During our recent visit to the homeland Chicago to play Noe & Fred’s Souvenir party we finally got a chance to hang with Phillip Stone. Many of you may already have this guy’s stuff, just check your iTunes and search for “Phil Edit” or “Phil’s Dub”, that’s where we first saw his name. For year’s Phil has built a name for himself getting his super-DJ-friendly edits of new heat and classic cuts (which he makes with Audacity!!! go figure) into the right hands. Plus with advanced mixing skill, extraordinary programing ability and a slew of high profile DJ gigs opening for the big boys in his home town, it is commonly noted that Phil Stone is Chicago’s best DJ. We’re real pumped to have his contribution to the Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast and seems very fitting to have Phil close out one hell of an amazing year! Closer was a hoserrrrrr

Tracklist:
Patchworks – Panama’s Break
Patchworks – Labroke Grove
Shenoda – Do What U Wanna
MarcAshken & Matt Tolfrey – Babygirl (Daniel Sanchez’s 13 mins of Love Rmx)
Chris Lattner – Deep as Hell (Pezzners Sub Floor Dub Mix)
Ryo Murakami – Lost it
Rene Breitbarth – More Doris
Unknown – Feel Love (Bel Ti Caf Edit)
Unreleased
Dj Yellow presents Mindz Kontrol Ultra – No Way You Can Sleep
Unreleased
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #2
Jef and Chris – Fever (unreleased)
Unreleased (edit of mine)
Nite People (Garage Mix)
Yannah/Eddy – No One’s Gonna Love You (Ilija Rudman Rmx)

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 62: Phil Is Ill
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**HOLIDAZE BONUS FREE DOWNLOAD**
It would be uncivilized to have a podcast from Phillip Stone without giving away one of his edits! So Happy Holidaze from Soul Clap and Phil, here’s a bomb for ya:
Hot Chocolate – Cadillac (Phils Dub Edit) DOWNLOAD

2009 was without a doubt the year that Soul Clap’s edits and bootlegs got the worlds attention.  It all started with a burning passion for classic pop music followed by a newfound obsession with Ableton LIVE.  Soul Clap’s prior production techniques found them held hostage by Logic in an unbelievably slow moving world of “Core Audio Errors” and system crashes.  I mean really, WTF?  Who would have thought a $3,000 Dual Core Mac and software investment would lead to such misery? Sorry… had to vent, where were we… right…

This powerful combination of theory and method resulted in a slew of projects that would go on to shape the Soul Clap sound and with the support of the Brooklyn based megalith Wolf + Lamb as well as countless DJ’s around the globe, this force has bolstered a new trend in dance music.

The “RnB FreE.P.” is the first installment of Soul Clap’s free music series.  This series will showcase unreleased, but dance-floor-tested material for free download on our website.  This first release is a special thank you to our fans and supporters this holiday season. With an R ‘n B theme, the FreE.P. features reworks and remixes of famed Bostonian Bobby Brown’s late 80’s hit “Humpin Around”, fallen diva Aaliyah’s seductive “Rock The Boat” and 90’s Waco Texas based pop quintet Hi-Five’s Kissing Game all mastered by Gadi Mizrahi @ The Marcy Hotel.

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Please note, this music is made out of a labor of love, but as we all know, love is really hard to eat.  So, for those sympathetic to the art of starving there is a choice for optional donation.  All proceeds will go to the making of more dope dance music by Soul Clap!

Sure has been awhile since we posted anything about Soul Clap releases, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy putting music out on both our label homes (Airdrop and Wolf + Lamb). Since we last posted about our MJ Edits EP on W+L in August, we’ve had our first all original artist EP “The Definition” released on Airdrop 12″ vinyl + digital. Then in October our second Wolf + Lamb Black 12″ vinyl release, the “Pop Edits” was sent out into the word. Next, mid-November our remixes of No Regular Play’s “Smiling Faces” & “Derecha” hit Beatport, with both breaking the deep house top 100 and Smiling peaking at #22. Finally, this week, our collaboration with Le Loup, “I Want You” was featured as a digital bonus on W+L’s Significant Others Too EP. For those of you paying attention, Baker Man Edit comes out on AUX 12″ vinyl this month and we’ve got loads more instore for 2010, so stay tuned!

Don’t forget, you can stream all our releases for free and find links to buy the full versions in Our Music section!

So a couple weeks ago we got a message from our website from someone named Leonardo Machado. He said something like “I’m 15 years old, from Venezuela and I have this mix and was hoping maybe you can podcast it”. We love our fans and the first 2 tracks were Wicked Game Edit and 3 Wheel E-Motion, so we said what the heck let’s give it a listen. Guess what, it was awesome. It’s taken us a little while to get our act together and post the episode and he’s updated the mix a bit, but we’re just super excited to have the chance to get an awesome mix out to you from a bonafide DJ prodigy. And to you Leonardo, we say, keep up the good work!

Mini Bio:
“Leonardo begin to listen electronic music in 2007, when he feel atracted to the sets of Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, Sascha Dive. In this year he was knowing others genres of electronic music like Minimal House, Nu House, and this year at the age of 15 years old he began to mix minimal music. He’s dream is being in a producer and found his own label. This podcast is influenced in Nu House and Deep house music From Venezuela.”

Tracklist:
Above Smoke – Downtown
Soul Clap – Wicked Game
STL – Neurotransmitting Clouds On The Secret Freeway
Maik Loewen – Soul Of A Sampler
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #6 (Original Mix)
Gamutino – Feedback
Nina Kraviz – Pain In The Ass
FALSE – Fieldleft (Original Mix. Digital Only)
Just One Night – Just One Night (Theme Song)
Moodymanc – Omlette (Original Mix)
Sante – Dambalaa

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 61: LM, Mean DJ Machine At 15
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Another month, another silly Soul Clap interview. This time with UK based fashion/culture/music trendsetter Dazed Magazine’s digital edition. Read the whole thing here.

Somewhere along our last European tour we were in Berlin and our good friend Voitek (spelled Wojchiech, believe it our not) from 3 Channels aka Catz ‘n Dogz told us it was time to go to dinner. So to dinner we went, and when we got there we met Jay Shepheard. Jay is from the UK, but recently made the pilgrimage to Berlin along with so many others in search of dance music’s holy grail (which we think is actually somewhere in NYC!).

