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This is a selection that would have been typical of a night at The Paradise Garage in 1983 and includes tracks from 1979 onwards. With inspiration from tales and recordings of Larry Levan I have tried to weave narratives of sorts within the mix, with messages of love for fellow man and tales of love for music and of misadventure.

Why the Paradise Garage? Well, the Paradise Garage and DJ Larry Levan along with Chicago's Warehouse with DJ Frankie Knuckles (a childhood friend of Levan's) really were the historical bridge between the soul, disco, dub and reggae of the sixties and seventies, the electro and new wave of the eighties and the house music of the late eighties, which went on to spawn techno and, well, everything 'dance' really (apart from hip-hop... that's another history). In the words of DJ History: 

"The Garage was where, a decade or so after taking its first steps, black, spiritual underground disco reached its peak. It was quite simply the largest and most powerful expression of the original disco spirit. As disco became mainstream and often moronic, it was at the Garage that the underground sound and the scene’s strong sense of community were preserved. Outside, insurance men in brown suits were knocking their knees to Abba and The Bee Gees, dreaming of the coke-and-celebrity-fuelled nonsense of Studio 54. Inside the Garage, the original disco family were continuing and amplifying their tribal rituals. And at the centre was Levan himself, a DJ who enjoyed such a passionate relationship with the people on his dancefloor that they worshipped him more or less as a god."

The club itself was situated in a former carpark on King Street in New York, hence the name. It was very much based on David Mancuso's 'Loft' parties - there was no alcohol for sale, however the club provided food and drinks for free and often put on punch, and it was often laced with LSD. It was very underground. There was no advertising. The club was also not open to the general public. Entry was to members only, and some nights allowed guests. Membership was not easy to attain. Prospective members had to submit to an interview to determine their suitability. Initially the membership policy was 'gay only', however the policy was revised due to popular demand and Friday became the straight night and Saturday was the gay night. Some public holiday events were mixed. The dancers were very diverse in race - black, latino, asian and white. The club provided a refuge from racism and homophobia and a place to enjoy a sense of togetherness and refuge. Quoting DJ History "The manifesto was the music. Love Is The Message.

The Paradise Garage inspired an unparalleled reverence. It dominated gay New York’s dance vista for a full ten years, with only the Saint – which catered for a very different crowd – as a serious rival. For its members the Garage was a sanctuary from an increasingly cruel and voracious city, a role made poignantly necessary as AIDS cut through New York. Dance there and you were treated as an honoured guest, with a level of courtesy and respect that is virtually unheard of in clubs today. ‘You felt special,’ says Danny Tenaglia, one of many DJs inspired by early visits to the Garage. ‘You felt like you were an elite group, with people who were on the same level of understanding about music as you.’ In a drab district in south west Manhattan, it created a private world based on disco’s original ethos of loving equality. In stark contrast to the harsh city lights outside, the Garage offered freedom, compassion and brotherhood.

Dave Piccioni, owner of London’s Black Market records, then living and DJing in New York, was a regular at the Garage in the late eighties. ‘It was New York cut-throat money time,’ he remembers. ‘Everybody was sticking knives in each other’s backs. It was dog eat dog. Aggressive. Dealing, 60,000 people living on the street. It was a dog of a place to live in. And then you’d go to this little oasis, where people were really well-mannered and friendly to each other. You just felt completely comfortable. People of a like mind who shared something, and that was an open mind. America is a very narrow-minded place. The thing they had in common wasn’t just getting high, like it is here – it was much more than that. That was what was so great about it.’

The soundsystem was the best. The lighting was the best. The staff were the best. The patrons were the best. And the DJ was the best.

Larry Levan was sole resident DJ from the club's opening in 1976. His DJ performances, whilst very rarely technically perfect, were incredibly powerful - he wove themes through his sets, telling stories to the dancers. He manipulated their moods with lyrics, lighting and sound. He wasn't afraid to cleanse the dancefloor either - clearing it, so that he could start again and build a new emotional space. His music policy was especially loose - eclectic. You could hear classic disco and soul alongside acts like The Clash, The Police, Prince, Madonna, Pat Benatar etc. Levan experimented with the music, introducing the Caribbean dub aesthetic into disco, which he played alongside everything from reggae to electro, new wave, soul and much more. Anything went. He helped to introduce a post-disco sound that presaged the creation of house music by his Friend Frankie in Chicago. Eventually Levan's set lists embraced house alongside other genres. It was disco's revenge.

