This mix is all music from 1984. It is a special live vinyl mix that I recorded on July 19, 2011 as a promotion for the A.D. (After Disco) series of parties here in Chicago.  The mix has been hosted for a few years on the Loves Podcast and I decided to upload it here to my Soundcloud for the first time.  Here’s a few words I wrote to go with the mix:  

1984 is an amazing year in music. At the time, "house" was still a colloquialism for the music played by Frankie Knuckles at the Warehouse. House was not yet a music form in its own right. "Fresh," on Vince Vince Lawrence’s fledgling label Precision, is the only house-qua-house track on the mix. The other tunes are properly considered proto-house -- the music which formed the milieu of dance music which we now describe (rather clumsily) as:

*Electro (e.g., Solo – “Girls, Girls” produced by John Robbie; JellyBean – “The Mexican”); 
*Garage (e.g., Circuit - "Release the Tension" a Timmy Regisford production; Colonel Abrams – “Music Is The Answer”); 
*Italo (e.g., Stop – “Wake Up”; Pancho Ballet – “Dancing Shoes”); 
*Synth and industrial dance (e.g., 52nd Street – “Can’t Afford” produced by New Order’s Stephen Morris; Palais Schaumburg – “The Beat Of Two” produced by Gareth Jones who also produced Depeche/Nitzer Ebb); and 
*Post-disco (e.g., Stephanie Mills – “Medicine Song”).

This music from 1984 is ‘proto’ in the sense that it was establishing the necessary elements of house – e.g., use of certain instruments (drum machines, synths, samplers) – but there are some stark differences.

Although much of the music in 1984 was released on small independents and remained quite underground, there were major successes for dance music at the time and investment in dance music by major labels. There was A&R structure at all record labels and radio play. "Trapped" (1985) by Colonel Abrams sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Earon’s “Land of Hunger” hit the top 40 on the soul singles chart. John “JellyBean” Benitez placed nine songs in the Top Ten of the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

The democratizing force that would be house music had not been fully realized. It was still expensive to make dance music. For example, most of the tracks on the mix feature vocalists, session players or a full band. Although the epic ensembles of the disco era had long passed in fashion and economic viability, dance records were still recorded in professional studios and engineered by individuals like Bob Blank and Herb Powers. The E-max Sampler hit the market in 1984, but the studio standard were samplers like the Fairlight and Synclavier (which had more than $100,000 price tags), each of which were prohibitively expensive for use by most musician/producers.

By 1984 the relatively inexpensive Roland gear was just finding its way into the hands of Chicago, Detroit and New York’s new roots musicians. A year before, Larry Sherman acquired Musical Product’s pressing plant, the only one in Chicago. Ron Hardy was playing "Penthouse and Pavement" by Heaven 17 and "DumDum" at the Music Box. Dance music was about to fall off the edge, for better and for worse.

1984 Track List:

1. Citispeak Featuring Jeanne Harris – I Don't Need Your Handouts (Inst.) – Partytime Records 
2. Pancho Ballet – Dancing Shoes (Instrumental) – Best Record 
3. Jellybean – The Mexican (Funhouse Mix) – EMI America 
4. Nuance Featuring Vikki Love - Take A Chance (Dubapella) - 4th & Broadway  
4. Samson & Delilah – I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away (Long Mix & Inst) – Saturn Records 
5. Hugh Masekela – Don't Go Lose It, Baby (Stretch Mix) – Jive Afrika 
6. Colonel Abrams – Music Is The Answer (Dub Version) – Streetwise 
7. The Earons – Land Of Hunger (Extended Version) – Island Records 
8. Wet – That's The Game (Instrumental) – Bellaphon 
9. Circuit – Release The Tension (Dub) – 4th & Broadway 
10. Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song (Dub Version) – Casablanca Records 
11. Anne Clark – Our Darkness (Remix) – Ink Records 
12. Solo – Girls, Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi) - Next Plateau Records Inc. 
13. 52nd Street – Can't Afford – Profile (on license from Factory) 
14. The Bridge – Love Dance (Industrial Mix) - Second Vision 
15. Stop – Wake Up – Damabi International 
16. Fresh – Dum Dum – Precision 
17. Palais Schaumburg – The Beat Of Two (Extended Version) – Mercury


1984 After Disco (A.D.)

This is Jellyfish's Bad Room takeover set @ Good Room (Brooklyn), March '23 @ The Carry Nation party. Such a magical + sweaty night. Thanks again to The Carry Nation + the everyone who danced w/ us all night <3 <3.

