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Apéro mix

Throw It All In Mix Series

March 2024

Copy of Daily Drops

dance

Eclecticmix

Car Wash ROSE ROYCE

Shambala Showcase with cacao activation and nice tea to feel good!
@shambaladance
@aleceo_music

Aleceo dj set @ Shambala Party, Koh Phangan 23-03-21

I recorded a little mix for @humpmidweektreats ... give them a follow for hump day mixes from local homegrown artists!

'Haus By The Sea' for HUMP

Aloah, Beautiful Beings.
Good Vibez Music laGomera,
Celeste
invites you on a Journey,full of Happiness
and joyful Vibes to celebrate next Level
remembering our last Tazo Tribe 5D Celebration
to honor Lara´s Birthday and all the Spirits here.
Lets Dance together into a new way of being
and feel the high vibrations.
Love to All Of You!
(Artwork by CELESTE)

The Playlist: (17 Trax)
01.Mux - NACumbia
02.Yeahman feat Mina Shankha - Deelahli
03.A Pila El Arroz - Sonikgroove Edit
04.MONKYMAN - The Tramp
05.Aykut Bilir - Humans
06.Kadum & Gerra G - Tapete Voador
07.Mula - René Swing (Muno Rmx)
08.Sadhu Sensi - Overtone Earth (Klangdruide Rmx)
09.Indra´s Garden - Jakare - la buena Onda
10.Saidéra - Dexa Todo Fluir
11.Felipe Sá - Vo Bate (Apocalypte Padé Mix)
12.Benuir feat Zejasa - Quelela
13.Antonio Alterino - One Night In The Desert
14.Dj Karen - Master
15.Kellie Sakkaku - Kaokoland Shadows
16.Salif Keita - Madan (Dj Pantelis Saz Rework)
17.Gamat 3000 - Feeling Love (Wighnomy´s Give Peace a Chance Rmx)

A N A N D A M I N E - Celeste

Mix 227 - Brasero Series Vol 14 - Enjoy !

BrASerO #014

Premier partage musical, afin de remercier les personnes qui sur Soundcloud ou ailleurs, me permettent de découvrir et partager...
La musique est, et doit être, une passerelle vers les émotions. 
Bonne écoute à tous.

Balade Musicale de cet été 2021

Look, i'm no superstar DJ but i can slap a mix together in Ableton using my knowledge as a producer. With this mix i have thrown a bunch of miss matched music together using Ableton, copy, cut and pasting as i go. Making up loops to suit a mix in or out of each track. You are going to hear tracks from Kate Bush, Moby, Skeewiff and everything in between. Pretty sure you folks are going to dig this Mashup Mix, enjoy ! x :)

Tracklist

Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals
Michael Jackson - Scream (Instrumental)
House of Pain - Jump Around
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Pnau - Keep On Truckin
The Pasadenas - Tribute (Right On)
The Cars - Good Times Roll
Theophilus Thistler - An Exercise In Vowels
The Chordettes - Mister Sandman
Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation
Jeff Wayne - The Artilleryman Returns
Moby - Bodyrock
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
ACDC - Hell Bells
Lady Gaga - Retro Dance Freak
Queen - I Want To Break Free
DJ Shadow - Giving Up The Ghost
Moby - Natural Blues
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
The Young Rascals - Groovin
Water Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth of Beethoven
David Shire - Night On Disco Mountain
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away
James Brown - It's Too Funky In Here
The Commodores - Brick House
Skeewiff - Man Of Constant Sorrow

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Pecoe - Throw It All In Volume 1

I've Thrown It All In again with another volume of mis-matched music in an all out Mashup Mix. From Groove Armada to Herbie Hancock, from Rock to Hip Hop and everything in between. This is an Ableton mix and i have worked along by copy & pasting, cutting and creating loops as i go, pretty sure you guys will dig. x :-)

