New York after hours: from club Berlin to the Paradise Garage, to The Choice | A talk with Richard Vasquez and Jonny Sender

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Growing up in Staten Island, Richard Vasquez was obsessed with music and started taking piano lessons from a young age. He grew up in a Puerto Rican and Polish family—part of a white Pentecostal church community. He discovered African American gospel music listening to the radio, describing it as his first love—and began playing as a guest organist in Black Churches.
Richard became a successful graphic designer Landing a job at Ingénue magazine. During the late ‘60s he spent two summers on fire Island Pines. Back in Manhattan, Richard and his friends would throw parties in Soho and it was there that he started Djing.
I met Richard years later, on the cusp of the 1980s. We were both out most nights of the week, going to Mudd Club, Danceteria, The Pyramid, running into each other on the dancefloor of the Paradise Garage. New York was alive at night with music—Reza (Kool Lady Blue) was starting her Thursday night parties at Club Negril in the East Village with Jazzy Jay, Afrika Bambaataa and the Rock Steady breakers from the Bronx.
Richard had gotten a DJ gig at Berlin, a large after hours club, playing post-punk and electronic music. Painted all black with high ceilings, Berlin was a big dark dimly lit box, packed with a few hundred people dancing until 7AM. It quickly became the place to go after Mudd Club and Danceteria would close. During our talk Richard reminded me that he was at the Garage the night Konk performed at the Paradise Garage. I was playing bass.
Forward to 1988—post-Paradise Garage New York City:
Along with his friend Gregory Meyers. Richard started The Choice, a key private after-hours party taking place at David Mancuso’s Loft in the East Village. Filling a void created by the Garage’s closing and providing music and sound quality that continued that tradition, The Choice became a bridge featuring an older generation of Djs: Frankie knuckles, Larry Levan, already legends — and many younger DJs including David Morales, Bobby Konders and DJ Disciple.

From Post Punk to post Paradise Garage    |  |  Richard Vasquez NY after-hours

Bari based record store owner and DJ Talomedz delivers the Italo goods (or meds?) on WKCR FM. Its sultry Italian hits with the occasional deep, even wobbly house groove. Hang on until the end of the mix to hear a brief interview with Talomedz!

Workaround is our weekly dj show. Follow @prezzo91 for more house & adjacent vinyl mixes on FM radio.

To listen to the mix without mic breaks, head over to the "Workaround Dub" Playlist

Tracklist
Squallor- Prefatio  (1980)
Eva Eva Eva - Tutto previsto (1977)
Adriano Celentano - Cammino (1983)
Gaznevada – Special Agent Man (1983)
Loredana Berte' – E La Luna Bussò (1979)
Art Of Noise - Spit (1989)
Band Aid  – A Tour In Italy (1983)
David Keaton - Space control (1983)
N.O.I.A. - True love (normal version) (1985)
Enzo Carella ‎– Amara (1979)
Neşe Karaböcek - Yali Yali (Todd Terje edit) (2020)
La Trece – I Want To Thank You (MK downtown Mix) (1993)
Fiorella Mannoia – Caffè Nero Bollente (1981)
Mr. G ­- Daily Prayer (2011)
Dilruba – Bhangra Attack (Shaal Mar-Kay) (year unknown)
Patrizia Pellegrino – Musica Spaziale (1982)

80s Italo Disco Vinyl Mix w/ Talomedz - WKCR 89.9FM NY - prezzo91 - 09/26/24

DJ NATURE DISCO MIX (2024) PART 1. (PERSONAL EDITS & BITS)

Live mix recorded the 25/05/2024 at Karmakoma, by the legendary House head, Volcov. 
3h45 of pure bliss!!

Volcov @ Karmakoma 25.05.2024

Recorded at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. 10/31/2024

Warm-up set for LCD Soundsystem - Halloween 2024

Thoughtfully rescued bargain bin business spanning reggae to rap to tropical sounds from the Planet Trip label head. 

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/mike-who-5th-november-2024

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Balearic Social - Outlaws Yacht Club Daytime Sessions Nov 24