Jay is a kick ass DJ and solid producer with the bulk of his catalog on Munich’s Compost Records and Compost Black. Remix-wise he’s done work for Buzzin’ Fly, Four:Twenty, Dirt Crew and Faze Action to name a few. But that’s not really the point, the point is that after drinking many very tall beers and talking plenty of shit, we went back to Jay’s place (conveniently located across the street from the Neo-Nazi’s) to skin up and talk some more shit. While shit-talking, Jay put on this mix he recorded LIVE and we were like, ROCKINNNNN! So, away we go…

Tracklist (finally):
1. Moxie – “Bloddy Cheaky” – Moxie
2. The System – “You Are In My System” (Tee’s Freeze mix) – Atlantic
3. Talking Heads – “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” (12″ Mix) – White
4. Sugardaddy – “Love Honey” – Tirk
5. Unknown – “Pull Up To The Bumper” (Compass 12″ Dub mix) – Ballroom
6. ESG – “Pary Music” (Party mix) – Tigersishi
7. Gerogio Moroda “I Wanna Rock You” Disco Rotic
8. Lindbeak & Lindstrom “Alien In My Pocket” (Prins Thomas mix) – Modal
9. Morgan Geist “Probs” Environ
10. Popular Peoples Front – “?” – Popular Peoples Front
11. Blackjoy – “La Stache” – Art Of Disco
12. Black Leotard Front – “Casual Friday” (instrumental) – DFA
13. Todd Terje “Eurodans” Full Pup
14. Richie Havens “Going Back To My Roots” Electra
15. Bumper “Detroit” MDEX
16. Moxie “MX006 B” Moxie
17. Casco “Cybernetic Love” Radius
18. Soft House Company “A Little Piano” Irma
19. Serge Santiago “Atto D’Amore” (dub version) Arcobalino

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 60: Jay Shepheard Live in Stockholm
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The final installment of this 3 part podcast series brings us into the peak time Pop vibes of our DJ set at Emmanuel’s Party Bucket in Leeds, UK. We’d been gigging all weekend at this point beginning Friday night at Watergate in Berlin and then Saturday in the depths of Dalston (London), so as you can imagine the energy was through the roof sexy.

Big shout out again to the London/Leeds massive for being top notch hosts during our last tour and the endless musical support!

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 59: Soul Clap in Leeds Pt. 3
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Continuing on the catch up tip, here are links to a couple interviews that went up while we were on tour. Hopefully we don’t sound like mega douches

Mazi’s September House Music Circles Column on Beatportal

Soul Clap interview from Connected Magazine, Dublin

Pile of Suitcases in Leeds

A Dalston Morning

A few of our hosts, Till Von Sein, P.Toile & Adam Port at Weekend Club, Berlin (we love you too Voitek)

Berlin

Berlin

Tiergarten, Berlin

The Musical Instrument Museum, Berlin

Zagreb, Croatia

JC de Castelbajek Fashion Gallery, Paris

Soldiers With Limits, Paris

w/ Guti after the Sundae party, Paris

Aviero, Portugal

Aviero, Portugal

Boston/DC/Paulo crew, Aviero

Tuff Guys in Dublin

View from the Arena Club office, Berlin

Part 2 of this 3 part podcast from Emmanuel’s Party Bucket in Leeds, UK takes us deep into the nights selection of New Disco, Funk and 80’s. The mood of the room really lit up as we took the night down this much anticipated path. If one thing was taken away from this party, if not our entire European tour it is the yearning our crowds had from not just “tracks” but SONGS!

This 50 min mix is jam packed with classics, re-edits (even some done on the fly) and a handful of unreleased material due out in the coming months. Sorry again, no track list

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 58: Soul Clap in Leeds Pt. 2
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So you probably noticed that we disappeared from the blog for awhile. Basically our hosting company (1and1, never use them, they suck) has a limit on the size of databases they host and no way to get more space. The timing was horrible and we didn’t have time to fix it before euro-tour so we could only keep you up to date on facebook and twitter while we were gone (both worth checking, but not as in depth as the blog). Well we’ve finally got our hosting sorted and now we can spend the next week updating the blog on everything that’s gone down since the end of August when it died. We just posted our animated interview with Heidi and last week got a new podcast episode up of part 1 (of 3) of our 4 hour set in Leeds.

Now here are a couple more recordings of our sets from tour for your listening pleasure. Here’s the first 45 minutes of our debut performance at Watergate in Berlin for Heidi’s Jackathon party as posted on the Bodytonic Podcast. Plus below you’ll find a nice chunk of our set at Pygmalion Club in Dublin. Enjoy and stay tuned to the podcast and our soundcloud page for more mixes coming soon…

Live at Pygmalion Club, Dublin by Soul Clap

In preparation for September’s Electric Zoo Festival in New York we Skype chatted with Get Physical Records’ first lady, and one of our favorite people in the world, Heidi. For 30 minutes we talked about The New Dance Show, earthquakes, cold noodles, tattoos, Click Box, her Radio 1 show going primtetime, word associations, smooches, Redd Foxx, her favorite things and of course 90’s jams! But instead of just writing all this shit down for another boring interview we inlisted the help of our amazing homies Gabe and Mark at barbarillicusproductions.com to turn out this stupid ass animation. Welcome to the Skype Life!

Undoubtedly dope, the Leeds massive has to be one of the best crews we met on our recently finished European tour. The warm welcome we received at their party, Emmanuel’s Party Bucket resulted in a tremendous DJ set that we are proud to share on The Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast.

Shout outs to Mark and Paul from Death On The Balcony, these guys are working hard making original music and super fresh edits! Also, check out their new label MagicBag Music. First release is out now vinyl and digital. Oh yeah and we fancy you too Ste Roberts.

This is the first of two parts and contains a mostly deep house vibe. Sorry no track list!

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 57:
Soul Clap in Leeds Pt. 1
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Oh NavboX how do we love you? Let me count the ways!

You used to hold it down in Boston…
…And you always make it a great party when you play here now.
You made this amazing podcast banner because my computer is broken.
We always party together at festivals.
Your whole family is cool (Neda shout out).
You were the first person to bring us back to D.C. since the first
Soul Clap set of all time in 2001…
…And you introduced us to the entire fam…
…And you throw the best parties in the district!
You’re track selection and programming is impeccable.
You’re 3 deck style is super serious…
…And you always choose the weirdest acapellas.
Your afterhours sets are legenedary.
AND OF COURSE YOU GAVE US THIS RIDICULOUS MIX THAT WE CAN’T TAKE OFF REPEAT!!!

Thanks for being you Nav, and now all our listeners knowhatimsaying, yo!