Tracklist

CW McCall - Convoy
Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
Groove Armada - My Friend
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Glen Miller - Tuxedo Junction
Sister Sledge - He's the Greatest Dancer
Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hussle
Red Hoy Chilli Peppers - Hump De Bump
Queen - Flash
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It
Creedance Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
Beastie Boys - Freaky Hijiki
Sia - The Girl
Cream - White Room
Alan Parson Project - Sirus
Alan Parson Project - Eye In The Sky
Led Zepplin - Immigrant Song
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Miami Horror - Summerfest 86
Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It
Fatboy Slim - You're Not From Brighton
Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Madonna - Frozen
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Hall & Oats - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

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Pecoe - Throw It All In Volume 2

I make these mixes in Ableton for a bit of fun and a rest from making a track or remix for a label etc. I love seeing what mashups and edits i can make on the go even giving myself ideas for future use of samples and music. This is really a cut and paste mix using intros, loops and beats to make a mix between each track. There is no rhyme or reason for each track, i literally throw tracks into Mixed In Key and arrange from there.

Pecoe - Throw It All In Volume 3

I've thrown it all in again. Using Abelton to create a continous mix of music, copy, cutting, pasting and creating edits and loops as i go. From Lady Gaga to Daft Punk to the Doobie Brothers, it's a mish mash of music all not making sense to mix together but some how working out in the end. I spent about a month of weekends on this one, so i think it's a little better than the other volumes. So hit play and/or download kick back and listen to the music. x :)

Pecoe - Throw It All In Volume 4

I obviously do not own copyright on this  remix  , this is just  for entertainment purposes only and covered under Fair Use.
** NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED***
COPYRIGHT TO : COLUMBIA-JUSTICE-BEE GEES....

REMIX Get Lucky Vs. Bee Gees & Justice

Cor.Ece & Bad Colours debut collaborative LP 'Been Here Before' to be released March 22, 2024 via Bastard Jazz Recordings.

Cor.Ece & Bad Colours - Mars (feat. Life On Planets)

It might be soft rock, it might even be balearic, it sure is classy, it damn right is nice, it's almost Yacht, but it's NYACHT*! 

It's "Nyachty & Nice"!

All the Original tracks were either produced too late, too early or simply lack either the glossy production, breezy vocals or bouncy rhythms (called the Doobie Bounce), but they are still smooth and a lot of fun! Here they have been reworked by some of the best editers on the planet, please enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Eyes Without A Face (Poolside Remix) / Billy Idol
02) Every Time You Go Away (Pete Blaker Balearic Dub Ed / Paul Young
03) Long Hot Summer (Found Sound Orchestra Version) / The Style Council (Discoholics Anonymous Recordings)
04) I Specialize In Loneliness (Ken Avalon's Balearic Re-Vibe) / Jesus Loves You (Discoholics Anonymous Recordings)
05) Tin Men (FF Edits' Salsified Re-Edit) / America
06) Secret Garden (V4YS Show Me A Hero Rework) / Bruce Springsteen
07) True (Never Mind Edit) / Spandau Ballet
08) I Don't Like (Chuggin Edits) / 10CC
09) Love U More (Mr Leigh Edit) / Sade
10) City Lights (DiscoRocks Extended Mix) / William Pitt
11) Holding Back The Years (Briak Edit) / Simply Red
12) Josephine (Chuggin Edits' "Jo's A Fiend") / Chris Rea
13) Kiss You All Over (Tony Johns DJ Version) / Exile
14) Brass In Pocket (Conan Liquid Kitchen Sync Remix) / The Pretenders
15) Down Under (Raw-Artes Men At ReWork) / Men At Work
16) Miss You (Drop Out Orchestra Rework) / The Rolling Stones
17) No Can Do (Ben Jamin Edit) / Hall & Oates
18) I'm on Fire (Hanll Edit) / Bruce Springsteen
19) Running Back (Edified by The Found Sound Orchestra) / Eddie Hinton (Discoholics Anonymous Recordings)

*None of the above tracks have officially been certified "Yacht Rock" on the one and only YACHTSKI scale (www.yachtornyacht.com)

Nyachty & Nice (A 'Yacht Or Not Edits' Presentation)

...a little Pop Mix...enjoy & thank you for listeninig :-)

+les wagonnets
+sunny/happy
+you might need somebody
+cola
+rise
+i like it
+faith
+don´t look any further
+signed sealed delivered
+supertition
+it´s my house
+can´t get enough of your love baby
+street life
+suit & tie
+snoops upside ya head
+sexmachine
+hey mr dj
+lady love me
+la vie en rose
+rock you baby
+every kinda people
+feel like makin love

I do not intend to make money or infringe copyrights with this mixtape. For promotional purposes only.

