Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy" (1983)

Air - "Playground Love" (2000)

Christmas 2018 Spotify Playlist

a few holiday classics mixed in with some left-field songs for the holiday spirit. Merry Christmas!

Dreamscape - "To Think We Met Just Yesterday" (1994)

"All'arrembaggio" - Filipponio (1984)

Can - "Moonshake" (1973)

Smokey - "DTNA" (1978)

Svengalisghost-"High Heel Sleaze"(2013)

Released on L.I.E.S. in 2013.

Felicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma-"INDEFATIGABLE PURPLE"(2018)

Released earlier in November by Shelter Press.

The Fall - "C.R.E.E.P." (1984)

Reggie Blount - "Hey" (2012)

Kill Alters-"Ego Swim"(2016)

Choir Boy-"Leave Me Be"(2018)

On Dais Records.

Soulwax - "Goodnight Transmission" (2017)

Yazoo - "Nobody's Diary" (1983)

Westbam And Nena - "Oldschool Baby" (2002)

Sophie Lloyd featuring Dames Brown - "Calling Out" (2017)

Destroyer - "Tinseltown Swimming in Blood" (2017)

Frankie Knuckles - "The Whistle Song" (1991)

Techno!The New Dance Sound of Detroit(1988)

Compilation of Detroit Techno from 1988.

Lou Miami - "Dancing with Death" (1985)

Josh Wink-"Higher State of Consciousness"(1995)

Released on Strictly Rhythm in 1995.

Steve Moore-"Panther Moderns"(2012)

Steve Moore is half of Pittsburgh's synth-duo Zombi. Here is one of his tracks released on L.I.E.S.

Running & Ryley Walker-s/t (2018)

The latest release (on cassette only) from my cohorts at Dull Tools. For fans of Sonic Youth, DNA...

Electronic-"Free Will"(1991)

Bernand Sumner (New Order) + Johnny Marr (The Smiths) = Electronic

Pell Mell-"Cinecitta"(1987)

On SST.

Ron Morelli-"Laugh Taker"(2018)

Sounding like bastard child of Unit Moebius' "Overload" meets Winx rave classic "Don't Laugh" this is straight up gutter warehouse gear made for the DJs to mix and the freaks to lose it to, plain and simple. And the video by director Danny Perez is an equally unrelenting head trip, leaving nothing in its wake. DISAPPEARER 2xLP is now available for preorder (although vinyl is delayed)on Hospital Productions. The cassette, which i copped a couple months ago, is also available and ready.

CCFX - "The One To Wait" (2017)

Heather put me on to this DFA "supergroup" from the Pacific Northwest a while back. Unfortunately i missed their NYC live debut at Elsewhere a few weeks ago because we were doing Future Friday. So far they have only released a 4 song EP (and a remix EP).

E.R.P.-"Lament Subrosa"(2006)

anyone got an extra $100?

E.R.P.-"New Road"(2016)

after copping the Texas Instrumentals comp from T.R.U. Recordings (featuring Convextion from Dallas, TX), i had to look up what else Convextion has been up to in the last few years. I found this release under his E.R.P. moniker.

Collin Strange-"Don't Belong"(2018)

This 4 song `12" of "90s style warehouse acid" on L.I.E.S. from the Pacific Northwest's very own Collin Strange just came out.

Channel U- "Shadow Motion - Gamelan Project"(2017)

Channel U is performing this Saturday at Ambient Church in Brooklyn. He''ll be opening for Robert Rich.

Blancmange - "Feel Me" (1982)

Guerilla Toss-Bleep Mix #40 (2018)

New mix from G Toss out today to go w/ their new LP. This mix is fuego. Track List Cannabis - Serge Gainsbourg America - La Dusseldorf Die Kunst des Liebens - Gina X Wide Open Space Motion - Klaus Weiss Wuma Te - Francis Bebey Happiness Is Drumming - Diga Rhythm Band Sodom and Gomorrow - The Congos The Gypsy Zurna - Adrian Belew Mind Your Own Business - Delta Five Hollywood - Cluster Mangungu - Zazou, Bikaye & Cy1 Measure Up - Tom Tom Club Placebo Syndrome - Parliament Nightclubbing - Grace Jones Love The One You’re With - Aretha Franklin This Is England - The Clash

Mike Simonetti -DHA MIX #395

Guerilla Toss-"Come Up With Me"(2018)

i just might have to cop the new GT LP. Out today on DFA.

Hiro Kone x Drew McDowall-"Bright Kiss of Fire"(2018)

Nick Klein-"Bathroom Wall"(2018)

First track released from an upcoming LP on BANK Records.