Jellyfish @ The Carry Nation (3.11.23)

Second half of my set recorded live at Roxy Club in Cologne, Germany with https://soundcloud.com/hackman (Greco-Roman), Lunår, Aki Aki and Neptune DJs.

Tracklist:
Kornel Kovacs - Baby Step (Instrumental) [Studio Barnhus]
Youandewan - Alright Son [Aus Music]
Franc Spangler - Painted Lady [Delusions Of Grandeur]
Recloose - Cardiology (isolée mix) [Playhouse]
Thatmanmonkz - Blowin My Mind 
Youandewan - FM Jam (Andres remix) [Aus Music]
Genius of Time - Juno Jam [Running Back]
House Of House - Rushing To Paradise (DJ Harvey Remix) [House of House]
Konstantin Sibold ‎– Leif [Caramelo]
Innershades - Volksverheffing [Roze Balletten] 
Jonas Rathsman - Skepparkrans (Original Mix) [French Express]
Jacques Greene - No Excuse (Fort Romeau Remix) [LuckyMe]
Mood II Swing - Do it Your Way [Groove On]
Jamie 3:26 & Cratebug - Hit It N Quit It [Lumberjacks In Hell]
Stefan Goldmann ‎– Shimmer (Josh Wink Remix) [Ovum]
Daniel Avery - Knowing We'll Be Here (Kink Remix) [Phantasy]
John Talabot - Matilda's Dream (Original Mix) [Permanent Vacation]
Simian Mobile Disco - Snake Bile Wine [Delicacies]
The Jaydes - Tears & Fears [Dame Music]

Nascii @ Roxy Club, Cologne (25/7/2014)

For the 124th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series we welcome, @david_elimelech!

Originally hailing from Tel Aviv, now based in Berlin, David Elimelech had his first appearances in the underground queer scene of Tel Aviv. His unique understanding and sensitivity towards all things Chicago, Detroit, and New York House brought him to Berlin, where after joining the UZURI Recordings & Bookings family, he became widely known for his vinyl collection, filled with rarities.

David has out together a fantastic mix to kick of the podcast for 2024. Enjoy :)

Honcho Podcast Series 124: David Elimelech

I was a late add to the line up this year, but never would I ever turn down the opportunity to be back in my happy place: playing the beach stage at Sunset Campout, Belden California! I hope you enjoy my mix from Saturday afternoon. Chill house vibes perfect for a early afternoon float in the Feather River! Transport away!!!

Beach Stage - Sunset Campout 2024

This a recording of my set at Nowadays Nonstop from December 2024.

Shared this to commemorate the Voüch zine I was on the cover of for Valentine's weekend 2025 ~~~ (insta: @vouchwick)

Did you get your copy?
Gotta ask IRL 
when you see me or Zach <3

before it's out of our hands and into the archives.....

~Reflections~

My favorite moments in the mix are when a sense of urgency to play around, to switch moods, to linger and lean into experiments,  all of it riles up and smooths out the beat connection again and again. Just like the oceans tide, it comes in swells of beautiful music and risky stitching of all the messages together. It's not perfect, but I am living in these songs for this moment. Washing them through my being and my perspective, that's the fun part and the part I feel the deepest, that somehow I'm bringing this music to life through appreciation and reverence. 

Giving you something new at the end. The culmination of all the inspiration - is new music - sonically pushing to channel more light to this world.

Nowadays Nonstop Dec 2024 Closing set

After a longer-than-expected hiatus, we're happy to welcome Danny Bodega, bringing us 120 min of music, ranging from Sundog Serenades all the way up to burning Zookadoodle 🌞🐩🌻🦴

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This one is kinda stinky and wet; straight out of the lagoon. My once a year contribution to Soundcloud to realign my interests and decide what's worth sharing with the group (<that means you). Thanks for listening :)

Mix~ture from the Black Lagoon

Back at the lot radio bringing some lesbian house.

