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Balearic, Claremont 56, Paqua, Slow, Smooth, Soft

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Psychemagik, Richard Norris, The Mojo Filter, Tirk

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Ram Jam, Sir David Rodigan

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Acoustic, Laura Izibor, Modern Soul, Shine

Zappa does dancefloor :

  Frank Zappa – Dancin' Fool

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Disco, Frank Zappa, Prog Rock, Progressive Rock, The Mothers Of Invention

Link: Beats In Space #601 with DJ Steve

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Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Fuck Shit Stack, Reggie Watts

  Theo Vaness - I'm A Bad Bad Boy (Ray Mang Edit)

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Disco, Dutch, Eurodisco, Gay, Hi NRG, Ray Mang, Re-Edit, Theo Vaness

Taken from the excellent compilation AMERICANA – Rock Your Soul on BBE.

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Americana, Blue-eyed Soul, James Walsh, Rock Your Soul, Yacht Rock

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Boogie, House, It's The Arps, Nu Disco, Todd Terje

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Adult Rock, AOR, Blues, Tony Joe White

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Fungi Mama, Reggae, Tom Browne, Weirdo Disco

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Cover Version, Led Zeppelin, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Stairway To Heaven

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Michael Kiwanuka

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Boogie, Disco, Flight Facilities, Patrick Cowley, Two Tons O'Fun

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Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra

THE PLAYFOOLS – JANUARY 2012 CHARTS

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Alan Parsons Project, Alkalino, Cassian, Flight Facilities, La Bionda, Lazydisco, Linosaur, Mike Dunn, Nor & Haze, Solomun, Storm Queen, Todd Terje, Yuksek

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Almunia, Claremont 56, New Moon

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Boss RC30 Loopstation, Erobique, Kalle Mansen, Loops, Sampling

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DFA, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, Metro Area, Morgan Geist, Music Production, Nerd, Synthesizers, Todd Terje, Vintage Gear

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Benedikt, Ferrari, Johannes Paul II., Mutant Disco, Papst, Pope, Ratzinger

Ralph Myerz feat. Diana Ross & The Supremes – Something New (The Treatment Remix)

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Diana Ross, Island, Norway, Nu Disco, Outrun, Ralph Myerz, Smooth, Supremes, Treatment

Nickolas Ashford died today at the age of seventy. He blessed the word with beautiful music. May he rest in peace.

[audio:http://blog.discorocker.net/files/ashford-simpson-dont-cost-you-nothing-disco-mix.mp3|titles=Ashford & Simpson - Don't Cost You Nothing (Disco Mix)]
Ashford & Simpson – Don’t Cost You Nothing (Disco Mix)

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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (7” Mono Mix)

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Ashford & Simpson, Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Nck Ashford, Tammi Terrell, Valerie Simpson

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Italo Disco, Raffaella Carra

With a nod to Lexx who played this in his wonderful christmas boogie set…

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1980s, Boogie, Dutch Disco, Italo, Lexx

After two decades of crappy-sounding Chic CDs, Rhino finally got round to re-releasing the music of Nile Rodgers and the late Bernard Edwards in a proper package: THE CHIC ORGANIZATION BOX SET VOL 1

Not every track in this box is really essential. And those “rescue-a-pop-star-from-back-in-the-days-by-pouring-disco-chocolate-sauce-over-him” kind of productions (Johnny Mathis?) are about as necessary as a spray cheese. But that’s not the point here.

The point is that this is fun. TONS of fun. Hedonistic, careless, ultra-funky fun. Thank you, Rodgers & Edwards, for getting my tired winter feet back into wiggle mode!

And if you every wondered why musicians of this calibre have churned out teletubby-style lyrics like “Everybody Dance, Clap Your Hands, Clap Your Hands”, chances are it might just be their sense of humour – as the following example may prove.

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1970s, Bernard Edwards, Chic, Disco, Nile Rodgers, The Chic Organization

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Deep House, DJ Sprinkles, House, Masturjakor, Terre Thaemlitz

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Chicago House, House Music, Liz Torres, Master C&J, Quest

When it comes to fusing sugar-drenched sunshine sounds with sardonic lyrics in an arangement so tight that even Twiggy would suffocate, Becker & Fagen are the uncrowned kings of the 1970s.

Here’s a lesser-known groove monster of a track from their album Aja:

If your feet ain’t twitching to this you’re probably dead already anway ;)

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AOR, Donald Fagen, Soft Rock, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

Hans Hölzl at the peak of his powers. When it comes to fusing glamour with morbidity, there’s really no way in the world you can beat Vienna… can you?

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Amadeus, Der Kommissar, Falco, Ganz Wien, Hans Hölzl, Vienna