Big Feels

Slow Motion Movements

Disco After Dark LIVE: Commonwealth Bar & Stage June 26th, 2013

Phonique - Casualities (feat. Erlend Oye) (Morgan Geist Remix)
Lovebirds - Out Into The NIght
Artful & Ridney - Missing You (feat. Terri Walker) (Future Odyssey Edit)
Kelley Polar - Ashamed of Myself
Laidback - People (Banzai Republic vs. Trentemoller Mix)
Dirty Doering, Sacha Cawa - Lumy
Palermo Disko Machine - Pump (Original Mix)
Minus 8 - He's Looking At You
The Mole Presents Guilty Pleasures - Family
Miguel Campbell - Beams of Light
DJ Koze - The Spitzer Group
Bad Rabbits - She's Bad (Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap Remix)
Kon - Runaway (feat. Bosq) (Nick Monaco Remix)
Nick Monaco - Long Kiss Goodnight (Soul Clap Edit)
Jesse Rose - Time Is But A Moment (feat. Arama)
Solomun - Boys In The Hood (Gorge Remix)
Change - Hold Tight (Late Nite Tuff Guy Edit)
Solomun - Love Recycled 2 (Original Mix)
James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit)

Disco After Dark The Reboot

Listen to the Spotify Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3GLiNIh

Time has taught us all that life's not all puppies and rainbows, and my own journey has taught me much I'd never bargained on. Idealistic positivity is all well and good, but as I've come to terms with myself and those around me, I know now better than ever how moody, dark, unpredictable, and still beautiful, life can be.

This mix is indicative of my shift to a broader palette of moods, vibrations and emotions with which to paint my life, and those close to me. Darkness can be beautiful, if seen from a certain perspective. 

Tracklist
Heart to Find - Mat.Joe
Slow Down feat. Jorja Smith (Vintage Culture & Slow Motion Extended Remix) - Maverick Sabre 
High (Extended) - Malifoo, 2Strange, Bhaskar
Matchbox - Friend Within
Pump The Brakes (LP Giobbi Extended Remix) - Dom Dolla
Heartless feat. Chace (Mindchatter Remix) - Tchami
Dancing in the Night feat. Eleonora (Lucky Shot Extended Remix) - CIOZ
Last Day - Gabe
On It's Way (Supernova Extended Remix) - Brokenears, Robert Owen
How Many Times - Steve Darko, Claude VonStroke
Brace Yourself (Nathan Barato 'Skies of Blue' Remix) - White Cliffs
Reakt (Extended Mix) - TAYA.
Mild Child - Dubeats
The Art of Optimism (Extended Mix) - Saison
Want You In My Soul - Lovebirds, Stee Downes
Neunivai - Volen Sentir

In A Mood Vol. 1

Disco After Dark LIVE: Fright Night! October 31st, 2013 @ Commonwealth Bar & Stage

Spotify playlist: shorturl.at/jlCXZ

Tracklist

To The Hoods - Robosonic, Lost Boyz
Step Closer (Extended Mix) - Dunmore Brothers, Ayaba Poetic
Back in the Game (Freiboitar Remix) - Macs Cortella
Through This - Nutty, Hako
The Middle - Noizu
Sensational (Extended Mix) - Anti Up
MSBWY - Malaa & Noizu
Keepmastik (Original Mix) - Phlegmatic Dogs
Chucky73 - Bzrp 43 (Club Version) - Cat ’n Dogz
SHUBZ (Extended Mix) - PAWSA
Bouncing (Extended Mix) - Dennis Quin, Mr. V
Bring U Up (Jasper James Remix) - Romanthony
Drummer Loco (Original Mix) - Mat.Joe
All I Need (Extended Mix) - Alex Preston
You Can’t Hide From Yourself feat. Paul Gardner (Qubiko Remix) - Milk & Sugar, Peyton

