Alternative Jazz 2

I was in a nostalgic mood when I made this the other night.  I wanted to make something that would bring me back to my days living in Philly or Chicago...when I would see all of the smooth steppers doing their thangs on the dance floor. I really hate that this artform got over commercialized back in the early 2000's, but it's all good. Shout out to the original steppers who created this wonderful artform of dancing.

For The Steppers (A Tribute to the Chi-Town/Detroit/Atlanta/Philadelphia Steppers)

Italian Secret Service - Not T

Free Download

Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us (Pomo Edit)

Organ Trio, Blues, Shuffle,  Film/TV, Bar-Lounge, Bouncy, Cheerful, Cool, Fun, Joyful, Bright, Satisfied

Jimmy And Neil

Funk Band, Trumpets, Organ, Confident, Dynamic, Energetic, Inspiring, Joyful, Motivational, Quirky, Proud

Funky 1

Obsesion- Cha- Cha- latin jazz

Smoove'N Low

Instrumental of "Time Traveller's Delight", off the Sonic CD remix album "Temporal Duality" available free on OverClocked Remix: 

http://soniccd.ocremix.org/

Time Traveller's Delight (Instrumental) [Sonic CD - Stardust Speedway JP]

The track that started it all. The iconic "Stardust Speedway" theme of the Japanese soundtrack of Sonic CD re-imagined in a truly old-school hip-hop style.

From the album "Temporal Duality", available free at OverClocked ReMix: http://soniccd.ocremix.org/

Features:

- Sir Jordanius: arrangement, guitars, backing trumpet, funk vocals
- metaphist: vocals - verse 1
- begoma: vocals - verse 2
- DiGi Valentine: vocals - verse 3
- The Auracle: vocals - verse 4
- BrothaDom: hype/backing vocals
- SuperiorX: lead keys, electric piano
- C7: lead trumpet


Lyrics:

[Intro]
DiGi Valentine:

Wooh
See, what we're gonna do right here is uhh…
get OverClocked ReMix Assembled
We're gonna turn it up and get down
Come follow us
Here we go, yo

[Chorus 1]
To the whole world, right now!
Let's turn it up and get down!
C'mon, North, South, East, West
Let me see you bob your heads
Yo, metaphist,
Turn it up and GET DOWN! (Oooooh)

[Verse 1]
metaphist:

Check it, I remember where I come from
The same spot where the snare drum rocks, feel it in my blood
Not reppin' silly thugs, keepin' it one-hundred
My stock stayin' fully plus, prolly cuz I'm fully invested in my peak interests
Objects at rest remain so
Up until the force of meta is felt
Movin' at the speed of mics, recite text
Ahead of my time, but never ahead of myself

Don't you know time is one big loop?
You can run a Möbius strip around two truths
You can stay ahead of the curve and still grip roots
So you do you, even if it's old school
My kick's grip enhance the footwork skills
The track jacket adds speed to the windmills
B-boys fully equipped to channel the sound
Yo, begoma! (Turn it up) Get down!

[Verse 2]
begoma:

I was feeling kind of manic, in a palmtree panic
So I changed my sadness to metallic madness
Rolling down the freeway, the stardust speedway
Whipping like a boss in collision chaos
The tidal tempest is coastal bound, but I know the fastest thing around
So whip out the wacky workbench, open the ports,
and plot a course to the quadrant of quartz, unh

Now, once upon a time not long ago
The Mega CD had all the flow
While Mario was blip-bloppin', Sonic Team was hip-hoppin'
Crankin' out fly tunes way before iTunes
The audio and the video were smooth
"You Can Do Anything" was all the groove
Every now and then I'll pull it off the shelf
Just to remind me to believe in myself...

[Chorus 2]
To the whole world, right now! (Whoa!)
Let's turn it up and get down! (Yeaaah!)
North, South, East, West
Let me see you bob your heads
Yo, DiGi Valentine,
Turn it up and GET DOWN! (Oooooh)

[Verse 3]
DiGi Valentine:

Oh, you all thought you weren't gonna see me?
Hah, please! Not a thing could keep me
from jumping strong on this song
Like a cool night breeze, we night breed
Stardust night sky, light speed
Yo! Let's break the sound barriers
Everybody locked in, let the sound carry us
We celebrate and levitate with one aim
to elevate and escape the mundane

Oh, Little Planet, we made you this song
So pump up the jam, now jump the damn on
Huh! We leap and land strong
How does it sound on this outbound platform?
Nice! This track be your guidance
With the OverClocked crew as your designated pilots
Cosmic eternally bound,
Yo, Auracle, turn it up and get down!

