Disco 2

November Refreqs

1. After The Love Is Gone (Extended) - Princess 
2. (You're Puttin') A Rush On Me (Extended) - Stephanie Mills 
3. Hangin' On A String - Loose Ends 
4. Spend The Night - The Cool Notes 
5. Alice I Want You Just For Me - Full Force 
6. Faith (Remix Version) - Wee Papa Girl Rappers 
7. Got To Have Your Love (Extended) - Mantronix
8. Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate 
9. Live And Learn (12" Remix) - Joe Public 
10. Rumors - Timex Social Club
11. Like I Like It - Aurra 
12. 1,2,3 - The Chimes 
13. Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie 
14. Change Of Heart - Change 
15. I'm A Dreamer - BB & Q Band 
16. Who's Zoomin Who - Aretha Franklin
17. Joy & Pain - Donna Allen
18. The Real Thing - Jellybean 
19. Word Up - Cameo 
20. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - Ollie & Jerry 
21. I'm Not Gonna Let You - Colonel Abrams 
22. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
23. Get Down Saturday Night (Ro's Swing Beat Remix Outro) - Oliver Cheatman 
24. Respect (The Dancin Danny D Remix) - Adeva 
25. Dr. Beat - Miami Sound Machine 
26. Don't You Want My Love - Nicole
27. Don't Go Lose It Baby (12" Version) - Hugh Masekela 
28. We Just - Moses
29. Slightest Touch - FIve Star 
30. Promised Land - Joe Smooth
31. Found Love - Double Dee

Old Skool Disco Classics Grandmix

BLACK LABEL presents LE SPANK
House / Disco / Deep Disco / NU-Disco / Underground Disco / House / Deep House / Electronic / Leftfield / Balearica / Groove / Nu-Disco

Black Label is a cheeky re-edits label renowned for releasing smoking-hot house and disco gems from the underground leftfield zone 
specialised in making modern disco that goes beyond simple re-edits always at the forefront ready to catch the ears of numerous tastemakers in the house and disco community.

KILLER 25 TRACK PACK MONSTER filled with retro flavored disco-house 
High grade productions of glossy disco and deep house music, with highlights being the shimmering tribute to the NYC Underground with access to some of the most sought-after .
Grasping on the history of this genre treating samples with an incredible amount of respect with a massive back catalog of throwbacks and classics further refining his now signature sound to the deep and soulful disco sound that he's now widely renowned for today.

A collection of stunning disco-house takes on dancefloor classics, where the masters return in fine form with this stomping line of acid NU-Disco house
This disco influenced house is not for the faint hearted, there is a retro flair to his choices, but with impeccable taste and the Piper is back in full force with his signature funky disco

Gayle Adams - Life Saver (Hard Scratch DISKO Voxtrumental)

REMASTERED, REGROOVED, RESTRUCTURED, RE-EDITED, REMIXED & REPRODUCED BY The Architects of the Good Groove

Edits / Remixes / Waxes / Revamps / Re-Cuts / Re-Jams / Regrooves / Bootplates / Bootlegs 

We're talking high levels overall here
20 YEARS BEHIND THE DECKS: something more deep and spiritual spiced with heavy-duty editing

Break Machine - Street Dance (Snack Machine Groovestrumental Dub)

El Coco - Dancing In Paradise (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Patrice Rushen - Music Of The Earth (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Change  - On Top (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Was playing around,  with some ideas and decided to give this a go. 
So this happened.

Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Yarbrough & Peoples - Crazy (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Recorded in 1983 with an Onkyo cassetterecorder on a TDK sa90. (only 45 minutes sadly)

Intro Grandmix 83
Natasha King - AM-FM
The S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me
Nina Hagen - New York / N.Y.
Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Indeep - When Boys Talk
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Gazebo - I Like Chopin
Dimples D - Sucker DJ's (I Will Survive)
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Newcleus - Jam On Revenge
Spence - Get It On
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience - The Crown
Valerie Oliver - (GTM) Get The Money
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Advance - Take Me To The Top
Club House - Superstition / Good Times
Robert Palmer - You Are In My System
NV - It's Alright
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Rebop
Whodini - Magic's Wand
Chic - You Are Beautiful
The Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew
G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. DJ
Doctor's Cat - Feel The Drive
M.D.M.C. - How About It
Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
Madonna - Holiday
Steve Harvey - Something Special
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
T-Ski Valley - Valley Style
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Xena - On The Upside
C.O.D. - In The Bottle
Unique - What I Got Is What You Need
Sharon Redd - Activate
Imagination - New Dimension
Gary's Gang - Makin' Music
Michael Jackson - Thriller
My Mine - Hypnotic Tango
Cori Josias - Takin' It Straight
Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita
Freeez - I.O.U.
Sharon Redd - Love How You Feel
First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
Yello - I Love You (Sample)
Pure Energy - Love Game
Rocker's Revenge - Walkin' On Sunshine (Sample)
Class Action - Weekend (Sample)
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Sample)
Dolby's Cube - Get On Out Of My Mix (Sample)
C.O.D. - In The Bottle (Sample)
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something
Class Action - Weekend
Fun Fun - Happy Station
Cuba Gooding - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
Sharon Redd - In The Name Of Love
Risqué - Burn It Up (Mr. D.J.) (Rhythm Loop)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Eastbound Expressway - Primitive Desire
New Order - Blue Monday
Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right!
Miquel Brown - So Many Men, So Little Time
Hazell Dean - Searchin
Julius Brown - Party
Tapps - My Forbidden Lover
Righeira - Vamos A La Playa
Earlene Bentley - The Boys Come To Town
Trans-X - Living On Video
Grandmix 83 Blast-Off

