Girl deejaying and Borat, find the link!

My first impulse to an all girl dj mixing seminar:

It's not good! They have to get used to working in a boys environement, it's not helping them.

After much reflexion, it's actually an excellent idea. Girls are empowered in an all female environment, they can stumble all they want and be ready for the real thing when the time comes. Networking is essential in the dj world and networking with men ain't easy for female djs. Club owners expect female djs to do more than mix, they either have to dress provocatively, show skin and look like models. In turn, getting no credibility from their male counterparts. In America, ironically, the gay male club circuit always has been (and still is) more receptive of female djs, this is fact.

Lucky girls in the UK may get info at Point Blank Music School in London, where it was first offered last month.

Borat's brother Erran Baron Cohen who wrote music for the soundtrack to "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" also teaches songwriting at Point Blank.

We don't know if Erran borrows Sasha's good looks. That's for the lucky UK girls to find out.

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Sandy Rivera's "Lollipop", Huuuuuge!!!!

Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow) has a major hit cooking.

Think analog bass synth heavy disco stylish Hi-NRG/Space Disco (Patrick Cowley produced Hi-NRG in the 80s leaning closer to electronic space disco than Euro-dance) and an hilarious catchy hook that's naughty without bordering on vulgarity.

It's "Lollipop" by Dada featuring Sandy Rivera

It's 80s flavored, it's new, fun and powerful.

House music is declining in the hearts of clubbers lately, some djs/producers must show sign of evolution and transition to succeed in 2007 and we're not worried for Rivera, that could be his biggest hit!

Have no clue who Dada is, well could be another of his aliases.

Listen to clip here

As usual, the Brits got a "taste" :) of it first. We're still waiting for it stateside (as of December 11th 2006)

Whether it becomes a hit or not, this is GARANTEED to be a timeless future classic.

And no, Sandy didn't tell us to tell you so.

Sandy Rivera's official website is "kaput" as in dead!

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Disco re-edits by Brad Slyde

Montreal based disco loving dj Brad Slyde has done a few edits worth
checking on his website here


Lucky Brad is chummy with the legend David Mancuso, who doesn't want Mancuso as a friend?

More on Brad at MySpace

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Disco on BBC Radio

Yes, there's a weekly 2 hour 100 percent disco radio show: "Glitterball" on the BBC (It's not Norman Jay), specifically from Leeds, strangely, there's no page leading to the radio stream. It's been like that for years.

We couldn't give the URL for you to check out since the internet adress only led to a brief description to the show, with no hyperlinks to the radio stream. The hyperlink to the show can only be accessed from the BBC Radio Player and that's if you look really hard.

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78' Chilly For your love remixed again

"For your love" The disco classic by Chilly (1978) has been remixed a few times in the last 18 months. The Basement Boys and Dimitri from Paris' versions both appeared in club compilations CDs. DJ Shops couldn't keep up with supply of the 12 inch. Other remixes popped-up in the last 3 weeks by Steve Mac, Haji and Emanuel and the Basement Boys, all of them on one 12 inch single, again flying off the shelves like hotcakes. It's really good!

Pictured here is the original 1978 album by Chilly

Check "the new remixes here"

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Lionel Richie remixed by Sinclar

If you've read this blog last week, you've seen Lionel Richie and Bob Sinclar mentioned separately.

Coincidentially, we just learned Bob Sinclar remixed Lionel Richie's "All around the world", release date: December 2006. As of December 11th, it's not out yet.

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Site News December 06

Anyone going to Copenhagen? Are you a vinyl junkie? Jussi K went to Copenhagen 3 weeks ago and shares with us, all there is to know on this beautiful city AND the vinyl records spots! Check it out: here. Jussi also went to Paris, Madrid and Stockholm recently, he went disco record shopping there too. Check the disco records shopping section at DiscoStyle.com for all the details.

Latest game added: Shoot the Blue Frog play now in the games section, If you shoot the crazy blue frog far enough, you'll hear 15 seconds of one classic hit from the 80s.

Nu Top 40: The section will be updated at the latest December 15th, there will be close to 20 new tunes. This will be the most eclectic chart ever. Fergie, Sandy Rivera, Sumo (from Sweden), Dirty Funker with AC/DC (the rock Group), Eddie Murphy, hot, hot! Pharell, Justin, stuff from Defected ...

UK songwriter/producer Darren Gilbert shares dance music songwriting tips with us on his article "How to write a killer dance tune". Beginners, this one's for you, it is assumed you at least know what a bar is (and it's not a place to drink or a pub).


Mixes: The dj mixes can now be accessed in it own page here:

Sound clips: Sound clips are now reserved strictly for the "current" Nu Top 40 page. In the past, we used to keep the old clips from old charts for all to enjoy. Clips were both served from our friends at DJMR.com and ourselves. DJMR.com suffered a server breakdown last month, all old clips were lost.

Radio stream direct access: To keep frustration to a minimum, direct stream access had to be removed for, some streams didn't work, either cause their servers were too busy, some went out of business, some moved their URL. A notification system has been implemented in the radio section so that streams that don't work can by adressed and forwarded to us by the click of a button.

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Acceptable in the 80s

It's official! The 80s are back in full force both in the mainstream and underground dance music scene.

Calvin Harris' latest "Acceptable in the 80s" has yet to show up at the record shops stateside (US), the video is buzzin', Yuppie culture, brick sized cellphones, big hair, it's all there.

View the video: Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s

There are 2 versions: The one in the video is more disco, the one heard on Pete Tong's BBC show is 100 percent synth filled mid 80s electro pop style.

Can you spot PC Guy in the video? -John Hodgeman? lookalike?- He appear halfway, not in the first seconds don't confuse the geeks. Can't get enough of PC Guy? View the Mac ads!

We doubt the record will be picked-up by an American label, in the meanwhile this is the hottest import to get this month.

22 years old Harris remixed the latest by The Saints" Rock Steady.

Calvin Harris at MySpace

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Melissa Etheridge on the dance floor

The latest victim in the 70s/80s music recycling madness happening in Europe
is Melissa Etheridge.

Once a again a dj remixed an old hit, made it dance floor friendly, and voila! An old hit ressurected.

The recipe is working pretty well, and we're not talking white vinyl bootlegs here, The Way I Do by "2-4 Grooves" reached number 1 in the German Club Charts, Get Ready's record label representative Sandra of Pulsive Media: "Melissa Etheridge herself is so happy with this rework that she has confirmed everything and is crossing her fingers for the nice guys...".

U.S. release on Tommy Boy beginning of 2007 will contain additional RMXs by Junior Vasquez

We've observed many rock classics getting the dance floor treatment in the last 18 months. Let's not forget what rock music was initially in the 50s, music to dance to. People love to dance and groove to rock, the latest hit by BodyRockers "I like the way" prooved that indeniably! Back in the 80s, Van Halen, Phil Collins and ZZTop (among others) had dance floor ready rock hits!

Pictured here is the original album, not the 2006 remix

Listen to clips here

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