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June 2016
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That. Weather Report - Teen Town (Mr. PC Edit) aka Jaco Disco

This. Stanley Clarke - The Dancer (Mr. PC Edit) aka Stanley Dancer

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Now more than ever I have been feeling inspired by the pioneering DJ's and musical hosts of the 1970's and early 1980's who were not confined by genres or scenes. Rather, these selectors, such as David Mancuso, Mark Kamins, and Grandmaster Flash, would pull from any style of music as long as it elevated peoples' souls, made them move their feet, or made them think of music differently.

I've always found George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" to be such a deep, thoughtful, brave, and even eerie song. However, being made in 1970 it doesn't really bump the way it should. In addition to some remastering and such, I did this rework to really allow the dance floor to catch their breath and close their eyes on the dance floor while the sun begins to  creep in through the loft windows at those late night after hours.

Hope you enjoy and are able to program it into your sets.

-PC

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George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (PC's Sunrise Spirit Rework) [FREE DL]

The inaugural Body Response loft party went down on Chicago's south side last weekend. Here's the recording from my set.

Tracklist:
Seven Davis Jr. - Friends [Classic]
Cuisine Dub - Lumbrack [Vacationland]
Trüby Trio feat. Marcus Begg - Universal Love (Ame Rootdown Round Midnite Mix) [Compost]
Jamie 3:26 - Acid Whump [326 Records]
Sol Power All-Stars - Djidjo Vide (feat. Elikeh) [Sol Power]
Future Warriors - Pembe (Jimmy Rouge Edit) [Orange Tree Edits]
Mr. V - Something Wit Jazz (Jimpster Remix) [Razor-N-Tape Reserve]
Khadi - Samrai (JTC Remix) [Don't Be Afraid]
Chaos In The CBD - Invisible Spectrum [Rhythm Section International]
The Detroit Experiment - Think Twice (Henrik Schwarz Remix) [Planet E]
God's Property - Stomp (Booker T Spiritual House Remix) [B-Rite / Universal]
Peter Croce - Midwest Maracatu [DUB]
Rahaan - Secondo Coro Delle Lavandaie [Fatty Fatty Phonographs]
Toto Chiavetta - Mother Acid Land [Yoruba]
Tee Mango - Music For Molly [Millionhands]
Love Committee - Just As Long As I've Got You (Secret Squirrels Edit) [Secret Squirrels]
Sylvester - Make Me Feel (Late Nite Tuff Guy Edit) [Tuff Cuts]
Eumir Deodato - Keep It In The Family (SyntheTigers Full Circle Edit)
Two Tons O' Fun - Earth Can Be (Just Like Heaven) (Mr. PC Edit) [DUB]
Kenny Bobien - Why We Sing [Equip]
Sol Power All-Stars - Taxi Driver [GAMM]
Groove Assassin - Office Party [Things May Change!]
Todd Terje - Jungelknugen (Four Tet Remix) [Olsen]

Live @ Body Response I

When David Armin-Parcells (aka Lafleur) first opened MotorCity Wine back in 2009, it quickly established itself as a premier underground spot for both house and disco deejays as well as the city’s prolific jazz artists. Fast forward 8 years and the venue is thriving as one of Detroit’s go-to venues, boasting an excessively high quality line up of both house and jazz residents, from Monty Luke and Rick Wilhite, to Norm Talley & Carl Craig. After a 3 year residency at MotorCity Wine, Lafleur tapped in Peter Croce of Rocksteady Disco to make the venue’s mark outside of the city with this debut 12”, highlighting the half house half jazz sound that makes the venue what it is today.

The debut 12” EP kicks off with Andy Compton feat. Celestine’s “Creation”, a soulful yet hard-edged deep house track, driven by a bubbly bassline and Celestine’s passionate harmonized vocals.  

