Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #67--The Beat Broker--Beach Boogie

Hailing from San Francisco, I'd like to introduce The Beat Broker.

I stumbled upon this set from Dream Chimney, a Bay Area based crew that posts DJ mixes on their website, dreamchimney.com. The Beat Broker has been DJ out since 2001 and expanding to doing the weekly 'POP' parties in San Francisco. You can here more of his mixes at http://beatbroker.net/

This mix features all kinds of disco goodness! Enjoy!

Tracklist:

Das Komplex - Slap
Benedek - Coolin' 
Prins Emanuel - Land of Joy
Nu Guinea - the Birds Rejoice
Liquid Pegasus - However Do U Want Me 
Black Spuma - Metallo Nero
Julian Sanza Ft. Loló Gasparini - Yayaya 
Asa Moto - Wanowan Efem
Project Pablo - Warm Priority
Conga Radio - Party Smokes
Andras & Oscar - Looking Back (Tornado Wallace Dub)
Jack J - Thurstin'
Ponzu Island - Super Koto (Andras Fox Extended Mix)
Zanzibar Chanel - Ass
Dan Lissvik - M
The Poncho Brothers - Amantes Latinos (Zoovox Remix)
Lord Julien - Shades

Mode.Radio Weekly Mix #66--Laurent Garnier--It Is What it Is Episode 8

It's been a while since we've last posted. I have been caught up in start of school, radio show, and family emergencies, but (hopefully) things have settled down and I can get back to publishing good music

Laurent Garnier is a legend in the electronic music scene. He began DJing in the mid 80's in England and is a master of Detroit House and Disco. For almost a year, he has been putting out podcasts called "It is what it is" featuring the best in new house, disco, and electro. This is the latest episode.

Enjoy and look for more weekly mixes this month!

01- TURBOJAZZ -unicorn rising -LOCAL TALK 
02- IGOR JADRANIN - boulevardd ep -BACK TO THE WORLD
03- 4Th SIGN -trouble no men -ONDULE
04- KYODAI -moving -LOCAL TALK
05- GABRIEL D'OR & BORDOY -i.d.i.v (ian o donnovan rmx) -SELECTED 
06- LIL SILVA -lines -GOOD YEAR
07- SAMPHA -timmy's prayer -YOUNG TURKS
08- TRUTH -jade helm -DEEP MEDI
09- MALA -4 elements -BROWNSWOOD
10- LAKUTA -bata boy (wrongtom rmx) -TRU THOUGHTS 
11- TONY GREY & BLACK 7 -the feelings -NOW & AGAIN
12- STEVE ALDO -baby what you want me to do -DECCA
13- JAMESZOO -flu -BRAINFEEDER
14- FELIX LEIFUR -berg toppur -DIRT CREW
15- THE LIONHEART BROTHERS -the drift(V Willbass mix) -FULL PUPP
16- MATTHIAS ZIMERMANN -luther -SOUND PELLEGRINO
17- HEIST -violent rain -METALHEADZ
18- DDOG -anthem -BASS = WIN
19- SKITTLES -mr song -PROPATOP
20- GAJAH & CHRONO TRIGGERS -dependents -ACID LAB
21- LMYE -call 76 -APRON
22- KINK -valentine's groove -ROYAL OAK 
23- MODERAT -running (Kink rmx) -MONKEYTOWN
24- SARATHY KORWAR -bhajan -NINJA TUNE
25- NIGHT BEATS -sunday morning -HEAVENLY
26- ALEKSANDR SERGEYVICH -the shaman's dance -BBE
27- MAGALI NOEL -alhambra rock -PHILIPS

Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #65--Greg Wilson--Live at Music Room Atlanta May 2016

The past two weeks I've been driving from Nashville to Atlanta tending to my father's medical issues. It's a short trip compared to coming from Oakland to Atlanta and it gives a lot of time to think and listen to music. So this weekend for my drive I download this mix from my friends at The Music Room in Atlanta. This was a mix done during their 2 year anniversary event in May of this year and it's....sexy.

Very sexy, Disco sexy...just damn sexy.

