Roy Thode live @ The Saint – NYE 1981/82

Roy Thode

Wonderfully crafted disco mix by Roy Thode recorded live at The Saint on NYE 1981/82. The Saint was by all accounts an amazing club, just check out these pics!

Roy Thode – The Saint, Morning Set – 31/12/1981 - download here

PART 1 :

1. Martin Stevens – Love Is In The Air
2. George McCrae – Don’t You Feel My Love
3. Midnight Powers – Dance It’s My Life (instrumental mix)
4. Patrick Cowley – Thank God For Music
5. The Chequers – Undecided Love
6. Voggue – Dancin’ The Night Away
7. Punkin Machine – Tonight
8. James Wells – True Love Is My Destiny
9. Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
10. ????
11. Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
12. Stevie B – Midnight Music
13. ????
14. Bonnie Forman – All Night
15. Double Exposure – My Love Is Free
16. George McCrae – Love In Motion
17. People’s Choice – Do It Anyway You Wanna
18. Rose Royce – R.R. Express
19. Donald Byrd & 125th Street, NYC – Love Has Come Around

PART 2 : 

1. Donald Byrd & 125th Street, NYC – Love Has Come Around
2. Johnny Bristol – Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me
3. Candi Staton – Victim
4. Tracy Weber – Sure Shot
5. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
6. Thelma Houston – 96 Tears
7. Carol Douglas – My Simple Heart
8. Candi Staton – When You Wake Up Tomorrow
9. Marcia Hines – Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees
10. Fern Kinney – Love Me Tonight
11. Gwen McCrae – Funky Sensation
12. Kryptic Crew – Jazzy Sensation
13. Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
14. Le Pamplemousse – Le Spank
15. Roberta Flack – God Don’t Like Ugly
16. Pointer Sisters – Someday We’ll Be Together
17. Viola Wills – Somebody’s Eyes
18. Faith Hope & Charity – Don’t Pity Me
19. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together
20. Pete Shelley – Witness The Change

PART 3:

1. ????
2. Spider – Better Be Good To Me
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
4. Jean Carn – Was That All It Was
5. Ashford & Simpson – Get Out Your Handkerchief
6. Patrick Cowley – Get A Little
7. Giorgio & Chris – Let This Night Go On For Days
8. Jackson 5 – My Forever Came Today
9. Ultra High Frequency – We’re On The Right Track
10. Carol Williams – Tell The World
11. Ray Martinez – Lady Of The Night
12. Cerrone – Call Me Tonight
13. A La Carte – You Get Me On The Run
14. Gladys Knight & Pips – I Will Fight
15. Foxy – Party Boys
16. Johnny Bristol – Take Me Down
17. Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know
18. Buddy Miles – Pull Yourself Together
19. Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly

PART 4 ;

1. Diana Ross – I Ain’t Been Licked
2. Dolly Parton – 9 To 5
3. Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – I’ll Play The Fool
4. Ms Sharon Ridley – Changin’
5. Melba Moore – You Stepped Into My Life
6. Melba Moore – Each Second
7. Pointer Sisters – Slow Hand
8. Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
9. Faith Hope & Charity – You’re My Peace Of Mind
10. Patti Jo – Make Me Believe In You
11. ????
12. Doobie Brothers – Long Train Running
13. Chas Jankel – Glad To Know You
14. Jon & Vangelis – I Hear You Now
15. C.M. Lord – Don’t Run Me Away
16. Watson Beasley – Never Let Your Chance Go By
17. Olivia Newton-John – Physical
18. The Emotions –Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love
19. Harold Melvin & Blue Notes – The Love I Lost
20. Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine
21. ????
22. Solar Flare – Boogie Fund
23. Lipps Inc – Funkytown

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Steve Bug Competition

Its competition time !

We have 2 x double passes to give away for Nightflight with Steve Bug in The Grand Social next Saturday, February 4th.

To be in with a chance simply answer the following question…….

Which of the following is arguably Steve Bug’s most successful label ??

a) Poker Face
b) Poke Her Face
c) Poker Flat

Send your answers to nightflighdublin[at]gmail[dot]com with “Steve Bug Competition” in the subject line.

Good luck !

