''We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.''

Dancing In The Key Of Life: Open Source Radio Shows

Ron Hardy Sets

weerd

Ron Hardy lives forever. 

Tracklist
Intro: marshall jefferson, dj pierre, derrick may talking about Ron Hardy
Klein & mbo - dirty talk
Benedek - lighten up
Yello - bostich
Claudja barry - bwds (cashminus edit)
Black Cock - frog scene
Trilogy - not love (instrumental)
Thompson & lenoir - cant stop the house (instrumental)
Mutant Beat Dance - the human factor (some technical issues :( )
Wendel Sield - Discharge (forthcoming on Obia Records)
Two of China - Los Ninos Del Parque (corrida mix)
Martin cirrus - disco circus (ron hardy edit)
Paul lewis - inner city blues
Blue magic - welcome to the club (edit)
Marcus mixx - without makeup (ron hardy mix)
Farley jackmaster funk - acid life
House of jezebel - love & happiness
Phuture - acid trax (backwards)
Black Ivory - mainline
Tata vega - just keep thinking about you baby
Bstc venus & mars (jamie 3:26 edit)
Willie bobo - always there (ron hardy edit)
Jeree palmer - late night surrender
Mark grusane - robotic energy (on Sound Metaphors)
Lost in ron (7” edit)
Vivien Vee - remember
Charisma - magnifique (instrumental)
Nightlife Unlimited - Peaches & prunes (cratebug edit)
Fingers inc - bring down the walls
IX lievz - life’s not the same (underground mix) / in memory of ron hardy

Dancing In The Key Of Life 4: Tribute to Ron Hardy

Krismika2 B2b Paco / 11-02-2022

Finally!

At long last, after quite a few requests, here's the follow-up to my 1st mix for House Dance Forever, which i did back in January 2018, over the years re-titled to "HOUSE MUSIC WILL NEVER DIE", from here-on shortened to HMWND.

This 2nd installment harbours 15 jammies; ranging from Garage to Techno to Afro House to Deeper Cuts to Gospel, as House Music embodies so many different styles and/or feelings, it would be a waste to stay in one pocket. 

Here's a good moment for a tiny disclaimer: this isn't your proper background house music, as I felt like incorporating a few tracks I tore up some dance floors with over the years (and myself too in the process), so at certain points the stuff goes. At least you're warned ;).

Lastly, but surely not least: this mix is dedicated to the memory of Phil Asher, who sadly left this planet in January 2021, and since The Great Reset was in full effect at the time, I never got around to do a proper tribute to the good man.  The two gems "Revolution = Solution" & the remix to Lisa Shaw's "Always" are done by him, the latter as a member of the Restless Soul collective. Phlash Forever!


Tracklist:

00.  Words From The Godfather (RIP)
01.  "Sweet Science" - Deetron
02.  "Calm Down" - Katy B. ft. Floating Points & Four Tet
03. "Abul-Abbas" - Pepe Bradock
04. "Kpanlogo (Mawimbi edit) - Ben Baddoo
05. "Destino" (Kaytronik mix) - Shimza
06. "Believe In A Brighter Day" (Rocco Rodamaal remix) - Kelli Sae
07. "Sensitive Souls" - Lord & Kaidi
08. "Revolution = Solution" - Phlash (RIP)/
       "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - Gil Scott-Heron (RIP)
09.  "True Force" - SE62
10.   "God's Got It" (DJ Spen remix) - Booman
11.  "Plumberphonic" - Kirilik
12.  "We Dance Again" (ft. Nakhané Touré) - Black Coffee
13.  "Medicine" - Culoe De Song
14.  "Watch Them Come!" (El Rey's Edit) - Men From The Nile ft. Peven Everett
15.  "Words From Rich"
16.  "Always" (Restless Soul Peaktime mix) - Lisa Shaw

HMWNDII: House Music Will Never Die - pt. II (HOUSE DANCE FOREVER 2022 Promo Mix)

Side A.

I just came across this tape of Ronnie doing his thang @ tha Box... Side B was blank... but I think I have it somewhere else. I'll post it if I find it.

Enjoy!!