The DJ is Greg Wilson. A legend in the electro scene since the 1980's and from Manchester, England, Greg has been heavily influenced by soul and disco and responsible for producing soul and hip-hop tracks in the 80's and 90's. He recently began to document the history and current state black music in England on his website ElectroFunkRoots and currently runs a blog called Being a DJ.

I hope you enjoy this mix as much as I did :)

Holiday Daily Mix #4--Sergio Fedasz--Live at Seattle Eagle, October 2015

I first met Sergio Fedasz in the Bay Area when he was DJing in clubs throughout the city (aka San Francisco), had started a regular night called GO BANG!, and was on KALX 90.7 at UC Berkeley. I featured him 3 times here on Mode.Radio, but I hadn't featured him since 2010 and I figured it was about time. Here's a little info from his Resident Advisor bio:
In 2010, Sergio was voted San Francisco's best DJ by readers of SF Weekly. He creates amazing edits of vintage disco tracks with Allen Craig as The SyntheTigers, and they have begun producing original house music (with disco flourishes) released on their Mirrorball Records label. 

I've been following his adventures for a while and once I heard this mix done a couple of months ago, I knew I had to feature it. Enjoy and if you'd like a download, email me at mode.radio@hotmail.com

Holiday Daily Mix #3--Earthtone Sound System @ Honeypot 15 Year Anniversary, Asheville, NC

As a baby raver growing up in Atlanta, I always went to parties hosted by the Earthtone Soundsystem, especially the outdoor parties at Piedmont Park. The collective of DJ's have expanded their love of music (especially disco) to other ventures, but throwing good parties is their first love.

Earthtone Soundsystem is a southeast DJ Collective with deep roots in the DIY free party movement of the early 90's. For over 15 years, Earthtone has hosted daytime park parties, late night warehouse parties, and has held numerous residencies at local clubs and galleries all over the southeastern  US.

This mix was done in Asheville, NC a couple of weeks ago and features tracks from Rodney Hunter, Discotron and more. Enjoy and if you want to download it, email at mode.radio@hotmail.com

Earthtone @ Honeypot 15 Year Anniversary Party by Disc0geek on Mixcloud

Radio Ready--Ladymode--Snowbound 2 (Ready for Summer)

I'm back with Radio Ready and one of my "Snowbound" mixes that I did earlier this year. Since this vibe was more for a summer BBQ, I subtitled it "Ready for Summer" Enjoy it in this last month of the best time of the year!

Tracklisting

Prince--Controversy

Jamiroquai--Mr. Moon

The Dangerfeel Newbies--Shine

Estelle--American Boy

Cherelle and Alexander O'Neill--Saturday Love

Michael Jackson--Rock With You

The Brothers Johnson--Stomp

Earth Wind and Fire--Let's Groove Tonight

Mary J. Blige--My Love

Pet Shop Boys--West End Girls

Radio Ready--Ladymode--Snowbound 2 (Ready for Summer) by Moderadio on Mixcloud

Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #41--Crockett & Tubbz (DJ AppleJac and DJ Jaycee)--The Mixtapes Vol. 1 & 2

If you grew up in the 80's and 90's, these two guys above were the coolest characters on TV. Crockett and Tubbs from NBC's "Miami Vice" were slick undercover cops who brought pastels and 2 day old stubble in style.

That slick style is what DJ's AppleJac and Jaycee of Atlanta are bringing in their mixtape series "Crockett and Tubbz." They have done two mixes and we have them both here on Mode.Radio (since we haven't done a post most of this month). We last featured DJ AppleJac in January, 2012 with this mix. Here's a little info about the mixes and DJ's:

"There are some things that just go together perfectly. Peanut butter and jelly. Lemon and lime. Vodka and orange juice. Those pairings may all be of the food and beverage variety, but something more SoulBounce's speed is the joining together of DJ homies Applejac and DJ Jaycee who've united as Dunny Crockett and Reekardo Tubbz for Crockett & Tubbz: The Mixtape, Vol. 1. The Atlanta-based turntable masters have been friends for over 20 years and are two experienced DJs who've performed together and solo extensively at home and across the country and world. With a wink and nod to the Miami Vice characters from whom they borrowed their new nicknames, Applejac and Jaycee came up with the concept of Crockett & Tubbz to celebrate the sounds of the 1980s banging everything from R&B and pop to soul, funk, hip hop and more"