[Verse 4]
The Auracle:

Check
Put the signal in the sky, Superfly, don't you doubt 'em
OCR bridging the gap like a Nasty Nas album
DiGi, metaphist, begoma, stand united like the States
Break your walls down, call 'em Y2J
We don't play, but when we do we go hard
Berserker Barrage, funky like Flea's bass guitar
16 bars, four superstars or superheroes?
OverClocked Assembled, legend status like Rob De Niro

This hip hop heat out of our Silver Linings Playbook
The nice Clockwork Knights, we takin' that rook
Get on the mic, spit it live, leave these Eggmans shook
Running laps around the track, call it my Sonic R look
I want the whole world dancing, don't act proud!
So turn it up a couple of notches, boogie down to the ground
Kicking dope rhymes like judo since the day I was born
Drifting level four on the beat, I'm All-Star Transformed
Shout it out!

[Chorus 3]
Whole world, right now (Yeah, yeah)
Let's turn it up and get down (Yeah)
North, South, East, West
Let me see you bob your heads
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Turn it up and GET DOWN!

To the whole world, right now! (Right now, yeah, yeah)
Let's turn it up and get down! (And get down!)
So let's take it to the North, South, East, West
Let me see you bob your heads
Yo, C7, Jordanius, and SuperiorX
Turn it up and GET DOWN!

[Outro]
BrothaDom & Sir Jordanius:

[x6]
Uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Yeah, unh, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yo, Dom, turn it up and get down

Everybody here, everybody now (unh, yeah, yeah)
Everybody here, everybody now
Yeah, yo, Dom, turn it up and get down

Everybody here, everybody now (unh!)
Everybody here right now (get down, yeah!)
Everybody here, everybody now,
Everybody here right now (here we go)

Time Traveller's Delight [Sonic CD - Stardust Speedway JP]

This is a track that I did while showing my homey, Johnnie Dynamite how to work Logic Pro 9. 

Get it On Tonight

This original song is a Tango @ 120bpm intended to be used for beginning ballroom dance instruction.

What More Can We Do

A side: Money Gone (vinyl edit)
B side: Money Gone (Smoove remix)

‘Money Gone’ has been championed by Craig Charles on his Funk and Soul show (BBC Radio 6Music). Craig has played the Smoove remix several times, including for his ‘best of 2015’ show, calling it “a revelation!”

This is a limited run of 200 numbered copies, so don’t hang about!

http://kingbeefunk.com/shop/money-gone-7-vinyl-limited-edition/

KING BEE - MONEY GONE - SMOOVE REMIX

Music Of The Year - 1986/Compilation

Breakout

Jello on Springs

The above tracks are 96Kbps.........so have a little class.

Hot Toddy makes his debut on House of Disco records and marks his first solo release in 5 years with this three tracker of originals where love is the message.

Some kind words from Juno:

Long-serving disco-house fusionist Hot Toddy (AKA Crazy P co-founder Chris Todd) is in a loved-up mood on this rather tasty three-tracker. Surprisingly, it's his first solo single for some five years, and his first for House of Disco. It's the breezy, funk-fuelled A-side "In The Genes", in which Todd expertly fuses together elements most often found in proto-house, NYC boogie, early house and disco-funk records, that stands out, though the standard naturally remains high elsewhere. "Love Music", for example, is a wonderfully sauced-eyed stroll through dreamy deep house/disco fusion, while closer "Love Can Set You Free" sits somewhere between stripped-back disco-house, percussive boogie and Idjut Boys style dub disco.

