Tom Bolas Edits

Edits and Remixes

2019_Jan

Afro Disco

BOYS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN.

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80s - Acid House - Italo Disco - 90s
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Sa 16/02/2019 @https://www.facebook.com/mydresdenbar/

BOYS NIGHT OUT

Misfit edits

SoundCloud Weekly

Not sure why I never uploaded this here in all this time, but it came out on vinyl now and it reminded me to finally get it up on here.

The edit also features in this mix of mine: https://soundcloud.com/disco-frisco/disco-frisco-guest-mix-tom-bolas-camp-cosmic-2019-tune-by-tune-mix-re-recorded

Guestlist Of Love (Tom Bolas Edit)

part of the first 12" vinyl release on @smuttyedits

Edit of an Austrian promotional record that was too short and had some horrific and annoying vocals

A1 - Bel Étage (Tom Bolas Edit)

part of the first 12" vinyl release on @smuttyedits

A2 - Neukölln Riviera (Tom Bolas Edit)

GERD AFRO/DISCO SET - MODULAR @ BIRD - 28 FEBRUARY 2015

Birthdays are always a moment of deep introspection for me. Since I'm turning 30, I'm reflecting a lot on the past decade that went by so fast. 

I feel incredibly lucky for everything that happened to me over those past 10 years. It was filled with love, friends, travels, adventures and intellectual challenges. And of course music.

Here is a selection of deep groove that made me really happy this year. We've had a crazy cold winter in New York. But even in the worst days, I would play some of those to teleport myself to a remote beach. 

To the next decade of groove!


Tracklist:

Be Thankful For What Youve Got (DJ Day re-edit)- William Devaughn
The Real Thing - PillowTalk
I Want To Thank You (Bosq's Whiskey Barons Rework) - Alicia Meyers
Just A Memory (Original Mix) - 6th Borough Project
Just A Bitter Love - The Dead Rose Music Company
Biting (Sleazy Beats Black Ops) - Max Graef
Au Pays Des Merveilles De Juliet (Psychemagik Edit) - Yves Simon
Fallen Hero Feat Ben Onono (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix) - Motor City Drum Ensemble
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Tangoterje Edit) - Paul Simon
What It Is Going On - Cole Medina


I shot this picture in Mali on the shore of the Niger river in Mali in 2010. #nofilter

Naki - 30 Years of Groove

Limited 250 Copies
"DJ Bert & Eagle - Import" came out of the blue and disappeared right back into the depths of the universe. Originally composed to hit the Top50 charts, it completely failed to do so - luckily! 
With this 12" Maxi single release the vocal drum edit of spAceLex will finally see the light of day and be available for your personal DJ experience. Remixed by Alessandro Adriani, the additional dub remix has an Industrial, Wave-like touch to it and invites to a seven minutes mind-bending trip. Mastered by one of the best audioengineers from Berlin. 
Pleasure your ears with this beautifully reworked single, made for DJs seeking unique flavors with a deep character.

Dj Bert & Eagle - Import (spAceLex Extended Drum Edit)

Vinyl only mix . Recorded earlier today.

Hope you like!

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Disco Tech - Afro Mix 2017

Your daddy loves you

Forthcoming - Oscilla Sound

Mixmag Feature -mixmag.net/read/premiere-wilhe…ic-voyage-premieres

Wilhelm
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Oscilla Sound
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- https://www.instagram.com/oscilla_sound/
- https://oscillasound.bandcamp.com/releases

Doldrums

Mercurial (OS001) - Forthcoming 28/04/17

Amicalement Votre
Edit By Petko Turner

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/5c624c'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Petko Turner Edit

Free As Hell

Freebidou - Amicalement Votre (Petko Turner Edit) Think Different It's World Music

Aaron Siegel is an important source of energy for many record makers in Detroit. He has put in years garnering a roster of labels and helping them to reach a global audience through Fit Distribution. Not to mention his own labors in the field through his label Fit Sound and productions under his alias Fit Siegel. It's our honor to share a mix from a truly knowledgable mind.

Follow @fit

Acid Camp Vol. 76 – Fit Siegel

Digital Download and Limited Edition Cassette available here: https://bit.ly/2yqcewk

JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents "Height b/w Depth", a new offering from the ambitious Dravier. 

SIDE A: In a still life mountain scene, snow peaks breath air current flow from the weightless drift. 

SIDE B: Silt accumulates on valley floor below, preserving the mark of centuries in sinking suspension plane. 

Two deep and subtle textures, exclusively from JUNGLE GYM.
@draviersc

[JGT22] "Height b/w Depth" - Dravier (Excerpts)

from h b/w d cassette, jungle gym records: bit.ly/2yqcewk

[JGT22] "Height b/w Depth"

SIDE A: Height

Purchase here: http://bit.ly/GASP008PREORDER

Fresh underground imprint GASP Records continues to highlight budding new talent following EPs by Raär, DJ Psychiatre and Marco Lazovic with its latest release helmed by La Dune label co-founder Jacques Torrance. 

