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31 years ago today 👇
👉 The Bucketheads – The Bomb!
#1 Billboard dance chart
Title was accurate 😁
Alias of Masters At Work… and one of their finest moments if you ask me.
Agree?
#MastersAtWork #HouseMusic #90sDance #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
My favorite remixer ever?
👉 Arthur Baker.
The 80s had giants: Jellybean, Shep Pettibone, François Kevorkian…
But Baker wins it for me on creativity + quality.
He turns 71 today 🎂
Celebrating with the wonderful madness of:
👉 Billy Crystal – You Look Marvelous
#ArthurBaker #RemixCulture #Music
House inherited a lot from disco…
Including some of the old snobbery around dance music.
In 1990 Deskee turned that into a #1 👇
👉 Let There Be House
And yes… the video hairstyles are magnificent 😁
Did you have one?
#HouseMusic #90sDance #DanceMusic #ClubCulture #NowPlaying
Imagine being in a club where no alcohol is served, people dance until noon, and the DJ is treated like a spiritual guide rather than background entertainment.
That was Paradise Garage.
Could a place like that even exist today?
#disco #funk #music #musicsky
Six years ago today we lost Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk.
He was 73.
His impact on dance music, electronic music, and modern pop is immeasurable.
So let’s remember him with one of Kraftwerk’s best.
Your favorite song or album?
#Kraftwerk #FlorianSchneider #ElectronicMusic #DanceMusic
41 years ago today 👇
👉 Nu Shooz – Point Of No Return
hit #1 on the US dance chart
Proof they weren’t just about I Can’t Wait 😁
Absolute mid-80s gem.
Which do you prefer?
#NuShooz #80sMusic #DanceMusic #Synthpop #NowPlaying
Stevie B turns 68 today 🎂
One of the big Latin freestyle stars of the late 80s / early 90s.
Loads of dance hits…
Yet his biggest smash was a ballad 👇
👉 Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
Happy birthday Stevie!
#StevieB #Freestyle #80sMusic #90sMusic #NowPlaying
Claudio Cecchetto turns 74 today 🎂
Name not familiar? The productions will be 👇
👉 Sabrina – Boys
👉 Sandy Marton – People From Ibiza
My favorite though:
👉 Jovanotti – Libera l’anima
Buon compleanno Claudio 🇮🇹
Can you guess the sample he used?
#ItaloDisco #music #80sMusic #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
When America “killed” disco after 1979, dance music did not disappear.
It simply went underground, into clubs most of mainstream America barely knew existed.
That is where the next chapter of dance music was quietly being written.
#funk #disco #music #musicsky
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Yeah, from everything I’ve read, she could be quite a handful to work with 😁
Absolutely
Both solid choices!
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A killer soundtrack for this week’s post, that takes you back to the 1982 dancefloor.
Not quite disco, not yet later 80s synth-funk, but that in-between moment when dance music was reinventing itself.
Take a ride on the Time Machine.
#ParadiseGarage #LarryLevan #PostDisco #Music #Funk #Disco
= happy sunday 😁
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Todd Terry turns 59 today 🎂
One of the defining DJs/remixers of the 90s.
I’ll dive deeper into his story in a future episode, but for now…
👉 let’s celebrate with his remix of Missing by Everything But The Girl
A remix bigger than the original? 👀
#ToddTerry #HouseMusic #90sDance #RemixCulture
1992 👇
👉 The Shamen – Make It Mine
their 2nd of 4 US dance chart #1s
4 number ones in 2 years…
for a rave band from Aberdeen 😮
Quite the achievement.
Probably their least remembered #1 though.
Know the other 3?
#TheShamen #Rave #90sDance #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
Pete Shelley would have turned 76 today ❤️
Ever since writing about Homosapien, you know how much I love this man’s work.
This is another gem of his…
And one that makes me play air guitar + sing loudly every single time 😁
Your favorite Pete Shelley track?
#PeteShelley #Buzzcocks #NewWave
50 years ago today 👇
One of the most iconic disco songs ever hit #1 on the US dance chart.
I wrote a full episode on it last year…
👉 and to celebrate its 50th anniversary I’ve unlocked it for a short time.
Enjoy 👇
#Disco #DanceMusic #MusicHistory #70sMusic #TheTwelveInch
Back to 1988 👇
👉 S-Express – Theme From S-Express
#1 UK dance chart
Peak sample-era house…
when producers sampled first, apologised later 😁
Built around Rose Royce’s Is It Love You’re After.
Which do you prefer?
#AcidHouse #HouseMusic #80sMusic #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
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Dusty Springfield would have turned 87 today ❤️
One of the great voices in pop/soul history.
Happy birthday Dusty, wherever you are.
Celebrating with one of her lesser-known gems.
Your favorite Dusty track?
#DustySpringfield #SoulMusic #PopMusic #MusicHistory #NowPlaying
Samantha Fox turns 60 today 🎂
Yes yes… I know what she was famous for 😁
But also for bangers like:
👉 Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)
Happy birthday Samantha!
Guilty pleasure or genuine classic?
#SamanthaFox #80sMusic #PopMusic #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
Yesterday I mentioned Prelude artist Theo Vaness…
But Prelude also had disco-era success 👇
👉 Saturday Night Band – Come On And Dance, Dance
Entered the US dance chart this day in 1978
and peaked at #2.
Still a great disco record.
#Disco #PreludeRecords #70sMusic #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
Back to 1989 👇
👉 Madonna – Like A Prayer
#1 on the US dance chart this day
The era when every 12” had:
• one pop mix
• one house mix 😁
Pop met club culture.
I’m taking the house mix every time.
#Madonna #HouseMusic #80sMusic #DanceMusic #NowPlaying
On the A-side, you hear how a song like “Lowdown” finds the dancefloor.
On the B-side, you start asking different questions.
What if it had been on Saturday Night Fever?
And how different would things have sounded if it had?
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Unfortunately it’s not as easy as you might think. Not only are there limited playlists available, but I’ve noticed that my idea of “this was certainly played at the Paradise Garage” is not necessarily someone else’s idea 😁. This Friday’s post will shine a light on the Paradise Garage in the B-side.
Yep! Full marks 😁 Will do an episode on Beatbox in two weeks time
I think he would Cal. It's the record company that said no
I make an educated guess how much exactly on this week's B-side 😁