There's no playlist for Crockett & Tubbz: The Mixtape, Vol. 1 because Dunny and Reekardo wanted to keep it a surprise, but you'll find choice cuts on here from Sade, George Michael, Prince and many more throwback favorites

 For Volume 2 of this series, Dunny Crockett (Applejac) and Reekardo Tubbz (Jaycee) have returned with another dose of the same, from Billy Ocean to Billy Joel.

DJ Jaycee & Applejac Present CT2: The Adventures Of Dunny C And Big Reek by Dj Applejac on Mixcloud

Enjoy both these mixes!

Radio Ready--Ladymode--Snowbound Part 1

Greetings all!
I've been away this past month, vacationing around the area and having visitors during my Spring Break, but now I'm back with a new Radio Ready. It's been a while but I wanted to drop this mix I did in February called "Snowbound." I actually did 4 Snowbound mixes, which I will feature throughout this year.

"Snowbound" comes from being snowbound here in Nashville during February and March with nothing to do, especially when my daughter was napping. So I got some tunes together, played around with a couple of DJ apps, and created these mixes. The tracks kind of go all over the place, ranging from disco and soul to Hip-Hop and Electronica. Hope you enjoy!

Tracklisting:

I Stand Alone--Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Common
Wecanonlybewhoweare--Crazy P (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix)
Mushroom Alignment--Benwaa
Give It Back--Gaelle
MFSB w/Me--Osmose
IGY--Donald Fagen
Lovely Day--Jill Scott
Butterfly--India Arie
Someone to Love Me--Mary J Blige feat. Diddy and Lil Wayne
Started from the Bottom--Drake
C.R.E.A.M.--WuTang Clan
Ya Playin' Yaself--Jeru the Damaja
Juicy--The Notorious BIG
Today Was A Good Day--Ice Cube
Strawberry Letter 23--The Brothers Johnson
Slipping in to Darkness--WAR
Bonita Applebum--A Tribe Called Quest
I Can't Go For That--Hall & Oates

Radio Ready--Ladymode--Snowbound Part 1 by Moderadio on Mixcloud

Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #24--Buttkick--Space Discoteque Vol. 1

We last featured Buttkick on Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #19 in November and he had a wealth of good responses. So we decided to feature one more mix before the year ends out. Here's what Butt Kick says about "Space Discoteque:"_ "This is a recording of my latest broadcast I performed on Mixify.

I've gone for a style I regard as space disco for this one, quite deep and cosmic in places, plenty of synths.

The highlighted track for this week is "Dim Sum - Coucoud Disco (Lifelike Remix)" - quality track on the Soundress label.

Other tracks I've featured are by the likes are Matt Hughes, Ben Macklin, Ray Mang, Andy Hart and others."

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #23--Ladyeve--Rollerjam

Ladyeve, or DJ Eve has been a good friend of Mode.Radio since 1997 when I was working at WRAS Atlanta 88.5 FM. Eve was the host of a show called "Planet8," which was one of my first forays into electronica. Eve has moved from Atlanta to Canada and now to Mexico. Mode.Radio has featured Eve on this blog 4 times, the last time being 2011. So when we found this link to her 19th annual Xmas mix and loved the disco jams and decided to bring it to our fans. Expect the usual disco fare, starting with "All over the World" by Electric Light Orchestra, going into "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind, and Fire, and then getting into funk nu-disco jams. As she says about the mix: "Mixed as the ideal soundtrack for the roller rink extravaganza in my heart. Made with joy for my long time friends that have brought me happiness on this journey of life music."

Enjoy....

