Love this tune! Old school cave-man boogie!!!

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I got the opportunity to officially remix this classic song to coincide with the release of a new Donny Hathaway box set. I was given the original multitrack master of the studio version (different from the live version)and it consisted of 8 different instrument and vocal tracks (as opposed to the more usual 24 tracks) 
When I take on a remix, my first goal is to make it work on a current dance floor. I like to stay very close to the originally recorded sound and In most case there's plenty to be reworked on the multitrack master to achieve this. 
This case proved a little different as there were few rhythm elements I could use to fit within current standards of club loudness levels. So I decided to take a slightly different approach, and add a new set of (acoustic) drums,  to bend the original Soul vibe a little towards Disco territory. 
This remix is exclusive to my soundcloud page and free to download as a 16bit WAV file 

#FreeDL - Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Dimitri From Paris Inna Disco)SC Exclusive

Kalimist V.S.O.P

Ibibio Sound Machine are set to release their debut LP through Soundway Records. Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, they combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Preceded by the pulsating first single 'Let's Dance', ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’ will be released 17th March.

Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of the album. A large dose of electronic elements and an approach as influenced by London as much as by West Africa, give the vocals and guitar lines space to breath without being overwhelmed.

From the banging sub-bass of 'Lets Dance' to the spiritual, gospel-tinged notes of the album's opening track 'Voice of the Bird', the band have turned in a dynamic and, at times, beautiful take on modern afro-soul music.

The 8-piece live band made their official live debut at this year's Transmusicales in France and will be a name to look out for in 2014

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Ibibio Sound Machine - The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

Pre-order at iTunes here: http://georiot.co/williamonyeaborwhat
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"WHAT?! - William Onyeabor Remixed" will be dropping on vinyl only for Record Store Day, April 19. Made in collaboration with Moog, it features a series of fantastic Onyeabor covers and remixes by Hot Chip, JD Twitch (Optimo), Daphni, Joakim, Justin Strauss, The Vaccines, Scientist and many more.

Side A
Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb (cover)
The Vaccines - Do You Want A Man (Remix: John Hill, Rich Costey. Re-work of Heaven and Hell)

Side B 
Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette - Body and Soul (Whatever/Whatever remix)
Joakim ft. Akwetey (Dragons of Zynth) - Good Name (cover)

Side C
JD Twitch (Optimo) - Why Go To War? (cover)
Daphni - Ye Ye (Re- work of When The Going Is Smooth & Good; Courtesy of Merge Records & Daphni aka Caribou [Dan Snaith]) 
Javelin - Heave and Hell (remix)

Side D 
David Terranova - Body and Soul (remix)
Policy - Something You Will never Forget (remix)
Scientist - Body and Soul (remix)

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William Onyeabor vs. Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb

This is a bootleg remix of the Martin Circus classic. Hard to find, yet easy to appreciate. François also remixed this tune for a Prelude records 12" release, but this is different and more satisfying by far.  The B side featured an extended mix of Prince's Sexy Dancer. 

Martin Circus - Disco Circus François K Bootleg remix

Kid Creole And The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby (Greg Wilson Edit)

Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Disco Tech Re-Krivit Edit)

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Johnny Guitar Watson - Superman Lover (Kiu D Re-Edit) FREE DOWNLOAD

StEpHaNiE MiLlS - what you gonna do with my loving (Dotts Disco Dub)

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Liquid Liquid // Cavern (Frictional Heroes Remix)

From the sweltering tropical depths of Cali, Colombia Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s studio band Los Miticos Del Ritmo (The Mythics of Rhythm) return with an album of hip shaking, dancefloor quaking instrumental cumbias. Released on CD, LP and download on the 30th April. The LP is 100% analogue and comes with an original screen-printed front cover designed by the London based artist Lewis Heriz.

Assembled using vallenato and cumbia musicians living in Cali, Los Miticos del Ritmo are a 7 piece studio band put together by British musician, producer and now Colombian resident Will ‘Quantic’ Holland.

Covers of Queen’s ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop’, The Abyssinians reggae classic 'Satta Massagana'  and Gildardo Montoya’s ‘Fabiola’ (as featured on Soundway’s ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’ sit along side original cumbias on this feel good, house party cumbia LP.

Recorded in Will’s home studio in Cali, his approach was to produce an album with the aesthetics of 1960s tropical recordings made in Colombia and the Caribbean. Careful attention made to preserve the analogue quality of the recording at every stage.

‘The idea of the record was to record something that sounded like a lost cumbia classic,’ said Will in a recent interview with Soundway ‘Like something dug out of a Barranquilla basement after decades of humidity and dust. In a modern climate of mashups and sampling, it seemed refreshing to record something with musicians doing covers and approaching new ideas for cumbia, rather than rehashing old tricks.’

The record was recorded entirely on 4 track tape, using a process of overdubs and tape transfers to record multiple sessions at different times with different musicians. As Holland began to play the dub plates of the project in his DJ sets around the world, tracks like ‘Cumbia de Mochilla’ and ‘Another one Bites the Dust’ slowly became sure-fire dancefloor winners.

Los Mitcios Del Ritmo first saw the light of day on Quantic’s vinyl only EP ‘Hip Hop En Cumbia’, released last year through Tru Thoughts. The group includes Ancer Rada (percussion) grandson of the great Colombian accordionist Franscisco Pacho Rada, one of very first Colombian troubadours to tour unaccompanied with just his voice and accordion. The band is also compromised of Combo Barbaro regulars Fernando Silva (bass) and Freddy Colorado (percussion).

Since moving to Colombia in 2007 Will has slowly immersed himself in the musical history of the country. The much acclaimed ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’, a 55 track compilation of Colombian cumbia and porro released on Soundway in 2011, was the result of five years of field research from Will. Simply finding and compiling old records is not however in Will’s DNA. The research is more an education for Quantic the musician who has been learning accordion for close to five years now, even taking lessons from Colombian and Panamanian accordion masters such as Anibal Velasquez and Papi Brandao.

Los Miticos Del Ritmo sees Will as an accordionist for an entire long player for the first time and must be the first traditional cumbia record recorded on tape in Colombia for many years.

Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Otro Muerde El Polvo (Another One Bites The Dust)

Everlasting guitar sample from the legendary Jacko "Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough"
powered with a bouncy drumset and a fat bassline.
And don’t miss the mighty Satomi rohdes joint to finish up this dancefloor killer! 
128k – unmastered
DM for a WAV
Peace

Don't stop (til you rock the bar) - [Nic2Birilli exclusive]

Track & Album available at iTunes: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nyc-disco/1398056947

NYC Disco

Let's Do It (A Louie Vega Interpretation)

Leroy Burgess & Convertion - Let's Do It (A Louie Vega Interpretation)

Digital EP (5 tracks including Earthboogie Remix) out 8 February 2019, along with the 12" Vinyl EP (4 original tracks only).

Flamingo Pier EP

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Flamingo Pier - Find Your Way

9th Creation - Much too Much
Jonny Meek Edit

9th Creation - Much too Much (Jonny Meek Edit)

Really like the edits 'TR' has done of late. Hoping he might release his version of Lionel Richie's 'Serves You Right'.

Al Hudson & Partners - Music (The Revenge Mix)

A collection of originals, edits and reworks for your pleasure. These are generally made for DJ use but can also be enjoyed just as tracks.

Big thanks to our artist friends that make up MADMAN'S DISCOTEQUE @frictionalheroes @mmdtwelve @cubandiscotour @4jd @e9f

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Liquid Liquid // Cavern (Frictional Heroes Remix)

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