Support Andy Compton: @andycompton
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MCRW001 - MotorCity Wine Recordings #1

PREMIERE: Andy Compton feat. Celestine - Creation [MotorCity Wine Recordings]

Follow: @altonmillermusic @motorcitywine

VA - MotorCity Wine Recordings #1
late June / early July release date
Pre-Order https://rocksteadydisco.bandcamp.com/album/mcwr001-motorcity-wine-recordings-1

A1. Andy Compton feat. Celestine - Creation
A2. Jean-Luc Ponty - Dance Of The Spirits (Peter Croce Re-Edit)
B1. Alton Miller - For You
B2. Lafleur - Latin Groove

When David Armin-Parcells (aka Lafleur) first opened MotorCity Wine back in 2009, it quickly established itself as a premier underground spot for both house and disco deejays as well as the city’s prolific jazz artists. Fast forward 8 years and the venue is thriving as one of Detroit’s go-to venues, boasting an excessively high quality line up of both house and jazz residents, from Monty Luke and Rick Wilhite, to OG funk brother Dennis Coffey and Ian Finkelstein, to Shigeto and Underground Resistance, to the Hughes/Smith Quintet and B. Williams, to Norm Talley & Carl Craig. After a 3 year residency at MotorCity Wine, Lafleur tapped in Peter Croce of Rocksteady Disco to make the venue’s mark outside of the city with this debut 12”, highlighting the half house half jazz sound that makes the venue great. 

The debut 12” EP kicks off with Andy Compton feat. Celestine’s “Creation”, a soulful yet hard-edged deep house track, driven by a bubbly bassline and Celestine’s passionate harmonized vocals. Peter Croce carries the jazz torch into the A2 track, with an officially licensed blissed out Balearic re-edit of Jean-Luc Ponty’s “Dance Of The Spirits”, a song that has never seen vinyl before. Detroit deep house legend Alton Miller starts the flip with “For You”, a brilliantly atmospheric yet driving afro-tinged deep house number, executed in the way only Alton can. Lafleur caps the release with “Latin Groove”, an electronic jazz cut featuring live musicianship coupled with Lafleur’s keen programming chops. The 12” is housed in a fully custom artwork jacket designed by Blair French. 

www.motorcitywine.com
peter@motorcitywine.com

MotorCity Wine Recordings #1

Alton Miller - For You [MCWR001]

Thanks to @petercroce for letting us premiering this awesome track of LaFleur - "Latin Groove" soon to be released on @motorcitywine. 

This track is an amazing crossover between jazz, house with a latin touch thanks to some crazy keys. A perfect track to enjoy a nice drink during a great evening.

Early July release date - Pre-Order here: https://rocksteadydisco.bandcamp.com/album/mcwr001-motorcity-wine-recordings-1

Follow Motorcity Wine: https://soundcloud.com/motorcitywine
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Limonadier Premiere - LaFleur - Latin Groove

Lindstrøm came to town for one of smartbar's 35th anniversary events. I had the pleasure of opening up the night with a 3.5 hour set, right before Lindstrøm went on. Tune into the eclectic sounds that journey from an empty room to a packed floor.

Live Sets

smartbar 35th Anniversary event // 2017-11-11 before Lindstrøm & Mr. White

Rocksteady Disco label owner and party thrower @Petercroce is coming to Brooklyn's @razor-n-tape with an awesome EP straight from Detroit! 

Get Up and Boogie is classic disco groove banger. Outstanding construction, massive bassline, some horns and you have all the ingredients for a dancefloor  wrecker. 

As usual RNT provides us with some quality edits, thanks guys for giving us amazing vibes!

Pre-Order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/peter-croce-edits/667995-01/

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RNT032 - Peter Croce Edits

Premiere - Razor-N-Tape - Peter Croce - Get Up and Boogie

Peter Croce has been making some noise lately with his Rocksteady Disco party and record label, and here he brings his burgeoning rework sensibilities to RNT with a varied pack of revisions straight from Detroit! On the ecstatic uptempo face-melting tip, we have Spirit Dance and Get Up And Boogie, either of which are sure to burn down any disco. Then there’s the hard-working, grown-ass groove of Proletariat Blues, and Made In China, a beautiful slow-burner for those early evening spins or late-night comedowns.

