michael r.i.p.??
June 25, 2009
Some websites are now confirming it…very very sad news for me personally if so.
Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Frankie Knuckles Mix)
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brothers on the side…test pressing
June 25, 2009
Test Pressing is a fairly new blog that captures many different aspects of music through its various contributors and far-reaching music scene connections. From classic magazine articles and interviews, to original pieces written exclusively for the blog, and from pre-loved mixtapes of yester-year to brand new commissioned mixes. What I especially like is their attitude to new music and old, connecting both worlds and seeing the pleasure in it all. Apiento & Co. create a space where you really can learn from and be inspired. Long may they all continue to do what they do.
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BLOG NAME: Test Pressing
CONTRIBUTORS:
Apiento, Tim Hayter, Giacomo, Waldo, Emma Warren & (sporadically) The Correspondent
DATE OF FIRST POST:
I’ll have to look – October 1st 2008
HOW OFTEN DO YOU POST:
Whenever really – when something is good or I feel like writing. For the others it’s the same – whenever they feel like it. It’s more about trusting good people to write what they like when they like.
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU STOP THE BLOG:
Well the worlds we cover there is always something new to write about so when I get bored of it I guess.
HYPE MACHINE OR EL.BOWS:
Huh? I should know this stuff…
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too deep
June 23, 2009
I heard this at the Rub n Tug party in LA back in early May. I think it came on around 4am. I was starting to flag, I found Don and was getting ready to bust out. The intro caught my attention and by the breakdown I was hooked on this track. It totally reminded me of Debbie Jacobs ‘High On Your Love’ though the latter is a Sabu production - and this isn’t.
Anyway, I had just about enough energy to last this song, and then I really was out. It was my third gig in one and a half days. I had got in from New Zealand only the lunch time the day before…so I was whacked. Still it was all worthwhile when I heard this and then found a copy back in London for next to nothing…
James Bradley - I’m In Too Deep
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innersound sizzling summer 09 mix
June 19, 2009
The mix is now up and hosted by Keiron - same fella I interviewed the other day here, as a Brother on the Side.
Full of the joys of summer with some exclusive Don Froth business thrown in as well. This should put a little pep in your step.
Sometimes you need to get back to the groove!
Jez Proctor - Innersounds Sizzling Summer 09 Mix…
(This version of the mix is 60 something MBs, Keiron has a higher quality version, this version is more for previewing…I also put it up on Mixcloud)
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dancing on the beach
June 18, 2009
A few weeks ago I put together a summer ‘09 mix that will be getting released tomorrow on a friend’s blog. In the meantime, keeping it summery and warm: Kasso…
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spoiled
June 17, 2009
I have this on a scratchy old recording but I just couldn’t believe how good it sounded last night. Had to record it and share for anyone who doesn’t know it.
London rare groove classic. With this and Supernatural Thing (as sampled by Young MC / Dust Brothers in the ’80s) you can forget about ‘Stand By Me’…
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brothers on the side…mytea@om
June 16, 2009
I first met Keiron just under 10 years ago. We met in London but through Tokyo connections. I was a young-buck in the big city, he was a veteran who had put the hours in. In that first Summer back in London, Keiron introduced me to everyone worth knowing or meeting on the London jazz / DJ / record shop circuit. Often as his ‘apprentice’ 
He taught me how to get fish and chips for free at 4 in the morning, and how to get cabs home for half price. He also educated me in wine, cooking and music. I missed the mid ’90s when Keiron had a record shop in Soho, but from what I have heard it was a shop I would have enjoyed; connecting the sounds of jazz, techno, hip hop and the emerging alternative dance scene in a way that most shops did not do in those days.
So when Keiron finally left London with his family it left a big hole. Thankfully the last year has seen him start up a blog on ’70s music, fashion and attitudes but with a modern perspective. Just like those chats we’d have while the records were playing. Personal insights in to a world everyone is talking about but few actually experienced. Get the information first hand from the blog mytea@om…
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BLOG NAME:
mytea@om
CONTRIBUTORS:
Only Meeee!
DATE OF FIRST POST:
August, last year.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU POST:
Once or twice week depends on time, and if I have something worth saying/posting.
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU STOP THE BLOG:
Interweb crashing out of existdance
HYPE MACHINE OR EL.BOWS:
What’s that?
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mystery track 4
June 15, 2009
From the gig on Friday. A little harder than the other two. If you get this I may have to recommend you for the Daniel Wang Scholarship of Higher Disco Learning…
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excellent news for the world
June 11, 2009
Okay, so you got the Mystery tracks pretty quick (Haydn! I should have said no bloggers allowed ) I will have to try harder, obviously a knowledgeable crowd around these parts…
And talented too. I just found this on a reader’s website. Luke this is excellent! I’m actually reading a book about post-punk and new wave at the moment so it was pretty timely to find this.
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stepper’s delight
June 9, 2009
Classic steppers tune, I have used this on mixes in the past. Just ‘re-discovered’ it - one of the upsides of having too many records.
