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Welcome reissue of this super-rare 1978 disco classic from Greek singing superstar Demis Roussos. The extended mix of L.O.V.E. Got A Hold Of Me featured on this highly-collectable Canadian 12' pressing from Mercury was a massive favourite of David Mancuso's at his legendary Loft parties and understandably so. A tight percussive groove topped with beautiful swirling strings and the big man's soaring sexy vocals, this special long version provides ten minutes of blissful dubbed-out disco heaven which still rocks dancefloors today for any DJ lucky enough to have a copy. The flip is also rather good, with I Just Live, a very useful funky workout with another positive message that includes some fantastic percussion and great harmonica action. Top class!

Superb new four track EP featuring more super cool sun-kissed Balearic rarities. First up is the lush deep house beauty of 'Twilight' by Trio Zero aka Larry Heard, a wonderful lost gem by the maestro previously only available on the Black Havana LP from '89, followed by the gorgeous Paresseuse Dub of 'C'est La Ouate' a dreamy downtempo gem taken from the B side of a 1985 pop song by French singer Caroline Loeb. The flipside keeps up the pressure with another sought after rarity, the incredible Dub mix of Equa's 'City Lights', an awesome laidback UK jazz funk groover from '83 that got plays both in Ibiza and on the jazz funk scene. Rounding things up is the great slo-mo tribal Balearic sound of 'Nijána' by Czech jazz artist Jana Koubková taken from her 1985 'Bosa' LP. A quality selection - don't sleep!

Following the success of Disco Recharge's recent Ian Levine produced Evelyn Thomas, James Wells and
Miquel Brown packages, we're delighted add the brilliant Barbara Pennington to the series with 'Out Of The
Darkest Night Plus' - a compilation of the best of Barbara's mid 1980s recordings.
Following her 1977 success with the magnificent '24 Hours A Day' (a No.1 Billboard Dance Chart smash) and
her 1984 release of the charging 'All American Boy', Barbara decided she wanted to update her sound to
something more contemporary for her next recordings and this proved a good choice when she hit paydirt
with 'Fan The Flame' which supplied her first ever U.K. hit spending 3 weeks in the Top 75. This was swiftly
followed by the wonderful 'On A Crowded Street' which dented the Top 60 U.K. chart for 5 weeks in mid-
1985.
Compiled by Simon White, 'Out Of The Darkest Night Plus' compiles and re-masters all of the key Barbara
Pennington tracks from this period, mostly using versions and mixes which have not previously been easily
available. Comprehensive sleeve notes by Simon White, also include a one-to-one interview with Ian Levine
regarding these recordings along with key scans and photos from this era. As per usual, you can expect the
usual standards that the Disco Recharge releases are renowned for!
1) Out Of The Darkest Night
Original Album Mix 07:47
2) Raise The Curtain
Original Album Mix 07:34
3) On A Crowded Street
Original 12' Mix 10:17
4) Fan The Flame
Original Album Mix 07:59
5) Tearstains
Original Album Mix 05:35
6) Way Down Deep In My Soul
Original Album Mix 07:10
7) Vertigo
Original Album Mix 07:38
8) All American Boy
Original UK 12' Mix 07:37
8) Out Of The Darkest Night
Special 12' Club Mix 08:59
10) On A Crowded Street
American Street 12' Mix 07:45

Another round of wonderful eclectic delights from Balearica. Side A features the in demand 'Tony's Song' by Tony G. Originally released back in '88, this floorfilling electro-tinged house classic features an incredibly catchy piano riff, phat bassline and some spoken vocals taken from Al Pacino's 'Scarface'. A massive hit both at Amnesia in Ibiza as well as at Manchester's Hacienda and at the early Acid House parties, this track still sounds super fresh. Next up is the dope vocoder-laden groove of Escape from New York's 'Slow Beat' - a brilliant Balearic chugger that features high on many most-wanted lists. On the flipside, we get the much desired slo-mo disco of Steve Bender's 'The Final Thing' - a moog-heavy groover that hit big at both the Balearic parties and on Italy's Cosmic scene. Then finally, to round off this great compilation is the extended instrumental version of Bowie & Methany's 'This Is Not America' - a favourite of everyone from Alfredo to Theo Parrish. Quality stuff!

01. Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit) - Schulz, Robin
02. When The Beat Drops Out - Roudette, Marlon
03. Wiggle - Derulo, Jason
04. Problem - Carlsson, Peter
05. Marilyn Monroe (Radio Edit) - Williams, Pharrell
06. Sing - Sheeran, Ed
07. A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay
08. Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain) - Crane, Tom
09. She Moves (Far Away) (Radio Mix) - Alle Farben
10. Show Me (Radio Edit) - Zinc
11. Here For You - Welsh, Laura
12. Nobody To Love (Radio Edit) - Pearce, Daniel
13. War Rages On - Clare, Alex
14. Shatter Me - Hale, Lzzy
15. Gecko (Overdrive) (Radio Edit) - Hill, Becky
16. Lay Me Down - Lambert, Adam
17. One Day (Vandaag) (Radio Edit) - Bakermat
18. Summer - Harris, Calvin
19. Open Your Mind - K, Naomie
20. Wicked Wonderland - Tungevaag, Martin
21. Knock You Out - Viera, Kim
22. Bad (Radio Edit) - Showtek

1. Au Revoir - Forster, Mark
2. Traum - Cro
3. Zuhause - Tawil, Adel
4. Don't Tell 'Em (Album Version (Explicit)) - Jeremih
5. Love Runs Out - Onerepublic
6. Calm After The Storm (Radio Edit) - Waylon
7. Take Me To Church (Ep Version) - Hozier
8. West Coast (Radio Mix) - Del Rey, Lana
9. Budapest - Ezra, George
10. Stay With Me - Smith, Sam
11. Pills N Potions - Nicki Minaj
12. Come Over - Clean Bandit
13. Magic In The Air - Magic System
14. Cherry Oh 2014 - Seeed
15. Home (Single Version) - Romans, Sam
16. Tennis Court - O'connor, Ella Yelich
17. Love Someone - Mraz, Jason
18. The Sun - Stelar, Parov
19. Habits (Stay High) - Lo, Tove
20. Boom Clap - Charli Xcx
21. Don't Stop - Irwin, Ashton
22. Parachute (Radio Edit) - Strömstedt, Simon
23. Wasted - Koma, Matthew

Number four in the highly acclaimed Supafrico series, this Afro-funk treat will not disappoint. A decidedly upbeat compilation, it kicks off with the dope 1980 afro-style disco corker, 'Musicland' from NYC-based one-hit-wonders Clymax. An energetic boogie drum beat, soaring synths and an incessantly funky bassline makes this an A-class lesson in Afro-hedonism. Next up 'I Feel Funky' from Harry Mosco has you hooked from the first deeply groovy bass lick. Featuring a captivatingly heady synth solo, this track, taken from the 1978 'Country Boy (Mr. Funkees)' LP, is a dancefloor must-have. Flip over for the flute driven afro-disco belter, Tirogo's 'Dancing Machine'. Joyous horns intersperse the chugging beats whilst the hot Afro vocals pay homage to the Jackson 5 classic of the same name. Finally, Bebe Manga's 'Lokognolo' gives you layer upon layer of slick slap guitar, big-ass phat basslines and acid-tinged synths with Bebe smothering the whole lot in a creamy vocal topping. An absolute killer Afro EP that will burn up your record bag and the dancefloor alike

The years are 1978 - 1980, Wuss + Lamb and Nick Monaco join forces to bring you edits of two mega hits to relaunch the infamous Wolf + Lamb Black Label.

John Morales Presents Club Motown ist die Zusammenstellung aus klassischen Motown Dance Mixes, dominanten-Chart Singles und von alten unveröffentlichten und begehrten Remixen von John Morales selbst. Jetzt mit 20 Songs auf 2CDs erhältlich.

John Morales M&M Mixe sind ein Zeichen von Qualität und Authentizität für alle Fans von Disco und 80er Jahre Groove.

The infamous Black Booby returns with a fierce five tracker with more HOT re-edit and House action ready for the floor including a rework of David Bowie 'Right'

Spaß wird bei Jordan Kelley und Jason Huber generell sehr ernst genommen. Die beiden Mitglieder des Duos Cherub mit Wohnsitz Nashville beglücken die Welt seit 2010 mit einer catchy Synthese aus Electropop und funky R&B, in deren Texte sich eine jugendliche, hedonistisch-risikofreudige Lebenseinstellung manifestiert. Dank ausgefuchster Studio-Skills gelingt es den beiden überdies, ihre Kompositionen mit derart unwiderstehlichen Grooves zu würzen, dass selbst deine Eltern dazu tanzen können. Und genau das war auch das erklärte Ziel des Albums "Year Of The Caprese", auf der sich als Leadtrack der Song "Doses & Mimosas" findet, der u.a. von Alle Farben remixed wurde. Damit liefert die Band den perfekten Party-Starter - was nun passiert, bleibt der Phantasie jedes Einzelnen überlassen...

