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Disco Bizzo 4

Avoiding the major hits and taking the road less traveled, this playlist is a small selection of dub mixes and more obscure versions taken from a body of work that spans over 40 years spent in the studio. It may sometimes include alternate or 'Easter Egg' unreleased versions. More will be added as time goes by, so keep checking or subscribe to this playlist.

This playlist is for listening purposes only, no downloads will be made available unless explicitly stated. Enjoy!

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François K - Selected Works

Bohannon

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Arranged By – Boris Gardner
Mixed By – Joe Richards, Rick Capreol
Producer – Joe Richards

Loi - Body Contact [MadDisco Edit]

Forthcoming on Los Angeles' Pleasure Of Love / Pleasure Of Edits 002.
https://www.discogs.com/label/1421586-Pleasure-Of-Love

Liquid (PR's edit)

Hallelujah Anyway.

The Secret Life of Us - Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band (Director's Cut Signature Mix)

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Providing a taste of what’s to come from the upcoming album Glitterbox – Love Is The Message, this sampler serves up the very best dancefloor-filling beats, balancing classic with contemporary across five glittering tracks. 

Up first is a sublime remix of Soul Rebels ‘I’ll Be Good’. Soul Rebels covered the Rene & Angela electro-funk classic back in 2005, and this brand new remix is the first of two EP exclusives from the current king of disco re-edits, Dr Packer. Already a familiar name on the Glitterbox Recordings imprint, Dr Packer specialises in creating glorious upbeat re-works of much-loved favourites. Next up is his brand new remix of King Unique’s anthem ‘Love Is What You Need (Look Ahead)’. Another instant classic, it employs a warm, relaxed beat to give that unforgettable vocal more of a disco vibe.

The third exclusive on the EP, Luke Solomon & Terry Grant’s ‘Disco Revision’ of the seminal ‘Wonky Bassline Disco Banger’ reimagines the charmingly bonkers track, smoothing over some of the wonkiest bits but maintaining the disco fever by amping up the shuddering strings. 

Holding down the “classic” end of proceedings is Kings Of Tomorrow with ‘Tear It Up’, featuring the heavenly voice of Julie McKnight. Glitterbox is all about those euphoric ‘hands-the-air’ moments, which this track has endlessly. Rounding off this outstanding EP with an irresistible groove, Mike Dunn’s re-work of Gershon Jackson’s ‘Love Desire’ is a certified dancefloor pleaser. If you can’t get enough, there’s plenty more where that came from on Love Is The Message.

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Red Rack'em 'Wonky Bassline Disco Banger' (Luke Solomon & Terry Grant Live Disco Revision)

Originally released as a limited Disco 12" on Philadelphia International in 1978; this is a another tease and stretch number which extends the groove into a 7 minutes disco jam. Haven't messed with it too much, just beefed up the rhythm track and extended the groove.

Teddy Pendergrass - Get Down, Get Funky (Leftside Wobble Edit)-320K

This is my private Edit of "Come Back Lover". If you like and wanna have this - drop me a line!

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Come Back Lover (Motte Remix)

One of the oldest edits from my collection now available for everyone!

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Don Ray - Standing in the rain (The Noodleman edit) 320

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Summer 2018 and it’s time for another essential Ibiza inspired selection from Joey Negro which features this exclusive new remix of Harvey Mason - Groovin' You.

Other exclusives include a Doug Willis edit of Carlos Ramanos, a new Horse Meat Disco dub of 'Dancing Into The Stars' and a new edit of Sweet Touch feat. Jocelyn Brown 'Live It Up' . 

Plus more tracks that are being released digitally for the first time.

The album features tracks from Joey Negro, D.C. LaRue, Al McKay, Horse Meat Disco, Doug Willis, Mistura, Prospect Park, Sweet Touch, The Sunburst Band, Detroit Rising, Cookie, Andy Daniell and more...

D.C. LaRue – Cathedrals (Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix)
Carlos Ramanos - 1 2 1 (Doug Willis Raw Edit)
Prospect Park - Till You Surrender (DJ Fudge Disco Mix)
Harvey Mason - Groovin' You (JN Masons Revenge Mix)_NEW
Mistura feat. Bridgett Grace - Love To The Limit (Shur-i-kan Club Mix)
Andy Daniell - In The Groove (Vocal Mix)
Doug Willis - Risky Biznizz (Joey Negro Bionic House Mix)
Sweet Touch feat. Jocelyn Brown - Live It Up (DJ Friendly Edit)
Detroit Rising - Little Bit (Sean McCabe Remix)
Joey Negro - Latican Boogie (Crackazat Remix)
Al McKay Allstars - Heed The Message (Joey Negro Extended Mix)
Joey Negro - Love Hangover (Micky More & Andy Tee Classic Disco Blend)
Julian Sanza & Andre Espeut - Perfect System (Opolopo Remix)
Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford Project - Jazz Room
Secret Sounds - Saturday Night
Joey Negro & Horse Meat Disco - Dancing Into The Stars (Horse Meat Disco Dub Wise Vocal Mix)
Oscar Perry - Body Movements
The Sunburst Band - Sitting On Top of The World (DJ Meme Mix)
Cookie - Best Part of Me (Joey Negro Club Vox)
Joey Negro - Must Be The Music (The Original Disco Instrumental)
D.C. LaRue – Do You Want The Real Thing? (Ron Basejam’s Main Rub)
Doug Willis - Crystal Lover (Re-Tide & Moon Rocket Remix)
Michele Claire - In The Bush
Joey Negro - Why (Hot Toddy Club Mix)