RNT032 - Razor-N-Tape

Vinyl

PREMIERE : Peter Croce Edits - Proletariat Blues [RAZOR N TAPE]

@petercroce rhythmically persuades the disco dance floor with four organic groovers on the latest @razor-n-tape 12".

Read more: http://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-peter-croce-spirit-dance-razorn-tape/

First Listen: Peter Croce - 'Spirit Dance' (Razor-N-Tape)

Kampana delivers once again with a pair of dance floor gems that will please lovers of funk, disco and gospel alike.

On the A-side, Aroop Roy means serious business with 'Reason to Dance'. Driven by an outrageous slap bass, infectious horn stabs and a limb-shaking vocal refrain, it's no surprise that this has been THE secret weapon of his recent sets around the world.

On the flip, Detroit native @petercroce, fresh from the huge success of his Razor-N-Tape EP, comes in equally strong, with the gospel-fuelled disco cut 'Just Like Heaven'. The track builds patiently, lingering on a raw disco groove, honing in on a powerful brass section and spirit-lifting vocals, and eventually climaxing with epic strings and thunderous piano.

Classics 3

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Peter Croce - Just Like Heaven (edit) (96kps low res)vinyl only

A low-slung piece of deep house on Detroit's Motorcity Wine Recordings.

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You Know [Motorcity Wine]

Dexter Story's spiritual and uplifting track "Eastern Prayer" (from the album "Wondem") featuring vocalist Nia Andrews, is given a house rework by Detroit's own Peter Croce. Croce is a deejay, producer, musician, and founder of the eclectic and boutique label/party Rocksteady Disco.

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Eastern Prayer feat. Nia Andrews (Peter Croce Remix)

Dexter Story - Eastern Prayer feat. Nia Andrews (Peter Croce Remix)

The weekly Soul Clap Records Show, live from The Lot Radio in Brooklyn with your host Eli aka Bamboozle & The Rocksteady Disco Crew of Blair French & Peter Croce. 

Tracklist Available Here: https://wp.me/p4FID-1uh

The Soul Clap Records With Eli & Rocksteady Disco 10/16/2018

DC Promo Tracks #279: "Standing Still Is An Illusion" (Aroop Roy Remix) by Blair French is part of the upcoming release "Standing Still Is An Illusion Remixed" on Rocksteady Disco @rocksteadydisco

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DC Promo Tracks #279: Blair French "Standing Still Is An Illusion" (Aroop Roy Remix)

Peter Croce's set from Contra at Seoul back in April 2018. Salute to Spencer and Jun Mo at Homework!

콘트라의 실속파, 알짜배기 파티 Homework가 4월 28일 디트로이트 출신 디제이 Peter Croce와 함께합니다! Peter Croce는 미국 디트로이트 기반의 디제이이자 음악가, 프로듀서입니다. 많은 디제이들이 그의 음악을 좋아라 했는데요. 가령, Mr. Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Jimpster, The Black Madonna, Dimitri From Paris, Danny Krivit, Jeremy Underground, Simbad, Aroop Roy, Andy Weatherall, Waajeed, Sasha 등입니다. 그는 주로 Razor-N-Tape, In Any Case, Kampana 그리고 Worldwide FM 2017년 올해의 레이블로 선정pp On The Corner와 같은 곳에서 음악을 릴리즈했습니다. 또한 Rocksteady Disco 레이블을 직접 운영하고 있고, MotorCity Wine Recordings의 운영에도 관여하고 있죠. 매우 부지런해보입니다. 그의 디제이 셋은 딥하우스부터 재즈 펑크, 디스코, 테크노, 발레아릭, 글로벌 뮤직까지 매우 다채로운 편이라하니, 우리 모두 오픈-마인드로 그를 맞이하면 될 것 같습니다.

