AbstractRadio session - east coast two - february 2022

[east coast : part one can be found here ]

The story continues ...

Knocking this mix together has evoked a fair few memories, including those of hanging out on D'Arblay St on Mondays and Thursdays, waiting for the guy in the small blue van - sorry mate, can't remember your name - who delivered vinyl hot off the plane from New York - if you caught him before he could reach the shops, you might snap up some exclusive beauties before they forever disappeared behind the counters of all the indy dance music shops located nearby.

Still alive and well today, US garage is in great hands - with a constant stream of top-drawer tracks coming from the likes of Terry Hunter, DJ Spen and Glen Horsborough, there will always be soul running through this music's heart.

Though the elfin mixing presented here may perhaps not be to everyone's taste, if the wonderful tracks and truly glorious voices contained within are not entirely your cup of char, then may we humbly suggest that AbRad is possibly not the one for you, as we'll stand by these tunes 'til hell freezes over.
Perhaps for you some Genesis instead?

And, sadly, some of the tracks featured may no longer exhibit premier sound quality - suffice to say, that's probably because they're rare, and only ever existed on what is now 30+ year old vinyl. Only the lucky few had copies of some of these tracks, and we understandably thrashed them to death. And some of the vinyl was neither especially well-pressed nor mastered in the first place!

Finally, for those of you who can't get enough of this, there is also a complete version of these sessions, combining both mixes - let us know if you'd like a copy via the chat below and we'll get a link for you to download the whole mix in it's full, unadulterated glory.

Love and hutias,

x

The Abrad Team

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- East Coast One -
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Tracklist

Start	Artist	Track Title
000:00	janet rushmore	joy
002:22	tears of velva	the way I feel
006:10	roy davis jnr	michael
011:48	sabrynaah pope	it works for me
019:17	aly us	follow me
023:44	maydie myles	keep on lovin - disco style
028:48	jomanda	I cried the tears
034:45	south steet player	who
039:25	kerry chandler	inspiration
043:54	astrotrax	the energy
048:14	mijan	alright
057:45	gisele jackson	love commandments
064:07	cookie watkins	I'm attracted to you
071:16	odyssey	feel my love
076:09	jasper street company	solid ground
083:21	mike delgado	get ready
086:53	groove committee	I want you to know
093:07	marc anthony	ride on the rhythm
096:13	amazon huntress	slo

-- Total running time – 105.53 --

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AbstractRadio session - east coast one - january 2022

[east coast : part two is here. ]

Once upon a time ...

... there was a nightclub called The Paradise Garage ... or at least, that's how many variants of the tale begin.

Way back in the 80's, a sophisticated new sound emerged from of a number of clubs and churches spread down a section of the North East US coast - this was a sweet, celebratory, soulful dance scene, centering on NY and New Jersey as its birthplace and spiritual hub.
The Garage itself was the home of the legendary Larry Levan and, emanating from there, this new sound slowly spread its tendrils and influences across the continent and, inevitably, into the underground clubs of London, Lisbon, Canada, Italy and beyond, onwards across the globe.

The hefty majority of this music was made at a time when the best producers on the NY scene had the luxury of easy access to splendid singers and nice big studios, and the lengthy and glowing roster of the sound's champions features many a lofty house dignitary; Humphries, Knuckles, Masters at Work, Basement Boys, Roland Clark, Benji Candelario, Victor Simonelli and, of course, Kerri Chandler.

For much of this era, Strictly Rhythm was THE label of choice, but Easy Street, Nu-Groove, Nervous, Sub-urban, King Street, 4th Floor and countless other independent labels, many long since gone, all left their mark on the genre.

Sometimes providing a stripped down sound, sometimes huge gospel-driven productions, garage came across as a softer, sexier, more soulful sub-branch of house; with disco as an obvious predecessor - and donating it's backbone 4/4 kick - it had a warm, natural vibe, and never strayed too far into the tougher, more accelerated, future-sounding style which came to dominate mainstream dance at the time, though it did occasionally surface from the depths of the underground, with tracks like Hardrive's "Deep Inside" thumping out of every car stereo in London over the summer of '93...

