Hit It And Quit It Oct. 20, 2008... (better late than nevers)

Crew...

I been here in Europe now for a minute and assumed everybody is up on the wireless buzz. Alas my man Sven at the Boatel in Gent couldn't hook me up, and half-ass hijacking wifi off the balcony of my room in Catania wasn't popping neither, hence the delay in getting this installment to you. So finally I've got a steady hookup at Pharoah's in deep Sheffield... So here it is, bam!

Also, if you're in a NZ time-zone compatible corner of the universe than make sure to tune in live over the next two weeks, amply guest hosted by my main man Chris Cox...

Back soon, look for some heat from the Recloose vaults later this week...



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Recloose Perfect Timing Europe Tour...

Denizens of dopeness. I'm frantically packing to get my ass to Europe (as is my usual ritual). There is a mad tour ahead of me and I'm looking forward to rocking spots all over Europe (like, aaaallll over). The dates are below, damn!

In the meantime I've got the next installment of Hit It ready for y'all but you'll just have to wait until I get to Gent to hear it... no time to upload it today! Come back Friday and I'll have Oct. 20 live for you...

Now, party time:

Fri 24th Oct – Gent, Belgium - Democrazy @ ZAAL MINNEMEERS

Sat 25th Oct –Catania, Italy – Club : Mercati Generali

Weds 29th Oct – Aberdeen, Scotland – Club Snafu

Thurs 30th Oct – Glasgow, Scotland – Club: MacSorleys,

Fri 31st Oct – Wiesbaden, Germany – Club: Big

Sat 1st Nov – Stockholm, Sweden - Club: SubSoul

Sun 2nd Nov – Amsterdam - Holland - Wicked Jazz Sounds @ Sugarfactory

Thurs 6th Nov - Belgrade – Serbia @ Plastic Club

Fri 7th Nov – New Bohemia @ Cargo London

Sat 8 Nov – Mystic Brew @ Smokestack Leeds

Sun 9th Nov - Dublin - Bodytonic @ The Bernard Shaw


See you soon! Arohanui-
Recloose

Hit It and Quit It 13 Oct 2008, boh!

Thee new installment of Hit It and Quit It! We had a great show this week thanks in large part to a stonkingly funky mix from my boys Shake Aletti. Possibly my favorite show so far, we collectively steered it all over (check that playlist....).

Tune in next week for another very special guest mix from my main man Kev Beadle.



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HIT IT AND QUIT IT- OCT. 6, 2008 (and I'm back from Japan)

Yo, I'm back from Japan! I had a blast over my two and half week jaunt and need to send out the love to my friends at 100 Birds Productions (Hagi, Koma, Keita, Hama!), DJ Monkey and Two Seven Clash, DJ Kensai and the Coffee and Cigarettes crew, Club Module, Minotaur in Fukuoka, my new friends at bar Praha in Niigata, Yoshi and Shuya for the great time at the Tokyo Crossover Jazz Fest, Ken Hidaka, Kenichi at Ultravybe, Fanon and Lashanda, and everybody else who made it a great trip.... whooooeee!

So the downside is I have been neglecting my blog while I was away (due to technological restraints on my part). Chris Cox, my main homie and on and off co-host for Hit It held it down for me supremely while I was away, thanks! Now I'm back and posting this week's installment, full of new material from Japan and lots of party monsters... Playlist below...

PS. Next week special guest mix from Shake Aletti, Sheffield's up and coming electric pop funkateers... Don't sleep!





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HIT IT AND QUIT IT- SEPT. 8, 2008

Its your weekly installment of Hit It and Quit It, with co-pilot Chris Cox in the house! Still haven't had time to edit out the intro and the ads, apologies yall, bear with me...

I'll be away in Japan until Sept. 30 so the next show I'll post will be Oct. 6. Sure to be chock fulla funk and war stories...


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PERFECT TIMING JAPAN TOUR 2008 + J-WAVE 10 MINUTE MEGAMIX

I'm headed back to Japan this weekend to support the release of 'Perfect Timing' on Octave Lab! Hope to see you there, the dates and details are below and on the Recloose Myspace site.

I've also included a promo mix I did for J-Wave radio at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!








RECLOOSE'S J-WAVE 10 Minute MEGAMIX

HIT IT AND QUIT IT- SEPT. 1, 2008

Here's the first installment from last week, including an impromptu Underground Resistance dedication (hope some of you made it on Friday to show in Wellington, NZ... fierce!). With my co-cappy Chris Cox getting well loose in the studio...

[Freshly edited, commercial free]



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RECLOOSE'S TOP 20 EARLY 80S JOINTS

Seeing as its going to take me a minute to upload this large stack of shows I've got here's a list of my favorite 80s joints I did for iDJ magazine a few weeks back. Incomplete to say the least and more than a few of them are far from being the 'underground secret jams' a lot of us dig for. Nonetheless they are all scorchers!

[I've included the AM-FM joint for your pleasure too, scroll to the bottom for the goods...]

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Mutiny- Semi First-Class Seat (CBS, 1980)
Jerome 'Bigfoot' Brailey dipped from his P-Funk duties in 1978 and put out two killer albums, and one of the funkiest offerings was this song from the 'Funk Plus The One'.

