So let it be house

(That's Obama chillin' with house music hero Frankie Knuckles.)
This Sunday's house is on the house. I found not one but two good house mixes to share this time. The first one comes from the Holy Moly DJ's, and it's all Mike Dunn. (Great concept for a mix!). Some of you might know Mike from Phreaky MF (which samples this classic). So on that Soundcloud player is a good introduction to his other work in form a smooth mix. Lots of my dj friends have been quite enthusiastic about that mix, so I thought you should get a share of it as well. If you want to educate yourself further on the legendary producer/dj, check out these interviews: in print and on radio.


  I Walks With God - special Mike Dunn mix by Holy Moly DJs


The other house mix comes from Pepeto, who I already featured on this blog. His latest mix is good selection of classic 89-90 (acid) house tunes, with excellent hip house vibes. Kudos!


Pepeto - Chicago House Music 
01. Farley "Jackmaster" Funk - I Need A Friend 
02. Pleasure Zone - Fantasy 
03. Curtis Mc Claine & On The House - Let's Get Busy (Dub) 
04. Suburban Boyz - Insane 
05. Mike Dunn f/ Gershon Jackson - Born 2 B Houze 
06. Kool Rock Steady - Dance Or Die 
07. Ben Mays - Rated X (BamBam's Club Mix) 
08. Pierre's Phantasy Club - 20 Below 
09. Maurice Joshua - I Gotta Big Dick 
10. DJ Pierre - Box Energy 
11. Debrice King - The House Controls My Body 
12. Armando - 151 
13. Bam Bam - Where's Your Child? 
14. James "Jack Rabbit" Martin - Rabbit Trax 
15. Farley "Jackmaster" Funk - Bass Lives On


We are also planning a house documentary night here in Turku, so keep a lookout for that. Hopefully we can fit it in somewhere this summer. 

- P-Funk 

Dance Energy show

Just bumped into this today. Apparently it's a "live" dance show called "Dance Energy". From the looks of it, it means dance music producers and musicians acting silly on stage with some synthesizers, but hey, check out the moves people and the bands are making. It's seems such a winning idea: let's put up some good modern dance music and show a bunch of people getting down to it. I'd say it's time to bring these shows back.



Black guys and girls spotted doing the "conga line". Two thumbs up. More videos can be found on Youtube by searching Dance Energy. I don't wanna link too many of those in fear of them getting pulled out.

- P-Funk

A couple good Madchester documentaries

Manchester was the British mecca for good dance music in the late 80's with bands like New Order, Guy Called Gerard and Happy Mondays. Here's double pack of documentaries that talk about that scene. The first one is from the late 80's, the second one was made a few years back.

Madchester - The Sound of the North

Joy Division BBC Factory Records

If you really want to dig deep on the Hacienda scene, here's a good hour or two of actual live mix that was played there. Amazing stuff, would have danced my ass off:

Mike Pickering & Graeme Park – Nude @ The Haçienda - 26.02.1989 by djmixes

I'm hoping to do something about the visual side of this blog. Let's see what I can come up with.

- P-Funk