THE CHOP SHOP PODCAST VOL.8 mixed by DJ COLZ

Jay Ru

One of these day i'll stick to my schedule and get these podcasts out at the right time.................... Any ways folks we're back at ya again and on this go round we've got Dublin's own DJ Colz showing us that theres a hell of lot more to disco than John Travolta & "Staying Alive". Hope you guys enjoy this as much as i have!



"Well, yes, a disco mix. The tracks featured in this mix are all dancefloor classics of the 1970's, mostly stomping four to the floor, but not always. When I was a kid, Disco meant a few things to me: my friends older sisters with their 'Stars on 45' LPs, Travolta posters and rollerskates at the local disco. Of course, this picture is as accurate as presuming Technotronic etc is 'techno' or that 50 Cent is 'Hip Hop'... Pop music always robs the underground forms that have gone before, co-opts them, makes awful but hugely popular
pop songs, and leaves everyone so sick of the genre they can justifiably pray for the day the fad in question is resigned
to the recycle bin(the 'disco sucks' movement in the USA for example...)

However, as we know, 50 Cent is NOT Hip Hop, anymore than Technotronic were the sound of 80s detroit or Boney M
were Disco. To me, at its best, Disco music is the sound of jazz and funk musicians in the studio, making music for dancefloors, under the watchful eye of a producer who isnt afraid to experiment...and of course, then its many more hours of editing and mixing, under the influence of the dub styles emerging from Jamaica and the UK, and the beginnings of a new aesthetic in dance.

So, after the initial disclaimer, FIRST CHOICE 'Let no man...' is a three minute single extended by Larry Levan into a dancefloor monster with a bassline that reappeared a decade later('Jack Your Body' by Steve Hurley)and has never left us... then its two of the late great Arthur Russell's compositions 'Is it all..' and the wierd 'Go Bang!'. Next the jazzy funk of 'Delerium' and the Bronx family ESG's punky disco 'Moody', while AZOTO's 'San Salvador' borrows heavily from Kraftwerks 'Trans Europe Express' to build its rolling drum break.

Next are two favourites of mine, TAMIKO JONES 'Cant Live' is an example of the way disco threw out the verse-chorus-verse-bridge of pop singles and made something else entirely, a repeating over and over that laid the foundations of House. '212 North', another great edit from The Salsoul stable, and a Bronx favourite from the old school days, 'Phenomena Theme' with its highly sought drum breaks and big chant. 'Get Up and Dance' and 'Shack Up' should be familiar to everyone through the heavy use of their
drum breaks in pop music...next a Sly Stone project, LITTLE SISTER, into an unnamed disco edit, and then the sounds of Brazil(via Belgium!) from TWO MAN SOUND, and finishing with ATMOSFEAR from the UK, a perfect slice of disco dub.

I hope you find something in these records as I have over the years, its a bastard to mix live drummers!" Colz

1. Disco Disclaimer
2. Let No Man Put Assunder - FIRST CHOICE
3. Is It All Over My Face - LOOSE JOINTS
4. Go Bang! - DINOSAUR L
5. Delerium - FRANCINE McGHEE
6. Moody (Spaced Out) - ESG
7. San Salvador - AZOTO
8. Cant Live Without Your Love - TAMIKO JONES
9. 212 North (Edit) - SALSOUL ORCHESTRA
10. Phenomena Theme - IN SEARCH OF...ORCHESTRA
11. Get Up And Dance - FREEDOM
12. Shack Up - BANBARRA
13. You're The One - LITTLE SISTER
14. Erotic Drum (Unknown Edit)
15. Que Tal America - TWO MAN SOUND
16. Dancing In Outer Space - ATMOSFEAR

www.myspace.com/deejaycolz

Rollo Tamasi

It'd be helpful if you posted a link to the 'ol mix!
http://www.thechopshoppodcast.com/podcasts/dj-colz-presents-the-chop-shop-podcast-vol10/

Savage mix so it is.