Wednesday, December 7, 2011
yougottawork
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
twonetwo
Monday, November 28, 2011
WHO KNOWS
Sorry for the neglect dear goshdamn blog, life has been all kinds of crazy and busy and weird. A dude dressed as 1/2 of Hall and Oates at a Halloween party said I'd make his dreams come true (see what I did there) if we updated the blog more often, and here we are! Personally I've mostly just been blogging about random public relations type stuff for school (hashtag dull, but big ups to college, university's cheaper, funner cousin). This is a song by London singer Youngman that I've had on repeat as of late. If you're getting a mixtape from me for Christmas, this will surely be on it.Tuesday, September 13, 2011
paying hommage
DJ MEHDI - I AM SOMEBODY by edbangerrecords
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
butterflies

From balearic disco to early 90's house, this summer's mix is a tribute to re-contextualizing American pop like only the Europeans (and Japanese) know how, clean, simple drum patterns, warm, swirling melodies, a little acid for good measure, and obviously some of my favourite new releases.
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
Time - Tiger & Woods
Lord of the Isles - What's Lord Got to Do With It?
Groove with You - Fantastic Man
In the End (I Want You To Cry) - Tensnake
Whipped Cream - Homework
Medina's Mariposas - Cole Medina
Kissing Game - Soul Clap
Seperated - Avant (Jorge Takei remix)
There's a Truth - Motor City Drum Ensemble
My House - Hercules and Love Affair
Creature - Kim Ann Foxmann
I Don't Know - Steve 'Silk' Hurley
Water No Get Enemy (Got to Get Us There) - Mark E vs. Fela Kuti (Atreides' Rio to Lagos mix)
Sex Me - R Kelly vs. Hollis Monroe (The Stripped Down Stomp mix)
Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston (Mike Simonetti edit)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
oceanic disco
Saturday, June 25, 2011
stuff i can't feel guilty about

This cheesy little slice of classic garage was procured for about a dollar alongside some stellar Whitney Houston "I'm Every Woman" garage edits that I'd love to rip from vinyl but am currently uncapable of doing so.
Four Tet recently played this out the last time he did a set at the Boiler Room, something feels so authentically bumping about the bassline -it's impossible to be pessimistic when you hear it. Last time I DJed, 3 separate people came up to me and gave this "nod" of approval - does that mean that this track was immensely popular back around its release in 1999 and I missed all the hype, or does it just have the power to summon good feelings from everyone in the room?
Either way I'm satisfied.
spelling counts

The best grime instrumental ever, or the BEST grime instrumental ever? Actually, revisiting this stuff now I can imagine that I missed tons and tons of great instrumentals over the years. Combing youtube and other sources now in a desperate attempt to catch up, similar to the first time you try some really good dumplings in Toronto's Chinatown and then consecutively after for the next three weeks when your friends ask if you want to go out for dinner, you reply in a near panic that you HAVE to get dumplings because there are like, FIFTEEN different combinations at least and they're all so good that you actually have dreams about them and wake up in a cold sweat in the night wondering if you got dressed and biked down there that one of those restaurants would be open at 4:45am.
So yeh, it's kind of like that.
lost luv

No no no, not that Placebo. Not the Placebo with the nasal whining was an unfortunate blip in the "groups named Placebo" stage of history.
This is the 70's Belgian jazz, J Dilla sampled, Marc Moulin piano playing group whose "Humpty Dumpty / Balek" EP just got re-released over at Phonica, which has a cut from their 1971 and 1973 LPs put back to back, for noteably less than the £100 that you could spend trying to track down a copy online. Sublime stuff for summer rooftop parties.
Friday, June 10, 2011
fuck it

Sheeeeit, it's been a long time since I've updated. Thanks Mo for keeping things running - there are some things I have been really bumping lately but they've come out more than a few years ago and therefore aren't really Discobelle-esque.
For example, this - Carl Craig re-edits Talking Heads "Once In a Lifetime" and it's motherfucking impossible to track down. Vinyl sold out several times and any rips are guarded better than Mordor and Fort Knox rolled into one, gawddamn. A hundred internets for anyone who stumbles upon this track somewhere, thanks.