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Discotonic Mix – 2005

Here is an all vinyl mix from 2005. Its mostly soul, funk and disco with some party classics.

Discotonic Mix – 2005 by stephenmanning

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Steve Bug | Feb 4th | Grand Social

Nightflight Present:

STEVE BUG (Poker Flat)
Sol O Carroll (Nightflight)

Saturday Feb 4th, Grand Social, Liffey Street, Dublin 1.
Adm 15e, Doors 11pm

We are very happy indeed to champion the return of Steve Bug to Nightflight.

Some of you may recall his triumphant debut for us way back in December of 2008 in the Button Factory…… a fantastic night to say the least. Since then Mr. Bug has continually impressed us with his personal and label releases, not to mention his DJ sets.Steve Bug started his DJ-career in a small after-hour bar near Ibiza’s Space back in 1991 – soon becoming resident DJ in the best club in his hometown of Bremen along with being invited to play bigger and better gigs both in Germany and abroad.

Steve set up two platforms for vinyl releases in the late 90′s – Dessous and Poker Flat, followed by the launch of Audiomatique Recordings in 2004.Poket Flat, set up in 1998, is still one of the freshest imprints around and has been leading the way with a stellar release history from people such as Richie Hawtin, Trentemoeller, DJ T., Matthias Tanzmann and not to mention our very own Donnacha Costello.

Admission on the night will be €15 and keep a look out for competition details in the coming days.

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Airbound London – 2012

Tickets now on sale here

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The 2Bears + Benoit & Sergio – Fri Feb 17th // Button Factory

Nightflight & Hidden Agenda Present:

THE 2 BEARS (Southern Fried – UK)
BENOIT & SERGIO (DFA – DC/Berlin)
LIL DAVE + STEVE MANNING (Nightflight)

Friday Feb 17th, Button Factory, Tickets €15

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The 2 Bears

The Bears – Raf Rundell and Joe Goddard – first began crossing paths in DJ Booths. Straight Outta Brompton (well, Putney) Joe spends his time away from The 2 Bears as a producer, remixer, solo-artist and one fifth of an obscure outfit called Hot Chip; fellow Sarf Londoner Raf divides his time between club promotion, DJ outings as Greco-Roman Soundsystem, radio show hosting and artiste management.

The pair’s DJ booth banter, soon led to a shared enthusiasm for house music and vague plans for a musical collaboration. So began several months of hanging out, making music ‘for the fun of it’ and ‘portamental’ arguments about obscure synths, that would wind up forming the ‘Follow The Bears EP’.

Characterised by the hitherto untapped vocal stylings of Raf himself (Joe: ‘I didn’t know Raf could actually sing!’), the Bears have already received radio support from Annie MacRob da BankGiles Peterson and Toddla T, drawn towards The 2 Bears 21st Century take on house, disco and everything in between.

RADIO SHOW – The 2 Bears have a weekly radio show ‘Follow The Bears’ on Ministry of Sound Radio. During which you can expect to hear ‘Bear’ tunes, ‘bare’ tunes, some ridiculous anecdotes, and some extremely skilled (unskilled) technical radio know-how…!

Take A Look Around by The 2 Bears

 

Benoit & Sergio

Benoit & Sergio grew up thousands of miles apart, in Paris and Iowa respectively. In 2008, they met at a party in Washington DC and began making dance tracks in the long winter of 2009.

They make seriously great music while not taking themselves too seriously; a difficult feat which is rarely attempted and even less often successfully carried out. They achieve the unexpected juxtaposition of pristine production and playful lyricism — first exhibited on 2009′s highly praised What I’ve Lost EP, which included the brilliantly sardonic single “Full Grown Man“.

Not content to make DJ fodder, the duo draws from influences mostly uncommon to the house and techno zeitgeist; bands likeTalking HeadsPavement and Roxy Music are sources of inspiration, along with contemporary electronic acts like Thomas Melchior and Ricardo Villalobos. While their lyrics speak of loneliness, their recent releases have been crowding dance floors. Their “Where The Freaks Have No Name” EP for Visionquest has dominated the dance music scene in 2011, reaching number one overall on Juno and on Beatport’s Deep House charts, while their single, “Walk and Talk” has topped RA’s DJ Charts, as well. With “Boy Trouble” for DFA, released in late February 2011, Benoit & Sergio added another dimension to their catalog, crossing further into pop territory, while continuing to make dance music from the lurid pleasures of a future bereft of time.

