Download: The Cyrkle – The Visit (She Was Here)

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1960s, Folk, Mellow, The Cyrkle, Vocal

Download: Noir Désir – Le vent nous portera (Rubber Room Re-Rub)

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Bertrand Cantat, Désir Noir, Mindless Boogie, Re-Edits, Rubber Room

Listen on mixcloud or download

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Boogie, Disco, Florian Keller, Mixtape, Party Keller, Rap

on air until september 4th… and definitely worth a listen.

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DJ Sets, International Radio Festival, Internet Radio, Zürich

Download:Cinematic Orchestra – To Build A Home (Edit)

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2000s, Cinematic Orchestra

When Briano Eno was asked what music sounds like in outer space, this was his answer.

Download: Brian Eno – Always Returning

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1980s, Ambient, Apollo Atmospheres, Brian Eno, NASA, New Age, Soundtrack, Space

A beautiful piece of leftfield slow jazz from Finland. From an instrumental concept album about a magpie called Bialoipokku. A magpie. Word!

Download: Pekka Pohjola – Sekoilu Seestyy (The Madness Subsides) (Edit)

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1970s, Bass, Finland, Jazz, Slow Jams

Here’s a little something to remember him by:

(pay close attention to the chorus girl)

Download: Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight

…and that’s a bit too lame for you, try this

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Elvis Presley, The King

Ears still humming after a long weekend of heavy dancefloor action we will hereby start a mini-series with music we like that is

1. quiet
2. beautiful
   and
3. absolutely undancable.

First off is this piano piece by John Cage, performed by Leon Michener. Zen for your ears, indeed…

Download: John Cage – In A Landscape

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1940s, Avant-Garde, John Cage, Piano, Silence

This is off the beauuuutiful compilation POMEGRANATES
on Finders Keepers. Pre-revolutionary pop music from Iran. Makes me wanna circle the skies each time I hear it.

Download: Googoosh – Talagh

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Finders Keepers, Googoosh, Iran, Persian Pop

Amazing stuff… cold as ice and yet so deeply soulful.
Released 1992 on Warp.

Download: Tuff Little Unit – Join The Future

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Piano House meets Tech Soul in the Schwimmbad of Disco.

ROBOTIC HYPNOTIC ADVENTURES

TRACKLIST

Sally Shapiro — Jackie Junior (Junior Boys Dub)
[Permanent Vacation 2008]

Jarvis Cocker — You’re In My Eyes (Disco Song) (Pilooski Mix)
[CD-R 2009]

Session Victim — Midnight Hour (I Feel It Fade)
[Retreat 2010]

Addrisi Brothers — Ghost Dancer (Mike Burns Edit)
[Scott Bros 1979 / Phönix Project 2010]

Idjut Boys & Laj & Quakerman — Schlam Me
[U-Star 1995]

Bill Withers — Who Is He (Tss Tss Remix)
[Sussex 1975 / G.A.M.M. 2010]

Presence feat Shara Nelson — Sense Of Danger (Motor City Drum Ensemble Other Thing dub)
[Juno 2010]

Kollektiv Turmstrasse — First Day (Original Mix)
[Diynamic 2009]

Popular People’s Front — Any Way Ya Wanna
[PPF 2004]

Deniz Kurtel — Yeah (Jamie Jones Aquafunk mix)
[Crosstown Rebels 2010]

Will Saul & Tam Cooper — In & Out
[Simple 2009]

Precious System — The Voice From Planet Love
[Running Back 2009]

Omar — Your Mess (Show-B’s Acid Mess Remix)
[Peppermint Jam 2010]

Renaissance Man — Rythym
[Kitsuné 2009]

Donell Rush — Symphony (Maurice’s Underground Movement)
[RCA 1992]

Neurotic Drum Band — Robotic Hypnotic Adventure
[Wurst 2009]

Pulp — Common People (Doggy Disco Mix)
[Island 1995]

Rick Wade — Forgotten Track
[Harmonie Park 1998]

FCL — More Than Seven
[We Play House 2010]

Buzzin Cuzzins — Let Me Show You Love (Crooklyn Mix)
[Azuli 1994]

Neal Howard — The Gathering (Joey Negro Re-Edit)
[Forgotten 1988 / BITB 2007]

War — Galaxy (Plump Remix)
[MCA 1977 / Avenue 2000]

Nôze — Remember Love
[Get Physical 2007]

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Berlin, Disco, Holy Water, Hunee, JAW, Sadar Bahar, Soul In The Hole

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Henrik Schwartz, House, Omar, R&B, Stevie Wonder, UK

you need this!