Dancefloor Dynamite

Dancefloor Dynamite Vol. 1

Spotify playlist - > https://tinyurl.com/y7r2fhek

Man of Soul - Saison
Blue is the Distance - Lee Foss
Been A Long Time - Full Intention 2021 Remix) - The Fog
House Feeling Anthem - Angelo Ferreri
Big Love (David Penn Extended Remix) - Pete Heller's Big Love
Free (Extended Mix) - Roland Clark, Vintage Culture
Tell Me It's True (Original Mix) - Gorgon City
All Under One Roof Raving - Jamie XX
Finder (Hope) [feat. Fatboy Slim] (Extended Mix) - Ninetoes
100% Pure Love (Club Mix) - Crystal Waters
Shoulda Coulda (Extended Mix) - Alaia & Gallo, IDA fLO
Teach Me How To Touch Me (KC Gilmore Remix) - Soane
Love Out There (Original Mix) - Sebb Junior
Woman Like You (Original Mix) - Kryptogram
My Own Way (Extended) - A-Trak & Ferreck Dawn
Let It Go feat. Josh Taylor - Justin Jay & Friends

Wax Theory

Feeling Anthems Vol. 1

The ghost of the Godfather returns to haunt your soul with epic funk jams!

James Brown - Body Heat! (vanilladisco & BMT Rework)

BODY HEAT - Wax Theory & Work Party

Live set recreation from the Sewing Machine Factory, Halloween 2022 for SWEAT - the nu disco dance party.

Body Heat @ SWEAT October 28 - Tunes In Toontown Halloween

Spotify playlist: shorturl.at/fkpv7

Tracklist

Come Together - Todd Edwards & Golf Clap
Treat U Right (Original Mix) - Milion (NL)
Da House Vibe (Extended Mix) - Angelo Ferreri, Gas di Fede
Everybody Wanna Dance - Hard Drive Library
Voodoo Babe (Extended Mix) - Never Dull
The Fire (Extended Mix) - Wh0
Deep Down (Extended Mix) - Alok, Ella Eyre, Kenny Dope, Never Dull
Teach Me How To Touch Me (KC Gilmore Remix) - Soane
Ghetto Track feat. Enrique Ramil (Extended Mix) - Vanilla Ace
Jewelz (Murphy's Law 24K Mix) - Anderson.Paak
I Feel For You (I Feel 4 Disco) - Bob Sinclar
Black Box (Original Mix) - ANOTR
let me know - warner case, Vin Damatao, Just Because
Deep Drop (Original Mix) - Deeplomatik
Voodoo (Philip George VIP Mix) - Truth Be Told, Philip George, Hannah Boleyn

Summer - a time to be, a time to celebrate, a time to feel more alive than you can even handle. This mix was created amidst a feeling of unbridled sonic pleasure, while cultivating a sense of extreme passion and care for the unparalleled ability for music to create shared experience and memory. 

Play this when you feel like a party, sunshine or no, because it'll make you feel like you're dancing with your toes in the grass and the sunshine in your hair.

Summerfunk

Summerfunk '23

To all you Sparkle Partiers out there......

Love,
vanilladisco

German Sparkle Party (vanilladisco Rubber Bootleg)

Spotify playlist -> shorturl.at/MOSW7

Slink (Original Mix) - Claude VonStroke
In Da House (Extended Mix) - Deeplomatik
Back In The Day (Extended Mix) - Gene Farris
Shake (Original Mix) - Nutty, Greco (NYC)
This Sound (Extended Mix) - Danny Howard
What Did I Tell Ya (Original Mix) - Juliet Sikora, Return of the Jaded
Language (Walker & Royce Remix) - Mindchatter
The Torilla Rap - Andreas Henneberg, Mikey Lion
I Don't Know (Extended Mix) - Hannah Wants, Jess Bays, Jennifer Jamieson
FTP (Extended) - Ranger Trucco
Pieces of Me feat. Avacar (Extended Mix) - San Pacho
Groove Society (Extended Mix) - A-Trak & Wongo
Lie Machine (Original Mix) - Theos
Sunflower - Mat.Joe
My Life feat. Tame Impala (Kyle Watson Remix) - ZHU

In A Mood

In A Mood Vol. 2

Boogie Wonderland 2022 - a remarkable moment in Alberta Burn History.

