Last night’s show turned out rather unexpectedly to be just like all the others, though I’d planned it otherwise. An hour of pop, disco and soul followed by an hour of sloppily-mixed house. The first track from Grace Jones is a new favourite and I have to admit to playing a couple of tracks off CD…which explains the long bit of dead air immediately after Grace (technology fail). Lisa Lisa I finally picked up in Rat Records last week after months of waiting to find it.
Surprise surprise that ‘Solitary Flight’ is my favourite Theo track. What I fail to explain properly on the show is the reason I played it: the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A features a clip of Blade Runner, which Theo sampled for this track. The Herbert one is off a great 2xLP on Phono which I got last week – there are about 4 timeless Herbert classics on there – and the Random Factor one comes from a look through the 20:20 Vision catalogue for the 5 or 6 bangers that they released. Full credit to Santiago Salazar for the Chez Damier/Metro Area mash-up, which blows my mind every time I try it.
JOE DELON – DANCE SISTER #8, 10/01/12
Grace Jones – Done It Again – Island
Róisín Murphy – The Closing Of The Doors – Echo
Switch – Forever My Love – Total Experience
Santa Esmeralda – Gloria – Philips
First Choice – Dr Love – Charly
Destiny’s Child – So Good – Columbia
Colonel Abrams – Speculation – MCA
Michael Jackson – Burn This Disco Out – Epic
Donna Summer – Winter Melody – Casablanca
Shalamar – I Can Make You Feel Good – Solar
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force – I Wonder If I Take You Home – CBS
Theo Parrish – Solitary Flight – Sound Signature
Balil – Nort Route (R&S Remix) – R&S
Lerosa – Lovers_Bleed – Millions Of Moments
Gadgets – Reset – Gadgets
Move D – Sisters & Brothers – Uzuri
Herbert – Go With The Beat – Phono
Random Factor – On The Air – 20:20 Vision
Derek Carr – Dancefloor – Geek
Johnick – A Summer Fling – Henry Street
Inland Knights – 12 ’till 8 – Drop
Mood II Swing – Ooh – Groove On
Paula Abdul – Crazy Cool (Bad Boy Bill’s House Mix) – Virgin
Chez Damier – Untitled – KMS
Metro Area – Proton Candy – Environ
Bim Marx – Stronger – Stilove4music
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Theo out of Lisa Lisa, interesting. Looking forward to this again mate.
I haven’t heard that Colonel Abrams either. I’m a real big fan of Music is The Answer (Dub Mix), it seems to sit beautifully on top of lots of other stuff.
i’m afraid there isn’t anything as adventurous as an actual mix between the two records…this is radio after all! but let’s just agree that they are both all-time bangers.
and the Colonel Abrams is amazing…i fucked up the talking bit though by implying i’d picked up the LP in Lewisham…in fact I found a 12″ of ‘Over and Over’ which has ‘Speculation’ on the b-side. I didn’t know it was on 12″ (I already own two copies of the LP…but that’s another story).
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Gotta admit I was struggling to ‘brain mix’ those two!
Colonel Abrams is so earnest in his delivery, like he really fucking means every word.
And the ‘geek’ thing is totally accepted, that’s why I’m here too…