Sadly, with owner Michael Brody becoming increasingly unwell with AIDS, the club's lease was not renewed and the club closed on 26 September 1987, almost exactly 26 years ago.

Larry Levan never achieved another residency. He played guest spots around New York and toured Japan and the UK, including a month at the Ministry Of Sound in London where he helped to design the soundsystem (which was based on that at the 'Garage). Sadly, he died of a heart attack caused by caused by endocarditis only four days after returning from Japan with Francois K.

The Paradise Garage and Larry Levan created the blueprint for modern DJ's and modern clubs. The culture and music lives on.

Tracklist:

D-Train - You're The One For Me (Vocal Version)
David Joseph - You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) (Vocal)
Yello - Bostich (Extended Dance Version)
Exodus - Together Forever (Dub)
Rockers Revenge - Walking On Sunshine '82
My Mine - Hypnotic Tango (Instrumental Version)
Class Action Featuring Chris Wiltshire - Week End (Vocal)
Love Club - Hot Summer Nights
Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance III (Long Version)
Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (Souped-Up Version)
Candido - Jingo
Sharon Redd - Beat The Street (Vocal)
Klein & M.B.O. - Dirty Talk (USA Connection-Instrumental)
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
Skyy - Call Me
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (Female Vocal)
Visual‎– The Music Got Me
The Strikers - Inch By Inch (Special 12" Vocal-Disco Version)
D-Train - Keep On (Vocal)

Roots Before Branches 03 - The Paradise Garage 1983

Propaganda Got Soul # 33.
Special Live recording of Quentin Harris performance at Propaganda Got Soul party on 8th of april 2014 in Propaganda club (Moscow, Russia)


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Propaganda Got Soul #33 QUENTIN HARRIS (LIVE AT PROPAGANDA) part1

Etienne de Crecy - Am I Wrong  (Original Version)

Frànçois And The Atlas Mountains return to London to play at The Scala on Tuesday the 11th of November, as part of the Les Inrocks Phillips Festival. Special guest Isaac Delusion has remixed the band’s La Fille Aux Chevaux, enjoy!

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Piano Ombre (Édition Deluxe)

La Fille Aux Cheveux De Soie

Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains - La Fille Aux Cheveux de Soie (Isaac Delusion Remix)

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Club Classics Vol. One

Happiness (Dub) [feat. Do'Reen]

Remixed

Always There (David Morales Remix)

Change Gonna Come (Lauryn Hill)

To my lovely Jean Pedre <3

Quentin Harris ‎– Let's Be Young
Label : NRK Sound Division ‎– NRK109P
Format : Vinyl, 12", Promo, 45 RPM 
Pays : UK
Date : 2005
Genre : Electronic
Style : House

Quentin Harris - Let's Be Young (Original Mix)

2CD/Digital Album Available - https://zrecords.lnk.to/ProducedWithLove

The new Joey Negro album ‘Produced With Love’ is now available across all physical formats but as the double CD contained 20 tracks it wasn't possible to fit everything onto the 3LP version so the 'Space Time EP' is a new vinyl EP containing some of these tracks that weren't ready in time to make it on to the vinyl LP.

"Distorting Space Time", a drawn out dubby, jazzy, spacey track that suggests a heavy Arthur Russell influence, one that is already a firm favourite of Gilles Peterson, Louie Vega and François Kevorkian

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Joey Negro - Distorting Space Time

Label : Raimo Symphonies ‎– RERA 2
Pays : Japan
Date : 2005

Instant House - Awade (Joe's Raw Afrika Dub)

Weekend Offender - Louis Benton (Francois & Chris Lawrence Mix)

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Nuyorican Soul - Runaway (Mousse T.'s Jazz Funk Experience)