A faithful recreation of an unforgettable vibe. Deliberately rough around the edges. 

I Wanna - Lexa Hill, Bohemien, Raf Parola
Once The Music (Extended Mix) - Body Ocean
Pick You Up (Ben Mono Remix) - Golf Clap, Mike Millrain
Represent - Hotfire
Aerobic - Tony Romera
St Tropez - Tony Romera, SQWAD
Fire Eyes (Original Mix) - Nutty
Jump N Shout (Erik Hagleton Remix) - Basement Jaxx
Bonkers (Club Mix) - Armand Van Helden and Dizzee Rascal
Renegade Master (Back Once Again) (Volac Extended Remix) - Deeperlove
Anotha Banga - Codes
Comments (Original Mix) - Claude VonStroke, ZDS, KE
Music In My Mind (Original Mix) - Static Revenger, Latroit, The Sponges
Groove Is In The Heart (The Sponges Remix) - Deee-Lite
Santorini (Extended Mix) - Mark Maxwell, ASTA
Protect Your Mind - Feint Young Son, Roland Clark

Alberta Regional Burning Man 2022

Boogie Wonderland 2022

Robin's Rockin' Skate Party

Classic classic disco funk beats to power YOUR workout, Ms. Kelly Muir! When you blast your way up motherfuckin' EVEREST like a boss, remember this mix and the disco juice it gave you!

Kelly's Workout Plan

Love Notes by Wax Theory

Pretty Please (Midland Refix) - Dua Lipa
Ask Yourself (Can You Dance) (Extended Mix) - Angelo Ferreri
Two Hearts (Extended Mix) - Daniel Steinberg
Around The Town (Original Mix) - Sam Thomas
Turn It On (Extended Mix) - Audiojack
Wake Up (Original Mix) - Bastian Bux, Daniel Orpi
Get Crazy (Original Mix) - Tomi&Kesh
do it right (Extended Mix) - unknown david
Cimi Cimi (Original Mix) - Sllash & Doppe
Can’t Pin Me Down - House of SAY
Movement - DELACOUR
Rumblah (Extended Mix) - Gorgon City
Fired Up (Extended Mix) - Jen Payne, Sonikraft
Serotonin Moonbeams - The Blessed Madonna
Need To Know (Extended) - Murphy’s Law (UK)
Give Me Your Love - Makito
So Long - Larsé

Love Notes

Late for Valentine's, a blend of smooth, deep, jazzy, soulful tunes while you wait for the warm sunny days of spring.

Grab a friend or lover, get close, and get down <3

Do To Me - Rosie Perez
Do It Again - Dr. Packer
Wishing (Late Nite Tuff Guy Dream Remix) - Late Nite Tuff Guy
Never Be - YSE Saint Laur'Ant
Slip N Do - Disco Tech
First Time Around (feat. Get Down Edits) - Get Down Edits & Rayko
Try Makin' Luv - Fingerman
Come On Over - Francis Inferno Orchestra
Don't Turn It Off (feat. Qzen) - 40 Thieves
Some Kinda Man - Lewie Day
Ooh, I Love It (Love Break) - The Salsoul Orchestra
Bonita Applebum (Curious House Mix) - A Tribe Called Quest vs Sir Piers and Sid Ashton
The Real Thing - Doctormusic Project
Kiss & Tell - Miguel Campbell
Like I'm On Fire (Kartell Remix) - Karma Kid
Do To Me (Nick Monaco Remix) - Rosie Perez

A Very Disco Valentine: Smooth As Satin

An all 45 Mini Mix for the fine collaborative effort known as Circle The Wagons. 

Rummage sale records at their finest - almost all B sides for this fine feature.