Edinburgh-based producer Jacques Torrance's 'Nach5000' EP is his debut solo release and one that touches on a variety of dancefloor friendly styles, including melodic and jovial house to 90s-inspired anthems and deep acidic cuts. Here Mixmag unveils the exclusive premiere of 'Is This Where The Party's At?', an energetic workout that features shimmering synth lines, jacking percussion, deep bass lines and cosmic acid stabs. As the track title suggests, its a ballad that lets everyone know exactly where the party's at, no question. 

The 'Nach5000' EP, which also comes complete with a remix by DJ Psychiatre, is set for release September 28.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Jacques Torrance 'Is This Where The Party's At?'

Vinyl & Digital:
https://superutu.bandcamp.com/album/pantene

Pantene was a live performance art-pop group that existed in Berlin, Germany in 2015. Its four band members: Marijn Degenaar, Molly Dyson, Olle Holmberg, and Rahel Tierbach took a DIY approach to instrumentation and arrangement, where intergenerational low-fidelity samples collide with subversive and pithy lyrics. Using laptops, MIDI, samplers and effects units to deliver re-contextualised pieces of music, Pantene explored issues surrounding cultural constructions of power, identity and sexuality with effortless aplomb.

This collection of 4 songs has been, for the past few years, sitting on Soundcloud slowly collecting plays, likes and no doubt intrigue from its listeners, as it seems since the time of upload Pantene have gone silent. Super Utu will be reissuing this remastered digi-relic on 10” polyvinyl chloride for the very first time. On side A is Don’t Touch Me I’m Dancing, a piercing retribution to seedy characters who lurk in dark corners of nightclubs. Molly and Rahel’s disaffected vocals pan “It’s a quest for satisfaction. A finger in every hole.” As if the nightclub is the playing field for some sort of sadistic sexual sport. Just Business, dejectedly examines our autonomy as individuals existing in an increasingly monotonous world controlled by capitalists. It’s the kind of work Barbara Kruger might have written if she decided to make music instead of visual art. Olle reflects “…cos everywhere you go there is another IKEA store to stock up your new life.” It’s a witty remark that would feel as much at home in a dole-wave jangle as a David Foster Wallace novel. At once extremely familiar, yet totally mentally isolating.

On the flip we hear Near To The Wild Heart. A legato, time-warped sample breathes deep and heavy beneath the reverb drenched vocals which sing “I am calm, I am cool, I wait for you. Take me all the way down, stretch it to the limit.” The lyrics float around in the back of your mind, in the exact same way the thought does that the attractive other from across the room, who’s been making eyes at you all night, might go home with you. On My Knees 2 Pray also does not falter in it’s sexually implicit/explicit vocal tango. The hapax legomenon of sultry deutsche sprache translates to “Virgin Mary, I know you see me. My knees only suffer for you.” 

While public discourse on sampling is contentious, it definitely pays to look beyond the technicalities and understand the context and contention of the creator(s). Pantene’s use of samples trounce any blatant pastiche. They re-appropriate decades old night club hits into breath-of-fresh-air political-pop songs. Perhaps you could even call them protest songs. At least we’re confident in knowing that they’ll be broadcast in institutions which were once symbols of anti-establishment, freedom and expression. Maybe they’re still like that. or Maybe not.

Words by Raudie McLeod
http://atelierutu.tumblr.com

SUPER UTU 2 - PANTENE - SNIPPETS

This September, the Brooklyn based band Underground System released their debut LP WHAT ARE YOU. on Soul Clap Records and embarked on a national label tour. They are now slated to make their European debut in December, and will release a trio of remixes from storied German DJ and Running Back label head Gerd Janson to support. 
Described as a “Band that defies categories” by NPR, Underground System is an ever-evolving convergence of musical and cultural influences. The female-fronted group of global dance music deconstructionists have cultivated a sound as inimitable as its members. Something familiar and referential that simultaneously projects a fiercely original energy, the band synthesizes elements of afrobeat, new wave, dance music, and contemporary classical performance, seen through the international lens of a New York City band in 2018. Peter Matson, bandleader/producer, comments, “Our music is heavily influenced by the context that is projected by the New York underground. As much as we are rooted in afrobeat and other well recognized musical styles, we pay homage to the way these sounds were combined and progressed over the years by pushing to find our own original voice. 

