The Choice Four

The Choice Four were a harmonizing soul group from Washington, D.C., whose records deserved a better fate. They recorded for RCA in the mid-'70s, but were never able to score a breakout hit, despite making some very moving, nicely sung ballads. The group consisted of lead singer Bobby Hamilton,Ted Maduro, Pete Marshall, and Charles Blagmore. Maduro and Marshall were former members of the Love Tones, and Blagmore of the Stridels. Unfortunately, none of their singles ever cracked the R&B Top 40 in the 70s.

Their track "Down To Earth" takes on a great disco feel,with some nice basslines and grooves. The edit here comes courtesy of my friend Mash (aka Martyn Henderson) from Glasgow,who runs the Compact Disco.Net clubnights. Here he bumps up the production and keeps the groove and feel of the original. Enjoy. Click On Right Hand Arrow To Download...

The Choice Four - Down To Earth (Mash Compact Disco Edit) by Piece together blogspot

Over The Sky

New mix from Craig Moog (Electrofunkdiscotek/Solardisco). The "Over The Sky Mix" Covers some nice 21st Century deep cosmic disco,taking in tracks from Lindstrom,Iliya Santana,Ooft Music,Ilija Rudman,Jay Shepheard,Social Disco Club and lots more.

Craig plays Solardisco alongside Maelstrom (Eskimo Recordings/Mindless Boogie) and Kev Stevens on Saturday the 10th October at Basura Blanca (The Brunswick) Glasgow and also at Electrofunkdiscotek with Supermax "Tech-Noir" on Saturday the 26th September. Craig can also be found playing at the Wee Chill music festival on Satuday the 26th September at the Glasshouse in Queens Park Glasgow, alongside some great guests such as Prins Thomas (Full Pupp) Ralph Lawson (20/20) and Optimo (Oscarr) plus loads more. Enjoy the music. Click On Right Hand Arrow To Download...

Over The Sky Mix - (Electrofunkdiscotek) by moogroove

Rock The Joint

Wild Rumpus are Cosmo and Gary Lucas,two pioneers of forward thinking music, but from very different backgrounds that combine to make the kind of music you simply can’t ignore but at the same time can’t quite put your finger on.

To mark the follow-up to their first two singles "Musical Blaze-Up" and "Purple Somersault" on Bitches Brew Records, they’ve bagged a collaboration with vocal entertainer extraordinaire Beardyman – the result being the tripped out hoe-down that is ‘Rock The Joint’.

Colleen Murphy, aka Dj Cosmo, has been pushing musical boundaries since her teens. Born near Boston but relocated to NYC in '86, Cosmo had her own radio show by the age of 14, which she held for many years, showcasing her love of psychedelic, garage and prog rock and was one of the only outside DJs ever to grace the decks at the infamous birthplace of clubbing, David Mancuso's 'The Loft'. Cosmo's work in the realms of disco, nu wave, electronica, house, nu jazz and crossover rock has allowed her to develop an eclectic DJ style that is beloved by DJs, promoters, clubbers across the globe. The mix of Cosmo’s psychedelic roots and disco tutelage truly explains the sounds of her partnership with one of the guitar world's genuine pioneers.

Gary Lucas was recently dubbed the 'Guitarist of 1000 Ideas' by the New York Times and is widely considered to be the guitar world's greatest living talent. Previously of Captain Beefheart, Gary is famed for his multi-faceted musical creativity, collaboration projects, film scores and most recently, his work with new band "Gods & Monsters". As the co-writer of Jeff Buckley's seminal "Grace", Gary is no stranger to making hits, yet his passion for experimentation continues to make him one of music's more interesting characters.

This is the Reveso 68 mix of their track "Rock The Joint" Enjoy the music....

