DISCO EDITS: party together

massive uptempo tune. taken from a brilliant talent pool in detroit.

PARTY TOGETHER

DISCO EDITS: u can drive my spaceship

i don't normally mess with electro these days, but this tune is making me want to get back in the game. the song was originally performed and released by the band Satellite from Ohio.

U CAN DRIVE MY SPACESHIP

DISCO EDITS: africa bump

this is an edit of a record which was never released. if it was released it would have looked something like what you see above.

AFRICA BUMP

DISCO EDITS: loving u is my fantasy

an edit of a completely obscure disco tune. all i can say is that this one is mexican.

LOVING U IS MY FANTASY

INTERVIEW: Quinn Harris - "accidental mastermind"

Here is an interview I conducted in late 2005 with Quinn Harris, a bandleader, writer & arranger hailing from Riverside, CA. I knew about Quinn from various independently released records he had done. All of which were phenomenal and rather obscure, even to seasoned soul music collectors. As I was moving West, I stopped by Riverside on my way into Los Angeles and got some words. My friend, freelancer Brian Webb, transcribed and wrote the piece.

The piece has just been printed in the latest Wax Poetics magazine (#26: THE HIP HOP ISSUE). They did an amazing job with the photos we submitted. Here I will include some extra photos I took of Quinn, and some more goodies from his photo album.

READ THE UNEDITED VERSION HERE



Quinn drives a Jaguar, but likes to cruise around town sporting a crisp Member's Only jacket on his Vespa.



Here is a photo of Quinn's project "The Love Story". The group never recorded.



Detail taken from the LP cover to Devonne Armstrong's solo LP.

EBONIC CUTS: mix w/ playlist

EBONYCUTS.COM - disco funk mix archive hosted by designer Lynn Petrin.

Killer website design, please give the man a round of applause. Here we have a virtual collection of disco, funk, and beyond. Next to the imaginary records we have mixes taken from REAL records, which are posing as faced up Lp's on the shelf. This was a mix was put together for 'Cuts in 2006.

EBONICCUTS

Playlist

1) backlash 'hang withthe gang' - Stratasphere LP
2) darryl douglas - Kebar 12" (guitar solo edit)
3) joe gibbs - trinidad (edit)
4) le cop - groove your body (edit)
5) action - disco dip (edit)
6) henrich - instrumental
7) iceomatic - steppin fo yo love
8) continental express - strugglin to the top
9) chris' magic band - you've made me happy
10) elastic leather sisters - i'll betcha
11) bliss - movin - (remix)

THURSDAY NIGHT FEVER

Before we had disco, we had northern soul. Before we had beards, we had moustaches. Before we had mixing skills, we had the THURSDAY NIGHT FEVER mix. This mix was done about 1 1/2 years ago for my scottish homeboy Al Kent's page MILLIONDOLLARDISCO.COM



thursday night fever mix

1- board of directors- hangin tough 12
2- cross bronx express- cross bronx expressway 45
3- soseme makunde- manzara (sp) 12
4- holzer and kamarra- pure love 45
5- educators band- everybody doin their thang 45
6- chemistry- closer 12
7- paper doll- get down boy vers. 45
8- steel city connection- steel city disco 45
9- life- you're so good- 12
10- scarbrough- make love to you 12
11- (disco police)- keep it burning 12
12- dreamscape- outergroove lp
13- william hart- time out for love ep/12