This is the soundtrack to the top secret African Space Programme, cosmic sounds for a funky exploration of deep space. Or something like that…. 01 Francis Bebey – Super Jungle 02 Zazou, Bikaye & CY1 – Lamuka 03 Eddie Hooper – Tomorrow’s Sun 04 Ozo – Anambra 05 G Lawani – Tayata 06 Shina Williams…

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Editions Syliphone Conakry was the most famous of a number of state-funded labels set up in Guinea post-independence under the cultural policy known as Authenticité, the purpose of which was to revive and modernise the arts, especially music, while still remaining faithful to traditional roots. Regional orchestras were established throughout the country, including Bembeya Jazz…

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Been a while since I’ve posted about records I’ve been buying, and aside from Kenny’s efforts we’ve certainly become pretty slack in that department recently, I blame pipecock for dedicating more time to making music than just talking about it! Anyway, there’s been a few new releases and new reissues that have really impressed me…

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A new mix from me, kind of a tribute to the summer that never came and dreams of sun drenched beaches in Tropical lands. Mostly late 70s to mid-80s disco, boogie, and funk with some tropical flavours. gmos24 – Tropical Holiday

This is a mix of Walt J tracks and some other stuff from DOW Records. A lot of this stuff is now being reissued, so no excuse not to buy them! download link here!

The good folks over at mntothat invited me to do a guest mix for their excellent Amen Brother series a while back. I’d been thinking of doing a follow up to my Nigerian Boogie Funk mix from last year anyway, so it seemed a good fit for them. This mix features all Nigerian tracks from…

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Hey folks, just a quick heads up for anyone around Dublin on Saturday. Detroit techno legend and ISM favourite Anthony “Shake” Shakir is in town. Support comes from ISM’s Kenny Hanlon and Pogo resident Barry Redsetta. Proper! There’s a short interview with the man over on mntothat http://mntothat.com/shake-interview/ And here’s a mix I made of…

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Just a quick round up of some new releases I’ve been feeling in the past couple of months and a nice interview with Victor Rosado… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Um3ahDkKHc Theo Parrish’s remix of About Group’s You’re No Good is his trademark deeply layered grimey house cut, with heavy bass, jazz keys, and vocal samples shimmering in and out….

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First off, apologies for the lack of activity here recently, but hopefully this will help put you all back in a good mood, just a mix with lots of my fav deep house, no messing about. Tracklist: 01 Kuniyuki – All These Things (Theo Parrish Vocal Interpretation) 02 Reggie Dokes & Delano Smith – Limuel…

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Here’s a short Sun Ra mix I did as a promo for this weekend’s Sun Ra Birthday Celebrations with Mike Huckaby (see previous post). It focuses on the late 70s and early 80s period which was probably his grooviest period, should serve as a nice primer for those unfamiliar with his work. 1 Sleeping Beauty…

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The MN Collective have a very exciting weekend lined up for us with Detroit’s Mike Huckaby running tings on both Friday and Saturday night this weekend. Friday night will be a celebration of the music of Sun Ra in the Grand Social, one of the most forward thinking musicians of the 20th Century, he was…

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More African goodies for you all, this time we travel to East Africa, Ethiopia to be precise. Legendary Ethiopian musician and composer/arranger Mulatu Astatke studied music in England and the USA in the 60s and started fusing jazz, funk and latin music with traditional Ethiopian music. He then took what he learned back to his…

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Here’s a link to a mix I did for FattyFattyMusic showcasing Nigerian club music between around 1979 and 1989. Covers disco, boogie, funk, electro-funk and other club traxxxx. http://fattyfattymusic.com/2010/11/07/nigeria-go-survive/

Right now! http://www.stickam.com/rahaanmuzik

FattyFatty is launching a bi-monthly night of disco and house music, featuring Irish DJs and live-acts alongside international guests. Rahaan has been invited back once again to launch tings. All details available on the fattyfattymusic blog and while you’re there check out the exclusive Rahaan mix from when he played here in Nov 2009. Check…

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Yo, quick heads up for anyone around Dublin this Sunday (19th Sept), myself and 12Sundays Louis Scully will be spinning all kinds of funky stuff from 6-12 in The Bernard Shaw pub. 12Sundays is an end of weekender in the Shaw that has hosted free gigs from the likes of Theo Parrish, Rahaan, Recloose, Danny…

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Those of you paying attention may have noticed both tom and myself hyping releases on this label over the past couple of years. For those who don’t know, PPU is a Washington DC based label run by Andrew Morgan, specialising in rereleasing obscure private press and unreleased 80s funk jams. I think their first release…

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Recordings from our night with Rahaan, including warm up sets from myself and The Don, are now available on the Fatty Fatty blog.

Hey, just a heads up for the Irish readers out there, Fatty Fatty and Downtownsounds presents DJ Rahaan from Chicago on Friday June 11th at a newish venue in Dublin, Space 54. Myself, Nic Keane and the Don will be providing the support warming things up for one of the world’s best disco/house djs. Doors…

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Tom did a round-up pretty recently but here’s another glut of D related goodies from some other sites. First, you all have to check out this sick video mix from Terrence Parker, cutting and scratching house and disco with some style for a St Petersburg based radio station. I’m not always mad on DJs doing…

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