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Bumrocks.com

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There is a Bumrocks Compilation coming out called El Bum. Check out this press release below for more info.

"El Bum" is a LP collection of super rare bootlegs and extended dancefloor trips presented by cult website Bumrocks.com.

Pushing the tradition of the mysterious Electric Funky Afro Sound series of LPs, "El Bum" packs 11 tracks spanning the sounds of d [...]

Obama Wins!

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I usually tend to keep this website to subject matter strictly of the musical nature but it is with great pride today that I call myself a citizen of the United States of America. I am proud of our nation realizing the error of our ways in the last eight years and looking beyond race, color, and creed to vote in a candidate that promises to bring with him change [...]

Digging in the Heartland

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I just found this interesting blog about digging for records all over the world called Jake Dragons. It follows three British record collectors as they travel from New York City to Austin, Texas. Check out some of the great records that they found!

New Mr. Scruff - Music Takes Me Up

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Check out this cool video for Mr. Scruff's new single featuring Alice Russell. The video shows Mr. Scruff's artsy animation style. The track has a great old fashion piano sounds mixed with modern soulful vocals.

Mr. Scruff - Music Takes Me Up

LA Will Make You Pay by Burton, Inc.

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DJs Kon and Amir rereleased this rare track by Burton, Inc. along with a brilliant DJ Kon edit of Everybody Party by the Firebolts. Forget about finding the originals but to find the reissue released by Kon and Amir's label On Track Records go to discogs.com. To grab it online check out DJ Kon's blog at Playin' 4 Keeps.

Cosmic Belearic Beats Compilation Vol. 1

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This is the first in a series of two compilations being released by the Belgium label, Eskimo Recordings that focus on a contemporary take on the balearic and cosmic sounds. Featuring tracks by Stratus, Maelstrom, Lullabies in the Dark, In Flagranti, and Ichisan along with a remix by DJ Cosmo. For more info about the release and the Eskimo label check them out online.

WFMU's Record Fair

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It's that time of year again. Time for the leaves to change color and just about everything served with pumpkin in it. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin latte, pumpkin ale, etc. Well lucky for us DJs and record collectors it is also time for the annual WFMU Record and CD Fair in New York City. This year happening on October 24 through the 26th at the Metropolitan Pavilion on 127th West 18th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. For more info and hotel reservations check out their websi [...]

New Artist's Spotlight: Dam Funk

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LA based funkmeister is tearing up dancefloors with his reinvention of 80s style funk. Dam has been on the LA scene for quite sometime now. (He helped produce some of Snoop Doggy Dog's records in the mid nineties.) Currently he is on Peanut Butter Wolf's label, Stones Throw Records which released his debut 12" "sidewayz." If you are in the LA area c [...]

Permanent Vacation

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I feel as though we at Tothedisco.com have been neglecting certain genres of eclectic dance music including house, tehcno, and hip hop so I'd like to introduce you to this German label, Permanent Vacation if you have haven't already heard of it. The Munich based label, consistantly puts out quality dub disco, house, techno, balearic, and just cool weird tracks. Some of the artists [...]

Pressing Vinyl

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I just thought I would post this great article about pressing up vinyl. It has some great information on the process for getting your tunes to vinyl properly, how to get a distributor, and names of pressing plants thoughout the world. We at Tothedisco.com want to promote any new music coming out on vinyl so please send us anything you may have. You can email us at info@tothedisco.com for f [...]

Isaac Hayes RIP

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It has been a long few months with many great legends passing away. Most recently Isaac Hayes passed away and I know this is a little late but I wanted to share this great tribute mix for Mr. Hayes I found from DJ Premiere.

DJ Premiere's Isaac Hayes Tribute Aug. 15th

Also below is an excerpt from the last interview Isaac Hayes gave to the LA [...]

Frankie Knuckles Interview

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The folks over at djhistory.com have allowed us to post this interview with the master of disco and inventor of house, DJ Fankie Knuckles from 1995.

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of dancefloor history knows Frankie Knuckles respectfully as the ‘Godfather of House’. Together with his childhood friend Larry Levan he ran wild on the early disco scene: his first job was s [...]

Barry Lederer RIP 1944-2008

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We at Tothedisco.com apologize for not posting anything about Barry Lederer's passing until now but we just heard the news over the weekend. Barry passed away on May 31 of natural causes. It's such a shame that Barry has passed away. He was a kind and generous person from the few times that I spoke with him on the phone.

Barry came onto the Disco/DJ scene from early on i [...]

Spend a Day with Gilles Peterson

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Defected Records has put together a nice little documentary following legendary DJ and label head Gilles Peterson around. The doc follows Gilles from presenting at a Cinematic Orchestra concert, to DJing at Southport Weekender. and finally to the goldmine that is Gilles treasure trove of records at Brownswood Studios. The salivation will be on your lips as you see Gilles' many [...]

Digging Lessons with DJ Kon and Amir

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XLR8R brings us a great look into the proper way to go crate digging in Manhattan's Lower East Side or LES for people in the know. Go to Kon's blog for video at Playin 4 Keeps.

Also don't forget to check out their "Off Track" mix album featuring all the great rare afro funk and disco tracks they are know for digging from [...]

Afro Juice and Tothedisco.com

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Tothedisco.com is sponsoring a new night in Boston called Afro Juice. Afro Juice is a combination of DJs and live music with the jazz, funk, soul , disco asthetic in mind. Coming up on July 13th is local guest DJ Joseph Colbourne. Colbourne was recently featured on the legendary Ebony Cuts radio show out of Sweden.

Check out mix section for an e [...]

How to Mix

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I just wanted to draw attention to this great blog entry about mixing varied tempos and musical genres. Over at the Cosmic Boogie Collective blog they posted an intertested article on how to mix disco. I thought it was quite interesting as over the years I've been switching from spinning the more typical house club music towards deep disco, funk, and soul. The author has some gerat ideas, escpecially on "chop mixing." Enjoy!

Lost Classic - Arnie Love and the Lovettes

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Here is the super rare track "We Had Enough" by Arnie Love and the Lovettes reissued by the Numero Group on the Recording Tap compilation. Arranged by Gene Redd with backing vocals from the "Lovettes" (Roberta Bivers and Linda Green) this track reminds me of UNiversal Robot Band's "Barely Breaking Even" for some reason. Perhaps its the subject matter of [...]

Afro Disco - Buari

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It's one of those great genres that is recently getting a lot of exposure at moment with many have been compilations released recently. One great artist of this genre is Buari, who grew up in Ghana and is a a singer, dancer, percussionist, composer and co-arranger. The track from the album we've picked is "Advice from Father" which features heavy drums from legendary drumm [...]

Godfather of Disco

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The documentary by filmmaker Gene Graham has finally made it's way to Boston via the premiere at the 24th Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. I've been anticipating this film for months now and to see it along with fellow Paradise Garage and West End Records enthusiasts was amazing.

For those who aren't familiar with this film, it's about the life of Mel Cheren, based on his autobiography "My Life and the Paradise Garage: Keep On Danc [...]