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Presenting our 2018 Shambhala Mix from Friday night in The Fractal Forest. This was our 9th year performing at one of our fav festivals on the planet. Huge congrats to ReR and the entire Fractal crew on celebrating their stage's 20th birthday this year, it really is the funkiest place on earth!
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▶︎ TRACKLIST:
The Funk Hunters - 2018 Fractal Intro
The Funk Hunters - Soul City
The Funk Hunters - Revolution feat. Def3 [Acapella]
Maha Quest - Doctor Fumu
Ekali & Zhu - Blame (Hunter Siegel Bootleg)
The Funk Hunters - Hands Up feat. Leo Napier
The Funk Hunters & Chali 2na - Get Involved feat. Defunk [Acapella]
The Funk Hunters - Hands Up feat. Leo Napier (Jenaux Remix)
Jenaux - I Want Your Love
Chaka Khan - Like Sugar (TFH Fractal Edit)
Woofax - The Humpty Dance
Krafty Kuts - $4Gee
Anderson Park feat T.I. - Come Down [Acapella]
The MVI - Save Me
Hydraulix & Oski - Nothing Can Stop Me
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name (Just A Tune Flip)
The Funk Hunters & Chali 2na - Word To Spread feat. Tom Thum [Acapella]
Porter Robinson & Madeon - Evil Shelter (Madeon Edit)
Zhu & Tame Impala - My Life (Just A Gent Remix)
Opiuo - Bot Rock
Eminem - Without Me [Acapella]
Dubra & Arteo - Track ID
Nate Dogg - I Got Love [Acapella]
The Funk Hunters - Say Something feat. Liinks (Kotek Remix)
The Funk Hunters - Say Something feat. Liinks (K Theory Remix)
Big Gigantic - Got The Love (The Funk Hunters Remix)
Jean Tonique - The Party
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money [Acapella]
The Funk Hunters - Party Rockin
Evokings - WTF
Fisher - Losing It
Angelz - Devils (NuKid Remix)
Marten Horger - Hands Together
Marten Horger - Hands Together (Jay Robinson Remix)
Tony Romera - Grand Jour
Me & My Toothbrush - Right By Your Side [Live Sax By Smoothie]
Justice - We Are Your Friends (Defunk Remix)
Kove - Give and Take
Jenaux - Ain’t No Sunshine feat Knites
Moontricks - Solar Therapy (Woofax Remix) [Instrumental]
The Funk Hunters - Ready To Go feat. Dynamite MC [Acapella]
Moontricks - Solar Therapy (Woofax Remix)
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Shambhala 2018

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Here is my set from this year's Shambhala Music Festival. Thank you to everyone who came out and packed the stage with me, it was truly a life changing moment! And special thanks to @willdabeastofficial for adding a unique live element with their beautiful horns. 

This was my third year officially on the lineup and my first year performing at The Pagoda stage. I took this opportunity to, in a way, reinvent my approach when writing my set. I leaned less on popular remixes and acapellas, and more on underground electronic music I enjoy. I took it as an opportunity to test out tons of music I have been quietly working on and all my favorite new edits. 

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Tracklist:

00:00 | Defunk Intro
00:42 | Defunk – ID
Sugarbeats x Stereocool – Supersauce feat. Nic Hanson (ACAPELLA)
02:28  | Defunk – Hottest feat. Em Casey
03:52  | Dick Dale - Misirlou (Defunk Edit)
04:44  | Eliminate – House Party
05:06  | Dj Fresh x Diplo x Craig David – Bang Bang (Rene LaVices Trigger Happy Remix)
06:10  | Defunk – Twisted
07:08  | Defunk – Whole Lotta Shakin
07:56  | Stuca – Split (Defunk Edit)
08:40  | Defunk – ID
Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (ACAPELLA)
10:27  | FWLR – Numb feat. Che Nelle
11:43  | Defunk – ID (Leo Napier and The Reminders ACAPELLA)
13:33  | Kill Paris – Slap Me (Griz Remix)
14:10  | Daft Punk – Harder Faster Stronger (Defunk Remix) 
15:33  | The Funk Hunters – Say Something (K Theory Remix)
16:30  | Mr. Rogers – I’ll Take You (Jenaux Remix)
17:43  | Hydraulix x Oski – Nothing Can Stop Me
18:30  | Pigeon Hole – Invasion (Defunk Edit)
18:54  | Oski– Go My Way feat. The Arcturians
20:29  | Defunk – Can’t Buy Me feat. Wes Writer and Megan Hamilton
23:10  | Cazztek – Came to Get Funky (Defunk Remix)
25:17  | Defunk – Electric Body
27:28  | Defunk – ID
28:11  | Bassnectar – Cozza Frenzy (Defunk Remix)
29:38  | Rl Grime – Pressure
30:00  | Metrik - LIFE/THRILLS (feat. NAMGAWD) (ACAPELLA)
30:42  | Defunk – ID
32:29  | Document One - Get Da Funk
33:12  | K+Lab – Double Trouble feat. Defunk & Dillastrate (VIP Mix)
33:57  | Gentlemans Club - Want U (Upgrade Remix)
34:41  | Dan Caplen - Trouble (feat. Ms Banks) (Calyx & TeeBee Remix)
36:30  | Defunk – ID
38:23  | Defunk – The Spirit (ACAPELLA)
38:43  | London Grammar – Hey Now (ACAPELLA)
39:05  | Defunk – Shake feat. Willdabeast
41:35  | Rezz x 1788-L – Hex
42:20  | Imad Royal & Mark Johns – Heart-Shaped Box
42:40  | Maha Quest – Doctor Fumu
43:46  | Defunk x Willdabeast – Horny
45:03  | K+Lab - Rock the Funky Beat (ACAPELLA)
45:22  | Kelis - Milkshake (DONKONG RMX)
46:19  | Smokey Joe & The Kid – Please Come Home
46:40  | Opiuo - Life feat. Gift of Gab & Syreneiscreamy (Defunk Remix)
47:20  | Birthdayy Partyy – Freestylin’
47:52  | Defunk – Pretty Things
50:25  | Defunk – Swing It
51:50  | Luca Lush - OBB feat. Devault
52:25  | Justice – We Are Your Friends (Defunk Remix)
55:06  | Kove – Give Take
55:54  | Defunk – Things You Do feat. Robin Benedict & Alyag
57:59  | Defunk – ID
58:32  | French Montana Ft. Swae Lee - Unforgettable (ACAPELLA)
58:53  | Kill Paris - Two Minds (feat. Tim Moyo)