# Winter Pop Story # mixed by Funk2Mars

Special compilation of great songs and edits by my great friend Dj Amine Bebito.
All tracks courtesy of Dj Amine Bebito. You can get these tracks and many more in this link that I leave here. https://koolfunk.bandcamp.com/
Thank you always for supporting music. If you like this set please don't forget to like, comment or repost.
Spread the love of music around the world and let its notes caress you.
01- For you                                                             - Kenny Lattimore

02- Rock Wit' Cha                                                  - Bobby Brown

03- I Wanna Be That Women                               - Natalie Cole

04- Superwoman                                                  -  Karyn White

05- Sending You A Love Song                              - Jeffrey Osborne

06 - Nightshift                                                       - The Commodores

07 - My Favorite Things                                        - John Stoddart Feat Rick Braun

08 - You And Me                                                    - Rockie Robbins

09-  Fairy Tale                                                        - Cornell Stone

10-  Love You Right                                                - Will Downing

11-  You and Me                                                      - Sean Oliver

12- Home for a minute                                           - Calvin Richardson

13- One Night                                                          - After 7

14- I Can't Get Over You                                        - Joe

AMINE COLLECTION VOL 3

Le replay de la soirée Starter, Palais des congrès de Lyon.

CHILL XEFI

Episode 40 of my Podcast VIANCAST fully downloadable on Soundcloud
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Saskin S. is back on Nine tails Records with the follow-up to his debut single there called “Good Music”. 
“Burning Life” is a deep and engaging piece of Balearic with some very tangy Latin influences

DJ Windows 7 delivers the remix, which takes a four on the floor approach and although it still pertains it’s mellow demeanor, it certainly goes dancing in the deep end. 

Another mindbender from Nine tails Records!

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PREMIERE: Saskin S - Burning Life (Original Mix) [Nine tails records]

spring mixtape 2024




1	123.00	05:28		Miguel Migs_Close Your Eyes feat. Meshell Ndegeocello_(Migs Corsica Skyline Remix)				    
2	122.00	03:15		Jasper Tygner_Limes_(Original Mix)				     		
3	125.00	06:10		Scuba, SoShy & mOat_Seamstress_(Original Mix)				     		
4	126.00	06:39		Jamie Leather - Like This, Like That				     		
5	126.51	03:42		Ojerime - Keep It Lo (Kasper G Edit) 				     		
6	127.00	03:19		Jasper Tygner_Ready_(Pretty Girl Remix)				     		
7	127.00	06:07		Coeo _ Rush Hour_(Original Mix)				     		
8	127.60	06:04		Kerri Chandler - feel it - dj deep edit				     		
9	127.42	06:55		Bob Sinclar_The Ghetto_(Ian Pooley_s Paradisiaque Mix)				     		
10	130.21	04:29		The Internet - Dontcha (Kasper G Edit)			     		
11	131.00	04:00		Dusky_Flo Jam_(Logic1000 Remix)				     		
12	133.00	05:24		Daft Punk - Burnin' (Taren Gopi Edit) 				     		
13	134.00	06:14		Chris Stussy - Desire [EXTENDED] 			     		
14	116.73	05:10		Narada Michael Wlden - Divine Emotions

crocus

I really enjoyed making this Ableton Mashup Mix !

There's over 60 tracks in this mix, all mixed in key, all over the place but all still work well. Cutting, copying, pasting and making edits on the fly with just the elements of each track you hear.

Pretty sure your going to dig this one x

Pecoe - Throw It All In Volume 5

Astels - Blue Eyes

REGROOVED, RESTRUCTURED & REPRODUCED BY The Architects of the Good Groove

London's Britfunk / jazz-funk scene from the late 70s and early 80s, selecting some obscure catchy soul-based club jams and sought-after tunes 
Prime underground soul, disco & jazz-funk fusion
A selection of decidedly tantalizing edits
And there are plenty of more groovers where that came from!

