Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Dimitri From Paris - Night Dubbin': A Dubbed Out Collection of '80s Dance Music
From The Village Voice:
"From the rabidness of England's Northern soul fanatics for Motown 45s to the hoovering up of any and all Blue Note LPs by Japanese jazzbos, it seems as if America's music is best appreciated by other nationalities. And as Night Dubbin': A Dubbed Out Collection of '80s Dance Music makes clear, that trend continues to this day. This three-CD set documents when adventurous NYC DJs and mixers like François Kevorkian, Shep Pettibone, Paul Simpson, John Morales, Tee Scott, Nick Martinelli, and, of course, Larry Levan applied the studio wizardry of Jamaican dub reggae to pop music, creating drastically "altered" versions of the hits—everything from Yaz's "Situation" and the Clash's "The Magnificent Seven" to Wham!—so that they might create a more devastating dancefloor weapon, be it at the legendary Paradise Garage or at other Gotham dance clubs of the era.
Compiled by the mustachioed Dimitri From Paris and then further dubbed in the mix by the zonked-out house-music prankster duo of Dan Tyler and Conrad McDonnell (a/k/a the Idjut Boys), Night Dubbin' casts a new light on those heady days when genre and artist name mattered less than a song's body-moving powers. The release makes it feel strangely fitting to have a Parisian and two Londoners appreciate this lost American musical form of post-disco/boogie/synthesized dance music, as originally cooked up in the studios of early-'80s New York City."
Well other than the mistake in the very first line (Northern Soul afficiandos were never very much into the mainstream Motown sound - too pop for them), this seems like an interesting project. Click here for more. BUY Night Dubbin' via Amazon.com here
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Listen to an exclusive 30 minute promo mix from Night Dubbin' by Dimitri from Paris himself right here. [direct mp3 link via StraightOuttaNow.com, right click and save as]
Labels: Dimitri from Paris, Idjut Boys