RollerJam by Ladyeve on Mixcloud

Mode Radio Weekly Mix #22--DJ Tara Duviver

Digging for new mixes to feature on Mode,Radio is so much fun! One of my favorite sites to dig is Recess New York, a group that host sporting events throughout NYC and have DJs at their events. Their website has the best NYC has to offer and this DJ falls right into the group. DJ Tara Duvivier is from Brooklyn, Tara "spins a collage of sounds that captures the eclectic vibe of modern New York life." Tara has spun at various venues across New York City has travelled both domestically and internationally to DJ parties, concerts and other interactive events, including events for Heineken, Wax Poetics Magazine, Parlour Magazine, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, PUMA, and Perrier. Enjoy and listen by clicking the link below the tracklist. Check out more info on DJ Tara's website at www.djtara.com

Tracklisting:

01. Henry Green - Electric Feel (Kygo Remix)

02. Lewis Taylor - Night Fever
03. Platinum Pied Pipers - Deep Inside feat. Sa-Ra Creative Partners
04. Hazel + Slakah the Beatchild - Chill Back
05. Eric Lau- Low On the Treble
06. FKJ - Unchained
07. II/IV - Star Slinger
08. Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Petit Mort (Miguel Migs Remix)
09. Q-Tip - Do You Dig U?

RECESS NEW YORK - Tara Jane Duvivier

Mode.Radio Weekly Mix #20--Osmose--Live at The Georgia Theatre Rooftop, Bootsy Collins afterparty

For our weekly mix, Mode.Radio is featuring a very dear friend of this blog, DJ Osmose!

I first met Osmose in Atlanta when I was working at WRAS 88.5 FM. He always had these amazing house, reggae, and dub mixes, some of which I still listen to today. Through our friendship, Osmose has played out in the SF Bay Area, plus in Hawaii, Mexico, and many other places. Now based in Athens, GA, Osmose has started his own label, Smokecloud Records and has maintained regular dates in Atlanta and Athens. This mix is from is rooftop sessions at the world-famous Georgia Theater in Athens. It was for a Bootsy Collins afterparty back in August of this year, so you know it has to be funky! Enjoy the rhythms and vibes!

Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #19--Buttkick--Deeper Sounds Vol. 1

I stumbled upon Buttkick a few weeks ago and I was pleasantly surprised. He's from Devonshire in the UK and has recently returned to the scene after 10 years away. This mix features tracks from the likes of D-Pulse, MAM, Sixth Avenue Express, Satin Jackets, Kris Menace & BlueAzure etc from labels such as Editorial, Outcross Recordings, Eskimo Recordings & Nurvous Records. There's no tracklisting, but this is good stuff. Enjoy!

Radio Ready--DJ Red (ATL)--Live Undead

DJ Red, aka Wayne Alan Baugh, has been on Mode.Radio plenty of times before. Well known in the south for his after hours in Atlanta, Red has been a key player in bringing house, disco, and funk to the masses. This mix I couldn't stop playing for a week. Enjoy!

1. Work It Out/ White Collar Criminals

2. UNKNOWN

3. West Side Love/White Collar Criminals

4. Bitch/Erik Bo

5. Ghetto Boy (original mix)/Christian Alvarez

6. Say What/Erik Bo

7. Its That Soul (original mix)/Wattie Green

8. Yeah Girl (Gramphonedize remix)/Sonny Fodera

9. UNKNOWN

10. Plastic Dreams (20 Year Tribute)/Audiojack, Kevin Knapp

11. Run Away (feat Jan Blomqvist - Dan Caster mix)/Nicone and Sascha Braemer

Radio Ready--DJ Red--Live Undead by Moderadio on Mixcloud

Giorgio Moroder--Live at Deep Space, May 20, 2013

Giorgio Moroder is a legend. For those younger than 40 ;) Moroder was the major producer for such disco artists as Donna Summer and movie soundtracks including "Scarface." When I saw this link from Tommie Sunshine regarding Moroder's first EVER DJ mix, I tried to download it. However, the site hosting it, Red Bull Music Academy Radio, has it on lock. So I decided to post it here to listen to, and hopefully, someone will get an mp3 (and tracklisting) out on it soon! Here's the bio on Giorgio Moroder from the Red Bull Music Academy Radio site:

