# Music **URL:** https://djhistory.discourse.group/c/music/6.md?page=1 [Latest](https://djhistory.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://djhistory.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://djhistory.discourse.group/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Is It Balearic?](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/is-it-balearic/1539)
**Author:** [@PhatPhil](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/PhatPhil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [8 October 2024 02:45 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/is-it-balearic/1539 "2024-10-08T02:45:54Z")
--- ## [Arpeggiated Dance Tunes](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/arpeggiated-dance-tunes/1591)
**Author:** [@Dubble\_eh](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Dubble_eh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [1 October 2024 12:52 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/arpeggiated-dance-tunes/1591 "2024-10-01T12:52:06Z")
Fast, slow, in between. Share your fave tunes that have arpeggiated synth lines that take listeners into outer space!! :artificial\_satellite: :rocket: :flying\_saucer: --- ## [Dance records with a classic Rhodes piano vibe](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/dance-records-with-a-classic-rhodes-piano-vibe/1610)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [4 August 2024 14:51 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/dance-records-with-a-classic-rhodes-piano-vibe/1610 "2024-08-04T14:51:00Z")
Anyone got an suggestions? It’s for a thing but my mind’s gone blank :nerd\_face: :face\_with\_open\_eyes\_and\_hand\_over\_mouth: --- ## [Choosing the Perfect Wedding DJ in Albany](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/choosing-the-perfect-wedding-dj-in-albany/1602)
**Author:** [@albertmartin](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/albertmartin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [29 July 2024 19:26 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/choosing-the-perfect-wedding-dj-in-albany/1602 "2024-07-29T19:26:41Z")
Hey everyone, I’m currently in the midst of planning my wedding here in Albany, and one of the most crucial decisions we’re facing is choosing the right DJ for our big day. I’ve been scouring the internet for DJ service… --- ## [The latest mystery mix by our own Nightlark is now live ---\>](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-latest-mystery-mix-by-our-own-nightlark-is-now-live/1607)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [9 July 2024 14:02 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-latest-mystery-mix-by-our-own-nightlark-is-now-live/1607 "2024-07-09T14:02:19Z")
Go here: --- ## [What's the most unforgettable track you've ever heard a DJ play?](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/whats-the-most-unforgettable-track-youve-ever-heard-a-dj-play/1332)
**Author:** [@240p](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/240p)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2024 11:49 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/whats-the-most-unforgettable-track-youve-ever-heard-a-dj-play/1332 "2024-07-04T11:49:42Z")
To me a great DJ can elevate a good track to a legendary moment. I was at a party where Ron Trent and François K were DJing. It was very diverse crowd, a mix of black and white, mix of young and old, mix of people into … --- ## [Interesting people to follow on Bandcamp](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/interesting-people-to-follow-on-bandcamp/1576)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [30 June 2024 21:27 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/interesting-people-to-follow-on-bandcamp/1576 "2024-06-30T21:27:56Z")
Hi all, who are the interesting people who you follow on Bandcamp? I don’t mean artists or acts but DJs, collectors or music heads you follow so you get email notifications about what they’ve been buying. You show me y… --- ## [Good Sound efx for djing](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/good-sound-efx-for-djing/1584)
**Author:** [@grubmcgrub](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/grubmcgrub)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [11 June 2024 07:12 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/good-sound-efx-for-djing/1584 "2024-06-11T07:12:41Z")
Looking for any recommendations of killer sound efx records. i’m particularly looking for any space/ufo sounds that can be used over drum tracks or for segueing between tracks. I know Harvey had a few decent ones on the … --- ## [NEW! Mystery Mix: Alex From Tokyo](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/new-mystery-mix-alex-from-tokyo/1582)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [5 June 2024 21:18 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/new-mystery-mix-alex-from-tokyo/1582 "2024-06-05T21:18:37Z")
On your marks, get set, spot. --- ## [Heaviest funky rock bangers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/heaviest-funky-rock-bangers/23)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [26 May 2024 18:36 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/heaviest-funky-rock-bangers/23 "2024-05-26T18:36:38Z")
