
Mariah Carey - Dreamlover (Def Club Mix)
The Deep - Silver Surfer (Afro Mix)
Gat Decor - Passion (Naked Mix)
Zombies in Miami & Lauer - Clamato
Phunkadelica - Jusqu’ici Tout Va Bien
Serge Gainsbourg - Mon legionnaire (Panthera Edit)
Agar Agar - Cuidado, Peligro, Eclipse

Skatebård at Radio Radio Amsterdam, broadcasted at Frantzvaag radio show

🎧 [Melodic Progressive Trance / Emotional Techno]
Out now on SoundCloud & YouTube

This one’s been years in the making — literally. I started Breakthroughs over 3 years ago and just couldn’t give up on it. Something in me knew it had to be finished, but the mix and arrangement were never quite there… until now.

I’m proud to say this is the final version. It feels complete. It feels right.
And I hope it connects with you in your own way.

The title Breakthroughs comes from a very personal place — a chapter of my life where I took some big steps, faced heavy challenges, but came out on the other side with a new perspective. These moments cracked something open in me, and I wanted to reflect that in the music.

You’ll also hear some spoken word samples — real stories of people who died and came back, sharing messages from “the other side.” Those accounts stuck with me, and I felt compelled to include them. Maybe something in it resonates with you too.

I’ve recently started finishing tracks much faster — some in 4 hours, others in a few days — and I’m excited to share those soon. They’re clubbier, dirtier, more underground… but for now, here’s Breakthroughs, exactly as it was meant to be.

P.S. The cover art is a photo I took with my phone during a moment of peace while DJing on a cruise ship. Felt fitting to pair it with this release.

Much love,
– AMNOR

#Breakthroughs #NewMusic #ProgressiveTrance #MelodicTechno #TranceFamily #EmotionalTechno #UndergroundVibes #SoundCloudRelease #YouTubeMusic #AMNOR

08/08/2025

Breakthroughs

"Random Forest is a journey through the lush soundscape of organic house, where the tones of ethnic instruments meet the pulse of the modern electronic beat. With tropical warmth, melodic textures, and uplifting spirits, each track leads into the random rhythm of the forest." - Masrit

Written and Produced by Roei Merom
Mastered at Ohxala Records Studios
[OR94]

Random Forest

Eagle Eye

Masrit - Eagle Eye (Original Mix)

dj-set @ panorama bar, berlin 2012-01-22 
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Blissful jams from Panorama Bar's newest resident.

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