Peter Croce Live at Contra // Seoul for Homework #5 28-04-2018

• DTW FM #155 •

Hosted by:

Marcoweibel
@marcoweibel
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Mawkus
@mawkus

Show #155 • Detroit favorites Rocksteady Disco (@rocksteadydisco) came by to rock the second half of the show. Was a good vibey one!

#WeMove

Spotify Handle : dtw.lnk.to/DTWitall
Every Saturday 
12PM - 2PM EST 
Broadcasting via The Lot Radio 
(www.thelotradio.com)
@thelotradio

Tracklist / Info.

Darker Than Wax FM #155 ft. Rocksteady Disco • 19th January 2019

A 18h, c'est la première émission Word Session w/ tous les dimanches, qui dévoile l’une des forces de la radio, sa recherche de nouveaux talents du Monde. On accueille pour cette ouverture PETER CROCE, DJ, musicien et producteur basé à Detroit. Il détient et exploite Rocksteady Disco et gère MotorCity Wine Recordings. Il nous délivrera ce soir un set se tirant des sons deep house, jazz funk, disco, techno et autres sons globaux.

www.petercroce.com

Word Session w/ Peter Croce - 05.05.19

https://soundcloud.com/petercroce
Peter Croce is a Detroit based deejay, musician, and producer. His releases have been supported by the likes of Mr. Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Jimpster, The Black Madonna, Dimitri From Paris, Danny Krivit, Jeremy Underground, Simbad, Aroop Roy, Andy Weatherall, Waajeed, Sasha, and more. In addition to releasing on Razor-N-Tape, In Any Case, Kampana, Nite Owl Diner Cool Ranch, and Worldwide FM Awards’ 2017 label of the year On The Corner, he owns and operates Rocksteady Disco and manages MotorCity Wine Recordings. His DJ sets are eclectic and musical, drawing from deep house, jazz funk, disco, techno, balearic, and other global sounds.

Saint Wax Podcast / Peter Croce

The story goes that he's a deejay/producer/musician, Rocksteady Disco label boss hailing from Detroit, a cancer, probably an enneagram 7, who's known to consume copious amounts of third wave coffee and fix deejay booths around the city. 
This mix was recorded live at a legendary vinyl-only party in Detroit called Slow Jams back on Labor Day 2016. It's some of my favorite music that I grew up hearing around my house or have discovered in my never-ending digging escapades. Heaps of jazz funk, rare groove, and balearic sounds inside."

Essential Roots #6 --- Peter Croce

Nestled in one of Shibuya's many high-rising buildings, up 4 stories, and through an incandescent lit foyer lies one of Tokyo's notorious little dancehalls-- Icon Lounge. 90 minutes of peak time power, including some unreleased and forthcoming tracks, from label boss Mr. PC. Salute Eugene Kelly and TAT2K for making it happen and Rev Shines for a brilliant set as well.

Hit the captions for track IDs

Peter Croce Live at Icon Lounge // Tokyo 2019/10/25

ROOTS MUSIC
REBEL MUSIC
SONGS OF FREEDOM
ECSTATIC DANCE & MATURE GROOVES
MUSIC TO MAKE LOVE[RS] TO
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†SERMON† at Temple Bar began in March of 2014 as Peter Croce's first party and residency. We've shared many memories, jello shots, and hugs on Temple Bar's sweaty dance floor for this party, so let's do it one last time this Friday. Be curious, let your soul hang out, and leave your mask at home.

The Last Sermon w/ Peter Croce @ Temple Bar 2020-01-10

1982, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prince writes a song for Morris Day and The Time, using his guitarist's actual phone number. He fires up his Linn LM-1 and records a stock drumbeat (programmed by funk legend Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi), lays down one of the funkiest basslines and guitar riffs of all time before Morris Day adds his lead vocals. 

The original song is brilliant, but I wanted an edit for my sets that removed the rock and roll guitar solo and extended some other bits. Hopefully you get some use in your sets too.