Tracklist
DJ Slip – Available Light (Franco Cinelli Remix) [Thema]
Anonym – Hart Plaza (Minimal Man Remix) [Pariter]
Margaret Dygas – 37 Min To 7 [Non Standard Productions]
Carola Pisaturo – Et Voila [Non Standard Productions]
Matt Star – Trompetenrohen [Mainakustik]
Mathew Jonson – When Love Feels Like Crying [Wagon Repair]
Danny Fiddo & Affkt – Points (Radio Slave Remix) [Barraca] w. Soul
Clap & Sergio Santos – Michael Goes To Heaven [Wolf+Lamb]
Audion – Look At The Moon [Spectral]
Anthony Rother – Hot Chocolate In The Milkyway [IDG] w. Marcel ft The
Path – Prayin’ (Tom Middleton cappella)
Sergio Giorgini (Bruno Pronsato Remix) [thesongsays]
Audion – I Am The Car w. boxappella [Spectral]
Alex Under – F1 (Tobias Remix) [Apnea]
Dunkle Dummies – Holzfuss [Sleep Is Commercial]

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 56:
The Adventures Of NavboX
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FUNDRAISER FOR DJ KON W/ AMIR – MONDAY 8/24 @ MIDDLESEX

MIDWEEK TECHNO ON FIRE THIS FALL!

SOUL CLAP EUROPE TOUR!

NEW MIX!

OUT NOW

COMING SOON…

There’s been much ado about dance music in our little twisted world this week. To top things off we got some numbers back for Beatport sales on our Wolf + Lamb Edits and much to our surprise, we’re BIG IN JAPAN. Not sure if its because of the Soul Clap Tween-Anime fan club over there, but we certainly hope it is, hehe.

Also, necessary big ups to our good friend Chinua Green for being “oh so current” with his Mixmag subscription, and to the great Jamie Jones for making our Conscious Edit #1 on his chart this month (see below)!

Speaking of big-ups, the princess of BBC Radio One, Mz Heidi Vanden Amstel went above and beyond on her latest “In New DJ’s We Trust” show with what may just be the illest Boston shout out of ALL TIME! Her time here in Boston was such a pleasure, and her DJ set at Midweek Techno, FAHGETABOUTIT! Heidi, you got straight up FAM in the bean girl, FO REALZ, please come back any time For those who haven’t heard this last show, check here, the shout out is 16 minutes in and its full of serious bombs AND a piece of her tag team set with Justin Martin from Exit Festival last month.

One last piece of news, we are proud to announce our next 2 big releases! Coming 8/4 it’s our first Wolf + Lamb digital EP (artwork at the top of this post). The release features a collection of three Michael Jackson tribute tracks including two from us titled Michael Went To Heaven (110 bpm) and Michael Went To Hell (108 bpm) as well as a cut from the No Regular Play boys called Things I Know, which features a Greg Paulus/MJ duet (figures). THEN 8/28 our next AirDrop release drops on vinyl. It’s our 4th vinyl on our original musical home (and their 11th vinyl so far) and we’re calling it the Definition EP because it marks the many new directions of our original music. We’re REALLY proud of this one and can’t wait for it to go out into the world

Something for the weekend… Something to get you excited for No Regular Play’s Boston debut with Soul Clap at Midweek Techno next Wednesday (7/15/09)… Something…

…that I think we’ve been waiting for since we met these crazy faukers earlier this year, but they’re so busy being amazing that it took a little while for them to get it to us. Needless to say, it was well worth the wait. Can you say perfect mix of deep, wierd, house, techno, vocals, grooves, whatever? Can you say beautiful? The mix is dedicated to their friend Connor aka Onno, who runs the Cut&Mistake blog, appeared on their 1st EP and got hit by a car while they were getting it ready. Thankfully he’s doing fine now, but this one goes out to him!

If you don’t know already, No Regular Play, or NRP (like NPR, but with the P and the R switched, I know you saw the stickers in Miami and Deetroit) for short, is the duo of Greg Paulus and Nick DeBruyn. Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota (of all places) they moved to NYC awhile ago and are now part of this new generation of American producers that are turning dance music on its head. Their boundary pushing and amazingly wierd yet groovey Blonde Juan EP was released last year on Wolf + Lamb to worldwide acclaim and they’re New Rhythm EP drops in the next couple months (complete with Soul Clap remix . They do a dope live said and obviously from this mix can DJ like nobody’s business too. Get to swimming friends

I asked Greg if he had anything else wanted to tell his adoring fans and he said, “Thank you and good night.”

Tracklist:
waajeed- scales / nick drake – way to blue
woolfy – two far gone
isolee – albacares / von sudenfed – dear dead friends
claude von stroke – aundy
greg paulus – what’s mine is yours
no regular play – things i know (for mike)
no regular play – owe me
hot natured – electric jones
greg paulus & gadi mizrahi – just one night
levon vincent – i owe you everything

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 55:
No Regular Play’s Dedication To Onno
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Super massive thank yous to everyone that braved the weather forecasts and made the rain free DOTC ‘09 kickoff such a magical nite. We love you Boston/Cambridge The next DOTC is a 12 hour 4th of July bonanza complete with lots of food a legendary local DJ lineup, not to mention games, props + prizes!

Here’s a video from the night:
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Pictures by Mindless Photos here

The first time I met Nathaniel Jay was after the AirDrop/Dirty Bird party when I ended up taging with him at his apt until like noon. We immediately were on the same vibe and when he told me he called his crew/parties “Pitch It Down” I was totally sold. Since then we’ve partied with Nat a bunch of times in New York and I have to say he’s one of the craziest cats I know, plus he’s got a super hot girlfriend (who he named the mix after, so cute). But regardless of all that, this dude has impeccable taste in house music and knows how to keep it slow and sexy like few others I’ve heard. Get down to this shit for the summer yo!

Tracklist:
patrice scott – atmospheric emotions – sistrum
kevin yost and peter funk – dreams of you – irecords
mountain people – MP 003
kerri chandler – 36 degrees (london beats) – ibadan
tommy bones – future classics ep – real tone
quarion – karasu – drumpoet community
pawel – gabriel – orphanear
stephane attias – the nine planets – freedom soundz
ovatow – frantic flowers
donnacha costello – big black job – minimise
mark august – warm – innervisions
deetron ft ovasoul – i cling – (aril brikha remix)

The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 54:
Nathaniel Jay – Christina Does Her Homework
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Last Saturday was the party to end all parties at The Marcy Hotel in Brooklyn, NY.  The official line-up Lee Foss, Zev, Gadi, Le Loup, Jamie Jones & Mr Damian Lazarus.   By the time 11a or 12p came around we were asked to play.  It was both a tremendous honor and the beginning of the adventure of a lifetime

Shout out to Le Loup for the video-vadoosh!

You know, no joke intended, it takes a lot of BALLS to step forward as a female DJ in boy dominated Boston.  There’s ego, testosterone, jealousy, no joke sometimes it can get really hairy, but our girl D-Lux, aka Laura Deluca, has proven time and time again that dance music is about a hell of a lot more than bromance!

D-Lux, a DJ who is continually refining her sound can be described as deep, drummy, tastefully techno and vocal with the appropriate feminine touch.   Her super tight mixing skills behind the decks, honest humble attitude and open mindedness to new sounds make her an irresistible crowd pleaser.  Catch D-Lux as she opens up the Dancing On The Charles 2009 season on Saturday, June 20th in Cambridge, MA.

