Purple Disco Machine
Welcome to July's disco podcast, featuring brand new tracks from Gershon Jackson and Reset Preset, Jaegerossa, HP Vince, Sammy Deuce, and the fantastic Purple Disco Machine, plus a sprinkling of some classics and my new exclusive vocal re-edit of Funkatron's "Vintage Wine", itself a disco edit of the classic 1981 crossover soul hit "You'll never know" by Hi-Gloss (can you hear Luther Vandross on backing vocals?), all mixed with love here in London.
1 | Gershon Jackson, Reset Preset | Hands together (House Of Omni Hands Together Extended Club Mix) |
2 | Angie Stone, The O'Jays, The Reflex | Wish I didn't backstab you [The Reflex Revision] |
3 | INXS | Need you tonight (DJ RoB Little Booty) |
4 | Jaegerossa | This feeling (Disco Mix) |
5 | Hi-Gloss, Funkatron, F*Monday | Vintage wine (F*Monday Vocal Re-Edit) |
6 | Unlimited Touch | I hear music in the streets (Mark Brickman Edit) |
7 | Block & Crown, DJ Groovemonkey | The Carwash (Nudisco Clubmix) |
8 | Mark Funk, Danny Cruz | It's my house (Original Mix) |
9 | Odyssey | Native New Yorker (Dimitri From Paris Super Disco Blend |
10 | Cazzette, The High | Sleepless (feat. The High) (Club Edit) |
11 | HP Vince | Move to the funky beat (Extended Mix) |
12 | Sammy Deuce | Save it (Original Mix) |
13 | Purple Disco Machine, Retrosonix | Ghost town (Extended Mix) |
And you can listen and download on Apple Podcasts/iTunes
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