The West End Records classic by Raw Silk gets a modern fix from Ghosts Of Venice. Out now on Beatport through Ultra

http://www.beatport.com/release/do-it-to-the-music-ghosts-of-venice-remix/1351902

Raw Silk - Do It to the Music (Ghosts Of Venice Remix) [West End Records]

Logg_I Know You Will(Larry Levan Remix - ZZ Re - Edit Dub)

Strikers- Body Music (Chuggin Edits)

D.C. LaRue ‘Cathedrals’ (greg wilson edit)

119 bpm

Previously limited vinyl only 2007.

Pressed in 2007 as ‘DC La Groove’, just a few months after I'd put it together, this instantly became a big tune for me and was later included on my Essential Mix in 2009 (http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/essential-mix-greg-wilson-mix-for-bbc-radio-1) and was most recently featured at the camptastic NYC Downlow in Glastonbury last June (http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/glastonbury-nyc-downlow-17-06/).   

I’d always been captivated by the lyrics of ‘Cathedrals’ (I’ve copied below what I wrote about the original version for my Time Capsule series), and used to play it when it first came out in ’76, but I wanted a version that placed the emphasis on the superb rhythm section. I’d initially planned to retain some of the vocal, but eventually decided an instrumental would work best for my purposes. I set about removing the vocal sections and, having thrown in some samples for good measure, I knew I had an edit that would do the business. 

Here’s what I wrote in November 2006 for the Nov ‘76 edition of Time Capsule:
“D.C. LaRue's 'Cathedrals' is an acknowledged classic of the Disco era. Released on Pyramid in the US, like many dance records of the time it broke via the gay scene in New York and would climb to number 6 on the Billboard Disco chart. Connecticut born LaRue (real name David Charles L'Heureux) had started out in the music business as a graphic designer, the capacity in which he first met the people at Pyramid. 'Cathedrals', underpinned by a wonderful groove, is a unique sounding record, the lyrics of which I always found somewhat haunting, especially the core question 'where are they now?' and the line that gives the track its title 'they could fill cathedrals' - there was certainly something about 'Cathedrals' that was slightly disquieting. Years later, following the devastation of the gay community in New York as a result of the AIDS virus, 'Cathedrals', listened to in hindsight, seemed to take on something of a prophetic tone - it was almost as though the words could have been written post, rather than pre-AIDS. In an interview in Blues & Soul following the tracks UK release (it had topped the B&S singles chart - a rare occurrence for a white artist, particularly one releasing his first UK single), LaRue explained the meaning of the lyrics: "It's a story about urban sexuality in America. It deals with the actual consciousness of promiscuity that exists in discos around America today - you know, the situation where a guy picks up a girl or another guy at a disco and they go home and make love even before they know each other's name". He continued: "It's such an empty, fruitless way of living to my mind and that's basically what Cathedrals deals with - the emptiness and waste of humanity that this situation creates'. These final words would prove forebodingly true in a way he could never have imagined when he said them.”

Full text and Nov ’76 programme here:
http://samurai.fm/timecapsule/greg-wilsons-time-capsule-november-1976

Greg Wilson – October 2011

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

D.C. LaRue 'Cathedrals' (greg wilson edit)

It has been a long time since i added a rework of mine and it is with a huge pleasure i share it with you. I have been playing it a lot lately and i think it was cool that you could too.


HOLDTight

The Strikers - Body Music (HOLDTight Body To Body Rework )

It's not often that you get a hold of a multitrack of a classic dance song. No less doing a remix of it.
I was blessed to get that rare opportunity.
A few years ago, West End Records did a remix contest for Sparque's classic & influential Let's Go Dancin'.
I was so excited, not only to enter but to get to remix a song that was such a big inspiration in my musical life.
I remember my turntable homies, Terry Hunter and Dimitri From Paris, were pressing me hard to finish the mix before the deadline.
I was so nervous working on it because I wanted it perfect and respectful to the original song.
Plus it was a tribute to my remixing heroes, Larry Levan & Francois Kerkorian, who originally remixed this song.
I didn't win the contest(that honor went to the late, great Ethan White of Tortured Soul who did a fantastic remix).
But, I thought that I would still share it with the world and hope it would be enjoyed.
So, straight from the Underdog archives, here's my remix!
And I dedicate it to the memory of Ethan, who's talent and brief friendship I will always cherish!
Please enjoy!

Now featured in Underdog Edits' Doggie Bag! https://underdogedits.bandcamp.com/album/underdog-edits-doggie-bag?from=com-nr

Sparque - Let's Go Dancin' (Underdog's Paradise Revival Remix)

Grandmaster Flash Presents: Salsoul Jam 2000

Ooh I Love It (Love Break) [Shep Pettibone 12" Remix]

Another one coming up to XMAS from our personal stash.
The intro is about 3 mins long and heavily dubbed out, pretty much a track in it's own right. Created after a 3am stint hearing Danny Krivit at the Ministry of Sound.....use wisely and wait till the dancefloor is tripping out :)

Free DL

D Train - Keep On (SBR's Seriously Twisted Intro)

Lace - Cant Play Around Extended Mix

Phreek - Weekend (Larry Levan Remix)

Track two Christmas gift ,, for all my friends and supporters..

this is the unedited full version .. get it while you can 

this is for M+M 5 and may change prior to time of release

Logg_I Know You Will(Larry Levan Remix - ZZ Re - Edit Dub)

Ziggy Kostello(SU)