The Last Generation "Just A Chance In Life"

Modern Magic

R.I.P. Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson

R.I.P. to one of the greatest to do it

let's not forget the songs he wrote for other artists either, like these massive Motown classics:









and this massive massive massive record



and so many more...

The music lives on....

Oslo Party Report!

First off I want to thank Kent Horne for putting together this trip for me, and allowing me to be a special guest DJ at his "Love Thy Brother" party in Oslo, Norway. I had a great time spinning records at the various parties I was booked at, as well as back at the apartment, so the music literally never stopped flowing. It was also a blast to make new friends, and hang out with some of the other cats like Hans, Erik, Fred, Morten and more. I also want to thank Ron aka Ron Like Hell for putting me in touch with Kent, and ultimately making this trip possible. Enjoy some of the pics I snapped...


Warming up during the first gig at Turkish Delight, with Kent, Hans and myself. Lots of Disco!


It was a late night, look at the time, and check out the sunlight. This week was during "Mid-summer", which basically means there are about 20 hours of sunlight a day!


Outdoor party with Kent, Fredfades, Hans and myself spinning vinyl.

Next up was Love The Brother, check out the cool decor in the Nomaden club








Dropping 45s on them! Look how bright it is outside!


Lots of heads came out to party with us, thanks Oslo!


Early morning at the fleas, talking serious vinyl business!



Here I am on the last day of partying with the homies. I'm walking on water! Photo taken by Kent about 3:30am (look how bright out it is!)

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Honey B's "What Love Can Do" re-issue coming soon...

Thanks for the homey Jared at Big City for pointing this one out to me. He already put in a pre-order for the shop, so if you are in the NYC area, you need to see the man about getting a copy of this. This tune is a rare killer from Tulsa, OK, and apparently the re-issue's Release date is August 15th, issued with Deluxe 7" sleeve, Promo card & digital download coupon. Sounds good to me since I don't have a spare $1,000 to spend on one original copy of this record! I'm down with a proper re-issue like that, especially when it is put together properly, good quality and all because lord knows we can't have all of the rarest OGs, all of the time.

The elusive Superfunkanova MIX by Sean P of Better Days Records fame!

Before you have the luxury of downloading this incredibly funky mix by none other than Sean P, AKA "The Knowledge", I want you to know the lengths I went through to get this mix.

A few years ago while scouring the interwebz, I somehow came across a limited download from the man himself. I was already a fan of Sean P's edits, and I had a couple of other mixes by him I would listen to. There was the 6 Million Steps mix, the DJ History mix, and the Red Bull academy mix, all killer, no filler. This new mix was really special, and I felt like it was my favorite of the bunch. I was listening to it on the regular, as I usually do when I obsess over a great mix or tune.

Everything was going peachy, until something went horribly wrong one day, as this latest limited mix was gone from my computer. Did I accidentally delete it? Maybe. I spent hours upon hours of turning my hard drives both internal and external inside out, trying to find it. I searched every possible term, and eventually went into the back end and literally clicked on every audio file to hear it, and make sure it wasn't named incorrectly. Keep in mind, I have thousands, upon thousands of audio files. I did this twice. I am not kidding. It was days of searching. I hit up every message board forum, and nobody knew what mix I was talking about. I tried messaging Sean P himself on any forum he may have been a member, but he doesn't strike me as someone that spends much time on the interwebz. The last time he logged into DJ History (yes I checked) was like 1997 or something, so this shit was getting hopeless. I've made announcements on facebook, and reached out to anyone possible, to no avail.

A few days ago one of our favorite DJs Red Greg hit me up and asked me if I was still looking for this mix. He said he was chatting to Sean P, and would see if he could get it for me. I told him all the records I could remember from the mix, in hopes of getting the right one. Well, two days ago Red Greg came through with the mix, and said Sean P wouldn't mind if he shared it. I clicked and downloaded to be sure, and BAM, there it was, the first bars of VIP Connection came through my speakers. What a glorious moment this was! Well this mix is just so bad ass, just as hot as I remember it, and now it is time I shared it with you, the people who though I was crazy going after a mix that didn't exist.

Here it is, in it's full Disco Boogie Funk Craze GLORY:



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DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD HERE!!!

Enjoy, and thank you Red Greg and Sean P for coming through!

***MIXTAPE*** Love On The Run and Foreal People on WNYU 89.1FM NYC Radio

It's been way too long since I've updated this blog! I promised myself I wouldn't post until I uploaded photographs from my Oslo experience, but while I still haven't gotten around to that, a lot of other good things have been happening and they deserve some Secret Rendezvous love.

We recently had a great Foreal People radio show on our favorite program "Let's Get Serious" on WNYU fm. You can catch the whole show HERE, and you can also download my set HERE!

It was a night of heavy Disco with the crew, and I started off with some midtempo soul, and worked the tempo up to full blown Disco cuts. I hope you enjoy THIS MIX!

Hit me back with any feedback or questions,
Peace...