THE REVUE IS BACK!

Oh yes. This Friday, after a little bit of winter hibernation, we're back in action!
The all singing, all dancing, HIT IT & QUIT IT REVUE!

We've got a super dope edition to re-launch with too.... To follow the completely-off-the-richter-scale party with DAM FUNK in May.... We welcome, the one, the only:

DJ KON (Kon & Amir / BBE)

Sure to be packing serious heat, your Revue crew of myself, Recloose and Julien Dyne will be in support as per usual.

Come down, check it, dance to it, love it!

Rising Sun is the venue, 373 K Rd, Auckland City. Yes!

Pre-sales available at Conch Records on Ponsonby Road, and there will be LIMITED door sales.

See you Friday :)

RIP OF THE WEEK: Con Funk Shun- Get Down With It

Yep, its RIP OF THE WEEK time. Here's some party funk I played on Monday that got the broze craning necks.

While this is by no means mega rare, it HAS been a funk staple of my box for going on eons now- impeccably executed disco funk, punctuated by staccato clavinets, finely glazed with crowd noise and moog solos, topped off with that tried and true hype-it-up tactic- the city by city roll call!

Grab this album if you see it, not hard to find and contains some rock solid joints (also check 'Time'). Appears on 'Organized ConFunkShun' (Pickwick 1973).



[Side note... Like most funk bands making the transition from 70s to 80s, Con Funk Shun decided to flip their 'look'. All you have to do is peep the cover of their 'To The Max' album- from the dirty funk to pink sweaters in just under ten years. But as we say in the music business, mugs gotta eat.
]

Con Funk Shun- Get Down With It (320kbps)

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HIT IT AND QUIT IT- Aug. 9, 2010

Lord almighty, the blog is ablaze with heat this week! Here's Monday's show, RuFf around the edges... just the way you like it.

Tune in for next week's installment---> special guest mix from our man DJ Kon to commemorate his debut NZ appearance at our HIT IT AND QUIT IT REVUE!!

And here are some videos related to the set...






HIQI Aug. 9, 2010 Playlist
Richard Sen + Cazbee - "Playback" [Mixed Blood Cuts]
One Man - "Waiting (edit)" [Small World Disco]
Charanga 76 - "Music Trance" [TR Records]
Loretta - "Hit n Run (Rahaan Edit)" [Stillove4music]
The Rah Band - "Messages From the Stars (AtJazz Edit)" [Atjazz]
James Brown - "Dead On It (Utern Edit)" [Bootleg]
One Man - "The Kreeper (edit)" [Small World Disco]
Orlando B. - "Beneath The Surface (A Feeling)" [Yore Records]
All Dyrections - "On Top Of It" [Buddha]
Arthur Monday - "What Goes Around Comes Around (pt 1)"
United 8 - "Getting Uptown (To Get Down)"
Edwin Birdsong - "Cola Bottle Baby" [Philidelphia International]
Jerry Carr - "This must be heaven" [Cherie]
Oriol - "LW" [Planet Mu]
Budamunky - "Wednesday (Dub)" [Jazzy Sport]
Budamunky - "Wednesday (ft C.R.A.C Knuckles)" [Jazzy Sport]

"-= RufF Cutz=-"
Jeffree - "Love's Gonna Last (Chow Daddy Edit)" [RufF CutZ]
Christoph El Truento - "She Just Dont Know" EP 1 [RufF CutZ]


Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - "Nuthin'" [Reality]
Tall, Dark & Handsome - "Tall, Dark & Handsome" [B-Boy Records]
A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour" [Jive]
Weldon Irvine - "We Gettin' Down" [RCA]
Themba - "Ou Kaas" [Strut]

HIQI Aug. 9, 2010 Pt. 1
HIQI Aug. 9, 2010 Pt. 2

FRANKIE GOES TO WELLINGTON

Yeah! On the road again this weekend. This time with our old pals the mighty JEWEL SCHOOL as we take over Mighty, Mighty with some DIRTY DISCO MUSIC........ Gonna be a fun night, got some great music together for this one. If you're in the Wellington area come down and check it for sure, gonna be super dope!

SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST

THE JEWEL SCHOOL & FRANK BOOKER

VENUE: MIGHTY, MIGHTY

10PM TIL THE BREAKADAWN

Rah!