The band has built a lasting reputation around a seamlessly executed stage show, astonishing wherever they go, and compelling crowds to move with unbridled verve. Continuing to reinvent their brand of global dance music, Underground System remains a force determined to recreate, redefine, and reconstruct. Underground System is comprised of Peter Matson on guitar, sequencing, and synths, Domenica Fossati on lead vocals, flute, and percussion, Yoshio Kobayashi on Drums, Jon Granoff on bass, Lollise Mbi on shekere and background vocals, Olatunji Tunji on congas, and Carter Yusatake on trumpet and keyboards. 

Although they are based in New York, Underground System came together from different places, countries, and cultures. Their diverse life experiences including different political times and cultural identities is the foundation for the new album WHAT ARE YOU, the band’s first full-length LP. Departing from the extended forms typically associated with Underground System’s live performances and stylistic roots, the new album is a deep 10 track look into the group’s mix of talented personnel and profound sonic diversity. The first single from WHAT ARE YOU, “Go” was released with an accompanying animated video created by Alice Cohen. The video saw it’s worldwide premiere on Billboard. It’s impossible not to hear the band’s development on this track, where they stay true to their afrobeat roots while incorporating elements of new wave, alternative and post-punk. The full LP was released September 7, 2018 and has since received press and play from outlets such as NPR/PRI, NPR Alt Latino, KCRW, Mixmag, Love Injection, and BBC. 

Since the release, the downtown NY meets afro disco stylings of the album cut ‘Just A Place’ has landed favorably in many DJ’s inboxes, and set off a wave of remixing interest. The first of these remixes to be highlighted via official release on Soul Clap Records will be Running Back label boss Gerd Janson’s driving big room friendly interpretation. Held together by Janson’s signature pulsing italo bass, New Beat influence. The 3 mix package is dancefloor ready. 

The LP has also clearly piqued the interest of music fans across Europe, and following many connections made via radio and agencies well receiving the new music in France and the UK, Underground System is now continuing to support WHAT ARE YOU by bringing the full band overseas for the first time, culminating in their live European debut, December 5-7 at Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France.

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Underground System - Just A Place (Gerd Janson Remix)

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vainica_Doble

Vainica Doble - Eso no lo manda nadie (John Talabot's Superedit)

Excerpts from the album:

Artist: Ultramarine
Title: Signals Into Space

Pre-order here:
https://www.lesdisquesducrepuscule.com/signals_into_space_twi1236.html

Formats: 2xLP / CD
Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule (TWI 1236 / TWI 1236 CD)
Released: 11th January 2019

All instruments played by Ian Cooper & Paul Hammond except...
Anna Domino: vocals, lyrics
Iain Ballamy: soprano sax, tenor sax
Ric Elsworth: vibraphone, percussion

Recorded at Stag Studios, Essex and Press Play Studios, London
Engineered by Andy Ramsay
Mastered by Noel Summerville at 3345 Mastering, London

Art & design by Heretic / Spectral Nation
http://hereticheretic.co.uk

Signals Into Space

Ultramarine - Signals Into Space (album preview)

“It’s not easy to be free, but it’s harder not to be”.These are the first words to Bad Woman, Céline Gillain’s debut LP on DRAMA.

I’ve never had that many difficulties writing a text for a release. There were easy ways of dealing with it actually, like isolating some of the lyrics and making aphorisms out of them that would have punctuated the text. I could have also wrote about her music with hackneyed words and glamorous comparisons with the likes of Laurie Anderson or Leslie Winer.

Maybe is it because it summons the influence of artists that have been crucial in our lives, maybe is it because of the ambition and the absolute sincerity emanating from this record, maybe is it also because of the utter contemporaneity of the record… but I feel stuck.

So I will only say a couple of things. If the idea of an LP following her debut 7″ on Lexi Disques gets you as excited as we were and still are, you won’t be disappointed by Bad Woman. The music on the upcoming album definitely is pop music, but in a disturbing, beyond « good » and « bad » taste kind of way.

It sometimes feel as if Bad Woman has been written by a former Pop diva that saw her expectations being shattered by life and now tries to make her come-back with a new album, influenced by what she believes to be contemporary pop music. The thing is, the result is a mutant blend of everything and anything that has been produced by the music industry these last 30 years, from Cher’s delirious come-back in the 1990’s to the most embarrassing moments in Dance music, and it rather sounds like a record that would have been written in a parallel universe.

That being said, Bad Woman tackles painful issues about our lives as individuals and society but with absolute elegance. After months of being the only one able to listen to it, no need to say that Zaltan & I are now extremely proud and happy to see this record coming to life. Thank you Céline for untrusting with taking care of your album.

OUT DECEMBER 2018 via DRAMA

Bandcamp

CÉLINE GILLAIN - FIGHT OR FLIGHT (DRAMA2)

Meditative ambient with marimba and notes of Fourth World, originally recorded some time between '80 and '95.

'Midday Moon' is out now on Bedroom Suck Records.