C r o w n  H e i g h t s  A f f a i r - Far Out (Bop Gun Regrooved)

Martin Solveig & GTA "Intoxicated"
Available January 19th on Beatport

Intoxicated

Intoxicated (Original Mix)

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The Oddness - Mere Mortals
artist : @theoddness
with remixes by : @max-tenrom and @kalunet
Label: @cosmovisionrecords
Stream/Download : fanlink.tv/meremortals
Release Date : August 22th, 2025
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About this EP :
In a world obsessed with perfection and power, Mere Mortals offers a moment of clarity — a soulful reminder that we are all fallible, fragile, and beautifully human. Blending rich melodies, organic sounds, and irresistible grooves, The Oddness creates a sound that moves both the body and the soul. The title track comes alive with two exceptional remixes from Max TenRom and Ka:lu, adding extra layers of psychedelic groove and dance‑floor energy.
With rich grooves and heartfelt energy, Mere Mortals reflects on the beauty of being human — limits and all. We invite you to embrace imperfection as beauty
.❅──────✧❅✦❅✧──────❅

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Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (iMarkkeyz Remix) [Planet Emery Exclusive]

FUNKT Mixtape Jan 2016 mixed with X2 Technics 1210mk2's, Novation Dicers & Akai midi controller. Glitches/FX, live manipulation & scratching all done live in the mix. 

I put another live/raw 10min quick mix together to help promote some of the bar/club gigs i'm doing at the moment & also because a lot of people have been asking for the jams(edits/regrooves)! Here it is, a cheeky sampler of some of the phattest remixed/remastered sounds you can hear around & on the nights! 

Most of the edits & regrooves in the mix done by me KOOL★HERTZ

FREE DOWNLOAD! 

FUNKT MIXTAPE JAN 2016 - KOOL★HERTZ

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Working For It

ZHU x Skrillex x THEY. - Working For It (Nomero Remix)

A mixtape of music featured in and inspiring the Netflix TV show "Stranger Things"

The Stranger Things Mixtape

A special Texan themed mix to celebrate Steve Lamacq’s visit to South by Southwest, featuring the likes of Janis Joplin, The Polyphonic Spree, Erykah Badu, Beyoncé and many more surprises.

All music in this mix was recorded by artists from Texas.

Originally aired on BBC 6Music, 17 March 2017

Texas mini-mix (Magnificent Seven Minute Mix)

Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix)

9 Minutes of 90's Mayhem, bought to you by Mr Switch (4 x DMC Champion) & Bootleg Extraordinaire Jimi Needles.

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Mr Switch & Jimi Needles - 9 Minutes Of The 90's (MegaMix)

After watching Avengers: Endgame, I thought there must be a way to pull together all of my personal favourite quotes, jokes, music and sound FX from the entire MCU into one fun and coherent audio experience - with a few funky cuts & scratches for good measure. So here it is, my homage to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

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Jimi Needles presents 'The Marvel Cinematic Mixtape'

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Major Lazer Presents Walshy Fire's Workout Mix

Intro - Hulk Hogan 
0:15 Bunji Garlin - Ready for the road (Major Lazer Dub Remix)
3:41 The Partysquad - Lion
5:52 Kid Kamillion/Rod Lee - Get Yo Handz up
7:15 KW Griff feat. Pork Chop - Bring In the Katz
9:35 Blasterjaxx - Miami (Original Mix)
12:07 GTA & Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike ft. Wolfpack - Turn It Up
14:22 Bauuer - Slip
15:56 Sister Nancy - Bam Bam (FASTA Boombahton Bootleg)
19:30 Diplo and M83 - Express City (Benzi Short Redo)
21:37 Macklemore - Thrift Shop (Bounce Edit Benzi Refix)
22:12 Pepe y Otto - Culo
22:23 Action (Richie Beretta 7th Grade Dance Remix) 
24:25 Alesia and DJ Snake - Bird Machine
26:42 Popcaan - Talk Bout We (Major Lazer Remix)
28:17 Mavado - Wah Dem A Do (Major Lazer Remix)
29:14 Bunji Garlin - So & So (Doc Jones Remix)
31:16 Jeff Retro - What U Came For (Trap to Toe Tap Remix)
33:22 Kid Khamillion and Dirk Diamonds - Blood Rave 
36:28 Krafty Kuts - Feel Like Jumping
39:04 Gangnam Style - PSY (강남스타일) (Diplo Remix) 
40:10 Yellow Claw & Cesqeaux - IBETCHU
41:16 Trap- Treat Me Right 
43:26 Trap- Boom Clash (Major Lazer Remix) 

