Ho il disco ed e' bellissimo anche oggi dopo tanto tempo questa e' la vera disco

Lets get it

Adam Warped of Whiskey Pickle opens up his archive of unreleased odds and ends and pulls out a few gems that have been hanging out exclusively on his hard drive for far too long.

Mastering - Dietrich @ Complete Mastering
Design - Ken Liu
A&R - Adam Warped

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Mister T. - "Nova Style" (Warped & Gear Remix)

Whisper it quietly, but Andrew Meecham’s ninth album as The Emperor Machine, Island Boogie, may well be the long-serving producer’s strongest set to date. Of course, all his albums ripple with vintage synth sounds, colourful lead lines, dub-flecked electronic disco and lashings of cosmic intent, but this one just feels a little more special.

Island Boogie is certainly special. Meecham’s “most personal” full-length to date was inspired by his experiences at the Rotation Garden Party – a beloved micro-festival promoted by a group of friends (including sometime Bizarre Inc and Chicken Lips partner Dean Meredith), renowned for the quality of its custom-built Klipschorn soundsystem. “The album’s title sums up the vibe that you get from Rotation,” he explains. “It may be held in a landlocked venue but it gives a wonderful sense of isolation – it is an audiophile paradise.”

Meecham road-tested rough versions of the album’s eight tracks at Rotation 2023, with the feedback and dancefloor reaction guiding the sound and arrangement of the final mixes. Fittingly, Meecham will return to the event to showcase the album at Rotation 2024 this July. Given the inspiration he’s drawn from previous editions of the festival, that will be a very special occasion.

Musically, Island Boogie offers the most fully functioning and expertly constructed expression of The Emperor Machine sound yet, a style Meecham describes as “electronic cosmic disco-boogie”. It’s a sound that takes cues from early ‘80s NYC punk-funk and dub disco, vintage electro, proto-house and left-of-centre synth-boogie, but one that’s instantly recognisable to those who have followed Meecham’s career over the last three decades.

Island Boogie also sees Meecham continue his blossoming working relationship with Séverine Mouletin, whose stylish and distinctive vocals previously graced his popular ‘Dance Par Amour’ and ‘Your Own Style’ singles. Here Mouletin features on four tracks: the acid-flecked retro-futurist wave-boogie of ‘La Cassette’ (featuring additional percussion by Rupert Brown); the infectious, bleep-sporting headiness of recent single ‘Dévoilez-Vous’; and the squelchy analogue synth-funk of ‘Wanna Pop With You’ and ‘Vas-y-Le Chat’.

Meecham also finds space for a cover of Fox’s 1976 pop-rock classic ‘S-s-s-single Bed’, one of the Stafford-based artist’s all-time favourites. His version, featuring lead vocals by Michelle Bee and guitar from Dave Atherton, re-imagines the track as a subtly Chic-influenced slab of infectious electro-pop rich in kaleidoscopic synth sounds, sing-along choruses and shuffling drums.

The instrumental foundations of the classic Emperor Machine sound come to the fore on the album’s three other cuts. There’s the jazz-funk-flecked warmth of the LP-opening title track; the sparse squelches, bleeps, TB-303 style bass and brightly coloured electronics of ‘Walk The Dog’; and the exotic, slow-motion cosmic electronica of ‘Cha Murrah Etem’, a warm but poignant affair dedicated to his late father. Heady and intoxicating, with hints of Balearica and digital reggae, it offers a fittingly beautiful and tactile conclusion to Meecham’s most expressive and accessible album yet.

Island Boogie

LENG SHOP

Emperor Machine - Cha Murrah Etem

b1 - Believe

Electric Haze is about finding your fire and stepping into the light. These songs capture the rush before the show, the doubt in the quiet moments, and the lift when the beat drops and everything finally makes sense. 

Midnight Dynamo

Le Fil Conducteur Jazzy -Siddharth Dashsharma

Verse]

It goes one for the money

Two for the show

Got the funk in the trunk

With nowhere to go (Oo-yeah!)

When I'm feelin' the beat

And I'm feelin' the flow

Got the funk in the trunk

With nowhere to go (Ah-ah)

 

[Pre-Chorus]

Ah

Shit (Ah, shit)

Turn it up

Y'all

 

[Chorus]

One for the money

Two for the show

Got the funk in the trunk

With nowhere to go (Funk in the trunk)

When I'm feelin' the beat

And I'm feelin' the flow

Got the funk in the trunk

With nowhere to go (Ah-ah)

 

[Bridge]

Funk in the trunk (Oo-yeah!)

Funk in the trunk

Funk in the trunk

Funk in the trunk

Funk in the trunk

Produced by the Shed Studios Wycombe
©2025 The Shed Studios Wycombe All Rights Reserved

Funk in the trunk

House Party (Com'art Edit)- Fred Wesley

Hold on to Your Dream (Bonus Track Version)

I Can't Turn Around (House Mix)

Do it Again

Chez Damier - Close (Original Mix)

Produced by Angelo Ferreri & Moon Rocket

Keyboards, drums programming and all instruments by Angelo Ferreri & Moon Rocket

Lead vocal by LauMii

Written by Angelo Ferreri, Raffaele Scoccia and Byrd Lauren Michele

Published by Mood Funk Records/Moon Rocket Music

(p)&(C) 2019 Mood Funk Records

Upside Down Clouds

Beatport

DISCO TOWN feat. LauMii - UPSIDE DOWN CLOUDS (Club Mix) // MFR195

Mo’ house, mo’ grooves, mo’ good vibrations… Having previously united us all with his debut Robsoul at the start of 2019 ‘Bring Together’, selector don and Ibiza legend Mo’Funk returns with four more sweet soul twisters.
His most varied and cosmic collection to date, we kick off with ‘Feel That Way Again’, a track that keeps on paying with different additional musical layers and star-gazing twists right until the eight minute finale. It’s backed by three equally charming space oddities: ‘All Night Long’ is a total G-unit with just the right amount of Troutman-style talkbox sleaziness from long time collaborator, talk box genius Sergio Selim, while both ‘So Good’ and ‘Keep Playin’’ see him team up with moustachioed groove whisperer Sondrio for the grand adieu… The former bumps like a classic Om joint, all west coast and breezy. The latter thumps with double kick/bass pumps and a funk guitar line wrapped tighter than marine’s bungee.
Four mo’ cuts from a man who’s having the best year of his life right here. Expect plenty mo’ heat in the future.

Do it Again

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