Bileebob- Get A Phone

Billeebob is a slept on bad-ass DJ and producer from Detroit who I remember to be running shit on the underground party circuit in the 1990s (and could still well be for all I know). Here's a lil slice of techno-comedy a la Detroit Grand Puba's 'Sandwiches'...


Bileebob - Get A Phone! from Alter Ego Management on Vimeo.

More from Bileebob here...

RIP OF THE WEEK: Terry-T.- My Way Home (Get This Party Jumpin')

Hot pic, but you'll need 3D glasses to read it.

After the post that I did on Hip-House on here I thought this would be appropriate for my first HIQI "RIP OF THE WEEK".

This is a stand out tune which is way faster than anything else on the 12" sampler of his album "The Oaktown Sound". That said, I like to listen to it a little slower than this (around -4) but in the spirit of archiving it, I recorded it at its true speed.

Said recording is a touch on grimy side due to some rinsed needles and
because Terry put this out himself on his own "Tee's Records" imprint. Keep it real I say...

So slow it down, get your two step on and watch out for the hot piano solo at the end.

P.S. Warning for all the DJs : the drums start falling out of time towards the end, mix out of that shit!

Terry-T - On My Way Home (Get This Party Jumpin)

HIT IT & QUIT IT- Aug. 2, 2010

Yes, I'm pretty sure this show was smoking. Or at least it felt like it was on fire at the time... just let it warm up past the first few mixes lol...

And introducing.... our new HIQI segment- 'RUFFCUTZ'- where we feature semi-finished hot-off-the-presses beat business from the crew. This week, double billin' with our main man Jellphonic (aka Jellphonzee) AND Frank Booker. Very heated.

And here are some visual accompaniments mined from our set...




omg, mood music like a motherfuck. the 80s are definitely the most future-est of all the decades, puddin proof right here. 


a stretch, figure this dude needs a few more views (he's stuck on 38 at the moment)

HIQI Aug. 2, 2010- Playlist

Rahmlee - "Heartbreaker" [MCA]

Ghetto Brothers - "Ghetto Disco" [Royal Oak]

Kez YM - "Dull Me"

J Rocc - "Dont Look Back"

Donny McCollough - "From The Heart (Kon Multi Track Remix)" [BBE]

Stephanie Mills - "Put Your Body In It" [20th Century]

Frank Spangler - "Forever And A Day" [Delusions Of Grandeur]

Lovebirds - "My Man (KiNK Remix)" [Freerange Records]

Zed Bias - "Show Some Appreciation ft Jenna G" [Development]

Isolee - "Brazil.com (non radio edit)" [rythmix]

G.L.O.B.E & Whizz Kid - "Play That Beat Mr D.J" [Tommy Boy]

Vicky Dee - "This Beat Is Mine" [SAM]

Strafe - "Set It Off" [STD Records]

Atlantic Starr - "When Love Calls" [Warner Bros]

Op Extras - "Op Xtras #03"

NEW!!!! "RufFCuTz"...
Jellphonzee - "Art School Girls" [White]

Frank Booker - "Beat Down And Out" [White] 

Rondenion - "Blue Rhodes Dances" [still music]

Ned Doheny - "Get It Up For Love" [CBS]

Roy Ayers - "D.C. City" [CBS]

Eddie C - "Gimme Your Dub (Instrum)"

HIQI Aug. 2, 2010 Pt. 1

HIQI Aug. 2, 2010 Pt. 2

RIP OF THE WEEK: The Futures- Ain't No Time Fa Nuthin'

Where to start with this tune? HUGE! I first copped this on an old Philly compilation by the righteous Norman Jay, many moons ago, where it was THE standout tune (big call, especially when other names on the comp were the cream of Philadelphia International!)

It really came into it's own for me though when I moved to London a few years back, and would hear it played on many occasions at Jazz Re:Freshed, an excellent night on Portobello Road (still run to this day by the mighty Uprock crew. Big ups!)... Also shouts to the master, Manuel Bundy, who I've heard drop this more than once or twice!

Beautiful arrangement, beautiful vocals (check the baritone and falsetto styles!), wonderful soul music. Bump this, nice and loud, ripped from vinyl to a nice 320 mp3. Enjoy!

The Futures- Ain't No Time Fa Nuthin' (320 kbps)

PEOPLE MUST JAM!

This Saturday Night! Very much looking forward to this party. Being held at the Civic Underground, with supposedly the DOPEST sound in the city..... People Must Jam meets Frank Booker. Ready! Don't sleep if you're in Sydney! Rah!