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DEFUNK - 2018 SHAMBHALA MIX

These are stripped-down 160mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: Emilie Nana
Title: I Rise - The François K Remixes
Catalog No: CPT 527
Format: 12"/digital
Release: 2018-11-02

Emilie Nana marks a strong return to Compost Records with a heavenly remix package for her latest offering on the label - “I Rise” – contributed by one of dance music’s most respected and acclaimed figures – the mighty François K.
“I Rise” is the reflection of Emilie Nana’s hatching and metamorphosis. With this record she makes us to witness her transformation from a state of chrysalide to butterfly. I Rise is the synonym for self assertion, as a determined african black woman and an ode to inspiring women, throwing in their energy in order to transform themselves.
Emilie Nana will bring you up! Her levitating voice, almost whispered, will overwhelm you. She will bewitch you like a great priestess whereas the musical backing is deep, hypnotic and steady tones.
“I Rise is a denunciation”, Emilie Nana claims! It is not only about a meditation but truly well a declamation. She clearly address to the oppressor. She speaks whit great assurance! She answers to decades of mistreatment. She is a black woman who’s expressing herself proudly. A strongly personal music!
After Danny Krivit, who came up with the now classic re-edits for the initial release of “I Rise”, it’s now fellow New Yorker and Body & Soul compagnon François K who’s sharing this strong sentiment.
Like with Danny Krivit, the opportunity to working with a personality that gathers all ethnic origins together throughout his career and life like François Kevorkian - a living legend, whose production- and remix works for countless artists are beyond classics and covering a timeframe of more than four decades - is a big honour for Emilie Nana and of course for Compost Records in either way. Kevorkian’s role as a mastermind in NYC nightlife is untouchable and the fact that he’s still sharing his knowledge and forward thinking attitude towards dance music, keeps him going strong at the forefront of the international dance music scene. We feel happy and blessed to release François Kevorkian’s masterclass remix works of “I Rise”. Three different versions to play with – all brilliant and very special in his inimitable manner!
Emilie Nana’s “I Rise” is based on the lyrics of the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou.

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Emilie Nana - I Rise - The François K Remixes

Emilie Nana - I Rise (François K Journey Vocal)(snippet)

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Un dj set straordinario del leggendario JOE CLAUSSELL 
insieme con lui Danny Krivit e Francois K 
E dopo 10 anni ritorna nel tempio della musica 
17 NOVEMBRE 2012 / NEUHM PARTY 
JOE CLAUSSELL + GIGI TESTA 
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Joe Claussell, Danny Krivit & Francois Kevorkian -16.11.2002 - Live @ MyToy (Napoli) Part.3

Soul To Soul - Back to life (spectrum noise remix)

Barbara Tucker - I Get Lifted (The Bar Dub)

You Can't Have New York

You Can't Have New York - Monique Bingham/Quentin Harris - 2005 - Shelter Records

This is a little J&D reinterpretation of a stone cold classic by one of house music's founding fathers Larry Heard (aka Mr Fingers). In J&D's own words: "The original is sublime and cannot be improved, this rework is only a tribute to one of our heroes." 

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