Manny Cuevas
aka 
DJ M-TRAXXX
aka
Tha House & Techno Music Professor ")

Manny'z Tapez

Ron Hardy 'Live' @ The Muzic Box, Chicago December 21st, 1985' (Manny'z Tapez)

1.Loleatta Holloway: Catch Me on the Rebound (edit of Disco Madness remix)
2.Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Bad Luck (edit)
3.Loleatta Holloway: Hit and Run
4.Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge: Sensuous Women Goes Disco
5.Sheila E.: A Love Bizarre
6.Peter Brown: Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me
7.Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)/sound effects
8.Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 4
9.Liaisons Dangereuses: Avant Après Mars


SKYLAX

Ron Hardy Live at the Muzic Box (1985)

Hi and Welcome to Italo Moderni

Almost weekend and we are releasing a new inspiring mix by the Programmer at Operator radio, event producer, cultural researcher and dj; Krismika is heavily involved both on and off stage in Rotterdam's nightlife. Her sound is heavily influenced by the months she spent in Prague in 2021. She saw here that the sound of Prague's nightlife was a lot darker and gloomier than what she knew from Rotterdam. As a dj her sound yields a broad selection of tunes within the genres of Electro, New Beat, EBM, Wave and Italo. A dark combination destined to get (and keep) you dancing. 

https://on.soundcloud.com/hdqF5h2z17s1AWmj6

IM MIX 109:  Krismika

Intro - Alan Watts
Solar - To The Most Holy Place
Alabaster Deplume - Visit Croatia 
Calm - Utopia & Visions
Lord Echo - I Love Music
Conclave - Habla
Dego - Recovered Memories
Another Taste - Time Is On Our Side
McKoy - Lucky Fellow 
Los Hermanos Detroit - Far Beyond Sight (Full Mix)
Musclecars - Ha Ya (Eternal Life)
Lamaj - Brotherhood Of The Baby Powder
Chaos In The CBD - Sirena Deep
Earl’s BOOM - NEP1
Roy Davis Jr & Peven Everett - Don't You Dare Stop Loving (Glenn Underground's Narrative Soul Mix)
Doug Gomez  - Baby Powda
Ron Trent & Joe Claussell - Magic Carnaval
Roy Ayers - Holiday (Kenny Dope Remix)
Beatless - Life Mirrors (Opaque Mix)
Darryn Jones - I’m Lost 
Exo Fender - Music In My Mind (Justin Vandervolgen Edit)
Gap Band - Party Lights (12” Extended Mix)

Dancing in the Key of Life 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P742BJ0wYwQ

artwork by pete fowler http://instagram.com/p/x0Ga_wTR9w/

RON HARDY LIVE @ MUSIC BOX,CHICAGO.1986.HQ AUDIO. - P742BJ0wYwQ

The grand daddy of this thing, from back when the phrase train wrecking still related to trains.

Ron Hardy at the Music Box 1985 - Part 1

Dancing In The Key of Life 15

The wonderful wes joined me for this show. Tunes in the first part (b2b), interview in the second part. 
Thanks for listening everyone. @westhedj

Bass Toast - Each One Teach One
Alton Miller - All The Little Things
Andre Harris - I Can't Take It (Andre's Original) 
Patrick Gibin - No Matter What
Life Recorder - Soul Strength
Resonating - J707
B Beat Girls - For The Same Man ( Dub)
Raymond Owen - DNAP
Noporn - Xingu (Las Bibas From Vizcaya Remix)
Mark Grusane - Take Me 
Reggie The Movemaker - Get Your Money Man 
Takyua Matsumoto - 1989
Richard Rogers - Spread a Little Love
Joe Claussell - Street Celebration  (Edit)
Phran - Faylan
Antonio Ocasio - Whisper Loudly (ft Boyd Jarvis)
Bokani Dyer - Ke Nako (feat. Sereetsi and the Natives) [Ki Fonque Refix]
Ramaya - Afromento 
Faze Action - Kariba
Bernardo Pinheiro - Virabrequim

Dancing in The Key Of Life 16 (with Wes)

Dancing In The Key Of Life 17 (with Stan Reijnen)

Dancing In The Key Of Life 18 (with Kim Josefine)

We mark the late house music pioneer's birthday with an unreleased mix.

RA.415 Ron Hardy

Kléo 33 @ Red Light Radio 02-17-2020

DJ / Label manager / Promotor / Radio Host 

for bookings & promos: guusvbentum@gmail.com 

<3 Label & events: Blauwdruk @blauwdruk024
<3 Shared Joy w/ Sander Emil @sanderemil
<3 Open Source Radio Resident since 2021
<3 Resident DJ at Paak 
<3 Sellin' Records at @marini_records