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Harvey Mason - Groovin' You (JN Masons Revenge Mix)

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Supernature (Barry&Gibbs Edit)

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Cerrone - Supernature (Barry&Gibbs Edit) FREE DOWNLOAD

Revisiting this classic afro-disco track from Ghanaian musician Kiki Gyan, originally released in 1979.
"Dancin' and swingin' that's all the fun that we can have", cannot agree more:)

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Kiki Gyan - Keep On Dancing (V4YS Edit)

Mixed at The Hit Factory NYC in 1983
Assistant: Eric Calvi
This song was one of four remixes I was asked to do for Columbia. Two of them came out on this 12" release "Treat The Youth Right" and "Roots Radical", while  the rest were never officially released. ("Peace Officer" and "Keep On Dancing")

Jimmy Cliff - Treat The Youth Right (François K Mix)

Remix by François K and Mark Fotiadis at Sigma Sound NY
Engineered by Michael Hutchinson

This version has a never-heard-before tag that goes on almost two minutes longer than what was released on the promo 12" as it was faded out much earlier. Special stuff...

Ric Ocasek - Connect Up To Me (Unreleased Long Version)

This is the dub we did for "Lucky In Love", this project involved recording new background vocals, a horn section, sax solo as well as percussion and various bits of lead vocals.

As you can see from the personnel listed, this definitely was a monster all-star production, with no expenses spared. The original tracks were amazingly well-recorded, and this mix still measures up against anything made today.

Mix and additional productions by François K and Ron St Germain at Right Track NY (Studio A) in 1985
Engineered by Ron St Germain
Assisted by Tim Crich
Sax solo: David Sanborn
Drums: Sly Dunbar
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Keyboards: Wally Badarou
Guitar: Jeff Beck 
Horns: Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, John Faddis (I think)
Percussion: Don Alias
Vocal arrangement: Fonzi Thornton & Mick Jagger
Originally produced by Bill Laswell and Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger - Lucky In Love (Dub Mix)

Great mid-80's production with edgy dubbed-out space clavinet groove commissioned by Streetwise Records.
Did this remix at Sigma NY (Studio 8) in 1984. Probably engineered by either Jim 'Doc' Dougherty or Jay Mark.

Don't Take Your Love Away

Pushé - Don't Take Your Love Away (Dub)

A very balearic remix I did for International Feel head honcho Mark Barrott while at Dolby Studios SF in 1997. Engineered by Luke Argilla.

This is the stereo fold-down 2-channel version of a mix Luke and I did in Dolby ATMOS™ surround for their custom 22-channel DJ systems.

Mark Barrott - Cascades (François K Mix)

The dub mix of Emilie Nana's lovely track "I Rise" which I did in 2018
Engineered by S. Vaughan Merrick, keyboards and programming by Alan Friedman and Eric Kupper.

Emilie Nana - I Rise (François K Dub)

This song heralded the start of a long string of hits for this stellar creative team as singer and lyricist James Williams started a very fruitful and inspired collaboration with producer and keyboard wizard Hubert Eaves III. 

"You're The One For Me" was one of those genre-defining records which literally altered the face of popular music both in the clubs as well as with radio. Their very futuristic but soulful brand of funk quickly set off in motion a flurry of stylistic imitators and this 'D Train sound' became the standard for many clubs of that time. This 'electronic funk' has widely been acknowledged as one of the foundational styles that went on to inspire House music a few years later.

As junior A&R for Prelude Records, it was my decision to include this particular dub mix into the album as I felt it deserved to be exposed and listened to rather than simply being relegated to some B-side of a single as most of these were during those years. 

This short but very dynamic remix of the song will always be special to me because it marks one of my first successful forays into expressing a heavy dub aesthetic behind the console, something which has slowly become my trademark when doing remixes, and it remains the version I am most likely to feature in one of my DJ sets today.

Mixed by François K and Hubert Eaves III in 1981
Mix engineer: John 'Tokes' Potoker  

Session was done at Sigma Sound NY [Studio 8] on their modified MCI 48-channel console fitted with custom automated Allison computer system. The original 2" multitrack tape was originally recorded on a 16-track machine, but it was copied to a fresh 24-track reel at the start of the session. This allowed Hubert Eaves III to lay a new Prophet V synthesizer bass line and then double it for added thickness, plus making space for the two data tracks needed on the tape in order for the mix automation system to run.

You're The One For Me + bonus tracks

D Train - You're The One For Me (Reprise)

This is the dub of my remix of this classic track by Hamilton Bohannon.

Mixed at Right Track NY on their brand new new SSL console in Studio B around January 1983, I believe this may have been one of the first three of four sessions done on it when no one even knew what this console was capable of. 

I don't remember having an engineer, just a lot of help from head tech Bob Schwall as well as whoever was the assistant engineer, and it was difficult session but quite fun and we made it through.

Additional Keyboards: Hubert Eaves III, Lenny Underwood

Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance III (Dub)

This mix has a whole new intro which was never submitted to the label, nice alternate version for my deeper sets.

Remix and additional production by François K and Eric Kupper at Hysteria Studios (1997).
Keyboards and Programming by Eric Kupper.

Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance III (Dub)

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