Electronic funk

ReFrame Revision - Remixes/Edits

Its October already, the weathers shifting and thankfully we've got a heater of an episode this month. Craig Christon joins for a musical wander through those sounds currently catching his attention. 
Craig has plied his music as a DJ for best part of 20+ years, he's a top lad and self-styled Acid house veteran (his own words btw). He’s also a fantastic DJ, travelling across the UK and Europe to play at some the finest establishments..I’ve danced to him many times in fields and dark corners over the years

In more recent times he has accompanied his DJ career with a move into record label ownership/production under his pseudonym Lenny Paradise… label owner for the consistent Passport to Paradise Records that has released music from Beppe Loda, Albion, Macadam Mambo, Mori Ra, Loud E, Soft Rocks and Jaz amongst others. Some talent right there and a right discography, go seek if you haven’t already!

Craigs current project is Broken Detail an offshoot of Passport 2 Paradise with music forthcoming. On this months ReFrame he closes the show from the 2h 5min mark with an hours delve into left of centre electronic  goodness. Ahead of that we have 2 hours of the ReFrame going deep, cosmic and a little Italo 

For those venturing upon us for the first time and enjoy what you hear, come join us on the facebook Reframe group for infrequent musical ramblings, show tracklistings, info, updates...we are a nice bunch

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The ReFrame & Craig Christon (Beyond Paradise) Oct 21

Another year draws to close and its been another strange one by all accounts. This month we welcome JBERR, an artist ventured upon back in the summer for the final episode of 2021.

JBERR is the outlet for Melbourne-based Jack Berryman's delicately crafted low-fidelity vignettes and stripped-back Antipodean techno sketches. Drawing on decades of home-studio R&D, and an observational outlook soundtracked by experimental composition, 90s hip hop, dub, house and the techno spectrum, the project seeks to set free some of the more fully formed ideas cooked up over the past few years.

Jack has put together a selection of his own music for a 45 minute mix that closes out the last episode of '21 in his own deep electronic style. Thanks Jack

Big thank you also to all the guests over the last 12 months. Matt White, Cottam, Flash Atkins, J-Cub aka Jacob Kelly, Matthew Bowles aka Mezla, Craig Christon, Tony Green Released Records and Jack Berryman aka J-Berr. 

Hope you've found some delight within this year's offerings. Next up we have Darren Rock (Xpress-2), Balearic Social and Ben UFO Club Lewis (Invisible Inc)

For those venturing upon us for the first time and enjoy what you hear, come join us on the facebook Reframe group for infrequent musical ramblings, show tracklistings, info, updates...we are a nice bunch

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The ReFrame & JBERR (Melbourne)

Have been a huge fan of Rocky & Diesel since stumbling across them aged 18 firing out what was to be a sound that would shape my musical trajectory thereon. Tracks dropped that night were Carl Craigs paperclip people nestling amongst NY gay disco anthem Born this way by Carl Bean and deep house tinged with mood and soul in the main room of Cream Liverpool.  

As a youthful adolescent we’d try get into cream but struggled week on week until a chance encounter one Saturday and opportunity seized when the promoter Darren Hughes popped into JD sports where I had a Saturday job. 

What followed was an exchange of Green Adidas Marathon,  a giving from John and David aka JD sports for services to house music. The favour was returned with a contact number scribbled on some paper and the words just call this when you're coming down to Cream and you and a mate can go on the guestlist.. whenever.

That was August 1994…27 plus years ago.  Its such an honour to have Rocky aka Darren Rock, one half of that duo and a third of the global reaching X-Press II  to close out the show with an hour of signature dance-floor arsenal.

The ReFrame And Guest Rocky (X - Press II)

I know very little about this track other than it was edited by Ptaki a few yars back, theyre a Polish edit duo that were quite prominent up until 2020, they may still be but just not on my radar.

Have always admired the energy in this track despite its slow tempo and always wanted a dubbier take as the vocal wasnt grabbing. 

Sliced and filtered it a little to fit it into the next ReFrame episode and after a couple of hours fiddling its turned out okay. Its simple, driving and has some lazer beams, what more can you ask for...?

Blue Ptaki - Re-Take (ReFrame Dub Edit)

This month Andy Pye from balearic Social joins me. Andy is a good friend, musical font of knowledge and all round good guy so its great to welcome him back to the ReFrame for his second round, last one was clsoe to a decade ago now... wowzers!

The ReFrame provides two hours of cosmic disco balearica with a dash of 80s swerveballs and a chunk of ReFrame edits. Music from artists/editors including Wrekin Havoc, Yaniel, Approach Release, Baz Bradley, Eden, Unreasonable echo, Lynsey de Paul, Pascale, Jorge Schellenberg, Eurythmics, Ptaki, Will Powers amongst others.

Hope you enjoy :-)and for those venturing upon us for the first time and enjoy what you hear, come join us on the facebook Reframe group for infrequent musical ramblings, show tracklistings, info, updates...we are a nice bunch

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The ReFrame & Balearic Social Part 2

Obscure Italian Disco melter from 1982 given a ReFrame uplift for '25, available July on Bandcamp https://thereframe.bandcamp.com/

The ReFrame - There is Nothing Left to Do

Obscure Italo Disco melter from 1985 given the ReFrame uplift for '25 🦜

Download available on bandcamp from here : https://thereframe.bandcamp.com/track/lonely-galaxies

The ReFrame The Lonely Galaxies

Revisioning a late 70’s Canadian disco track into a more dubbed cosmic direction. 'If music be the food of love play on...' Available for download here -----> https://thereframe.bandcamp.com/track/the-reframe-galactic-echo 

The ReFrame - Disco Galaxie

Ive had a long love affair with this track and its dancefloor potential given its hybrid disco Indie punk funk sound. Released in 2019 out of California, the edit has taken on a number of iterations, this the latest having picked the project up for editing on and off over the last year. Available on Bandcamp for those whose ears are pricked x  https://thereframe.bandcamp.com/track/the-reframe-im-leaving

The ReFrame Im Leaving

'Music makes the world a better place' 

The ReFrame: music collector / selector / editor...

Curator of the longstanding ReFrame series delving into deeper, varied, left field musical territories. 
 
Guests joining the ReFrame over the years include Pete Blaker, Ilya Santana, Faze Action, Sean Johnston (A Love From Outer Space), Chris Coco, Feel Fly, X-Press II, Phil Cooper (Nu Northern Soul), Cottam, Fear of Theydon (Sunday Best), Martin Brew (JWalk). Richard Sen (Padded Cell) Ray Mang (Eskimo), Baz Bradley (Magic Wand/Leng), Beta Hector (Tru Thoughts), Solid State, J-Cub, Beyond Paradise, Tim Love Lee (Tummy Touch), Non Mois Plus, Balearic Social, Flash Atkins, John Paynter (Paisley Dark recs)  UFO Club (Invisible Inc recs)..

'If music be the food of love play on...'

The ReFrame x

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