Adding to their prolific year they released the excellent singles “Principles” EP on DFA and “Let Me Count The Ways” for Spectral in May and June 2011.

Walk And Talk by benoitandsergio


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Nightflight Social

Nightflight @ Grand Social – Friday 13th January

We are bringing the Nightflight vibes to the Grand Social  for a new monthly night which will take place on the first Saturday of every month. Admission will be free and you can expect the usual musical tomfoolery of head down house, high gloss disco, borrowed edits and stone cold classics.

Before the launch on February 4th, you can catch us djing down the Social on Friday Jan 13th which is the perfect opportunity to blow of your festive hangover. We will be kicking things off from 11pm and hope to see yis there for some disco finger action.

 

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All City Wrrrappp Up!

As 2011 has now well an truly moved into 2012 , All City Records front man Olan O’ Brien and Ireland’s finest Dj Tu Ki wrrappped up the year with this fine mix capturing some of 2011′s best beats and pieces. Check it out below, enjoy and as always – TURN IT UP

A$AP Rocky to Zomby 2011 Wrrrrappp Up by allcitydublin

Tracklist

James Pants – Every Night I Dream (Stones Throw)
Floating Points – Arp3 (Eglo)
Throwing Snow – Sanctum (Sneaker Social Club)
West Norwood Cassette Library – Get Lifted (WNCL)
Thundercat – For Love (I Come Your Friend) (Brainfeeder)
Om Unit – Solar Cycle (Solar Cycle)
Morgan Zarate – SP (Hyperdub)
Samiyam – Kitties (Brainfeeder)
Onra – All Night (All City)
Hudson Mohawke – CBat (Warp)
Rustie – City Star (Warp)
Peverlist – Dance til Police Come (Hessle Audio)
Instra:mental – When I Dip (Non Plus)
Dexter – Fat Skinny People (Clone)
Shabazz Palaces – Are You..Can You..Were You..(Felt) (Sub Pop)
King Midas – Earth A Kill Ya (Mala Remix) (Hyperdub)
A$AP Rocky – Peso (A$AP Rocky)
Blu – Jesus (Nature Sounds)
Two Inch Punch – Love You Up (TIP)
Levon Vincent – Man or Mistress (Novel Sound)
Martyn/Mike Slott – All Nights (All City)
Head High – It’s A Love Thing (Island Mix) (H2)
Mosca – Done Me Wrong (Numbers)
Gil Scott Heron / Jamie XX – I’ll Take Care of You (XL)
Zomby – Labyrinth (4AD)
Falty DL – Make it Difficult (All City)
Joy O – Wade In (Hotflush)
Madlib / Freddie Gibbs – Deep (Madlib Invasion)

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Love Love Love

Nightflight fave, JD TWITCH (OPTIMO), has put together a love themed mix for DUMMY MAG. Have a read of the interview below which includes tthe tracklist. Link to mix is here

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JD Twitch, aka Keith McIvor, is one half of the DJ duo and legendary Glasgow night Optimo. Both him and his partner in crime, JG Wilkes, rose to fame via their deep knowledge of all stripes of dance music, and their ability to specialise in, as they once told me, “not specialising.” Twitch started out in music over twenty years ago both playing in bands such as the late nineties no wave duo Mount Florida and DJing as a co-resident at Scotland’s fledgling techno night, Pure, in Edinburgh. Twitch and Wilkes joined forces to start Optimo in 1997, and continue to DJ together, though they layed their weekly session to rest in April 2010.

Anyone who’s lost themselves in Glasgow’s Sub Club on a Sunday night during their weekly party will probably agree that it was something truly special that’s been rarely matched in energy, hedonism, and friendliness. Personally, I will always look back on 2003, when a mate left their 2002 NYE mix CD in my Camden student flat, full of an eye-opening mix of electronic(ish) music from Arthur Russell to Green Velvet to Liquid Liquid to Basic Channel. That mix, and a pilgrimage to their Sunday soiree soon after, got me hooked on good dance music and blew my teenage mind with the sheer possibility of body music. All of this new and/or deeply underground music was suddenly accessible, and presented without any pretension, and I’ve always believed that this (lack of) attitude has played a huge role in what is so special about Optimo.

