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This week on There Is No Planet Earth Radio I’m excited to welcome DJ Zernell

For this weeks episode I’ll be airing a reel to reel disco mix Zernell made back in the 90s🔥💣🚀

“Zernell was born in Chicago and started DJing at the age of 14. This was during the early years of house music and like a lot of Chicago teens he religiously listened to the Hot Mix 5 on WBMX. Zernell musically grew up in the Music Box and other Chicago clubs listening to the sounds of Ron Hardy and other early pioneers of house music and was schooled by the masters in the art of song selection and timing that drives dancers into a frenzy. Zernell’s Grimy style of music features some of the hottest and rarest house & disco songs and re-edits mixed just the right way to keep you dancing and wanting more, which has made Zernell one of the hottest dj’s in the underground scene today.

Zernell has done numerous parties in cities around the globe. He has toured the U.K. and Europe and headlined parties in London, The Netherlands,
Italy, Sweden, France, Switzerland & Germany. Zernell’s passion for disco & house is as strong as it was in the 80’s and reflects in his extensive record collection of rare vinyl. Out of that passion Zernell created the label Grimy Edits, which have sold thousands of units worldwide.

Zernell Gillie's style can range from the heart of disco to the soul of Chicago house with a grimy twist. With over 30 years of Deejaying under his belt, it shows in all of his mixes & live performances. He heads the highly sought after record label Grimy Edits & the sister label Grimy Trax. He is the creator of the lifestyle brand Grimy Gear. He is the Co-founder of the Crate Diggers Record Fair & After-party series, and has a monthly show on NTS Radio LA. (“Get Grimy” w/Zernell)”

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Episode 19 w/ Zernell

Salvatore Porto and Mark Grusane getting down in Amsterdam!

Worldisadance... #28 with Salvatore and Mark Grusane

'think sexy afters morning set - before everything was about ketamine'

Virgo Four - The Dryer
Some Handmedown
Julion De'Angelo/Lauryn Hill - Untitled
Charnelle Williams @char.xxvi - First Demo Track (Chicago Edit)
Afefe Iku - Not In The Mood
Leron Carson - Under The Conditions
Mike Huckaby - Analog Tape & Things
Oasis - #14
Project X - The Recovery
Nu Genea - Marechia
Logg - Sweet to Me (Affirmation Edit)

Julion De'Angelo live at Cashmere Radio, Berlin, Germany 11-8-22

Soul Stew were live, with boogie and deep house gems from the likes of dreamcastmoe and Kyle Hall.

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Soul Stew - February 2023

Love Injection is a New York music and culture monthly fanzine in print since February 2015, founded by DJs, archivists, and audio enthusiasts Paul Raffaele and Barbie Bertisch. Their namesake record label launched in 2020. Avid record and audio enthusiasts, Paul is also an art director and Barbie writes and performs music with various projects.

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John Martyn - Go Down Easy (Island)
Cinnamon Soulettes - I'll Show You How (Self/Melodies)
Ned Doheny - A Love Of Your Own (Demo) (Numero)
Heaven and Earth - That's Love (WMOT)
Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes (Clouds)
Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (TK)
Mato feat. Ethel Lindsey - What You Won't Do For Love (Favorite)
Niteflyte - Anyway You Want (Ariola)
FAZE-O - Funky Reputation (She)
The Jackson 5 - The Mirrors Of My Mind (Motown)
Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine (Gamble)
Sly and The Family Stone - Dynamite! (Epic)
Rare Earth - Do It Right (Motown)
Camouflage ft. Mysti - Take A Ride (Honeybee)
John Lee & Gerry Brown - Mango Sunrise (Blue Note)
Barbara Mason - Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind Sometime (Vocal) (West End)
Cerrone - Back Track (Pavillon)
Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra - Ma-Mo-Ah (Brunswick)
John McLaughlin - Marbles (Edit by Mr. K) (Most Excellent Unlimited)
Harvey Mason - Groovin You (Arista)
Quincy Jones - Razzamatazz (A&M)
George Benson - Love X Love (Warner Bros.)
WHAM! - Lovemaker (Jim Burgess Mix) (GRT)
Steve Winwood - Night Train (Island)
Tower Of Power - Only So Much Oil In The Ground (Warner Bros.)

LOVE INJECTION with BARBIE and PAUL @ The Lot Radio 03-18-2023

Hardmatter Records resident JVXTA invites deep house legend Jenifa Mayanja to the show in celebration of HM007 - "Chances". Catch her headling the Waiting Room this Friday, 30th June.

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Hardmatter Records w/ Jenifa Mayanja & JVXTA - June 2023

Downbeat Radio Show #09: Downbeat @ Espacio Perpendicular 29 - 07 - 2023 with Jose Rico

Chicago: a one night, private, reoccurring gathering of friends, creatives & selectors 

Rotating & b2b feat: Julion DeAngelo, Chicagodeep, Noshaluv, Sean Alvarez, Chicago Skyway, Leja Hazer, Specter, Mario Mars

The Trysting Place - Sat Oct 28th 2023

Cottam - Spanner

Live recording of my set for Operator Radio on 6 January 2024. A 95-105 BPM groove set for dancing that will hit the spot. More of this in clubs please! Enjoy xx

"Tune in to an electrifying open-ended rhythmic journey of extraordinary funk, soul, jazz and disco sounds sourced from shops, archives and crates around the globe."

Kuriosa at Operator Radio - 6 January 2024

Specter-J.A.W.  Promo Mix

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Andres Ordonez aka Specter developed and crafted his signature style of the Chicago house sound over a span of 22 years. Specter’s ambience-driven, organic touch exudes an infectious groove that is deeply soulful, sensual, earthy, warm and nocturnal with a good measure of sublime disco, acid house, jazzy inflections and pure funk.

Specter’s interest in house music piqued in the 80′s, when the wunderkind genre blew up in the city of Chicago. Specter would tape and devour the novel, often raw and eventually legendary mixes from radio stations like WBMX, WCYC, WCRX, WKKC and WGCI. Early influences include DJs like Farley Jackmaster Funk, Edward Get Down Crosby, Mickey Oliver, Bobby Q bobby,Lee Collins, Lil Louis and the inimitable Ron Hardy. Specter started DJaying at the age of 15 playing house, disco and italo . Spinning at basement parties around the city and suburbs.When Chicago’s loft-party and rave scene started to take off in the mid-90s, Specter began incorporating the edgier, minimal heat of Detroit techno into his sound.

By 1999 and 2000, Specter had established himself as a respected DJ through his many mix tapes and playing loft parties around the city, He Also co-founded a production label with Damon Lamar aka Baby pop called Tetrode Music. The first EP release from Tetrode dropped in 2000 and became a underground classic. “For All the Music/Mystery”. Following up with the second release “Mediterranean/Defining Moment” in 2002. Tetrode 03 came out two years later in 2004 titled “The Deep Theory Ep”. and The tetrode sessions in 2009.

Chubby! Podcast028 - Specter

Recorded by Specter in anticipation of J.A.W Family Reunion 2019 from October 8 to October 13 at Festsaal Kreuzberg and Griessmuehle, Berlin. More info and interview: bit.ly/JAWSpec

J.A.W Family Reunion 2019 Mix by Specter

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Full recording of Specter playing for Angis Music in Prato (Italy) ✨

Specter-J.A.W. Promo Mix

Tetrode Music

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