Brooklyn Funk Essentials-"We Got To Come Together"(1988)

$3 record find produced by Arthur Baker.

Hiro Kone-"Pure Expenditure feat. group A"(2018)

I am hoping i can catch one of her sets next week in Manhattan at the Friddman Gallery

Shellac-"Billiard Player Song"(1993)

one of my favorite seven inch records. I saw these guys last night for the 4th time. They slayed, as per usual. Here's the John Peel session from 2004.

Martin L. Gore - "Compulsion" (1989)

Glad To Know You - Chaz Jankel (1982)

East Side Ancients-"Buried Legends"(2018)

a new release out of Portland, OR from a friend of a friend (Kroba).

Uniform-"Perfect World"(2015)

(Another recent acquisition on cassette). From Brooklyn, New York.

Equimanthorn - Nindinugga Nimshimshargal Enlillara (1994)

Here is a full album from 1994. I recently ordered some cassettes directly from Equitant and particularly liked this older release. Dark-ritual/dungeon synth from Plano, Texas.

Lean Left-"Lean Over"(2010)

CP/BW-"Untitled"(2015)

Collaborative release from Shane English's Corporate Park and Beau Wanzer. Recorded in Denton, TX. It appears this will be seeing a re-release on cassette soon. I'm looking forward to it.

Mike Simonetti-"Illusions"(2018)

I still haven't copped his last EP "I Love You Mom". This is from his new LP "Solipsism", which collects is material from his Italians Do It Better days.

Heaven 17-"Let Me Go"(1982)

Another classic from this Sheffield synth-pop group.

Heaven 17-"(We Don't Need This) Facsist Groove Thang"(1981)

A classic. Banned in the U.K. for libel against (then) President Ronald Reagan.

Mirror Box-"Minimal Compliance" EP (2018)

I'm pre-ordering this 12" EP right now. I may have to order something else from Gavin Guthrie's Texas independent electronic label T.R.U.

Aretha Franklin & George Michael-"I Knew You Were Waiting"(1987)

Aretha Franklin - "Day Dreaming" (1973)

Aphex Twin-"T69 Collapse"(2018)

Maximize this video (and eat some psychedelics). I'm kidding. I think that Aphex Twin will go down in history as one of the best electronic solo acts of all time. This song and video are amazing.

Mags & The Suspects - "Erection" (1982)

Tommy & Linda-"Beach Bums"(2018)

New label from DJ Sober, Dial Up, out of Dallas, Tx

Yellow Magic Orchestra - "Cue" (1981)

Crash Course in Science - "Flying Turns" (1981)

Guerilla Toss-"Meteorological"(2018)

Christiane F. - Wunderbar (Trash edit)

Gregory Abbott - "Shake You Down" (1986)

Future Friday 6/1/18

My (opening) set from the last Future Friday. I started things off at midnight:  

Walter Jones-"Living Without Your Love"

Lace Curtain-"Falling"

S. English-"How to Build Cathedrals"

Mike Simonetti-"The Magician"

Boan-"Boan Acid"

Boy Harsher-"Pain"

Ikonika-"Oral Suspension"

Earth Boys-"Trail Mix (T&P remix) 

Hardrive-"Deep Inside"

Robert Görl - "Mit Dir" (1983)

Michael Miglio - "Never Gonna Let You Go" (1980)

Texas Instrumentals V/A-(2017)

Another great T.R.U. records release.

Fit of Body-"Black Box No Cops"(2018)

Fit of Body's LP was recently released on 2MR.

Night Moves - "Transdance" (1981)

China Crisis - "Here Comes a Raincloud" (1983)

David Bowie-"Life on Mars?"(1973)

Directed by Mick Rock. This suit is on display at the Brooklyn Museum right now.

Tracyanne & Danny-"Alabama"(2018)

Depeche Mode - "Shout" (1981)

JT Stewart-"Vandaleur"(2012)

Daze-"Lips ('94 Original DAT Dub)"(2014)

Tracyanne & Danny-"Home & Dry"(2018)

Playing next Tuesday at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Tracyanne was formerly of Camera Obscura. Their new lp, out on Merge records, was co-produced by Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice.

Fantasy Life-"Over and Over"(1985)

another Italo-disco reissue from Dark Entries.

Fockewulf 190-"Body Heat"(1984)

Italo disco jammer. Reissued by Dark Entries Records.

Psychic TV -"Alien Be-In"(1989)

Here's the original "evil acid house jam". Dark Entries reissued w/ 3 remixes! Here's one of them:

Pional-"Night Charmer"(2018)

Also part of the ME ME ME compilation.

