NYC PEECH BOYS - life is something special // Philly Vanilli 2025 Edit

On The Final Nights Of Paradise, Levan is immortalised as sonic commander in chief. The mix compilation doubles as a sketchbook of a canon that remains largely embedded in dance music today. Garage classics like MFSB's old-school vogue theme "Love Is the Message" and First Choice's effusive disco hit "Doctor Love" promenade alongside jacking Chicago-born staples like Adonis' 303 masterpiece "No Way Back." If you wanted to give a brief history of club classics to someone just out of a 50-year coma, this set could serve as a terrific crash course.

Levan's messy mixing aesthetic is on full display here, but there are stretches in which the mix advances without a hitch—particularly a disco-heavy section on vinyl #3, where Levan bumps things along with a series of quick, well-timed cuts. But his scrappier mixing style yields an unexpected reward, even now, almost 40 years in the future.

The Final Nights Of Paradise abounds with the kinds of shocks that DePino rhapsodised. "I'm happy and I'm gay," a voice calls out as HMJ's "Hyped" bounces energetically along and then, wham! an explosion of glitter as the outro of Carl Bean’s early Pride anthem "I Was Born This Way" takes over. The mix takes an abrupt left from Loleatta Holloway's laid-back "Dreamin'" to Serious Intention's dubby proto-house "You Don't Know," rendering a wobbly but determined bridge between eras.

Sometimes you can hear Levan correct his overzealousness. When Man Friday's "Real Love" comes in sloppily on top of Diana Ross' slow-burning "Once in the Morning," he quickly fades out to resolve the clatter. Elsewhere, he seems content to ride out a shaky transition—for a good two minutes, the arpeggiated synths of Chantal Curtis' "Hit Man" wiggle in and out of step with the preceding track, Harvey Mason's "Groovin' You." A rambunctious hand drum solo adds to the glorious cacophony.

Levan famously wove a narrative into his song selection; it was why he was said to prefer vocal tracks to their instrumental counterparts. There's a sense of finality on songs like Adonis' "No Way Back," in which the baritone vocal whispers, "Too far gone, ain't no way back." But there's also a starburst of hope for the future.

"That night, Larry played beautifully, like it wasn't the end," recalled Garage staple Michele Saunders in a retrospective piece on the Garage's closing weekend for Document. "The only difference was that it had been going for three days non-stop. People were strolling in a daze. They did not leave. Later, everyone met at Washington Square Park after the club."

In the interim, Larry played other spots in New York such as the Choice, Mars and the Palladium. He toured Japan, where he was idolised, and applied his touch to Nami Shimada's sparkling "Sun Shower." Even as a remixer, that quintessential Larry brusqueness was on show. Struggling to get the mix right, he thundered a message through producer Soichi Terada's answering machine: "Mr. Levan calling Mr. Terada. Mr. Terada, I need to know the key of your fucking song!"

Levan's life ended on a bittersweet and unresolved note. In Maestro, Knuckles recalled spinning at Sound Factory and having Levan visit him in the booth after the Garage shut. "He said if he had a choice of things happening for him now as opposed to ten years before, he would have chosen now, because he would've been able to appreciate it a whole lot better," he said.

Levan's presence is still keenly felt in New York nightlife, both in the careers that he spawned and the songs he catapulted to ubiquity. "He's the reason why this job is what it is, why it's a career," Knuckles once said. And he's right: The Final Nights of Paradise sounds radically contemporary nearly 40 years after on. So many of these tracks continue to regularly fire up the dance floor as if days, not decades, have passed since their initial release.


Larry Levan - The Final Night of Paradise Garage / 26.09.1987 ++ best sound quality320kbit/s3:16:36

The Final Night at 84th King Street

Larry Levan- The Final Night of Paradise // 26.09.1987// Best Sound Quality

Larry Levan Live at The Garage Closing Nite feat Liz Torres reworked by Philly Vanili
additional Percussions & Arrangement by Philly Vanilli

taking control PHILLY VANILLI MIX

LARRY LEVAN feat LIZ TORRES - taking control :: PHILLY VANILLI MIX

A recording of my DJ set at Green Door Studio on April 4th for their First Friday Spring Blowout art showcase party curated by Jesse Miles. There were 20 guest visual artists and 4 DJs. I was going for a funky chill spring house music vibe. Be sure to check out Green Door Studio at 4 Howard Street in Burlington, VT sometime to check out the dope art!

Track Listing:
I Wanna Tell Somebody - Chaos In The CBD & Josh Milan
Why Why Why Why Why - Sault 
Star Child Going Home - MJ Lallo 
Everybody - Ruze 
Music and the Rhythm - Playin' 4 The City & Electra Weston
APT. 3A - N.Y. House'n Authority 
K to the P - Karizma 
Shimmer - Mr. Fingers 
Fly - Timmy Regisford 
Shake It - Glenn Underground 
Shine - Moodymann
Sweetest Pain - Paris Cesvette feat. Will Downing 
I'll House You - Jungle Brothers 
Eastman - Move D
Supa Saiya Jin - Janeret
Come Alive (Club Version) - K London Posse feat. Maydie Myles 
Infinite Care - Jon Sable 
What You Feel (Deep Active Sound Night Remix) - Lola Palmer 
Belle Isle - John Beltran 
Drop The Beat - Groove Boys Project, Fasme & Dusty Fingers 
Reachin' (Vocal Mix) - LNR 
Time (feat. LyricL) [Afro Reprise] - Don Pascal 
Stay With Me (Larry Levan Mix) - NYC Peech Boys 
Never Again (Copyright Classic Mix) - Kathy Brown 
Heaven feat. Andreya Triana - The Vision 
Breathe (Ashley Beedle's Exhale Vocal Mix) - Blaze
Get Lifted (Get Lifted Monday Night Dub) - Andrea Holdclaw
Rhymes - Kreech
Mistic - Vern
Appease - Janeret
That Thang (Janeret Remix) - Mike Sharon
Diggin Trippin - Arkady Antsyrev
Love Me - Eda Lansberg

Green Door Spring Blowout DJ set 4/4/25

15MINS PODCAST # 4 – DJ DAX 

* TRACKLIST * INTERVIEW * here:

https://www.family-house.net/15mins-dj-dax-interview/

- 19.06.2013 -

15mins – DJ DAX

I am mainly a House Music DJ, but i like to dive into it's roots.
I set some parties to share those sounds focus on Disco like music, named DiscoPony and hold at Bernadette in Lille (France).

