Calvin Harris free download

What was the B-Side to Calvin Harris' "Acceptable in the 80s" 10 inch vinyl limited edition first single released late last year, 9 months ahead of the album release of "I created Disco"?

Don't recall? No problem! Calvin Harris is giving you "This is the Industry", the download for free.

Calvin Harris has contributed a few songs to Kylie Minogue's new album "X".

Evidently, there's a catch. You have to ... sign-up to his newsletter. Hurry! It's for a limited time.

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Paris is burning for black disco icons

Oliver Cheatham and D-Train burned the stage recently in Paris France

Cheatham gave an electrifying performance getting down literally doing push-ups and singing live at the same time.

James D-Train Williams flexed his voice in a fitted T-Shirt without breaking a sweat in it. Both performed at the same venue on different dates. Notice ... the huuuge appreciative audience with their hands up in the air. 80s disco funk is alive and well.

Like they say in French "Nul n'est prophete en son pays" a popular saying translated from St Luke 4:24.

Watch Oliver Cheatham live in Paris at Daily Motion
Watch D-Train live in Paris on YouTube

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Stay with Sexy Rexy tonite

Old school funk and R&B aficionados might remember 1983's "Stay with me tonite" by Jeffrey Osbourne, a former member of L.T.D. (re: Back in love again, Love to the world). Jeffrey Osbourne's "Plane Love" also from 1983 was remixed by Larry Levan and was a Paradise Garage fave, "Stay with me tonight" crossed over to the Top 40 charts.

If you heard something like "Stay with me tonight" with another singer delivered in Euro electronic Disco House style recently, you're not hallucinating... , It's a re-interpretation by DeMarco on the Sexy Rexy label owned by Tony Massera who runs the internet radio station Diva Radio Disco and Funk out of Europe.

De Marco "Stay with Me tonight" is one of 7 tracks off the Miami 2007 Sexy Rexy sampler, other tracks are in the funky disco house vein.


Check them out at JunoDownloads.com or
at Tony Massera's Sexy Rexy at Myspace.com

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The Deele in Cincinati

Grammy winning recording artists the Deele, wowed the crowd last month at the R&B Spring Jam in Cincinnati, Ohio. They put on a fantastic show for a sold out crowd, and brought them to their feet in a standing ovation. The suave vocalists sang such favorites as "Two Occasions," "Body Talk," and Shoot'em Up Movies," among other popular hits. They performed along with The Isley Brothers, featuring Ron Isley, and the S.O.S. Band.

This was the Deele's first performance since being signed to the Dallas based record label D-Town Records, with many more projects on the horizon. The label is currently in talks with the "Tom Joyner Radio Show" and the "Steve Harvey Radio Show" about the Deele performing in upcoming events. They are also bringing the group into the studio, to record a single with label-mates Keingz Ransom, an immensely popular R&B group out of Dallas.

"Babyface" Redmonds and L.A. Reid are their most prolific members, they left the group in 1988 to found LaFace records the following year.

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Greg Wilson Best of '82 mix cd

Greg Wilson's Best of '82 is a re-construction of his inaugural mixes for Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio in May and June 1982, courtesy of Pezz, former DJ at the DIY nights in the Midlands, but more recently the manager of the 3 Beat record shop in Liverpool. How Pezz came to re-do his mixes is a long story, which involves the birth of the band Chicken Lips – there's a booklet with the CD in which Pezz tells the tale.

The CD has been put together as a limited run promo to mark the 25th Anniversary of these mixes – the first of their type on British radio. The music featured includes tracks by US, UK and Italian artists, which were being played on the underground black scene at the time. Greg says:

"I'm not sure if anybody has ever re-created another DJ's mix before. Great for me to hear again in CD quality (rather than the hissy recording I have from the radio). Definitely a labour of love from Pezz!"


It is now available as a limited CD in 2 shops only:

Piccadilly Records and Fat City Records

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Alexander O'Neal soulful house track

Brand new song by Alexander O'Neal on the soulful house tip unveiled first on the BBC.

Sticky feat. Kyra & Alexander O'Neal - Hello was an arrangement by BBC's 1Xtra as part of their Electric Proms series for unsigned singer Kyra to spend time in a recording studio with 80s soul legend Alexander O'Neal and producer Sticky.