Major Lazer Workout Mix (May 2013)

Excerpts from the album 'THE ULTIMATE BEE GEES'.
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ABOUT THE BEE GEES
Formed: 1958 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

No popular music act of the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s attracted a more varied audience than the Bee Gees. Beginning in the mid- to late '60s as a Beatlesque ensemble, they quickly developed as songwriters and singers to create a style of their own that carried them from psychedelia to progressive pop. Then, after hitting a popular trough, they reinvented themselves as perhaps the most successful white soul act of all time. What remained a constant throughout their history is their extraordinary singing, rooted in three voices that were appealing individually and melded together perfectly.

The group was also music's most successful brother act. Barry Gibb, born on September 1, 1946, in Manchester, England, and his fraternal twin brothers Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb, born on December 22, 1949, on the Isle of Man, were three of five children. The three of them gravitated toward music, encouraged by their father, who saw his sons at first as a diminutive version of the Mills Brothers. The three Gibb brothers made their earliest performances at local movie theaters in Manchester in 1955, singing between shows. The family moved to Australia in 1958, resettling in Brisbane. Now known as the Brothers Gibb — with Barry writing songs — they attracted the attention of a local DJ, and eventually got their own local television show. It was around this time that they took on the name the Bee Gees (for Brothers Gibb). The trio was astoundingly popular in the press and on television, but actual hit records eluded them.

By late 1966, they'd decided to return to England — which, thanks to the Beatles, was now the center of the world for rock and popular music. The group had sent demo recordings ahead of them, and "Spicks & Specks" — which became their first Australian hit while they were in mid-ocean — had attracted the interest of manager Robert Stigwood. The trio was signed by Stigwood upon their arrival, and began shaping their sound in the environment of Swinging London. Barry and Robin Gibb alternated the lead vocal spot, harmonizing together and with Maurice. Barry played rhythm guitar, while Maurice played bass, piano, organ, and Mellotron, among other instruments. Their first English recording, "New York Mining Disaster 1941," an original by the group with a haunting melody and a strangely surreal, almost psychedelic ambience, was released in mid-1967 and made the Top 20 in England and America. They had successful follow-ups with "Holiday" and "To Love Somebody," the latter actually written for Otis Redding to record, and "Massachusetts," which topped the U.K. charts.

After Bee Gees' 1st, the Gibb brothers took over producing their own records. It was easy, amid the sheer beauty of their recordings, to overlook the range of influences that went into their sound, which came from a multitude of sources, including American country music and soul music. At this point in their history, they were most comfortable deconstructing elements in the singing and harmonies of black American music and rebuilding them in their style.

In 1969, the trio split up in a dispute involving the Odessa album. A lushly orchestrated double LP, it was their most ambitious recording to date, but they were unable to agree on which song would be the single, and Robin walked out. Barry and Maurice held on to the Bee Gees name for one LP, Cucumber Castle, while Robin released Robin's Reign. Without a group to promote it, the Odessa album never sold the way it might have, even with a hit, "First of May." Cucumber Castle generated several successful singles in England and Germany, including the gorgeous, African-influenced "I.O.I.O.," while Robin had a hit with "Saved by the Bell."

In 1970, almost two years older and a good deal wiser, they decided to get back together. They related to each other better and had also evolved musically, now creating a progressive pop/rock sound similar to the Moody Blues. They came back on a high note with two dazzling songs: the soulful "Lonely Days," the group's first number one hit in America; and the achingly lyrical "Morning of My Life," which proved so popular with fans that the group was still doing it in concert decades later.

