Rounding up my favourite records from this year (and what a great year it’s been for electronic disco – there’s been some amazing music released).

2009 retrospective pt.1

Touch Sensitive ~ Body Stop
Atomico ~ Disco Fantasy
Beard Science #4 ~ Clean Energy (Harrison Fraud edit)
Bent ~ Always (Mighty Mouse mix)
Atlantic Conveyor ~ We Are
Casinoboy ~ Timerider
Detroit Experiment ~ Think Twice (Mark E mix)
Eddie Tour ~ Come In To My Life
Mikki ~ Dance Lover (Dub)
Situation ~ Love In Me
Craig Smith ~ The Soul (Part II)
John Talabot ~ Sunshine
Dirt Metal Choir ~ Body Dub
Neighbour ~ Phyllo
Ledgroove ~ Being 90s Thru The 80s
Shit Robot ~ Simple Things
Partners In Crime ~ Get In To It

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2009 retrospective pt.2

Arcadion ~ Fly Vision
Billy Bogus ~ Alphabet City
Floating Points ~ Love Me Like This (Nonsense dub)
Eddie C ~ Let Your Mind Be Free
Black @!#$ ~ Shine On
Eddie C ~ Make It Better
AN-2 ~ From Now On
Crimea X ~ 10pm
Nick Chacona & Anthony Mansfield ~ Swungfunk
Phreek Plus One ~ That’s It
M ~ Pop Muzik (Todd Terje mix)
Chamboche ~ Ipso Facto
Zopelar ~ Don’t Give An End
Steve Kotey & Max Essa ~ 1986
DJ Agent 86 ~ Magic
Weirdo Police ~ Electronic Cretin
Hip Kid ~ Move My Mind
Filipsson & Lindblad ~ Pleasure Treasure
Dee Dee Sharp ~ Nobody Can Do What You Do (Chalk Hill edit)
Automats ~ Guardian Angel

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2009 retrospective pt.3

DJ Agent 86 ~ Disco Dancin’
J Boogie’s Duntronic Science ~ Together (Crazy P mix)
Tal M Klein & Anthony Mansfield ~ Disco Villainy
Beatfanatic ~ Automatic
Messengers ~ First Left
Los Charly’s Orchestra ~ Some Of The Things (Joey Negro’s dub)
Sloppy Seconds ~ The Sound
K.I.D. ~ Hupendi Muziki Wangu
Dorothy’s Fortress ~ Milo’s Revenge
Popular Peoples Front ~ Space Race
Fat Camp ~ Put A Little Jam On It
Eddie Tour ~ Heartache
Walter Jones ~ Living Without Your Love
Lovebirds ~ Out Into The Night
Beatfanatic ~ Hot
Social Disco Club ~ The Way You Move (GW edit)
Beard Science 4 ~ Clean Energy (Harrison Fraud edit)
D-Train ~ Keep On (Space Rangers edit)

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Thanks for all your support over the year, it’s very much appreciated.

Here’s to 2010!

Cheers

Blackie

The Main Ingredient ~ Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
Sin & Soul ~ Pope
Popular Peoples Front ~ Work The (Fuzz) Box
Glitter Band ~ Makes You Blind
Barerra ~ Oyasumi
Wild Card ~ I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On Robert (J Lo edit)
Methusalem ~ Robotism
Change ~ Paradise
Billy Ocean ~ Stay The Night
Love De Lux ~ Here Comes That Sound (SDC edit)
Carol Williams ~ Can’t Get Away
Eddie Tour ~ Feel Like Dancin’
Ors ~ Moonboots (Tom Moulton)
Eddie Tour ~ Come Into My life
Billy Bogus ~ Alphabet City
Touch Sensitive ~ Body Stop
Asso ~ Don’t Stop
Windjammer ~ Tossing & Turning
Beard Science ~ Clean Energy (Harrison Fraud edit)
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ~ Who Loves You

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Beard Science ~ Elbow Patches (T.Tauri edit)
The Bee Gees ~ Jive Talkin’
Bar-Kays ~ Let’s Have Some Fun
Keymatic ~ Breakin’ In Space
Dubble D & Rakim ~ Soul Squelch
Melba Moore ~ You Stepped Into My Life
Brick ~ Dazz
Dunn Pearson ~ Groove On Down
Ashley Beedle ~ Party Line
Earth Wind & Fire ~ Drum Song
Jupiter ~ Submarine 5
Herb Alpert ~ Rise
Joker ~ African
Sylvi Foster ~ Hookey
Sheer Taft ~ Cascades
Crimea X ~ December
Arpadys Disco & Co. ~ Phantom Rock
Stars n Bars ~ Stars & Bars
Macho ~ Mucho Macho
Chaka Khan ~ Move Me No Mountain