Tracklist:
1. Feygin - Budva (Dop Remix)
2. Minilogue - Arb Almub Almoh
3. Damian Lazarus - Neverending (M.A.N.D.Y. & Alexkid Remix)
4. Livio & Roby, George G. - La Trea Coa
5. The Glitz Silbersee – Silbersee (Nick Curly Remix)
6. Namito - Zorro (Phonique & Tigerskin Remix)
7. Anthony Collins – Upright Bass
8. Livio & Roby, George G. - Bau Bau
9. Darius Syrossian, Nyra - Karaj
10. Gabry T. - Le Blanc
11. Step – Sherehe
12. Marcus Meinhardt - Lucky Punch (District One Remix)
13. Audiofly – Shazam
14. Blind Minded - Tekatek

Episode 53: D-Lux Presents Chicks With Mix
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Sometimes the quality of talent that we have at our weekly Wednesday party, Midweek Techno, just BLOWS me away. Like does Boston even realize the resource they have right under their NOSES??? Doubtful, but alas, we keep on truckin.

Take for example a few months back when we PROUDLY presented the extraordinary talents of the young producer/live performer Nicholas Jaar. At only 19 years old (a FRESHMAN at Brown University) this young French transplant and musical prodigy has created quite a stir with releases for the likes of Wolf + Lamb and AirDrop Records and now on his own imprint, Clown and Sunset.

I’ve always been a bit iffy about Ableton sets, quite often it seems like the energy just isnt there. Nicolas Jaar’s performance however, is quite the contrary, his music weaves together like the gils of a french accordion, taking us all over the musical spectrum, way beyond simply DANCE music. Melodies, moods, emotions, seems like sky’s the limit for young Nico.

Just a few more tidbits: Seth Troxler’s remix of Nicolas Jaar “The Student” was the flipside to the recent deep bomb “Aphrika EP” that seems to be getting canned everywhere. Don’t sleep just cuz it doesn’t feature The Angelizer. Also, Nico is in cahoots with fellow Parisian Le Loup (performing at Midweek Techno June 3rd), who has also just released digitally the “See Line Ep” on Wolf + Lamb, again with a remix of “The Student” and another titled “Nico’s Bath Dance” which I imagine was created by both of these two yoots.

Tracklist:
Sorry, no idea what was played, although I think I hear the Violent Femmes in there!

Episode 52: Nicolas Jaar, Live @ MWT
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Ah yes, what a proud moment indeed! How often is it that Boston gets proper love on Resident Advisor? Very rarely. And how often is it that TWO roommates (Cnyce and the great Tanner Ross) receive nearly back-to-back features on the same day?? Dude, like NEVAH kid!

Anyways, mega props to Tanner Ross and James aka Killowatts for their hard work on the long awaited Voodeux album titled The Paranormal slated for release in July on Claude Von Stroke’s Mothership label, and big up the Soul Clap massive because the legacy of the “Love Light” and “Conscious” edits on due out in June on Wolf + Lamb Black just keeps on living!

MK, born Marc Kinchen, is one of our heroes. Born in Detroit, but later embracing elements of the New York garage sound, he’s one of the true innovators of the dub dance mix, a style made most famous on his “Dub Of Doom” mix of Nightcrawlers’ “Push The Feeling”.  Fast forward to the present and with the near death of major label pop remixes the true dub mix has become a lost art. So, what better time for a return of the King Of The Dub and what better place than at Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Movement 2009) where he will be premiering his new 4 turntable plus sampler set with his brother Scotti Deep. I had the honor of catching up with the man himself from his L.A. digs as he prepares for his upcoming return to dance music.

How’d you get involved with techno?
Basically, I started in Detroit when I was 16. I had started doing music when I was in 8th grade and then I met a guy named Terrence Parker through a friend of mine and he did techno music. I didn’t know about techno music then, but he saw I had gear and he’s like “you wanna make a record together”. So we made our first release as Separate Minds and it came out on a little independent label called Express Records and got a pretty good buzz. When that came out Kevin Saunderson heard it and got in touch with me to license the song for [his label] KMS.

That’s so funny, I just got a copy of that compilation the other day.
Yeah, that was big for us, but most important, that’s when I met Kevin and from that point I became Kevin’s protégé.

What did you use to make those legendary basslines?
I always sequenced on computers. I think I was using an Atari ST. Then I had a 909 and a sampler and for synths I would just use what Kevin had. He had like every synth in his studio, but always I tried to stay simple, I just winged it with like one or two synth parts. But, alot of my bass sounds were samples. I would sample a bass sound that then assign it to a keyboard. I’ve never really been like stuck to one type of synth or a couple types of synths. Other then bass, sampling was really just for vocals, but I probably used the same bass sample for about 5 years.

For me your dubs are the most influential, but you also had a bunch of hit vocal tracks, what differs in your approach to a vocal vs. a dub?
I’ve always thought I had a good ear for vocals, but sometimes on some of the dance stuff the vocals were hard to work with. Most of the time if I had a vocal track that I didn’t like the vocals too, that’s when I would do a dub. As far as when I’m doing [original] vocals, it depends on the type of sound I’m looking for. The MK with Alana stuff like Burning was more a strategic approach. Now, vocally, when I approach something I go on a vibe, but now a days I use better singers.

What’s the dude saying on the Nightcrawlers jam?
Uh-and-a-night-again-uh-and-a-night-so-pull-it. But seriously, I got commissioned to do a mix [of that song], I did the mix, and they didn’t like it. I was living in New York and my manger called me and said they didn’t like it, but I was about to go catch a flight to Detroit. At that time one of my speakers was blown and my [mixing] board was on the floor, not even set up. My studio was a mess. I was kinda mad that they didn’t like it, so I did [a new] one real quick, in like 30 minutes. I didn’t like the vocals so I just cut it up. Everything I did was a first pass, from the horns to the keys to the sample. Plus, I was working out of only one speaker. I just did the mix sent it to my manager and I was out. I get back to New York a week later and I listened to the mix and I got goose bumps. Then I played it for my brother [Scotti Deep] and he was like damn.

Wow, 30 minutes, for one of the biggest dance songs of all time? Crazy!
I try to take that approach when I do dance stuff. I don’t put alot of thought in to my dance stuff. It’s more just a feeling, so I just go for it and hopefully it ends up working for whatever reason.

Why’d you step away from dance music?
I was doing a mix a week for like 15-20 grand so money wasn’t the issue. The issue became, am I just gunna remix my whole life? Cause at the time remixing was a relatively new thing and so was producing, I didn’t know about the longevity, so I was like I need to do original production. You hear about producers and artist that are living off of royalties later on in life. I kinda just stopped doing remixes and I went into production. I hooked up with Quincy Jones and that led to working with 702, Snoop, SWV, Jay-Z, E-40 and everybody else.