WISH IT WHERE SPRING MIX by EXIT:GHOST

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Download: Lexx – Mahogany (Zwicker Remix)

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Gelson Fernandes, Kawabata, Lexx, Soccer, Spain, Switzerland, World Cup

In tune with our current AOR musings:
an alt-country gem of a song from the one and only WILCO.

Wilco – You And I

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Country, Softrock, Wilco

Music from an alternate reality where Mark Knopfler is the resident DJ at Panorama Bar.

TRACKLIST:

Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 – For What It’s Worth
[A&M 1970]

Steely Dan — Hey Nineteen
[Ariola 1980]

Josh Rouse — Comeback (Light Therapy)
[Rykodisc 2004]

Nicolette Larson — Lotta Love
[Warner 1980]

Fleetwood Mac — Dreams
[Warner 1977]

Rupert Holmes — Let’s Get Crazy Tonight
[MCA 1978]

The Doobie Brothers — Long Train Runnin’ (Dennis Perez Remix)
[Warner 1973/2009]

Nate Calhoun — Funktown
[Glades 1979]

Donald Fagen — New Frontier (Jibaro Remix)
[Warner 1982 / Jibaro 010]

Ian Matthews – Man In The Station (DJ Supermarkt Shredit)
[Polydor 1978 / CD-R 2008]

Mink DeVille – Spanish Stroll
[Capitol 1977[

Ray Mang — Cereal Lover
[Mangled 2008]

David Bendeth — Feel The Real
[Sidewalk 1979]

Baby Huey — California Dreamin’
[Curtom 1971]

David Bendeth — Feel The Real
[Sidewalk 1979]

Baby Huey — California Dreamin’
[Curtom 1971]

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Adult Rock, Album-oriented Rock, AOR, Mellow, Soft Rock

Is this what summer really feels like or are those just voices inside my head?

RD Burman feat. Asha Bhosle – Mera Naam Hai Shabnam

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Asha Bhosle, Bollywood, RD Burman

As I was cycling through sunny Kreuzberg this morning…

Download: Bill Conti – Philadelphia Morning

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1970s, Bill Conti, Rocky, Summer

A side-project of New York Disco mastermind Bob Blank. Silly, smart and very dancable. We like!

Download: Aural Exciters: Chinese Rap (1982)

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1970s, Blank Tapes, Bob Blank, Chinese Food, Disco, Rap

On a sunny day like this Berlin feels like south of the polar circle again. For all those of you who still have to slave away at their desks instead of running around naked, here’s some genuine daytime pool party music:

Download: Eddy Grant – California Style

(Special thanks to Constantin for this one)

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California, Eddy Grant, Summer, Sunshine

After his fabulous gig at Horst Kreuzberg last month Edinburgh’s Craig Smith returns to Berlin for another night of jackin’ at Kleine Reise. Don’t miss this!

Download: Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know (6th Borough Project Remix)

Download: Whispers – Planets Of Life (6th Borough Project Remix)

Craig Smith Interview (via Soul Heaven)

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6th Borough Project, Berlin, Craig Smith, Deep House, Disco, Kleine Reise, Slow Motion

Today’s tune is a Kon & Amir spin. One of the most beautiful songs I have heard in my entire life. Period. If this doesn’t break your heart… what will?

Download: Band X – Home

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1970s, Ballad, Band X, Kon & Amir, Smooth, Soul

TRACKLIST:

Telex — Drama Drama (Cellophane Edit)
[Ariola 1981/ Cellophane 2009]

Q — The Voice Of Q
[Philly World Records 1982]

Illusion — Why Can’t We Live Together (Super Dancing Discomix)
[Ariola 1982]

Phill & Friends Band — This Man
[Rio 1980]

Kano — Can’t Hold Back (LMR Edit)
[Mirage 1981 / CD-R Bootleg]

GeeGee & Gym Band — Majic-Kaboola
[Jumbo 1983]