"One of the true greats of disco and electronic music, Giorgio Moroder brought a very European aesthetic to black American dance grooves. Althoughttp://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1086580549668754664#editor/target=post;postID=8002954432563759279h Italian by upbringing, Moroder did most of his work in Munich and the influence of Düsseldorf’s Kraftwerk can be heard in his work for Donna Summer, which includes two of the ultimate disco anthems, I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby. This was motorik music: spacious, trippy, ever-lasting, far removed from the relentless bounce of most disco. Giorgio Moroder is also a supreme composer of soundtracks, scoring an unlikely success with The Chase, the theme from Midnight Express, and his footprints are all over British synth-pop, from Pet Shop Boys to New Order to Human League. It was with the latter’s Phil Oakey that he got his biggest self-credited hit in 1984, Together In Electric Dreams."

Enjoy!

The Stash 44--Alex Metric--Essential Mix 4/2011

Our latest Stash mix comes from British DJ and Producer, Alex Metric. Alex started getting notices for his producing skills in 2008 and in 2009, he was one of the DJs on BBC's "In New DJs We Trust." He has since left the radio show and has gone to produce tracks for Depeche Mode, Bloc Party, and a new track with Steve Angello called "Open Your Eyes."

This mix was done on Radio 1's Essential Mix in April, 2011. Enjoy the electro and disco sounds of Alex Metric:

Tracklisting:

1. Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
2. Phoenix – School’s Rule
3. Q – The Voice Of Q
4. Les Rythmes Digitales – About Funk
5. Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio – Its Time To Party Now
6. Sneaky Sound System – When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)
7. Chaka Khan – We Can Work It Out
8. Colonel Abrams – Trapped
9. K.I.D. – Don’t Stop
10. We In Music – From Happiness To Loneliness (Les Rhythmes Digitales Remix)
11. The System – You Are In My System
12. Daft Punk – Short Circuit
13. Kylie Minogue – Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix)
14. David Bowie – Lets Dance
15. Lo Fidelity Allstars – Battleflag
16. The Prodigy – Diesel Power
17. Happy Mondays – Step On
18. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
19. Peter And The Magician – Twist
20. Cassian – Get High
21. The Human League – Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane Remix)
22. Gorillaz – Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)
23. Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes (Style Of Eye Dub)
24. Russ Chimes – Tonic
25. His Majesty Andre – Clubs
26. Alex Metric & Theophilus London – All Night (Acapella)
27. Alan Braxe – Vertigo (Thomas Bangalter Virgo Mix)
28. Hot Streak – Body Work
29. ZZT – Zzafrika (Light Year Remix)
30. The Helmholtz Resonators – Gypsy (Kurtis Hardrive Remix)
31. Splittr – All Alone (Alex Metric Remix Dub)
32. BeatauCue – Behold
33. Ellie Goulding – Salt Skin (Alex Metric Remix Dub)
34. Alex Metric – Raveageddon
35. King Cosmic – Acid In My Soul
36. Chromeo – Hot Mess (Djedjotronic Remix 2)
37. Hurts – Better Than Love (Burns Remix)
38. Niki & The Dove – Mother Protect (Alex Metric Remix)
39. Infadels – Explain Nothing (Part 1)
40. Apparat – Ash
41. Underworld – Pearls Girl
42. TWR72 – Autumn
43. Marc Romboy vs. Stephan Bodzin – Triton
44. Nathan Fake – The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)
45. UNKLE – In A State (Acapella)
46. Grincheux – Voix
47. Cock N Bull Kid – Asthma Attack (StopMakingMe Remix)
48. LCD Soundsystem – You Wanted A Hit
49. Katy Perry – Peacock (Yuksek Remix Dub)
50. New Order – Blue Monday
51. Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes
52. Infadels – Black Sky
53. Toto – Hold The Line
54. The Beatles – The End

The Stash 42--DJ Mehdi--Essential Mix, November 2009

DJ Mehdi, the French DJ and producer of such groups as Daft Punk and Chromeo, was killed in an unfortunate accident in September of this year. In honor of him, mode.radio is featuring this mix done for Radio 1's Essential mix in November, 2009. It's a live mix from the warehouse project, a series of parties in London. Enjoy the electro mixes of DJ Mehdi.

