Azealia Banks - Atm Jam Featuring Pharrell (Kaytranada Edition)

Chicago's boogie don live at DISCOVERY in January. 

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Rahaan @ DISCOVERY 1.2014

1. Sound Of Blackness – The Pressure (Frankie Knuckles Classic Mix) [Perspective Records] 00:00
2. Human Life – In It Together (Director’s Cut Signature Togetherness) [Defected] 07:06
3. Candi Staton – Hallelujah Anyway (Director’s Cut Signature Praise) [Defected] 11:38
4. Andrea Mendez – Bring Me Love (Classic Frankie) [Azuli] 15:59
5. Hercules & Love Affair – Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix) [DFA] 20:51
6. Frankie Knuckles presents Satoshi Tomiie – Tears (Classic Vocal) [FFRR] 26:00
7. Loose Ends –Hangin' On A String (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix) [10 Records] 30:26
8. The Nightwriters – Let The Music Use You (Club Mix) [Danica Records] 33:46
9. Frankie Knuckles feat. Roberta Gilliam – Workout (1992 Vocal Mix) [Virgin] 38:32
10. Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives (Classic Mix) [Arista] 42:14
11. Frankie Knuckles – Rain Falls (FK Original) [Virgin] 46:41
12. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle – Your Love [Persona] 51:59

Defected Radio Show Frankie Knuckles Special Hosted by Mike Dunn 29.03.24

When You’re Not Here

PER LE STRADE DI ROMA

MY BLACK PLASMA

Totally brilliant and obscure psych era Italian library music. Originally released in 1971 for the microsmall label Vi.Di.Elle, the same label as another psych bomb, "The Black Fire - Cream". Behind the mysterious "The Green Birds" name is a marvellous trio of unsung composers like Franco Bonfanti, Romano Rizzati (Corfull)and Renato Sperduti (Myrval), playing here some really dope jams in the style of the Braen's Machine's Underground LP. The whole album is full of psych effects, synth melodies, wah-wah & fuzz guitars, drum breaks & loungey vibes. Track A4 "Ambiente Elegante" by Franco Bonfanti was compiled in the cultish Speedball Experience in 1996.

Out soon on Four Flies Records (july 2016)

excerpts:
A7 - Giallo Tensione
A4 - Ambiente Elegante
A3 - Rally
A1 - Tam Tam Shake
A5 - Underground
A2 - Rock n. 1

The Green Birds - DIAPASON

Class on your turntable, what we have here is a stunning crime-jazz soundtrack blended with exotica flavor, composed by one of the main legends of Italian sound - Armando Trovajoli. The maestro at his best, with an outstanding still undiscovered film score, and unreleased on every format until today. The amazing main theme, sung by the astonishing voice of Lyda McDonald, was published on an mega-rare 7'' on the RCA label in 1961 and is now impossible to find. Mastered from the original master tapes, Four Flies Records is proud to present this completely unheard and timeless soundtrack in its entirety.

excerpts:
A1 - Dial 22-22 (sung by Lyda McDonald)
A4 - Seq. 3 night beguine
B3 - Seq. 8 swing poliziesco moderato per tromba
B6 - Seq. 11 night swing per fiati
B9 - Seq. 14 samba per sax
A5 - Seq. 4 swing poliziesco 2°
B7 - Seq. 12 intro poliziesco percussioni

Armando Trovajoli - CHIAMATE 22-22 TENENTE SHERIDAN

METROPOLI NOTTE

• Alessandro Alessandroni is one of the legendary composers and musicians that shaped the characteristic sound of Italian soundtrack of the 60s and 70s

• This EP contains unreleased music composed and produced by Alessandro Alessandroni in the 70s, taken from a dusty tape found in his vault

• The Maestro is best known as “The most famous whistle in the history of Cinema” (it was him on the theme of the famous Spaghetti Western “A Fistful of Dollars”) and as the voice of Piero Umiliani’s classic “Mah-nà mah-nà”

• Afro Discoteca strikes immediately for its modernity and rich textures, sounding unbelievably contemporary.

Four Flies Records is back in full force, this time with an EP that looks at the more sophisticated and modern dancefloor...
The Italian label embarked on another journey of rediscovery, a specialty they seem to master.
The destination of this trip was a dusty vault in Africa, where a famous Italian musician moved years ago...
The Italian film and TV industry provided in the 60s and 70s countless opportunity for talented musicians to compose and produce a rich variety of music: soundtracks, library music, experimental music – an infinite amount of recordings that still represents a paradise for the most curious and passionate diggers.
So here we have the proof that there’s still lot to discover. Alessandro Alessandroni is one of those pioneers, a maestro that built the legend of Italian soundtracks and library music along with Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani and many others. His vault testifies how prolific had been those times, with hundreds of tapes and obscure recordings from that period. Among the many, a dusty tape bearing the hand-written label “Afro Discoteca” captured the attention of Four Flies.
The music contained in the tape had never been released until now.
When he listened to the tracks, Italian legendary DJ LEO MAS (one of the undisputed inventors of the Balearic sound) told us: “It is surprising to listen to something that sounds so modern... This EP is the perfect union of Afro influences and Italian taste. There’s something Afro lounge here but also incredibly cinematic – it makes me think of John Carpenter’s atmospheres. B1 (Afrodiscoteca) reminds me of clubs I’ve been in Malindi in the late 70s and the closing track is absolutely spellbinding. This is wonderful.”
PAOLO SCOTTI, head of Déjà vu Records and an authoritative Italian jazz expert said: “Alessandroni’s contribution to music is huge, he’s a great musician and a great experimenter. Afrodiscoteca sounds like it’s been produced yesterday by a DJ of our times, an absolutely surprising EP and proof of Alessandroni’s spontaneous genius!”

A1 ▶ Afro Voodoo – 3:53
A2 ▶ Afro Darkness – 3:15
A3 ▶ Afro Discoteca – 3:08
A4 ▶ Afro Sentiment – 3:08

FLIES DJ-01
℗ 1978 Alessandro Alessandroni
© 2017 Four Flies Records

Remastered from original master tapes
Previously unreleased on every format

excerpts:
A2 - Afro Darkness
B1 - Afro Discoteca
B2 - Afro Sentiment
A1 - Afro Voodoo

Alessandro Alessandroni | AFRO DISCOTECA

Recorded at Aura² on Saturday morning from 7am 
Some tech issue with the turntables but in the end I was quite happy with the overall result, the atmosphere was sublime and the energy really palpable. I am not able to describe with words how much I enjoyed the moment.
My many thanks again to the wonderful @oom-out_of_memory people, you are special!

When You’re Not Here

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