Tan Cracker's Soul Club April 24th 2010

Tan Cracker's Soul Club is a monthly night dedicated to 45's from genres such as deep funk, explosive soul and boogaloo. Below are live mixes recorded from this event on Sat 24th 2010 @ Tonic Lounge. Enjoy them all.

Gian Arpino set time 10pm - 11pm

DJ Frenzie set time 11pm - 12am

The Boogie Monster set time 12am - 1am

Robin Knight set time 1am -2am

DJ Kinetic set time 2am - 3am

Andres- II

I really like Andres sense of mood on this LP, as he has an extreme coolness to his grooves and picks quality samples and beefs them up detroit style. A similar producer to that of Kenny Dixon Jnr aka Moodymann who has been mentioned on this blog before. This release on Kenny's Mahogani label has many great tracks inc "El Ritmo De Mi Gente", "Sing About It", "Moments in Life", "On My Own Skit" & "Love Heals being my favourites. Recorded 2009

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Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going

This is the first record I ever owned (i think). I remember being about 10 years old, my mum was in hospital, and this lady that worked for my dad came over to my house with a big bag of sweets and two 7" records as presents to cheer me and my brother up. He got the Prentenders 7", I got the reggae. Score. BTW It is a cover of a Jackson 5 hit produced by The Corporation. Recorded 1981

Barrington Levy - Black Roses

Barrington Levy tends to his garden with this 7" "Black Roses" Quality Reggae. Recorded 1983

Coco Tea - Rocking Dolly

I'm starting to get a real love for reggae 45's of late. I always loved the genre but don't know a great deal about it and have never really bought it on vinyl. This one is on the roots reggae tip. Enjoy the clip. Recorded 1983

Count Bass D - Shake

"Shake" comes off his "Pre-Life Crises" LP which is blunted hiphop through and through.

Every time I here this track I picture myself driving in my convertible on a hot sunny day with a plethora of fly girls walking the streets I'm cruising down. The only thing is my Holden Commodore doesn't quite live up to my dream. Bummer! Recorded 1995 namh sayin!

Gil Scott-Heron - Real Eyes

Man o Man, I love this guy and could listen to him all day. Although I'm not a) feeling or b) understanding his latest LP "I'm New Here" which came out a couple of months ago. Lots of great music on this one however in the form of "Waiting For The Axe To Fall" and "Legend In His Own Mind". Also "The Klan" is really good being sampled by the likes of Yam Who for his Little Brother re-rub. Recorded 1980

Patrice Rushen - What's The Story?

Back to business with the music. Patrice Rushen's LP "Before The Dawn" on the seminal jazz label Prestige is where it's at today. Patrice is an incredibly talented keys player who even at a young age featured on many classic and sought after LP's. On offer here today for your listening pleasure is "What's The Story?" which is one of her most interesting dance floor tracks. I guess it's a bit of disco jazz and boogie all thrown into a great little number. One of my favs. Also the track "Kickin Back" is a great jazz funk piece which again has been sampled numerous times and is well worth your time. Recorded 1975