About the "Directors Cut"
The Grandmix 83 "Directors Cut" now ends with "Living on Video" by Trans-X
Tracks 69 to 77 were in the original mix, but not broadcasted due to the maximum time available in 1983.
As the mix now runs on for 4 more tracks, it will be more complete than the one broadcasted in 1983.
Among the tracks removed from the very end are "Zarah - Nina Hagen", "Beat it - Michael Jackson"
"Maniac - Michael Sembello"and some obscure tracks I don't even remember.
Believe me nothing worth keeping is lost here, as these extra tracks were only in the mix to make sure it
was at least one full hour. Consider this to be the final "Directors Cut"of the Grandmix 83

Technical Details
Minor level adjustments have been made, as well as improving a couple of cuts.
(remember, 83 84 85 86 87 were originally edited on tape, and tape splicing is
limited to changing the splice angle for a somewhat smoother cut.) Have a look at the studio.

Equipment
2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges
1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels)
1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops
1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads.
Speed: 38 cm/s 2track
Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level
Rare Sennheiser VSM 201 vocoder for robot voices

Reel to reel tape
The complete mix didn't fit on one reel, and had to be transported in 2 sections.
The last 5 minutes of tape 1 were identical to the first 5 minutes of tape 2, and
whilst broadcasting I had to sync up the machines at the NOB (NOS at the time)
to make a very fast (and unnoticeable) live crossfade from tape 1 to tape 2.
Later these tapes were transferred to Sony F1 Digital, solving the live crossfade problem.

The first time the mix was broadcasted in 1983, tape box 2 turned out to be empty,
and the time gap was filled with Side A of a High Fashion Mix Album by Ben Liebrand.
One week later the mix was broadcasted as initially intended.

http://www.liebrand.nl/grandmix/gmix83.html

Grandmix 1983 by Ben Liebrand

A PP Regroove of A Tom Moulton Mix
Additional Drums & Congas by PP

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J e a n C a r n - Love Don't Come Easy (Pied Piper Reboot Of Tom Moulton Mix)

If ever there was someone who the phrase “How does he find time to make that?” was about, serial editor and remixer Pete Le Freq is it. His reworks have been played on BBC Radio 6 regularly by Craig Charles, and DJs the world over, and the sheer number of tracks he produces have caused people to suggest he doesn't sleep much.

Pete started producing over 12 years ago, and made a bit of noise with his house label Llama Farm Recordings. He's been remixed by Jay-J, Eric Kupper and Kenny Summit, appeared on compilations with Joey Negro and LCD Soundsystem, and played alongside  the likes of Crazy P, Inland Knights, CagedBaby and a few others. 

Since discovering the things he was sampling were better than the things he was making, Pete found that retouching and reworking the originals gave him his producing mojo back, and soon after Alpaca Edits was born. 

The York based edits label has since become home to disco superstars such as Dr Packer, Chuggin Edits, and Mannix. He’s been resident DJ at Sotano in York for the last 7 years, and this has fuelled his productions to greater heights. He’s known for playing 5 hour sets that incorporate both his new productions and others versions of serious disco action.

2019 has seen Pete get a vinyl release alongside the likes of Fingerman, Al Kent and Sleazy McQueen on Samosa Recordings, produce remixes for the likes of Hot Digits and Midnight Riot, as well as having 4 eps of his reworks on his own Alpaca Edits. He’s also debuted at Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, and made a return to rock the Toil Trees stage at Beatherder for the second year running. 

November saw him support Michael Gray and Fingerman at Distrikt in Leeds and Derek Kaye in York. The year ended with him beating the likes of Mousse T and Ray Mang in the Traxsource Nu-Disco Top 100 Artists of the year. 

Lockdown saw Pete go into rework overdrive, running a weekly Thursday night stream, as well as starting a regular show on Street Sounds Radio. He also worked with Ashley Slater of Freak Power on some original tracks.

2021 has seen the return of Pete’s That Needs An Edit nights in York, and will culminate in December with a guest slot from Shaka Loves You.
Roll on 2022!

Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Pete Le Freq Refreqs