Z Records tap Nick The Record for their fourth volume of the Under The Influence series.

Following on from the phenomenal success of the recent 'Italo House' and 'Remixed With Love' compilation plus more
Joey Negro compiled albums including 'GoGo Get Down', 'Backstreet Brit Funk', 'Destination Boogie' and the everpopular
Soul of Disco series Z Records continues to release high quality compilations filled with lesser known disco, funk and
boogie.
Now it's the return of the highly regarded Under The Influence series with Volume Four compiled by Nick The Record.
My whole life has revolved around records.
I was buying Hip Hop and House in the Eighties as it was released and I got
heavily into tracing the steps back through breaks and sample sources that were used in Hip Hop records. I also joined the
dots between Disco & modern club & House music & spread my music explorations from Rare Groove to rare Disco. There
were very few people interested in this vein of music history at the time & even fewer as obsessed as me so when the reemergence
of Disco exploded I was well ahead of the curve, not only in collecting but historical knowledge. The best thing
about record collecting is it never ends and after 35 years of buying, after 25 years of selling & playing records there is still old
stuff to discover & new releases to endeavour to keep up with.
So as something of an expert in all things Disco I get quite a few offers to release compilations but as a record obsessive my
natural hoarding mentality makes me cautious to give up the goods. As anyone who's been aware of my record selling
website www.djfriendy.co.uk over the last 10 years and my paper sales lists (now that's old school) for more than 10 years
preceding, I could easily put together a compilation of the rarest Disco & Boogie 12 inches, and there are, of course, some
of those included but I wanted to share more than that here.
I feel this 'Under The Influence' series offers the chance to put together a more personal comp, which reflects the many
different flavours of my taste & my collection & gives you a feel of my DJ style at the same time.

Following on from the phenomenal success of the recent 'Remixed With Love' compilation plus more Joey Negro compiled albums including 'GoGo Get Down', 'Backstreet Brit Funk', 'Destination Boogie' and the ever-popular Soul of Disco series Z Records continues to release high quality compilations filled with lesser known disco, funk and boogie. Now it's the turn of 'Italo House' to get the JN selection treatment with over 20 tracks hand picked from the late 80's and early 90's covering a lot of the deeper classics and some lesser known releases from a golden era of Italian dance music. The late 80s were undoubtedly a golden era for dance music. A time which saw the birth of many genres and sub genres - from acid house to hardcore to Balearic - and of course Italo house. If you ask Jo Raver to name an Italo house track, they'd probably come back with Blackbox, Jinny, Fiddlefatti or one of many big piano tune. At the same time there was another equally distinctive sound coming out of Italy- a warmer, deeper, more emotional style which didn't yield any commercial hits. The sound was more jazzy and soulful with syncopated percussion, dreamy pads and, though piano was often used, it wasn't in the obviously programmed, big breakdown style which became a cliché of the Italo house genre. This more underground side of Italo was closer to the original American house sound- but still retained a very European flavour. In common with other Z compilations which have featured Britfunk and GoGo, this album was an important release for me. Important because I love a lot of the records, many of which have been largely forgotten about, but also because there
really was a unique sound coming out of Italy, spread across many labels and involving numerous producers. As a result, it has never really been fully showcased like this before. I'm glad this album exists for other people to discover or re-discover the deeper side of Italo house. Joey Negro - Feb 2014

Joey Negro steps up to the plate with his new collection of Italo House. A personal selection of the deeper side of Italian house music.

7he Myriads debut on Theomatic with the stellar 'Betelgeuse EP'. It is a bow to the era of all-round enthusiasm for space exploration and travelling to far off galaxies that swept across Russian (then Soviet) youth in the late 70's-early 80's. Highly influenced by the sound of the likes of Didier Marouani's Space and Soviet space-rock legend Zodiac (which sold 20 million copies of their albums in the USSR and lately found way to Environ's 'Unclassics' compilation), all four tracks on the EP are well charged with nostalgic analogue synth lines, powerful guitar riffs and dynamic live drums. If someone told us this was some unreleased stuff produced back in 1980, we would certainly believe...