Juan MacLean ft. Amy Douglas-"Quantum Reach"(2018)

Man Power has united 25 artists for an entirely original and exclusive new charity compilation called 'We We We' which will benefit the leading UK NGO, Help Refugees. “I have wanted to do a compilation of this nature for a long time," Man Power said of the compilation, which is set to release on his own Me Me Me label. "I’m incredibly lucky, as well as eternally grateful, to know so many talented artists who were willing to donate wonderful music towards this important cause.” Off the compilation, we receive the first listen of Juan Maclean's offbeat and poignant track 'Quantum Reach'. The 'We We We' compilation also features originals from Pional, Shit Robot, label boss Man Power himself and more. It's out May 4.

Kim Wilde - "Cambodia" (1982)

Maria Minerva-"Galaxy"(2014)

Maria Minerva has been compared to artist in my last post, Scraps, so i thought i would give her music a go. I like this, too.

Scraps-"TTNIK"(2016)

Amazing quality (bedroom/lo-fi yet charming w/ a touch of sleekness"current new-wave from Brisbane.

Book Of Love - "Boy" (1986)

Fret-"List is Full"(2017)

Mick Harris arrives on L.I.E.S. via his FRET moniker. A man who needs no introduction via his exploits in Napalm Death and Scorn among a slew of other legendary projects, Harris returns after his lp last year, bringing FRET back to life once again. Four tracks of absolutely crushing broken techno; dense blasting and unstoppable chaos that lays waste to all in sight. Trancers and candy ravers step aside. An unmissable record from a true originator. This is no compromise techno in its most true form. Highly recommended!

Profit Prison-"MYRA" EP(2017)

This cold minimal synth EP came out on cassette last year on NYC label Hospital Productions . Reminds me of Final Bloom.

KC Flightt-"Planet E"(1989)

Heather put me on to this Talking Heads sampled track.

Daywalker + CF "Supersonic Transport"(2014)

More (older) fire from Daywalker + CF!

Future Friday 5/4/18

Gah, I'm always posting these a month after DJing these tracks and sometimes i forget which song i played off the records.
Started the night off at midnight:
The Clash-"Magnificent Danse"
Liquid Liquid-"Optimo"
Talking Heads-"Slippery People"
Ministry-"I Wanted to Tell Her [extended re-mix]"
Nine Inch Nails-"Down in It"
Giorgio Moroder-"
Patrick Cowley-"Do Ya Wanna Funk"
Black Devil Disco-
Pale Blue-"The Math"
Andy Butler-"Coca Cola"
Jock Club-
Sound Waves-"I Wanna Feel The Music"
Marshall Jefferson-"Ride The Rhythm"
Planet Soul-"Set U Free"
Mike Simonetti-"Mike Porto"
"Everybody Everybody" [Black Box cover/meringue club mix bootleg]

The Juan MacLean-"The Brighter the Light"(2017)

Juan is dropping a new single tomorrow (on DFA records, of course). Here's his last single from last year :)

Canter-"The Tangible"(2018)

Canter have members in both Chicago and New York. They use a lot of cool analog gear and do a great job of playing dark yet fun and intense new-wave. I finally listened to this soundtrack to Through the Wide Gate all the way through today and this is the standout single, but the whole thing is pretty fun to listen to.

The Majits-"Fragmented"

Dark Entries recently released a compilation featuring Nick Blinko's pre- Rudimentary Peni electronic band, The Majits along w/ two other bands that were on the Outer Himalayan record label.

Godflesh-"Mortality Sorrow"(2017)

Daywalker + CF-"Wave Force"(2017)

Released last year on Bank Records.

ZZZ-"Peletrique"(2018)

This came out in April on L.I.E.S. 
"RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!"

Jake Schrock-"Cosmic Ocean"(2018)

Latest single/video for Jake's upcoming debut on Holodeck Records. Glad to see this dude playing out and getting his!

The System - Almost Grown (1983)

E- Saggila - "Striving for Action"(2018)

I've been digging into the L.I.E.S. and BANK RECORDS catalogs. Very unique dark/heavy/industrial-tinged techno.

Bona Dish - "Tactile Sob" (1981)

Dolmen-"On the Eve of War [demo}"(1989)

4 song demo from Dallas black thrash meta pre-Absu members (including Equitant aka my old buddy Ray from Whole Foods Market).

DJ 2ROCK aka Richie Roc- "House Music NYC 80s Old School Mix"

My buddy Falvo posted this on social media and i was feeling it.

