Some more old club footage

Enjoy the sounds of Panache "Sweet Music" playing through the video, from Brooklyn's indie ROTA label.

The second tune that fades after playing for a few seconds is some Disco Rap tune. I can even hear the guy's voice in my head, but I can't place it. Someone help me out, this is really bugging me as I know I have this somewhere.

1974 Documentary on the Regional DC Disco Scene

There is some great stuff in there like a Van McCoy interview, great DJ shots, some great tunes, footage of good dancers, and a cheesy news reporter that had me cracking up. Enjoy!

Foreal People are back in Brooklyn this Sunday, May 31st!

Foreal People are back with an "All Day Summer Jam" in Greenpoint, Brooklyn this weekend, Sunday, May 31st. From 1pm till 12 midnight, Fox 50, Benguin & Love On The Run will be at Cocoa 66's "MasterFleet" playing a mix of Jazz Funk, Disco, Boogie & Soul from NYC, Philly, Detroit and music from beyond...

JUNE 4th PETER REYES AT PUDDIN'!

We are pleased to announce Peter Reyes will be our special guest DJ at Puddin' on Thursday, June 4th downstairs at APT!

Expect nothing but the best disco, boogie, latin funk and more from this master of the groove.

Check out our interview with Peter below to learn more about the Disco Hall of Famer.

Some quick questions with Disco Hall of Famer Peter Reyes!

Well if you don't know, now you know...

Peter Reyes has been DJ'ing since the dawn of Disco, is in the Disco Hall of Fame at the library of Congress, was the resident DJ at The Monastary (the west coast's answer to The Garage that also had resident DJ Walter Gibbons), has been tearing up clubs for as long as most of us have been alive, has the full respect of his peers and industry insiders, but for some reason hasn't become a house hold name with the generation of youngsters now getting into the sound. I have a feeling this is going to change soon. I am happy to announce that Peter is going to be the next guest out our Puddin' party on June 4th, and I asked him a few quick questions to help give some of those not in the know some perspective on his long career in the industry.


When did you start DJ'ing, and how did you get mentored into the vinyl arts?

I started DJ'ing in 1974 when I was introduced to Tony Gonzales, who at the time was running some local venues such as the "The Mongoose", "The Penthouse", and "The Odyssey". Tony was a venue promoter & DJ in the Miami and Greater NY/NJ area. He had given me the opportunity to open for some of his guest DJs at his venues, including the likes of Francis Grasso (The Sanctuary), Richie, Kaczor (Turntable), and Frank Houlihan (The Ice Palace).

What are some of the clubs and countries you've DJ'd in over the years?

Some of the Clubs: The Clinic (U.K), The 25 Club (Germany), Eastside (Germany), Discovery(NJ), The Underground (NYC), Eagle's Nest(Seattle), Monastery(Seattle), Lotus(NYC), Eugene's(NYC), Sound Factory Bar(NYC), Canal Room(NYC), Avalon(NYC), SOBs(NYC), Copacabana(NYC), Centro Fly(NYC). Countries: Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K.



What was your favorite club to DJ at of all time, and why?

The Monastery in Seattle, WA. The Monastery was an Old Church, very similiar to the Limelight of NYC in the 80s. It was owned by George Freeman, from the Legendary Galaxy 21 (NYC). The sound system was put in by Richard Long. It was huge club that brought in 2000+ people Fridays and Saturdays. There I played 15 hr sets and would close out the nights with a sleeze format which became a signature closing. The club became a haven for up and coming performers like Madonna, Culture Club, Pointer Sisters, and other greats.

So how many records do you think you have at this point, and what are some of the styles you specialize in?

I probably have about 50,000 records (12"s & LPs) to include a few thousand 45s. Speciality: Mostly Rare Grooves (Disco, Rock, Jazz, Latin, Italo, and Soul Funk).



Tell us about "search and find", and some of the interesting people that you have come into contact with through that business?

In the early days, 12"s didn't exist, I just collected 45s. But on a day trip to NYC, Delancy street, I happen to wander into a basement record store which had a huge inventory of 45s and a good friend of mine and I spent from morning to dusk "diggin". Funny thing though, half the store's ceiling was caved in with water damage. And when the owner wasn't looking, we crawled behind the collapsed space to find real treasures. "Search and Find" is a multitude of stories from all over with all kinds of characters and situations that have served to build my music catalogue...besides being in several record pools through the years. And from DJing and selling records, I've created some great friendships that include the likes of Nick the Record, Mark Seven, Wingo, Greg Wilson, Dimitri from Paris, Kenny Dope, Paul "Trouble" Anderson, and so forth.





What do you have in store for Puddin'???

I'm working on 6 new edits that I will be dropping, plus a dozen or so edits from the early days to present. Enough said, be patient.

LOL thanks Peter!

Check out Peter's site: http://www.myspace.com/havanasoul1

Lord Rhaburn Combo - Disco Connection

Tough as nails Caribbean Disco-Funk

Gladys Knight - Its a Better Than Good Time - Walter Gibbons Mix

Pure Genius!

PUDDIN' Report!