Tracklisting:
Nina Simone 'Feeling Good'

Midnight Juggernaughts 'Scorpius'

Brodinski 'Solaris'

Zombie Disco Squad 'Esperanto' (Solo Remix)

Public Enemy 'Show'em Watcha Got'

Boysnoize 'Shine Shine'Le Le 'Breakfast' (Mercury Remix)

Traffic Sign 'Let's Work'

Shit Robot 'Xxxx '

Deetron And DJ Bone 'Life Soundtrack '

Kikomoto Allstars 'I'll Make You Jack'

Audio Bullys 'Flickery Vision' (Riva Starr Remix)

DJ Hell 'The Disaster' (Ink And Needle Remix)

Armand Van Helden 'Ski Hard'

Kid Sister 'Get Fresh' (Alex Gopher Remix)

Laidback Luke & Diplo 'Hey!'

Major Lazer 'Pon Di Floor' (Smoke And Mirrors Edit)

DJ Mehdi 'Pocket Piano' (Brodinski Remix)

A-Trak & Laidback Luke 'Shake It Down'

Tiga 'Shoes' (Mr Oizo Remix)

Simian Mobile Disco 'Synthesize'

Boysnoize 'Kontact Me

Radio Ready--Mode.Radio's 3 Year anniversary Mix--Ladymode (MsE), NYE 2010/11 Jam

So I don't claim to be a DJ. I love DJs and electronica music, (why I created Mode.Radio), but me a DJ...um no.

However, Mode.Radio started out as me experimenting and making DJ mixes (called 3AM, 4AM, and 5AM respectively) and re-broadcasting episodes of the Atlanta radio show "Subterranean." So I thought that it would be appropriate, for Mode. Radio's 3 year anniversary, to bring it back to the beginning and feature a mixed set.

This all-Disco, danceable, funkiness set was done NYE 2010/2011 at a loft party in San Francisco. The host, DKhan, and hostess, eMber, are long time friends of mine and I hope to feature them in future Mode.Radio episodes. Until then, enjoy!

Tracklisting
1. Got to Give it Up--Marvin Gaye
2. Saturday Night--Earth, Wind, and Fire
3. Inferno--J Boogie Dubtronic Science
4. Jive Talkin'--The Bee Gees
5. I Left my Wallet in El Segundo--A Tribe Called Quest
6. My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me--Geto Boys
7. Gin in My System--Big Freedia
8. Rapper's Delight--The Sugar Hill Gang
9. Ffun--ConFunkShun
10. Let's Groove Tonight--Earth, Wind, and Fire
11. Got to Be Real--Cheryl Lynn
12. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)--The Jacksons
13. Blame it on the Boogie--Michael Jackson
14. Stuck in the Middle With You--Stealers Wheel
15. SuperFreak--Rick James

Debut Series 46--Osmose--Indigo DISCO

A friend of Mode.Radio, Osmose has blessed us often in the last 3 years with Disco, Hip-Hop, and that dub reggae sound. This time, he's back with his mix "IndigoDISCO." Recorded in Summer 2010 while in Honolulu, Hawaii, this mix is a midtempo mix with such artist as Sleazy McQueen and Greg Wilson. Enjoy and check out more on Osmose at http://virb.com/osmose and http://soundcloud.com/osmose

IndigoDISCO by osmose

Radio Ready--Romeo Cologne--Crushed Velvet SuperSet

Who is Romeo Cologne? He's the DJ you first went to a club to see. He's the DJ that first made you want to dance and live at the club forever. He's this month's Radio Ready DJ.

Romeo has been spinning out for almost 20 years. For 16 of those years he was at Star Bar in Atlanta GA, bringing the funk and disco to the masses. Listen to his mixes http://romeocologne.podomatic.com/. In this classic set, Romeo takes us all back...enjoy!


Tracklisting:
Got to Give It Up--Marvin Gaye
Keep it Live--Dazz Band
Chase Me--ConFunkShun
Fight the Power--The Isley Brothers
Anybody Wanna Party?--Gloria Gaynor
Dance With You--Carrie Lucas
Party Train--Gap Band
Give it to Me Baby--Rick James

Listen HERE