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ISAbella @ The Lot Radio 05-10-2025

Alias: La Schmock @laschmock
Pronouns: He / Him
Location: Berlin
Collective: Bad Dad
Residency: Lunchbox Candy
Labels: Italo moderni
Name of the mix: High Tolerance
About the mix: For me, House Music can’t be captured in a single mix.
This mix isn’t a definition – it’s a snapshot. A moment in time, shaped by sounds I find fundamentally powerful and moving.
House, for me, isn’t a genre with rules – it’s a feeling. It lives in the machines: the drum computers and synths from the ’80s and ’90s that gave us Chicago, Acid, Synth Wave, Italo, Hi-NRG, Eurodance, New Beat – all of it.
And yeah, it goes back even further: ’70s Disco is in the DNA. You hear it in the samples, the chopped vocals, the strings, the grooves – still hitting hard decades later.
Techno elements always find their way back in too. They blend, break apart, come back around. That push and pull – that constant evolution – is what keeps House so alive.
Just like us: always shifting, always moving. Never standing still.

#tracklist
01. The Hacker – Harmonia [Rekids, 2025]
02. Demi Riquísimo – Maggy Doesn’t Need To Know [Semi Delicious, 2025]
03. Passarani – Test Drive (Remastered) [Studiomaster, 2025]
04. Xupid – NT Performance [Summerpup, 2023]
05. Fon Smith – DISCOVERY VINYL EDITS 16 [Discovery Vinyl, 2025]
06. Dot Allison – We’re Only Science (Slam Remix) [Mantra Recordings, 2002]
07. Alan Dixon, Mystery Affair – NRGY (More Acid Mix) [Correspondant Records, 2024]
08. It's Giving – Still Giving (Dub) [Spotlight Records, 2025]
09. Kirk Degiorgio – Seven Minutes of Funk [Cyphon Recordings, 2025]
10. Regularfantasy, BAE BAE – Call U When I’m Done (Regular Zen Mix) [Plush Records Inc., 2024]
11. Rollén – Let Me Love You Baby [Slump Recordings, 2025]
12. Tjor – Hyperdrive [Wrong Era, 2025]
13. Tiger Stripes – Everybody’s Doing It [Rekids, 2024]
14. Boris Werner – L.S.D. (Love Saves the Day) (Original Mix) [Limousine Dream, 2024]
15. Iñigo Vontier – Bo Ni Ke (Ketamine Version) [Duro, 2025]
16. Danny Howells – Thrunk [Rekids, 2025]
17. Private Press – Synced‑SMPL [Of Paradise, 2022]
18. James Shinra – Wasp [We’re Going Deep, 2023]
19. Reflex Blue – Back 2 Earth [R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings, 2022]
20. Pinto – Talismán (Original Mix) [Duro, 2025]
21. UC Beatz – Sunshine On My Mind [803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts, 2021] 
22. Sylvio B – Beauty Inside Of Me [Step Recordings, 2025]
23. DJ Haus – Return 2 the Source (Original Mix) [Unknown to the Unknown, 2020]
24. Manipulate – Music Call (Certain People’s Remix) [Certain Music Records, 2023]
25. Iñigo Vontier – Ultra Jungle [Multi Culti, 2024]
26. Vitess / Grand V – Test Section Disk [Vytamin, 2023]
27. Zoras – Fate 909 [Non Stop Rhythm, 2025]
28. Virginia – Project Vochlea 1 [Ostgut Ton, 2025]
29. Cinthie – Mellifluous [803 Crystal Grooves, 2024]
30. Ari Bald – Loos (Original Mix) [Västkransen Records, 2025]

House of Others #122 | LA SCHMOCK | High Tolerance

Recorded live at Hot For You, Parkside Lounge June 29, 2025. 

Hot For You Pride Part 1

bookings: fernanda@coral.ag
contact: fernandonascii@gmail.com

DJ, producer and musical entrepreneur behind independent label and event production group https://soundcloud.com/goptun.

DJing since 2004, Fernando Nascii's relationship with electronic music has been as consistent and creative as his performances behind the decks. Despite the musical references undeniably rooted in House Music, Nascii also transits and flirts with mastery with genres such as disco, acid house and techno. It was precisely this versatility that led Nascii to create the Gop Tun collective, party and record label that has given prominence and deeply altered the scene of electronic music in Brazil. Gop Tun, on all fronts, became a fertile ground for Nascii's talent to find the space needed to grow and, as a result, start traveling Brazil and the world to play in clubs, parties and festivals. If you see Nascii in a booth the footwork will be natural and constant just in the same way as he travels through the music.