So why the return to dance music?
That was fine and [dance music] was in the beginning stages of dying down anyway. [Today] with the way the industry is right now, it’s not good right now. I feel like if your gunna do it now, just do it for the art. So it felt like a good time to get back into it. What I’m doing is trying to do some stuff a little different, I’m going to put out a new MK record vinyl only, no digital.

When’s it coming out? What does it sound like?
It will be done before Detroit and will probably be out in June. One of the tracks is called “Dance With Me”. [The sound] is kind of a return to before. I’ve been doing stuff over the last year to see what style works for me. My old sound still works, with a little harder drums but still the dub stuff. I like the dub sound of vocal pieces. I’m also gunna be DJing more over the next year or two. My brother [Scotti Deep] and I are gunna start touring around.

You’re gunna be playing with Scotti at Movement. What’s that gunna sound like? Is this the world premier?
Well, it’s a 4 turntable thing plus a sampler so I can do like dubs on the fly kinda thing. Almost like a live meets DJ thing. We DJed together like tag-team in London a couple months back, but Detroit is the permier of the keyboard and 4 deck thing.

What other new sounds are you into?
It’s the same as it’s always been for me. I never listen to anything by name. Maybe, just Masters At Work and Todd [Terry] back in the day. I wont even ask the name of it, I just listen and “yeah its dope”. I’ve also always really liked Mike Dunn.

Any last words?
See you in 2009. Ha!

For more on Movement 2009 check out their myspace and blog.

Deshaies is a New England DJ hero and one of Boston’s pioneers of the San Fran/Chicago house sound that swept the late 90’s and early 2000’s. His crew, the ever so rave-a-ly named Marz Entertainment, launched in the mid 90’s and ran for over a decade at the top of the local dance music scene and his Sunday night party at the Phoenix Landing called Bump, with resident DJs Randy, Sergio Santos and Ryan Obermiller was responsible for countless DJ sets from the likes of Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Heather, Colette, DJ Sneak, Diz, Justin Martin and many others.

Fast forward to the future and It is with great pleasure that we present a mix from Mr. Deshaies himself. Here’s a few words from the man who describes his podcast as “upbeat and vibey with a touch of nostalgia to grab the essence of DJing as I interpret it. [The songs represent] two decades of some instrumental tunes and choice selections that have shaped my passion for House Music. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride…”

Dont miss the upcoming Bump Reunion party taking place Sunday, May 24th at the Phoenix Landing in Cambridge!!!

Tracklist:
1. Terry Lee Brown Jr. – Take Your Time – Plastic City
2. Iz & Diz – Love It, Dub It (Fred Everything mix) – Silver Network
3. Global Communication – The Way (Secret Ingredients mix) – Dedicated
4. Romanthony Presents Lifestyles – Trust (Ghost mix) – Downtown 161
5. Roland Clark – Resist (Jinx Soul Power mix) – Cassagrande
6. Corrie – Some Bizarre – Presslab
7. Harris & Dominic – Get Involved – Nordic Trax
8. Swag – Drum Hydraulics (Version 6) – Junior Boy’s Own
9. Mood II Swing – Do It Your Way – Groove On
10. Angel Moraes – Hairy & Big (Fun With It dub) – Hot&Spicy
11. BT – Remember (Mood II Swing mix) – Perfecto
12. DJ Sneak – How I Feel – Robsoul
13. The Absolute feat Suzanne Palmer – There Will Come A Day – TRIBAL America
14. DJ Q – Optimum Thinking – Filter
15. Tata Box Inhibitors РPlasmids РTouch̩

Episode 51: Randy Deshaies’ Unauthorized History
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So former Boston resident Amy Grill and longtime Boston dance music supporter and current Weekly Dig arts editor, David Day have been working on this techno documentary for probably like 5 years now and it turned into a personal saga. This Thursday Amy and David are finally hosting the official Speaking In Code world premiere and it’s happening right here in Boston (well Somerville to be exact). We are super lucky to have this screening in our city so get your tickets here if you like dance music and you live in Boston!

Wow! Its hard to believe we’re up to 50 episodes already. Ahh, looking back brings so many memories; server errors, deleted files, missing images, crashed web browsers… but boy oh boy there have been some seriously dope mixes! Thank you to all who have contributed so far, and to those who haven’t, relax already, we’ll get there, sheesh…

For those who remember Matty Dimond’s last podcast for us, you’ll recall this master of programing laces his mix with a selection of deep, classy and impeccably qualified joints to turn any gloomy day into a burst of ecstatic color. His latest contribution to Adventures of Soul Clap takes our ears on a slo-mo journey through tracks from the likes of Trus’me, IMPS (Minilogue’s side project), Mark E, Theo Parrish and a Yam Who remix of Grace Jones latest “Williams Blood” that we consider an instant classic. Now sit back, strap on your stereo and take your pick; Champagne or Mimosa?

Tracklist:
1. Amp Fiddler/Sly & Robbie – Blackhouse (Paint The White House Black) – Trus’me Remix
2. Mock & Toof – K-Choppers – Mark E Remix
3. IMPS – Get A Grip – Strategy Remix
4. The Mole – There’s Hope
5. Cage & Aviary – Television Train
6. Grace Jones – Williams Blood – Cosmic Jam
7. 40 Thieves – Theme From Nutrider
8. Rollmottle – Take A Break – Maurice Fulton Remix
9. Theo Parrish – Chemistry

Episode 50: Champagne and Mimosas with Matty Dimond
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For episode 49 of The Adventures Of Soul Clap we are honored to present an exclusive mix from a Boston house music don dada, the one and only DJ Bruno. From his residency (alongside Armand Van Helden) at Boston’s legendary Loft club in the early 90’s, to running Biscuithead Records, to his long-standing deep house party, Utopia Sundays, Bruno has been one of the guiding forces in the growth and health of the house scene (DJs, dancers, producers, promoters) in our little city for almost 2 decades. (For more on Bruno’s history in Boston check this piece from awhile back). For this mix Bruno took his sound a little darker and into the realms of techno, but still maintains his soulful flavor. So pour some baby powder on the dancefloor and get downs!

Tracklist:
1. Aphrohead – In The Dark We Live
2. PQM – You Are Sleeping
3. Thomas Melchior – Father
4. Mauritzio – #5
5. Selan – Gravity
6. Jerome Sydenham – Timbuktu
7. Africanism – Les Enfant Du Bled
8. Manoo – Roots Ep
9. Harry “Choo Choo” Romero – Night @ The Black
10. Milton Cardona – Ebioso
11. Master Kev – Twisted
12. Ame – Rej
13. Aril Brikha – Groove La Chord

Episode 49: DJ Bruno Is 2 Dark 4 U
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Hot diggety, it sure has been awhile since we’ve posted anything on this here blog. As you probably figured out we got lost in the vortex that is WMC, but it’s OK, because we are finally back and of course, better then ever!