As you can tell we at Dummy are huge devotees, so it was a natural choice to ask the guys if they could provide a mix to celebrate hitting the triple digits. This themed mix on love comprises many genres and decades, old vinyl classics playing out alongside Ableton-driven mashups, and a delightfully perverse avoidance of the obvious in true Optimo style. Thanks so much for listening to the Dummy mixes over the last couple of years and here’s to the next hundred!

How’s it going?

Good thanks. I have been away most of the last two months so it’s good to be home for a bit and catch up with myself.

Can you tell us about this mix?

I find it really hard to do straight ahead mixes when I’m at home; i just can’t get into it when I’m on my own and not in a club so having a theme is a big motivator. While these are mainly dance floor tracks it’s not a dance floor mix per se as I find home mixes are very different to how I play live. “Love” seemed like a good theme and also offered up a bit of a challenge to not put together a set of ultra saccharine songs and also to come up with something that was vaguely amusing, at least to me. The mix was done on two turntables and a laptop and is maybe a touch rough in a couple of places but then I’ve never been one for seamless mixing as it sends me to sleep.

Any honourable mentions that didn’t make the mix, but were seriously considered?

So many! i went through my records for a couple of hours and had literally hundreds of “love” songs so there’s a ton that didn’t make the cut. I nearly went down the route of doing a sordid sex mix instead, but there’s only so many cum noises one can handle listening to. Originally the mix ended with “Love Hangover pt 2” by Diana Ross but I changed it at the last minute.

What are some things you’ve really loved this year?

I have been very fortunate to visit some places I’ve always wanted to visit this year and fell in love with South Korea in a big way. I’ll refrain from geeking out but there was lots of music technology both old and new that got me hot under the collar. Musically there is too much to mention / remember but I became increasingly aware that it is impossible to keep up with all the music I buy and am sent. if there are still djs a thousand years from now, maybe evolution will give them a second set of ears? Book of the year for me would have to be “Just Kids” by Patti Smith. I like her a lot but I’m a huge Robert Mapplethorpe fan so it was a real revelation to read about his early life. It also inspired a project that if it comes off will be the most ambitious venture Jonnie and I have ever undertaken.

What’s coming up for you over the next few months?

Always touring and always appreciative that people want to have us come and play. Apart from that, lots of remixes to finish and working on a pile of releases on Optimo Music for next year. i only managed three releases this year and while I don’t want to churn out the releases I’d like to put a few more out next year. The first fruits of my collaborative project with Neil Landstrumm called Doubleheart are imminent with a 12” due shortly on Nonplus Records. We have an album completed so hopefully that will see a release next year and we might do a handful of all hardware live shows. I finally completed production duties on Tussle’s album which was immensely enjoyable so I may do some more production work next year. Lastly I’m in the process of making a dancehall record based on the Sleng Teng rhythm. I’m normally opposed to making music that slavishly recreates something from the past as I don’t really see the point but I am a Sleng Teng obsessive and want to do this purely to put a smile on my face. There will be a male and female vocal version so I’m trying to track down a suitable male vocalist at the moment.

Tracklisting

Intro
Skinny Puppy – Love
Deee-Lite – What is Love?
AR Kane – A Love From Outer Space
Konk – Love Attack
Rework – Love, Love, Love
Headman – Be Loved (Daniel Avery’s Divided Love mix)
Soft Metals – Hot On The Heels Of Love
K.X.P. – 18 Hours Of Love (An Optimo (Espacio) mix)
Klaus Nomi – I Feel Love (Live At Hurrah, NYC 1980)
Mark Stewart – Fatal Attraction (Love Is Contagious)
Roni Griffith – Love Is The Drug
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love (Emperor Machine mix)
Kraftwerk – Computer Love
The Balanescu Quartet – Computer Love
Love Can’t Turn Around acappella
Levon Vincent – Love Technique
Traxx – XTC For Love
Art of Noise – Moments In Love
Round Two – New Day
Loleatta Holloway knows about love speech
The Monks – I Hate You

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DOWNTOWNSOUNDS PRESENT : THE UNABOMBERS

DownTownSounds is proud to present yet another Dublin ramraid by Manchester’s finest DJ duo, The Unabombers.