Watch the video and listen to the song here on BBC

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Simply Red Free Concert in New York

Are you going to be in New York City this Friday lunchtime?!

Be there Friday April 27th 2007 at 1pm at Borders Bookstore on Columbus Circle, New York City for Simply Red's only East coast in store performance and CD signing.

Come and watch them perform soulful stripped back versions of the new tracks from their brand new album 'Stay' and then drop by to say hi to Mick and the boys and get your CD signed!

Mick Hucknall and the boys of Simply Red celebrate the US release of their album STAY with a live and exclusive performance. Simply Red has amassed numerous hits over the decades with their nod to classic soul and smart songcraft. The album already has debuted top ten in the UK and now is set to conquer the US. You can meet them following their rare retail instore performance -- the only one in NYC -- and have your Borders-purchased copy of the new CD signed.

Be sure to get there early to ensure a good spot!

Simply Red Free Concert NYC April 27th 2007
Borders
Manhattan - Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY
Phone:212.823.9775

Details-Direction-Map info

More about Simply Red

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Listen up! DJ sets by Alexander Robotnick

Alexander Robotnick has made available on his website 3 of his dj sets you can listen to; Electro Disco, Electro House and Electro Acid, very highly recommended. The Electro Disco one will get you off your chair, electronic disco classics from the 70s to the early 80s blended together like only he can, space robot style.

Check them out here on his website

More about Alexander Robotnick on DiscoStyle.com

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Those Magic Ladies are Hot and Sassy

Hailing from Detroit, the female trio Magic Lady served as background vocalists for Enchantment, Bob Seger, Keith Barrow and the Soul Searchers. In 1982, Linda Stokes, Jackie Steele and Kimberly Ball released on A&M "Hot n' Sassy". The single "Red hot Stuff was a R&B hit in the USA and "Hold Tight" became a cult UK soul track.

The brains behind their formation was Linda's husband Michael Stokes. Michael Stokes worked with Bill Withers, Herb Alpert, Booker T, Brass Construction, BT Express and Enchantment among others. In the eighties, Stokes was also head of A&R at A&M Records where he signed Janet Jackson and put Atlantic Starr together with producer James Anthony Carmichael.

It is now available on CD courtesy of PTG Records

Tracklist:

• 1. Freaky (4:16)
• 2. Sexy Body (3:45)
• 3. Give It Up (3:20)
• 4. Hold Tight (3:03)
• 5. Stand Up (3:28)
• 6. Shake (3:34)
• 7. Get Off (3:10)
• 8. Red Hot Stuff (3:37)
• 9. When we Love (2:46)

Listen to clips of the album "Hot and Sassy" Magic Lady here

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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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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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Eddie Murphy hits Europe's dance charts

... with his 80s flop.

2006 has been kind to Eddie Murphy. Not only he's back on the screen in the juicy role of "James Thunder Early" in DreamGirls (seen clips on Oprah, he's back in top form! Some say it's Oscar worthy), believe it, he's currently topping the dance charts in Europe with a remake/re-edit/remix of his so-so hit of 1985 "Party All the time", composed and produced by Rick James (R.I.P). The 2006 re-hash comes courtesy of DJ/Remixer Sharam (Deep Dish).

Sharam said to Pete Tong: "We were trying to get Eddie to re-sing it or clear it but the powers that be in different parts of the music industry did not want to do it... ... we had to go with a different singer. Antoine from Second Sun nailed the vocals and a lot of people cannot even tell the difference"



View the "uncut" version on YouTube (more funny in every sense)

Or better, view the original '85 video on YouTube, when Rick had long blondie hair :) :), boy do I miss the 80s!


By the way, Sharam conconcted an incredible dance floor friendly remix of the 70s classic by Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" recently.

A few weeks ago, read an excellent "study" written by Chris Cottingham in the October 2006 issue of MixMag on those recycled 70s-80s hits titled "McDance".

Recycled 70s/80s hits are doing very well in Europe.

Wonder if Rick James would have been around, then, this wouldn't have been possible, he wouldn't have allowed it, he didn't want MC Hammer to rap on "Super Freak" (U can't tuch this!) even less have a dj doing a loop with Eddie's "Party All the Time".

Eddie in Dreamgirls image source: dreamgirlsmovie.com

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