On another radical nostalgia tip, BLOC resident EDMX recently made a podcast taking us as listeners on a journey through his formative years of listening to music. These shows are such a personal take on some of the finest pop records from the past twenty years, it sounds like Ed is sitting in your living room patiently talking you through his personal collection.
Radical nostalgia
METRO AREA RELEASE FABRIC
Get this:
The sublime Metro Area are releasing a Fabriclive mix - for anyone unfamiliar with the cool, clean sound of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani's Metro disco make sure you slam this one in your mobile listening devices and get to know it on a one-to-one basis. Nostalgia's never been so damn cool.
01. Babla's Disco Sensation - Ghar Aya Mera Pardesi (Intro)
02. World Premiere - Share the Night (Breakdown Mix)
03. Ministry - Work for Love (Dub Mix)
04. The Disco Four - Move to the Groove (Instrumental)
05. Skratch - You Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
06. Barbara Norris - Heavy Hitter (Dub Version)
07. Gary's Gang - Makin' Music (Dub Mix)
08. Voyage - Souvenirs
09. Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone (Long Version)
10. Ray Martinez - The Natives are Restless
11. Dreamhouse - I Can Feel It
12. Mascara - Baja (Instrumental Dub Version)
13. Play by Numbers - Cloud Nine (Ready Mix)
14. Midway - Set it Out (Funky Breakdown Mix)
15. Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
16. Data - Blow (Remix)
17. Atmosphere - Swede's Scandal
18. Wiretap - X-Rated Man
19. Plez - I Can't Stop (Acid Rainforest Mix)
20. Baby Oliver - Feelings 2
21. Jean Luc Ponty - Open Mind (Special Dance Mix)
22. Premiere Class - Poupée Flash
23. Devo - Freedom of Choice
We'd actually already booked Arabian Prince for BLOC before I in my ignorance discovered he was in the original NWA lineup with Dr Dre and Ice Cube. He's circled in red here on their iconic ''Straight Outta Compton'' album cover. Check out our BLOC myspace page for Arabian Prince's awesome electro track ''Professor X''.
If you're interested in where gangsta rap came from, this bio of Arabian Prince shows how he, Dr. Dre and another BLOC artist Egyptian Lover gave rise to a worldwide cultural phenomenon.
The lineup's coming so thick and so fast it's becoming virtually impossible to keep track of it even downtown here in the BLOC office. Check these latest, wild additions to see what we mean:
MODESELEKTOR
METRO AREA / 4HERO / EGYPTIAN LOVER / ALTERN-8
ARABIAN PRINCE / DYNAMIX II
SI BEGG / DJ GODFATHER / DANIEL BELL / I-F / HEARTBREAK
BIZZY B / DYLAN / 2 BAD MICE / BEARDYMAN
GLOBAL GOON / ULRICH SCHNAUSS / CLARK
Also, and this is damned exciting for everyone concerned - OVERKILL are curating and hosting a section of BLOC 2009!
OVERKILL are the archdukes of all things experimental, left-field and staggeringly awesome. They intend to introduce something from a place you've never been before to BLOC - so do watch out for that. ;)
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