DJ History Podcast #49: BOB BLANK Special

 

Yeah groovers, it's the Bob blank special as promised a few weeks ago. It's a mixture of Bob talking and some of the records he's been involved in over the years.

Take it away Bob! >

TRACKLIST:
MILTON HAMILTON - Crystalized
CRISTINA - Disco Clone
JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS - Contort Yourself
AURAL EXCITERS -  Spooks In Space
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Off The Coast Of Me
LOLA - Wax The Van (Jon's Dub)

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The Blank Generation Radio Mix by billbrewster

The Blank Generation Radio Mix  by  billbrewster

DJ History Podcast #48

Hi de hi,

It's the tracklist for the latest episode in an exciting cut-out-and-keep series of Plodcasts. Some exclusive shizzle, some lovely bizzle and definitely several pieces of important whizzle. Yup yup.

BISON - Way to LA (DAY) (Claremont 56)
VANDEMEER - Positive Light (My Favourite Robot)
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP - Get Better (Sunday Best)
PORTISHEAD- Chase The Tear (Amnesty International)
PSYCHEMAGIK - Valley Of Paradise (CD-R)
THE HELLER & FARLEY PROJECT FT. CEVIN FISHER -  We Built This House (JBO)
SWEET DADDY FLOYD - I Just Can't Help Myself (BBE)
DAVIS - Nautica (Richard Sen Remix) (CD-R)
FAUX LOVE - I Wanna Pee With You (CD-R)
2020 SOUNDSYSTEM - Ocean (Ray Mang Remix) (2020 Vision)

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The Blank Generation: Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1987

Necessity might well be the mother of invention but poverty is the midwife of genius. New York in the 1970s was broke and broken, falling over and burning down, yet gave rise to one of the most creatively fertile periods in popular music. At the centre of much of the music made during this fruitful period was a maverick producer named Robert Blank. His studio, Blank Tapes, was at the centre of the downtown scene throughout much of the 1970s and ’80s, and acted as a busy crossroads for the disco, Latin, jazz and no wave scenes, among others. The Blank Generation this wildly diverse selection together for the first time, including previously unreleased mixes of Mikki's Itching For Love and Sun Ra's Where Pathways Meet. Other tracks include Bob's own Aural Exciters project with Emile (Night Rate), Wax The Van, his collaboration with wife Lola Blank and Arthur Russell and James Blood Ulmer's foray into funky harmolodics with Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher.

If you order from DJhistory.com before the end of February, the album comes with a FREE mix from DJH's own Bill Brewster featuring a mix of Bob Blank gear (tracklist below). 

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Bill Brewster's Blankety Blank Mixtape tracklist:

Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet
ORS - Body To Body Boogie
Instant Funk - I'll Be Doggone
Lola - Wax The Van (Jon's Dub)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Yolanda
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Adnaloy
James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is The Teacher Funk Is The Preacher
Bumblebee Unlimited - I Got A Big Bee
Archie Bell - Anytime Is Right
Aural Exciters - Spooks In Space
Gladys Knight - It's A Better Than Good Time
Felix - Tiger Stripes
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Darrio
The Kay-Gees -Tango Hustle
Indian Ocean - Treehouse/School Bells
Arthur Russell - Tree House
James White & The Blacks - I Don't Want To Be Happy 

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Bob Blank Mix: Bill's Blankety Blank Mixtape

So I've been sweating over a hot pair of Technics for the past few days doing a mix to accompany the ace Blank Generation compilation we've just done with Strut Records (more details on the blog in the next day or so). This mix is only available to customers who buy the compilation through our website.

We're taking pre-orders for the Blank Generation here (ships first week of Feb) >>

Here's the tracklist:
Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet
ORS - Body To Body Boogie
Instant Funk - I'll Be Doggone
Lola - Wax The Van (Jon's Dub)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Yolanda
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Adnaloy
James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is The Teacher Funk Is The Preacher
Bumblebee Unlimited - I Got A Big Bee
Archie Bell - Anytime Is Right
Aural Exciters - Spooks In Space
Gladys Knight - It's A Better Than Good Time
Felix - Tiger Stripes
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Darrio
The Kay-Gees -Tango Hustle
Indian Ocean - Treehouse/School Bells
Arthur Russell - Tree House
James White & The Blacks - I Don't Want To Be Happy

DJ History Podcast #47

Hello fans of all that is good and wise.

