Robert was our friend, and we miss him. It's difficult to put into words just what he meant to us. He was a mentor, an inspiration. Canada’s, and more specifically Montreal’s, disco deity. We won’t burrow into his biography, as it is extensive, and footnotes would simply not do him justice. Check out the Red Bull Music Academy video interview if you want to start to journey into who he was for yourself. We made this mix just a few days after he died. It is a cathartic, vastly imperfect, and quick expedition into his music. It merely scratches the surface of who he was, musically.

We connected through a party we were playing for Pride Toronto, after we suggested that he replace the divine Nicky Siano on the bill, as Nicky had to back out at the last minute. After that party, we played together a handful of times, both in his native Montreal and in Toronto, but we really became close through afternoons spent in his home studio, sharing songs. He was more passionate about music than anyone we’d ever met. He was in his seventies, some forty years our senior, but was a big kid really, and when we were together we were contemporaries. We loved taking him out to dinner, which happened about once a month, and hearing stories of his Limelight disco days, or of his experience making house music in the nineties. Or speaking to what it was like to be a seventy-odd something still making music and djing parties. He was always working on something. Always. We were so proud to help get a few of his edits out to the world, through connections with GAMM, Basic Fingers, and Whiskey Disco. He had so much music to share, and was constantly clamouring for us to send him edits for his radio shows, a request we complied to, often and happily. 

When the world stopped with Covid, we were no longer able to make it to Montreal. We’d chat over the internet, or do video calls, but, in hindsight, we could and should have stayed better connected. When the news of his passing broke, over a stranger's shared Facebook post of all places, we were breathless and in disbelief. We called his phone, over and over again, putting our faith in the unreliability of social media, but he didn’t answer. Shortly after, a text came from his phone, from a friend of his, confirming the news. The hardest part was knowing that those dinners were over. No more advice and no more shared wisdom. The promise of another party to play together was to be left unfulfilled. We just hope that he knew how much we loved him and how important he was to us.

Dylan & John aka the Patchouli Brothers

Lumberjacks Tape 044: Ode to Robert Ouimet by The Patchouli Brothers

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2023-03-04 Live At Paloma Invites (Javi Frias)

The first hour & a half recorded live at the first ever House Of Booker show, August 2022 @ Neck of The Woods in Auckland...
Setting the vibes! X

Welcome 2... House Of Booker

Masterful French artist Yuksek returns with his fifth studio album, majestically combining his love of Brazilian rhythm with far-flung dance textures via the vibrant colours of ‘Dance’O’Drome’.

His breathtaking new album shares both its name and eclectic philosophy with the Dance’O’Drome radio show he presents on Radio Nova, vividly expanding upon the kaleidoscopic musical universe he created with 2020’s acclaimed ‘Nosso Ritmo’ LP. A glorious fusion of Brazilian luminosity and esoteric dance sensibilities, ‘Dance’O’Drome’ effortlessly glides through diverse sonic topography. Formed with a magnetic disco core, explosions of punk-funk are pitched against feverish Italo refrains, the compelling soundscapes variously paying homage to the filtered house of seminal Parisian label, Roulé, the languid Balearic disco of Metro Area, and plenty more in between. 

To celebrate the release, Yuksek has provided us with an insightful concept mix, best described by the man himself: 

"This mix is a blend of tracks, alternatives and live versions of my new album with the addition of tracks I sometimes play in my DJ sets, some edits I've produced and some inspirations. ENJOY!"

Link to the album here:
https://yuksek.lnk.to/DanceODrome__

Full Tracklist

SlothBoogie Guestmix #393 - Yuksek

@thepatchoulibrothers recently landed on Razor-N-Tape with some of the best edits we've heard in a long long while. In an already storied career of flips, their RNT Edits 12" is a standout record - the Brothers at the top of their game, and an absolute masterclass in the do’s and don’ts of the disco edit.

To celebrate the new record, the Canadian diggers extraordinaires hit the decks for the RNT podcast series! They flow through all flavors of edits - peak time bombs, disco chuggers, soulful selections, euphoric cuts... they've gone deep into the bag to provide 60 minutes of straight heat.

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Heavyweight Scottish production duo @6thboroughproject have a wicked new EP 'Rhythm and Truth' landing this coming Friday on Jimpster's brilliant @delusionsofgrandeur label. Delivering again on the trademark deep disco meets groove infused house sound that has made them cult favourites across the globe it's a delight of a triple tracker.

To celebrate the release we asked them to step up to the LV decks for our Selectors series and as you might expect it's a sublime mix packed with groove aplenty.

We also chatted to them about the mix and some of their own favourite mixes. Check it all out on LV online here: https://levisiteuronline.com/music/6th-borough-project-lv-selectors-76/

LV Selectors 76

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LV Selectors 76 - 6th Borough Project

Disco kings of Miami Brad & Pad aka The Love Tempo drop a mighty fine DJ mix for the DD series. Saddle up and buckle down!

Enjoy the music x

Disco Deviance Mix Show 114 - Love Tempo Mix

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera 
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Next up on our OpenLab Presents series, we are delighted to welcome producer, DJ, and co-founder of https://soundcloud.com/razor-n-tape, https://soundcloud.com/jkriv:
“This mix is a nice cross-section of some stuff I’ve been feeling lately that’s more on the more chill and easy end-of-summer vibes. There are some classic digs in there as well as some brand-new music, including an exclusive play of a new remix I’ve done for Flamingo Pier, which will be dropping on their Beneath The Neon EP on my label Razor-N-Tape early September!”

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Aroop Roy shows off the deeper side of his tastes in this fantastic, ultra-immersive selection of club sounds.

Catch Aroop Roy at Stereo, London on October 5th - a Clash live event in collaboration with The Lost Explorer Mezcal.

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Clash DJ Mix - Aroop Roy

First aired on Saturday 14 October on the legendary HAUSWERK show on RDU 98.5FM in Christchurch - I put this together as a little showcase ahead of a return to my hometown for HOUSE OF BOOKER @ FLUX on Friday 3 November. Hope you dig the vibes - music from Ron Trent, Daniel Maunick, Franck Roger, Fouk, Sean McCabe, Franc Spangler, L'Aroye and more X

Booker X Hauswerk

Born 1970 near Stuttgart, Germany. Started mixing and collecting records in 1985. After competing in various DJ battles (such as the DMC German Championships 1991) he had his first residency in a club in Stuttgart in 1991. During the 90's he was mostly known as a Hip Hop DJ/producer and as a member of chart topping Hip Hop band Freundeskreis. With Freundeskreis he released 2 gold selling studio albums, 1 live album and a best of album (FK 10 in 2007). Since 2000 he released 4 solo albums, made countless Remixes (The Jackson 5, Das EFX, The Pharcyde, Die Fantastischen Vier, Malente just to name a few) and his newer projects include Motor Mouth with Philip König and Bodymovin with DJ Thomilla and the Boogie/Funk project Ground Control. Nowadays he's mostly into Modern Funk, House, Electro- + Discofunk. As a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s his influences are Discofunk, Electrofunk, Boogie, Soul, Italo Disco, Hip Hop and House.

Lumberjacks Tapes 050: DJ Friction

Cut in Brooklyn // Good for Dance!

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