Their success began to ebb, however, after another huge international hit with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" in 1971. The single "Run to Me" made the Top 20 in 1972, but the album To Whom It May Concern was forgotten almost instantly after a brief chart run. Their fortunes continued in reverse during 1973 withLife in a Tin Can and the single "Saw a New Morning" — despite a move to America and a heavy promotional push, the song never made the Top 40 and the album stalled out.

The trio was falling into a deep creative and commercial hole. Rescue came from a suggestion by Eric Clapton, that they try recording at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, where he had just cut an album. The Bee Gees took his advice and came back with Mr. Natural (1974), produced by Arif Mardin. This record was a departure with its heavily Americanized R&B sound, and the following year they plunged headfirst into the new sound with Main Course — the emphasis was now on dance rhythms, high harmonies, and a funk beat. And spearheading the new sound was Barry Gibb, who, for the first time, sang falsetto and discovered that he could delight audiences in that register. "Jive Talkin'," the first single off the album, became their second American number one single, and was followed up with "Nights on Broadway" and then the album Children of the World, which yielded the hits "You Should Be Dancing" and "Love So Right." Then, in 1977, their featured numbers on the soundtrack to the Robert Stigwood-produced Saturday Night Fever, "Stayin' Alive," "How Deep Is Your Love," and "Night Fever," each topped the charts, even as the soundtrack album stayed in the top spot for 24 weeks. In the process, the disco era in America was born — Saturday Night Fever, as an album and a film, supercharged the phenomenon and broadened its audience by tens of millions, with the Bee Gees at the forefront of the music.

It was a profound moment although, ironically, there wasn't that much difference in their sound. Amid the dance numbers, the Bee Gees still did a healthy portion of romantic ballads that each offered memorable hooks. They'd simply decided, at Arif Mardin's urging, to forget the fact that they were white Englishmen and plunged into soul music, emulating, in their own terms, the funkier Philadelphia soul sounds that all three brothers knew and loved. In one fell swoop, the group had managed to meld every influence they'd ever embraced, from the Mills Brothers and the Beatles to early-'70s soul, into something of their own that was virtually irresistible. Spirits Having Flown was their crowning commercial triumph, topping 30 million in sales and yielding three more number one singles.

By the end of the '70s, however, the disco era was waning from a combination of the bad economy, political chaos domestically and internationally (leading to the election of Ronald Reagan), and a general burnout of the participants from too many drugs and profligate sex (which would precipitate an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases and herald the outbreak of AIDS in the United States). There had already been an ad hoc reaction against the group's dominance of the airwaves, with mass burnings of Bee Gees posters and albums organized by DJs. The group itself helped contribute to the end of the party with their participation (at Stigwood's insistence) in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "inspired" (if that's the word) by the Beatles' album. The movie was a commercial and critical disaster, and an embarrassment to all concerned.

In America, the Bee Gees were virtually invisible for most of the '80s. Instead, Barry Gibb pursued work as a producer for other artists, creating hits for Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross. By 1987 and the E.S.P. album, their sales had rebounded everywhere but the United States, yielding a number one single (outside of the U.S.) in "You Win Again." Their 1989 album One got a good reception around the world and generated a Top Ten U.S. single. And in the '90s, Polygram Records released the four-CD anthology Tales from the Brothers Gibb, which sold well around the world. The trio's 1997 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame led to a resurgence of interest, which heralded the release of the live album One Night Only (1998), cut at their first American concert in almost a decade.

The Bee Gees remained active until the death of Maurice in January 2003, from cardiac arrest during surgery. Following his death, Robin and Barry decided to cease performing as the Bee Gees. Their recorded legacy, however, subsequently became more visible than it had been in decades with the move of their catalog to Warner/Reprise. The latter company began the long-awaited upgraded CD reissue of the Bee Gees' post-1966 library, including the first-ever release of outtakes and rehearsal versions of songs. Robin was diagnosed with and underwent treatment for cancer in 2011. He died in London in May 2012 due to complications from cancer and intestinal surgery; he was 62 years old. Given the previous deaths of Andy (who had several number one hits and who died of an inflammatory heart virus in 1988) and Maurice Gibb, Robin was the third Gibb brother and second member of the Bee Gees to pass away.


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