je dirais même plus Simon ! trop bon !  un grand merci Ray 🙏

The mid-70s was tough time for New York. The city's reputation for crime and disorder still very much a part of residents daily lives - with then Mayor, Ed Koch repeatedly warning that the ‘dirt, crime, and racial tension continued to weaken the once great city’. 

The illegal drug trade flourished, causing a soaring murder rate, and dividing the city into areas ruled by different drug lords. The NYC Subway fell victim to a crime epidemic that saw more crimes being committed on the subway each year than in any other subway system in the world. Landlords would burn tenant buildings for insurance money – displacing hundreds of people.

Between 1970 and 1980, 40% of the South Bronx had been burned down or abandoned. 

From these ashes, NYC spawned and supported the birth of Disco, Hip Hop, Post Punk & New Wave. 

Here’s a love letter to those critical years - by no means a definitive list, but a collage of genres, loosely hanging together with the help of some tape delay. 

Musical nods to the people that drove this creativity; Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Larry Levan, François Kevorkian, Tee Scott, David Mancuso, John ‘Jelly Bean’ Benitez, Boyd Jarvis, Tony Humphries and artists like Keith Haring and Andy Warhol and the avant garde, art rock and self-proclaimed ‘freaks, dropouts and wackos’: Konk, Talking Heads, Pylon, Chic, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Liquid Liquid, Blondie & Suicide. 

This collective ‘sound’ would bleed out into the ether, through clubs and radio, out to Chicago and Detroit and ultimately, the world; Disco would mutate into House, Rap’s ‘five elements’ would settle into Hip-Hop and the low-fi, outsider aesthetic of Post-Punk & New Wave would continue to inspire the best of bands. Both then and now. 

Put together lovingly with two 1210’s, a two channel mixer and a space echo – here’s a snapshot of NYC 1978 – 1986 (mistakes and all).

NYC - A Love Letter [1978 - 1986]

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Replay of my Set @ The Disco Waltons Sunday Service on ndcradio.co.uk  ! Enjoy my friends !!!
Tracklist :
1.    The Found Sound Orchestra - Makin' Babies
2.    Jam Band 80 - Jammin' (With The Jam Band) (Briak Edit)
3.    Gwen McCrae - Move Me Baby (Danny Krivit Edit)
4.    Ted Taylor - Ghetto Disco (Serge Gamesbourg Edit)
5.    Risco Connection - Good Times
6.    Bassfort - Moon Light (Kyodai Rework)
7.    Metropolis - I Love New York (The Reflex Revision)
8.    DJ Kawasaki - When It Feels Right (Danny Krivit 7'' Edit)
9.    Afrika System - Anikana-O (Moplen Extended)
10. Alma Negra - Harambee (Voilaaa Remix)
11. S-Tone Inc, Toco - Pra Voce (Extended Remix)
12. AXNéR - Got The Look (Al Kent's Feel Good Remix)
13. Soul City Connection - Brotherly Love (Jamie 326 & Danou P Extended South Street Soul Strut Version)
14. D.P.V. - Mosey Disco
15. Dam Swindle - All I Want
16. Lenny Fontana, Vangela Crowe - Hell Yeah (Club Mix)
17. Paul Rudder, OUI - In The Sky For Our Love
18. My Name - Un Dimanche
19. Cloudburst - I'm Loving You (Briak Edit)
20. Popcorn - Song For You
21. Rozalin Woods - Sexy Eyes

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This mix was realized after the boat party. Exclusively,  the last track of the mix, there is the Bern Hoft's Remix by the Brothers & Sisters Crew (Seb, Fred and me). Soon available on the Web site : http://www.brothersandsisters.fr
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Ray Ewing - What's up After The Boat Party ? (Brothers & Sisters, Afro Deep House Mix)

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LOUIE VEGA BREAKS DOWN HIS GRAMMY NOMINATED REMIX OF JASPER STREET CO. / PRAYING FOR YOU

 I've been a huge fan of Jasper Street Co. and its producers Teddy Douglas and DJ Spen and the whole Baltimore family for over 25 years. Baltimore always had the Gospel sound in the pocket when it came to dance music. They've been doing it for years, and that Gospel influence inspired me to create some of my own productions and remixes with artists like Bebe Winans, The Winans Brothers, The Clarke Sisters, & Kenny Bobien to name a few. And who would imagine we’d be here? A Grammy Nomination in the Best Remixed Category for the Louie Vega Remix of "Praying For You" by Jasper Street Co. produced by Baltimore finest.  

Here's how it all happened. Michael Weiss from Nervous Records signed an album deal for Jasper Street Co., and he reached out and asked me to remix one of the album cuts. I listened to every track, but for some reason the song "Praying For You" stood out. I think the syncopated beat, and the driving backgrounds singing "On My Knees" in the vamp caught my ear. Besides it being a truly inspirational song, it had all the elements I would need to start the remix. 

What also helped solidify my choice to remix this track was when I went to a birthday party for Tony Humphries in New Jersey at the Cricket Club with guest DJ Teddy Douglas, Teddy played the track while I was dancing on the floor and hearing it in their environment…I said this is the one to remix! 

I went into my studio Daddy's Workshop with the stems and called on my keyboardist / collaborator Axel Tosca after I had finished up the rhythm track.  We revoiced the chords and vocal song elements giving it a new feel. I enhanced the syncopated loop that was there with more kicks, hats, claps, and it just created a driving beat that was a dj's tool if any and would get anyone movin' on a dancefloor.  

Once Axel and I finished up the music we called in Gene Perez (Bass Player of Elements Of Life) and he laced the groove and then the pocket was complete. I moved around vocals to create a vamp with adlibs giving you the force of testifying with a musical change that elevated you to an even loftier place. When I finished the overdub sessions (it took two sessions to complete) I thought I could build it even more with additional adlibs from the group. This required some extra coordination given everyone’s various schedules. 

I conferred with Michael Weiss and we decided to make a road trip out of it. A bunch of my New York nightlife fam came along, and we had a 4 car caravan rolling down I95 on a Sunday morning journey to Baltimore.  The plan was to do the recording at one of Spen and Teddy's studio stomping grounds, and then that night  throw a party afterwards at a small venue with fans to test out a rough mix of the session. 

The trip was a complete success! Having Vonita, Fruity, and Richard from Jasper Street Co. sing new backgrounds, along with a new set of adlibs by Vonita brought the song to that next level. It was the icing on the cake! And the party that night was incredible. The energy was through the roof when I played a rough mix of the song. 

That week I went back to my studio Daddy's Workshop and arranged what we recorded and my engineer Yas Inoue and I finished up the remix. The following Wednesday I went to play at my residency in New York City, Expansions NYC and before the night started with our staff we listened to the final mix and everyone went crazy dancing and feeling the track. We knew right there it was an instant smash! 
This track truly comes from the underground grass roots of dance music, and it’s a true honor to see that it is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Remix Category !!

Ray Ewing - What's up After The Boat Party ? (Brothers & Sisters, Afro Deep House Mix)

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