OK so to get the forum motored up, let’s start with some grufty rock records that slam on a dancefloor. I’ve got some to get you going, including this one which I first learnt about from Theo in The Wiseguys. It includes… --- ## [New Mystery Mix: Brian Not Brian](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/new-mystery-mix-brian-not-brian/1563)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [3 May 2024 11:37 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/new-mystery-mix-brian-not-brian/1563 "2024-05-03T11:37:08Z")
Go here. --- ## [Rat Pack assorted funk](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rat-pack-assorted-funk/1393)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [30 April 2024 05:38 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rat-pack-assorted-funk/1393 "2024-04-30T05:38:11Z")
I’ve got a private party in the offing in which the theme is Viva Las Vegas. So i’m looking for suggestions of Rat Pack-style records that have got a bit of dancefloor swing to them. I’ve got a bunch already, like Sammy … --- ## [Dooley Silverspoon](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/dooley-silverspoon/1557)
**Author:** [@DJDavyDave](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/DJDavyDave)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [25 April 2024 20:33 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/dooley-silverspoon/1557 "2024-04-25T20:33:10Z")
I really need an mp3 of As Long As You Know Who You Are by Dooley Silverspoon… Seville records. I know it’s available on mp3caprice but I’m a little wary of buying something from a country I suspect of being a bit dodgy … --- ## [The excellent Fabio](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-excellent-fabio/1498)
**Author:** [@PatrickP](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/PatrickP)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2024 22:21 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-excellent-fabio/1498 "2024-03-19T22:21:16Z")
Loved the new DJH podcast with Fabio - priceless anecdote about playing in Italy :sweat\_smile: Rage and Speed are rightly viewed as being his key moments of influence and innovation - but as someone who came to dance mu… --- ## [New Mystery Mixes: Sarahtonin](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/new-mystery-mixes-sarahtonin/1533)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [7 March 2024 22:31 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/new-mystery-mixes-sarahtonin/1533 "2024-03-07T22:31:35Z")
We’ve finally got our shit into gear to do some new ones. First up is Sarahtonin, our newest resident at Low Life and one of my protégées. She’s also a very nice girl and super DJ. Go have a listen here. The remit is as… --- ## [Wild Pitch. Give Us Your Faves](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/wild-pitch-give-us-your-faves/964)
**Author:** [@neville](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/neville)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [7 March 2024 05:54 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/wild-pitch-give-us-your-faves/964 "2024-03-07T05:54:22Z")
Pretty sure there was a thread on this on the old forum, so let’s get one going on here. So never mind all this Balearic bollocks, give us your choice wild pitch. I’m talking Pierre, Felix Da Housecat, Power Music etc. … --- ## [Deep House ID on this pitched down tune please](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/deep-house-id-on-this-pitched-down-tune-please/1492)
**Author:** [@NickF](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/NickF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [15 February 2024 06:26 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/deep-house-id-on-this-pitched-down-tune-please/1492 "2024-02-15T06:26:31Z")
Happy New Year all, anyone id this pitched down tune please ? Cheers Nick --- ## [Italo house cheese](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/italo-house-cheese/1453)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [13 February 2024 11:36 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/italo-house-cheese/1453 "2024-02-13T11:36:36Z")
Hi all, can’t remember if I mentioned this, but I’m working on a book about the history of Italian dance music. Starts around 1970 and goes up the end of the last century. I’m just writing about the early years of Italo… --- ## [The Furtive 50, 2023](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-furtive-50-2023/1427)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [21 January 2024 12:05 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-furtive-50-2023/1427 "2024-01-21T12:05:58Z")
Yes, it’s here again, our annual poll. Tell me your favourite three tracks from this year (no edits, or unreleased shizzle) in order of preference, plus an album that you dug. I will accept releases from late December la… --- ## [Music related prezzies for Xmas?](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/music-related-prezzies-for-xmas/1473)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [9 January 2024 14:31 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/music-related-prezzies-for-xmas/1473 "2024-01-09T14:31:23Z")
Anyone get anything interesting for Christmas? I mainly got clothes etc but I did buy my eldest a Pioneer Flex 4 controller (she did ask for it too!). --- ## [Interesting music from Eastern Europe before the wall fell](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/interesting-music-from-eastern-europe-before-the-wall-fell/1435)