1. Manta Ray Martin - Life Spring Meditation Corporation
2. Primal Scream - Stone My Soul
3. Iasos - Formentera Sunset Clouds
4. Faint Waves - Eternal Seas
5. Prefab Sprout - I Trawl the Megahertz
6. Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren
7. Talk Talk - The Rainbow 
8. Josete Ordoñez - Objetos Perdidos (Dagobert Böhm's Las Estrellas Y El Interminable Sonido Del Mar Remix)
9. Ettika - Ettika (Hear & Now French Remix)
10. Blue Gas - Shadows from nowhere (Manu Archeo 'There are shadows because there are hills' extended edit) 
11. R R - Outro
12. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
13. Merge - Kashan III
14. Stanley Clarke - Yesterday Princess - (Leo Zero Remix)
15. Maria Kozic and the MK Sound - Trust Me
16. Myriam Makeba – I’mm You’mm We’mm
17. ORS - Body to Body Boogie (Haners Overdubbed edit)
18. Simon Peter - Ottimismo 
19. Michael Clark - Midnight Rendezvous
20. Falk & Klou - UFO (Andi Hanley Rework)
21. Fugitivos De Azul - Viva Voz
22. Cesar Camargo Mariano - Poluição
23. Quintus Project - Night Flight (Psychemagik Remix)
24. Strand of Oaks - This Must Be The Place
25. Maureen - Tu Me Tues (Dance Mix)
26. May East - Maraka
27.Leo Zero Edits - Congo A Shelter
28.Danny Toan - Come Into My Life  
29.Johnny Hates Jazz - My Secret Garden
30.Bautista - Gone 
31. Mango - Sera Latina
32.Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Moyo Ukoje

Balearic Social - Outlaws Yacht Club Daytime Sessions Nov 24

Alice Coltrane - Keshava Murahara
Benaji Lattu - Doving
DJ Pippi & Willie Graff - Harmonized (ft. Mathias Heise) 
Ed Mahon ft Louise Spiteri - Give It All (Poolside dub)
Nova Heart - Ethereal (Rodion xtended mix)
Pepe Maina - The Infinite (Manu Archeo Remix)

Music For Dreams Radio Show 23.11.24

Interestelar Love
Written, produced, mixed and mastered by Manuel Costela.
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Manuel Costela - Interestellar Love (FREE DOWNLOAD)

We come together once again to showcase Aterral's growth over the last year with an undeniably hard-hitting compilation. Our fourth anniversary VA is special, as it brings forth some of our most recent family members and puts them aside older ones.

As part of CUATRO we bring you Black Loops with 'Balance & Harmony', an elegant blend of eclectic sounds and a jerky guitar wah. Carlo & Baloo follow with 'Best Maldito', a track bursting with an infectious rhythm. Intr0beatz’s 'Where The Party At' delves into ambient depth with rippling synths. Marina Trench delivers 'Because We', featuring a playful piano melody and upbeat energy that pushes boundaries with its lively touch.

Caleb Jackson’s 'The Partylife' fuses high energy, gospel influences, and an acidic bassline. Tatie Dee & Ams contribute 'Underwater', a futuristic, bubbly piece with progressive elements. Emanuele Barilli’s 'Midnight Forty' takes us back to the 90s with a trance-infused, breakbeat house sound that resonates with nostalgia. 'Summer Ending' by Horsemen brings a jazz-swing groove paired with a deep, thumping bassline, perfectly capturing the wistful end-of-summer mood. Airplane Mood & Tali Freeman’s 'Trust' offers a soulful, mystical finale with Khadija as a vocalist, to close off our compilation. 

AirplaneMood & Tali Freaks - Trust feat. Khadija

Seasons greetings! We're closing out 2024 with a selector that perhaps needs no further introduction, but in case you've been living under a rock for the past 15 years, we are extremely excited to present the next Idle Cellars mix by the one and only EDDIE C! Mr. C (NOT THAT ONE) is, in our esteemed opinion, one of the best DJ's in the entire world and we're crazy stoked to have him as the next IC mix for your listening pleasure. Canada-born & Berlin-bred, Eddie has been gallivanting all over the globe as a musical expert in a world of tourists, ready to spread good vibes and his sparkling personality (plus that Canadian politeness we always hear about) to the four corners of the planet. 

His resume is, frankly, ridiculous. As a producer and "editor", Eddie is responsible for countless fantastic releases across disco edit labels like his own RED MOTORBIKE, COMMON EDIT, 7 INCHES OF LOVE, KOLOUR LTD, SLEAZY BEATS, LUMBERJACKS IN HELL and many, many more, plus he's been fully embraced by the Japanese contingent with many releases on MULE sublabel ENDLESS FLIGHT as well as CRUE-L & SOUNDOFSPEED. The man's discography as a producer is as wide as it is deep and he continues to be extremely active with new remixes or originals coming out regularly.

DJ-wise our boy has the chops to be dropped into any situation and rock the party, whether that's at Cafe Del Mar, Panoramabar, the Sunset Campout or dodgy mafia-run nightclubs in deepest Eastern Europe. To put it succinctly, he is...THE MAN. 

We think Eddie C is a perfect closer to our year. Thanks for coming along with us on these journeys, and we hope you can give us a subscribe and stay tuned - we have some seriously cool things happening for 2025 so don't sleep, and have a wonderful holiday season and New Year. From all of us at Idle Cellars - we love you! 

@eddiec

Mike Bee Dec. 2024

Eddie C - Best Friend 037

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