So here the first one of the serie, a 3h set that was also braodcasted on ONIB radio.

Do not hesitate to share your thought or ask for any ID in the comments.

Discopony @ Bernadette 2024/12/19 | Disco Funk Boogie

The show-off extraordinaire, Andrew Allsgood, returns with an eclectic all vinyl guest mix.

2025-07-03 Andrew Allsgood Vinyl Guest Mix

Disco, is the roots of house music.
I tryed to figure out what are the best disco track ever, in order to share it.
I did a 1000+ ranking mainly based on the one already done by discomusic.com website. (now closed)
- A top 700 based on 70's & 80's Disco Djs ranking of this era.
- A top 500 based on discomusic.com member's votes.

I add to these ranking 5 top 100 given by different Gen AI : Chat GPT, Mistral AI, Gemini, Claude & Deep Seek.
I supress the mistakes they have made and create a final ranking.

Now i have a ranking, i start a mix series of these best tracks, and broadcast them on ONIB Disco radio.

Here is the play list of the first one.
1 - Alec R. Costandinos; The Syncophonic Orchestra - Romeo & Juliet (Acts I & II) [Casablanca - 1978]
2 - Voyage - Souvenirs [Sirocco - 1978]
3 - Jackie Moore - This Time Baby [Columbia - 1979]
4 - Cerrone - Love in 'C' minor [Malligator - 1976]
5 - Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite [Casablanca - 1989]
6 - Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way [Motown - 1977]
7 - Bionic Boogie - Risky Changes [Polydor - 1977]
8 - Dan Hartman - Vertigo; Relight My Fire [Blue Sky - 1979]
9 - The Tramps - Disco Inferno [Atlantic - 1976]

DiscoPony Classics #01 | Disco Boogie & Funk  | ONIB radio

Just under 2 hours of tracks celebrating two influential clubs that set the groundwork for modern clubbing (alongside The Loft). I was too young to know of their existence back then but I grew up in a house in which its music was always being played. If I had a disco Time Machine   I would definitely visit these clubs. 

Expect remixes, and special edits/reworks of McFadden & Whitehead, Sister Sledge, Donna Summer, ELO, Idris Mohammed, and Harold Melvin & Bluenotes and loads more!

PARADISE GARAGE & STUDIO 54 INSPIRED MIX

a mix by Marin in memory of Larry Levan... based on HIS great live club mix!

Goody Goody feat. Teddy Pendergrass-it Looks Like Only You (MarinMix)

DJ in Burlington, Vermont playing a wide range of house music vibes. Inspired by a love of music, experiences at Stereo in Montreal, and local Burlington DJs like Aquatic Underground + 2K Deep to start DJing myself. Close your eyes, feel the groove, dance! <3

https://linktr.ee/astropony

Astropony's musical odyssey began in Lille, France, in the early 2000s, when he debuted on Radio Galaxie. It then spread to Paris and Belgium, in clubs such as “At The Villa”, the “Zoo Club” and the “Nox club”.

Inspired by artists such as DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter and Moodymann, Astropony adds his own New Wave, Disco and Soul influences to distill a groovy, uncompromising house sound.

Immerse yourself in Astropony's intoxicating universe, where every note is an invitation to join the dancefloor.

Broadcasting on CHLY 101.7 FM every Thursday night 8-10PM PST.
Sometimes playing live shows, occasionally hosting dance and music events, often outdoors.

Things I have been known to say*
 - Good music should be played over and over and over again
 - If it sounds Disco, it's Disco
 - Stick the DJ back up in the roof or in a dark corner somewhere
 - I'm just up there twisting buttons & pressing knobs playing other people's music

*Disclosure: all things said are likely borrowed, stolen or influenced by other individuals who will not be disclosed here due to privacy concerns.

DAX DJ \ FAMILY HOUSE COLLECTIVE \ PARTYHARDY #daxdj
Booking: partyhardy@family-house.net

www.family-house.net

Glasgow based DJ. Loves music and various genres. I predominantly play House and Disco but also enjoy playing soul, funk, rnb, and re-edits and remixes of recognisable and popular tracks; as well as the more Laid back, slo-mo grooves & Balearic / chilled vibes whenever I get the opportunity. 

Resident DJ for The Alchemist Glasgow.

IF YOU DO LIKE THESE TRACKS, CONSIDER GIFTING A SOUNDCLOUD SUBSCRIPTION!
 
 
Marin describes himself and his music as such: "I am no disc jockey at all... real and renowned dj's like Larry Levan or David, Nicky, Tony, Frankie and Danny would have agreed. If I was playing dance hall I'd be called a selector and it is in fact a better description. My mixing style is closer to that made most famous by legendary dj David Mancuso and is often called a drop-mix. My music choice for this diary? Well diaries speak to past events and so I like paying particular attention to the chillout classics of just yesterday with one or two gems you might not have heard before and with an attitude that every dj enjoys... to play what you like and feel and hope that there is an audience willing to listen."

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