Pictures: I only took a few pics at WMC this year, but our friend Vincent went crazzzzy! Check his flix here.

The Podcast: The next couple episodes of the podcast feature Boston heroes DJ Bruno and Matty Dimond and will be coming to your iTunes over the next week (hopefully Bruno will be up today).

New Releases: We have a bunch of new music out on Beatport and in honor of all the new releases the folks over there hooked us up with a DJ chart. Check it out to hear all the jams we were rocking at WMC and a few of our own After selling out on vinyl, Puppy Crack is finally available for digital download as well as our remix of Crazy Larry’s Gargiulo’s Scarf and AirDrop’s Extraction US comp, which features our track called Astroturfing.

Events: The next couple weeks are going to be full of springtime excitement in Boston! Tuesday 4/7 is YoYoYo 90’s Jam, Wednesday 4/8 the ITALOBOYZ are back at Midweek Techno, Saturday, 4/11 is Snakes On A Rave at a never before used Boston venue (yeh we can do events on weekends!) and then Wednesday 4/15 PACO OSUNA returns to Midweek Techno. Oh yeah and don’t forget that Dancing On The Charles kicksoff in May (more details on that soon !

So, yes as you can tell, there has been a lot of Wolf + Lamb in our lives lately.  From their unstoppable afterhours parties at the famed Marcy Hotel, to their recent leap from digital-only to a vinyl imprint, to the success of their all-star roster (Lee Curtiss, Seth Troxler, Shaun Reeves, Nicholas Jaar, Le Loup, etc) it is safe to say that Wolf + Lamb are headed in the right direction.

For those that don’t know, Wolf + Lamb (aka Wuss + Lame) is the Brooklyn based tag team of Zev Eisenberg and Gadi Mizrahi.  These guys are more than just DJs/Producers.  Together their combined vision has brought to life an entire lifestyle brand which promotes underground culture, music, events, design, clothing, Frisbees, chocolates, a fake boutique hotel/afterhours paradise, burning man installations, Talmudic studies and so much more.

We’ve been after these guys for a podcast for a while now, so here we present a 60 min mix of almost all forthcoming releases on the Wolf + Lamb label.  Check out the track list and maybe you’ll recognize a track or two.  Rumor has it that they will be releasing bootlegs soon as well, BWAHAHHAHAHA

Look out for Wolf + Lamb’s upcoming release the “Brooklynn EP” (WLM003) due out on vinyl March 9th.    The EP is super-sick start to finish with vocalist Smirk (the dude that did Lee Curtiss remixed “Start A Fire” on Sexy Dancer EP) on another catchy number called “Therapist” and an instant top choice re-edit by Shaun Reeves with an R&B/80’s feel called “If You Had”.  Lastly, in case you’re wondering these are the songs that fuel Seth Troxlers Ibiza-Voice podcast from late January 2009, so eat it up.

Tracklist:
Wolf + Lamb – Therapist (WLM03)
No Regular Play – Smiling Faces (WLM Unreleased)
Miss Fitz – Don’t Know Why (Unreleased)
Soul Clap – Conscious (W+L Black Unreleased)
Wolf + Lamb – Must Be Brooklyn (WLM03)
Foolish & Sly – Come A Little Closer (Cynic)
No Regular Play – Derecha (WLM Unreleased)
Loco Dice – How Do I Know (Cassy Remix)(Desolat)
Robert Dietz – Actrice (Be Chosen)

Episode 48: Wolf + Lamb, Brooklynn Therapists
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When you first hear the name J*Davey you obviously think it’s one person. But obviously you are wrong (see above picture). J*Davey is Jack and Brook Davey. Here’s what we know: Brook is the dude, Jack is the chick, they make some seriously awesome genre bending music and our sister, Abington Von Koo the 3rd went to school with Miss Jack. Soooo, in honor of their show this Sunday (3/8/09) at Harper’s Ferry in Boston (which we are opening for) we had our woman about town catch up with the Daveys (which turned out only to be Brook, even though Abington knows Jack better?) for this wild exposé.

Abby: If you could be any instrument in the world to be played by a skilled and masterful musician, what would you be?
Brook: cello
Abby: What is your favorite sound? (i.e. mine is soda cans opening and the fizz inside) AND what sound do you loathe?
Brook: i love the sound of warm pad chords. i HATE cheesy digital organ sounds.
Abby: What animal do you feel a strong affinity towards?
Brook: Dogs
Abby: Which muppet do you relate most to?
Brook: Grover was always my favorite.
Abby: Whats your damage?
Brook: huh?
Abby: OK, here comes the hippie shit. Inspiration: what person/people, decade, color, emotion, smell, taste, touch, musicians, artists inspire you?
Brook: the entire Post-Punk and Jazz Fusion eras hugely fuel my creativity.
Abby: I consider you both artists, which doesn’t simply throw you into just makers of music. What other things do you make?
Brook: Visual Art & Jewelry.
Abby: What song do you play at least once a day and or on repeat 5 times in a row often?
Brook: J*DaVeY – “Permission”
Abby: What have you learned about yourselves since creating and being J*Davey?
Brook: there’s so much power in sticking to your guns.
Abby: How did you meet and start making music together?
Brook: She tells the story waaay better than i do.
Abby: What is the bain of your existence? What’s your vice? What’s you obsession?
Brook: the bain of my existence is everyday struggles. My vice will always remain a secret. Obsession is one thing i never am or want to be.
Abby: How do you deal with and or get over writers block?
Brook: sometimes you have to just…walk away. it always comes back.
Abby: Who would you love to record/collaborate with?
Brook: Fatlip from the Pharcyde
Abby:  What music deeply affected your childhood ?
Brook: Talking Heads, The Police, and Prince.
Abby: What is electro-cowabunga?

And with this ridiculous question the interview abruptly ended. To find out more make sure to check J*Davey with Soul Clap opening this Sunday (3/8/09) at Harper’s Ferry in Allston.

This week on the Adventurers of Soul Clap Podcast, we are proud to present a sophisticated, forward thinking and seriously deep mix from Get The Curse contributor and forthcoming Wolf + Lamb artist; the Parisian young blood, Le Loup.

Le Loup’s production sound very similar to his his DJ mix, reaching into a melting pot of Jazz classics, house and an all around heavy Detroit/NYC vibe.  This set fits perfectly both daytime or afterhours and is a tried and tested compliment to any smokey scenario .

His upcoming W+L release (WL054 Digital) will feature another re-rub of the popular Nina Simone standard “See Lime Woman”, a remix of Nicholas Jaar’s “The Student” (formly remixed by Seth Troxler) and our favorite, the deep deep mood setter titled “Give Me Some”.