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Tracklist

Start	Artist	Track Title
000:00	saltmarsh	ozone sun
004:45	non-zeros	slum hasta
012:10	urbanised	helpless
015:44	new girls posse	higher
020:50	instrum	wine
025:40	delano smith	a message for the dj
030:38	smooth touch	house of love
037:15	aftershock	slave to the vibe
045:01	roach motel	movin' on
052:02	sandy b	feel like singing
056:13	sole fusion	we can make it
061:18	fire island	in your bones
067:10	romanthony	falling from grace
072:30	maydie myles	keep on luvin
079:02	hidden agenda	story of my life
085:33	djs rule	get into the music
088:39	romanthony	ministry of love
090:54	janet rushmore	joy

-- Total running time – 94.42 --

AbstractRadio session - masters at work 2016

Kenny Dope Gonzalez and Little Louie Vega aka the Masters at Work are unarguably the finest production team yet to grace the world of house music. Their truly gargantuan talents and influence require no further introduction.

Dominating the scene for over two decades, and recording for every legendary US house label of the early ‘90s - Strictly Rhythm, Nervous, Cutting, Nu Groove etc, MAW’s unprecedented output embodies the essence of soul in modern dance music, with tracks ranging from twisted house to pounding latin beats, often topped off with the sweetest of vocals (it certainly helps if one of your number was husband to the ultra-gifted chanteuse India). And the quality of their remix work remains unrivalled – all in all, a bar set very high, and yet to be paralleled.

As you may be able to discern, we’re big fans.

Here’s our tribute - a rather special selection of their finest, rarest and most influential tracks and remixes, starting from the early ‘90s.

Of course, for a body of work so large, there are many omissions here – countless Kenlou dubs, including Tito Puente’s Ran Can Can and Debbie Gibson’s One Step Ahead, Chris Cueva’s Hip Hop, MAW’s I Can’t Get No Sleep, Souffles & Everybody Needs Somebody to name a tiny selection. And then there’s their more recent solo work…

Maybe we’ll knock up another some time down the line?

With huge love and respect,

The AbRad team

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Tracklist

Start	Artist	Track Title	Label
000:00	vega & anthony	the ride	atlantic
004:00	jamiroquai	emergency on planet earth - club mix	sony
010:49	joe t. vannelli	play with the voice - MAW in your face mix	nervous
016:33	masters at work	our mute horn	cutting
022:19	julio iglesias	oye como va - organ mix	columbia
028:18	soul II soul	back to life - vocal dub	virgin
032:15	masters at work	brazilian beat - dope mix	mr bongo
036:04	hardrive vs dino lenny	deep inside - dino’s dub	strictly rhythm
037:44	nuyorican soul	runaway - spanish underground mix	giant step
045:00	people underground	my love - underground network dub	freetown inc
050:43	freedom williams	voice of freedom - bass hit dub	columbia
055:42	nuyorican soul	I love the nightlife / disco round - 12” mix	work
065:15	the cover girls	wishing on a star - jeep	epic
069:56	the braxtons	the boss - masters at work album mix	atlantic
079:20	linda clifford	runaway love	curtom
085:12	george benson	the ghetto / el barrio	grp
094:52	nuyorican soul	it’s alright	giant step
103:11	soul fusion	we can make it - underground network mix	strictly rhythm
107:47	mutiny	bliss - MAW main mix	sunflower
115:18	masters at work	backfired - frankie feliciano edit	MAW
124:21	voices	voices in my mind - cosmack master	sound of ministry
130:50	voices	voices in my mind - cosmic edit	sound of ministry
135:28	hardrive	sindae	strictly rhythm
141:40	barbara tucker	beautiful people - underground network mix	strictly rhythm
148:09	hardrive	deep inside	strictly rhythm
150:32	hardrive 2000	never forget	strictly rhythm
158:40	river ocean	love and happiness - junior boys own superdub	strictly rhythm
165:25	river ocean	yemaya y ochún - original	strictly rhythm

-- Total running time – 175.37 --

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