Monsieur Monod | Smiling At The Moon mix

18 May
May 18, 2012

Monsieur Monod is probably better known as one half of the Sleazy Beats Recordings crew, so by default has fantastic taste in deep house music. He’s also a technically brilliant DJ and clearly always puts loads of thought and programming into everything he does, but he’d probably try and tell us all differently ;)

The upshot is that his too infrequent mixes are always joys to behold, and he’s just dropped this lil beauty for everyone’s love and attention. And it’s absolutely ace – perfect for lazy Sunday mornings or whenever you need a massive dose of warm soothing vibes like, y’know, one of those absolutely horrific flights home after four sleepless hardcore days on the sauce, and you get a seat surrounded by crying babies. This mix will help fix that situation. If only I’d had it last week ffs.

 

Re Sleazy Beats btw – in case you didn’t know already the 10th and final release in what will surely be remembered as one of the most genre-defining record labels of modern times, is available now – a truly wicked EP by Frank Booker (check out the 15 min mark of this mix for the awesome POINTS off the record.) A new series of records under the Sleazy Beats Black Ops umbrella is on the near horizon, keep em peeled.

BUY | WAX

RIP Donna Summer

17 May
May 17, 2012

RIP one of the most iconic, important, beautiful and relentlessly brilliant recording artists of all time. Words can’t do justice to what she did for disco and pop music, and she’ll be a truly missed lady.

MFSB | Love Is The Message (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)

13 May
May 13, 2012

Went to see the AMAZING Paris Is Burning last night, as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Belfast. Such a class film, track it down if you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing it yet.

Pretty much the entire show is soundtracked by one of the best songs ever produced, the timeless and wonderful Love Is the Message and here’s the full eleven glorious minutes of the DK edit.

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Mona Rae | Do Me

07 May
May 7, 2012

Haven’t posted up a tune in a while, so here’s a wee beaut to make up for that – an early 80′s stone cold soul classic by the wonderful Mona Rae.

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Recently re-worked to utter perfection by the don that is LTJ Xperience under his One Man Edit series, released on Small World Disco. Sublime.

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Can’t find any stockists of this one, so your best bet would be good ol discogs.

 

isodisco presents DICKY TRISCO & GET DOWN EDITS

01 May
May 1, 2012

YEEO. So our May party is gonna be the Northern Ireland debut of two stellar contemporary disco acts – the rather fucking awesome DICKY TRISCO and the sublime talents of the GET DOWN EDITS fellas.

Gonna be awesome fo sho. Event deets are here.

ISODISCO PODCAST 014 | 78EDITS

13 Apr
April 13, 2012

He’s an artist that has dominated the playlists of our early evening sets for longer than we care to remember – and to have 78Edits spin the 14th edition of our podcast series gives us almost as much pleasure as his trademark soul re-works do.

Jamie Buchanan is a massively unassuming and embarrassingly talented young gent, born & bred in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Akin to Belfast, perhaps not a musical Mecca the likes of Landan or Manchester but home to some fantastic nights such as Heavy Gossip/Ultragroove (Craig Smith’s residency) and other salubrious talent such as our girl Carina Ramos.

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NiTE JAMS

11 Apr
April 11, 2012

 

So everyone seen this then? Neh, didn’t think so! NiTE JAMS is gonna be something mega cool, pretty exciting and a bit different for Belfast. Head on over & like the party’s Facebook page, and keep up to speed with some genuinely fantastic upcoming gigs. OOoh, exciting innit.

Jack Fell Down | Fake My Love

10 Apr
April 10, 2012

This is one of a mega nice series of edits available for dl over on Jack Fell Down’s soundcloud.

Really diggin pretty much everything JFD have turned their hands too. This live mix of theirs from last year in Dublin has been pretty much on constant rotation, a properly creative and ridiculously tight blend of synthy nudisco and house beats, with a bit of Belleruche thrown in for good measure.

Can’t really tell you too much about JFD, other than what you read on their website and the fact they’re signed with Southern Fried. Their debut 12″ is dropping soon, followed by remixes for The Two Bears and a second EP in the summer. All we can say, for sure, is that they’re friggin great.

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Prins Thomas | In The Lab

09 Apr
April 9, 2012

Wanna watch a really bizarre video of Prins Thomas drink beer and play tunes in a confined space? Look here. Awesome tunes, all the same.

 

North Pollard | Yes, Let’s

08 Apr
April 8, 2012

If there’s a more consistent label around than Audio Parallax, or a harder working boss than its honcho David Kenney, I’d love to know. This EP by Aussie North Pollard is the labels 36th release in a couple of short years, and of the incredible standard we’ve come to expect as the norm.

Nothing too intricate about this particular track, adding weight to the theory that if you get a couple of vital things nailed, you have a beast on your hands. This is all about the soft bassline and sleazy tempo, early evening perfection right here.

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