Harvey on XFM - London Xpress show - 22.12.01

Harvey - XFM London Xpress 221201 by Domtuck on Mixcloud

Good friend of mine Dom Tuck seems to have been raiding his Mini-Disc archives from the turn of the millenium, good news is he's unearthed some absolute beauties and has started sharing them very quietly and without a fuss over on his Mixcloud.

Get on this one - none other than DJ Harvey during the London Xpress era on XFM. They used to hold some killer parties at The Leopard on Sunday afternons featuring amongst others, Harvey, Weatherall and Rocky & Diesel. 

More to come from this series. Enjoy

Harvey goes Record Shopping

DJ Harvey Goes Record Shopping from Oyster Magazine on Vimeo.

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Disco Deviant News

Pretty glad January is out the way seemed to drag a bit, Feb's here and off to a flying start with the Go Bang & Maxxi boys both throwing great parties last Friday. Tensnake was really good.

Ok so down to business, couple of nights I want you to know about in Feb.

First is our monthly session Above Audio - each month I invite a guest to join me for the evening, been pretty good overall with some extra sound, £4 cocktails and free entry complimenting the tunes nicely.

This Friday 11th Feb, I am joined by Alphabet City from 10-3am Above Audio - FREE entry - £4 cocktails

Brighton-based Rob Fahey – AKA Alphabet City – is one of the fastest-rising producers on the nu-boogie/disco scene having been responsible for the brilliant ‘Turn Me Up’/’Lowdown’ single on Finland’s Traveller Records and 'Lay it on the Line' released on Lazy Days Recordings (complete with Fred Everything reworks)... In the coming months he has singles due out on Under The Shade (with remixes from Toby Tobias and Downtown Party Network) and  the brand new edits label from NYC - Alpha Beta.

Looking forward to him joining me for an evening on the decks

Friday 25th Feb - Disco Deviant: Greg Wilson, Pablo Contraband & Matthew Burgess (Lowlife) - Audio

Great line up, exclusive Brighton gig for Greg, introducing Lowlife's Matthew Burgess to the mix, tickets selling fast. Big party on the cards for us to enjoy. Advance tickets are £7 +bf / £10 door and are available from the following:

Online: RA LINK - Skiddle LINK

Shops: Rounder Records 01273 325440, Resident Records 01273 606 312, Dance2 01273 220023
Addict Clothing, Dukes Lane 01273 721 640
Lust, Gardener St, 01273 699 344

Looking forward to seeing loads of you there.

Diary dates :
Norman Jay: Audio - Fri  Mar 18th 
Andrew Weatherall: Audio - Fri Apr 15th
DD basement party @ The Globe - Sat Mar 19th

Here's a link to some tracks that DJ HARVEY took his razor to, if you haven't heard or got them see what you think (Black Cock) edits
password: simplygoodmusic

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DJ Harvey & Ben Monk mixes

One from Harvey on the Sarcastic Disco tip, worth checking out the man, when's he gonna hit the UK though?!

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Fresh bit of disco selecting from Ben Monk, decent cuts pretty much all on the vocal disco and deep house tip, he's come down from Nottingham to Brighton fairly recently and will soon be contributing to the blog so have a listen to get an idea of his tastes.
  Ben Monk - Love To Love Mix by Ben Monk
1 - Satin Silk & Lace - Your Love
2 - Surface - Falling in Love (InnerWest Soul Tight as you like edit)
3 - The Dead Rose Music Company - Just A Bitter Love
4 - My Pair of Shoes - If You Really Want It (Cosmic Boogie Remix)
5 - Valentine Brothers - Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
6 - Chaz Jankel - You're My Occupation (2007 Remake)
7 - Lord Of The Isles - Miles To My House
8 - Tal M Klein - Unicorn in The Garden
9 - Giulio DJ - Inner Life
10 - Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love (Manuel Tur Remix)
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Deviant Beasts - Freebies from the web selected by us

  Eddie Amador - House Music ( Leo Zero Remix ) by Leo Zero

  NAS 'Blaze a fifty' ( Leo Zero Re-work ) by Leo Zero

Prince fatty Freebie on itunes HERE Nice reggae track 

Mark E - November Mix
  Mark E Mix November 2010 by warmhq

  Brand New Heavies - Shelter (Harvey Rmx) (Edit) by Alkalino

  AOR DISCO EXCLUSIVE #44: Shadow Dancing (Ed Zone's The Other One Edit) - Andy Gibb by AOR DISCO

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Plus one that you will have to buy on good old vinyl if you want it
  The Popes - Bastards (Idjut boys version) by Claremont 56

Plus Juno have put up a free track advent calender where you get a freebie every day simply by tweeting or facebooking it - Take a look I just grabbed an nice In flagranti WAV for nada!! LINKAGE

I don't know why I love you (A Tom Moulton mix ) - BNH

Love this track - been playing it out recently. Harvey closed in Paris with this.

And for my first post....

Big thanks to Pablo Contraband for inviting me to contribute to the ever popular Disco Deviant blog - I'll mostly be introducing a selection of new and old music which you may know & love or may have long forgotten in a dance floor daze....

Setting the mood and mellow pace, first up for the Deviant treatment is "Fly Away / Walking In Sunshine" released by Laid Back in the summer of 1984.

Laid Back were Tim Stahl & John Guldberg who hail from Denmark - which explains the occasional Euro-land lyric.

The track first appeared on Germany's Metronome Records as a B side - the flip was the underground favourite, "White Horse", an electro-funk track of epic proportions which - at the insistence of Prince - was included on the B side of the original 12" pressing of "When Doves Cry"....good on you, little purple man.

This balearic gem won't be a stranger to some of you - being an end of night tune favoured by a certain DJ Harvey - "Fly Away.." clocks in at just under 8 1/2 minutes and through it's hypnotic, gently modulating main riff, softly sung vocals, ba-ba-ba-ba chorus and steel drums, the track always evokes warm, sunny vibes......aaah, sunshine......enjoy!