Essential Rarities: A selection of 28 killer edits from illustrious discoteers...  experts of the regroove format... built for dance floor domination.

In its finest expression, the disco edit is disinformation, a way to scramble the signal of the familiar into something uncanny, a means by which to mis-remember the past, to pull a switcheroo on memory, to suggest parallel dimensions to its dancers. 

The hard-driving grooves, the organic grit, packaged to appeal to disco funk fetishists, a limited-edition selection... dance-with-edge: avant-funk, mutant disco vibez... 

A totally unscheduled resurrection of avant-funk and disco... the inhibited and coercive treadmill rhythms, the constipated basslines, the desolate dub-space. 

... with its multiple connotations of madness, fury, and deranging euphoria: the ultimate merger of aggression and celebration, 
packed with febrile hyperspeed percussion, ominous basslines, dizzy sensations of harrowing bliss, a haunted/hunted vibe of spooked-out paranoia...

Unlimited Touch - No One (Uncle Jam Groovestrumental Mix)

Take Three - Can't Get Enough (Of Your Love)

Unearthed from the vaults of the North Pole, this “lost” disco/boogie record from 1977 finally sees the light of day. Elf Waves is a funky, glitter-soaked side project from the world of Christopher Kringle — a time when elves traded sleigh bells for sequins and rode the groove straight through Studio 54.

Thought forgotten for decades, the Lost Boogie Record captures the spirit of a hidden era: when the Kringle universe collided with the golden age of disco. Play it loud, dance like an elf, and relive the North Pole’s best-kept secret. This album will make more sense after Book #9 is released. There is a reason this album has never been seen by the public.


The World Needs More Boogie (It's True)

HERE:
http://www.discosoulgold.com/#!shop/c1j7i

MARC STAGGERS - BRING IT HOME TO ME [Tom Moulton Mix]

112 kbps files for preview - don't be a dunce!

For our first release of 2017 RNT welcomes HADE! Best known for his work on Local Talk and Basic Fingers, the Cologne native delivers a symmetrical 2 sides of disco edit barnstormers and downtempo head-nodders. From the beefy kick drum thump of Say What You Wanna Say and My Thang, to the obscure yet memorable sample sources of Jeep Cherokee XJ and Range Rover HSE, this is one to get the party shaking!

HADE Edits

HADE - My Thang

Modern Sound Corporation ‘Safari’ (greg wilson edit)

130 bpm

Previously limited vinyl only 2008

This edit (peppered with additional spins and samples) first appeared on Ruff Edits #2 as ‘Scandinavian Safari’ - the original, ‘Safari’ by Modern Sound Corporation, being a track I used to play at my hometown club, New Brighton’s Golden Guinea, back in 1979. For my edit, I placed the emphasis on the superior instrumental ‘Pt 2′ version, which found favour in UK Jazz-Funk circles at the time, its unique combination of African and Caribbean flavours setting it apart as a dubbed-up percussion driven Disco hybrid. 

Arriving on import via TK’s Sunshine Sound label, prior to its UK release on Epic, it was assumed that this was hot out of Miami – but there was a strange but true twist to the tale, as it turned out to be of Swedish origin, having first surfaced in this unlikely location the previous year. It was, however, remixed by Florida’s finest, Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch, from KC & The Sunshine Band.

In 2000, the Idjut Boys excavated it for their ‘Saturday Night Live’ compilation on Nuphonic, and it subsequently became a much sought after eBay item.

Thinking about it now, the Ruff Edits series has, to date, been equally split between US and European tracks (by accident rather than design), with the European inclusions each from a different country – Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden and the UK. 

The Belgian and French inclusions are already uploaded here:
http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/chakachas-jungle-fever-greg 
http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/crystal-grass-crystal-world 

*just noticed that when you listen directly from the laptop you can hardly hear the bass at all - so bear this in mind, the bass being a key element of the track.

Greg Wilson – December 2011

Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

Modern Sound Corporation 'Safari' (greg wilson edit)

Gang's Back - Magic Touch 7'' U.S (Gang's Back Records) 198X

Track & Album available at iTunes: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nyc-disco/1398056947

Gang's Back - Magic Touch 7'' U.S (Gang's Back Records) 198X

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