This week's tracklist for the latest podcast. Loads of stuff I had to miss off simply because I ran out of tine (like the terrific Mock & Toof single), but rest assured they'll be shoe-horned in next week. Also forthcoming is a Bob Blank special to celebrate the launch of the Blank Generation: Blank Tapes 1975 - 1987 compilation we've just done with Strut Records.

AZUNI - Here You Come (Drumpoet Community)
BEN SUN - Victoria Park (Voyeurhythm)
TENSNAKE - Coma Cat (Perm Vac)
TUNJI OYELANA & THE BENDERS - Iwo Ko La Dami (Soundway)
LOCUSSOLUS - Little Boots (International Feel)
COYOTE FT Featuring NESREEN BIBI SHAH - Moving (Is it Balearic?)
J CHINGAS & HERB PETERS - Macumba
SALVADOR SANTANA -Don't Do It (DarkStarr Remix)
BUMBLEBEE UNLIMITED - I Got A Big Bee (Strut)
HOUSE OF HOUSE  - The Rough Half (Don't Stop)

TRAX Re-edit competition

TRAX RE-EDIT COMPETITION
Organised by DJhistory.com in association with Harmless Records

Trax Records is one of the hallowed labels of Chicago house music. Responsible for countless classics including most of the early Marshall Jefferson output, DJ Pierre, Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard and plenty more.

DJhistory.com is working with Harmless Records as part of their 15th anniversary to produce a Trax Re-edited compilation. We’ve already signed up a host of amazing producers to work on the project including Trevor Jackson, Richard Sen, Tedd Paterson, Disco Bloodbath and Optimo’s JD Twitch.

We’re offering you the chance to join their ranks with our Trax Re-edited competition. Just pick a track from the Trax catalogue that you think needs reworking (either edited or even adding extra production) and send it into us by Monday February 15th.

Send all links for your entries here. Please upload your entry as an 320kbps MP3 before sending it to us and put Trax Competition in the subject box. The winning entry will be included in the forthcoming compilation along with payment for the track.

You can also upload them directly here >>

They will be available to listen to here >>

All queries and further information from Bill at DJhistory.com 

DJ History Podcast #46

Hello campers. Happy New Year.

I had a nice break, though with all the driving over New Year it didn't seem like much of a break at all, frankly. Great set of parties, though: NYE at Basement Boogaloo at the Star in Bethnal Green was really good, Low Life the following night was obviously great and then even Cargo the night after was good, as well, give or take the odd herbert asking for idiotic stuff (Baggy Trousers?!).

Anyhow, first podcast of the year, innit?

We've got a Victor Simonelli special for you, to coincide with the release of the compilation we've just done with Mr Simonelli. There's an interview with Victor, interspersed with tracks he's been inspired by or worked on.

Tracklist here:
Michael Wilson - Groove It To Your Body (Prelude)
Rodney Franklin - Bustin' Out (Criminal)
Soul Boy - Harmonica Track (Minimal)
Groove Committee - I Want You To Know (Nu Groove)
Solution - Feels So Right (E-Legal)
NY's Finest - Do You Feel Me (Bassline)

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Furtive 50, 2009: FULL RUNDOWN

So here's the full chart. Plus if you click here, you can read interviews with Brennan Green and Tensnake as well as the full chart with clips for most of the tracks.


