Moodymann – Heaven

Jill Scott – Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Re-Edit)

Jay Dee – Hi

Erykah Badu – The Healer

Eddie C – Hold On

Faze Action – In The Trees (Original Disco Mix)

The Cure – A Forest (Eli Edit)

Padded Cell – Faces Of The Forest

Aesop Rock – Forest Crunk

Sun Ra – Exotic Forest

Synth-pop, italo disco, cold wave, space disco…
This mixtape is meant as a nostalgic journey into the world of arpeggiated synths, syncopated basslines and motorik rhythms, bridging the gap between late 70’s / 80’s gems and contemporary productions. I’ve been working on it sporadically for quite a while, re-editing a lot of the tracks and assembling the mix brick by brick. I first meant it to be an hour-long mix but slowly got carried away, ending up with over a hundred minutes of music.
I hope you like it.

This is the first of a series of mixtapes I plan on doing in the near future. The following ones will most likely explore other music genres I love to listen to and enjoy playing in my sets.

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD “ALICE & THE ELECTRIC PIANO”

Alice & The Electric Piano by Thomas P.

Here’s the tracklist:

Intro (“Alice in Acidland” extract)
The Emperor Machine – Profundito (Padded Cell Edit)
Claudja Barry – Love For the Sake Of Love (EditudeCity’s Crisco Dancing Edit)
Glass Candy – Miss Broadway (After Dark)
Sally Shapiro – Jackie Junior (Junior Boys Dub)
BWH – Stop (Original Mix)
Soft Rocks – Midnight Drive
The Human League – Being Boiled
Visage – Fade To Grey (Edit)
Death Fagh – Gesaffelstein
Black Mustang – Mad As Hell (Original Mix)
Black Devil Disco Club – Coach Me (Again And Again) (with In Flagranti)
Stereo Image – Dark Chapter
Bottin – No Static (Main Version)
Sharpe & Numan – Change Your Mind (Extended Version)
Image – Hot Stuff (Edit)
Tony Cook And The Party People – On The Floor (Rock-It) (Edit)
Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood (Edit)
B Beat Girls – For The Same Man (Edit)
Oppenheimer Analysis – The Devil’s Dancers
Bagarre – Dirty Love
Curses! – The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub)
Gino Soccio – Remember (Extended)
The Outrunner – Cool Feeling (Maethelvin Remix) vs In Flagranti – Brush My Beat
Bottin – Fondamente Nove
Junior Boys – FM (Tensnake Remix)
Lipps Inc – How Long (Dub Edit)
LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 (“Your Love Away From Me” rip)
LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 (Padded Cell Remix)

I went for a walk along the Spree yesterday and brought my (little shitty) camera with me. Between the grey sky, the concrete, the snow and the ice, it looked as if colors had faded and I was in a black and white world. I tried to capture some of the incredible post-wall architecture you can find around Hauptbahnhof and the Bundestag.

I was inspired by my what my friend Arr is doing over in London.
Discover her beautiful pictures on her blog: status of the original. She rocks!

What can I say about Truspin? Well, not only is he the guy who taught me everything about djing, he’s also the first person to get me dj gigs in bars and clubs. But most importantly, he’s one of my best friends. He’s been behind the decks of almost every major Montreal clubs and after hours in the last decade and he just put out a long awaited mixtape of smooth dance music, old and new, showcasing his versatility and ability to move every crowd.
Congratulations on a job well done!

If you’re in Montreal, you can catch him at Tokyo Bar on Thursdays and Fridays
as well as Blue Dog Motel on Saturdays.

Oh yeah, my partner Edith and I had the honor of designing the mixtape cover.

Download Truspin’s ‘Tokyo Thursday Winter 10 Mix’ here.

And the the tracklist is available here.

This one’s for Alicia who’s birthday it is today. Miss you and love you!

Jazzanova – Look What You’re Doin’ To Me (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)

Prosumer & Murat Tepeli – Lov (Recorded Live at Panorama Bar)

Azari & III – Reckless (With Your Love) (Original Mix)

Jacno – Triangle

Kano – China Star

Oppenheimer Analysis – Scorpions

Turquoise Days – Grey Skies

Telex – L’Amour Toujours (Special Dance Mix)

Telex – Brainwash (Juan Atkins Mix)

Telex – Rendez-Vous Dans L’Espace

Telex – En Route Vers De Nouvelles Aventures

Video from Maxim Zhestkov.

The single for ‘U Can Dance’ is due to drop early next month, with remixes by Detroit techno legend Carl Craig (already floating around the Internet), London’s electro super-duo Simian Mobile Disco as well as DFA producer Tim Goldsworthy bringing that New York dirty disco vibe, I assume.

The song features unreleased vocals from Roxy Music’s frontman Bryan Ferry and the video is a nod to the glamorous girls that used to grace the covers of Roxy Music albums.
It was directed by Jo Apps of Simian Mobile Disco’s ‘Audacity Of Huge‘ and styled by Nova Dando, stylist for UK pop sensation La Roux.

‘U Can Dance’ is already out on DJ Hell’s double album ‘Teufelwerk’ (german for ‘Devil’s Work’).