Love Music

Download here

Hot Toddy - In The Genes

These samples are 96kbps.......so be nice and stay classy

Download: https://bit.ly/2HUXNnK
Buy vinyl on Juno: https://bit.ly/2JvwNbv
Buy on Phonica: https://bit.ly/2r0Qj81

Italian producer D'Arabia makes his sun soaked debut on House of Disco, and just in time for summer. His sax heavy original gets a fistful of remixes from some House of Disco regular housemates and a few new arrivals. 

Remixes by: Ron Basejam, Patchworks, COEO & Harry Wolfman

Key Lime Ep

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D'Arabia - Key Lime (Patchworks Remix)

iamcaseyabrams.com - Here's an album preview of Casey Abrams self-titled debut album. The new album is available everywhere June 26th, 2012.

Blame It On Me

After the success of the Billboard charting Poetically Justified, Marcus Johnson, releases his latest CD This Is How I Rock on July 27, 2010. The album boldly delves into the pop/rock genre with a jazz spin as Johnson captures some of the industry’s most notable songs that influenced him earlier in his career. This CD exemplifies Johnson’s versatility and brilliant interpretive skills and will engage listeners with his signature jazz funk sound.

I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (SINGLE) – Johnson adds a sophisticated piano sheen on the Hall & Oates’ R&B/Pop hit, I Can’t Go For That, the lead single on This Is How I Rock. This single produced by Robert McDonald, is riveting, in the groove, fun, and drives Marcus Johnson on piano to a high-level of funk and jazz.

VIRTUAL INSANITY – Jamiroquai’s hit, Virtual Insanity, also produced by Robert McDonald, is another fun track allowing Marcus to have freedom to play with the track. Virtual Insanity showcases the luscious string arrangement supported by featured violinist Bobby Yang.

RISE – Marcus Johnson's approach to Herb Alpert's chart topping single Rise features trumpeter Greg Adams of Tower of Power. The track seductively blends Johnson’s intricate and hypnotic piano accompaniment with Adams’ smoky trumpet.

THANK YOU – For his interpretation of Sly and the Family Stone’s, Thank You (For Letting Me Be Myself), Johnson teams up again with Najee, giving this classic a new twist with the shimmering ethereal sound from Johnson’s Fender Rhodes and the funky swagger of Najee’s sax.

MAS QUE NADA – Made popular by Sergio Mendes, Johnson maintains the Mendes’ uniquely Brazilian flavor while adding the exotic background vocals of jazz/R&B hit-maker Maysa.

Virtual Insanity

only 1 of many but fine

http://www.discogs.com/Never-Left-Always-There/release/1655494

http://www.facebook.com/blacksuncz

Never left - always there (1993 cover of Ronnie Laws 1978

Out Now On Roam Recordings
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1. Summer Trip
2. Summer Trip (Belden Acid Mix)
3. Summer Trip (Ray Mang Remix Extended Vocal)
4. Summer Trip (Feather River Floating Dub)

 Roam Recordings gears up for another exciting summer season with "Summer Trip," a breezy new single from San Francisco's Blue Soul. Known to friends and family as Scott Boutin, Blue Soul has been spotted issuing singles for the likes of Whiskey Pickle, Thoughtless, and 3AM Devices as well as more experimental music under the moniker&nbsp;Archetypewriter. For "Summer Trip," Blue Soul is joined by accomplished vocalist&nbsp;Marissa Guzman who has previously lent her lovely voice to Dermarkus Lewis' "Get Yourself Together" and recently released Joy Road, her acclaimed solo album. Heavily influenced by the west coast vibe, "Summer Trip" gives a special nod to the infamous three day Sunset camp-outs hosted by the beloved Pacific Sound crew in Northern California. Its faint, gauzy notes and hollow kicks create a lucid, dreamy landscape, centered around a swirling, congenial vocal from Marissa that sets a distinct tone for the rest of the release. Following in close suit, the Belden Acid Mix (named after the quaint host town of Belden) calls on a similar, smooth, festive feeling but kicks things up a notch, adding punchy kicks and a hint of acid into the equation. Next up, the Feather River Dub continues to push Marissa into the mix, showcasing her gorgeous vocal stylings alongside big ivory keys and meandering synths. Her seductive, soulful voice will be sure to soften up even the stiffest of dance floors. In keeping with the summer theme, veteran UK remixer/producer and all-around studio boffin Ray Mang&nbsp;supplies a remix present in three versions - Vocal, Instrumental, and Extended - to suit the DJ's preference. Flexing his incredulous knack for creating timeless disco dance classics, Mang's vocal and instrumental versions inject a bubbly, percussive flair while keeping the summer vibe fully in tact. Marked by jarring, distorted lead synths, Mang's carefree POV more than shines through without failing to provide an added, but subtle, edge to this otherwise impossibly sleek assortment of amicable tunes. It's a perfect summer soundtrack for any and all house and disco aficionados, whether one is heading up to Northern California to while away the nights with the Pacific Sound crew or dancing up a storm in an air conditioned nightclub. "Summer Trip" will be released on vinyl in July, with the original version and Ray Mang's extended mix exclusive to the digital issue. 