Wild Rumpus - Rock The Joint (Reverso 68 Remix) by piece together music

Mark E

Mark E has made a name for himself over the past few years by slowing things down. Disco edits are a bit of controversial subject at the moment, and anyone owning a personal record collection plus an impersonal computer can knock out a version of an old classic. Birmingham's Mark E is a different animal. His re-works of Womack & Womack's 'Baby, I'm Scared Of You' and Tata Vega's 'Give It Up For Love' seemed to have pushed the edit phenomenon to new levels, adding new elements to the production and that little uncertain niceness that separates the wheat from the chaff. A fact that led gentlemen like the mighty Gilles Petterson, Normany Jay (MBE), the dynamic Unabombers duo and Norway's Prins Thomas to champion released and unreleased Mark E productions and edits.

Not content with producing, Mark has created a rare DJ mix which reflects his musical influences & tastes, ranging from Detroit Beatdown to midtempo Boogie across tripped out Dub to Soul drenched Disco. Enjoy. Click On Right Hand Arrow To Download...

Mark E - Warm Mix by piece together music

Life's A Beach

Studio are Dan Lissvik & Rasmus Hagg. They are based in Gothenburg in Sweden and relesed their album West Coast on Information Records. Studio are making beautiful organic electronic music that falls midway between dance, indie and electronica. A list of modern day comparisons would be with DFA, Fujiya & Miyagi, and Lindstrom. Featured here is the remix by Todd Terje of their track "Life's A Beach" with Terje's signature trademark sounds which give an extra dancefloor orientated feel to this mix.

Enjoy the music. Click On Right Hand Arrow To Download...

Studio - Life's A Beach(Todd Terje Mix) by piece together music

Love To Fly

Venus Gang's "Love To Fly" is an epic-sounding and ultra rare cosmic funk track based loosely on the O'Jays "For The Love Of Money". The track comes from their 1978 album Galactic Soul released on various record labels including Epic,Hansa,and Derby.

"Love To Fly" has some great production with an amazing backbeat,incorporating psychadelic vocals,cosmic bassline and some spaced out sounds. The track has finally seen a 12" release on Cloud Records (the hard to find canadian Lotus 12s are mis-labelled and actually contain "Dies Irae" from the same album) also containing the very rare instrumental version of "Stop ou encore" by Plastic Bertrand on the B side which was big with Baldelli and massive for Ron Hardy. A great record to have in your record box. Enjoy. Click On Right Hand Arrow To Download...

Venus Gang - Love To Fly by piece together music

The Revenge

Graeme Clark began producing in his early teenage years, making a skewed blend of electronic music using a couple of his dad’s old drum machines and a sampler. Influenced by his parents collection of rock, soul and funk aswell as eighties daytime radio and the burgeoning rave scene, he began the process of dissecting and re-imagining the music.

Productions for his own labels Instruments Of Rapture, Five20East and his DJ edits for L.E.S.S. Productions have had across-the-board support from scene heavyweights including Danny Krivit, Jimpster, Radio Slave, Prins Thomas, Fabrice Lig, Todd Terje, The Unabombers, Karizma, SWAG, Dan Ghenacia, Gilles Peterson, Ashley Beedle, Domu, Kissy Sellout, Joe Claussell, Stuart Patterson, Atjazz, Bill Brewster, Phil Asher, Tim Sweeney and more.

DJ work over the years has included spots with Jimpster, Joe Claussell, Domu, Mark E, Mad Mats, Seiji, Yousef, Jeff Mills, Jazzy Jeff, MAW, Sinden, James Lavelle and more.

Graeme has also provided his engineering experience to several projects over the past few years and has recently mastered Harri & Domenic’s 20 Years Underground / Sub Club mix for Soma aswell as new material for Mark E, Jisco, Under The Shade and Fine Art Recordings. His other collaborative projects currently include Deportivo Street Team, OOFT!, Cronk Family Enterprises, 6th Borough Project and The Hong Kong Micros.

This is his new mix of Ilija Rudman,s "Night People" fourth release in the Instuments Of Rapture series. Out at the end of September. Enjoy.

Ilija Rudman : Night People (The Revenge Midnight Mix) by The Revenge