Johnny Clarke - Play Fool Fe Get Wise (12″)
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mix re-ups
June 9, 2009
I was just sending these mixes to a friend who has quit the rat-race and is about to head off travelling for a while.
Seems a shame to waste the links, so for a week, if anyone missed these and wants to grab them: feel free. A couple of new mixes in the pipes actually…but for now (and until my computer decides to play fair) grab these.
Flora Purim & Airto - O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree)
Lisa Shaw – If I Could
Lamb – Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session Mix)
Skitz & Julie Dexter – Be…
Claudja Barry – Love For The Sake Of Love
Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin (Club Mix)
Mark Seven – Higher (Edit not Edit)
St. Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix In Two Halves)
Force Of Nature – Liberate
Ashford & Simpson – Stay Free
Glass Candy – Miss Broadway
Sally Shapiro – Jackie Junior (Junior Boys Dub)
Marlena Shaw – Feel Like Makin’ Love
Screaming in Space - Live at Another Feeling
Herb Alpert - Beyond
Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun (FK mix)
Blake Baxter - Brother’s Gonna Work It Out (Drum-apella)
Alix Alvarez - Ugly
K.I.D. - Huprendi Muziki Wangu (or whatever it is called!)
Tracey Thorn - It’s All True (Martin Buttrich Dub)
Stephen Malkmus - Kindling For The Master (Polmo Polpo Remix)
Tracey Thorn - It’s All True (Kris Menace Remix)
Three Kings - Shake Dat Booty (Pal Joey Reinterpretation)
Amplified - Asteroid
Dana Byrd - Your Luv (Danny Krivit Re-edit)
Johnny Chingas - Phone Home
Theo Parrish - Only The Beginning
Cesaria Evoria - Angola (Carl Craig Remix)
Omar S - 002
Three Chairs - (Rick Wilhite) - Good Kiss
Theo Parrish - Early Byrd
Omar S - Day
Omar S - Psychotic Photosynthesis
Three Chairs - Three Chairs Theme
Jay Dee - Ritmo Suave Bossa Nova
Yusef Lateef - Below Yellow Bell
Rick Wilhite - All Over
Moodymann - Don’t You Want My Love
Omar S - 003 - Give It To Me
Moodymann - The Thief That Stole My Sad Days…Ya Blessin’ Me (B side version)
Can’t remember!!!
Theo Parrish - Serengeti Echoes
Theo Parrish - Solitary Flight (yes, that Blade Runner tune!)
Rick Wilhite - Ruby Nights (Gilb-r ‘Solo Flight’ Remix)
Carl Craig - A Wonderful Life
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going greek
June 4, 2009
I picked up this early Idjut Boys release in Auckland of all places. Can’t find it anywhere in London, so where’s the next best place to look? The other side of the World, naturally. And for a couple of dollars too…
An Idjut-ed version of Demis Roussos ‘I Dig You’, which was a big Loft record in its day.
Idjut Boys / Phantom Slasher - Going Greek
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one for baya
June 2, 2009
I’ve been playing this a lot recently. It’s German and housey and techy and all that, so you might just think, skip this one, we know the sound already.
But, this wouldn’t be innersounds if there wasn’t some redeeming feature to this track. Some leftfield twist, juicy one-drop, or raw vocal* in there somewhere…right? So check it out. It’s on a new(ish) label called Kann, who have just announced their third release. They definitely deserve your support. Kann 01 and Kann 02 are in my DJ bag as I type.
The website reads:
The music label KANN was founded by Map.ache (Jan Barich), Sevensol (Alex Neuschulz) and Bender (Dennis Knoof).
KANN will mainly release own music but also productions from varied artists. Musically KANN is defined by modern dance music but with an individual approach to the music. Despite the label owners have different musical origins. KANN wants to combine their unique styles to a common ground. KANN compasses a freedom with lots of possibilities and individual profile at the same time. It creates the base of the creative work of all contributors who cannot keep their hands off music…”
The sleeves are beautifully screen printed and the art work is right up my strasse. (Except you can’t really read the artist or track name, but then that’s HOUSE right?).
So for my DJ friend Baya who is officially fed up with music right now and laying down the headphones for a while. Grab this track and see if it can’t make you feel a little better…
*this may not always be true…
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one for the dub
June 1, 2009
More Townhouse madness. This one went down quite well, coupled with the track that samples it, the still-sounds-fresh-after-all-these-years Daniel Wang track from Look Ma No Drum Machine on Balihu 001.
Paul Simpson on the dub mix. If you ever see anything with his name on it buy on sight. Essential music.
Sleeque - One For The Dub (Paul Simpson Mix)
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do you have any?
May 28, 2009
One of the records I really wanted to play at the Townhouse but just could not squeeze it in anywhere. Awesome Rinder and Lewis groove album track from Le Pamplmousse. For all the freaks and addicts out there…
Le Pamplemousse - Do You Have Any? (Ya Know Where I Can Get Some)
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