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Herbie Hancock & Sylvester ~ Magic Number
Messengers ~ First Left
Chaka Khan ~ Clouds (Blackjoy edit)
Boz Scaggs ~ Lowdown
Terri Wells ~ I’ll Be Around
Aretha Franklin ~ Jump To It (BC edit)
Beggars & Co. ~ (Somebody) Help Me Out (Friction edit)
Disco Deviance ~ Magnificent Disco (BC edit)
Patrick Cowley ~ Get A Little
Fat Camp ~ Put A Little Jam On It
Lovebirds ~ Out Into The Night
Beatfanatic ~ Hot
Rove Dogs ~ Why Don’t You (Dub)
Mach ~ On & On (Leftside Wobble edit)
Unlimited Touch ~ Brand New (Fat Camp edit)
K.I.D. ~ Hupendi Miziki Wangu
Dorothy’s Fortress ~ Milo’s Revenge
Lucy Hawkins ~ Gotta Get Outta Here

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Billy Griffin ~ Hold Me Tighter In The Rain
Lou Rawls ~ You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Sass ~ Much Too Much
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes ~ Wake Up Everybody
The Supremes ~ It’s Time To Break Down
The Chi-lites ~ Have You Seen Her
The Isley Brothers ~ The Highways of My Life
Marvin Gaye ~ Symphony (Undubbed version)
Spanky Wilson ~ That Love That A Woman
Al Green ~ Still In Love With You
The Stylistics ~ Betcha By Golly Wow
Chaka Khan ~ Better Days
Roberta Gilliam ~ All I Want Is My Baby
Atlantic Starr ~ Silver Shadow
Natalie Cole ~ Annie Mae
Thelma Houston ~ You Used To Hold Me So Tight
Patti Labelle ~ Deliver The Funk
Loose Ends ~ Magic Touch
George Benson ~ Turn Your Love Around
McKay ~ Thinking Of You
George Duke ~ Reach For It
Archie Bell & The Drells ~ Strategy
Eighties Ladies ~ Turned On To You
Loose Ends ~ Hanging On A String (Frankie Knuckles mix)
Donna Washington ~ ‘Scuse Me While I Fall In Love
Courtail ~ Losing You

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Hola!

A fair few of our crew are celebrating birthdays during October, so that’s reason enough for a very big mash up (like we need an excuse, anyway).

Saturday 17th’s knees up is upstairs at the newly refurbished Compass, Islington, followed by a recovery/carry-on-raving session at the Big Chill bar, off Brick Lane, the next day.

Purple Radio DJs will be manning the decks, so see you on the dancefloor.

Cheers

Purple Radio

Loleatta Holloway ~ Hit & Run
Windy City ~ Windy City Theme
Maxine Singleton ~ Don’t You Love It
Beatfanatic ~ Hot
Space System ~ A Step Closer
Esther Phillips ~ All The Way Down (Leftside Wobble edit)
Daniel Wang ~ Like Some Dream
Dirt Metal Chior ~ Body Dub
Popular Peoples Front ~ Space Race
Donna Allen ~ Serious
Atomico ~ Disco Fantasy
Clean Energy ~ Harrison Fraud edit
Dubble D & Rakim ~ Soul Squench
Who Knows ~ Who Cares
Eddie Drennon ~ Do It Nice & Easy
Jollymusic ~ Minimoog Dreaming
Leroy Hutson ~ Love The Feeling (Idjuts edit)
Dennis Edwards ~ Don’t Look Any Further
Don’t Ask ~ Wont Tell
Franci Joli ~ Gonna Get Over You

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Eddie Kendricks ~ Girl, You Need A Change Of Mind
Cameo ~ She’s Strange
Star ~ Another Love
The Delfonics ~ Ready Or Not, Here I Come
Millie Jackson ~ All The Way Lover
Jean Carn ~ We Got Some Catchin’ Up To Do
Bobby Womack ~ Nobody Wants You When You’re Down And Out
Donny Hathaway ~ The Ghetto
Nancy Wilson ~ Ode To Billy Joe
Margo Thunder ~ Expressway To Your Heart
Odyssey ~ Native New Yorker
Jesse Henderson ~ I Did It Again
The Jacksons ~ Blues Away
M.F.S.B. ~ Love Is The Message
Minnie Riperton ~ Adventures In Paradise
Stevie Wonder ~ I Was Made To Love Her
Jermaine Jackson ~ Where Are You Now
Billy Paul ~ The Whole Town’s Talkin’
Roy Ayers ~ Sweet Tears (Disco version)
Ashford & Simpson ~ Bourgie Bourgie (Joe Claussell mix)
Commodores ~ Machine Gun (Situation re-edit)
Earth Wind & Fire ~ Star

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Kano ~ Can’t Hold Back Your Loving
Lamont Dozier ~ Going Back To My Roots
Orlando Johnson ~ Turn The Music On
Popular Peoples Front ~ Space Race
Bent ~ Always (Mighty Mouse remix)
Mr Scruff ~ Cheeky
Jazzy Dee ~ Get On Up
Loose Change ~ Straight From The Heart
Daniel Wang ~ Get Up Get Up
John Talbot ~ Sunshine
Popular Peoples Front ~ Sweet Music
Wham! ~ Club Tropicana (Todd Terje re-edit)
The UB’s ~ Too Much Love
Chaka Khan ~ I Feel For You
Jackie Moore ~ This Time Baby
Brothers Johnson ~ Stomp
Hamilton Bohannon ~ Let’s Start The Dance Again
Rose Royce ~ Is It Love Your After
Yardborough & Peoples ~ Don’t Stop The Music

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