Name: RA.415 Ron Hardy by Resident Advisor
Duration: 1 h 28 min 56 s
Description: We mark the late house music pioneer's birthday with an unreleased mix.

Yeah!  Keeep Your Body Working, y'all! ✨

1.Loleatta Holloway: Catch Me on the Rebound (edit of Disco Madness remix)
2.Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Bad Luck (edit)
3.Loleatta Holloway: Hit and Run
4.Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge: Sensuous Women Goes Disco
5.Sheila E.: A Love Bizarre
6.Peter Brown: Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me
7.Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)/sound effects
8.Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 4
9.Liaisons Dangereuses: Avant Après Mars


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Ron Hardy Live at the Muzic Box (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P742BJ0wYwQ

artwork by pete fowler http://instagram.com/p/x0Ga_wTR9w/

RON HARDY LIVE @ MUSIC BOX,CHICAGO.1986.HQ AUDIO. - P742BJ0wYwQ

The grand daddy of this thing, from back when the phrase train wrecking still related to trains.

Ron Hardy at the Music Box 1985 - Part 1

"Hardy started his career in 1974 in Chicago gay club Den One. Here, with a set-up of two turntables, a mixer and a reel-to-reel tape-deck, he played long nights of underground black dance music. Around 1977, he went to work in Los Angeles. At the end of 1982, when DJ Frankie Knuckles left the Warehouse to open the Power Plant, Ron Hardy DJed at the Warehouse's new location until Robert Williams renamed it "The Muzic Box." While Frankie Knuckles at the Warehouse (and later the Power Plant) had a very smooth style of playing, Hardy was very different. He had less regard for sound quality and would play with a manic energy, mixing everything from classic Philadelphia Disco classics, Italo disco imports to new wave, disco and rock tracks. Hardy also pitched records up way more than Knuckles (pitch being the difference between normal speed and the speed at which the record is currently playing. Usually expressed as + or -, with 8 being maximum/minimum). Techno artist Derrick May remembers hearing Ron playing a Stevie Wonder cut with the speed at +8. Hardy played a lot of reel-to-reel edits and was always tweaking the soundsystem and playing with the EQ. A Ron Hardy trademark was playing a track backwards. Theo Parrish and several others have said that he did this by turning the needle upside down and putting the record on a cylinder so the needle played the underside of the record, although Stacey Collins says that he did this by using a reel-to-reel. Hardy's residence-club The Muzic Box was also known for its very loud sound volume. Hardy opened his nights with "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Among the classic disco that was a staple in Chicago clubs at the time, typical tracks one could also hear him play were Visage - "Frequency 7", Klein & MBO - "Dirty Talk", ESG - "Moody", Patrick Adams - "Big Phreek", Liquid Liquid - "Optimo", First Choice - "Let No Man Put Asunder", a lot of Philly soul Classics and even pop hits like Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams" and Talk Talk - "It's My Life". Hardy also played electronic body music acts like Nitzer Ebb. Such eclecticism and the technical wizardy described were highlights of a unique style that separated Hardy from others like Knuckles and Levan. The main ingredient, however, was the soulful black disco tracks. Producer Chip E. introduced Hardy to recording music in 1986 when the two mixed "Donnie" by The It (featuring Chip E., Larry Heard, Robert Owens, and Harri Dennis). In early 1987, Chicago passed an ordinance forcing after-hours clubs to close at the same time as bars, and The Muzic Box was one of many casualties. After the closure of the Muzik Box, Hardy continued to DJ at various events around Chicago. However he battled with heroin addiction and did not manage to overcome this. He died on March 2, 1992. From humble beginnings, Hardy's contributions to house music are considered incredibly influential."
Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton (2000) "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey" (Grove Press)
Extra special thx to Jamie 326 

Ron Hardy Live at the Muzik Box (1988)

We mark the late house music pioneer's birthday with an unreleased mix.

RA.415 Ron Hardy

from my personal archives. recorded at sound factory bar 4.24.93. i was in the booth all night watching a true legend at work. never will forget that night...

Frankie Knuckles @ Sound Factory Bar 4.24.93

On September 24th, 2016, Crate Diggers, presented by Discogs and Grimy!, makes its international debut, in Berlin, Germany! Featuring a Record Fair during the day, followed by an all night After Party headlined by Theo Parrish, Marcellus Pittman, and Zernell, Crate Diggers is the ultimate event for record junkies! In anticipation of the event, we were given this custom mix by Jamie 3:26, who will be spinning on the after party! Check out his expertly mixed selection of soulful House and Disco vibes!

Hailing from the Beverly area on the South Side of Chicago, Jamie 3:26 has garnered recognition in his own right, and poised to unleash a barrage of hot music on the populous, Jamie 3:26 is fast becoming a music phenomenon.

Driven by the desire to allow people to lose themselves on the floor and forget their problems, Jamie keeps his irons in the fire. He always seeks out new and fresh sounds. It could be a song from 30 years ago or a new jam, as long as it has a great groove, he's interested in it.

When he plays, his main goal is to connect with the crowd. He feeds off of their energy. He has the uncanny ability to read a floor and switch the groove without losing them. Directing them to places he wants them to go is what sets him apart from many other DJ's.

Kicking off his solo productions with a series of ace Disco edits back in 2008 on Partehardy Records, Jamie has remixed House luminaries such as Jungle Wonz, Chip E and Marcellus Pittman as well as working with newer acts such as youAND:THEMACHINES and the Chromatic Filters.

In 2011 Jamie released Acid Whump on Strobelight Honey records. Full of 303, it's one of his dirtiest tracks to date and came on the B-side of Bostich Time. Whilst in 2012 he re-edited Can You Feel It by Rhythm Makers for the Lumberjacks In Hell label.

In 2013 Jamie contributed two tracks to the year's best selling Chicago Service EP; the first track being an uptempo take of Curtis Mayfield's Give Me Your Love, whilst the second was co-produced with DJ Cratebug. Between them they twisted Loleatta Holloway's Hit N Run into another level floor wrecker.

Jamie's latest release is Insanity Project / Acid Shower on Rush Hour Store Jams. With no online sales and it only being available via selected stores, people are going to have to be very quick and very lucky to get their hands on the Vinyl only release.

On the DJ front, Jamie is up there with the best from the Windy City. His sets epitomize the true house sound of Chicago whilst not forgetting it's deep Disco roots. Jamie loves the music he plays and it comes across in bucket loads, as he gets down as hard behind the decks as the people do out there on the dance floor.

Jamie 3:26 links:
https://soundcloud.com/jamie3too6
https://www.facebook.com/jamie3too6/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/947416-Jamie-326

Crate Diggers Berlin takes place on September 24th, 2016 at Prince Charles. The epic FREE event begins with a Record Fair at 12:00, featuring 30+ vendors and 7 local DJs. The After Party goes from 22:00 until 8:00(!) and features headlining DJs Theo Parrish, Marcellus Pittman, and Zernell, with special opening sets by Jamie 3:26 and Lakuti.

Discogs Mix 51- Jamie 3:26

Disco love songs.

@dj-spinna-1

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=611

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