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Jaisiel - On The Universe

This mix is all music from 1984. It is a special live vinyl mix that I recorded on July 19, 2011 as a promotion for the A.D. (After Disco) series of parties here in Chicago.  The mix has been hosted for a few years on the Loves Podcast and I decided to upload it here to my Soundcloud for the first time.  Here’s a few words I wrote to go with the mix:  

1984 is an amazing year in music. At the time, "house" was still a colloquialism for the music played by Frankie Knuckles at the Warehouse. House was not yet a music form in its own right. "Fresh," on Vince Vince Lawrence’s fledgling label Precision, is the only house-qua-house track on the mix. The other tunes are properly considered proto-house -- the music which formed the milieu of dance music which we now describe (rather clumsily) as:

*Electro (e.g., Solo – “Girls, Girls” produced by John Robbie; JellyBean – “The Mexican”); 
*Garage (e.g., Circuit - "Release the Tension" a Timmy Regisford production; Colonel Abrams – “Music Is The Answer”); 
*Italo (e.g., Stop – “Wake Up”; Pancho Ballet – “Dancing Shoes”); 
*Synth and industrial dance (e.g., 52nd Street – “Can’t Afford” produced by New Order’s Stephen Morris; Palais Schaumburg – “The Beat Of Two” produced by Gareth Jones who also produced Depeche/Nitzer Ebb); and 
*Post-disco (e.g., Stephanie Mills – “Medicine Song”).

This music from 1984 is ‘proto’ in the sense that it was establishing the necessary elements of house – e.g., use of certain instruments (drum machines, synths, samplers) – but there are some stark differences.

Although much of the music in 1984 was released on small independents and remained quite underground, there were major successes for dance music at the time and investment in dance music by major labels. There was A&R structure at all record labels and radio play. "Trapped" (1985) by Colonel Abrams sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Earon’s “Land of Hunger” hit the top 40 on the soul singles chart. John “JellyBean” Benitez placed nine songs in the Top Ten of the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

The democratizing force that would be house music had not been fully realized. It was still expensive to make dance music. For example, most of the tracks on the mix feature vocalists, session players or a full band. Although the epic ensembles of the disco era had long passed in fashion and economic viability, dance records were still recorded in professional studios and engineered by individuals like Bob Blank and Herb Powers. The E-max Sampler hit the market in 1984, but the studio standard were samplers like the Fairlight and Synclavier (which had more than $100,000 price tags), each of which were prohibitively expensive for use by most musician/producers.

By 1984 the relatively inexpensive Roland gear was just finding its way into the hands of Chicago, Detroit and New York’s new roots musicians. A year before, Larry Sherman acquired Musical Product’s pressing plant, the only one in Chicago. Ron Hardy was playing "Penthouse and Pavement" by Heaven 17 and "DumDum" at the Music Box. Dance music was about to fall off the edge, for better and for worse.

1984 Track List:

1. Citispeak Featuring Jeanne Harris – I Don't Need Your Handouts (Inst.) – Partytime Records 
2. Pancho Ballet – Dancing Shoes (Instrumental) – Best Record 
3. Jellybean – The Mexican (Funhouse Mix) – EMI America 
4. Nuance Featuring Vikki Love - Take A Chance (Dubapella) - 4th & Broadway  
4. Samson & Delilah – I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away (Long Mix & Inst) – Saturn Records 
5. Hugh Masekela – Don't Go Lose It, Baby (Stretch Mix) – Jive Afrika 
6. Colonel Abrams – Music Is The Answer (Dub Version) – Streetwise 
7. The Earons – Land Of Hunger (Extended Version) – Island Records 
8. Wet – That's The Game (Instrumental) – Bellaphon 
9. Circuit – Release The Tension (Dub) – 4th & Broadway 
10. Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song (Dub Version) – Casablanca Records 
11. Anne Clark – Our Darkness (Remix) – Ink Records 
12. Solo – Girls, Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi) - Next Plateau Records Inc. 
13. 52nd Street – Can't Afford – Profile (on license from Factory) 
14. The Bridge – Love Dance (Industrial Mix) - Second Vision 
15. Stop – Wake Up – Damabi International 
16. Fresh – Dum Dum – Precision 
17. Palais Schaumburg – The Beat Of Two (Extended Version) – Mercury


1984 After Disco (A.D.)

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@dawnrecords

With her debut album Zagareddre, Lyon-based artist Aracoeli weaves a web between her dreams and the imaginary world of tarantismo, a cathartic ritual from Italian folklore designed to expel both psychological torments and the venom of spider bites.

Influenced by classical and Hindustani music, the singer, violinist, and producer navigates between trip-hop, folk, pop, and electronica. Throughout the album’s seven tracks, string instruments, layered vocals, synthesizers, and electronic experiments intertwine—like multicolored silk ribbons, the zagareddre, evoking the hues of the tarantulas that have infected you.

OUT FEB. 26 (CD, DIGITAL) ON DAWN RECORDS:
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First time on our premiere program for the great Polish label Mondoj, set to release  Ursula Sereghy’s ‘Cordial’ LP on April 18. The Prague-based musician delivers a unique, playful approach of music production, between microcompositions accumulation and overwhelming sound design. Sounds unravel and reform: fragments of voices, reshaped textures, the shimmer of manipulated recordings all bending into semi-familiar contours. Here’s the heterogeneous yet harmonious music of the post-internet era, bringing you the comfort you didn’t think finding in such a ludicrous place.

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Cleric & Kmyle - Beneath The Tangled Web Of Lies - ALBUM
(Inspired by 'The Outlaw Ocean' a book by Ian Urbina)

- Escape The Madness
- Platform
- Shades of Green
- Beneath The Tangled Web Of Lies
- Break The Chain
- E' Mare Liberta

THE JOURNALISM
All music in this project is based on The Outlaw Ocean, a New York Times Best-Selling book by Ian Urbina that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world. This reporting touches on a diversity of abuses ranging from illegal and overfishing, arms trafficking at sea, human slavery, gun running, intentional dumping, murder of stowaways, thievery of ships and other topics.

ABOUT CLERIC & KMYLE
I have a fascination with people’s desire to disrupt and disregard standard norms, and the underlying motivations behind their actions. As an artist, I always strive to make music that’s a rebellious response to popular culture, and I find myself most inspired by other acts of defiance, which is why the chapter “The Rusty Kingdom” connected with me the most while reading The Outlaw Ocean. The idea of establishing a country in the middle of the sea deeply intrigued me, and was a source of inspiration for one of my tracks.

My collaborators and I tried to convey the full arc of the chapter — building from the excitement and adrenaline of seeing your own ideas realized through the creation of your own country. At the same time, we allowed the music to flow and twist into a darker ambience, juxtaposing elements of trust and deception in the sound of the music. As producers, we wanted to focus on the soundscapes telling the story, while certain key changes created a tone and set the scene.

In a way The Outlaw Ocean is a form of written rebellion as well — it’s a book that delves into some really important topics that are often neglected by mainstream media. This kind of factual, yet engaging writing is extremely important for the education of the reader. I hope people experience the book and are able to broaden their knowledge and are pushed to advocate for the topics Ian sheds light on.

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BENEATH THE TANGLED WEB OF LIES

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Cleric X Kmyle - Shades Of Green (music for 'The Outlaw Ocean' a book by Ian Urbina)

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