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Sometimes, you just have to kick it old school.

tracklist:

• Edwin Starr – 25 Miles
• The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
• Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine
• Junior Walker & the All Stars – (I’m A) Road Runner
• The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman
• Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
• Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – The Tears of a Clown
• The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
• The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
• Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
• Martha and the Vandellas – Quicksand
• Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
• Otis Redding – Shake

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it’s truly amazing how well motown and disco go together.  historically, this observation borders on intuitive given the close ancestry between the two musical styles.  regardless, it still revs me up to mix the two since i am such a big fan of both.  i found some nice Stevie Wonder vocals to throw over top of a recent track from Nighty Max called “Beach Hut.”  If you’re down, run over and check out his myspace.  It’s solid.

the astute among you might recognize this one.  it was in the first AC podcast.  i made it while i was putting tracks together for the first podcast cause i liked the Nighty Max track so much but I felt it needed vocals.  A lot of the current disco house that is being made (which isn’t too much. a lot of the so called “disco” being produced right now is not disco.  don’t let beatport and blogs ((or me, for that matter)) skew your perception of music!) with half bar samples of older tracks.  While the beats are getting a nice upgrade with the help of faster tempos and contemporary mixing techniques, the overall songs are, dare i say, a bit of on the boring side.  They are just so damn repetitive.  Personally, I like music that moves and takes you somewhere.  I can only surmise that this is why my mixing sounds kinda ADD at times.  I get bored listening to the same song for too long.   But, I digress.  Anywho, i’ve been working on a few original productions and a remix for the past 2-3 weeks, so in the meantime, i decided to finish this guy off and bounce him out just for you!  that’s how nice i am.

supermucho – It’s All Night [Nighty Max v Stevie Wonder]

also, the mailman did bring me something nice (though i will admit i had to wait a little longer than expected), so prepare for a new podcast real soon.  pending the northeast does actually get a snow storm rendering me trapped in doors, i may just record it this weekend.