Tracklist:
3 Chairs – Dance of nubia
Moodymann -  M.E.A.N.D.N.J.B (edit)
Le loup – Ghetto sista
Anton Zap – Ain’t got time
B McCarthy – L’amour se soir
Omar-S – Oasis one
Le loup – Dark fly
Jun – Untitled
Dj Qu – Be who you want (Main mix)
Motor city drum ensemble – Frontin
Kris wadsworth – State and griswold
STL – All nite long
Michael Melchner – Use me
Jun – Untitled
Parris mitchell – Climb the walls
Kris wadsworth – Keep pushin (Chris carrier remix)
Parris mitchell – Follow me ghetto(acid)

Episode 47: Le Loup’s Full Moon Mix
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Weds 2/25: Tiefschwarz @ Phoenix Landing

Thur 2/26: Cheap Cologne @ Redline

Fri 2/27: Konrad Black @ Rise Afterhours

Sat 2/28: Our Monthly Residency @ Middlesex

Sun 2/29: Dubwise @ Enormous Room – Old School Garage!

Urgent AirDrop Press Release:

International governments and dance clubs are now issuing warnings to party goers to not ingest, inhale, sniff, snort, eat, or otherwise consume puppy crack. This rare drug now being released is another attack on commercial dance music culture and convention. It has already been cut and remixed by Mikael Stavöstrand as well as re-ingested and barfed out again by Soul Clap, the duo who first created the drug.

Get your fix today

Back in November, AirDrop had it’s Extraction Release Party for the Pl0t crew in Miami and we rocked it longside Paulo, Tanner Ross and Elon. We always love Miami and we partied hard, real hard, so hard we didn’t wake up until midnight Sat/Sun morn!  As if we were school kids late for class we exploded out of bed (or air mattress) to the sound of a cell phone alarm and raced down to Big Fish. This place is a super-sick outdoor venue where the Safe Music peoples were presenting Cassy with opening duties from the king of all things “cake fart”, the very Crazy Larry.  Lucky for Soul Clap, Larry blessed us with this exclusive recording of his 3 hour mix of expertly programmed deepness, which even features his remix of our forthcoming release for AirDrop Digital called Instafix.

For those who dont know, Crazy Larry is a recent Dever, Colorado transplant who has found his niche in the depths of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Over the past few years his production company Udder Madness (yes like a cow) has teamed up with NYC workhorses Blk-Market Membership to produce some of the USA’s top events including the now infamous Cheap Sunglasses event series.

Sorry NO TRACK LIST, if you’re really irked to know whats playing, reply with a time and we’ll try to ID.

Episode 46: Crazy Larry live @ Big Fish, Miami
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Another holiday, another special Soul Clap mix. This time we were asked to create a Valentine’s Day experience in conjunction with our interview on Boldfacers, which sounded good to us (and hopefully to your ears), because, believe it or not we’ve never made a Valentine’s Day mix before. Our goal for “Make Love With Soul Clap” is to create a journey from an ocean of seduction, to a freaky late-night dancefloor to the bedroom and then beyond, to the outer reaches of the galaxy, before finally cooling down with the rhythm of romance. This is a mix designed for you to put on with your lover or freak-out to on your own, but most of all make sure to have it ready and waiting on Valentine’s Day. This special mix is hosted by Paulo and we hope you enjoy it.

Tracklist
Janet Jackson – Anytime Anyplace
Art Of Noise – Love Beat
Cee-Lo – Closet Freak
Moodymann – Freeki Mutha F cker
Rob Mello – Love Nasty
Cassy – For You
Alan Smithee – Blue Blackness (CMAW Dub)
Womack & Womack – Concious (Gator Boots Edit)
Raze – Break 4 Love (Caught In The Act Mix)
Midnight Star – Midas Touch (CFCF Remix)
Kuniyuki – All These Things (Theo Parrish Remix Vox)
6th Borough Project – Nights Over Memphis (The Revenge Dub)
Omar ft. Stevie Wonder – Feeling You (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
Kleer – Intimate Connection
Dennis Edwards – Don’t Look Any Further (The Revenge Rework)
Q-Tip ft. Raphael Saadiq – WeFight/WeLove
Al B. Sure – Night & Day

Bonus Episode: Make Love With Soul Clap – A Valentine’s Mix For Boldfacers
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DJ Mike Nouveau aka Mike Walsh is one of Boston’s old school elite and a local pioneer of electronic music. His claims to fame include affiliations to the Marz Entertainment DJ crew, founding the “Revolutions” dance music radio show on Emerson College’s 88.9FM WERS and being a undisputed mix-tape king.

Mike now resides in Los Angeles where he never has to worry about shoveling snow. Here are some words about the mix from the man himself: “For the forward movement of house music and a little bump in the rump for all my homies back in the bean. Deep house movements to fit the groove of these unstoppable producers/djs known as Soul Clap!”

Tracklist:
Fuck Buttons – Sweet Love (Andrew Weatherall Rmx)
Lee Curtis – Start a Fire (Wolf+Lamb)
Capella – House Energy Revenge (Vinyl Mania)
Sweet n Candy “Behind The Scenes” (Channel X Mix) (Opossum)
20:20 – Psycho (20:20 Vision)
Parov Stellar – Chambermaid Swing (Etage Noir)
Jiffy Hornswaggle (Trapez)
Ken ECB – I Heart Bougie (Toka Proj rmx) (Amenti)
Believe in Me (Johnny Dangerous rmx) (Nordic Trax)
Johnny D – Scope of Mind (8Bit)
Nils Nurnburg – Caught a Glimpse
Johnick – Play the World (Johnick)
Moon 2 Swing – Play the World (dub)
Jay West – Make My Day (Headtunes)
Erobique – Arf Patzo (Mirau)
Oddvar – French River (Kammer)
Lemos – Tsalapatar (8Bit)
(Unknown Track)
Kabale Und Liebe – Disco BZKT (100% Pure)
Sis – Nesrib (Cecille)
Shur-I-Kan – Twist (Urban Torque)
Michael De Hey – We’re Fucking High (Hey!)

Episode 45: Dj Mike Nouveau, One Hour of Soul Power
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For me, Aquarius Recordings was never just about the music, but rather a very clear aesthetic that went beyond just looking back to dance music’s roots in sound and style, but also in visual design. As you can see from the artwork pictured above (which is on the 3 records we explore later), Aquarius was looking to the past in imagery as well as layout and font, which were the same on every Aquarius record I have ever seen. The music on each Aquarius vinyl (and I can only speak for the ‘96-’99 heyday) follows the same themes as the artwork: simple, sample based and dripping with disco, soul, jazz or funk. Each track pays tribute to the narrative of American dance music, while still looking forward and pushing new boundaries in sound and technique that would lay an important piece of the foundations for the disco house explosion of the late 90’s.