1.    Tensnake – Holding Back My Love/In The End (I Want To Cry) (Running Back)
2.    40 Thieves – Don’t Turn It Off (Brennan Green Mix) (Chinatown)
3.    Floating Points – Love Me Like This (R2)
4.    Shit Robot – Simple Things (Work It Out) (Todd Terje Mix) (DFA)
5.    Still Going – Spaghetti Circus/Untitled Love (DFA)
6.    6th Borough Project – Do It To The Max (Instruments of Rapture)
7.    Radiohead – Reckoner (Jonny Miller Edit)  (Fascinating Rhythms)
8.    Walter Jones – Living Without Your Love/I’ll Keep On Loving You (DFA)
9.    DJ Kaos – Love The Nite Away (TieDye Mix) (Rong/DFA)
10.    Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today (XL)
11.    Pepe Bradock – The Path of Most Resistance (Atavisme)
12.    Azari & III – (Reckless) With Your Love (Permanent Vacation)
13.    Rocha – Hands of Love (International Feel)
14.    The Invisible – London Girl (Accidental)
15.    House Of House – Rushing To Paradise (HOH)
16.    Precious System – The Voice From Planet Love (Running Back)
17.    Soft Rocks – Leave Your Earth Behind (Redux)
18.    Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie (Eglo)
19.    They Came From The Stars I Saw Them – Moon Song (This Is Not An Exit)
20.    Hunee – Rare Silk (WT)
21.    Marcellus Pittman – If The Earth Could Talk (Unirhythm)
22.    Naum Gabo – Volgograd (Eskimo)
23.    Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People (Virgin)
24.    Den Haan – Release The Beast (Optimo)
25.     Bottin – No Static (Italians Do It Better)
26.    Zarrylade – Eyes Above Your Head (Zarry)
27.    Levon Vincent – Six Figures (Novel Sound)
28.    Joker – Digidesign (Hyperdub)
29.    Moderat – Rusty Nails (Shackleton Mix) (Bpitch Control)
30.    LeoZero – Bon Bon (Glory’s)
31.    Nacho Patrol – Futuristic Addis Abeba (Kindred Spirits)
32.    Jonathan Jeremiah – Happiness (Island)
33.    Paralell Dance Ensemble – Turtle Pizza Cadillacs (Ism)
34.    Rogue Cat – Magic Journey (Todd Terje Mix) (Tiny Sticks)
35.    Peter Kruder – Law of Return (Macro)
36.    Discosession – TV Scene (Crue-L)
37.    Amadou & Miriam – Ce N’Est Pas Bon (Bullion Mix) (Because)
38.    Mudd & Ahmed Fakroun – Drago (Claremont 56)
39.    Leif – Designed With That In Mind (Fear Of Flying)
40.    Social Disco Club & Maia – The Way You Move (Bear Funk)
41.    Don Froth – Foam (Froth’n)
42.    Animal Collective – My Girls (Domino)
43.    Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill (Arista)
44.    Omar S – Still Serious Nic (FXHE)
45.    Meanderthals – Kunst Or Ars (Smalltown Supersound)
46.    Tapesh – Brighter Day (Rebirth)
47.    Destroyer – Bay of Pigs (Merge)
48.    Altair Nouveau – Space Fortress (Solardisco)
49.    Woolfy vs Projections – Neeve (Permanent Vacation)
50.    Mudd – 54b (Claremont 56)

DJ History Podcast #45

Ok, so I meant to post this up before Christmas, but ran out of time before I had two ankle-biters sniping at me demanding to be taken to perch on Santa's knee for a thorough seeing-to (presentswise, you understand).

Sorry about that. Anyhow,
Here's the Top 10 rundown of the Furtive 50:
1.    Tensnake – Holding Back My Love/In The End (I Want To Cry) (Running Back)
2.    40 Thieves – Don’t Turn It Off (Brennan Green Mix) (Chinatown)
3.    Floating Points – Love Me Like This (R2)
4.    Shit Robot – Simple Things (Work It Out) (Todd Terje Mix) (DFA)
5.    Still Going – Spaghetti Circus/Untitled Love (DFA)
6.    6th Borough Project – Do It To The Max (Instruments of Rapture)
7.    Radiohead – Reckoner (Jonny Miller Edit)  (Fascinating Rhythms)
8.    Walter Jones – Living Without Your Love/I’ll Keep On Loving You (DFA)
9.    DJ Kaos – Love The Nite Away (TieDye Mix) (Rong/DFA)
10. Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today (XL)

Good innit?