Yet another slab of strictly vinyl only goodness and exclusive to Juno from MUKAT edits camp.Taking no prisioners with 4 tracks carefully sliced & spiced to delight the more diverse of dance floors. EP kicks off with ''I'm On It'' with a relentless pulsating disco bass,upfront brass stabs,wah wah guitar and an african vocal too boot. A2. ''Funk Is What You Want'' hits the spot with a catchy boogie disco funk vocal bomb with emphasis on squelchy synth bass and female vocals. On the flipside some feel good soulful 1980's disco boogie vibes with the male lead declaring dont '' Make Me Wait''. The EP closes on a saucy tropical reggae instrumental workout lead by organ and a skanking rhythm under the guise of the dubious title of '' Martinique Shuffle''.

ZYX Italo Disco Collection 17: Und wieder heißt es Vorhang auf
für Klassiker und Raritäten aus dem Genre Italo Disco, der
originalen Spielwiese von ZYX Music.
ZYX Italo Disco Collection 17 unter anderem mit Miko Mission,
Laserdance, Scotch, Fun Fun, Fancy, Bad Boy Blue, Hypnosis
und vielen mehr. ZYX Italo Disco Collection 17: Back to the
roots!

Too Slow To Disco" huldigt dem perfekten Sound der späten Siebziger, auf der Suche nach dem 'Best Song Ever', der damals nicht nur viele Künstler in den köperlichen sowie finanziellen Ruin trieb. Wir alle wissen, sobald Musikgenres alt werden, scheinen die wichtigen, relevanten Teile auf einmal durch und diese Zusammenstellung versteht sich als Dokument eines fast vergessenen Teils der West Coast Musikwelt Mitte bis Ende der 70er Jahre. Wir hören diese Einflüsse heute nicht nur in Alt-Pop/Indie Bands wie Midlake, Haim, Gonzales, John Grant, Ariel Pink, Jonathan Wilson, Rhye, Devendra Banhart, Darkside, Destroyer, Phoenix, sondern auch in der discoiden Clubmusik von Acts wie Chromeo, Breakbot, Holy Ghost!, Todd Terje. Nicht zu vergessen Daft Punks "Random Access Memories", ein Album, das nicht nur dem Sound of L.A. Ende der Siebziger gewidmet ist, sondern sogar mit Hilfe einer Handvoll eleganter Studiomusiker aus der Zeit eingespielt wurde. Einige davon finden wir als junge Musiker auch auf den Songs von "Too Slow To Disco".

Captain Now (aka Hans Biorn Blian) & Infinity Night (aka Frederic Bergamaschi) team up to release this 3rd chapter in the 'Split Dimension' serie. Clearly inspired by 80's American synthetic moods sounding like Jan Hammer or Giorgio Moroder. In the vein of tv soundtracks such as 'Miami Vice' or 'Scareface'. the 6 tracks have been made thanks to Sequencial Circuit Prophet-5 , Yamaha DX7 , Roland Juno 60. Huge!!!

produced by Joachim Garou (producer of David Guetta) !!

RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE!

Late 70s Westcoast Yachtpop you can almost dance to!

Man nannte sie nicht umsonst die - Me Me Me Generation'. Die sehr von sich überzeugten bärtigen Musiker (und die Musikerinnen in wabernden Kleidern), die Mitte/Ende der 70er in L.A.'s Strassen rum hingen und sich selbst feierten. Der geschmackvolle Teil der Musik-Welt hätte diese Musikrichtung noch vor einigen Monaten nicht mit der Zange angefasst. Zu sanft, zu übertrieben, zu luxuriös, zu offen hedonistisch, zu ausladend. Zu unecht, zu gekünstelt, nicht authentisch, und dann noch diese unfassbaren Akkordwechsel...Aber ' Too Slow To Disco - vol. 1' hält sich nicht auf mit solchen alten Geschichten und Klischees. Wir alle wissen, sobald Musikgenres alt werden, scheinen die wichtigen, relevanten Teile auf einmal durch und diese Zusammenstellung versteht sich als Dokument eines fast vergessenen Teils der West Coast Musikwelt Mitte bis Ende der 70er Jahre.Es hat ein Jahr gedauert, die von uns ausgewählten, meist unbekannteren Songs aufzutreiben. Songs von Musikern, die damals gerade ihre ersten, oft wenig erfolgreichen Schritte unternahmen, bevor sie Jahre später mal eben eine Handvoll Welthits aus dem Ärmel schüttelten und die - grosse Welle' der Musik der kalifonischen Küste surften. Also, willkommen zu Volume 1 unseres sogenannten PRM (Personal Rediscovery Movement).