Uniform & The Body-"Come and See"

A new collaberation out soon on Sacred Bones

Patti Smith-"End of The World"(2017)

A beautiful song sung by Patti's beautiful voice. This was a pleasant surprise to the end of Mother! as the credits roll

Letta Mbulu-"Down by the River"(1985)

The System-"Find It In Your Eyes"(1983/2016)

I discovered this one on a great mix by Tommyboy. On the Music from Memory label.

Eleven Pond - "Watching Trees" (1986)

Willie Burns - "Waste Your Time" [Crème Organization] (2011)

Future Friday 4/6/18

I opened and closed this Future Friday. First 30 minutes and the last 30 of the night. Midnight and 330 respectively. Next one is tonight. Should be nice.
First Set
The Cure-"A Forest"
New Order-"Confusion [remix]"
Boy Harsher-
Depeche Mode-[Capitol Mix]"
Moev-
Carly Simon-"Why"
Mike Simonetti-"Bossa Nova Civic Bootleg"
Mike Simonetti-"Release Your Body" ft Santana

Second Set
Snap-"Rhythm is a Dancer"
Black Box-"Ride on Time"
Robin S-"Show Me Love"
New Order-"Temptation"
Prince'-"Erotic City"
Art of Noise-"Moments in Love"
Bobby Vinton-"Mr. Lonely" ------>  set closer for the night/then the lights came on

"Sunergy"-Suzanne Cinni and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (2016)

James Rod & Chris Massey - "Supernature Sunday [Mike Simonetti Remix]"(2018)

Falco - "Hoch Wie Nie (Rafael Cancian Edit)" (2017)

Sound Waves-"I Wanna Feel the Music"(1991)

Soulful, deep house off of the Strictly Rhythm dance label.

OMD-"The More I See You"

Taken from their PEEL Sessions. This track is on their second lp Organisation. I'm really regretting not seeing this synth duo a few weeks back at Terminal 5. They are one of the best bands ever- in my humble opinion.

Future Friday 3/2/2018

(I'm just now getting around to posting my sets from the last few monthly DJ gigs we had at Alphaville in Brooklyn, NY)

started at midnight:
Gift Wrap-"I Cry"
Fleetwood Mac-"Everywhere"
Book of Love-"Boy[USA Dance Mix]"
Pale Blue-"Daughter of Babylon"
ESG-"UFO"
Mr. Fingers-"Mystery of Love"
Shadow Kids-"Laughing at Jazz"
Bottin-"No Static"
Juan MacLean-"By the Time I Get To Venus"
Mike Simonetti & Johnny Jewel-"Hollywood Seven"
Kano-"I'm Ready"
Mike Simonetti-"Mike Feel Love [edit]"

Future Friday 2/2/2018

I had to be at work early the next day, so on this particular Friday night i only threw on 5 songs (and then went home relatively early)

Dust-"Trespass Against Us"
Vanity-"Nasty Girl"
Charlie-"Spacer Woman"
Sparks-"No. 1 Song in Heaven"
New Order-"Perfect Kiss"

 I definitely went out to dance after throwing that New Order song on :)

Andy Butler + TMO -"Pepsi Cola Jam"(2017)

From L.I.E.S. records.

Sylvester-"I Who Have Nothing"(1979)

Marshall Jefferson-"Ride The Rhythm"(1986)

Classic house track on Trax records.

Hardrive-"Deep Inside"(1993)

Earth Boys-"Trail Mix[Mike Simonetti remix]" (2018)

Mike Simonetti-"I Love You Mom"(2018)

Recently released via Correspondent Records.

Velvet Condom - "Kalter Lippenstift" (2012)

Jeanette - "Porque Te Vas 1974" (1977)

Homeboy (1988)

Mike Simonetti-Mix for Keinemusik(2018)

TMO & Andy Butler-"Pepsi Cola Jam"(2017)

Mike Simonetti-"Porto Funk"(2018)

Recently copped this white label from Italy. 

Terreke-"Mix 91"(2017)

Eddy Grant-"Walking on Sunshine"(1978)

This recently acquired album on cassette for only $1.99 is proving to be quite a bargain. So far i've only listened to side A, but it's pure [fire emoji].

Deep Pill-"Detroit Immortal"(2016)

Not to be confused with NYC's PILL, Deep Pill sound exactly like what you would expect from their name-deep techno. I recently copped the Seer cassette from Ascetic House for only $6. It's outtakes and what not from their previous album on the same label. It rips.

Jaakko Eino Kalevi feat. Farao - "Everything Nice" (2015)

Escape From New York - "Fire In My Heart" (1984)

Tunnelvisions - "Guava" (2017)

Pet Shop Boys-"Two Divided by Zero"(1986)

Pet Shop Boys' entire debut album is hit after hit and never gets old when listening from beginning to end.. Underrated in my humble opinion (although "West End Girls", "Love Comes Quickly" and "Opportunities" were hit singles).

