EASY LOVE

Italo is the bible for believers in the healing powers of synth-driven beats.  Learn well its teachings?

Vikki Benson — Easy Love (Download)

JEWEL'S GROOVE

Outrageously funky tune...in a primal way.  Dam-Funk seems to have taken a lesson or two from "Jewel." If I had to guess I'd say this is a different Jewel than the "Foolish Games" one tho.

JEWEL — JEWEL'S GROOVE (Download)

TOOK ME ALL THE WAY BACK

90s house from Theo Parrish.

Theo Parrish — Took Me All The Way Back (Download)

TIME TO MOVE

I think electro-funk is taking over my brain.  Do you ever have those moments where you wonder if you're human or a supremely placed cowbell inside a punchy synth breakdown?

I'm hooked. Fierce edit by Marcello Giordani of Italo Deviance.



Carmen — Time to Move (Marcello Giordani Boogie Down Edit) (Download)

BODY MUSIC

Getting back to the roots of this blog with a sexy disco numba.  With a coy name-drop of the band hidden inside as a prize!

One On One — Body Music (Download)

PUMP UP THE JAM

Andy Butler has cited this as one of the songs that first got him into electronic music... I think it makes sense.



Technotronic — Pump Up the Jam (Download)

TRESPASSERS

Rule #2
I always do what signs tell me. 

Some fun house...from the Netherlands.

Trespassers — Newworldaquarium (Download)

DO YOU WANNA DANCE?

Came across this video courtesy of Joe Barnes of Journey Into The Unknown.  Apparently King Sporty (aka Noel Williams) is best known for co-authoring Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier... But all I know is I have to learn some of his dance moves...



Quality electro-funk from King Sporty and the Ex Tras, 1983, Dancefloor Records.

King Sporty and the Ex Tras — Do You Wanna Dance (Download)

IN THE LIGHT OF THE MIRACLE

One of those few songs that haunts me for a bit after every listen.

In the Light of the Miracle (Danny Krivit Re-edit) — Arthur Russell (Download)

WAITING ON MY ANGEL

Some mid-80s house from Jamie Principle on Persona Records.  My Italo-influence senses are tingling.

Jamie Principle — Waiting On My Angel (Download)

BACK IN TX

First post back in TX, y'all.  London was fun, but it's good to be back...they don't have iced tea over there...

I reckon with this one Don Armando captured a little of that Texas bravado I've come to know and admire.

Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band, 1979, ZE Records.



Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band — Deputy of Love (Download)

TONIGHT IT'S PARTY TIME

Rule #1
If it's in the store, you can buy it.

Legendary producer Bob Blank, Sleeping Bag Records, 1983.



Class Action — Weekend

I O U

Been kind of 1983 heavy lately. I guess it was a good year. The Tokyo Disneyland opened for instance, and McDonald's introduced the McNugget.

So here's another tasty 1983 nugget, from Arthur Baker (New Order/Afrika Bambaatta).

Freeez — I O U

MY HOUSE

Herc n the crew are back, and these fools worked it out again!! Old school Hercules and Love Affair meets old school house meets the new school of Andy Butler.  Shaun Wright on vocals.

I wish Hercules and Love Affair would love me back the way I love them.



Hercules and Love Affair — My House