Thanks to everyone involved for making this a great night out! The dancers came with the CRAZY energy. Lots of whistling, hand clapping, and general wilding out on the dance floor. Thanks for repping like that! Extra special thanks to Kon for laying it down, and seriously dropping the heat on them. It was a real disco beat down, and the heads just kept begging for more. We had to turn the lights on them to get them out!

Keep your eyes peeled for the next PUDDIN', and don't miss out, you will never forgive yourself!

Africa Bump - Unreleased Disco

At this point people must think I work for PPU or Lotus Land, but I don't! So this is not so much a "new release" announcement as much as it is a tip off.

The story is, Africa Bump was most likely never released back in the day, but I can't tell you much more than that, or I would have to kill you!

This is a limited release, so get it while it's hot or you will be crying disco tears when you can't score a copy. This is the only way you will ever have this unreleased disco monster!

LISTEN TO THE CLIPS

What About Love

I keep playing this one, getting hyped for tomorrow night!

Fist Of Facts Video - Rare As Hen's Teeth!!!

Thanks to the man Sal P (Liquid Liquid, Fist of Facts) for sending this one over. Previously unreleased, this is going to be part of the new EP. This is a serious snapshot of downtown NYC in the 80s.



It's been raining Fist of Facts on this blog the last couple of days. Read the last couple of blog posts to learn up on it. Dig it.

Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Lady O K'pele

Hanging with Sal the other night got me digging back into my 1980-ish No Wave/Punk Funk crates. This made me remember just how much I love Lizzy's criminally slept on "Mambo Nassau" LP.

In 1980 Lizzy went to Nassau with her drummer Bill Perry, where they recorded at Compass Point studios with legendary studio ace in the hole Wally Badarou. The result was a heavy mixture of Afro-Caribbean elements mixed up with Lizzy's artsy Punk Funk and Disco-Not-Disco stylings. This one is not for the average Joe/Jane casual listener, but more of a dedicated listening experience, as there is some pretty hardcore genre defying music on this LP. Lizzy was definitely an artist ahead of her time.

I hope you like the tune enough to search out the LP as a result. RIP Lizzy...

More Info on Sal P's "Fist Of Facts"

Taken from the Claremont 56 website:

Direct Link to The Label's Site

"What a result for Claremont 56 this is! Sat in storage on cassette tape for 25 years, these tracks are a part of music history and it’s an honour for me to have them on my label. None of them have ever been heard by the public and it will be released as a hand numbered, limited to 500 12″. A massive thank you to Sal for allowing me to release and share them.

Fist Of Facts began life in a basement studio on Ludlow Street, downtown Manhattan, in the mid-80s. The bastard child of Liquid Liquid’s Salvatore Prinicipato & Ken Man Caldeira (part of the Liquid Liquid extended family and original Liquid Idiot member) the band lasted nearly a decade during which they created a uniquely downtown New York sound evoking a musical, cultural and political construct that could only have evolved at that particular time in that particular place. The Fist Of Facts sound was mostly captured on a 4-track recorder synched to some long expired sequencing software, however, in performance the band could consist of Sal, Ken Man Caldeira and a computer or a nine piece ensemble replete with a horn section. Never standing still long enough to be defined, Fist Of Facts defied any attempt to stifle the spirit of their music and strove to avoid compromise, digging deep into the idiosyncracies of their personal experiences, political understandings and musical sensibilities. The band developed through it’s ever changing lineup of significant contributors who passed through the studio or took to the stage to help decorate the sound and make their mark. Amongst those who contributed to this evolution were Mark Cunningham, Felice Rosser, Don Dowdye, Carlos Vivanco, Genevieve Boulet De Monvel and many more.
Fist Of Facts strived to evoke the philosophy of the early Soviet film-maker Dziga Vertov who, in his cinematic manifesto, stated:
Simply: the factory of facts. Filming facts. Sorting facts. Disseminating facts. Agitating facts. Fists made of facts. Mountains of facts. Hurricanes of facts and individual little factlets."

Dig it!

So here is a photo of the 1st Fist Of Facts EP straight from my personal collection. The new EP is actually a completely different set of unreleased tunes not on this record, but it does include an updated version of "Fugitive Vesco" which appears on this 1st EP.

Sal P of Liquid Liquid and I on EVR last night

So after getting to know Sal over time, he was cool enough to hook me up with a couple of demo versions of tunes he recorded in the late 80s. I called him last night to ask if it was OK I play them on EVR, as I was a guest DJ last night. Not only was he cool with it, he told me he had more unreleased tunes from his post Liquid Liquid group "Fist of Facts" that he wanted me to hear. So I invited him down to the show with me last minute, and we were lucky enough to have him drop a couple of sick unreleased cuts on us. Apparently he is cleaning them up, and they should be released on a UK label this summer. Yay!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW


Oh yeah, I am DJ'ing quite a bit on this bitch, playing some weirdo stuff and some funky stuff and some Caribbean stuff, and some Afro stuff and some disco and some outer space shit too. Left field madness for sure.

Special thanks to Ron Morelli and Pete Leonard for hosting the show, having us as guests, and opening and closing out the show on the decks.

Hope you dig it, peace
Love On The Run