The Sound Of Philadelphia - MFSB feat The Three Degrees
Give Me The Night - George Benson
Ain't No Big Deal - Madonna
Subway - The Bee Gees (B-side of "You Should Be Dancing")
Erotic City - Prince (B-side of "Let's Go Crazy")
Can't Get Outta The Rain - Michael Jackson (B-side of "Billie Jean")

vanilladisco - Circle The Wagons Mini Mix 2015

Disco After Dark

Disco After Dark: Goodbye Summer

Disco After Dark: Beautiful Dreamer

Grindhaüs fan page: https://www.facebook.com/grindhaus/

It’s understandable, the forgetting. For every bit, byte, and audio\video second of entertainment, infotainment, and information, there is one less moment for reflection, to think and know that ideas we take for granted - respect, equality, education, truth, justice, science, rationality - are not, in fact, granted to us. They were fought for. Tooth and nail, water hose and tear gas canister, blood, sweat and tears. 

The power of the ruling class relishes its spoils, those it has always had and will continue to have, and it does not give them up readily. And yet, the power of the masses, the average citizens of Earth, has risen and fallen along with their courage to stand up and weather the storm of powerful brutality. 

Civil rights are now a catchphrase, a code for remembrance, but before we slide back into a bygone era of greed, repression and division, we must remember those that came before us. Those who granted us the freedoms we now must fight for, in the streets and in our minds. Those who performed the passions of millions of young, yearning, open minds to connect and open up to the world around them.

Remember Fela, Imprisoned for the heinous act of musical creation, a raised fist against the warring remains of British colonial rule. 

Remember Dr. Martin Luther King. A symbol of peaceful protest for not just his entire race, but for oppressed people the world over. 

Remember Jimi. Standing proud and hazy on that August morning, closing Woodstock to a few hundred thousand heavily experienced dancing humans. One iconic guitar speaking to his generation and a few beyond to the future, radical expression in an age of civil defiance. 

Remember these and remember countless others, the Rosa Parks’ and and Gloria Steinems and Noam Chomskys who have thought and written and sung and marched for the freedom and happiness of themselves, their friends, their families.

Intro courtesy of Kellyanne Conway
Watchtower • The Reflex Re√ision
Lonely Town Lonely Street - Deelicious
Dreams - MLK (Cratebug edit)
Kuar (Henrik Schwarz Remix) - Emmanuel Jal
The Spirit of Fela is Alive and Well - Kaleta & Akoya Afrobeat
Get Up - DJ Rocca / N2B
Rock The Casbah (The Reflex Re√ision)
Rise (Robosonic Remix) - Eddie Amador
Revolution 909 - Daft Punk
In White Rooms - Booka Shade
Hello Clouds - Justin Martin
Bad Reputation (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Funkadiba)
This and That (Original Mix) - Joey Chicago
Opposite People (Bosq's Whiskey Barons Rework) - Fela Kuti
Umi Says (Nick Monaco Edit) - Mos Def
Break Apart (Instrumental) - Bonobo
Except from Freedom From Fear, speech by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Welcome to Grindhaüs; or, How to Start a Revolution

Live session in the Loft - May 7, 2017. Everyday disco for everyday people.

Everyday Disco

In The Loft: Sunday May 7 2017

Photo credit: The Raven's Gaze (Lindsay Dunlop)

This is a track for track recreation of one of the more inspiring DJ sets I've had the privilege of playing in, quite frankly, my entire music career. After five years of helping create a beautiful experiment in community on an elk ranch near Ponoka, hundreds and thousands of hours of planning, working, celebrating and partying with an amorphous village of inspiring Albertans, I was granted the extreme duty and privilege of curating sounds for the penultimate Saturday night gathering of Freezer Burn 2017. 

As the sun went down, and the microcosm gathered in the cool grass, and most importantly as that motherfucking man burnt, I helped craft sonic background from a converted limo bar to an expansive and excitable crew of individuals. A set like this sticks in the memory banks without a doubt.

