A Collection of DJ friendly edits from around the world tweaked for maximum dancefloor usage (largely Antillean retro zouk)

JOSH FB (aka Discothèque Tropicale) EDITS

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Fever time with Aparecida!

Ready for your next local dance.

Dropbox: goo.gl/CsznxD

Aparecida - Consentimento (Good Block Edit)

Pleasure of Edits 09 from @universalcave

Press release - 
Philly's Universal Cave crew have been putting out top notch edits and mixes on their own imprint for nearly a decade, including the beloved Soft Rock for Hard Times series.
For the first time, Universal Cave teams up with another label, Pleasure of Love, for a release of reworks, delivering 4 stitched up dance floor heaters. Variety pack of choice cuts here - reggae proto house, lo-fi 80s digi funk, peak-time piano charged house de salsa, and driving atmospheric italo. All expertly re-rubbed, from the vaults of the Universal Cave.

Buy here- https://pleasureoflove.bandcamp.com/

Record stores carrying the release -
https://www.philadelphiamusic.net/
https://www.pbvinyl.com/products/universal-cave-pleasure-of-edits-9
https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/universal-cave-pleasure-of-edits-09-ep/
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/universal-cave-pleasure-of-edits-09/849068-01/
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/universal-cave-pleasure-of-edits-9-pleasure-of-love/176526
https://www.decks.de/track/universal_cave-pleasure_of_edits_09/cit-v0
https://oye-records.com/releases/universal-cave-pleasure-of-edits-09

Local LA shops that will have stock next week - 
Amoeba Hollywood
Rubycon Records
Paradise City Records

Early Supporters -
PBR Streetgang
COEO
Eli /Soul Clap
Corin Arnold
Paco Osuna
Carly Foxx
Ian Blevins
DC Salas
Franco Bianco
Martin Hayes
Justin Strauss
Severino/Horse Meat Disco
Skatebård
Baldo
Eugene Whang/Public Release
Olderic
Cottam
Nadia Ksaiba/NTS
Tom Noble (Superior Elevation)
Paula Tape (Rhythm Section)
CC: Disco! (Soothsayer, Melbourne)
Roger of Aloha Got Soul
Jacques Renault/Let's Play House
Jim Baron/Crazy P
Johannes Albert
MEAT/Robert Johnson
Pete Herbert/Reverso 68

Pleasure of Edits 09

Universal Cave - City Girl (edit)

I made an edit of the iconic track Keep On Movin' produced by Deodato which was covered by a South African group 🌝

Always available for free on my bandcamp
https://nofraje.bandcamp.com/track/deodato-keep-on-movin-nofraje-edit

Hope you'll enjoy it!

Mastering by Benoit D - Perception Mastering

Free Download

Deodato - Keep On Movin' (Nofraje Edit)

By legendary Guedeloupe zouk artist Edith Lefel from her 1988 record 'La Klé' - first of a series of edits me and the Discothèque Tropicale crew are working on, hope you enjoy it x

Edith Lefel - Etiw Doudou (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Taken from the iconic Hibiscus Records' 1990 release of zouk/reggae fusion band 'Shango'. The Bamboo Beat album is a straight up killer record with 'Irie' being one of my all-time favourite tracks ever put out.

I changed the intro, cut out some parts and rearranged bits to make the breakdown you can hear at 0:31 for example. Hope you enjoy the edit, more to come... :)

Shoutout to my good pal and fellow zouk digging nerd Bedoui for turning me onto the record. It's sadly very rare, I'd love to be able to reissue it on my label 'Discotheque Tropicale' one day so more people could listen to this wonderful work of music x

Shango - Filinn' (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Taken from the 1992 release on the legendary label 'Debs' from zouk duo Guy Houllier & Yves Honoré. Dug out in Paris from one of the most impressive private collections of Caribbean music I've ever seen - was great to see the record lived up to its impressive artwork... these guys clearly had some style!!

Intro is adjusted to be more club ready with several other tweaks here and there. As always big thanks to anyone who checks this out - I hope you enjoy!

Guyves & Co - Danje (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Discovered courtesy of our good friend Under Radaar / Arthur - aka the zouk wizard I aspire to be! 

Taken from a truly wonderful 1988 zouk record from Barbados released on the iconic Hibiscus Records. En Nou Alle Zouké is also glorious, but this slower and more emotive track also deserves some serious attention!

Amazing horns, vocals, guitar riffs and melodies - what a Jam. Catch the OG on our Discotheque Tropicale youtube channel - It is amazing! his one has an altered intro, an interlude removed, more horns and is just a but more dancefloor/DJ ready. 

Thanks for checking it out, hope you enjoy x

Fil Pak - Moin Ké Diw (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

A real legend of the game! Jean Philippe Marthély has a huge discography, and since 1981 has been part of the legendary zouk band Kassav'!

The influence of this super-group on music not only in the Caribbean, but also across West Africa and beyond cannot be overstated. The pioneering collective of incredible Antillean musicians basically founded the zouk genre, and Jean Philippe has been a choice vocalist for decades.

This edit I dedicate to my grandmother Lulu. With the title and vocals to me sounding like "To Lulu" especially in the call response chorus, this was immediately the first thought that came to mind. Just like this track she had incredible positive energy and was a force to be reckoned with, may she rest in peace. Thank you to Hunee for the continued inspiration!

I hope you like it - as always if you're reading this and listening to the track.. a huge thank you to you all x

Jean Philippe Marthély - Touloulou (JOSH FB's 2-U Lulu Edit)

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Following their superb releases with Chevals and Joutro Mundo one of our favourite new labels of the last year Mister T are back with a quality disco and Italo edged EP from LA's DJ Duckcomb! A producer who is well respected across the states he also has close ties with Dino Soccio's ace Pleasure of Love label. With influences like Theo Parrish, Danny Krivit and DJ Harvey you know that he has a real ear for quality and it shines through on this brilliant 3 track EP. Check the premier of SOS here and jump over to LV online for more info on the EP via: https://levisiteuronline.com/music/lv-premier-dj-duckcomb-sos-mister-t-records-2/

LV Premier - DJ Duckcomb - SOS [Mister T Records]

Record loving selector DJ based in London (and formerly Edinburgh). I love sticking my head in crates and learning more about the amazing music that can be found across the world. 

I'm a bit of retro zouk specialist (checkout my zouk show on My Analog Journal for more) but also have a great interest in soca, highlife, makossa, PALOP music, bubblegum, kwaito, latin freestyle and beyond - I enjoy celebrating globally sourced groovy records to fill dancefloors, and deliver an experience that makes club goers smile while they move

My mission is to spread this wonderful music and the talented artists that contributed to its creation with as many as people as possible! 

I run a clubnight and reissue / edits label along with a few friends called “Discothèque Tropicale”. Music to bring the boogie, fill the floors and put smiles on faces! 

I do the programming for London based radio station LOOSE FM where I also run the radio shows ‘The Listening Bar’ & 'Musical Backpacking' focussing each show and the record digging on a specific genre, theme or area. 

Pls ask for IDs I’ll always give them! Don't be a stranger, drop me a DM on Instagram anytime I always love to connect with fellow music lovers from around the world. Send me music pls 🙌

Music is a universal language with the power to break barriers and bring people together ❤️ 

jtsfryerbloom@gmail.com for bookings or probs faster to whack me a message on insta (@joshffb). Much Love, JOSH FB xx