My Mine-"Hypnotic Tango"(1983)

italo disco from 1983.

Domina - "You Got My Soul" (1984)

Krzysztof Komeda - "Lullaby" (1968)

Nightcrawlers"Luv Li Musik"(1982)

New reissue from Anthology allowed me to listen to these synth Kosmiche weirdos from Philly. A really great 2xLP.

Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (1984)

Manuel Gottsching of Ashra/Ash Ra Tempel. Early electronic music at its finest. Check out their website.

Mike Simonetti ft. Santana-"Release Your Body to the Best"(2016)

Gah this track is pure fire. So i recently acquired a handful of Simonetti 12" singles that i had listened to but not yet purchased the physical vinyl. I still have a love/hate relationship w/ vinyl btw. Still, I'm glad i now own all these Simonetti records.

Mike Simonetti-"Mike Feel Love"(2017)

Sick edit/remix by Simonetti.

Shadow Kids-"Nightsun"(2014)

Sick record i recently copped of Mike Simonetti + Secret Circuit. It was fun to learn this record label is out of Manchester.

Oasis-"Wonderwall"(1995)

Throwback to classic Brit Pop. Thanks to that Netflix show for getting this stuck in my head for days. According to Wiki "It is currently the most streamed 90s single on Spotify, with over 405 million streams as of February 2018"

Shura - "The Space Tapes" (2016)

MorMor - "Heaven's Only Wishful" (2018)

Bagarre Perdue - "Cowboy" (2018)

Pale Blue-"You Stopped Dying"(2018)

I'm pretty much just a Mike Simonetti hype machine at this point. I can't help it. He releases great music and puts out great original music of his own. I'll be getting this new Pale Blue EP out on Crosstown Rebels asap.

Ikonika-"Oral Suspension"(2017)

Another great acquisition from Commend. I heard this on a mix (cassette) tape i picked up by Kowton on L.I.E.S.

Black Box-"Everybody Everybody"(1990)

More greatness that is 90s house.

Robin S-"Show Me Love [Stonebridge mix]"(1992)

Remixed by Stonebridge. This is the only version of this song that matters (to me). Shout out to my man, Matt, that called me out for playing the wrong version of this the other night. All other versions DO sound wack, in comparison.

Lou Rebecca-"Tonight"(2018)

It figures that Italians Do It Better had a hand in this release, as well as Holodeck Records.

Grace Jones-"Breakdown"(1980)

Tom Petty cover version.

Professor Rhythm-"Bafana Bafana" (1995)

African house originally on cassette. Of course, reissued on Awesome Tapes from Africa. My buddy picked this lp up today at Commend in Manhattan. What a cool store.

Suicide - "Surrender" (1988)

Aax Donnell and Eric Malone - "Golden Cage" (1985)

Peter Gabriel ft Kate Bush-"Don't Give Up"(1986)

Sometimes YouTube does you right-After playing Godley & Creme "Cry" this auto-played. Directed by Godley & Creme.

Future Friday 1/5/17

These are the tracks i selected for first monthly dance party I'm proud to be a part of - Future Fridays:

Liquid Liquid-"Cavern"
New Order-"Turn The Heater On[Keith Hudson cover]"
Kate Bush-"Running Up That Hill"
A Certain Ration-"Shack Up"
Judas Priest-"Turbo Lover [Hi-Octane Mix]
~
Boy Harsher-"Country Girl"
Pale Blue-"One Last Thing"
Juan MacLean-"Happy House"
Love Letters-"Nag"
David Bowie-"1984"
Jamie Principle-"Your Love"
Twisted Wires-"Struck Twice"
Boan-"Babylon"
~
Godley & Creme- "Cry"
Roy Orbison -"In Dreams"

Pale Blue-"Journey Into Light"(2018)

Mike Simonetti's "Shoegaze/trance" band's latest single:

Mr. Pookie-"Crook 4 Life"(2000)

Reppin' Dallas, TX. From wiki: . He is most notable for having the biggest-selling (according to Soundscan) independent rap album from Dallas thus far, 1999’s Tha Rippla.

Krucifix Klan-"Bitches Can Be Gangsters Too"(2014)

Satanic horror-core from the South. These ladies used to rap w/ the likes of Three Six Mafia and Tommy Wright III.

Radiohead-"The Numbers"(2016)

Directed by P.T. Anderson. Jonny, Thom and an analog drum machine.

Legowelt - "This Is Not America (Smackos Emax Disco Remix)" 2016

Pat Metheny and David Bowie remix