Buy: bit.ly/2QqSQnm

@bedroomsuckrecords

Midday Moon 

Premiere: Blair Greenberg – Gleaming [Bedroom Suck Records]

HOLD THE PHONE, we’re getting the band BACK together: the original 1-900-Heart-Attack band GIRLS CHAT ROOM returns with THE SUGAR STOMACH EP on 100 Years of Solid Dudes. 
Recorded over the phone between Philadelphia and Denver, THE SUGAR STOMACH EP applies GIRLS CHAT ROOM’s VHS-faded sound to a new set of singular yet universal themes (sugar, chicken, work, childcare, parties, etc.). The EP thrillingly careens between bargain bin synthpunk on “Chickenwire,” nuclear stepping with “SheSheShe,” the lurching glam stomp of title track Sugar Stomach, and more, all filtered through lead singer Babystar’s terrifying post-post-Internet worldview. 
"[GIRLS CHAT ROOM] summon[s] spirits of the cybernetic void with a touch screen Ouija board...psychological horror-via-sound, channeling their jittery acid house energy from the rush between a sent message and the serotonin-laced ding of a notification." - Get there : https://girlschatroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-sugar-stomach-ep

PREMIERE : Girls Chat Room - Working

Extended edit of an impossibly rare Austrian 7". I am not planning on releasing or sharing it however, sorry!

Derry - Aerobic Sound (Tom Bolas B-side extension edit)

Digital Download and Limited Edition Cassette available here: https://bit.ly/2Tr7LPv

JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents "Urbana Tide," an improvised environment from Dravier, V. Kristoff and Cafe Lounge. In this abandoned coastal metropolis, urban developments are consumed by the rising ocean tide, a modern scene of tragedy enveloped in the beauty of regrowth. Standing amidst the rubble a familiar serenity fills the air, as new beginnings take hold in the cracks of our fractured past. With quiet sophistication the future unfolds... exclusively from JUNGLE GYM.

@draviersc
@v-kristoff

[UDG 0​.​26] "Urbana Tide" - Dravier, Kristoff & Cafe Lounge (Previews)

DC Promo Tracks #311: "Kitt" (Yuksek Edit) by Moonlight Matters is part of the upcoming release "Partyfine vol.4: Danse Dans Le Noir" on Partyfine @partyfinemusic  @moonlightmatters @yuksek

Release Party: https://www.facebook.com/events/365895024220924/ 

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DC Promo Tracks #311: Moonlight Matters "Kitt" (Yuksek Edit)

A1 - Don't Touch Me (I'm Dancing) from the Pantene EP

Vinyl & Digital:
https://superutu.bandcamp.com/album/pantene

Pantene - Don't Touch Me (I'm Dancing)

Different parts from 4 tracks of this LP pulled together into one long re-edit of Egyptian disco without all the folky Bellydance bits in between.

Khamis Henkesh - El Disco (Tom Bolas Re-Edit)

Winner of a song contest run by a German underwear and bathing suit company in 1984. The prize was the production of a song with professional musicians - namely this very song. Judging by her rapping skills, the competition must have been a little on the weak side of things... 😆 It needed some seriously cheesy Schlager bits removed and more of the electronic good stuff. Enjoy!

Tanz Ohne Planeten (Tom Bolas Edit)

Jamie Principle - Bad Boy (Palmbomen Cassette Demo Edit)

Here is an edit made of the first minute and a half or so of an East German discowave track that in its original form completely changed mid-way through, into a not so enjoyable Rock song, absolutely ruining the vibe.

This is on a 4 track edits EP that has been released on Violette Szabo label in March of 2023. See the full track list here: https://soundcloud.com/tombolas/sets/new-edit-ep-coming-out-on

Big thanks to @flo-dalton for the tip on this one!

A1 - Disco-Cadabra (Tom Bolas Edit feat. Flo Dalton)

twisted reworking of a couple of versions of the classic with a low PH level twist

Available here.....

http://jamiefatneck.bandcamp.com/track/billies-had-her-jeans-acid-washed


Buy from Juno

Billies had her jeans acid washed (Fatneck rework) 96kps demo

https://linktr.ee/TomBolas

Tom runs the @averagerecordsbln Youtube channel and reissue label, is behind the "Dancing For Mental Health" parties at Sameheads, sometimes Jeroen van der Smut lets Tom brew coffee at @smuttyedits HQ and he ran the event series "Cosmic Service" in Berlin with Alexander Arpeggio. He has also had his edits and remixes released on labels such as Disco Segreta, Smutty Edits, Violette Szabo and Duca Bianco. 

Upcoming gigs in 2025

July 19 - afternoon at "Have You Seen This Housecat" Open Air at secret location Berlin - DM for more info

July 19 - night time at Onda Gamma party at Sameheads with Wera, Jonah Considine and Falcone

November 1 - Arkaoda, Istanbul




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