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777-9311 (Mr. PC Strictly Funk Edit) [free DL]

It was at the start of lockdown in America (which feels like it was two months ago but was only a week ago) that Peter Croce wrote something in his label @rocksteadydisco 's excellent newletter that stuck with me.

"I'm a little bugged out about it," he wrote. "I feel like Rocksteady Disco's entire mission is to COMBAT social distancing and isolation. I believe we need to do it because we need to take care of one another and those with compromised health." 

That contradiction more than anything is why we started StayHomeDisco and why we'll continue for so long as anyone is listening. 

Peter is the head of Rocksteady Disco, which Lauren Krieger profiled for 5 Mag last summer. While you're here check out his presumably extremely new or extremely prophetic Social Distance Edits on Bandcamp: https://rocksteadydisco.bandcamp.com/

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#StayHomeDisco - Peter Croce Live at Solfa Tokyo October 10 2019

Signal vol. 36 Peter Croce @Departamento Mexico City 2020-02-07

1) Blair French - Faded By The Sun (12" Mix) [forthcoming Rocksteady Disco]
2) Turbojazz - Fight To Finish [GAMM]
3) Penny Penny - Shilungu [Soundway]
4) Clap! Clap! - By Way Of The Flute [Real Bad Man]
5) Esnard Boisdur - Soufwans (Frankie Francis & Simbad 3AM Mix) [Sofrito]
6) JKriv - Aguaxirê [Rocksteady Disco]
7) Steve Paradise - Zultan (Pablo Fierro Remix) [Solido Etichetta Italiana]
8) Ketiov - Samir [Ketiov]
9) Mike Simonetti - Porto Funk [Tooli Créme]
10) Phil & Dan - Regulate (Ian Pooley Remix) [Pooled]
11) Philou Louzolo - Zomba [ByrdOut]
12) Vagabundo Club Social - Angayusa (JKriv Discumbia Mix) [Lovedancing]

 Peter Croce is a Detroit-based deejay, producer, and the head of the label/party Rocksteady Disco. In his short and rising career he’s been asked by Ron Trent to play alongside him and François K, and was asked to open for the legendary Grace Jones. A true personality deejay, Peter's musical mind focuses more on soul and spirit than genres and rules, putting him straight in heart of the next generation of deeply rooted American selectors and label bosses.

His debut release "Revival" quickly sold out worldwide, earning organic support from Mr. Scruff, Soul Clap, Jamie 3:26, Ben Westbeech, and even Kanye West; and continues to be heard on dance floors around the world. He's also a jazz-trained bassist and prolific re-editor (usually under his Mr. PC alias), artfully tailoring classics and future gems for his dance floors. In addition to his own imprint his releases can be found on Razor-N-Tape, Soundway, On The Corner, and Kampana.

When there isn't a global pandemic happening Peter maintains a busy gig schedule between residencies in Detroit and Chicago, as well as appearances in Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, New York, London, Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., and more.

In an effort to help offset the work stoppage right now for artists. Who rely on playing gigs as a form of income. We wanted to help any way possible.

We're asking that you donate to the artist direct. Anything may help in and effort to help support the arts and artists who provide.
PayPal : petercrocedet@gmail.com 
Venmo/Cash App : @petercroce

https://soundcloud.com/petercroce

https://soundcloud.com/rocksteadydisco

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/petercroce

Signals vol. 36 Peter Croce @Departamento Mexico City 2020-02-07

Peter Croce is a Detroit based deejay, musician, and producer. His releases have been supported by the likes of Mr. Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Jimpster, The Black Madonna, Dimitri From Paris, Danny Krivit, Jeremy Underground, Simbad, Aroop Roy, Andy Weatherall, Waajeed, Sasha, and more. In addition to releasing on Razor-N-Tape, In Any Case, Kampana, Nite Owl Diner Cool Ranch, and Worldwide FM Awards’ 2017 label of the year On The Corner, he owns and operates Rocksteady Disco and manages MotorCity Wine Recordings. His DJ sets are eclectic and musical, drawing from deep house, jazz funk, disco, techno, balearic, and other global sounds.

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