**Author:** [@PatrickP](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/PatrickP)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [7 January 2024 15:13 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/interesting-music-from-eastern-europe-before-the-wall-fell/1435 "2024-01-07T15:13:41Z")
I found this mix I picked up by Vladmir Ivkovic which focuses on adventurous sounds from Yugoslavia really interesting. Didn’t recognise a thing. Lots of quite new wave/post punk sounds, alongside some quite psychedelic … --- ## [Cosmic Space Disco Bangers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/cosmic-space-disco-bangers/588)
**Author:** [@joeblackcircles](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/joeblackcircles)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [7 January 2024 15:03 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/cosmic-space-disco-bangers/588 "2024-01-07T15:03:46Z")
What are your best space themed disco bangers. Think tongues firmly wedged in cheeks with plenty of lasers, clunky robots, inappropriately sexy galactic beings etc. I’ll start off with one I was put on to by the cosmical… --- ## [The UK Jazz-dance scene](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-uk-jazz-dance-scene/1371)
**Author:** [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [3 January 2024 14:16 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-uk-jazz-dance-scene/1371 "2024-01-03T14:16:52Z")
I was putting together a jazz-dance set and found a fairly interesting website on the UK Jazz-dance scene in the 1980s. Don’t know if it’s of interest to anyone here, but this is DJ History, so… http://www.thebottomend.… --- ## [Falsetto (Unusually high pitched vocals) recommendations](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/falsetto-unusually-high-pitched-vocals-recommendations/1160)
**Author:** [@nowickidj](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/nowickidj)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [2 January 2024 17:15 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/falsetto-unusually-high-pitched-vocals-recommendations/1160 "2024-01-02T17:15:49Z")
Particularly blown away by Eddie Kendricks, Horace Andy and George Allison… (links attached to names). Suggestions welcome… --- ## [Uncommon time signature electronic music](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/uncommon-time-signature-electronic-music/1382)
**Author:** [@Dubble\_eh](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Dubble_eh)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [1 January 2024 00:49 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/uncommon-time-signature-electronic-music/1382 "2024-01-01T00:49:41Z")
I’m going down a chin stroking rabbit hole looking out for electronic music (any genre, but mostly down tempo, leftfield stuff) that has uncommon time signatures. 5/8, 7/8, 3/4, 6/8, etc……the weirder the better!! All su… --- ## [The most Balearic new book this year?](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-most-balearic-new-book-this-year/1417)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [20 December 2023 15:27 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/the-most-balearic-new-book-this-year/1417 "2023-12-20T15:27:30Z")
400 copies printed. He’s gathered together all the playlists of Roman DJs stretching back to when Piper opened in 1965 and tabulated them all. 4,000 tracks. Absolutely insane. Obviously i immediately bought a copy. --- ## [Latest DJH podcast: Gerd Janson](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/latest-djh-podcast-gerd-janson/1120)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [26 November 2023 08:32 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/latest-djh-podcast-gerd-janson/1120 "2023-11-26T08:32:28Z")
Now out via Mixcloud, Spotify etc. https://djhistory.com/listen/ --- ## [Indie band remixes](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/indie-band-remixes/1409)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2023 08:59 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/indie-band-remixes/1409 "2023-11-06T08:59:35Z")
A question for the panel. Given how much money was generally spunked up the wall by major labels on remixes in the heyday of money-wastage that was the early 1990s, what are the best indie/rock band remixes that have sto… --- ## [Back when vocoders were the sound of the future](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/back-when-vocoders-were-the-sound-of-the-future/850)
**Author:** [@Ant.Plate](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Ant.Plate)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [25 October 2023 20:31 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/back-when-vocoders-were-the-sound-of-the-future/850 "2023-10-25T20:31:45Z")
Inspired by listening to @GrimsbyRiviera’s own Tribal Rites compilation from a few years ago… …and to get a few more obvious tracks out the way off the bat - without including Kraftwerk, Miami Bass/Electro … --- ## [Stuart Cosgrove’s soul trilogy + northern soul special](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/stuart-cosgrove-s-soul-trilogy-northern-soul-special/1414)
**Author:** [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [24 October 2023 08:25 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/stuart-cosgrove-s-soul-trilogy-northern-soul-special/1414 "2023-10-24T08:25:05Z")
Shameless plug for the site here but we’ve got Stuart Cosgrove’s brilliant soul trilogy on sale on djhistory (if you’ve not read them, they read like thrillers, with an astonishing amount of original research) Also int… [Previous page](https://djhistory.discourse.group/c/music/6.md) [Next page](https://djhistory.discourse.group/c/music/6.md?page=2)