Paul Jacobs – Untitled (A1) [DISCO 01 - Soul Grabber Pt. 1 - 1996]
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I just checked Paul Jacobs‘ Myspace page and the latest comment is from none other than former Roots&Future interviewee Hollis P Monroe, who shouts out Jacobs for his remix of Dreams In Digital killing it at Fabric back in 2001. I’ve never heard that remix, but I have heard enough from Jacobs to know how important he was to the disco house movement. Following in the footsteps of Chicago house artists like Gene Farris, Paul Johnson, Boo Williams and Glenn Underground, Jacobs’ Soul Grabber releases (of which this was the first) defined the harder edge of the disco house sound made so popular by Daft Punk and DJ Sneak. And while Sneak and the Frenchmen may have more staying power, from 1996-1999 Jacobs was as important as anyone in disco house.

George Thomson – Untitled (B1) [DISCO 09 - Goin' Home EP - 1997]
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Congratulations! You’ve just been let in on a secret Soul Clap dancefloor bomb. This looped out disco house monster is by George Thomson aka The Plastic Avengers of NRK fame and who also had a release on Crosstown Rebels in 2005 called Laid Back Snack Attack.

Back Door Revelations – Untitled (B1) [DISCO 13 - 1998]
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While I’m not quite sure about the name of this EP, it was the only release under that name by  Jason Hodges , Matt Dimaria , Shams Thirani, who were better known as Jinxx. While Thirani seems to have disapeered, Hodges and Dimaria are two of Toronto’s most prolific and longstanding house producers, with releases on a laundry list of top labels. This actually isn’t our favorite track on the EP, that would be the B2 cut, but we do have to keep some of our weapons secret

To celebrate New Year’s Eve 2009, Boston’s annual First Night festival asked us, along with DJs Die Young & Morgan Louis and VJs Robotkid & M@tt Boch to rock an outdoor dance party from the steps of the Boston Public Library in historic Copley Square. After a morning blizzard and with wind chill temperatures well bellow 0º Fahrenheit we didn’t expect anyone to show up, but by 11pm the square filled up with mostly younger party animals, that braved the cold and kept the energy pumping til the city cut us off after the ball drop. Happy ‘09!

Happy New Year everybody! I don’t have much time to explain this mix because we’re heading up to the mountains for a week of shenanigans, but here’s the two sentence breakdown. The last night of our December tour we played at The Bunker, one of the longest running, most revered techno nights in New York City. We opened up for Mikael Stavöstrand to celebrate the forthcoming release of our next AirDrop single, which Mikael remixed. Here’s the live recording.

Episode 44: Soul Clap Live @ The Bunker NYC
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It sure has been awhile since we posted an episode of The Podcast and we’re sorry about that, but now, just in time for your holiday of choice we present to you the first of 2 live recordings from our recent AirDrop tour. This recording comes courtesy of fellow AirDroper Crazy Larry who we played with at his going away (from Denver to NYC) party at the Beatport Lounge. They had just moved/upgraded the DJ booth and reinforced their Funktion One sound system with much more bass, which led to both good and bad results. The good: it sounded amazing, the booth felt great and a good time was had by all. The bad: the bass kept skipping our records and at one point vibrated our laptop right of the ledge of the booth and onto the dancefloor, luckily the compter survived, but we def learned our lesson, always secure that shit properly! So yeah, there are some crazy bits on this 2 hour trip, but the energy is all there.

Episode 43: Soul Clap Live @ Beatport Lounge, Denver
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Double Doubles at In-N-Out, L.A.

Alland Byallo, Cnyce & J-Phlip in the End Up booth, San Fran

Boston invades at The Bunker, New York City. Official Bunker pics here.

For the entire set go here. For pics from Miami go here.

Tomorrow we hit the road with dates in Denver, LA, SF & New York City. Make sure to hit us up here for guestlist to any of the events. See you at the party

Pics from MIA are up!

Welcome to the new and improved mixTape Time volume 2. We were traveling last Friday, so instead of a weekend soundtrack, this time we’re going to help you start the week on the right foot. And boy do we have some treats for you! Starting with a really perfect new/space disco mix live on the legendary Beta Lounge from absolute edit king, the one and only Mr. Terje. Then, continuing the eclectic flavor we bring you Genevan Heathen & Mattfoley’s “Win in the Movie” mixtape of all movie jams, it’s like nothing ever before and you need it for the collection (thanks for the t-day shouts). Next up is part 3 of current dubstep favorite Appleblim’s mix series for pirate station turned podcast destination Rinse FM, a great variety of heavy bass beats here. Finally, we bring you a 3 hour Soul Clap mix from the vault; recorded a couple months back at Portsmouth, NH’s coolest little bar, Red Door, this one features alot of deep grooves followed by some dancefloor fun. Enjoy

The best mixes on the interwebs!
Todd Terje on Beta Lounge
The Genvan Heathen & Mattfoley – Win in the Movie
Rinse FM: Appleblim Podcast Business #3

Soul Clap Live @ Red Door 10/3/08

Here it is planet Earth: a very special Thanksgiving themed mix to help you work off the extra pounds. We recommend you let the food digest for at least 30-45 minutes and then pump this on your Dad’s Hi-Fi.

Special shout outs go to DJ Kon, Trus’me, Social Disco Club, The Revenge and The Popular Peoples Front for supporting this mix and sorting us with those hi-bit-rate goodies. Thank you of course to DailyCandy and the Moxie girls for this delicious opportunity. Last, but not least, we wish you all very happy turkey day, with lots of food and of course a sweaty dance party with your friends and family!

Tracklist
Trus’me – Trus’us
The Masterdon Committee – Funk Box Party
Sly & Robby – Billie Jean
George McCrae – I Get Lifted (Tangoterje Re-Edit)
Julian Jabre & Bibi ft MC Mellow Dee – And You Don’t Stop (SDC Edit)
Vanessa Williams – The Right Stuff (Soul Clap’s Nested Ribs Edit)
The Popular Peoples Front – Why Can’t I Stop
M.E. – R&B Drunkie
Snoop Dogg – Cool
Sister Sledge – Lost In Music (The Revenge Rework)
Chubb Rock – Treat ‘Em Right
Salsoul Orchestra – Ooh I Love It (Greg Wilson Edit)
KoN Le Cat Flappeur – Skank (Jacques Offe Edit)
Etta James – In The Basement (Theo Parrish Re-Edit)
The Doors – The Changeling (SDC Edit)
INXS – I Need You Tonight (Je Davu Goodbye 11 Edit)
Sammy Bananas – Dat Funk
Soul Clap – die Ente
Noze – You Have To Dance
Morris Day – The Bird

Thanksgiving In The Basement: A Mix For Daily Candy DOWNLOAD