Barbara Norris — It’s Heavy! (Heavy Hitter Dub Version)
[United Performers 1981]

Korja — My Mind (Edit)
[Flop Record 1981 / CD-R Bootleg]

Giorgio (Moroder) — I Wanna Rock You
[Oasis 1979]

Charlie — Spacer Woman
[ZYX 1984]

Nightlife Unlimited — Peaches & Prunes (Ron Hardy Re-Edit 2)
[Uniwave 1980 / Automan 2002]

Alexander Robotnick — Problèmes d’amour (Ah Ou Ah Version — 2006 Edit)
[Materiali Sonori 1983 / 2007]

Azoto — San Salvador
[Rams Horn Records 1979]

The Swiss — Bubble Bath
[Modular 2009]

Modern Talking — You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul
[Hansa 1984]

Alberto Lupo — Io ti amo
[1967 / CD-R Bootleg]

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1980s, Boogie, Euro Disco, Italo Disco, Space Disco

The birth of disco as told by its midwifes (or husbands)… a teaser for Get Down With The Philly Sound.

To go with all that nostalgic waxing here’s some New York disco with a Philly title: “212 North 12th” (the location of Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios). Vince Montana’s Salsoul Orchestra – albeit after he already left the outfit – recorded this pumping instrumental Disco workout in 1979, with Tom Moulton behind the mixing board.

Download: 212 North 12th

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BBE, Dimitri from Paris, Disco, Philadelphia, Salsoul Orchestra, Vince Montana

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE is our monthly night at St. Georg
playing Disco, Boogie, Electro Funk…
shakin’ your booty from dusk ’til dawn!

We will start the evening with a screening of

WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL
… a truly beautiful documentary about a truly amazing musician!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uziDEMpJmAo

KATOVL MENOVSKY will then take over
with some mean and nasty disco grooves
and your hosts will end the night with Boogie slash House galore.

KATOVL MENOVSKY: ITALO-BERLIN DISCODUB

Doors: 10:30pm / Movie: 11pm

3€ before midnight
6€ after midnight
…popcorn included! (as long as it lasts)

Location Map: http://rockthedisco.net/sanktgeorg
(it’s in the basement baby

See you on the dance floor!

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OFF OFF WITH YOUR HEAD
DANCE DANCE TIL YOU’RE DEAD!

ROCKTHEDISCO: LUV ME TIL IT HURTS MIX!

1. Parallel Dance Ensemble – Turtle Pizza Cadillac (Yam Who? Rework)
2. Jeans Team – Keine Melodien (feat. MJ Lan)
3. Tommy Sparks – She’s Got Me Dancing
4. The Presets – Yippiyo-Ay
5. Tiga – Shoes
6. LCD Soundsystem – Disco Infiltrator
7. Plant Life – Luv Me Til It Hurts
8. Soulwax – NY Lipps (Night Version)
9. Tone Loc – Wild Thing (Peaches Remix)
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (Dub Mix)
11. The Juan McLean – One Day

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BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE is our new monthly night
celebrating the funky side of House Music.

Disco, Boogie, Electro Funk…  
jack-ass booty shakin’ dance action all night long
(and smiling faces all over the place).

Your DJ hosts for the first edition:
HUNEE and FINN JOHANNSEN.

These two gentlemen will set the dancefloor on fire
just like they did at the DISCO ON THE RUN Loft Event!

Constantin and Manu will warm up and close down
for a truly all-night sonic extravaganza.

HUNEE LIVE AT LO CUTS (MIX)

FINN AT PANORAMA BAR, OCT 2009 (RE-RECORDED MIX)

EXIT:GHOST WISH IT WHERE SPRING (MIX)

There are rumors of fortune tellers at the party
and caves filled with cotton candy…
so be surprised.

It’s going to be a blast for all you disco dancers
at our brand new and very special location SANKT GEORG BERLIN!

The place is a real jewel of a club, built by our
buddy Bülent with his own hands (literally!)
between stints as a set decorator on Tarantino’s INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
(some of that movie’s decoration is now a part of the club…)

So dress up, space out and party like there’s no tomorrow.

See you on the dance floor!

FACEBOOK EVENT: rockthedisco.net/burnbook

Hunee’s Blog: HUNCH MUSIC

Finn’s Blog: D*RUFFALO

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