Join us as we celebrate the adventurous side of 80’s dance music & the emergence of the B-side dub mix! 🧡​🧡🧡

​​Like all club music innovations, the DANCE DUB was born from the interplay between dancers & DJ’s. Adventurous dancers responded to stripped-down, rhythm-heavy compositions – so adventurous DJ’s started doing remixes that stripped away vocals from dance songs of the day, pushed rhythm front & center and added heavy echo & reverb for a trippy, mystic dance vibe.
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​​Aural inspiration came from Jamaica, obviously (sometimes via London, as with TW Funkmasters’ massively influential Love Money, produced by British reggae personality Tony Williams. The extraordinarily dubby “Champagne Mix ” is included here).

The dub mixes typically appeared on the B-side of the main mix – for the first time providing the DJ totally different takes on a single song. Their rhythm-heavy minimalism and freedom from traditional song structures went on to influence all of dance music down the line (the blueprints for house & techno were just a few years away).

This mix is a selection of personal faves from this fascinating era. 

You’ll hear dub versions by legendary DJ’s/remixers such as

Francois Kevorkian:
Forrrce - Keep On Dubbin’ - With No Commercial Interruptions
Michael Wilson - Groove It To Your Body - Instrumental
Pushé: Don’t Take Your Love Away - Dub Version
Rafael Cameron - Boogie's Gonna Get Ya - Instrumental
Jeanette “Lady” Day - Come Let Me Love You - Special Instrumental Version

Larry Levan:
Johnny Dynell - Rhythm Of Love - Garage Dub
NYC Peech Boys - On A Journey - Dub Mix
Jeffrey Osborne - Plane Love - Dub Version

Shep Pettibone:
Strangers - Step Out Of My Dream - Dream Version
Sinnamon - Thanks To You - Fierce Reprise
Carol Williams - No One Can Do It (Like You) - Special Re-mix Instrumental

Tee Scott:
Tamiko Jones - Can’t Live Without Your Love - Unreleased Dub
Northend - Tee’s Happy

Mark Kamins:
Affinity: Don’t Go Away - Runaway Dub
Madonna: Everybody - Dub Version 

& more by
John “Jellybean” Benitez
John Morales & Sergio Munzibai
Richie Rivera
Ray "Pinky" Velazquez
Martin Rushent
Bob Blank

ENJOY!

Thanks to Francois K for answering questions, to Pablo Steffa for designing the cover, to HRD friends & fam for making all of this possible 🙏

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​​2023 marks 20 years since my first disco mix (listen to all volumes here: https://on.soundcloud.com/7YxHh). Love & respect to all who supported me by buying early volumes on CD & all who keep streaming them here on Soundcloud to this day ​😀

DISCO #6 — DANCE DUB ADVENTURE

The classic disco sound that we love so much returns this week to SOULMEEX after many months, thanks to Everybody Loves To Boogie. A masterclass on the genre and its different roots and sensitivities, cooked with tons of love in London, UK. Don't miss the guys at Brilliant Corners on April, 20th.

01. Tee Scott - Diamond Dub [Edit & Dub Record Tokyo Ltd] 2015
02. Pino D’Angio - Ma Quale Idea [RCA] 1981
03. Touche - Just Like a Doorknob [Jonathan] 1983
04. Candy Bowman - I Wanna Feel Your Love [RCA] 1981
05. Beckie Bell - Music Madness [Favorite Recordings] 2016
06. Tata Vega - (I’ve Got My) Second Wind [Melodies International] 2022
07. Tim Maia - Acenda O Farol [Mr. Bongo] 2018
08. Emilio Santiago - O Amigo De Nova York [Cultures Of Soul Reocrds] 2015
09. Epicentre - Get Off The Phone [Izipho Soul] 2019
10. Light Of The World - Time [Ensign] 1985
11. Rhyze - Free (Louie Vega Remix) (Danny Krivit 7" Edit) [Sam Records] 2021
12. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie [Capitol] 1984
13. Elixir - Soho Nights [Record Shack Records] 1983
14. East Coast Love Affair - Miracles [Athens of The North] 2023

More at https://soundcloud.com/everybodylovestoboogie

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