Limited double A side reissue of two classic disco bombs by 70s keyboardist Don Ray. With production duties undertaken by French electro-disco legend Cerrone, both tracks are proper dancefloor weapons laden with heavy synths, bouncing b-lines and awesome punchy horns. First up is the amazing Groove Armada-sampled disco stomper 'Standing In The Rain', featuring powerful vocals over a searing groove that made it massive at the time. Flip over for 'Got To Have Loving', an exhilarating disco burner with hot sexy female vocals and a great breakdown later reworked by The Revenge. Superb double-header of must-have tracks - don't sleep!

here we go....! UK's The Revenge and Japan's Grooveman Spot, rippin it up each one side. Tip!

Lounge, chill out, easy listening.... massive and "chic" musical situations in this soundtrack. Many wellkown tracks for this 4th appointment with this lucky serie : 'The Girl From Ipanema', 'Last tango In Paris', ... and many more !!!

Wonderful remastered reissue of the hugely indemand Biljuma Records 12' release of Billy Frazier & Friends' disco funk masterpiece 'Billy Who~' Originally released in back in 1980, this killer track with its awesome phat disco b-line, sexy vocals and gorgeous strings sounds amazing on a big system which made it a huge hit on the underground scene and a staple at legendary clubs like The Paradise Garage, The Loft and Chicago's Warehouse. An absolute classic and a must have for any collection.

MadDisco is back with a cracking 7 inch release, first up we have a sweet little jazz funk tune, dreamy vocals, gorgeous chords and a solid bass line make for one hell of a heavenly tune, 7 inches of pure delight.
On the B-side we have an edit of Julius Brockington & The Magic Force's rare b-side track "Cosmic Force', it's a slow slamming jazz funk instrumental, with dope beats, heavy heavy bass line, trumpet stabs and solos to die for, a truly sultry music affair of the highest order....

The most complete 90's dance compilation is available now ! Here the Vol.2 of 5 containing Pasadenas, Erasure, Savage Garden, Dr. Alban, Alexia, Da Blitz, Roxy Music, .... and many more !!!

'Hum Along And Dance', a massive hit of Larry Levan and the New York b-boy community. Previously unreleased full length 15 minute version from the master tapes. A heavy jungle groove from the genius of Norman Whitfield. On the flip, 'Lamuka', a slow motion Cosmic groover with a distinct euro-afro feel.

Top-notch reissue compilation EP featuring four of the best tracks from renowned 80s soul/funk songstress Sylvia Striplin. An integral part of Roy Ayers' musical family, the hugely-talented Striplin performed as part of his band Aquarian Dream as well as releasing these superb solo efforts on Ayers' highly-esteemed Uno Melodic label. First up is notorious party-starter 'You Can't Turn Me Away', a super-sexy slo-mo funk workout famously sampled by Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Biggie Smalls for their massive hit 'Get money', followed by the awesome bass-heavy rare groove favourite 'Searchin'. Flip over for irresistible up-tempo jam 'Give Me Your Love' and finally 'All Alone' a beautifully understated dreamy soul epic with gorgeous floating vocals and soaring string arrangements.

Italians Do It Better's most popular release is being repressed... Glass Candy's electrifying "B/E/A/T/B/O/X" album. Originally released in the late fall of 20

Auch im Jahr 2014 wird der Dancefloor wieder ordentlich wackeln! Und wer jetzt schon wissen möchte, wie die angesagtesten Hits des Jahres klingen, der sollte hier zuschlagen! Mit Tracks von Polarkreis 18 / Real 2 Real /
Afrojack / Paul Kalkbrenner / Fedde Le Grand / Moguai /
Nervo / Wamdue Project etc und vielen, vielen mehr!
2CD, Laufzeit ca. 130 Min.