Coati Mundi- Me No Pop I (ZE 1980)
I've really re-warmed to the Kid Creole sound over the past few years and this is one of my favorites from that camp. This always jump starts a dancefloor.

Chas Jankal- Just A Thought (A&M 1981)
I don't know why I put this in here except that this tune is pretty far ahead of its time. Sounds like Sa-Ra doing Fat Freddy's Drop to me.

The Nick Straker Band- A Little Bit Of Jazz (Prelude 1981)
A Prelude classic that used to get hammered in Detroit. Pure nostalgia...

Was (Not Was)- Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (ZE 1981)
Speaking of Detroit, here's one from the D. This was Was (Not Was)'s big middle finger to Reagan and seems especially apropos on the dancefloor during these troubled times. I like how they used the Reagan samples too, gritty as hell and almost 'bomb-squadian' (can I say that?).

D-Train- You're The One For Me (Prelude 1981)
Yeah everybody knows this one, but who cares. Both mixes are killer and will result in involuntary screaming when dropped. Also peep Exile's hip-hop version with Ta'raach, damn!

Tom Browne- Come For The Ride (Arista GRP 1981)
This is off the 'Yours Truly' album, and while the Fungi Mama joint on the a-side used to mix nicely with 'Dust', I'm still taking this as the cut off the album. Seriously soulful boogie business, and who can resist the glockenspiel??

AM-FM- You Are The One (Dakar 1981)
This has been in my crate for years but I didn't realize this was a go-go record until somebody in Wax Poetics pointed it out. Its definitely got that bounce and heavy percussion but it really strikes me as a boogie record. And there's even a budget-ass video of this on youtube!

Don Blackman- Hearts Desire (Arista 1982)
Yes yes, another stone-cold classic. The whole thing is irresistibly infectious, especially the vocal hook. How can you not dance to this?? Whats wrong with ya??

Africa Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force- Looking For The Perfect Beat (Tommy Boy 1983)
I have a soft spot for this because it was on Beat Street and as corny as some say that movie was how can this tune NOT blow a nine-year old's mind?? And I still think a lot of universal b-boys can relate to this rally cry even today...

Electrik Journey- On A Journey (Prelude 1982)
This is an all time favorite for me, if I ever come up on a copy while digging I buy it because I've played the shit out of mine.

Universal Robot Band- Barely Breaking Even (Moonglow 1982)
All can I say about this except this routinely makes me move, its got the Fletch sound off the Roland JX-8P, and its so dope it spawned a record label.

Cybotron- Cosmic Raindance (Fantasy 1983)
An anthem of anthems for Detroit. Electrifying Mojo caned this as have countless ghetto-tech DJs in Detroit over the years.

Steve Harvey- Tonight (Francois Remix) (London 1983)
Not to be confused with the comedian. This boogie classic's got swing! And Francois K on the production duties...

P-Funk All Stars- Hydraulic Pump (CBS 1983)
One of the all-time funkiest 80s joints and stellar dancefloor collab between Mr. Clinton and Sly Stone. You can imagine what these cats were smoking to write "I know you wanna... jump up in the air and stay there". Incidentally this was reworked for the Detroit dancefloor into a techno-classic by Orlando Voorn aka Fix in the early 90s.

Aleem- Release Yourself (NIA 1984)
This DJ classic features Leroy Burgess and is most famous for its opening cry of 'Release.... yourself...' because it used to get cut into everything (think Jeff Mills as 'The Wizard'). Which is why my second-hand copy sounds like shit, especially in the beginning...

Pigbag- Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag (Profile 1985)
This one always gets people crazy. Big drums, big horns, blistering pace. This WILL turn the party out.

Howard Johnson- So Fine (A&M 1985)
I think this song embodies what I remember as the 80s more than most- super clean production, slick vocals, BIG gated reverb snares, smooth pads, and poppin synth bass. The pinnacle of style.

The Family- Desire (Paisley Park 1985)
A post-Time side project of the purple one himself. This shit is so sexy...

Kevin McCord- Forever (Presents Records 1985)
An unsung hero from the Detroit musical scene. I recently got hip to this joint via my man Fox 50's 'Sweet Thing' mix at www.100limousines.com (don't sleep!). Pure butter...

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AM-FM- You Are The One (Dakar, 1981)

Welcome Denizens of Dopeness

Kia ora crew and welcome to the Hit It and Quit It Radio blogspot, your source for downloadable mixes from RECLOOSE and CO. weekly radio show here in Auckland, New Zealand.

Unfortunately its been pretty difficult for international friends to tune in (its usually on some ridiculous hour outside of New Zealand) so hopefully providing the shows here will alleviate some of the nudges I've been getting over the last few months. Bear with me as I just got a stack of CDs last night that I need to shammy and upload over the next few weeks (thanks Dean)...

In the meantime you can get a little more info, including past playlists, here.

Beyond the radio angle, though, this is gonna be the spot for some of my favorite joints (320kps only, represent), party/tour info, news, guest rumblings, pontificating... basically a blog. Duh.

Disseminate wildly.
Aroha, Recloose.