*2025 
x. Morning Mesh | Nijmegen 1-1-2025
x. Music Take Me Up w/ San Soda @ Kiosk Radio | Brussel (BE) 16-1-2025 
x. Back to Wax 4h vinyl only set (Gent) | 17-1-2025
x. Paak w/ Sam Don | Nijmegen 24-1-2025
x. Salon Des Amateurs w/ Teorema | Dusseldorf 25-1-2025
x. Multipla w/ Leroy Rey | Amsterdam 1-2-2025
x. Unkompress w/ Moe | Berlin 15-2-2025
x. Love Transmission w/ Ays & Kuriosa | Rotterdam 4-4-2025
x. Kingsday Outdoor | Rotterdam 26-4-2025
x. Paak b2b Moe | Nijmegen 10-5-2025
x. Maquillage Pride Special (b2b Kim Josefine), NAR | Utrecht 7-6-2025
x. Blauwdruk w/ Rob Manga, Mesh | 12-07-2025
x. Paak (All Night) | 15-8-2025
x. Hubert Reopening Party b2b Kim Josefine | 22-8-2025
x. Cue (Listening Session) | 19-9-2025
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*2024*
* Paak NYE w/ Marini & Lysah | Nijmegen 1-1-2024
* Skatecafe b2b Ajuma (all night) | Amsterdam 12-1-2024 
* Notturno @ DOKA w/ Wendel Sield & Simon Paw | Amsterdam 10-3-2024 
* Paak w/ Fleur du Bonheur | Nijmegen 30-3-2024
* Danskamer w/ DJ Tracksuit (Amsterdam) | 26-4-2024
* Paak (all night) | 15-6-2024
* Cosmic Echoes w/ Edo (Stockholm) | 28-6-2024
* Down The Rabbit Hole (Shared Joy) | 5-7-2024
* Blauwdruk x Drift op de Boot w/ Antal | 13-7-2024
* Shared Joy All Night @ NAR (Utrecht) | 13-7-2024
* Blauwdruk w/ Colleen Murphy, Mesh (Nijmegen) | 16-7-2024
* Park Kronenburg b2b Bonnefooi (Nijmegen) | 19-7-2024
* Morning Mesh (After Hours) - Techno set w/ Sander Emil | 20-7-2024
* Club Ekko (Utrecht) | 26-7-2024
* Danskamer b2b Mario Marini (Amsterdam) | 25-10-2024 
* Paak (all night) | 21-12-2024
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*2023* 
* Sissi's allnight w/ Mario Marini | 20-1-2023
* Paak allnight w Wes | 27-1-2023
* Bloemerbar Opening Weekend w/ Red D | 28-1-2023
* Arcade @ Azijnfabriek (All Night Shared Joy) | 10-2-2023
* Shared Joy all day (8hrs), Cafe Matinee @ Franco James | 25-2-2022
* Sub Rosa Amersfoort | Fluor 31-3-2023
* Paak b2b San Soda all night | 8-4-2023
* Push It Groningen | Vera 15-4-2023
* Discotuin Leiden | Wibar 6-5-2023
* Diskodip 10 years w/ Kamma & Masalo, Red D Doornroosje Nijmegen | 3-6-2023
* Shared Joy (All Night) | Mesh, Nijmegen 15-7-2023
* Paak (b2b Bonnefooi)  17-7-2023
* Paradise Festival w/ Ajuma 9-9-2023
* Down the Rabbit Hole x Kunstnacht Afterparty w/ Hellie & Lysah | Vasim 16-9-2023
* Blauwdruk 23-9-2023 w/ Kennedy | Mesh 
* Weerd w/ Kleo , Utrecht 7-10-2023 | Ekko 
* Herfstdrift (Shared Joy) | Nijmegen 25-11-2023 
* Anook @ NAR (Shared Joy) | Utrecht 22-12-2023

*2022*
Discotuin w/ San Soda, Wibar Leiden | 19-02-2022
PAAK w/ Loud E, Nijmegen | 26-2-2022
Tivoli w/ Sander Emil, Utrecht | 3-3-2022
Lovelee w/ Sekan, Amsterdam | 18-3-2022
Paradise Now, Dusseldorf | 8-4-2022
Blauwdruk w/ Mark Grusane | 13-5-2022
Raveplan w/ Mahabe & Bastienne, Amersfoort | 6-6-2022
Down the Rabbit Hole OSR w/ Sander Emil | 30-6-2022
Lovelee w/ Garnett , Amsterdam  | 15-7-2022
Drift op de Boot w/ CC:Disco & Sander Emil, Nijmegen | 17-7-2022
Park Kronenburg festival | 17-7-2022 
Bloemerbar w/ Red D | 17-7-2022
Paak w/ Kennedy | 20-7-2022
Via Electronica | 21-7-2022
Frequence, Paris | 7-10-2022
SID ADE, Sissi's Amsterdam | 22-10-2022
ADE Hangover festival | 23-10-2022
Paak (all night) | 4-11-2022
Herfstdrift b2b Wes | 25-11-2022
Listening session w San Soda | 27-11-2022
Blauwdruk w KC the Funkaholic | 9-12-2022
Brebl | 26-12-2022

Dancing In The Key Of Life 4: Tribute to Ron Hardy

Guus Christian