dublin based disco imprint fatty fatty phonographics return with the 4th instalment of their downtownsounds classics series, this time throwing three stone-cold classics onto one 12, all given the re-edit treatment by in house producers pablo and shoey. voiced by leroy burgess, with drums by hip hop legend marley marl and production by the aleem brothers, release yourself was a huge across-the-board anthem in the clubs of nyc on its release in 1984. the lads have superglued elements of both the vocal and dub sides together for an epic end of night take on this beloved classic. the b side features two under appreciated classics from the pen of one billy nichols, a man known for his work with west end records (the levan mixed give your body up to the music ) and the funky band of brothers that was bt express. on take me... nichols hooked up with disco master patrick adams for an emotional, string drenched disco belter that has found favour with the likes of dimitri from paris, floating points and hunee. while dance if off is a wonky proto acid-disco trip beloved of rahaan and eric duncan of rub n tug. with copies going for over 300 euros, you can do your bank account and your dancefloor a favour here.

re-issue of an alltime electro-disco classic, made by aleem in 1984.

once again taken from paris well respected pro-zak imprint, this seductive, spliffed out odyssey takes the listener home after a blunted journey through future roots riddims for the millenium

written and produced by t.z aleem & t. aleem - vocals and arrangements by leroy burgess, published by w. kenya, ascap, licensed through kult records

omaggio brings the heat once again with the reissue of prana people, self titled lp originally released in 1977 on prelude. the aleem brothers taharqa and tunde ra (or albert and arthur) are prana people and brought a perfect treasure of disco/funk/soul to make you want to dance from the funked up “is your life a party” to that slow, head nodding sexy groove of “wishful thinking” to proper hands in the air feel good disco of “angels say flee” to the perfect strings and flawless soul of “all around my world”. the combination of the tracks and strong production make for an endlessly playable album, and with the legendary brothers, who since the 60’s have their place in music history, this is an instant buy if not already owned to add to the aleems discography of your collection.

a personal selection of electro classics, compiled by joey negro.

for his first vinyl release , miam records has choosen the pope of deep house, charles webster for a remix of higher, the first track from marguerite, aka professor oz with differents singers, nelo another artist from miam team,is performing this song. with 2 others remixes from mr claude aka aleem from ex prozak trax 2000th french label and ocean gaya from lovezone records . also available in the vinyl a download coupon with all 7 versions for free with remixes from teas2, gprod and more charles webster dubs.

si begg goes hip hop..ft. mr. black, mr. aleem, mr. taylor. ltd backstock

classic electro cut series !! part 5 incl arthur baker, aleem, fantasy three, dr jeckyll & mr. hyde and many more

a personal selection of electro classics by joey negro! 2 cd complation! just hits