Quentin Harris - &#8220;The Ray Mang Vocal Mix for me … nice production.&#8221; 
Jask - &#8220;Really, really dope!&#8221; 
Sleazy McQueen - &#8220;All killer, no filler!&#8221; 
Glenn Underground - &#8220;Nice work!&#8221; 
Chris Todd (Crazy P / Hot Toddy) - &#8220;Nicely done bit breezy soul … should work well in the sun this summer.&#8221; 
Sunshine Jones (Dubtribe) - &#8220;Really lovely, and just in time too!&#8221; 
Tensnake - &#8220;This is quality. I like the original and Ray Mang&#8217;s mix.&#8221; 
Lars Behrenroth (Deep Shades Of House) - &#8220;Nice package.&#8221; 
Inland Knights - &#8220;A very nice groove to the Ray Mang mix … will play!&#8221; 
Gavin Hardkiss (Hawke) - &#8220;Hot record … look forward to seeing it work in Belden town.&#8221; 
Hippie Torrales - &#8220;Nice tune, great mixes.&#8221; 
Mousse T. - &#8220;Love it!&#8221; 
DJ Rocca (Ajello / Supersonic Lovers) - &#8220;All the versions are great but Ray Mang&#8217;s mix leaves me open-mouthed!&#8221; 
Marques Wyatt - &#8220;This is smooth …&#8221; 
Craig Stewart (DCSTrax / Montana &amp; Stewart) - &#8220;Yeah, I really like this package for the summertime vibes! I&#8217;m feeling the original and also like the Belden Acid Mix. Nice work.&#8221; 
Severino (Horse Meat Disco) - &#8220;Ray Mang delivers some sunshine.&#8221; 
Ant Plate (Rhythm Plate / YSE) - &#8220;Dreamy, dubby, disco = winner!&#8221; 
Tal M. Klein (Aniligital Music) - &#8220;Ray Mang is the mang. Everything he touches is audio gold! Good to see great things happening with Roam.&#8221; 
Nick Holder - &#8220;I&#8217;m digging this!&#8221; 
Andreas Kinzl (Aromabar / INFRACom!) - &#8220;Nice tunes for terrace sessions. Especially like the original and Ray Mang&#8217;s extended mix.&#8221; 
DJ Harri (Sub Club) - &#8220;Ray Mang&#8217;s the man!&#8221; 
Al Bradley (3am Recordings) - &#8220;A great selection of vibes, but it&#8217;s all about the original for me … a supreme combination of deepness, cool vox, weighty bass, and a solid vibe.&#8221; 
Michael Fossati (Spirit Of House) - &#8220;Uplifting, groovy, and oozing with a feel good summery vibe … it&#8217;s one to set the floor on fire.&#8221; 
Available now from <A HREF="http://www.junodownload.com/products/blue-soul-summer-trip/2236848-02/" target="_blank">Juno Download</A> and <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/release/summer-trip/1115271" target="_blank">Beatport</A>.
Label and Artist Links: <a href="http://www.roamrecordings.com" target="_blank">roamrecordings.com</a> <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/djbluesoul" target="_blank">soundcloud.com/djbluesoul</a>

Blue Soul feat. Marissa Guzman - Summer Trip (Roam Recordings)

1977 & 1986 Champion Dancers in Ballroom & Swing Dance.
DJ Stan is Also A Musician.

Alternative Jazz 2

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