They ran a much-loved night in the rainy city for 13 years called ‘Electric Chair’, releasing 7 mix albums of their inimitable ‘Northern Sulphuric Souling’ style – a heady brew of soul, hip hop, freaky deaky r’n’b, diva disco, house, techno and other 21st Century dancefloor slayers.

Since winding up Electric Chair in early 2008 they’ve gone on to run ‘Electric Elephant’, a 4 day festival in the Adriatic coastal town of Petrcane, a beautiful place which many people have dubbed ‘The New Ibiza’.

Next year will see it celebrate it’s 5th Year, with a heavyweight line up featuring Andrew Weatherall and Chris Duckenfield already gaining momentum…

Support on the night comes from Dublin’s Michael McKenna, whose DJ-friendly edits of old disco tracks under the alias ‘Keep Schtum’ helped bag him a slot at Electric Elephant this year. His edit of Odyssey’s ‘Hang Together’ has become an anthem with the Electriks crowd so we should see much backslapping and blokey bonhomie as he hands the reins over to the UB’s……

Meanwhile in The Lobby our friends at Fatty Fatty Phonographics will be celebrating the release of their debut 12” – ‘The Rejigs Volume 1’ by Pablo and Shoey.

Featuring the disco know-how of DownTownSounds/Fatty Fatty messer Pablo and the production trickery of Shoey of the External Sounds crew from Drogheda, it showcases three discofunk bombs reworked for the modern dancefloor, and is already garnering DJ support from local stalwarts like Billy Scurry, Padraic Disconaut and Martin Roche, not to mention overseas action from the likes of Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45’s, London) and ex Tresor resident DJ Raw Sugar all the way down in New Zealand!

To mark the occasion of the release Fatty Fatty’s mysterious man of records G-Mos will be joined by External Sounds DJ’s for what should be an epic show of local disco force….

DOWNTOWNSOUNDS PROUDLY PRESENTS…

THE UNABOMBERS (ELECTRIC CHAIR, MANCHESTER)
MICHAEL MCKENNA (KEEP SCHTUM)
G-MOS (FATTY FATTY PHONOGRAPHICS)
EXTERNAL SOUNDS DJ’S

Date: Saturday 26th November
Venue: The POD Complex, Harcourt St, Dublin 2
Tel: + 353 1 4763374
Web: www.pod.ie

Doors 11pm
Admission: 10 Euro

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KRL

 

Have a listen to this mix from Wolf Music’s KRL, who will be playing at Tief, Corsica Studios alongside boy wonder Mano Le Tough this month. Lovely stuff.

Tracklist

Axel Boman – Europa
Autodeep – Make You Mine (KRL Remix)
Errdbeerschnitzel – Same Same
MCDE – Love (Smallpeople Remix)
Greymatter – Give it To Me Slow]
Gerry Read – Untitiled
Akbu – Strange Love (Lovebirds Remix)
Mic Newman – The Casualty
Huxley – Shower Scene
Mat Chaivaroli – She Is My Joy
Viadrina – Forester
Mic Newman – The Fidelity
The Noodle Man – Starlight (Medlar Remix)
Marcin Czubala – Love Affair (KRL Remix)
Tensnake – Something About You
A1 Bassline – Lumps (Technological)
Klic – Forwards (Greymatter Remix)
Mario Bassanov – Just Thinking About You (Art of Tones Remix)
Gladys Night 0 Far Awak (KRL Quick Edit)

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AZARI & III – Competition for Free Passes

We have a couple of passes to give away for our Azari & III party this saturday. To win, email nightflightdublin@gmail.com with the answer to the following question before 4pm on friday Nov 3rd.

Which of the following is an Azari & III track ?

1. Reckless from above
2. Reckless with your love
3. Reckless with your glove

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