Burn The Man! Freezer Burn 2017

Whether you're in the deepest depths of wintry doldrums or in full, languid daytime summery flip flop flair, listen to this mix.

If you're chilled to the core, let it warm you from the inside out with memories of fun, love, hugs and kisses in a grassy meadow somewhere near you.

If you're out on a patio or summer drivin', let it soak in and keep your most positive vibes on lockdown. The days don't get much better.

Tracklist
Can't Seem To Hide (feat. Megan Doherty) - Bosq
Music Gets Me High - Aaron Ross
Cirandisco - Anhanguera
Superstition (Nolan Rehash) - Stevie Wonder
Hands Together (House of Omni Hands Hands Together Extended Club Mix) - Gershon Jackson & Reset Preset
Sunday Shoutin' (Dr. Packer Extended Remix) - Johnny Corporate
Bad Mouthin' (Joey Negro Raw Disco Mix) - Motown Sounds
Bad Luck (a Dimitri From Paris re-edit) - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
1981 - COEO
Disco Yes (feat. Poppy Ajudha) - Tom Misch
I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You (Phonk D edit) - First Choice
Fuck Music (Session Victim Remix) - Kapote
Pressure Pressure (Art Of Tones Remix) - Mona Lazette
The Body Move - Kapote
Hunnybee - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Summerfunk 2019

Sunday is 4 Lovers

Can You Feel It?

Satin Jackets - You Make Me Feel Good (Deep Mix)
Casper Nielsen - For You
Mario Basanov - We Are Child Of Love (The Mekanism Remix)
Trujillo - Acapulco Gold (Ron Basejam Remix)
NTFO & Karmon - Nobody Else (Original Mix)
Amine Edge, Dance - Going To Heaven With The Goodie Goodies (Original Mix)
Enzo Siffredi - Clown Story (Original Mix)
Rachel Row - Follow The Step (Justin Martin Remix)
Maya Jane Coles - The High Life
Jamie Woon - Night Air (Solomun Edit)
AFFKT - Travel To Your Love

Disco After Dark: The Return

Coping Mechanisms

Wax Theory’s musical inner workings run deep. For him, music is not an obsession - it’s an inevitability. His all-consuming passion for shared sonic experience has translated into event productions, underground parties, and festival bookings across Canada and overseas since he bought his first turntables in 2010. He lies at the musical intersection of house, disco, funk, soul, R&B, bass, folk and rock, and the sounds in his repertoire are universally heartfelt, warm, and filled with positive thoughtful intention. 

Electro Swing parties in small Calgary venues in 2012 blossomed into a Shambhala Music Festival booking in 2013 with Electro Swing Club Canada. From that rocket blast into the dance music scene, Wax Theory collaborated with producers, dancers, performers, painters and players around Western Canada to create multi-disciplinary art extravaganzas at Astral Harvest, Spiritbar in Nelson, BC, and Freezer Burn, and at festivals, pop ups and halls scattered around Alberta and B.C.

Aside from producing parties and performances with his multi-talented wife DJ Work Party, Wax Theory co-led a seven year DJ residency at Habitat Living Sound from 2014 to 2020. Recently, he’s played DJ sets at Vortex Tisno for Defected Croatia, Shuffle Club YYC, Sub Rosa, Station on Jasper (YEG), HiFi Club, Disco in the Park 2022, Cafe Koi, the #1 Legion, Chvrch of John and the Grindstone Theatre in Edmonton, and basements, community halls, fundraisers and pop up parties from Stephen Ave to corporate gigs to secret warehouses.

Now, Wax Theory curates and plays at Soul Candy, a residency at Rated Ultra Lounge in Calgary dedicated to the best in house, disco, bass and funk music, with an eye and ear for flamboyant, colourful, warm and vibrant music and art. Check him, Work Party, and any number of stunning collaborators there or at any other club or festival booking where you see Wax Theory's name.

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